Like Gábor said before me: better late than never.
I was just watching the newest episode of Family Guy the other and a gig particularly caught my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNjRYb_DZ5I
Apart from making me laugh this made me remember another similar pun just from the episode a week before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_84P_HvIDek
The two together did a couple of things in my mind:
It changed my motto to: ALLAHU AKBAR :D
And it made me wonder how Arabs would feel when they watch these. Because I think even though these are hilarious, they still tend to carry a bit of discriminatory charge against Muslims. If someone watches shows like this a lot he/she will think that suicide bombing for Arabs is like going to the cinema for Americans. And there I was thinking that discrimination in America belonged to the past. (Then again there was 9/11 which changed America quite a bit.)
Anyways, I know that watching family guy is infantile and someday I do intend to wean off of it. But not until I find it funny and I think that's years away from now...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Police violence
Apologies for completely forgetting about this task, but as they say, better late than never, so here goes.
Well, I guess this entry won't be a very cheery one, but it's certainly interesting and thought provoking, might even lead to a heated debate. Or at least it did on a forum I regularly visit.
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgRAr4wnFQ
I thought it was pretty crazy. I personally think the kick was definitely not deserved, especially after the man decided to surrender. Most people defending the cop are saying that it's alright because he's a police officer - that the criminal was already running from the police, so he deserves whatever the cops decide to do. I strongly disagree with this, and I've no idea how anyone can justify what this police officer did. I highly doubt this is supposed to be part of his job, and the high-five afterwards makes it even more disgusting.
So yeah, that's the gist of it. Can police brutality ever be justified? I guess it also depends on the situation, but just because someone is wearing a uniform, it doesn't change the fact that he's beating up someone who isn't resisting or fighting back. All it does is bring him down to the criminal's level.
Well, I guess this entry won't be a very cheery one, but it's certainly interesting and thought provoking, might even lead to a heated debate. Or at least it did on a forum I regularly visit.
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgRAr4wnFQ
I thought it was pretty crazy. I personally think the kick was definitely not deserved, especially after the man decided to surrender. Most people defending the cop are saying that it's alright because he's a police officer - that the criminal was already running from the police, so he deserves whatever the cops decide to do. I strongly disagree with this, and I've no idea how anyone can justify what this police officer did. I highly doubt this is supposed to be part of his job, and the high-five afterwards makes it even more disgusting.
So yeah, that's the gist of it. Can police brutality ever be justified? I guess it also depends on the situation, but just because someone is wearing a uniform, it doesn't change the fact that he's beating up someone who isn't resisting or fighting back. All it does is bring him down to the criminal's level.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Fall Break 2009
You know, I'm just curious what you guys are doing in the fall break. I mean, apart from doing those tons of home assignments, essays, home papers, presentations, etc. Because it seems to me that my break is going to be a mix of what we call 'school stuff' and even some fun, but only a little of that. Are you visiting your relatives, or just hanging out with friends? I'm really interested, please let me know if it's not something to withhold from us.
Anyway, I think I am getting familiar with this blogging phenomenon.I really never tried it before, and,trust me, I won't be the biggest blogger in the future, either. It just doesn't suit me. I don't know why. How about you?
I had a plan of visiting a pub that you like someday, is it fine by you? I thought we could come together for a beer or something. How does that sound? It would be great if the whole class (including the instructor) could come. Of course, when you have more time for things like that.
I wish you a nice and tiring (in a positive way) break!
Cheers
Blogging
I started wondering about the purpose of such ‘educational blogs,’ as this semester I have three courses which have to do something with blogging. Actually, I realised that this is good for me in the sense that I would never ever create my own personal blog, so having such courses provides me the opportunity to get to know blogging without starting my own. However, after spending so much time on different blogs it may also happen that I change my mind about having a blog, who knows.
Still, I like reading blogs of other people when they write about something that interests me. It is good to get to know the ideas of others about certain topics. Furthermore, when discussing a problem, the author often provides a solution, which can be really useful. Also, many good reviews can be found on the internet, for example, I always check out whether someone has already written about a device which I would like to buy. The positive or negative criticism of the object definitely affects my decision.
Finally, I would like to draw your attention to my favourite blog, which is http://oddee.com/. This is a site where the authors collect the strange, bizarre and odd things of the world, which is very interesting and funny at the same time. It can be so relaxing after an exhausting day or a terrible exam to sit down and take a look at some posts there. I can only recommend you to check out the entry entitled 15 Hilarious Church Signs. I hope you'll enjoy it :)
Just to make you even more interested, here is an example:
Still, I like reading blogs of other people when they write about something that interests me. It is good to get to know the ideas of others about certain topics. Furthermore, when discussing a problem, the author often provides a solution, which can be really useful. Also, many good reviews can be found on the internet, for example, I always check out whether someone has already written about a device which I would like to buy. The positive or negative criticism of the object definitely affects my decision.
Finally, I would like to draw your attention to my favourite blog, which is http://oddee.com/. This is a site where the authors collect the strange, bizarre and odd things of the world, which is very interesting and funny at the same time. It can be so relaxing after an exhausting day or a terrible exam to sit down and take a look at some posts there. I can only recommend you to check out the entry entitled 15 Hilarious Church Signs. I hope you'll enjoy it :)
Just to make you even more interested, here is an example:
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
ohai! I can haz satizfaksn? Football, ELTE, i-DEAL
This entry will be quite funky. Things of general interest come to my mind instantly, just like the questions of life's ambiguities, such as... If we are clean after having a bath or a shower, why do we have to change our towels on a weekly basis? LoL... And now for something completely different.
Today we had "Műhelymunka" seminar in which the participants are working on an online journal supervised by the DEAL department of ELTE BTK. We discussed, and pretty much fixed the topics for people who were present today. I will be doing a music record review of Thrice's 2009 record called Beggars. The whole CD is awesome in every aspect. The tunes and the lyrics just pown, and strangely enough it is not heavy music. There is just something in Thrice that makes their music unique and needs attention. That is why I have chosen to review and, sort of, advertise their new record. My other topic will be an article about a pub in the area surrounding the university, worth mentioning. I plan to write about Mélypont. I like that place. It has a good atmosphere, socialist era 70's interrior, affordable prices (not particularly cheap though) and all in all a nice place in my opinion to drop in for a drink or two.
Considering the opportunity that the journal will live on after the first issue, I am planning to do a series of articles in this topic. Just like a Pub tour review section.
My last topic will be asking foreign language teachers about how their families celebrate Christmas, considering some of them has Hungarian wives and things like that. The title could be " Szenteste or Boxing Day?" It is just an idea lingering around...not final :)
Apart from things related to ELTE, I just finished watching the Champions League match of DVSC vs. FC Fiorentina. Debrecen scored first. I WENT NUTS! Unbelievable. Too bad Fiorentia is much stronger...The Italians managed to win 3:4. But our guys fought like lions! Debrecen Scored the last goal of the match in the 88. minute making it back to the game from 1:3 to 3:4. The last minutes and the additional time were just thrilling. Thanks Guys!
At this time, my only thoughts are that I am getting pretty sleepy, I still have to write my article summary for the "Fact based journalism" seminar.
So I think this is pretty much it for today.
Thanks!
bye.
Today we had "Műhelymunka" seminar in which the participants are working on an online journal supervised by the DEAL department of ELTE BTK. We discussed, and pretty much fixed the topics for people who were present today. I will be doing a music record review of Thrice's 2009 record called Beggars. The whole CD is awesome in every aspect. The tunes and the lyrics just pown, and strangely enough it is not heavy music. There is just something in Thrice that makes their music unique and needs attention. That is why I have chosen to review and, sort of, advertise their new record. My other topic will be an article about a pub in the area surrounding the university, worth mentioning. I plan to write about Mélypont. I like that place. It has a good atmosphere, socialist era 70's interrior, affordable prices (not particularly cheap though) and all in all a nice place in my opinion to drop in for a drink or two.
Considering the opportunity that the journal will live on after the first issue, I am planning to do a series of articles in this topic. Just like a Pub tour review section.
My last topic will be asking foreign language teachers about how their families celebrate Christmas, considering some of them has Hungarian wives and things like that. The title could be " Szenteste or Boxing Day?" It is just an idea lingering around...not final :)
Apart from things related to ELTE, I just finished watching the Champions League match of DVSC vs. FC Fiorentina. Debrecen scored first. I WENT NUTS! Unbelievable. Too bad Fiorentia is much stronger...The Italians managed to win 3:4. But our guys fought like lions! Debrecen Scored the last goal of the match in the 88. minute making it back to the game from 1:3 to 3:4. The last minutes and the additional time were just thrilling. Thanks Guys!
At this time, my only thoughts are that I am getting pretty sleepy, I still have to write my article summary for the "Fact based journalism" seminar.
So I think this is pretty much it for today.
Thanks!
bye.
This is going to be on some areas of my own interest.
First, let me share a few thought about this "English in the Media" sub-specialty. As far as I can get a grasp of the overall content of the courses that I've managed to take and complete so far, it seems that the electronic media is given a fairly distinguished place amongst other types of media. It might be considered interesting.
Let's see examples for this claim. What comes to mind first is of course this course. No question about it. Secondly, there is this "Electronic Media: Blogs and Blogging" course with Frank Prescott. Then, on "Media and Advertising," again we seem to be giving a great deal of focus to the Internet (at least it's my impression from our last class). --- I'm not mentioning it as though it were out of place, no; I think it's quite right that the Web gets this much attention. After all, it seems to be growing into the most often used source of information and also probably the most important medium. --- But where was I; yes, the course "Fact-Based Journalism," too, relies heavily on online material to be discussed. Again, it's not that it weren't right; I only mean it's interesting to notice this thing or trend or tendency.
Second, I think I will advertise two of my favorite videos loosely relating to the media in general. They're by Taylor Mali, an American travel performance poet. You may find out why I think they relate to the media.
On what teacher's make: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU&feature=related
And another on something like, you know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4&feature=related
Third and last, I think I should also advertise our Workshop on our online journal for DEAL. We act like an editorial board. It might be interesting to take a look at: http://mediamuhely.blogspot.com/
Bye for now.
First, let me share a few thought about this "English in the Media" sub-specialty. As far as I can get a grasp of the overall content of the courses that I've managed to take and complete so far, it seems that the electronic media is given a fairly distinguished place amongst other types of media. It might be considered interesting.
Let's see examples for this claim. What comes to mind first is of course this course. No question about it. Secondly, there is this "Electronic Media: Blogs and Blogging" course with Frank Prescott. Then, on "Media and Advertising," again we seem to be giving a great deal of focus to the Internet (at least it's my impression from our last class). --- I'm not mentioning it as though it were out of place, no; I think it's quite right that the Web gets this much attention. After all, it seems to be growing into the most often used source of information and also probably the most important medium. --- But where was I; yes, the course "Fact-Based Journalism," too, relies heavily on online material to be discussed. Again, it's not that it weren't right; I only mean it's interesting to notice this thing or trend or tendency.
Second, I think I will advertise two of my favorite videos loosely relating to the media in general. They're by Taylor Mali, an American travel performance poet. You may find out why I think they relate to the media.
On what teacher's make: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU&feature=related
And another on something like, you know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4&feature=related
Third and last, I think I should also advertise our Workshop on our online journal for DEAL. We act like an editorial board. It might be interesting to take a look at: http://mediamuhely.blogspot.com/
Bye for now.
Wonder what this is?
This week’s task gave me the idea to write about a blog I found recently.
This Monday I read about a blog in the Metropol newspaper (I know ;-)…but it is good when you do not want to stare at other people’s faces on the metro). This blog is http://postsecretcommunity.com/
Frank Warren, an American ex-businessman created the blog on 1 January 2005. The idea is genial, people usually mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard to Frank Warren who then selects secrets and posts them on the PostSecret website, or uses them for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits.
There were periods when the project seemed to die away but fortunately, he is now very successful. Last year according to ‘Youth Trends’, a company that interprets demographic data on young people’s spending habits and interests, the blog was one of the most popular sites among female students in the USA. Warren has also published four books on this issue in the last four years:
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
My Secret: A PostSecret Book
A Lifetime of Secret: A PostSecret Book
The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book
He managed to make art out of people’s innermost secrets with his irresistible idea. It is exciting, isn’t it?
What is the story behind the Post Secret?
I better provide here the author’s own explanation because on one hand the story is rather weird and on the other hand he presents it so succintly.
What is the story behind the Post Secret?
I better provide here the author’s own explanation because on one hand the story is rather weird and on the other hand he presents it so succintly.
“In December 2003, I took my first trip to Paris, France. That night I checked into a hotel in the Latin Quarter. While I slept, I had an extraordinary dream that would change my life and would eventually lead me to the PostSecret Project. My first day in Paris I purchased three Antoine de Saint-Expery’s Little Prince Postcard form a little shop near the hotel. When I got to my hotel room I prepared for bed, I placed the cards in the nightstand drawer and went to sleep. During the night, I had a lucid dream in which I was aware that I was in my own dream. I found myself in the hotel room. In my dream, I opened my nightstand drawer and examined the three Little Prince Postcards. Each had been altered with messages written on their back. The first message read “unrecognizable evidence, from forgotten journeys, unknowingly rediscovered” the second message was about a “reluctant oracle” postcard art project and the last message I could not understand at that time. When I awoke, I removed those three postcards from the drawer and tried to recreate them so they would appear like the ones I had seen during my dream. What I did not know was that those three remade Little Prince postcards would be the first work of trilogy of postcards that would consume my life and set me on an unimaginable journey…”
Well, all in all he is a talented guy who had a very original idea and can live from being a blogger. Great job!
Well, all in all he is a talented guy who had a very original idea and can live from being a blogger. Great job!
(picture: an example of a postcard)
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