Summer Course Ideas (Draft) :
Handwriting workshop (Calligraphy)
Essay composition workshop
Presentation (Oral) workshop
DIY newspaper
DYI website
Math is English
GESE
DYI comic book
Reading and comprehension workshop
Survival English workshop
IELTS introduction and practice
TOEFL introduction and practice
English for kids. American Kindergarten Style (Fun and games in English) starter and L1/2)
Not so long ago I was so angry, and now I’m just upset because I am not so angry anymore.
Buying a new guitar in Shenzhen is not so easy as it might seem. Even though Shenzhen is one of the biggest cities in China it does not have a decent selection of guitar or music shops. There are two important places one should visit if you want to check or buy electric or acoustic guitars:
1. Shang bu lu. Right across the Shang Bu building. Exit A of Ke Xue Guan metro station. Music mall 3rd and 4th floor.
In these two floors you can find some acoustic guitar shops. The mainly sell Chinese brands and in the 4th floor there is an store selling electric and acoustic guitars in a single spot. In this store you may find pedals, some small amplifiers, cables, straps and related products. They mainly sell Strats, Squiers, Telecasters, and Epiphones. Their acoustic guitar selection is not so wide but they usually have sales for guitars that have been hanging on the wall for long time. They have a small recording/practice studio in the store that can be rented hourly and also have some guitar instructors if needed. The sales staff speak English, this is perfect because you can communicate without having to bring a Translator. They have a good selection of Joyo pedals. They do not sell pedal boards but do sell the power supplies and cables if you want to go DIY.
2. Sendy Music. In front of the SZ university south gate. You can take the 113 bus in Shennan road and it will drop you in front of the store.
This store is more professional and they even have tech support for your guitars. They sell small and mid range amps. I saw some Orange, Yamaha, Fender and Marshall amps. They sell American Tele and Starts. They have also Saga and Martin acoustic guitar at good prices. This store have Digitech, Boss, Joyo and Ibanez pedals at good prices and you can sit and ask the staff to help you check them one by one. They have some Ibanez and BC Rich guitars but I am not sure if the are made in The US. (Not too familiar with them) they also have some practice rooms for one to one lessons. The owner speaks English and is really thoughtful and friendly.
Both places are the biggest and best places to get your gear here in Shenzhen. You can find some smaller places but they lack the variety and quality one might be looking for.
Hope this info helps for those who want to explore and get some guitar gears.
As we are now we won’t be remembered.
12:45 pm at a Starbucks in Shenzhen China is a scene hard to believe, here in the land of the “tea” hundreds line up to get a cup of coffee at around 25 rmb (4 US$) . The logical conclusion is that everybody likes to feel “cool” , is not the coffee, it is the status and the opportunity to look different amongst millions who just have the same 4 US$ to have a decent lunch.
Good thing: Hundreds of people get the chance to feel good and have a nice break from the daily routine.
Bad thing: The gap between middle and and low class gets bigger and someday it might blow on people’s faces.
Not good not bad: In 2 years perhaps we will drink coffee at a regular chinese restaurant.
At this point Venezuela is going through a tense calm, it’s been like that for almost a decade and people are starting to get used to it. Long queues to buy food and daily care products, something unimaginable some year ago. People would laugh and make jokes about how Cuba went into decadence and abrassive retoric and now we are suffering the same “evil” of the XXI century socialism… Things are said and you never now what they are actually trying to say, there is this double speech that goes nowhere. Mr. Capriles is running AGAIN for president on a last stand against the “Chavismo” now without Chavez in this Planet… Mr. Maduro a former Bus Driver and Union Lider makes Jokes on TV and falls vicitim of the 6 Million People that Voted against Chavez the last October. Jokes that are laughable and sometimes a raw reality of how sarcastic and careless the government has turned into. The truth is that none can tell what is really going to happen next April 14th on election day but there is something I am sure of, whatever results come People will continue their lives and Venezuela will always be a Mistery and Irony castle where Nobles and Peasants hate each other and secretly detest their Modus Vivendi. Hope someday we all realize that the world has changed and while we think we are in the center of everything, we are seen as a Country ruled by dictators and an Oil-Giving-away ugly cousin.
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Life is incredible difficult at times. And then, at the end we die. It certainly must have been easier before we developed consciousness, the “knowledge of good and evil”. But, we can’t go back. As Sartre noted, there is “No Exit.”
Most of us cope adequately at least. But there are so many who do not have the resources to cope and life just beats the hell out of them. I know a few who fall into this category and they struggle even though they have so much going for them. Auden likened them unto the “toy of some great pain.” It is as if some darkness has enthralled them and will not let them go and it has nothing to do with intelligence, or will power, or moral integrity.
People in the grip of this pain often despair completely and make horrible choices, some of which…
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