kiel

Last season, my coach told me about a very famous race celebrated in Germany: the Kieler woche (Kiels's week). He told us (to the team) about the race and instantly we wanted to go! unfortunately we finally didn't go, because it was expensive and a bit too far regarding that we had started that same year. But time's passed so fast and we are already preparing the calendar for next season and summer, and it seems like this June... we're traveling to Kiel!!!

I was already excited when I heard about that, but my excitement boosted when a couple of weeks ago the organization shared the promotional video for this year. I'm really looking forward for it, although it will be cold. Germany is a beautiful place, and as I've heard Kiel is great: just watching the video you can make an idea of how great the experience of being in that race would be. I can't wait to go there! 

It seems like Kiel's winds are not too hard nor too light (perfect!) and the temperature in June-July is like the average temp. here in middle spring. I'll have to wear my winter clothes again, but I think it is going to worth it. Another point to contemplate is the long journey to there, which is in northern Germany, about 2000Km far from Barcelona. We still have to decide if we're going there by plane or with our club's van, and there are a lot of details to settle...

I'll keep you informed!  

I've post the video up there! (the post just before this one...)

phone addiction

Imagine you're walking in the street, or staring on the underground... What would you see? I'm sure: a lot of people writing on their mobile, playing on their iPhone or scrolling their BB's central ball. Now, think of this images a few years ago, people would be reading, talking to each other or just staring... Our lifestyle has changed, or better said, something has changed in our lives: mobile phones!

A mobile phone is so practical when you need to talk to someone who's not with you at this time, or even to search for information you are really interested on. But somehow we've turned this useful device to an addiction. And that's what I'm worried about.

In my opinion, we should give more attention to real life and leave our virtual side for those boring moments you really don't know what to do. The first reason is that I find very annoying -and rude- when talking to someone he suddenly takes his mobile phone and starts laughing to a shiny screen (am I that boring?). There's more; you quickly get used to the "easy-writing" of virtual chats, a writing that actually has plenty of mistakes and absurd words such as wrong abbreviations. And the final one, related with the first, is a reason and also a fact: There's a lot of people very kind and confident on chats, but when you meet them you realize they're not that nice nor that chatty, because they're occupied talking on their phones to people they will meet later to show them how fast they type on their phone sending messages to you... (Absurd, right?)  

In conclusion, we use too much our mobiles and pay not enough attention to what's happening around us, and this way... we'll waist our lifetime.

To end up, try something: leave your mobile phone in your pocket, bag or wherever you carry it, and use it only when you strictly need it (difficult, isn't it?)...