Just a little *peace* of friendly advice... (;o)*

To people who love to use internet, but are not so good with the www (world wide web) and company:

If you use technology in your daily life, 
learn how to use it properly!

just saying...huh!

byte byte (my made up word)

 Photo credits:  Melody Fox (at the Expo in Milan, Italy, October 2015...I think this is from the Angola pavilion, but am not sure...)

The Rebirth and Repositioning of a Star back in the skies...

 My small tribute to a Great Man! (Major Tom)

It's a very sad day for me...the sadness and shedding of tears come from the news of the passing on of one of my Favorite and loved Artists:  the thin white Duke, better known as David Bowie.  Also known as Aladdin, the Man from Mars, Major Tom, Star Man, plus others, and, at this point, I would dub him as...LAZARUS.


These are two most recent pictures (photo credits:  Jimmy King, official Photographer of David Bowie) of David Bowie, the king of Music and artistry (my names), just three days prior to his passing on, also for the release of his newest and last album (maybe not the last...one can never know what David, the star Man will surprise us with!), that came out the day of his birthday (January 8, 2016/Friday)
 


 

Looking at these pictures, it's as if David is laughing at the angel of death and defying it...saying...and now, what ya gonna do with me?  I'm ready for you! Lol!

What a Person...I've always loved him, a true Genius in so many ways.

I had the honor and am proud and lucky to have met him in person, interviewed him and seen some of his live performances.  I met David several times:  and I always saw a smiling Guy, and very nice Person. ~♥~  

This *Heroes* video, live performance, was one of his last...What a voice!  such charisma!

Today (at the time of writing, January 11) is a grieving day for me, as it is for so many others.  Other Artists have passed on, whom I have met (Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Steve Strange, Lemmy), but I have not cried so much as I have done for Ziggy Stardust.  I don't know, it's as if we have so many things in common, and I feel very close to him.  I have always posted his things on the social boards, etc..and have followed his career quite closely.  Today I pulled out a tee shirt from my collection:  David Bowie and his Glass Spider Tour, which I will wear for a couple of days in tribute...

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw

The minute I saw, the video *Black Star*, with David wrapped up in cloths and so *dead* looking, I got a strange pain in my stomach...He looked so sick.  I didn't know at the time that he was suffering from cancer!  It was almost as if he was viewing his own afterlife...And this was more than a month ago--around the end of November 2015, more or less--even though the official release was on January 8, 2016, the white Duke's birthday... ~♥~ He continued working till the very end.

This is the white Duke's final gift to the world...a sort of parting gift to all of us:  *Lazarus*... He knew it: he could see it coming...Shivers up my spine!  Who knows?  maybe David even had the plug pulled... ***You know I'll be free, just like that bluebird...Oh I'll be free, just like that bluebird, oh I'll be free...ain't that just like me?*** (a passage from the track in starred quotes)

January 10, 2016/Sun eve:  Farewell to you, lovely Hero, great Music Genius, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin!  ~♥~Your legacy will live on! as we turn into...ashes to ashes.

From the 1980 album SCARY MONSTERS...

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You will be missed, but your Music will live on until the end of time and beyond, up to the stars and back...
Love... always! (You better not mess with Major Tom...Ground control to Major Tom)
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An Afterlife?

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/german-scientists-prove-there-is-life-after-death/

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/german-scientists-prove-there-is-life-after-death/

Far Away Pavilions...(Expo 2015, Milan~Italy) 2nd writeup

Note to Readers/Guests:  This is my second write up after the crash/or web hacking of October 20, 2015 where all was lost/gone...Sorry for the confusion.

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What a unique experience!

It will take me quite a while to write my impressions/thoughts during my alien visit to the Expo, in full detail, and at different steps.  Needless to say that I visited many Pavilions, taking many pictures too!

First of ALL, I wish to thank the Expo Organization, especially the Press Office Team, for all their precious help and assistance.  Mainly, one of the consultants on the job, Giordana (I will omit last name for privacy reasons).  An Angel during my visit, always there, ready to help (also e-mail et all)!

Thank You so much!  You are Precious!

Giordana and me...(Photo credits:   Dom, 2015.10.11Sun., inside press room, Nikon coolpix 3000)

   



I had been to the Italy Expo in June (You will find my story on that here, on another post), but only on a couple of short tours.  Needless to say I stopped in Nepal, as a priority, and in tribute to their tragedy--the recent earthquake--therefore, my first stop.  The pavilion was really beautiful (a picture on my other June post), but I felt a lot of sadness, almost feeling their pain.

These recent October weeks were dedicated to seeing as many pavilions as possible, and, I must say that each one had something special to offer!

Details on my experience with the *Faraway Pavilions* will follow...I'm on the run right now! (;o)*

(2015.10.12Mon.)

Glass light tubes from China with drawings...This had falcons (or eagles) flying across the tubes, while changing colors.  I loved this and it reminded me of things I had seen when I lived in Formosa (Taiwan, Taipei)
Photo credits:  Melody Fox... Oct. 8, 2015/Thurs. (Nikon coolpix 3000)

These days I've been drowning in Expo sightseeing, trying to see as many pavilions as possible and to learn something.

While visiting the Expo, it's not like traveling in the real country (and, believe me, I have traveled a lot!), but one learns many things and is confronted with different cultures all around, including the local hardships of countries concerned.  In these months my awareness of problems throughout the planet has expanded and so has my knowledge.  The problems related to water shortage, food, nourishment, energy, famine, etc., etc..  So many Pavilions have gone out of their way to give people (the guests visiting the Expo, in Milan, Italy) a true and realistic image and idea of what really goes on behind the *closed doors and windows* of each country involved (participating to the Expo) and what each country is doing to expand their produce, to reduce waste, in order to feed the world, for the new generations to come.

Blue Kuwait at night...oh what a pretty sight!  (photo credits:  Melody Fox, 2015.10.8Thurs., with Smart phone)

One pavilion which I liked very much (and also brought tears to my eyes for all their effort) was the Kuwait one...A video was shown regarding the waste of water and it took us back in time, to eventually come back, into the future.  The realization (through the eyes of Sara, a little girl) that water is very precious, and that it shouldn't be wasted, in order to *survive* in the future.  Very technological indeed, and each different space in the pavilion showed the different temperatures and took us on a trip in the desert, with the wind, the wind storms, falcons flying in the sky...It was almost as if we were within the scene, the landscape itself.  They had some beautiful fish tanks too...

Kuwait was founded as a harbor... (Photo credits:  Melody Fox, 2015.10.8/Thurs. with my Motorola smartphone)

Kazakhistan   Performance   
Such a lovely experience! (photo credits:  the Princess of Rock d(*_*)b )

Kazakhistan was an interesting place to visit, also for its high technology.  For example, one of the things that impressed me was a drone that alerts farmers when deadly insects, especially locusts, start feasting on crops, destroying everything!  The drone sends out a signal, so that farmers can intervene and save their produce.

Drone sends signal alerting farmers of locusts...(2015.10.13Tues.)

An incredible video (using 4D glasses) took everyone on an unforgettable ride through landscapes, mountain sides, and the steepes, uphill, downhill, and it was just like being there on the spot (or almost).

Apples that weigh two pounds:  can you imagine shaking the tree?!  you gotta wear a helmet, that's for sure.

Apple from Kazakhistan with red flesh too... (Photo credits:  Melody Rock, 2015.10.13Tues., my Smart phone)

                                                                        
Two of the guides befriended me...cuties!  Alles...they were both called the same way and are also friends in Kazakhistan, and live close to each other...How cool is that?!  One Alles (the shorter gal) said that I looked very unusual, and different from all the other people she had seen so far, so I told her I was a DJ and a Journalist.  She liked that very much and wanted to take a picture together.  She also asked for my e-mail address and gave me hers.  We shall definitely stay in touch...such sweet gals!  (Alles, Alles, and Ana...Thank You for the double tour!)

                               

Alles, Alles, and me, Kazakhistan... (photo credits: Ana, 2015.10.13Tues.)

Among several things, Korea showed their ways of providing food for the future, especially their ways of fermentation (up to 80 hours!).  A couple of things that really impressed me were the facts that they have built many schools for children in Africa, also helping them with food, energy, water, etc., etc....  Who would have thought that from a place like Korea.  Amazing...and I tip my hat to that!

While looking at their specialties, also furniture et all, I was reminded of my childhood days, living in those oriental countries, although briefly with my family, while my father was on assignments in this or that place. 

Korea:  Display of flowery saucers before showing fermentation process (Photo credits:  Melody Fox, 2015.10.14/Wed., with my Smart phone)

To be continued (write up 2015.10.21/Wed., while travelling/updated 2015.10.25/Sun.)


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A lot to write about, but I've been travelling around these days, and still am.

Some newvelties that will be unfolded soon:  Japan and Italy!  Two very interesting and awesome pavilions, each for different reasons:  Japan for its highly technological aspects, including the *unicube*, a prototype by Honda, not on the market yet...but will be used in restaurants of the future.  Italy for its architectural structure and for the mirrored rooms, plus other curiosities,
including a Gottuso painting!  This and more, coming up soon!

(updated briefly on 2015.10.30/Friday)

Thank you Google Team... (;o)*

THANK you to the Google Team Help center!  

Mishka, Great help!  I really appreciate this...At least something is restored and that is precious! (October 21, 2015)  I feel better and my smile is back...

Far Away Pavilions... (Expo in Milan, Italy, 2015) ~♥☮♫LPM(km*) ~♥☮♫

NOTE to Readers...

All my writeups, from October 12 to the 20th have disappeared! (;o(*  a real disaster!  It all happened starting from Tuesday, October 20th...  I had updated Kazakhistan and it all crashed!
I have reported issue and problem to the Google Help Team, so I really hope to get everything
restored.  If not, I'll just have to write everything again...including pictures too...

What a tragedy...

Kazakhistan, Korea, Columbia, UK, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Israel, Malaysia, Angola, Thailand, China, and many others all gone...my work... (silent tears but fingers crossed)

October 20, 2015/Tues.

THANK you to the Google Team Help center!  Mishka, Great help!  I really appreciate this...At least something is restored and that is precious! (October 21, 2015)

The EXPO Experience: as seen by an Alien

Recently, during my travels,  I went (well, it was in June 2015) to see the Expo in Milan, Italy (Europe).

It was a nice experience, no doubt, but, in my opinion, one day is not enough:  one needs to go back several times, to be able to see the sites carefully, in detail, without having to *race* through them!  I was happily surprised to see some of the different pavilions, and the countries involved, such as Iran, Kazakistan, and others.  The whole world at your feet!  What an awesome adventure...

It was with great sadness, instead, that I looked at the Tibet area:  they were hit by the tragedy of the earthquake, with so many people being killed, and a country on their knees, being wiped out by natural causes...force majeur... (;o(* 

Tibet cleverness and sadness at the same time...March on! (Photo credits:  Melody Fox, June 2015)

They stopped everything , in the pavilion, all the construction work, etc., etc., to go back to their country, to help their own and others...  Great architectural job, that, unfortunately (or luckily) was finished by workers from Brescia.

It brought tears to my eyes...  Stay strong Tibet:  Thou shall return into the light!

What was beautiful, was the part of the Italian section, especially The Tree of Life, planned and brought to *life* by Marco Balich, a guy (or rather now he is known for other things), whom I met during my journalistic years, when he organized concerts, et all.

At night, this beautiful (technological) tree is lit up in all its glory, and has a light and sound show, which is mesmerizing!  It was the feature I loved most!  All those beautiful colors, that magical Music!  Indeed, a masterpiece of art, and technology at its highest peaks.  Sponsored by Coldiretti, Pirelli, and the city town hall of Brescia...

This is a cool one...Fuchsia Tree of Life, with fountains et all... (Photo credits:  the Princess of Rock, June 20, 2015/Sat.)  Sights and Sounds...

Definitely, my favorite!  Bravo Italy! (;o)*

I have posted some pictures for you readers/guests of my blog,  to see...
Some other details and updates, will be added at random.

The Expo has counted millions and millions of visitors so far (it opened its gates to the world on May 1, 2015 and will close at our Halloween, October 31, 2015).  The first month brought in approx. 2.7 million visitors from all over the globe.  This year, if you can afford to, plan a trip to Europe, to see the Expo in Milan, Italy.  Worth the visit!  NOT  to be missed!

Tree of Life...True blue with water fountains (June 20, 2015/Sat., photo credits:  Melody Fox)




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