A landay is a two-line poem passed mouth to mouth, ear to ear, among Pashtun people for at least 1,000 years. A landay has very few rules. It must have 22 syllables, with nine in the first line and 13 in the second. It must end in the sound ‘ma’ or ‘na’. It must take on one of five subjects: ...
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Nobody is Watching / Niemand schaut Zu / Ninguém está Olhando / Nadie está Mirando
You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching - Love like you'll never be hurt - Sing like there's nobody listening - And live like it's heaven on earth - You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money - Love like you’ll never get hurt - You’ve got to dance like nobody’s watching - It’s gotta come from the heart if ...
What angels Want / Was Engel Wollen / O que os anjos Querem / Lo que los angeles Quieren
Something you want, something you need, - Something to wear, and something to read. - For many children and their parents, Christmas time may be depressing, stressful or simply go by unnoticed due to more pressing problems. There are ways to donate a Christmas present to a child who might not otherwise get one. You can provide a moment ...
We addict to Everything / Alles macht uns Süchtig / Nós viciamos em Tudo / Somos adictos a Todo
Sensation-seeking has been studied as having a strong relationship with addictive personalities. One form of addiction is substance addiction, drugs or alcohol. Other forms are gambling, eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating or compulsive buying. A more recent addiction that is being looked into is Internet addiction or problematic smart phone use. It has been ...
1991-10-23 Rheydt, Germany / Wildside / Wilde Seite / Lado Selvagem / Lado Salvaje
The song Wildside was written and produced by Boston pioneer rapper M.C. Spice, and describes the effects of America's greed, violence, and drug addiction on innocent, unsuspecting people. It referenced two notorious crimes that happened in Boston; the murder-suicide of Charles Stuart and his wife and the murder of 12-year-old Tiffany Moore shot as she sat on a stoop during a drive ...
Friends will be Friends / Freunde werden Freunde sein / Amigos serão Amigos / Amigos serán Amigos
Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. - Er hätte sich besser bewaffnet, bevor er seinen Laden mit meinem Freund geschmückt hat. - Deveria ter se armado quando resolveu decorar o bar com meu amigo. - Pues debió haberse armado cuando decidió decorar su salón con mi amigo. - Another red letter day So the ...
Choose Life / Wähle das Leben / Escolha Vida / Elige la Vida
'Choose life' was a well meaning slogan from a 1980's anti-drug campaign and we used to add things to it, so I might say for example, 'choose ... designer lingerie, in the vain hope of kicking some life back into a dead relationship.' Choose handbags, choose high-heeled shoes, cashmere and silk, to make yourself feel what ...
1985-09-26 Neuwerk, Germany / Once upon a Time / Es war Einmal / Era uma Vez / Había una vez
Entering the 33rd year, my dear, - my darling, my sweet, so sweet charming, - probably the last, of our past, - memories together, lasting forever, - I had wealth, - You had health, - I had fun, - You had our son, - I had pleasure, - You raised our treasure, - I had nights out, - You won the bout, - Entering the 33rd year ...
Angel Heart / Herz eines Engels / Coração do Anjo / Corazón de Angel
There are different categories of angels, with appropriate missions and activities assigned to them. There is some disagreement regarding the nature of angels and some argue that angels have physical bodies. While some maintain that they are entirely spiritual and some have proposed that angels are not divine but on the level of immaterial beings subordinate ...
2010-05-19 Madrid, Spain / Live like a King / Lebe wie ein König / Viva como um Rei / Vive como un Rey
Madrid is the capital city of the Kingdom of Spain. It is the third-largest city in the EU after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU after those of London and Paris. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid. As ...
Live the Moment / Lebe den Moment / Viva o Momento / Vive el momento
Live the moment you are in; you will never die, you were never born. Mobile technology is liberating; empowering; enabling; galvanizing and gives us all power to connect not just in ways that are new but from everywhere and anywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxukvdPSD5g Cell phone owners use their phones during social gatherings they attend but they are not happy about ...
You may think I am crazy / Du glaubst Ich bin Verrückt / Pode pensar que sou louco / Puedes pensar que estoy loco
Dear friend, You may think I am crazy, and You may be right, You may think I make this up, and You may not believe, But You are my witness, You are the story, Things may happen by chance, But not this time, You may think I am crazy, and you may be right, You can trust me on this one, ...
Wake up Call / Weckruf / Chamada de Despertar / Llamada de Despertador
A wake-up call is a service provided by most lodging establishments to provide a service similar to alarm clocks via a telephone. - The phrase has been used to describe a sign or warning that alerts one to negative or dangerous behavior or circumstances. - Wake up to your loving for this World. We are disconnected from our environment. Most ...
Zero / Null / Zero / Cero
Zero both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. The number 0 fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder in place value systems. There are difrent words used for the ...
2016-05-22 Caraubas
The past was coming back; the memories of my not so recent travels along the route of my project Rio 2016 returned to my memory, my friends Irene and Claudio had sent messages about their arrival and had made their way yesterday evening to Caraubas. My baby Matilda and I had been waiting for them ...
2016-03-09 Canoa Quebrada – Natal
I woke up with the certainty that I would make it to Natal today, I woke up with the certainty that my sun will rise, and I woke up with the certainty that I have had a perfect location to sleep last night. The owner of the shed came to say good morning or maybe ...
2016-02-15 Iquitos – Tabatinga
I woke up and minutes later we arrived in Santa Rosa. I had no money anymore and I had to ask one of the small cargo boats for a free lift. I had enough time to take one last picture of the vans parked on the ship before the Maria Fernanda landed at the riverbank ...
2016-02-02 Popayan
I have had the best sleep in weeks, in months and I did not want to wake up and only the phone call from Robert made me get up, slowly, very slowly. I was late, the agreement with Robert had been 09:00 hours at the main square; Colin was ready and so he went to ...
2016-01-29 Medellin – Pereira
My efforts to sleep yesterday were more or less successful; I must have been pretty tired from the nights before. Relying on reaching my planned destination had become a challenge since I depend on hitchhiking, since I depend on others basically but I have managed to reach my planned destination every day for the last ...
2016-01-03 Tabatinga – Leticia
The carriers had been busy the last two days, the other crew members including the captain not, but this changed this morning and the preparations for the departure were going on when I opened my eyes. The carriers loaded off the last merchandise, the cleaning of the now empty ship had begun, the list of ...
2015-12-26 Manaus – Tabatinga
In the early morning hours while I was still sleeping the ship had stopped for the first time and when I woke up the ship had already started with the procedure of departure from the city of Fonte Boa. I could not get off anymore to have a quick walk around and could only take ...
2015-11-22 Mount Roraima
Yesterday I had managed to recharge my battery to 10%, this morning I managed to recharge my battery to 1%. 1% was not enough to make the fourteen kilometers back to Paraitepuy. I could stand, but hardly walk, I was exhausted and had no strength. I had to consider a different option, a moto from ...
2015-11-07 Santa Elena de Uairen
I had quite some work to do here in Santa Elena de Uairen, I needed my jeans to be fixed, I needed the broken tire to be fixed, I need my clothes to be washed, I needed to work badly again to upload posts to the site, I needed money, I needed more people in ...
2015-10-19 Tucacas – Chichiriviche
Today everything was 30 I went straight to the cyber to work on the site. The morning passed quickly and my lunch was just my favorite quick pizza. Back to the cyber, back online and the Skype phone rang. I had enough time to wish all the best for the special day today. 30 years ago ...
2015-08-31 Lethem – Boa Vista
For the first time I left the car with air condition running for some hours during the night. I could not leave the windows open due to the heat and the mosquitos. It was nice cool for a change and after yesterday’s drive I was pretty tired and finally had some sleep. I woke up ...