Missing Malaysia Flight MH370, what are they thinking?

I love this picture because it shows the exact opposite of what I say in my posts, it shows a muslim lady enjoying a Chinese budist celebration. She was having fun, taking pictures and smiling! Thanks!

Malaysian Airlines sends an SMS to the families of the victims, that are mostly chinese, it seems very cold, but this is how chinese are treated every day in this country. If you want to learn more about the relation between the Chinese population in Malaysia and the people in power, mostly Malay, you can read some of these posts:

What is going on in Malaysia? An explanaition of the different ethnic groups that coexist in this country. With links to my posts about the Chinese, the Muslim and the Indian communities and what they have in common.

Happy Wesak or how to forget to cut the traffic during the most important chinese religious celebration.

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Missing Asia with keys on our back

I made this project for my Coursera-CalArts class. I hope you enjoy it!

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10 influences

I am taking a Coursera class and they ask us our 10 most important influences, motors, builders and destroyers in my life. Here we go:

Tintin:

http://us.tintin.com/
The possibility to explore the world

Dr Slump anime:

From Arale I take the colours, the absurdity and the happiness.

Gilda:

From Gilda I take the capacity to dare to be different.

Jana Sterbak

http://www.janasterbak.com/

From her I take the boldness and the possibility of uglyness

Born to run:

I take the strenght to GO

Mies van der Rohe:

http://www.archdaily.com/59816/ad-classics-iit-master-plan-and-buildings-mies-van-der-rohe/
My notion of beauty

Jaume Plensa

http://jaumeplensa.com/
Power from the calm

Miquel Barceló

How it is important to know one's nature and explore it so things come easier.

Maus by Art Spiegelman:

I haven't been able to put my jaw back in place since I read it.

South East Asia:

And how they make things look pretty.

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Mercat d'artesania, tallers,... del Japó a Barcelona!

Del 6 al 28 de març a MITTE Barcelona (c/Bairèn 86) es celebra un any més Korekara Japon!

Hi haurà vàries activitats com mercat d'artesania japonesa, tallers, concerts, exposicions, etc...  Podeu trobar més informació info a la web de Korekara Japon.

La Yoko, una artista japonesa que fa uns dibuixos preciosos serà al mercat d'artesania (Koreichi) amb bosses estampades i també amb coses fetes a mà pels afectats del Tsunami. Ella hi serà el dia 6 i 15 a la tarda.

Horari del mercat d'artesania: dijous.divendres 17-21.30h i dissabte 10-21.30h. 

Us recomano que mireu el programa i us hi passeu!

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