For a few years now there’s been a website in the Netherlands and Belgium that asks participants to fill out their details on a weekly basis with regard to cold and influenza symptoms.
After that there was a Portuguese site doing the same thing.
There is still not much known about migratory patterns and occurences of the flu within the world, these websites will help create more understanding, so please help them out. It will take a maximum of 5 minutes per week, but the information is very useful for scientists (virologists).
New Zealand starts its Haka ka mate but then get interrupted by Tonga with their Sipi tau. Every time I watch this my skin gets goosebumps. Quite powerful when you see them perform against each other like this.
‘Ei e!, ‘Ei e!
(Aye, ay! Aye, ay!) Teu lea pea tala ki mamani katoa
(I shall speak to the whole world) Ko e ‘Ikhale Tahi kuo halofia.
(The Sea Eagles is famished unfurl.)
Ke ‘ilo ‘e he sola mo e taka
(Let the foreigner and sojourner beware) Ko e ‘aho ni teu tamate tangata,
(Today, destroyer of souls, I am everywhere) ‘A e haafe mo e tautua’a
(To the halfback and backs) Kuo hu’i hoku anga tangata.
(Gone has my humanness.)
He! he! ‘Ei e! Tu.
(Hey! hey! Aye ay! Zap.)
Teu peluki e molo mo e foueti taka,
(Maul and loose forwards shall I mow) Pea ngungu mo ha loto fita’a
(And crunch any fierce hearts you know) Teu inu e ‘oseni, pea kana mo e afi
(Ocean I drink, fire I dine) Keu mate ai he ko hoku loto.
(To death or victory my will is fine.)
Ko Tonga pe mate ki he moto
(That’s how Tonga dies to her motto) Ko Tonga pe mate ki he moto.
(To her motto Tonga gives all.)
Apparently my body didn’t quite like the trip back and resulting sleep.
Went to bed at like 22:00 Sunday evening and woke up at 01:45 or so. Fully awake. Took until 03:30 or so before I finally fell asleep again. Woke up a bit at 06:30 and fell asleep again. Lovely the way your body adjusts to differing timezones.
February 20, 2005 at 16:28
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Got back from Brasil yesterday.
Had a wonderful three weeks in São Paulo. Although if you look for a holiday in Brasil you might want to spend at maximum one week in São Paulo, since it is after all a big city and not the beach or so.
Visited Mogi das Cruzes, Bertioga, and Caraguatatuba by car.
Você me deu asas e me fez voar,
você tocou minha mão, eu toquei o céu,
eu perdi minha fé, você me trouxe ela de volta,
você disse que nenhuma estrela estava fora de alcance,
eu serei eternamente grata, baby,
você foi um dos que me ajudou a me levantar,
nunca me deixou cair,
meu mundo é o melhor lugar por sua causa…
Portuguese translation of Because You Loved Me by Celine Dion
