Friday, March 30, 2007

An Overall of the TLP

At first what I thought about the TLP was that it was going to be pretty boring. When we started searching for information and doing all of those posts. I started hating it, and getting bored of doing the same thing over and over. I thought we will never finish, and that it would never get to the day when we had to start filming the documentary.

Another thing I really liked and think was cool and different to do. The phone call with other countries was funny do to some of my friends when they were talking, it sounded really weird. After a while of posting and writing to 500 words, we started knowing people from other parts of the world. Some of the people we met were from Canada, Virginia and others from Malaysia. We got to talk with them and get to know each other.

As soon Mr. hide told us that it was going to be our last post and we could start filming. I got really exited and entuthiasted. While filming the documentary with my partner and friend Isabella. We did have lot’s of fun. First trying not o laugh while filming. Second when we had that interview, we were a little scared. We had never done it before so it was our first time. Our laugh came out once and we felt very pathetic. The women we interviewed was really nice and she understood. Last, trying to see all we had filmed but we did had lot’s of problems with the CD not working and than sending it late do to all that problem.

In overall what I thought at first did value for what we did in the end. You always have to do hard work to get some fun time. I really think that the TLP was something totally different and a great experience.

Monday, March 26, 2007

What I felt...


Hearing the song, I felt in the middle of a forest running like searching for food and hiding from Indians that wanted to eat me. Also I felt mysterious, and sort of scared.
What comes to my mind after hearing a little more into the song is that I'm in a club at the 60’s dancing and the music comes from a man playing the piano.


I'm in a picnic at a farm with all my family having a delicious thanksgiving, eating turkey, and dancing with some friends having a great time. My parents are just there eating and remembering good times talking with my grandparents telling good stories from the past.
I feel very happy hearing that song and I feel like accelerated do to the rhythm of the song.
Also that song remembers me of a movie I saw in film that is called "Sense and Sensibility" in the part that they are at the party dancing and also when they get married.


What first comes to my mind is Lilo and Stitch in Hawaii in a bright night with a big and round moon at a hammock. They are thinking on Lilo’s parents and of what will be their new adventure. How they will rescue the new experiment, and how to get rid of the evil rabbit.
Also, I think of Hawaiians in the beach around a fire singing and eating fish at a party.
Another thing I think on, are Indians sort of praying or doing a ritual to their gods. The cause is that two persons will marry and they are doing a ceremony in which they have to pass through some stages and finally sing or dance that song with your engaged.

Friday, March 02, 2007

Poverty in Developed Countries


These is going to be our last post! It’s great because were going to start filming our documentary. I have some ideas of what my friend Isabella and I want to do and put to our documentary. You can click here to see them.

The normal policies of developed and developing countries is that they differ a lot. In developing countries they do not earn as much as in a developed country. Do to this, developed countries measure the income level of poverty by an average which is that poor people cannot afford the basic needs such as a house. For people with very low status in which they do not earn money, they become homeless because they can’t afford a house. Others that are in very extreme conditions live in substandard and sometimes in very dangerous houses. Many of the poor people in developed countries since they don’t have nothing else to do they start drugging themselves and drug dealing with other and selling them to earn something. Also they abuse of kids and do other crimes.

The United States has the most higher rate of poverty than other developed countries, for reasons only partly understood. A study of 16 nations was defined that poverty is earning below the middle of all. About the 19 percent of the United States lives in a degree of poverty. Rates between 10 to 15 percent were in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. And the lowest percents were 5 to 8 in the western parts of Europe including France, Belgium, Italy, German, and The Netherlands, Scandinavian countries such as; Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

Poverty rates in some developed countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, they have higher national minorities among each other. In many developed countries they tend to suffer form very high rates of poverty. In the United States many Native Americans live and work on economically reservations and experience high rates of alcoholism and joblessness. And in Australia, many Aboriginal people live in similar conditions.
Well in fact what I think about developed countries and poverty is that I thought that in developing countries was going to be more dangerous to walk at night in the streets but it isn’t. In developed countries there is more people begging for money. Do to wealthy people that have lot’s of money and beautiful houses. The poor ones are going to be jealous and since they can’t do other thing than steal they would rob the houses. Since the government is not helping them finding a job and poor people are not searching for one they country would still keep on being the same.

I have really learned about all types of poverty in developed, developing countries, causes and effects etc…

I’m so happy that finally we are going to film our documentary. I’m really anxious to see how it all ends as I have already told you, you can see our page and see that ideas we have posted and if you have comments please go ahead.