Man up or how hard it is to be a man

I’m writing this post because I noticed some time ago that being a man is harder than being a woman.

I’m writing it now because I just heard a whatsapp audio from a teenager explaining to his friends how he harassed a peer to death. He didn’t actually kill the boy, but he helped. It was after a football game. He finished his recording saying that that made him and his other friends gain respect from others. They, in fact, referred to it as becoming gods. It was scary how “innocent” or natural the voice sounded. Very scary. This recording was on the Spanish news. The case is in court.

After that, I saw this video on my FB news feed.

Then I remembered some conversations about men I recently had with my girlfriends and I thought… I REALLY FEEL FOR THEM! Why is it so hard to be a man? Answer: WRONG ROLE EDUCATION? Continue reading “Man up or how hard it is to be a man”

esdelainaJanuary 23, 2016August 22, 20162 Comments

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Crystal Palace dinosaurs

If you haven’t got a plan for the weekend and London doesn’t sound so far, head to Crystal Palace Park in Bromley. If you can’t, keep reading. You might find this interesting.

FYI, you won’t find any palace. We felt very ignorant, when we were told by a random dog walker that the palace got burn years ago.

So, read about it first. The Crystal Palace was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition in 1851. After the exhibition, the building was rebuilt in an enlarged form in it’s current location. It stood there from 1854 until its destruction by fire in 1936. ( At least it gives name to a football team…)

But you can still pay a visit to some lovely dinosaurs. Far from the fancy exhibition (and the neverending queue) at the National History Museum, these dinosaur sculptures from 1854 will give you good idea of what science was like more than a century ago.

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