September 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Oovoo Cannot Find My Camera

I caught a bit of happiness into a melancholy, as the certainty of an existing but distant joy. I thought of a taste that remains on the lips as the train moves away.

Photo: September 2010, Milan

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Funny Anniversaries For Calendar

Ride The balance is necessarily incomplete

There are few things that complement each other and the transformation is the fate of the universe. Without the theory of the "Big Bang" lacks a logical explanation, even if it was erroneous to justify this move forward as driven by a shock wave. When you run out of this drive? Or we are not progressing in a linear manner but in a circular or chaotic? I thought of the film "The Birthday" by Marco Filiberti and the feeling of loss that I took at the end. Maybe it is not "my" but I raise my hat to a wonderful group of actors and a director who should be listed among the protagonists of the film. The story is incomplete, it is my feel it. The final scene trying to close an episode with a story that can not be closed and that my desire to return to curiosity about the secondary characters. Who is that couple who occasionally comes out? Because they seem so close and happy? They are exhibitionists boastful or represent the hope of happiness that should not ever die? Surely even the protagonists life does not reach an equilibrium but is transformed, or flake, and it becomes something else. So loneliness is a condition of minimum potential that allows for more balance? Or is the group that can support more stable? Patrizia Laquidara sings that balance is a miracle, and when it is both static and dynamic when, lying or high speed, in any case is always changing. Do not cheat, you must look down.

photo: mannequin sitting in a shop window in Via Fara, 18 September 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

How To Get A Nugget In Pokemon Emarlad

Progetto socio-culturale nelle scuole della Svizzera Italiana

Contesto

Durante lo scorso mese di novembre (2009), assieme ad alcuni amici giornalisti spagnoli, ho collaborato alla realizzazione di un documentario, Good luck for you everyday , a proposito di un orfanotrofio a Phnom Penh, in Cambogia.
Con loro ho passato alcuni giorni nella baraccopoli seguendo i bambini dell'istituto nelle loro attività. È stata un'esperienza incredibile, sia dal punto di vista umano che da quello professionale: sono docente e ho potuto vedere dinamiche tra i ragazzi che sarebbero il sogno di ogni docente ticinese. Ho conosciuto bambini che non and who do not have anything at all material from you, rich person in their eyes. Just a hug, a caress, a look of complicity and their face lights up

sincere and bright smiles that make you literally melt your heart. These guys do not have anything, but you can give so much. An example of civilization and education to be envied.
This orphanage is run by a woman whom everyone calls Mama. In fact his name is Peng Phan, Cambodian actress is being passed through the purges of the Khmer Rouge regime (arrest, jail, etc.). And decided to dedicate his life to kids who have family situations disaster.
In a slum of Phnom Penh, near the French Embassy, \u200b\u200bopened an orphanage with makeshift equipment. It houses about thirty boys and girls ranging from 5 years to 17. NACA stands for National Action Associacion Culture, and the word Culture plays a fundamental role in this process.
addition to welcome these children into her home to give them a chance to go to school, Peng Phan offers real dance, music, singing and acting. His love for the recitation and art in general is incredible and dedication with infinite passion to convey to his pupils. Several times a week the boys will perform on the House boat cruises on the Mekong that are, or the central market, dances and songs inspired by the Khmer tradition. In practice, a multi-faceted company, with no small independence.

aim of the project

promote the documentary in schools in Ticino with the following general objectives :

explain a different social and cultural backgrounds to our students in Ticino.
Exploiting the high educational value of the documentary through discussion with students about the issues brought by the movie.
Create training sessions for discussion around issues related to childhood and youth.
give visibility to a reality like that of NACA
Show how you can export the skills acquired in Ticino school as a student and teacher.

The documentary

Title: Good Luck for You Every Day
Length: 60 min
Languages: Khmer with subtitles in Italian
Directors: Raul G attach Abellan, Marc Martinez Serrado
Producers: Raul Gallego Abellan , Angel Garcia
Editing: Marc Serrado Martinez, Rodolfo Scapozza
Trailer / site: ontherecord.cat

The story in brief

This documentary tells the story of a small orphanage Phnom Penh called NACA dell'icredibile adventure and tells of his personal manager, a woman, Phan Penh, miraculously survived the genocide of the Khmer Rouge. Against the backdrop of current Cambodian
are told the stories of seven characters belonging to NACA, touching issues concerning social, cultural, educational, professional, economic, historical, etc.. The
everyday life of a small institution that limps, dreams, hopes and problems of a people struggling to see the end of the tunnel, they are told by those who wear the cross on his shoulders to be born in Cambodia.

Issues brought by Good luck for you everyday

The precarious situation of children in reality à Cambodian :

Lack of parental figures
school situation
precarious hygiene and health as priorities
Child labor Child Prostitution
Droga
ecc.

L’importanza della cultura e dell’arte come mezzo di sopravvivenza e di speranza:

La scolarizzazione
Iniziative artistico-culturali
I risultati che si possono ottenere con la passione e l'impegno
I sogni
ecc.

Testimonianze dell’orrore dei Khmer Rossi durante gli anni ‘70

Durante il regime di Pol Pot
Conseguenze ancora visibili ai nostri giorni
ecc.

Difficoltà di sopravvivenza di realtà come N.A.C.A ai nostri giorni

difficulty in raising funds
Choices governmental
Other Case Study

Who is the project

The issues brought by Good luck for you are suitable for everyday for

Second cycle primary schools
Middle School High Schools (high school, trade ,...)
DFA
SUPSI
Vocational

It fits almost all types of orders and starting school the second cycle of primary schools.

Size groups

Classes Classes multiple individual
Institutes

topics to be developed will then be chosen according to age and interests of the classes will take part in the project.

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Hard White Wart On Lip

Attività per SE

Program

Duration of activity: approximately 3 hours
Brief Introduction
First hour: presentation of social and cultural situation of Cambodia ( contextualization of the documentary and the discussion of the third hour)
Seconda ora: visione documentario (57 min)
Pausa 15 min
Terza ora: discussione in ottica educativa sui temi portati dal documentario con riferimento alla nostra realtà e a quella cambogiana. Saranno presi in particolare considerazioni tematiche legate al vissuto dei ragazzi (sia cambogiani che svizzeri), come l'educazione, il gioco, le prospettive future, la famiglia, il mondo del lavoro, ecc.
La scelta di queste tematiche verrà fatta tenedo in considerazione il gruppo che partecipa al progetto ( età e indirizzo della scuola).
Oltre che ai contenuti di spessore (pedagogici, educativi e culturali), l'intervento must also be seen in a didactic. During the discussion, I will appeal to the reading of the image, the theming and contextualization of sources. Through the problematization of those reached, with the students / pupils to conclusions that may relate to our situation, taking into consideration where you started the conversation (actually Cambodian).

Cost: 150 .- (a copy of the documentary and a hard copy of the dossier included)

Material

are in possession of material required for the projection (beamer, screen, audio, pc) and the rest of the business.
If the place was equipped with a room suitable for screenings and lectures would be ideal, otherwise we'll make do with flexibility.
make available documents and files to support the various educational activities. This material can also be used for further development activities in the classroom if there was interest.

Dossier available

Home

Bone Cancer Of The Ankles

left with a bed in a hurry Let

Fragile è la definizione di casa, in bilico tra dove si abita e dove si vorrebbe vivere. Spesso è un luogo indefinito, e i più fortunati trovano la propria casa dentro se stessi e possono vivere ovunque. La mia casa è un progetto che cerca di assomigliarmi, che cerca di farsi riconoscere da chi mi conosce. Forse è qualche cosa di atavico: la ricerca del primo abbraccio appena nati, quel dolce conforto dopo un brusco strappo dalla pace. Eppure c’è chi vive senza casa, alla continua ricerca o alla continua fuga. C’è chi vive negli alberghi del “chi va là”, con la paura che i propri piedi possano essere imprigionati roots. Yet thousands of homes have new guests, thousands of houses built along roadsides, in meadows, woods, along the coasts. Good things become bad things like houses called "green monster" that would be better to call illogical. Each house is something new that is born and something old that disappears is not progress or even evolution, it seems almost a mitotic architecture.
The house is a lot of nothing, a place abandoned and hostile, a collection of items picked up that the previous owners treated it as a waste. These are homes that we must be ready to run fast. These are houses built in the corners, often the center of a major European city. An infinity of invisible and homes without land, sad and annoying when you meet the moral, the same morality that is based on the tale of a king born in a cave. People can not be judged from the house where they live, but from what they know to be comfortable for those who come to visit them.

pictures: Milan, September 11, 2010, abandoned garage.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

μοτορολα W470

Attività per SME e scuole superiori

Program

Duration of activity: about 4 hours
Brief Introduction
First hour: presentation of the Cambodian social and cultural context (contextualization of documentary and discussion of the third hour)
Second hour: Vision documentary (57 min)
Break 15 min
Third hour: discussion about educational issues brought to light in the documentary with reference to our reality and the Cambodian. Will be given special consideration issues related to the experience of the boys (both Cambodians Swiss), such as education, play and future prospects, the family, the workplace, etc..
The choice of these issues will fatta tenedo in considerazione il gruppo che partecipa al progetto ( età e indirizzo della scuola).
Quarta ora a scelta:
- 1)Presentazione di un progetto per l'implementazione di un educatore/docente professionista presso un struttura come N.A.C.A.
- 2)Thailandia/Cambogia: così vicine eppure così lontane. Alcuni aspetti confronto di due paesi confinanti nel panorama del Sud Est Asiatico.
- 3)Camicie Rosse? Chi sono? Che cosa vogliono?
  Intervento a proposito di ciò che è successo questa primavera a Bangkok.

Oltre che ai contenuti di spessore (pedagogici, educational and cultural), the intervention must also be seen in a didactic. During the discussion, I will appeal to the reading of the image, the theming and contextualization of sources. Through the problematization of those reached, with the students / pupils to conclusions that may relate to our situation, taking into consideration where you started the conversation (actually Cambodian).

Cost: 200 .- (a copy of the documentary and a hard copy of the two files included)

Material

are in possession the equipment required for the projection (beamer, screen, audio, pc) and the rest of the business.
If the place was equipped with a room suitable for screenings and lectures would be ideal, otherwise we'll make do with flexibility.
make available documents and files to support the various educational activities. This material can also be used for further activities in the classroom scviluppo if there was interest.

Dossiers available

Home

Chronic Rhabdomyolysis

a final bacio prima di andare

Let the taste of my own to exaggerate, to magnify the little monster just a shadow and make a giant. Let me use the metaphor I do not like war as a likeness of the everyday, the rest as best as I can describe this ever-present sense of insecurity biological, emotional and behavioral. As a sniper lurking, the next moment might be the last. Like lovers do not stop kissing each other? Why quit?
Like a stray dog \u200b\u200bI cling to the bowl, would not there be another tomorrow. I stop to watch the silvery reflection of my armor design pentagonal section beams against the wall of a shabby alley and, before I go, I think that there is no choice: we must die to live.

photo: Chess, August 2010

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Prelox Canada Toronto Stores

Come iscriversi

On the right side of the page you will find a calendar with the dates available that is updated daily, so you can see where I am and when.
In terms of environmental impact, it would be interesting to combine the offices of morning and afternoon in order to limit travel between the various schools.
's why I put the calendar with the seats. So you can pick your own date in a more targeted way, taking into account the environmental factor.

procedure

1. Choose a date suitable to your home looking at the calendar (dates are exhausted by the end of 2010, as from January 2011 should start with a new project).
2. Send me an email with the date you choose, your info about your school (type of school / class, many students), your contact (mail + telephone) and eventali questions.
3. I will give you confirmation of the date, I will answer your questions and will update the calendar by adding your institution.
4. A week before the meeting will take with you to work out the details.