I think I have to explain my blog's title. I will.

My exam is done. I did it good, but I could do much better. It's that it wasn't the right day. I'm in total depression. Not a chance I focused on the test. A friend of mine died two days ago. He was twenty years old and he went through a terrible death. I can't still believe it! He was at the thermal baths near Siena, a city here in Tuscany; he dived into this thermal lake, and he didn't come up.

They didn't took the body out of the water yet. He's still down there. The dynamics is something out of minds. There are caves underwater and he's stuck in one of them. Scuba divers went down there trying to pull him up, but the temperature was too high (more than 100 celsius= more than 212 fahrenheit) and they had to give up because their masks were melting. So they started digging around the lake, but he went down and down because they moved the slime and he was sucked again like quicksand. Now they stopped digging too. It's a thermal area, so there's the chance to find a gas sediment in some of that caves and they're scared that keep digging will provoke an explosion, causing damages to the rescuers and the people that live around there. They're looking for the right equipment to dive again.

I have no words. When I knew about it I was shocked. It made me think a lot, about the way we live and act. We're young, we're twenty, and we have fun. We don't think about death. And then a thing like this. It was like a slap, like someone started kicking my head. How could this happen? Ok, maybe he did something stupid that we don't know yet, or maybe he hit his head or lost his consciousness, we don't know. But this is not the way to die. Not in general, not for a young man. And if something so orrible can happen from a moment to another, than we must be always careful and focused, never lower our guard, nor even for a second, because alla you are and all you have could end so fast, you have no idea.

Francesco was the kind of guy that makes you smile and feel happy in every situation, the guy you trust no matter what. He was a voluntary assistant and he was studying philosophy at university. What about him? I've never seen him without a smile on his face.

We hope that they'll pull him out soon...

So...Ciao Cecco...ti vogliamo bene!

I need to pause my brain activity! I've been studying to much and so I decided to write a new blog post just to relax a little bit.

A lot of things happened since my last post. First of all I'm also working for my dad (books were not enough and of course I had to do something more extra :cry: ). Well, actually it's a job I like. My parents have this website Casa Cenina (that's where my nickname comes from :P ), where they sell cross stitch and other things related to it. When they first thought about this kind of activity they weren't so enthusiastic, but then it was revealed as a really good business, and now it's their full time job. My mother learnt to stitch! Next 8th of June we are going to organize Festa del ricamo (italian version here ), a special event for stitchers that can meet in person few important designers of this business sector. So I'm helping my parents to organize few things (I generally write translation in english for my dad, even if I'm not a genius in english! :P ) and I spent three days looking for someone who could work as translator from french for that day (I've studied french but I forgot it...). We needed two person and finally, after a long search, I found the right ones. Grazie mille a Irene e Ilaria :D

I went to the cinema and I watched 21. I liked it. Especially because I attended a sperimental scientific high school and I was so happy that I could understand all that probability stuff and all that calculus without even strove myself!!!

Then there was this incredible birthday barbecue in the park. It was my friend Eleonora's birthday and we went all up in the hills. We were like 30 people and we ate and drunk so much that then we fell asleep on the meadow :P It was a really great day. :D

My little cousin Lorenzo (I call him Nandino :P ) LEARNT TO WALK!!! How cute he is! He can make like ten steps without fall now.

And finally last night. It was a beautiful. I've grouped some of my friends together and we went to eat sushi :) It was deliciuos :P and in a really beautiful place in the historic centre of Florence. But too expensive!!! So I think that we can afford another night like the last one about every two months :P We were seven, all from different universities, but I know them all because they're friends of friends and so on, and because we all live in Florence now (except Andrea who came yesterday from Pisa where he studies). So we were a weird and new group and we had a lot of fun! We sat near Ponte Vecchio for about two hours and we talked and talked. The only "bad" thing is that I went to bed around 3 am and this morning I was at university at 8 am because I had lessons, so I didn't sleep much... And it's not good because I must have a fresh mind in order to study...Anyway, it's just been a night in two weeks..

Guys I have to say that I'm lucky. Not to be conceited, but I live in a really amazing city. Walking last night in the historical centre...Beautiful!

Now I have to go! I will go to the anatomy department to rent some bones :P That's the great thing of being a med student: you can cross the road with a rented human skull in your hand! :D

I will write a new blog after the exam! In bocca al lupo! Crepi! :P

PS Finally tomorrow I will watch the new episode of House!!!

Yes, I'm really better now! It's was a terrible week. I thought I was better on wednesday so I went back to university, but again the following day I was sick. I immediately took a train and came back home.

I didn't even go out yesterday with my friends because I decided that it was for my best take a saturday free from party, so that I could have been at my top for next week. And I think it worked. The funny part is that last night this friend of mine called me and he told me that he was at home because he was feeling bad too: I wasn't the only one sick, and this made me feel little happier. Not because he was sick of couse, but because I was thinking about all my friends out having fun and I was at home alone watching tv (I don't know in the US but here in Italy on saturday night there's nothing, and I mean nothing, on tv). So I was at the phone for about one hour and half with him, and somehow it's been like going out. At least it was a really good hour and half :D thank you Andrea! :P

Well, next weeks I will be busy, very very busy, because I have an exam in may (anatomy I). So tomorrow starts my hell: hours and hours with books and out is everyday sunnier (does this word exist? :P ) and warmer :cry: I don't know if I will post again before the exam.

Anyway, have a nice week guys!

Hi everyone! Just a quick blog because I have nothing to do and I'm really bored. I'm sick :cry: Yesterday I had a really bad day, all the time in bed trying to be better. There was nothing in tv but elections results and I couldn't even read a book because my head was killing me. What a terrible day. Now I'm little better, at least I left the bed! I didn't go to lesson today. and I would generally be happy for this, but today strarts genetic course and I wanted to be there for the first lesson!! Well, I will go tomorrow..

Hope you all are better than me! :)

Big kiss

Next weekend there are elections here in Italy. I've read all the electoral programs, and I mean ALL. What an effort! We are really a weird country! So many parties, so many premier candidates, it's an absurdity! Looking from the inside Italy is literally covered by s**t, we have all kind of problems: money, job, rubbish, criminality, school, immigrants. A total mess! I can only imagine what you can see and think from the outside... Che schifo!= It s**ks! We could be such a great nation, we have so many beautiful and good things and people, but our politicians are so incompetent! Hope we can change something with this elections. They're really important.

Anyway, let's change the subject, I know the politic is not a great topic in this site. I've started watching One Tree Hill. Never seen before. I'm just at the first episodes, but I have to say that I like it. It's not extraordinary, but it's nice :) And of course I'm waiting for House.. I want him back!

God how much I love the place where I live!

The other day I went to the market to buy some stuff for my mother, and on my way back home I took a different street, a little dirt road, I don't know why actually. Anyway, I drew the car and I got off. I was in this wood near to my house, and I just stood there looking around. It was beautiful.

Spring is finally arrived and so flowers start blooming, swallows are back for the season, and there was this cool breeze at the sunset; just amazing! I looked the hills down me, and all the cypresses and the olive trees were moving because of the wind under this incredible sun light... All this made me remember how much I love the place where I live! There are a lot of beautiful places around the world, and I' ve travelled a lot, so I'm sure of that, but this corner of Tuscany's country where I grew up is like a piece of my heart! Really beautiful. I'm lucky! ;)

Ok, the fact is that I have to write a little text about a certain topic, and I wanna first know something more about it, just to make my ideas a little more clearer. So I ask for your opinion.

There is a post (Talkin' Bout My Education ) I have to comment. There would be also another post, but is in italian and it's very long (I'm too lazy to translate it all). The first one is short and interesting, you can read it, it's about school and good or bad ways of teaching that influences your positive or negative connection first with school, and then in your general approach to life (something that interests everybody I guess, current and ex students).

What do you think about it?

And one more thing (about the post I haven't translate): mathematics, the big beast for students. How do/did you feel about this subject? Is it just a headache of formulas or a complex and fascinating way to see the world? It's for sure an important subject for many things, things that maybe you can't even imagine, like psychology, or also tv (think about all the statistics for the audience, that's mathematics!). Did you find a teacher who made you understand its importance? If not, how could he/she make it?

Feel free to say whatever you want about this topic (insult school and maths if you want). Glad to hear all your thoughts!

Go!

Wow!!! So many new friends! I'm very happy for this thing.

The fact is that I was studying bones and muscles and I went totally crazy after two hours. So I took a break and started looking in tv.com profiles. Totally random... I really enjoyed it and now lots of you are answering ;-) Glad to meet new people!

THANK YOU DAN!!!

I did it. So, if you want to see my blog: click here

And if you are italians: click here

I can probably add the blog's posts also here, but not the italian ones because few of you could understand them. When I'll write something good I will post here too. For now, I have to do my course homework and there are not very interesting things..

I've started my new blog, the one I have to write as homework for a university course. The URL is http://caterina-cenina.blogspot.com or, se siete connazionali http://cenina-caterina.blogspot.com

I didn't understand how I can place my URL and make you arrive there with just a click. So, for now, I apologize, but you need to copy it and put it in the search..

Come visit me! ;)