When is it going to end?

In some countries we like our freedom...freedom to sadly profiteer from war, while media reports 'selected' news. Selected by Whom?

In other related news I am tired of reading stupid comments about refugees 'running from war' instead of staying and fight for their country. How decent of you to comment safely from your phones, tablets, from the comfort of your sofa while having a meal, and a drink, your kids safely sleeping in their beds, in a country that has been most probably selling weapons to the people causing/participating in the conflict. You are so lucky you don't have to face that choice.

And no, i don't condone violence or terrorism, I am just equally sad and disgusted for every human life lost, wherever they are from.

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The diet struggle

All felow Rosaceans know about the struggles they face every day. The burning and itchy sensation on your face, the innumerable triggers: too cold, too hot, alcohol, sugar, dairy, gluten, soya...
On a bad day you don't even want to come out the house and you cannot even cover it with make up because it burns so much...
So you go out as it is...and then you get the stares...the 'helpful' comments... the OMG what happened to your face...the 'you shouldn't let yourself go like that'...
And you try to be gracious and smile and thank everyone for their concern but you wish you woul have stayed at home where you can be red but happy!
So eating out is a struggle...in a world where everything has soya on it, which is my biggest no-no (diarrhea, nausea skin breakouts...is not as much fun as you might think!)
Trying to eat healthy becomes an obssession, you avoid anything with sugar, colorants, sulphites, E's...anything that you don't know what it is basically!
The logical choice left for me is the Paleo diet. Let's see how it goes. No calorie counting yay!
My breaksfast is below for the food voyeurs like me.
Have a good day!

AAT Qualified YAY!!

It has been a while since my last post.

So, what I have been up to?

I started a journey to be AAT Accounting Technician, and I can happily say I qualified on 08/02/16.

It wasn't easy, there were times when I didn't understand things, with dramatic consequences... tantrums, calculator punching, book throwing (well what can I say, it wasn't pretty!)...but all of it, the tears and the brain sweat was worth it.

I made some good virtual friends along the way on a student group in Facebook, the AAT Students Independent Group. They kept me sane and motivated through my journey. I couldn't have done it without them, and some of them are like virtual sisters to me. It is refreshing to know there are so many like minded people fighting their personal circumstances to better themselves.

I am still studying Business Tax, as an extra optional unit, as I missed the tuition at college, (urgent family matters) and had to take Credit Control instead.

So now my real journey starts, to get a new job :)

Resquiat in pacem Sergio 1974-2010

Entre rios de plata
te recuerdo,
tu corazon perdido entre palabras,

La palabra
te dio vida,
dio fuego a tu alma,
te dio tormento.
Persiguiendo las gotas
que despedia esa princesa
siempre huyendo
cuando por fin la tocabas.

Y el extasis
cuando por fin sus alas doradas te envolvian,
el dolor punzante
cuando sus palabras te dejaban.

Cuantos recuerdos
dejaron sus ecos en 'las uves',
cuanta amistad
resuena en los frios bancos de Escurce.

Y que vacio
nos queda ahora,
solo tu sombra
nos acompaña.

Wow, how quick time goes

I just realised today it has been half a year since I posted something here, so what happened... well, not much, went looking for Someone Right and I got Someone Gollum instead... so I went back to my usual cynism in matters of the heart, and moved on.

Fairy tales DO NOT exist, all those romantic movies I once watched leaving me all teary are a pile of sugar coated lies. I am not a teenager anymore, I can watch Pretty Woman and say, yeah, rigth! Life is more Brokeback Mountain, there is never a happy ever after, you have to work damn hard to make things work in a relationship.

Breakfast 24/05/09

During the week I barely eat anything for breakfast at home, I just rush to work and try to grab something when I get there, normally carbs and as much sugar as possible.

I love the new Lurpack add about Saturday being breakfast day, it is so right, but for me it is Sunday more than Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbCxzuDQikQ&feature=related

Being able to whisk some brekkie for someone who shared your bed on Saturday night is one of my long lost pleasures..., it is not the same when you sleep alone, no one to pamper and no one to pamper you back, sigh, mixing food with other pleasures ;)

Anyway, this was my brekkie on Sunday, leftovers of a Spanish omelet that J made for D, and a Double Mocha, mmmm, delicious. The omelete was a bit burnt, but it didn't matter to me, as it was a long time I didn't have one. The problem with a true Spanish omelet is that it takes ages to cook, the kitchen gets really messy, but the worst part is that they taste MUCH BETTER NEXT DAY, and I don't have the patient to wait!!

My sister feast in Palencia 09/05/09

Yummi, what can I say, salivating more than a Pavlovian dog :)