Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Today's job

I let you part of today's job, 3D sketch and structural FEM (Finite Elements Method) analysis of an honeycomb shell with aluminium beams:




Everything is fine over here, my throat hurts a bit but I'll survive. It's being a week full of hard work. I hope all of you are fine!
Be awesome!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Free week - Working week

This one is a free-of-classes week, which means that I should use the time I have to work as hard as I can and study as much as I'm able. Why? Because, honestly, I want to pass all the subjects I have for this semester and get rid of my studies by next year, which implies a lot of effort.
I'm getting some projects finished, which means a bit of air for  me to breathe, but I cannot relax as much as I would like. It is not easy and nobody said it would be, so we must keep rocking.

I hope everything is going awesome for you my readers, be awesome and don't be shy, I appreciate your comments :-)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Miarmas

Useful word if you are visiting Sevilla: Miarma.

If you know a tad of Spanish, you may understand "mi arma", which translated into English means "my weapon". But don't get wrong, it comes from "mi alma"-> "my soul", what a change, hu?

It's frecuently used at the end of sentences, by people who has always lived in Sevilla and who have a strong traditional-Sevilla family. But that's not the only use or meaning of the word.

People from the rest of Andalucía or España can also use that word, "miarma", to talk about anyone from Sevilla. That's what I want to talk to you about, the traditional "miarma" from Sevilla.

You can difference the traditional miarma from the rest of people so easily. Their hair (if they have) looks like plastic against their heads. They use to be shaved and their clothes are the same always: bright brown pants, dark blue jacket, bright blue shirt with a red tie (or red and yellow), a belt with the colours of the Spanish flag and nautic shoes.

If you get close to one of them you'll notice such a strong smell to their perfume, it seems they love to get a bath of perfume before going out. They also have their particular way of speaking, instead of "una cerveza, por favor" they say "niño, una sssservesssita cuando pueda miarma". They pronounce their "s" as if it would save their lifes from the Devil.

The traditional miarma loves Semana Santa, Feria and "Romerías". Not because they are religious, but because they love "sssservessssita" and it's such a great chance to meet other miarmas and get drunk. They are not dangerous, not at all. Their politic view uses to be conservative and narrow-tight to religion (catholic, of course). They are not bad, they are just as they are, special.

So, that's it, miarma, miarmas and their way of life.
Be awesome, miarma!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Back home!

Back home after some days on holidays!
My family, Simone and me went on some holidays to the beach, the one that you can see in the picture:

We could have some moments of nice weather, visited some old Roman buildings like the theatre below:
Or some new friends we did:
 And of course, as we were that close, we visited Gibraltar!
Today I'm tired so I'll let you with the pictures. I'll try to write more now that I'm back in the city.
Be awesome!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Feliz Semana Santa!

That's how this week is called in Spanish: Semana Santa.
It's a holiday week for students that means a break in the second semester but it also means that you must start studying hard for June exams (I have 8 this June...).
I'm working hard, got done a couple of projects, one of them right now (well, I still have to write a summary of what I have done). It is an automatic control for a misil/rocket, using Simulink and Matlab.
The weather is not the nicest, it can rain, that makes me happy because we need it so badly and that makes people who love the Semana Santa sad and cry because they cannot walk with their wooden virgins and Jesus Christs. Bad luck for them, but there are more important things in life than walking next to a wooden statue of a virgin.
This last weekend we have been in Málaga, ¡la Costa del Sol!, visiting my family and some friends, having a relaxed weekend away from the things going on in Sevilla.
Be awesome!