Onche-Onche, who's a free spirit, has invented his own type of work!

[Remember: I had asked the 2nd years to write an article on a piece of art (book, music, painting...)  that moved them. Therefore Onche decided to write an article on the News!^^]

I chose to present the government's problem about Jerome Cahuzac. It's very present in the media.

On December 4th, the newspaper 'Médiapart' published  an investigation. It was said that since 2010, he had a bank account in Switzerland precisely in UBS bank.

The evidence advanced by Médiapart is an audio recording between his lawyer, Michelle Gonelle and himself in which he said " It pisses me off to have an open account over there, UBS is still not necessarily the most stashed banks".  Mid December, Jérôme Cahuzac filed a new complaint against Mediapart.

On 27 December, the director of Médiapart Edwy Plenel, asked   Paris prosecutor, to open an investigation into the case. On January 8th, an affair for "laundering tax evasion" was opened by the DNIFF (National Division of Fiscal and Financial Investigations).

On March 16th, witnesses identify the voice of Jerome Cahuzac on recording Mediapart.

March 19, Jerome Cahuzac leaves his job as ministry of the budget. Seeing that he has no escape. Le Canard Enchainé, a newspaper, with new evidences initiated against him. He prefers to take the lead and April 2, he announced on his blog that he took an appointment with the judge because he has, indeed  a Swiss bank account.

It's something very ironic, for a budget minister responsible to tracking tax evasion... Over the controversial aspect. It is also a very serious crisis for the government of Francois Hollande already weakened by the polls. Cahuzac said in his blog that he was caught in the spiral of lies. And he could not get out. But he lied to the French and to the center of excellence of democracy, the National Assembly. Only the future will give us an answer. 

My opinion: This man betrayed France. I don't believe his apology. And that, he did not go to jail.  As to Médiapart, I personally think they go too far. They got lucky this time. However destroy the career of a politician on mere suppositions and "proof." I find that it's not respectful.

[I don't understand the ending: you seem to contradict yourself, don't you?   A very puzzled Mrs P.]

Jade, on The Hunger Games! (she's ready for next year!)

When I think about a book that really moved me I immediately think about The Hunger Games. Everybody knows it: I'm a huge fan of that story !

 

The story takes place in Panem, a country composed of 12 districts and a managing state, the Capitol. Before, there were 13 districts but they rebelled and the thirteenth was destroyed by the Capitol. Because of this revolt appeared the Hunger Games which are a punishment to districts to have revolted. The aim of the Hunger Games is simple, it's a television show where 24 candidates (called tributes) between 12 and 18 years old are taken in an arena where they fight to death until there is only one contestant left. They take one girl and one boy of each districts to compete. All districts are forced to watch the games but the Capitol's inhabitants do it with pleasure, they think it's an entertaining show and not a broadcast murder. They consider the games as if it was a sports event such as the Olympic Games.

 

"In penance for their uprising, each district shall offer up a male and a female between 12 and 18 at a public reaping. These tributes shall be delivered to the custody of the Capitol. And then transferred to a public arena, where they will fight to the death until a lone victor remains. Henceforth and forevermore this pageant shall be known as the Hunger Games." Extract of the Treaty of Treason signed after the destruction of the thirteenth district.

The main character is Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl, who is going to compete in the Hunger Games. Indeed, she takes the place of her sister, Primrose, whose name has been drawn lots. The boy of the district 12 is Peeta Mellark. Katniss knows him because he had thrown her some bread one day when she and her family was starving.

 

The Hunger Games is the first book of a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins:

-The Hunger Games

-Catching Fire

-Mockingjay

 

I really loved those books because of the originality to imagine teenagers fighting each other to death to amuse and entertain a public. Indeed, we can wonder if reality TV shows can become fights to death like the Hunger Games.

 

 

 

Ghostwolf is a Tarantino Fan!

It’s a movie of American gangsters, produced by Quentin Tarentino in 1994.

Tarentino used for this movie the nonlinear narrative.

It’s the narrative process which is used when an author recounts events without respecting their timeline.

In this movie we can see some stories of gangsters of Los Angeles like Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L.Jackson ), two gangsters who work for Mr Wallace (Ving Rhames) who is married with a former actress Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman).

There too in the first plan, we can see a man and a girl who are talking,sitting at   a table (Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer).

We have too a story with Bruce Willis, it’s a boxer who accept money to fake a boxing match

 

            This movie had a budget of 8, 000 ,000 dollars.

This movie won lots of awards.

 The initial inspiration for what would become Pulp Fiction is The Three Faces of Fear (1963), episodic film in three parts of Mario Bava.

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary decided to write a film in three parts, each part wrien and the third remaining to determine.

The provisional title of this project was Black Mask, based on the pulp magazine of the same name.

But the story written by Tarantino eventually became  Reservoir Dogs, his first film, while the one written by Avary in the Fall of 1990, entitled Pandemonium Reigns, will form the backbone of the story The Gold Watch in Pulp Fiction.

            I chose this movie because I think it’s a revolution for the generation of the 90’s.

 It’s a great film which is about the dark reality of the bizness in Los Angeles.

I grew up with this movie and it’s this movie that made me love the cinema and mainly Tarentino who is a genious for me.

“The path of the righteous is filled with obstacles which the selfish and the tyranny that is the work of the devil. Blessed is he the man of good will on behalf of the charity, shepherds the weak through the shadow of death and tears valley ... Because it is his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. I will strike down the arm of a terrible anger, furious and terrible vengeance upon the ungodly hordes chase and nullify God's sheep. And you will know why my name is the Lord when on you will fall the vengeance of the Almighty!”

Jules Winnfield

Sailor Girl's article on a film she really liked...

I have chosen the movie The Vow because is deeply moved me.

It is the story of a very happy couple, Page and Leo.

Up to now all is well.

Until a terrible accident occurs.

Indeed a beautiful evening, while the couple is in the car with a red light, a vehicle strikes them from behind, plunging Paige in a coma.

With its awakening, Leo is destroyed to see that Paige does not remember any more him, nor the  last 5 years of her life.

Her husband became a stranger for her ,which is unbearable for him. 

Moreover, Paige remains persuaded to be still married with her ex husband Jeremy, always in love with her and upsets to be integrated and accept the Bohemian life of her “husband”. 

Nevertheless, he fights of all its forces to regain the love of his wife who does not have any more memories of him.

In seing that his efforts  lead to nothing, Léo decides  to start all over  again from the beginning and to doas if Paige and him had never met and tries to reconquer her.

This movie is even more upsetting when we know that it  draws its inspiration from  true events and story. 

 

The Vow is therefore inspired by a true story, that of Kimand Krickitt Carpenter. 

 

This movie comes from the book “The Vow”. 

 

In  1993, only a few months after their marriage, that the couple had an automobile accident and Krickitt was in the coma. 

At her awakening, the young woman forgot the last eighteen months of her life (of which Kim, her husband). 

This last, then, undertook to conquer the heart of his wife, for the second time. 

Today, Kim and Krickitt are still married and more in love than ever.
So, can  love reappear  twice ?

Cinnamon loves Spanish music!

For this article, I chose to present you a music : Libertango of Rodrigo y Gabriela .

I discovered this music last year and I loved it so much that, when my former Philosophy teacher asked us what is a masterpiece for us, I presented this song.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YxRg5OVwF0

 

To introduce you this group : they are two persons who just play the guitar but, with different kinds.
    Libertango is a classic kind of music but Rodrigo y Gabriela take it and make it more ...Spanish?More modern perhaps …

When I heard this music the first time, I lost all the words that I had in mind, all my thoughts. I did not have any adjectives to qualify it, I just said : “It's … amazing !”.

It's like a sort of  certainty: Everybody has to know it and to love it.
However, they are just some persons who liked it and that shocked me: “How could that be possible?! How can't they feel what I feel ? “

Besides, I can't really say what I felt for two reasons:  first, because you'll find me crazy...
Then, because I really had a great feeling which takes me... It's too strange to put words on it.

Now, I understand that is just my feeling for this music, I am not going to oblige you to love it, but I hope that you find your own song, book, poem …

 

What do you think about it ? ;)

 

 

Let's sing in Indian, thanks to Holysnail!

First of all, I'd like to dedicate this article and the following song to Lil Mama.

Last time, I was talking to you about an indian crazy young man, who had opened a store in India, called Hitler.

After that article was published, I was like : « Oh god, they will think that indian people are mad ». And that made me feel a bit bad, because some people generalise a lot... and the thing is that I really like India.

 So, as Miss P. asked us to talk about a work we like, I chose a song, to show you that the indians are not that much crazy.

JUST KIDDING.

They're are crazy. I mean, totally.

But in a funny way sometimes...

If once you get the chance to go to India, I bet that you'll get shocked by something.

Well, no. By MANY things actually.

But here I'm not talking about the heat, or the cows in road, or the indian trafic. In fact, if you're sociable enough to start a conversation in English with one of these smily-indians, you will certainly notice the... soft...and gentle... accent they got.

So I'll give you some clue to you, so you will have a chance to understand what they say, and who know's... maybe one day you'll be able to talk english like a brilliant indian !

The main differences are on :

R -> is a bit rolled

D and T-> are tough

Wh-> will be prounounced like « V »

Th → prounounced like « D »

On that you may add some « u » at the end of some words.

And at the top, add the intonation and the cordialty singular to the indians (which is difficult to reproduce for amateurs, I'm warning you).

So now, I think you're ready to listen the following song. Actually Indians are conscious of their accent, and they make fun of it, cause they're cool people ! So the title is « why this kolaveri di », which approximatively means « Why this anger, girl » ? (By the way, this song has made the buzz on youtube without any expectations)

Check it out;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl7HigIwDDA

In fact, in our western societies, most of time, that's the girls who are complaining about the men in relationship, saying that the men are cheater, that they want sex only blahblahblah. I don't know if you can understand, but in India, it's the opposite... And it become obvious in the movies : the young men are always complaining about the girls, because « gals » (girls) don't love them as much they do, they say. So generally, in these movies, there is a song where the hero, a alcohol glass in his hand, will sing about his distress and will make lame philosophy about relationsip between boys and girls... but it's just for fun.

So I love this song, because I found it very funny and intelligent that they mixed the indian beats and instrumental with this self-mockery of their english. It shows, in a way, that we can laugh of our weaknesses. Let's laugh about ourselves as individual, or as nation, or as human... ! We are too much serious most of time.. we are all different, and even some of us are totally zany, and that what make our world interesting and appealing. Holysnail stops its deep analysis of humanity here, because it's getting too long.

So, to sum up, be yourself, and try to taste chicken tandoori once in your life.

Holysnail

A song and a book, by Sundays

The two documents I've chosen are a song and a book. Those two documents changed my life, this song was the first song in which I found my ideas it may be 4 years ago and it made me feel so many things when I heard it. The book « Le pouvoir du moment présent » has profoundly changed my life and my vision of life and  happiness.

 

Cinquième Soleil by Keny Arkana is a wonderful song I heard for the first time 4 years ago I think and it has been an important thing for me because I don't have the same ideas as the majority of people so I felt alone and in this song I found the same ideas as mine, so it helps me. Here's the link to listen to the song :

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlS8g9EN3Hc

 

« Le pouvoir du moment présent » is a book writen by Eckhart Tolle. This book really changed my life because the teaching contained in this book is extraordinary. Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and in this book, there is, I think, the key to happiness.

The book is really simple to read and we can find it for less than 6 euros in book shops!

There are a lot of answers in this book, I advise  everybody to read it and I promise you will not be disappointed!