Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Menos de 24 horas en Seúl... ¡¡Y ya lo adoro!!

Vale, ahora ya llevo varios días por aquí… Pero es que la primera impresión fue tan buena que ahora que por fin tengo Internet en casa, hay que dejarlo bien claro… ¡¡¡Adoro Seúl!!!
El viaje ha sido larguísimo, sí; el piloto fue un borrico en el aterrizaje en Amsterdan, también… Pero llegar al aeropuerto, que la temperatura sea ideal (tal vez unos 20º), que todo el mundo (te entiendan o no) traten de ayudarte, que te des cuenta que las cosas están súper baratas (viajes en metro por 90 pesetas, un albergue en el que te tratan de maravilla y te esperan con los brazos abiertos y comida a raudales por 1800 pesetas la noche) y que acabes estando de fiesta hasta las 6 de la mañana en tu primer día dicen mucho de lo recomendable que es esta ciudad. Definitivamente, este año puede ser grandioso.
No todo podía ser bonito y hubo un par de contratiempos: 1) Llegar al albergue: Nos perdimos miserablemente. Nos bajamos una parada más tarde de lo que debíamos y luego no había forma de que nos situáramos correctamente, pero un amable taxista nos llevó hasta donde debíamos ir. 2) Justo al ir a salir de marcha calló un chaparrón brutal pero, ¿a quién le importa?


Un poquito de cena típica coreana (con unas chuletas que nosotros mismos nos encargamos de hacer), con cerveza y soju para beber (juntos – lo llaman bomba – entran de fábula) y con un montón de nuevos amigos (algunos de ellos recientemente famosos ):

Montones de españoles en un pub con un árbol en el centro:

En el pub de Madonna la gente cuelga billetes y escribe en ellos, ¿véis el de 20 euros?

Algo que poca gente sabe… Madonna es coreana… No os pongo vídeos porque están súper oscuros, quién quiera conocerla en persona, que venga a visitarme:


Y aquí el pakistaní más simpático del mundo. Un tío que al ver que una mujer se despedía de él con dos besos (¡¡esa Mary!!) creyó haber ligado:

¿Que a qué hora me acosté? Lo suficientemente tarde como para que en la calle hubiera esta luz de camino al albergue:

I love Seoul.

Madonna di Sasso Morino

All’indirizzo http://www.umbriaonline.com/foligno_ponte_s_lucia.phtml#top oltre ad un articolo Ponte S.Lucia troviamo questo articolo sulla Madonna del Sasso.

Madonna di Sasso Morino
Poco lontano dal confine di Scopoli con Leggiana, lungo il fiume Menotre, si erge un’edicola in una posizione sopraelevata rispetto alla strada (ss. 77 Val di Chienti) e ben visibile. Per raggiungerla è necessario attraversare il fiume quindi purificarsi, non si sa la data della sua costruzione, ma se ne parla in un documento che racconta di una visita apostolica nel 1573, viene chiamata Madonna di Sasso Morino. Altri documenti riportano la data della costruzione anteriore al 1490.
E’ una meta di pellegrinaggio nel lunedì di Pasqua delle due collettività confinanti che poi si dirigono al cimitero che risiede sulla parte opposta alla strada principale.
Probabilmente l’edicola posta a confine doveva avere, all’epoca della costruzione, una funzione rappacificatrice tra i due paesi. Accanto all’edicola venne costruita una piccola cappella intorno al XVIII secolo.

E’ ovvio che oramai non c’è nessun pellegrinaggio il lunedì di Pasqua e che non aveva nessuna funzione di “riappacificazione” tra le comunità di Scopoli e Leggiana.
Inoltre la Madonna viene detta del sasso “Morino” termine che risulta di dubbio fondamento.

Ulteriori informazioni sulla Madonna del Sasso le trovate sul sito di Leggiana all’indirizo http://leggiana.altervista.org/luoghi.html#sasso

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Lady Gaga Dukes It Out With Madonna On 'SNL'

Saturday Night Live was bit lackluster during last week’s season premiere, but thanks to Lady Gaga (and a few friends) the sketch-comedy juggernaut got it’s groove back.

In her first on-screen appearance Gaga was joined by Madonna (surprise!) in a bratty musical number (above) that had Queen Madge-esty asking, “What the hell is a disco-stick?”

Later in the night the popstar poked fun at her eccentric clothing’s lack of functionality, especially when it comes to kissing. Check out the hilarious clip, featuring Andy Samburg, below:

Gaga capped off the night with a fiery performance of “Paparazzi” and another featuring a medley of hits complete with an orbital hula-hoop contraption!

So where was host Ryan Reynolds in the midst of all this Gaga-mania? I’m not really quite sure…

Gossip, Lady Gaga and Madonna, Real Housewives news, woman wants divorce from big penis

It was a  gay men´s wet dream yesterday night at SNL when both Madonna and Lady Gaga were performing in a skit. Is wasn´t very funny but seeing the queen and princess of pop together for the first time is great enough as it is. Lady Gaga also confirmed that her tour with Kanye West will not be canceled but held without him. That´s better period in my opinion.

Some Real Housewives news. First Bethenny Frankel will not stay on the New York Housewives, but will only be on her own spinoff. She apparently also had huge fights with bff Jill Zarin so it might have been forced as well. I never liked Bethenny so I will like the Housewives better and will not watch her spinoff. And Kim Zolciak might have gotten a wedding proposal from her Big Poppa in the last episode of the season. In real time she has already broken up with him and was seen having lunch with Millionaire Matchmaker Patty Stanger, probably looking for a new sugar daddy.

In Taiwan a woman was denied her second request for a divorce from her husband who was too well endowed for her. She has been married to him for 14 years and sex was painful every time for her. The measuring tape did not come out in court because according to them it is all subjective. When both parties want a divorce it is fairly easy in Taiwan but probably the guy wasn´t ready for that yet. I never heard of being to big as a problem, definitely not with asian men.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Madonna - It's so cool (2009)

Madona
It’s so cool
2009
Warner Bros Records

01 It’s so cool.

El cierre de la era Madonna para Warner Music tiene muchas sorpresas, y no dudo que haya por ahi cientos de demos, canciones ineditas no incluidas en sus discos regulares y un alud de remezclas de todos sus exitos que habran de realizar los DJ de renombre del medio.

Aqui les dejo un tema, It’s So Cool que viene como bonus track en Celebration. Se oye pegajosa y muy festiva, muy ad hoc para el cierre de esta etapa.

¿Que nos traerá de nuevo la reina del pop? Al menos por los proximos 10 años tendremos tres discos más para escucharla, en su ya longeva carrera de más de 25 años.

Espero sea de su agrado.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

MADONNA'S EGO BRINGS ON THE LOL'S TODAY!

Madonna gave an interview today in LA, where the Material Girl had plenty to say on dating chicken, Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez and where she sees her music heading in the future.

While On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Thursday, 51 year-old Madonna said:

Whether Ryan Seacrest could date her : “Honey, you’re kind of old for me (laughs ).”

On the age of her preferred suitors : “You have to be old enough to dress yourself… Younger people are generally more adventurous – they’re more open, more fun – have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding.”

On how she sees herself : “My body is part of my job. If I’m not in good shape, then how can I dance around on stage with my butt hanging out, right? I look in the mirror and go ‘hmm-mm. Less cake, more work.’”

On Mr Kanye West: “Yeah, he’s a bit impulsive. I would’ve given him a good talking to. He needs to put a lid on it. I do think he’s very talented but he gets confused sometimes.”

On her peers coming to her concerts : “I was getting super-sharp looks from Jennifer Lopez. Her ponytail distracted me. Whenever artists come to see my show, they’re studying me.”

On her music from this point forward : “It just means it’s gonna get better ’cause I’m happier.”

Black Madge

It’s funny that when Madonna dresses up, she looks great but she looks older which is probably not what she’s going for.  At the same time, how long can she run away from her age?  She’s 50 and if it weren’t for the boy toys, it should be okay to be 50.  I mean, 50 in Madonna years is more than 150 in regular people years anyway, in which case she looks really fantastic and should celebrate.