SERIOUSLY, SPANISH PEOPLE

Seriously, Spanish people... JUST WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!

Now, now, I actually HATE rants and I hate ranting myself because I feel stupid and childish when I rant, but seriously, if I told you about all of the shit that goes wrong in my life because OTHER PEOPLE DON'T TRY AT LIFE AT ALL.

Like two days ago, I went to the post office, I told the lady attending me I wanted to send the letter to Estonia, and without letting me continue, she made the stupiest face ever and said: "...I don't know if you can, since, well, where is that anyway?"

Please. PLEASE. Someone explain me why this lady who works at a post office is asking me where the heck Estonia is and actually telling me she doesn't know if I can send a letter there or not. I don't understand.

Well, after I told her Estonia was in Europe, I asked her for the documents necessary to send certified mail with return receipt abroad... and she was like "I can give you the ones for Spain, I don't know what you need to send letters abroad" and then I was like FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF for obvious reasons.

I left without sending my documents, because it was late, they had to close, and NONE of her remaining workmates knew which documents where the ones I was asking for... Then, they told me I should have informed myself on the Internet about that, because they are not there to answer that kind of questions because then if the letter doesn't arrive people tell them it's their fault and in reality it's the clients fault for not knowing better... like seriously. SERIOUSLY. WHY.

And this was just ONE of the shitty things I encounter everyday around Ciudad Real, and this time it isn't even THAT much of serious business, but lots of times, you need important stuff to be done and people just not only don't care, but they don't even realize that I give a fuck if they care, THEY JUST HAVE TO DO THEIR FUCKING JOB SLIGHTLY EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING PAID TO DO THAT SHIT.

Then people ask why I prefer Barcelona and why I would want to go to Estonia to study when Spain is so awesome and stuff. Enough said. Ciao.

Review: La Cure Gourmande

As I said in my last entry, I visited Madrid some weeks ago. One of the places we stopped by was "La Cure Gourmande", a French store full of delicious and cute-looking candy, cookies, and sweets in general. Yummy! Everything looked so pretty that I couldn't help but take lots of photos! So bad I was using a bad camera and we were in a rush, but some of the pictures turned good enough >w<

THE ENTRANCE

As far as I know, La Cure Gourmande has stores in France, Spain, Belgium and other Euroepan countries. In Spain there are two I know of, one in Madrid and another in Toledo. They come from Provence, in the south of France, and their sweets seem to be  traditional of the zone. They have a wide variety of stuff and flavours: chocolate beans and olives, orange cookies, your typical chocolates with different kinds of cream, alcohol and cacao...This one store in Madrid is not very big, but it looks even more cute that way! Definitely, you can say this is "eye-candy"! XD

SOME OF THE AMAZING PACKAGES THEY HAVE

  

THE GREEN PACKAGES ARE LOVELY! TOO BAD THE PHOTO HAS HORRIBLE QUALITY

BUT I HAVE A CLOSE UP TO THE CHOCOLATE OLIVES! 

FULL VIEW HERE (LINK) BECAUSE I THOUGH IT WAS WORTH IT

When we got into the store, they offered us some chocolates for free (figs with chocolate and something else) and we all loved it!!! The prices in these kind of stores are higher than in your usual multistore of course, since you are paying not only the really delicious and good quality stuff, but also the amazing design (god, look at the pictures, you don't need me to tell you about the design, right? XD) But it wasn't that much more expensive for most of the products, so it's a good deal!

I don't think most of us can afford to buy from here frenquently, but it's great if you need a gift for someone, because it's original, unique, and you can buy the package you like me most and fill it with candy of your choice, and they put some cute stuff like ribbons and such on it so it looks even better!

If you want to visit it in Madrid, they are here (LINK) and if you want to visit the one in Toledo, here (LINK). Also, this is their official website:
http://www.la-cure-gourmande.com/

Well anyway, I'm getting so freaking hungry reviewing this shop! See you!!!

Travelling memories: Visit to Madrid!

I visited Madrid a couple of weeks ago: a friend from Chile was in Spain and asked if we could possibly meet after so many years! So I called for back-up (a.k.a asked dear Eli and Ali who study in Madrid to be my "turistic guides" since I get lost in my own hometown xD) because we also wanted to find a good excuse to meet again... it's like 40 euros each time I visit Madrid, so it was good I could meet all of them in the same day!

I arrived at Madrid early in the morning and had breakfast while waiting for Eli and Ali >w< But surprise, the one who arrived to pick me up was Iggy Diana who I met at Hetalia Day last year! XD She is friends with Eli and Ali and wanted to meet me too, it was this kind of a coincidence, they were talking about me when I called them to ask if they were somehow free enough to accompany me XD So yeah, she called to say "hey, I am at the station let's meet here!" but I forgot to ask "what are you wearing" or something so I could identify her (the first and last time I saw her, she was wearing her Iggy Arthur Kirkland cosplay so... XD) ... anyway, I arrived at the meeting point and somehow thought "it has to be THAT GIRL!" and pointed at her for 10 seconds... seriously, I have no manners X_D She obviously noticed my stupidness me, and so she got to me and we chatted until Eli and Ali managed to arrive in a different train -because they had problems with the usual one-.

We had arranged a meeting with Karin (my friend from Chile) at 12:00 and it was like 10:00 yet, so what to do? Go and have breackfast AGAIN! XD Well I have had breakfast already but they didn't, so we went to Dunkin'Donuts (actually called Dunkin'Coffee in Spain) and they had, like, pretty-girly-heart-shaped-pink-donuts because of St Valentine's Day! XDDD

GOD THEY ARE SO CUTE AND GIRLY IT'S A SHAME EATING THEM

 

Those are Eli and Ali during breakfast doing what they do best: READING YAOI (lol XD)

And so, after eating, reading some yaoi (I brought the latest published doujinshi in which I colaborated to show them XD) and talking nonsese we left to meet Karin at Puerta del Sol, where the statue of "El Oso y el Madroño" is. On the way, we found stuff in the shops that I couldn't help but photogarphy XD

MINIATURE FOOD!!! SO CUTE XD

 

I LOVE OLD STUFF LIKE THIS ANTIQUE COFFEE GRINDER. 

High quality picture of the bread in my Deviantart if you want (LINK)

WHY DO I WANT TO EAT THOSE TOWELS XD

We walked from Atocha to Sol and I bought some really cute star-shaped hair clips on the way for my femAmerica Hetalia cosplay (I'll show you on another post when I talk about my latest cosplay) and we finally arrived at El Oso y el Madroño... and I took yet more photos! XD

So we were just standing there at Sol for quite some time, looking around for Karin... in the end, I got my notebook, wrote a big HETALIA on it, and finally a girl approached us ha ha ha! XD It was a silly thing to do but that way I was sure she would know it was me, lol. It was almost 13:00 and we only had until 15:00 to be with her, so we showed her around Plaza Mayor, the market, and a couple of stores. AND, GUESS WHAT, I TOOK PHOTOS XD

 PLAZA MAYOR, MADRID

CUTE AND YUMMY STUFF AT THE MARKET

 

THIS IS A "TRAJE DE LUCES" (BULLFIGHTING ATTIRE)

It was the first time I ever saw one in real life, it was in a store near Sol. Everyone around the globe seem to think we Spanish are like very related to -and fond of- the bullfighting tradition, but most of us are totally unfamiliar with it or are actually against it.

LA CURE GOURMANDE

  

Our last stop before lunch was La Cure Gourmande and I took many photos there because everything it's so good looking ;A; Loveee love love that place. Going to post a new entry later just to review that beautiful and delicious French store, that's why I'm only submitting these pics of Karin and the others in the store for now. 

So, for lunch we went to Oishii Sushi & Ramen near Sol. While eating our ramen, we read yet more yaoi, talked about yaoi anime and manga, wondered how Feliks Łukasiewicz from Hetalia would sound in Peninsular Spanish and in Latinoamerican Spanish (lol what) and we made some drawing (gonna submit them when they send me the scans >w<). AND WE TOOK PHOTOS OF COURSE XD

                                   ME AND KARIN

                                                                                                         IGGY DIANA

ALI AND ELI

And then... we had to get back to Sol and say goodbye to Karin ;A; It was fun being with her, though it was everything so fast, we didn't really show her anything and we were so excited because we all meet that I feel like we wasted the little time we had with silly things... but we enjoyed nonetheless! XD

So after that, we went to the University to check some stuff and stopped by the cafeteria at Fine Arts. We talked about stuff and had a snack (well, obviously, why would we stop by the cafeteria otherwise xD) and while Ali and Eli were busy I went around campus and took some more photos (this is the university in which they study, not me XD) I wish I would taken a photo of the toileds too... no, seriously, they were so cool XD

It was time for me to take the train back home, but in the way we saw yet another couple of interesting things in the shops in the tube... THAT SCARED US FOREVER AND MADE US CRY OF LAUGH XD 

PORN!!! HARDCORE PORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS!!! XD

 

"YOU NEED TO SPEAK ENGLISH!!!" OK OK JUST DON'T HURT MEEE ;A;

 

AND THAT'S IT. That was my last visit to Madrid. Gonna review La Cure Gourmande later, as I said, because the things there are just great XD Thanks for reading (or thanks for looking at the pictures if you didn't read since it's so long XDDD ) See you!

11M in Spain

As you may or may not know, today we remember the victims of the "11M" in Spain. On 11 March 2004, in Madrid, just three days before our national elections, there was yet another terrorist attack here in Spain, but this time it was quite larger than the ones we've lived in the last decade. 

Lots of people has been speculating who the hell the real culprits were, and many made of it a political war such that they are making investigating much more difficult, and every different party want to take advantage of new clues and interpretate them so that they favor them, as if they were THE victims... so insensitive, it's really ridiculous . I've seen so much politic stupidity coming from this. And yet, THE REAL VICTIMS are the ones who were in the trains when the bombs exploded, let's not forget, and they should be the spotlight of this day, not political war. God, sometimes I so want to scream in front of Spanish people's faces "WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING STUPID, YOU FREAKING INSENSITIVE BRAINWASHED BEING!!!" but I guess it's the same in other countries, and luckily, at least 10% of the worldwide population use their brains properly and have their heart in the right place.

For foreign people who want a bit more info in English about this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings

  
 Foto: José Luis Sandoval

Allow me to share some photos and pictures related to this day, and best wishes for the victims and their families. Do let fear control your life, even if saying this from my comfortable chair sounds so cliche.

 

 


Fotos
http://angelazo.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html 
http://www.vigoenfotos.com/t_manifest11m_1.html
http://elistas.egrupos.net/lista/libros/archivo/indice/574/msg/582/

Disastrous Happy Ending Hetalia Day 2010 XD

So, this is a report for last years Hetalia Day 2010!

As you may or may not know, the Hetalia Day is hold the same day as the United Nations Day, on October 24th. It's a day in which Hetalia fans make parties, events, meetings and the likes to claim world peace and common understanding, to show than at least some youngsters CARE about history and our future, and to have fun with the games and roleplays inspired in Hetalia.

And for those who don't know what Hetalia is, it used to be a great webcomic about countries, international relationships, and similar stuff with lots of cultural, historical or just random humor. I'll talk in deep about Hetalia in other posts.



So, back to Hetalia Day, I was in the event hold in Madrid since it was the one nearest me at that time. I wope up at 06:00 (that's really early in the morning here in Spain XD) put on my Canada/Matthew Williams cosplay, and left to take a train. I arrived Madrid Puerta de Atocha at 9:30 and I had breakfast while waiting for my friends Ali and Eli who would be cosplaying as Chibiromano and boss Spain, yay >w<

The sky looked this beautiful early in the morning >w<




While I was waiting, I took a look at the Tropical Forest inside Atocha Station... there were turtles there lulz! So cute ha ha ha!







Eli and Ali arrived and we took a walk around Retirement Park, near Atocha... We were around there for quite some time when the other girl accompanying us got REALLY sick >.< the poor thing! Well, later everything was ok again and we had wonderful ramen at the Japanese Restaurant Oishi Sushi and Ramen! I had Karee Ramen, I thought it was going to be hot but it was pretty mild and sweet, quite good >w< Their website: http://www.oishiiramen.com/



 “Arbor Communitas Arduus” (means "Tree of the European" Union) near the "Arbor Communitas Diversus" ("united in the diversity") We saw it while wandering around Retirement Park. It couldn´t be any more proper visiting this place the very same day of the United Nations Day and the Hetalia Day XDDDYou can see more photos of the Tree and info about the sculptor here:

http://escultoronieva.blogspot.com/ 
http://eumanismo.blogspot.com/2010/10/aequilibrium-g-nieva-vasca-retiro.html

Later, we headed Eli and Ali's place so that they can get their outfits ^^ Ali helped me with the make up and styled my wig ( I'm not good at that ;A; ) She did a great job, thank you dear ;A; She also made me a present, a cute lips gloss >w< Their flatmate (the girl who got sick) was a lot better now, too!

So yeah, we left for the Hetalia Day, which we were conviced was at Plaza España at 17:00 BECAUSE THE OFFICIAL HETALIA DAY SAID SO. BUT THE INFO WAS WRONG. LULZ. So yeah, we arrived Plaza España, with our cosplay and all,but there was a concert there (and a policeman just kept stupidly staring at us XD) We thought it was strange that no one was ther, and that no one would show up, so in the end I had to phone my sis and ask her to look again on the Internet for the place and hour... in the end she was able to find it, and it was... YES. AT RETIREMENT PARK. LULZ. WE´VE BEEN THERE ALL MORNING AND NOW WE HAD TO GO BACK. WHAT THE HELL, THAT HUGE PLACE. LULZ. I swear we doublechecked the info one time and another... the problem was there were two different teams organizating it, and in the end one of them left the info online but never come to say "hey, the new meeting place is this blabla" so yeah XDDD in fact, we asked the policemen at the square and they said they´ve only seen a couple of cosplayers, than they waited there for a while and then left... so I guess those poor guys had the same luck as us.

Anyway, we finally arrive Retirement Park again. We looked around for quite a while... everyone was at Palacio de Cristal, but after almost another hour of wandering around, we arrived. YES. FINALLY, AFTER BEING IN MADRID SINCE 09:30, WE ARRIVED THE HETALIA DAY MEETING POINT AT 18:30. BUT IT WAS WORTHY.


There was an girl from USA with us, very nice and cute, and her Spanish was so good >w< It was hilarious because I was speakin to her in English while she was speaking to me in Spanish XDDD it was great practice for both! She loved both me and the other canada cosplayer lol XD

So yeah, it was already dark so all of my photos and videos are, yeah, at night. But anyway, the starring cosplayers will probably enjoy them anyway XD So yeah, here you have some photos and comments I have to do about them...

PFFFF EVERYONE WANT TO HAVE MY EYES! YOU'RE SO FREAKING JEALOUS PFFFFF

IT´S NOT THAT I DON´T KNOW HOW TO USE MY CAMERA. IT´S JUST THAT EVERYONE IS SO JEALOUS OF THE AWESOME PRUSSIA AND GILBERT´S RED EYES. THAT´S WHY EVERYONE HAVE RED EYES IN THE PHOTOS. LULZ.

DEAL WITH SEME ARTHUR, YOU BLOODY GITS.


AIN´T THEY KYUT. ALFRED X ARTHUR WITH A SEME ARTHUR.  NO ONE WAS EXPECTING PAPARAZZI MATTHEW ME TAKING PHOTOS LULZ (in fact, I don´t think anyone could see him... lulz)






AWESOME ME IS AWESOME... Feliciano what the hell with your face...



DON´T MESSS WITH THE BIG BOYS, DA.



OH LOOK IS ME XDDD And later me with bro and his "Americanishness" (that't so totally a word now) and with Lovi and Tony >w<

I ALSO HAVE SOME VIDEOS

KALINKA KALINKA KALINKAAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWOlpZFlxI

AWESOME 5 METERS (WHUT) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6yd0UdfUe8

WE MADE PRUSSIA CRY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJIEeWQCxs

Playing twister (Canada, Prussia, Purssia 2, France, Spain) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpVS9yCRXVo

Playing IMPOSSIBLE twister (aka close-up to Arthur´s ass) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_frMMruFk

And now some other Hetalia Day 2010 Madrid videos other people uploaded!!!

Fashmod ruined by very angry Swiss! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8CdK4csFFA



So I ended the day without my hairbrusher, my pencil, my eraser, my drawing (one I did for te fanart contest) or proper photos/videos of the Hetalia Day xD but I made friedns, happened to get closer to those who were my friends already, and I had so much fun!!!

AND THAT´S ALL. LATE REPORTS ARE LATE XD

See you!