Journal 5 Cruelty or survival?

     Killing might sound and seem harsh, but for some is a need for survival. An interesting article about the killing of the Risso’s dolphin in Dinamarca, have shock most of the world and people tried to stop this type of cruelty and massacre. This story seems that it was taken from a story book and it was a lie, most would love if it was just a story. This massacre it is realize every year in the islands of Feroe, autonomous region of Dinamarca. This killing is done every spring because it is the time that these dolphins came to the ocean near the island. The whole valley prepare for this activity, they left every responsibility for the big day. Is amazing how they reunite to see this precious animal get killed. To make the animal get near to the coast they use their big boats and push the dolphins near the shore that way it is easier to kill them. Most people do not like these massacre they think that it is an abuse and heartless. Animal protection tried to intervene in this activity, but since this is not a sport, is not wickedness neither a culture, it is for food.

     Since the island is a tempest and freezing place between Scotia and Iceland it is hard to harvest plants, fruits and vegetables they need the meat of the dolphins to survive in this cold place. To maintain the meat of the dolphins after killing them they wait that the meat gets dry and them they freeze it. At first it was hard and shocking to see how they killed them and the way the ocean turn red just like the red ocean. This people shouldn’t be judge for this because is the only way of having food and survive. Also this valley gets money from it a thing that is necessary, because the island also depends on it for economy. Also they donate some meat to hospital and old people. This people seem to have a great heart, but they need to start looking for a new way to get food and survive in these cold island. The dolphin is getting extinct and in a few years it will not exist and the population of the island will starve to death. There are a lot of options, but people shouldn’t judge them if they don’t know or experience the need of food. Still they could and should look others ways for food or kill less dolphins so that way the specie will survive for more time.

http://www.protecttheocean.com/denmark-continues-dolphin-slaughter-warning-graphic-images/                                           link – video and shocking images of the killing of the dolphins.

 

 

 

Journal 4 Critic “I am a Barbie girl” song.

Favorite songs, every person in the world has one. Some like hip hop others reggae and even techno, etc. Songs were made for self expression, liberation of feelings and dancing. Also there are other facts that music has and it is called subliminal messages. There is one particular song that called my attention “I am a Barbie girl” a song that was written by Aqua. This song mentions everything a girl could do with the doll Barbie like: play with her, dress her up and make her walk. Other things girls could do are: play with her mansion, car and her perfect boy named Ken. In the song it mentions all this details with a catchy rhythm that make young girls sing and dance. This song became a number one single, because when it came out it called everyone’s attention especially to those girls that wanted to be just like Barbie. The song starts with Ken starting a conversation with Barbie, but all this conversation they sing it. At first it is very clean and simple and it isn’t easy to catch the message, but right in the middle of the song it has that strong and confusing message. If people don’t read the lyrics of the song they won’t understand what it says until they hear the song various times. The song says:                                                                                                       

Barbie: I’m a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world
Dress me up, make it tight, I’m your dolly
Ken: You’re my doll, rock’n’roll, feel the glamour in pink,
kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky…
Barbie: You can touch, you can play, if you say: “I’m always yours“.

Those words in black are the ones that gave that sublime message to girls in the world. If the girls listen to this song various time, the message would get to them unconsciousness. They would start acting like Barbie and would say these things to boys. The girls would manipulate boys with the sexual theme to maintain a relation with them and that way never lose them. This song is full of sexual content and makes the women look like a dumb and sexual object. This type of song is not for young girls. Little girls have a weak mind and everything they hear they believe it and put it on practice. At the end they will feel less and in the only thing they would think is in sex. 

Link of the lyrics: http://letrascanciones.mp3lyrics.org/a/aqua/barbie-girl/

Link of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A (aqua video)

   

Journal 3 – Photo

Today it is the day that finally after nine long months and a tense week we finally get to see her. Today we are meeting the new member of our family, a beautiful baby girl named Amanda Zhair. The whole family is here sitting in the backyard, we are very anxious and happy we can’t wait for her and my aunt to come through that door. After waiting some hours they have finally arrive, the whole family is laughing and shouting of happiness everyone wants to carry Amanda. The day looks perfect and the sun is radiant. Well like every family mine have something special instead of putting the baby to sleep and letting my aunt rest they started to make a barbecue and to carry the baby. I am sitting inside the Gazebo and I see that the first person to grab Amanda is my grandmother and then the other grandmother. After they have the baby in their arms they pass it like a pack of chips to the rest of the family. Finally I got her in my arms she is so beautiful, she seems so fragile and little just like an angel. I know she is going to have a great life, is funny I am talking to this baby like if she understands me, but it doesn’t matter. I want you to know that everything is going to be fine, you are going to be safe no one would never hurt you and no boy would break your heart. Well who I am kidding right at some point you will fall in love and it would hurt and you will cry and life is going to be hard no matter how easy we make it for you. Is nice to have you around my arms, but between you and me I am scared you know why because if you fall of my arms our family is going to kill me. Amanda you are our little miracle our last girl in the family until I or you sister decide to have babies, but for that it has to pass some time. I love you and I would be here for you forever.

 

Journal 2 – My “Querencia”

     For me a “querencia” is not only a place or thing, is a person. My “querencia” is my mother, basically her arms this might sound strange even unusual. I think what better place for me to feel safe, relax and even myself. Since I was born she has been there, holding me around her arms and never letting go. Even when I have my weird moods, need clothe, food, anything she has been there and never complain. When the whole world is against me or I don’t feel I fit around I hug her and immediately everything is good again. For me I could be in the safest place of the world, but if she is not around I feel that I am in middle of nowhere.  This attachment I have is not because I have been over protected or anything just the necessary but since I was a child my mother use to sit me in her lap and hug me for hours. She always has thought that not only the baby need quality time with it mother, but it needed something else like that warm feeling, that feeling that the baby recognize his/her mother by the senses. It sounds really confusing, but she dedicated a lot of time doing that she wanted that her baby knew that she was there and that she would never leave it alone. I have never and never will take my mother for granted she is the best thing in my life and I think she deserves a lot of respect, love and admiration. For me mother could be anyone but only some of them know how to be one. Thanks to god I have a good and special one.

A little about me !

Hi!  Well some things a could say about myself is that I am an open mind person, very sincere, when I feel a need to say something I just say it like I think it , love being around the people I love such as my mother, family and best friends. I live in San German and Mayaguez. Most of my life I have spent it in Mayaguez and also most of my friends are from here. For me my childhood was the best time of my life no preoccupations and always a smile in my face. Is not that I am not happy is just that today is more hard to find happiness. Life has teach me to laugh at everything that happens because if it happens it happens for a reason and that in the worst moment just think that it could be worst. Since I was a child random things has happened to me and still today some weird things happen to me and I love it keeps out the monotony. Sometimes I am the kind of girl that is clumsy,serious and enter my own world but then hit reality. Also another very important detail is music something that is part of me, without it life would be a disaster.Other thing is that I am second year and I study civil engineering.  Other details of me is that I love helping out people and I love to see them happy. I hope to become a professional , get married and have a big family like four to six kids.  So those are some things about me and I hope to meet you all. 🙂