Showing posts with label Ana Maria Bastos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ana Maria Bastos. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 March 2009

What women have less than men?


We are in the XXI century but the developing isn’t everywhere and, because of that, the countries of the world are divided: where are more difficulties and poverty, they are called Developing Countries and the countries financially stable where people have a good life, like a house, employment and resources as water and sewage they are called Developed Countries.
If I was shocked when in the News I saw something like “Children in India are sold by the parents to go work 16 hours in a factory” and this happened in a developing country, I’m shocked too when I saw in the News the wage differences between men and women in Developed Countries.
For me and, of course, to more people, this is just discrimination. It’s antiquated because if in the human rights says that men and women have the same rights, and if a man and a woman who works in the same place, doing the same with the same working hours, why should that man earn more than the woman? It’s discrimination sexiest without any explanation. The wage difference in UE in the year 2007, on average, between men and women is 17,4%.
Many people said that women have fewer possibilities to advance because they are woman. Now, can somebody explain me why these differences happen? I really want to know.

New York

New York… who doesn’t know where is this city? Who never heard this word, even if it has been just one time?
It’s the biggest city in USA and probably one of the biggest cities in the world.
USA is a country that is fairly recent and is consisted for many immigrants and that makes New York so diverse in races and in ethnic groups, one of the most multicultural cities in the world. You, just walking in a street, probably find many people of different skin colour, life styles and different roots and traditions.
In a census done in 2000 the quantity of population of New York was 8 008 278. The population were 44% Caucasian, 36% were Afro-Americans and 10% were Asians but there were other races, such as Hispanics, Jews, Port-Ricans, Dominicans, Chinese’s, Italians and etc… As you can see, New York is very multicultural.
Since the arriving of immigrants of different parts of the world many conflicts appeared because each one has different traditions and beliefs. The conflicts between races and ethnic groups keep on, but the numbers of registered cases have decreased.
Personally, I want to go to New York one week, two weeks, spending a nice holidays, because it’s a city full of art and culture and have many things to see.
New York is the world in a city!

Ads and Teens


Nobody can ignore advertisement because it’s everywhere! You can’t escape outside from billboards, brochures, outdoors, flyers, posters…They are everywhere, in every corner, in every wall that they can put ads. And, when you’re tired of seeing all that ads, and come home and you lie down in the sofa and turn on the TV, you see even more commercials...
But if you’re a teenager ads can be perdition…You see one product that you don’t need it but you want it! And why? Marketers know what they want…the objective is sell product! And the strategy that they use is to show you you’re weaknesses…And how they do that? Well, if you’re hair looks like a lion’s mane and you hate it, and if the product it’s a shampoo, they show you celebrity or a top-model with a great hair…They show you how good people are when using the product they are trying to sell. And you, unconsciously, berth in the trap like the marketers want. They pay to celebrities to use their products because if you see a celebrity with a great tennis, you will think “Well, if she/he uses that, it’s because it’s nice and fashion…And if she/he uses this ones, I want ones too!”
Ok, probably, saying that in this way is scary. But it’s the truth. The raw reality.
If you have been dreaming until now…wake up! They just want you to buy things that you don’t need.

Thursday, 19 February 2009

I wanna be famous!!!




“Fame” is a word that mean the state of being known by many people. So lots and lots people want to be famous.
And the question is: “Why do they want to be famous?” Well, the answer isn’t difficult: they want to be famous because they are people who nobody cares, because they want to go to some parties and events that only famous people go, because some big brands and stylists give their products to them, sometimes really expensive ones, because they have priority in some places, unfortunately.
For some teenagers becoming famous is a dream and for other ones is an objective in their lives. And teens sometimes don’t want to be singers or actors, they don't choose a job in order to become famous…They just want to be famous with no work.
But be famous isn’t so good like they think it is. Media will be always pursue them, take photos, even when they are in holydays with their family. A famous person can’t go for a walk without someone seeing him. The privacy is stolen and all the personal life is exposed in magazines and newspapers.
After all, do you still want to be famous? I don’t think so…
Read the lyric bellow. I did not post the full lyric but I posted the part that I think that is the most important. If you want to listen the music go to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66GUsA4QSzw Enjoy it!!!!!!!!! Kiss Ana Maria...
I can't help myself I'm addicted to a life of material
It's some kind of joke, I'm obsessively opposed to the typical
All we care about is runway models, cadillacs and liquor bottles
Give me something I wanna be, retro glamour, Hollywood yes we live for the
Fame
Doing it for the
Fame
Cuz we wanna live the life of the rich and famous
Fame
Doing it for the
Fame
Cuz we gotta taste for champagne and endless fortune
Don't ask me how or why
But I'm gonna make it happen this time
My teenage dream tonight
But I'm gonna make it happen this time