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In several words - I'm in exams, I have to hand in that ... diploma paper and I am done with the photo contest website! Also, the classes at uni are over. Completely. We won't attend uni the next semester and will be working at our diploma projects which is above being just wonderful!! Hooray!! no uni!!

Everybody is in a good mood as the holidays come closer. This is how we work at Linkgard:




Now.. the news:





Small girl with a big cam :D
I'm a small small girl staring at the big big world through the huge huge cam :D
Investigation results:



probably our future pet.. well Michael's favorite animal at least :D

colleague

Went to bed late? Didn't get enough sleep? Got scared when saw yourself in the mirror? Yeah, swelled eyes, sleepy look. Now have a look at this guy in the fish tank.



He's our underwater colleague.

And this one is his girlfriend (you guessed why girlfriend, didn't you? :D).

fog..

Woke up and saw this outside of the window. I had a strange feeling when I walked out into the fog. Took a taxi as was being terribly late for the uni classes.. as usual in the mornings, because as usual I went to bed way too late... Looked back at the road and saw nothing. "Going into the future from the foggy nowhere",- thought I. Looked straight forward, saw nothing again. "Going from now into the foggy future." "Going from foggy past into the foggy future",- came to mind immediately,-"only n_o_w, this moment is one certainty and looks clear.. like the trees and the road nearby."

These photos were taken yesterday.. and yesterday was very much like today.



This is called "Sight into the foggy past". The opera house is far away and can hardly be seen because of the foggy curtain and the modern buildings. It's not the buildings that make me want to scream.. it's the mentality (that mutates day-by-day.. towards the worse I may say).


"Mom! mom! and what will happen tomorrow?"

What will this young mom answer? That tomorrow they will go buy new clothes? Or that tomorrow they will go to the concert of this or that pop-star?

"Mom! Dad! and what will happen the day after tomorrow?"

Probably, the day after tomorrow will be just like your today. But I wish you the opposite, young lady. Don't listen to the adults. Don't let the gray world inside. It's foggy but it's not the reason why it's so gray. The reason is in minds, in perspective, it's the world they create, it's the world they live in. Stay out of that kind of fog! "Your life is a canvas.. the colors are you."


"The dialog"

"Hey, have you seen this latest joke on the tv? :D you should!! Go watch it! ... Hayko... Mko... ha-ha-ha"

"Ehhh, old man. Today is so different from yesterday. Now everything is in fog."



Everybody has his/her 'personal' fog, why does everybody complain about the natural one? At least it can be beautiful...

Essay - 03 - homework :(

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
First of all, imagine a society without scientists. People, who know history quite well, are well-educated and well-read. But there are no scientists and mathematicians in this society. The following questions derive: how will they build new houses? How will they cure diseases? Etc. In a very short time it will result in a catastrophe. People will go thousands of years back, to the times when they had many pagan gods and explained natural processes with the moods or actions of their gods. It will be a complete regression.

Besides all this, some people are right-brained while the others are left-brained. The left semi-sphere is responsible for mathematical abilities, logic, and analytical way of thinking. The right semi-sphere is responsible for visionary arts, imagination, and creativity. People who are left-brained won’t be good at history, drawing, designing, etc. Their views are radically different and even when they design things, they pay more attention to how rational all elements are placed and how they function rather than think of what effect this or that color will have on the person who will look at the final result. On the other hand, it will be a very bad idea if a right-brained person starts programming or solving mathematical problems. First of all, it will be boring for him and will probably have him very depressed and unhappy.

So, in this society of historians and artistic persons, left-brained people will be unhappy and will perform poorly. They will cause much stress for the society. So it’s definitely better to let them do what they are supposed to do. Or we will somewhat have something close to soviet Russia, when farmers started managing the society, working as teachers and doctors. If a person is a scientist he shouldn’t be giving history classes. Of course, it’s good to know history and literature and to be educated, but the scientists are perhaps the most important people in the world. It is due to them that the human society has developed this much and has gone a long way from a monkey-like human being to a 21-century’s man.

All professions are important and it will also be bad to have a society of only scientists for similar reasons. Everybody should do what he is good at, what makes him happy. There should be some balance in this all.

Now, you can check out whether you are left-brained or right-brained. See the picture below. In what direction does the girl turn?


If she moves clockwise you are left-brained, if you see it counter-clockwise, you are right-brained. :) (I see it clockwise)

Essay - 02 - homework :|

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Reading fiction is more enjoyable than watching movies. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

Actually I've just used my old blog post about books. It sounds kind of harsh maybe (concerning the movies) but I think it's ok. :)

Here's the link:
http://cogito-ergo-sum-121.blogspot.com/2007/03/books.html

Essay - 01 - homework :)

In some countries people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public places and office buildings. Do you think this is a good law or a bad law? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

As we all know smoking is a bad habit which results in cancer of lungs in some cases. People get addicted to it and sometimes have to go to special courses to get rid of this very bad habit which destroys not only the health of the smoker but also that of people nearby and also pollutes the surroundings. If a pregnant woman smokes it has a very bad influence on the development of the child. And there are many other reasons not to smoke. Also, smoking has no good effect; it’s a way of making money for tobacco industries. As a consequence people spend money on destroying their health. Knowing all this, each person should think twice before lighting up a cigarette.

But what if he lights up one? Forbid him? He’s addictive to it, he realizes how bad it all is but he feels the urge to smoke. And there are many people like this, especially those who carry out difficult mental work: programmers, engineers, scientists, mathematicians, etc. When they work and think hard, they need to go out and have a smoke, or smoke while thinking. If you forbid them to do that, it will affect their work, their character. And this is just one example. Smoking isn’t as bad as drinking Coke. So if people take care of their health they better stop drinking Coke and Pepsi and eating junk food because that can cause worse health problems.

Nobody makes anybody smoke. It’s the choice of each of us. Yes, but it’s also bad for other people you will say. Special rooms at the building and halls at the restaurants and cafes are a solution. Finally, the smoker can open the window. Will it pollute the atmosphere? Yes it will. OK, let’s forbid smoking, stop all factories, stop using cars, airplanes, spaceships etc. Smoking isn’t the main ecological problem, it is a minor compared to others.

Once I’ve heard one phrase said by a very smart professor at my university who is a doctor. He said “Smoking is one of the vestiges of the past, of the 20th century. It’s time to build a healthy (in 2 meanings) society.” He is absolutely right, but it’s not the vestige of the 20th century. Less people smoke from day to day but it’s still alive. Smoking should not be forbidden, just every individual should come to this himself, should understand that smoking is bad by himself not by reading it out on the pack of cigarettes or somewhere else. Restrictions only slow down the process of giving up on smoking because the forbidden fruit is sweet. And people in the entire world should know about the effects of smoking right from their birth. Education is very vital in such a question. Say “no” to smoking but let it be your “no”, don’t let it just be put into your mouth.