FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

It’s difficult to define what human rights are but one way to explain it is the rights we all have simply because we’re born: rights to live, to born free and equal, to choose your religion, etc.

It’s not really known where and when they were created but it’s considered that the Cyrus cylinder was the first writing where feature the human rights. At the very first beginning there wasn’t any rights, you were in the crowd or not. Then the Cyrus Cylinder came up in 535 b.C., After that, different events happened and they marked historical dates where human rights were vindicated: Natural Law (27 b. C.), Magna Carta (1215 a. C), American Constitution (1776), French Revolution and Natural rights (1789), Napoleon defeat (1800), Ghandi (1915), World Wars (1914-1917, 1939-1945) and finally United Nations (1946).

In every event there were written different human rights, but nowadays the ones who are remaining are thirty, for example: Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights or Article 2: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

There are lots of human rights that must be respected and I can't hightlight one of them. But if I could talk about one of them I would choose freedom of thought.
What makes the difference between people and animals is the capacity to think and call the shots that we think benefit us. We can valorate different people because of what they say or how they act.  If we repress this right, in what we become? Our identity principle dissipates and our values disappeares.
We must have the freedom of speech and express what we think, make the difference and share opinions. Find the best way to progress and there is no better way of do that, that sharing opinions and discusting about which one is the best.

SPEECH TO UNO

Yes, we can say we have progress in technology. We can also asure it in education, in medications and with lots of other aspects. It's easy to feel the progress just if we focus on what really they (the government and the high positions) are interested to show us, but what is the dark side? What is hidding behind the progress? Or preferably, what do they want to disguise?

Money has brought lots of benefits nowadays but it aslo has accentuated corruption. It's the worst evil imaginable in human beings and it makes them forget about what human rights are and represent. 

What we thought we had overcome, has resurfaced again and harder than ever. 

They let people suffer and they ignore absolutely thei suffering, and their families suffering. 

What about investing money in the struggle for justice? We should lay aside money interests and work for what you really create UNO. 

Fight for equality and human rights, we all have the same oportunities and chances to live. 

NOMOPHOBIA

14 Castelló d'Empúries

Girona

18th April 2017

Dear Xènia, 

How are you doing? Hope you are really good. 

I just have deided to write you because I think you should know how your mobil phone addiction is affecting you and I would like to talk to you about nomophobia. I think you are constantly topping up your battery life, you are always checking your phone just to make sure you don't have missed messages or calls, you are worrying about losing it and even you feel panic and anxiety when you are separated from it. 

What I would recomend you is to try to leave it apart and try to stay for a week, minimum, without the phone. If you need to contact someone and talk to them, you can send a message to meet them and leave it again. Also, you can try to entretain yourself by doing some activities like outdoor sports, watching films, reading books or chating with your friends or family members. 

After all, you just have to want to overcome this nomophobia beacuse if you don't put all your effort, it will be wasted advice. 

So, I'll see you next day and hope you take into consideration what I've told you. 

All the best, 

Kisses from Aina. 

NEWS

NORTH KOREA HAS NEARLY COMPLETED WORK ON ITS ADVANCED SUBMARINE MISSILE PROGRAM

A United Nations report suggests North Korea has made 'rapid developments', so it is believed the country is developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles and North Korea has said missile tests will be carried out at least once a week.

I’ve tried to summarize the news a much as I can because I just want to focus in the fact that power positions are occupied by mad people. On one side, Trump and on the other hand Kim Jong-un (EEUU and North Korea). 

It means that an argument between them can lead the world into a disaster and I’m sure that if a war take place, the entire lands will be devastated and the majority of them will suffer innocently. 

As I said in the last posts, we have progress in lots of aspects that can help our society lead it into a better world with new medicines, new ways of communication, etc. But at the same time, progress can fall in evil hands and it can be use in a painful way. 

I think society must change nowadays and we have to start thinking what can happen if we don’t stop these situations, if we let mad people stay in the power. We can’t not wait until all ends and we must avoid any disaster because, at the end, changing or not is in our hands.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4429746/North-Korea-nearly-completes-work-missile-program.html

NEWS

A HOLIDAY FOR THE FILTHY RICH

The much-anticipated XXII Carat holiday villa complex in Dubai is set to be finished later in the year. There are 22 seven-bedroom villas on the market, each with landscaped gardens and a 24-hour concierge. 30% of the luxury properties - costing between £8.5million and £19million - have already been snapped up.

This is one of the reasons why I wanted to study something related with hotels, but is also the reason why I realize that just few people can afford it and while they waste their money in sleep over the most comfortable MATALÀS in the world or in having a bath wrapped in gold, hundreds of millions of people are trying to find any shelter to rest the night.
Hotels show really good the difference that has come up between rich and poor people and it increase every day a little bit more. 1% of population has the 99% of the world wealth while 99% of them has the other 1% and it must be one of the change proposal along the history. However, I consider it is something that will never happen taking in consideration that money corrupts people and it makes them greedier.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4433058/Holiday-villas-Dubai-come-complete-1m-bathtubs.html

NEWS

EXHAUSTED LONDON MARATHON RUNNER

Just 200 yards before the finish line runner David Wyeth's legs turned to jelly but Matthew Rees, of the Swansea Harriers, stopped running and turned around. He grabbed him and supported him across the line as race organizers stepped in. 

Viewers on social media have heaped praise on Rees, calling him a hero. 

What I can say about this news is that sometimes sport can contribute to make people more solidarity and even though it’s difficult to renounce competition and ease the loss of the first position, people learn to grow up developing some other aspects and values that makes them more winners than those who gets the first place. 

I think that one activity that helps boosting solidarity and respect and lots of other values is sport. We are used to hear that group sports are better than single ones, but today we have an example that shows it doesn’t matter which kind of sport you practice is just what you learn from it what  you can apply in real life.

Link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4437374/Exhausted-London-Marathon-runner-collapses-carried.html

NO MEN BEYOND THIS POINT

“In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers finds himself at the centre of a battle to keep men from going extinct.”

I must say that while we were watching the film we all feel a little bit estrange about it because we were, and we aren’t nowadays, used to imagine a world without men. But, however, it has been interesting to see how the world would change in this situation.

When you watch this film you realize that men are most of the time the main causes of many problems we have at present. Their nature is usually more aggressive than women’s character and it brings them to start wars, arguments, gender-based violence, and threats, among others. And it doesn’t end up here; women are usually more organized than men and they really know how to share a flat, to show solidarity with the rest, be helpful when they are called for help, respect themselves and the life space of everyone, etc.

After all of it we could say that maybe a world without men would be a great idea and it will eradicate numerous troubles we have today. But if I had to choice which world I would prefer I wouldn’t have the hesitation to choice the world with men; nevertheless I would like to signify that men should value much more what women do for them and they should take in consideration all the great ideas that women can have and how useful they can result, letting them to hold a position plenty of responsibilities, like president.

And according to the film, the best way to make them realize about all of this stuff is to reach the borderline and it would be then, when they are going to react. As is often said, you don’t realize about what you have until you lose it.