Tagged!

Hi visitor. I've got something different to tell you today. Not really related to the usual stuff I write about, but something that has happened due to a third person: Kayo. She's a Japanese blogger whose blog I enjoy reading as she always writes about facts of the normal life in her hometown: the 'massive' Osaka. Her point of view about the environment that surrounds her is always very interesting as she usually tells the fact itself and then she adds some personal opinion or anecdote related to it. Not only 'harmonious' stuff but also controversial issues, social problems... Even sometimes things that, as she points, Japanese people don't even question. Then other bloggers and readers (from Japan but also from abroad) make also interesting comments about what they see in their countries or what they experienced when they visited Japan. This turns the blog into a meeting point for people who contribute with their (our) bit to enrich the topic of the post. Well, the thing is that she has 'tagged' my blog so I have some duties to fullfill now as a blogger I also am! Let me tell you how this works and then I'll do my task...

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog; some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Well, the first step is done by posting the rules. Now I have to introduce her to you. Here she is: Kayo from Osaka, whose blog is Osaka Life. Don't miss it!

The second step is sharing 7 facts about myself, something random or weird... Hummm...

1) I have travelled to countries far away from my hometown, but I haven't yet visited some of the most important and beautiful cities/places in my own country even though they are not that far. This has a perfectly understandable reason which is not to explain here now, but has to do with opportunities I've had and I couldn't refuse. Apart from a journey I did when I was 11, I hadn't got on a plane until I was 22. However, I haven't stopped since then. At the beggining I counted the number of times I had got on a plane, but I lost the count some time ago when they were about 30 or 40.

2) When I was a child I was pretty duper. I never fought other boys because I was going to lose always. I used to be quite friendly anyway and few times had to fight (fortunately I had some good friend next to me to defend me). I wasn't gifted at all. I think part of my 'success' in the life comes from being a thoughtful person, responsible, make always the right decision and being tall, as people usually has more respect for tall guys, at least at the beginning.

3) When I had to go to the university I didn't know what to do as I wasn't really interested in anything. I chose Art History by chance in the last minute. Once there, I chose Archaeology by chance in the last minute. Today I am a (buildings) archaeologist. Despite it being one of the most vocational professions, I never meant to be one. Despite me never meaning to be one, I like it a lot.

4) I have spent the last 3 years of my life trying to make a decision between learning French, German, Arabic, improving my Italian or playing a musical instrument. After this time, I haven't started doing anything and I'm still deciding, wasting my time and keeping busy with other stuff (at least I'm now learning a lot about free software and open source...)

5) I hate the sensation of neglect, although I enjoy being lonely very often. Thanks to those who can understand these key facts of my personality and help me to keep a balance, I consider myself the luckiest person in the world.

6) I can't swim. I hate putting my head and face into the deep water. My eyes were made for seeing, my nose for breathing, my lungs for taking air, legs for walking, hands for picking stuff and my ears for hearing. I can not do any of these things when I put my head into the water. Although I have thought sometimes I have some kind of hydrophobia, the truth is that I love being into the water, especially in the sea, lakes, rivers... open water. But always touching the bottom and with my head above the water level. I love the sensation of the shower though and I enjoy being long time under the stream.

7) Although I know it sounds easy to say being 27 as I am, I think that getting older is a great experience. When people are getting older they try to hide it, renouncing their own life. Most of my grandparents have passed away, my father passed away, some people I knew passed away... I totally agree with something I read once: getting one year older is always better than the alternative. When I grow up... I want to be old.


Well, now I have to tag seven people and tell their names and blogs. Since I read blogs in three languages -English, Italian and Spanish- I will mark 7 between both languages. Some of them are blogs about their authors' lives, some others about technical or professional stuff, others have mixed stories, others are about hobbies... I guess the authors can just explain the seven facts related to whatever they want or their blogs' topic. Not only personal things. But since my blog is a personal one, I decided to tell 7 personal facts. It's a pity that I can not tag back Kayo! Well, in no particular order, here they are:

I- I tag Eumelvi because his blog Ecce Homo (Google Translator) was the first one I started to read regularly. I enjoy it because he writes about everything: his life, open source, situations he lives, global problems... Depending on his mood. On top of that, he has good albums of photos. I found it by chance when I was checking that there was no other weblog address like eccerafa.
II- I tag Anna because her blog The Biting Wires is meant to be a reflection of her academical development from now on in this new stretch of her career she has just started. She has another two, but this is the one I like the most and I hope she keeps writing it. If you thought you knew everything about Egypt... read her! And also do it if you know nothing ;o)
III- I tag Olalla because I find her blog Life and Death funny as well as interesting and very personal sometimes. Besides, her purpose is roughly the same as mine: keeping in contact with people she loves who are away from her. And also because she has recently started to write in English and I want to encourage her.
IV- I tag Jasvazquez because his blog Informático de Guardia (Google Translator) is probably the best I have recently found: funny, easy to read, extremely interesting, extremely useful... Specially for people who are just starting with the open source software as he offers thousands of tips and examples about how to make things easy. The examples are very clear, have pictures, colours... The best part of it is that he has started little time ago so I can read it from the beginning and don't miss anything. I love blogs like this for people like me.
V- I tag Joseph Reeves because his blog Digital Finds is by far the one that I understand the least. That means that he is really good at what he writes! 99% stuff related to the application of open source software and technologies to the Archaeology. He's one of my personal Linux gurus.
VI- I tag Lux because his blog Archaeology is SCIENCE (Google Translator) has been stopped since the end of May and I want him to keep writing! He includes also plenty of photos and speaks sometimes about plenty things. I think there are no 2 entries speaking about the same stuff, hehehe.
VII- And last but not least, I tag Javier Fernández because his blog Música? Sí, pero de la buena (Google Translator) is about good music and I enjoy music. He posts plenty of videos and add comments about the authors/bands, so it is nice to read it as he hands us the songs in a platter.

Well. This has been today's entry. I hope they enjoy tagging as much as I did and you have discovered another blog you like.