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Today's Song of the Day is Noots by Sum 41. Visit my Tumblr to listen to it.

This summer, I taught Web/Game/Flash design at a computer camp. The kids were OK, but I couldn't stand working with some of the other instructors or director or lead instructor at ALL! I really, truly hated them. There were only two other instructors who I didn't mind. The others were complete douchebags. The only way I'd consider working with that company again is if I taught a different class, and worked at a different location with different people. Seriously. It was that bad.

The camp didn't result in ALL bad experiences for me, though. One good thing that came of it was that I met someone at the training with whom I get along very well (see below post about the dream!). As it turns out, I DID see him again, and we went and hung out in Chicago for a day, resulting in Blue Man Group at the end of the night! It was an amazing day!!! So much fun! :)

The rest of the summer has been pretty boring, though, really. I came back to school, and have been working for a while to keep myself somewhat entertained, as well as keep the money a-flowin'.

I'm actually sort of really bored. And pissed that school hasn't started sooner! I wish that it had started last week. Instead, I have to wait until September 2! Ridiculous! I'll have some AWESOME classes, though, which I'm VERY excited about. I've been considering various paths to take with my schooling and future life, and I've come to some conclusions I feel happy and confident about. I'm excited for once in my life to get back to classes and get on with my life!

Well, I guess that's all for now. Not so much has happened as I thought at first. ;) Sorry about that.

what a week!!! Hahaha.. oh well... I was suppose to go to Hong Kong last friday...

The bloody storm raged HK. All flights cancelled!! Oh my Fcuk!

Then again.. it wasn't too bad after all....

Went pick sis up from the Airport at like... 8 ish... Took her forever to come out!

Went to uncle's hotel "The Landmark" on Sukumvit

Had big big big breakfast!!! as in... big... LOL shark fin for breakfast man... LOL

After went Paragon.. went to "Vanilla" Not bad as always.. had tea.. chill chill :P

Took sis back to my place, she had a nap + showered... then went to "River Hotel"

Had big Chinese Dinner... sis loved it.... I think it was ok.

Drop sis off at hotel to get her Key.... then Drop her and couple of friends off in "Pat-Pong" LOL

Then I went to Route66 RCA.

Its my Baby Summer's Birthday Partiieeeeeee!!!

LOL damm!! I felt a bit uncomfy for the first 15 mins.. coz there were no guys @.@

Hahaha PimP my night girls! lol

They were dancing non-stop lol.. i liked that

Have u even been out with someone who doesn't dance at all??

farking boring...

I don't usually dance no more these days... well ... not that much anyway

But i didn't dance that night.... let all the girls enjoyed their time man.. i just sat and observed :P

But yeah.. ended up real fine!! Summer's was drunk (as always)

so is her friends... at least. 1 of them.. (confirmed)

Its a fuckin shame... Thai club shuts at like.. 2 am... Oh my Fcuk right?

But.. its good.. we got good DJs and all... which's not bad at all...

oh well.. enough complaining... :)

PS: Sis.... sorry dad decided to stay over in Kao-Yai for another night... so couldn't drop u off 2 d Airport.

PS2: WIsh u all the best summer! Ruk you woi!!

PS3: Sorry na eve.. LOL I wanted to go... i really did.. but it's my summer's birthday LOL

And Lastly..................

YES YES.... Pictures!

It's not my blog without any pictures muwahahahah

Here it is... enjoy :)

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> CREATE TABLE acbalance (
-> id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> accountID int(5) DEFAULT NULL,
-> acPost date DEFAULT NULL,
-> balance double(15,0) DEFAULT NULL,
-> PRIMARY KEY (id)
-> ) ENGINE=InnoDB;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO acbalance (accountID, acPost, balance) VALUES
-> (3, '2007-01-31', 50000),
-> (3, '2007-02-28', 30000),
-> (3, '2007-03-31', 10000),
-> (3, '2007-04-30', 60000),
-> (3, '2007-05-31', 30000),
-> (3, '2008-01-31', 50000),
-> (3, '2008-02-29', 30000),
-> (3, '2008-03-31', 90000),
-> (3, '2008-04-30', 30000),
-> (3, '2008-05-31', 50000);
Query OK, 10 rows affected (0.06 sec)
Records: 10 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0

mysql> SELECT b.accountName,
-> MONTHNAME(a.acPost) as MONTH,
-> a.balance
-> FROM
-> acbalance a JOIN
-> account b ON
-> a.accountID=b.accountID WHERE
-> acPost>'2008-01-01';

+-------------+----------+---------+
| accountName | MONTH | balance |
+-------------+----------+---------+
| Kas | January | 50000 |
| Kas | February | 30000 |
| Kas | March | 90000 |
| Kas | April | 30000 |
| Kas | May | 50000 |
+-------------+----------+---------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)[/sourcecode]

Sekilas memang tidak ada masalah dengan tabel diatas. Tabel diatas hanya sebagai contoh. Tapi bagaimana jika kita ingin menampilkan akumulasi jumlah dari bulan ke bulan pada tahun yang sama. Saya ambil contoh pada tahun 2007 terlebih dahulu. Untuk mendaptakan rolling sum, saya akan menggunakan sub query. Dua buah query akan akan dipakai untuk menghasilkan rolling sum. Query yang pertama untuk mendapatkan jumlah nominal balance, dan query yang kedua untuk mendapatkan rolling sum nya.

Query pertama :

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> SELECT b. accountName, MONTH(a.acPost) AS MonthNo,
-> MONTHNAME(a.acPost) AS MonthName,
-> a.balance AS saving
-> FROM acbalance a, account b
-> WHERE a.accountID=b.accountID AND
-> a.acPost <'2008-01-01'
-> GROUP BY MONTH(a.acPost);
+-------------+---------+-----------+---------+
| accountName | MonthNo | MonthName | Rolling |
+-------------+---------+-----------+---------+
| Kas | 1 | January | 50000 |
| Kas | 2 | February | 30000 |
| Kas | 3 | March | 10000 |
| Kas | 4 | April | 60000 |
| Kas | 5 | May | 30000 |
+-------------+---------+-----------+---------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
[/sourcecode]

Query kedua :

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> SELECT MONTH(acPost) AS MonthNo,
-> MONTHNAME(acPost) AS MonthName,
-> balance AS saving
-> FROM acbalance
-> WHERE acPost <'2008-01-01'
-> GROUP BY MONTH(acPost);
+---------+-----------+---------+
| MonthNo | MonthName | Rolling |
+---------+-----------+---------+
| 1 | January | 50000 |
| 2 | February | 30000 |
| 3 | March | 10000 |
| 4 | April | 60000 |
| 5 | May | 30000 |
+---------+-----------+---------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
[/sourcecode]

Memang hampir tidak ada bedanya antara query pertama dan query kedua. Hanya pada query pertama memunculkan nama account yang berelasi dengan tabel account. Dan kedua-duanya memang mencari jumlah nominal tiap bulan. Kemudian kita gabungkan kedua query tersebut dengan menggunakan kondisi INNER JOIN.

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> SELECT
-> a.accountName,
-> a.MonthName,
-> a.saving,
-> SUM(b.saving) AS lastBalance
-> FROM
-> (SELECT b.accountName, MONTH(a.acPost) AS MonthNo,
-> MONTHNAME(a.acPost) AS MonthName,
-> a.balance AS saving
-> FROM acbalance a, account b
-> WHERE a.accountID=b.accountID AND
-> a.acPost <'2008-01-01'
-> GROUP BY MONTH(a.acPost)
-> ) AS a
-> INNER JOIN (
-> SELECT
-> MONTH(acPost) AS MonthNo,
-> MONTHNAME(acPost) AS MonthName,
-> balance AS saving
-> FROM acbalance
-> WHERE acPost < '2008-01-01'
-> GROUP BY MONTH(acPost)
-> ) AS b
-> ON a.MonthNo >= b.MonthNo
-> GROUP BY a.MonthNo;[/sourcecode]

Dan inilah hasilnya, kita sudah mendapatkan rolling sum dari acBalance Kas mulai dari bulan Januari sampai May.

[sourcecode language="sql"]+-------------+-----------+--------+-------------+
| accountName | MonthName | saving | lastBalance |
+-------------+-----------+--------+-------------+
| Kas | January | 50000 | 50000 |
| Kas | February | 30000 | 80000 |
| Kas | March | 10000 | 90000 |
| Kas | April | 60000 | 150000 |
| Kas | May | 30000 | 180000 |
+-------------+-----------+--------+-------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)[/sourcecode]

Bagaimana jika kita ingin menjumlahkan balance pada tahun 2008 tetapi juga mengambil data sum dari tahun 2007. Sebelumnya kita ambil dulu keseluruhan balance dari tahun 2007. Seperti ini :

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> SELECT SUM(balance) INTO @balance2007 FROM acbalance
-> WHERE acPost < '2008-01-01';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT @balance2007;
+--------------+
| @balance2007 |
+--------------+
| 180000 |
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)[/sourcecode]

Kemudian kita gabungkan dengan Query dibawah ini :

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> SELECT
-> a.MonthNo,
-> a.MonthName,
-> a.saving,
-> SUM(b.lastBalance)+@balance2007 AS lastBalance
-> FROM
-> (SELECT
-> MONTH(acPost) AS MonthNo,
-> MONTHNAME(acPost) AS MonthName,
-> balance AS saving
-> FROM acBalance
-> WHERE acPost >= '2008-01-01'
-> GROUP BY MONTH(acPost)) AS a
-> INNER JOIN (
-> SELECT
-> MONTH(acPost) AS MonthNo,
-> MONTHNAME(acPost) AS MonthName,
-> balance AS lastBalance
-> FROM acbalance
-> WHERE acPost >= '2008-01-01'
-> GROUP BY MONTH(acPost)) AS b
-> ON a.MonthNo >= b.MonthNo
-> GROUP BY a.MonthNo;
+---------+-----------+--------+-------------+
| MonthNo | MonthName | saving | lastBalance |
+---------+-----------+--------+-------------+
| 1 | January | 50000 | 230000 |
| 2 | February | 30000 | 260000 |
| 3 | March | 90000 | 350000 |
| 4 | April | 30000 | 380000 |
| 5 | May | 50000 | 430000 |
+---------+-----------+--------+-------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)[/sourcecode]

[sourcecode language="sql"]mysql> SELECT SUM(balance) as lastBalance FROM acbalance;
+-------------+
| lastBalance |
+-------------+
| 430000 |
+-------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)[/sourcecode]

Hasil dari SubQuery dan query diatas sama hasilnya. Postingan ini jauh dari sempurna. Masih banyak modifikasi yang bisa dilakukan dengan kondisi-kondisi tertentu. Saya harap jika anda membaca tulisan ini, anda dapat mengembangkannya lebih baik lagi. :D

Take a Seat, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Our front deck. It's lovely this time of year and very inviting. The new umbrella helps with the sun, which always blasts the deck in the late afternoon, making it incredibly hot out there... if it's not cloudy that is.

Setting

An China Restaurants mangelt es in Zürich nicht. Nur haben viele davon mit China soviel zu tun wie Milka mit Schweizer Schokolade. Wenig also.

Wer ein authentisches China Restaurant in Zürich sucht, hat es nicht einfach. Wir haben jetzt für alle Suchenenden einen hervorragenden Tipp: Restaurant ZEN in Adliswil.

In einem Industriequartier gelegen strahlt ZEN zwar wenig Klasse aus, braucht es aber auch nicht. Denn wer hier her kommt, möchte in einem China Restaurant essen, das nicht den typisch verwestlichten "Frass" serviert, wie die vielen anderen.

Das Restaurant kommt innen ungefähr so nüchtern daher, wie man es sich von aussen vorstellt. Das Gute daran: genau so ist es in China auch. Ein untrüglicher Hinweis, dass es sich hier um eines der wenigen authentischen China Restaurants handelt.

Karte

Typische chinesische Speisen natürlich. China ist gross und kennt viele verschiedene Küchen. Im ZEN herrscht die Hong Kong chinesische vor.

Neben Peking-Ente (nur schon der ganzen Essenszeremonie wegen unbedingt probieren!) und vielen Nudel- und Reisgerichten ist Dim Sum, chinesische Teigtaschen, bzw. Ravioli, eine der Spezialitäten des Hauses. Alle Dim Sum werden hausgemacht.

Bedienung

Asiatisch dezent. Immer aufmerksam und ziemlich speditiv. Zurückhaltende, warme Freundlichkeit wie in China.

Preise

Nun ja..... Chinesisches Essen ist in der ganzen Welt eigentlich mehr oder weniger günstig bis billig. In der Schweiz leider ganz und gar nicht. Zu zweit hatten für einen Sonntagsbrunch 1 Kanne Grüntee = 11 Franken, 6 x Dim Sum = 96 Franken. Rechnungsbetrag: 107 Franken.

Harrys Tipp

Der einzige Ort in Zürich und Umgebung, der uns bekannt ist, wo man authentisches chinesisches Essen findet. Ein Beweis dafür sind übrigens die in anderen Restaurants der Verwestlichung zum Opfer gefallenen, gekochten Hünerfüsse.

Adresse

China Restaurant ZEN
Im Sihlhof 1 (Industrie Sood)
8134 Adliswil
Tel. 043 377 06 18

www.restaurant-zen.ch

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If we value what we have lost, do we view ourselves as a sum of negatives? Do we inevitably define ourselves by what we are not?

Se viene la FIL 2008, que se llevará a cabo del 24 de julio al 3 de agosto en el Centro de Convenciones del Jockey Plaza. Y a pesar del tremendo problema que se ha armado a pocos días que se inicie (reprochable por cierto), esta feria tiene algunas cosas buenas. Entre ellas está la presentación de dos excelentes poemarios: Ombligo del ángel de José Cabrera Alva (su tercer libro) y Fragilidad de lo visible de Alex Morillo Sotomayor (primer excelente poemario), libros de muy recomendable lectura publicados por la Editorial Pájaro de Fuego (dirigida por Patricia Colchado Mejía).

Alex Morillo estudió Literatura en la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Ha publicado textos críticos y poéticos en diversas revistas, periódicos y muestras antológicas del Perú y del extranjero. Actualmente, es miembro del grupo cultural Nudo de Voces, con el que ha publicado la plaqueta colectiva Nudo (2007) y es codirector de la revista de literatura Tinta Expresa.

Por su parte, José Cabrera es Bachiller en Literatura por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Además, es codirector de la revista de literatura Ajos & Zafiros. Ha publicado los poemarios El libro de los lugares vacíos (Dedo crítico, 1999), Canciones antiguas (Editorial San Marcos, 2004) y, recientemente, Ombligo de ángel (Pájaro de Fuego). Asimismo, ha obtenido el Segundo Premio Adobe de Poesía con el conjunto de poemas Música para una donna y ha sido finalista en el Premio Copé de Poesía 2003 con El libro del mal amor. Poemas suyos han sido publicados en revistas especializadas, como Dedo crítico, More ferarum, El Hablador, El malhechor exhausto, Ping pong, Ajos & Zafiros y diarios del medio. Ha traducido, además, a diversos poetas en lengua francesa y realizado estudios de Artes Plásticas en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y en el Centro Cultural de la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal.

La invitación es el día 27 de julio a las 7 pm en la sala Blanca Varela de la FIL, y está demás decir que es imperdible; ya que contará con los comentarios de Hildebrando Pérez Grande y Marcel Velázquez Castro, además de una performance de Olivia Vallejos.

Así que, pese a los problemas con que inicia esta FIL 2008, vemos que este año nos ofresce algo más que la última edición de Harry Potter o la presentación de los artistas de la serie televisiva del momento; claro que con la necesidad de una pronta mejora. Recordemos que el país invitado este año es Chile y esperamos que, luego de ver el pobre emplazamiento del stand italiano del año pasado, esta vez le den más espacio a dicho país (con nostalgía recuerdo aquella edición de la FIL cuando el país invitado fue Cuba y se presentaron varios stands cubanos, editoriales de dicho país venidas especialmente para la feria y hasta uno donde se mostraba y ofrecía una gran diversidad de puros y cigarrillos propios del país caribeño, toda una feria internacional).

Felizmente la poesía es ajena a dichas contrariedades. Y con mayor razón la buena poesía, como la de Alex Morillo y José Cabrera. Así que todos estan invitados a la presentación de tan buenos poemarios.

The you can use this command:

# df -k | egrep -v 'kbytes|proc|swap|mnttab|fd' | awk '{ SUM += $4} END { print SUM }'

Basically it will print the total space available on your machine. If you need total or used space, use $2 or $3 respectively in awk part of the command.

Also, if you want Mb or Gb, you can just ... { print SUM/1024/1024 }'

Of course, after we exited the restaurant we headed to the summer Asian festival in Seattle and my mother wanted to look around so my brother and I went to Gameworks and enjoyed a few games; we especially liked the Japanese drumming game and of course, the DDR. I don't get why some songs aren't on the normal DDR they distribute for the PS2 Supernova but I have a new favorite song from Raven G but I can't recall the name at the moment. Also, my brother just figured out how to play the Danceman Game correctly which we had no idea how to play earlier; you just wave your hands through it like a real dance and you don't tap it. Heh, it took a little while but now it is much more fun.

After we finished up at Gameworks with still around five dollars worth of points we headed off to the bus stop to get the free ride zone to Uwajimaya to meet up with our mom again. Once we got to Uwajimaya and met up with our mom we went into the book store and I was debating wether to get Full Metal Panic but I decided not to because I was originally going to buy Yotsuba&! number six which they did not have in stock and I'll just buy it online later today; after leaving the book store we promptly went to walk around Uwajimaya and we bought some natto to try out. My brother and I really wanted to try to see what natto tasted like and of course we bought a package along with a few goodies I bought for myself. My goodies added up to a crazy amount of forty bucks, but it was pretty worth it. I bought a new bento box that is two tiered along with an onigiri maker which has animal faces for it and little toothpicks of different color and variety. I also bought new chopsticks which I wanted since I only have one pair that I like myself, and the other ones are just too big for my hands [which reminds me, the chopsticks in the dim sum were horribly long and it was sooo hard to use them!]. Once we left the shopping section, we went to the bakery and bought some buns and of course the sponge cake. Who can resist some red bean paste buns and some sponge cakes? Of course, I didn't eat them because I didn't want to eat too much unhealthy today 'cause I get freaked out heh. I'll save it for next week's cheat day!

After our little bakery decision, we headed to the bus and got on and headed back home. Once we got home we played around for an hour and my mother and I went to the park to try my new Polar RS200; it wasn't a waste of money at all. Though I need to buy and XS strap probably, the small strap stayed well if I hiked it up a lot and sagged only every mile or so. It was really useful and it didn't take much to get used to, it was very fun to use. After our little run, my mom talking on the phone, we went to WalMart to pick up some food and I got a Luna Bar Chocolate Peppermint Stick; it was so good and it was like eating a cookie. I felt so guilty eating it but it was so good and I checked the nutrition label like twenty times; I'm pretty sure the people in the store walking by thought I was crazy comparing labels. Hehe. I guess I'm just that way.

I'd like to say sorry to people who were reading my blog I just got busy and I was not able to update for a while. Keep watching and stay tuned!

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Last month, I shared about how I like to "pay myself first" by having money channelled automatically from my payrol and deposited straight into regular savings plans.

A closely related concept is "dollar-cost-averaging", which could be a part of such plans, if one intends to enter the investment market at regular intervals.

Infact, many financial experts prefer dollar=cost averaging to lump-sum investments-particularly when protecting against paying too much for investments in a volatile market.

This is how dollar-cost averaging works. The same dollar amount is invested at regular intervals, say monthly, into a diversified investment portfolio. This arrangement holds regardless how the market is doing. As a result, the price paid for the shares or unit trusts is averaged out.

This means more shares are brought when prices are low and less when prices are high.

The natural question that comes to mind is how preading one's investment over time, via dollar-cost averaging, gives you better results than investing alump sum in the market. Let's examine which method is better.

Method 1: Lump-sum investing

Doing this effectively means timing the market by trying to buy low and sell high.

It's great if one succeeds but in reality, most people fall on their face. Such investors lose money primarily because their greed and fear results in an inaccurate reading of the market. Studies from US-based research firm Dalbar have shown that those who attempt to anticipate market movements usually run the risk of exiting and entering the market at the wrong times.

For example, let's assume you have $10,000 and you want to purchase stock A, whose price recently fell to $10 a piece. Having seen it hit a high of $15 a share previously, you think this is a good time to buy. and go on to purchase 1,000 shares. A month later, the shares dip to $5 a piece, but you decide to hang to them. Ten months later, stock A remains at $5. you now make a paper loss of $5,000.

Method 2: Dollar-cost Averaging

This method entails dividing the principal sum of $10,000 into equal amounts of $1,000 and investing the smaller sums every month for ten months, regardless of how the market is doing.

Let's say that the piece of stock A remains at $10 for the first five months and falss to $5 a share in the next five months. Using dollar-cost averaging, you would buy 100 shares with $1,000 in each of the first five months and 200 shares with $1,000 in each of the next five months.

As a result, you are able to buy more shares when the price is low and this means owning more shares overall.

At the end of 10 months, instead of having 1,000 shares, as would have been the case if you had invested a lump sum, you now have 1,500 shares. And even thou the share price is down to $5 a piece, your holdings are worth $7,500, instead of $5,000 you would have lost if you had done a lump-sum investment.

With dollar-cost averaging, you are able to limit your loss when the market is trending down. This method also eliminates the risk of market timing and creates the discipline to stay invested in the market at all times.

These reasons explainwhy investor are better off using dollar-cost averaging in the long rubn.

a³ + b³ + c³ = (a + b + c) (a² + b² + c² – ab – bc – ca) + 3abc

Sum41 e o trupa ce-mi place de mult timp... prima melodie pe care am ascultat-o e Still Waiting, care mi-a placut din prima clipa. Dupaia am mai downloadat doua melodii, In too deep si Fat Lip, care m-au facut sa downloadez toate albumele. In momentul ala erau 3, Underclass Hero avand sa apara un pic mai tarziu.  Zilele trecute l-am downloadat si acum chiar am toata discografia. :D

E foarte misto albumul, toate melodiile sunt reusite. Preferata mea e With Me, care poate fi ascultata aici. :D

JUEVES 19

1era MESA

Modera: Yeni Maldonado

Jorge Zagal Matasoglio (UNFV)

Dalia Espino (UNMSM)

Jesús Zavala (UNMSM)

Clotilde Morales Rubio (ESCUELA)

2da MESA

Modera: Jorge Vergara

Pedro Espinoza H. (UNFV)

Jorge de La Cruz (UNFV)

Paulo César Peña (UNMSM)

Carlos (ESCUELA)

3era MESA

Modera: Rosarella Jhon

Luis León (UNFV)

Luis Mendoza (UNFV)

Ludwig Saavedra (UNMSM)

José Sifuentes (UNFV)

4ta MESA

Modera: Patt Monroe

Juan Pablo Mejía (UNMSM)

Pablo Salazar Calderón (PUCP)

Gabriela Ibáñez (PUCP)

Comandante Escobar (ESCUELA)

5ta MESA

Modera: Paulo Peña

José Miguel Herbozo (PUCP)

Rocío Fuentes (PUCP)

Andrea Cabel (PUCP)

John López (Grupo Anábasis)

VIERNES 20

1era MESA

Modera: Carlos Roses 

José Caro (poeta, vagabundo y dipsómano) (UNFV)

Édgar Gamboa (UNMSM)

Wilber Moreno (UNMSM)

José Antonio Cristóbal Márquez (ESCUELA)

2da MESA

Modera: Florentino Díaz 

Enrique Beó (UNFV)

Eduard André Ríos (ESCUELA)

Carla Valdivia (U. DE LIMA)

Gimena María Vartu (UNMSM)

3ra MESA

Modera: José Antonio Cristóbal

Renato Arce (UNFV)

Giancarlo Huapaya (Escuela de Periodismo B. y M.)

Alex Morillo (UNMSM)

Daniel Amayo (UNMSM)

4ta MESA

Modera: Armando Alzamora

Florentino Díaz (PUCP)

Alesandra Tenorio (UNFV)

Víctor Ruiz (UNFV)

Josefina Jiménez (UNMSM)

Miguel (ESCUELA)

To view the pictures from the rehearsals and from the Red Carpet (although I didn't stay for the entire show due to the weather), click here.

2003 was a struggling year for the MMVAs. Back then the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak was subsiding in our big city. Tourism in the region has subsequently slumped. So in order to have a perfect show to win back the audience and the general public to the region, the 2003 MMVAs were in high octane back then. Punk music was the prime back then. Gas was at 62.5 cents CDN a litre (Toronto average. The national average was at 68.6 cents CDN a litre). The price of a barrel of oil was at $25.00US a barrel.

Onward with the highlights. Avril Lavigne showed her ass on stage and the crowd was marooned from that reaction. They screamed and laugh of course. One of my personal favourites back then, Simple Plan performed for a massive crowd. What's more, the film "Going the Distance" was filmed during the 2003 MMVAs. How interesting. I have yet to watch the film but i'll see if I can find and rent (or purchase) the movie....lol

To view the highlights from that day, click here.

I managed to search at least three videos of the 2003 MMVAs. One of is Simple Plan performing with the crowd and Avril Lavigne presenting an award. There's also the one when Avril Lavigne was at the red carpet that day. At that time, her original band members were their "companion". THis include: Charlie Moniz, Evan Taubenfield and Ajax natives Jesse Colburn & Matt Brann. and The videos are right here:

Simple Plan: performing "I'd do anything":

Avril Lavigne winning an MMVA award:

In addition, I found a video of "On Set of: Going the Distance". This can be viewed here:

Almost a year later, things was getting better and better. The final part will conclude tomorrow.

And so, the people at MuchMusic moved the awards to June and the reason that they have to set this up is because that 2001 was a tragic year for all of us, even the music industry is depressed as well. So the management at MuchMusic has finally made the move: move the awards to June and it's pernament.

Anyways, on with the highlights now and back in the days, Avril Lavigne was gaining momentum when she performed her hit single "Complicated". Shakira also performed "Whenever, Wherever" (in which I cannot get the song out of my head.....:P) and Bow Wow (at that time, he was known as Lil Bow Wow) does some "Ghetto style" when he performed for the crowd.

There was some instances that got too little out of hand - Sum 41 was lighting up some firecrackers and it almost set the entire place on fire! It could have turned worse for some, but despite that the entertainment was getting pumped up. We must not forget Puddle of Mudd. They were great performers.

EDIT: I found a video that was dated in 2002. This was a video compilation of Interviews that was dated in 2002. You can view it here:

EDIT: I also found a video of Sum 41 performing "What we're all about". It can be viewed here:

To see the winners who managed to won the awards back then, click here. A year later, the city of Toronto was struggling with the decline in tourism and the fact that SARS crisis was subsiding. MuchMusic spent months on sprucing up the show to be action packed! More on that will commence tomorrow.

Mirad, esto es un Petzl Grigri (abierto y cerrado). Está diseñado específicamente para asegurar en la escalada.

Parto de la idea de que son los propios fabricantes los que mejor pueden asesorarnos sobre las características y el uso de sus productos. Petzl no recomienda el uso del Grigri para descensos y en caso de usarlo para ese fin, nunca más de 50 metros.

Esto es un Petzl Stop. Está diseñado específicamente para descender. Y por descender no entendamos rapelar a lo loco, a toda pastilla.

Aquí tenemos los manuales de ambos, Petzl Guides en formato .pdf. Grigri y Stop.

Y estos son ochos. Uno clásico y otro curvado. Con estos sí se puede rapelar a lo bestia. Y como veis, hay muchos tipos más...

En este caso de FADERS. Ver Descensores FADERS. Los cuernecillos que llevan algunos son para evitar/prevenir el nudo de alondra que puede formarse en el ocho clásico e imposible de soltar con la cuerda en tensión. Esto, con el ocho clásico, se soluciona pasando la cuerda por el mosquetón seguro, pero bueno, cada uno como prefiera.

Con esto ¿qué quiero decir?. Que en escalada, rápel y espeleología disponemos de muchos y muy versátiles dispositivos cada uno de ellos con sus características propias pero con la ventaja de que podemos hacer muchos usos diferentes de los previstos y que muchas veces dependen de la situación en la que nos encontremos. Ahora bien, si alguien tiene un Grigri o un Stop seguro que tiene un ocho, más que nada por lo que cuestan estos artilugios. Pues que no los use para hacer rápel porque con el ocho es más divertido, rápido y fiable cuando queremos coger velocidad. Permite el cordaje doble, las frenadas son mucho más dinámicas con lo que se castiga menos el resto del equipo, arneses, cuerdas, etc. y el control que tenemos en ese caso del descenso yo creo que es mayor y más progresivo. Que sueltas la mano y te la pegas, también es verdad, pero caray, partimos de que eso ya lo sabemos y que no vamos a soltar la mano fuerte. Si a pesar de todo esto, uno prefiere el Grigri o el Stop, o un SUM o lo que sea, pues a lo mejor se aburre, no lo sé, pero en cualquier caso, por favor, que lleve colgado un ocho en su arnés, que nunca se sabe, no pesa nada y le salva la vida.

Por cierto, esto... (screenshot del catálogo Petzl descenders & belay devices) que cada cosa es para lo que es, así a simple vista.

Evidentemente todo esto es cuestión de gustos y esta es mi opinión. Yo prefiero el ocho para casi todo lo que pueda hacer con el ocho. ¿Obsesión? Puede ser. También es cierto que ni nos aseguramos ni nada, ahí a la desmesura, en fin.