Song: Bella Bellissima by Hadag Nachash

 

BELLA BELLISSIMA

Zeh sipur ito ra'ui yeladim lechanech
(x3)

Yom shlishi, shteim-esreh bemai, 1992
yotzet ishah mibeitah biy'rushalaim
yom ragil standarti
lo meyuchad k'mo kol hayamim
pul yeladim barechovot
haytah sh'vitat morim
be'otah sha'ah mamash mechabel ne'elach
mashlich sakin mit'bach
itah dakar shnei ne'arim chafim
od pigu'a metoraf achzari
od pigu'a le'umani

Hu pote'ach bem'nusah
ki acharav dolek hamon
shetofes oto ka'avur mispar shniyot
betoch chanyon
asarot anashim bo'atim bo
hem rotzim lis'gor cheshbon
ani lo shofet otam,
zeh mikreh bli higayon
zeh matav pagum,
atgum, arur, lo barur
aval az magi'ah ha'ishah
umeshanah et sof hasipur
ki al hamechabel hi miyad nish'kenvet
umegonenet begufah
al terorist aval gam adam
shebli gufah
hayah gufah
"ani lo mevin,
lo pachad't
im metoraf mitachtaich
vehahamon ko karov?
lo hayah kal yoter
lakum vela'azov?"
antah la'itonai
she'lo hayah lah zman lach'shov
antah la'itonai
she'lo hayah lah zman lach'shov

Bella bellissima...

Hamikreh shel ha'ishah hazot
nech'rat li barosh
me'eifo hako'ach lishkav
bli lazuz, bli lach'shosh
sho'el et atzmi mah hayiti oseh bim'komah
lu bediyuk be'otah sha'ah hayiti nikl'a las'vivah
barur li
she'lo hayiti ba vebo'et
aval im lihyot hagun velomar et ha'emet
lo nir'ah li shehayiti mesugal
lin'hog kamoha
harbeh yoter mat'im li lakum velivro'ach
az maximum lenasot
limtzo shoter o mashehu
aval hi shach'vah sham ad shekochoteiha tashu
esrim dakot hi chat'fah sham be'iytot
hayeladim shelah rau ve'lo hifsiku livkot.

Bella bellissima...

Hagiveret lesemel lo hafchah
veshmah nimchak
lema'aseh mehatoda'ah.
Ein bul shelah
ulai ki Yisrael od beshelah
ve'lo beshelah
le'ametz lecheikah gibor
sheg'vurato lo milchamtit, gibor
sheg'vurato hi lo tz'vait, gibor
sheg'vurato rak musarit,
gibor ishah, ve'od charedit.

De'i lach ishah yekarah she'lo shachachti
et sipur g'vuratech le'atzmi hivtachti she...

zeh sipur ito ra'ui
yeladim lechanech
(x3)

Bella bellissima...

BEAUTIFUL VERY BEAUTIFUL

This is a story worth educating children with
(x3)

Tuesday, 12th May, 1992
A woman steps out of her house in Jerusalem
Normal standard day
nothing special like any other day
A load of kids in the streets –
there was a teachers’ strike
Same time exactly a revolting terrorist
Pulls out a kitchen knife
and with it stabs two innocent kids
Another mad cruel attack
Another nationalist attack

He sets off running
because a mob is in pursuit
And catches him after a few seconds
in the carpark
tens of people kicking him –
they want to close the score
I don’t judge them,
it’s an irrational event
It’s a flawed situation,
awful, revolting, unclear
But then turns up the woman
and alters the end of the story
because she straight off throws herself
on the terrorist andprotects with her body
the terrorist who is also a human
though without her body
would have ended up a corpse
"I don’t understand,
weren’t you afraid
with that madman beneath you
and the mob so close?
"Wouldn’t it have been easier
to get up and leave?"
She replied to the journalist
that she didn’t have time to think.
She replied to the journalist
that she didn’t have time to think.

Bella bellissima...

That incident with the woman
is engraved in my head
Where did she get the strength to lie there
without moving, without fear
I ask myself what I would have done in her place
If at the same moment I had been in the area
It’s clear to me
that I wouldn’t have gone over to boot him
But to be fair and to tell the truth
I don’t think I would have been capable
of behaving like her
Much more typical for me to get up and run away
Or at the most to try
to find a policeman or something
But she lay there until her strength waned
20 minutes she took all those kicks
Her kids watched and didn’t stop crying.

Bella Bellissima…...

This lady did not turn into a symbol
And in effect her name
has been erased from consciousness.
There is no stamp with her face
Perhaps because Israel is not yet ready
and is not willing
To bring to its breast a hero
whose heroism is not war-like, a hero
whose heroism is not military, a hero
whose heroism is just moral
a hero who is a woman, and a haredit at that.

Know this, dear woman, that I did not forget
The story of your heroism I promised to myself
That this story is worth educating children with
It’s a story that is worth
educating children with
(x3)

Bella Bellissima...

Pediatrics report details risks from energy drinks

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer  Mon Feb 14, 12:02 am ET

CHICAGO – Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products. The potential harms, caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar ingredients, include heart palpitations, seizures, strokes and even sudden death, the authors write in the medical journal Pediatrics. They reviewed data from the government and interest groups, scientific literature, case reports and articles in popular and trade media.Dakota Sailor, 18, a high school senior in Carl Junction, Mo., says risks linked with energy drinks aren't just hype. Sailor had a seizure and was hospitalized for five days last year after drinking two large energy drinks — a brand he'd never tried before. He said his doctor thinks caffeine or caffeine-like ingredients may have been to blame.

The report says some cans have four to five times more caffeine than soda, and Sailor said some kids he knows "drink four or five of them a day. That's just dumb." Sailor has sworn off the drinks and thinks other kids should, too. The report's authors want pediatricians to routinely ask patients and their parents about energy drink use and to advise against drinking them. "We would discourage the routine use" by children and teens, said Dr. Steven Lipshultz, pediatrics chairman at the University of Miami's medical school. He wrote the report with colleagues from that center. The report says energy drinks often contain ingredients that can enhance the jittery effects of caffeine or that can have other side effects including nausea and diarrhea. It says they should be regulated as stringently as tobacco, alcohol and prescription medicines. "For most children, adolescents, and young adults, safe levels of consumption have not been established," the report said.

Introduced more than 20 years ago, energy drinks are the fastest growing U.S. beverage market; 2011 sales are expected to top $9 billion, the report said. It cites research suggesting that about one-third of teens and young adults regularly consume energy drinks. Yet research is lacking on risk from long-term use and effects in kids — especially those with medical conditions that may increase the dangers, the report said. The report comes amid a crackdown on energy drinks containing alcohol and caffeine, including recent Food and Drug Administration warning letters to manufacturers and bans in several states because of alcohol overdoses.. The report focuses on nonalcoholic drinks but emphasizes that drinking them along with alcohol is dangerous. The American Association of Poison Control Centers adopted codes late last year to start tracking energy drink overdoses and side effects nationwide; 677 cases occurred from October through December; so far, 331 have been reported this year.

Most 2011 cases involved children and teens. Of the more than 300 energy drink poisonings this year, a quarter of them involved kids younger than 6, according to a data chart from the poison control group. That's a tiny fraction of the more than 2 million poisonings from other substances reported to the group each year. But the chart's list of reported energy drink-related symptoms is lengthy, including seizures, hallucinations, rapid heart rate, chest pain, high blood pressure and irritability, but no deaths. Monday's paper doesn't quantify drink-related complications or deaths. It cites other reports on a few deaths in Europe of teens or young adults who mixed the drinks with alcohol, or who had conditions like epilepsy that may have increased the risks. Maureen Storey, senior vice president of science policy at the American Beverage Association, an industry group, said the report "does nothing more than perpetuate misinformation" about energy drinks. Many of the drinks contain much less caffeine than coffee from popular coffeehouses, and caffeine amounts are listed on many of the products, she said in a written statement.

Caffeine is safe, but those who are sensitive to it can check the labels, she said. A clinical report on energy drinks is expected soon from the American Academy of Pediatrics that may include guidelines for doctors. Dr. Marcie Schneider, an adolescent medicine specialist in Greenwich, Conn., and member of the academy's nutrition committee, praised Monday's report for raising awareness about the risks. "These drinks have no benefit, no place in the diet of kids," Schneider said.

Is hooked on Alex O'Loughlin

Ten Commandments for 2011

Someone has written these beautiful words. One must read and try to understand the deep meanings in them. They are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life all the time. 

1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble; it is a "steering wheel" that directs us in the right path throughout life.

2] Do you know why a car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the rear view mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, look ahead and move on.

3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.

4] All things in life are temporary.  If going well enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong don’t worry, they can't last long either.

5] Old friends are like Gold! New friends are Diamonds! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a base of Gold!

6]  Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!

7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.

8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything  worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision."

9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them; and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.

10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES; it takes away today’s PEACE.

Beastly

Okay, I don't really like Vanessa Anne Hudgens, but this movie seems good. On the plus side...it has Alex Pettyfer in it!!!!

I Am Number Four

I am going to read the book first before watching the movie!!!!

113 Korean students stranded in Philippines

*I couldn't believe this when I read it!*
More than 100 Korean children studying English in the Philippines had their passports confiscated by Philippine authorities earlier this month, and 70 of them are facing deportation, local media and Korean sources said yesterday.

The Philippine Inquirer and ABS-CBN, a broadcaster, reported that the country’s Bureau of Immigration would expel 70 Korean minors studying in the country without permits and put them on its blacklist, meaning they will have difficulty getting back into the country in the future. Seven Korean adults allegedly responsible for arranging a study course in the Philippines will receive the same penalty, they reported. 

Reports said the 77 Koreans facing deportation were rounded up by immigration officials on Jan. 7, storming a Korean-operated language center in Batangas, south of Manila.

The Philippine Embassy in Seoul confirmed the report. “The children did not have special study permits, which they should have applied for, to study in the Philippines,” said an embassy official. 

The sources said 43 more Korean children studying at another language center in the Philippines, along with seven Korean managers, were rounded up later by immigration and also had their passports confiscated. 

According to Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the 113 Korean students remain at residences affiliated with the centers, but the 14 Korean adults are being detained at an immigration office in the Philippines. 

A ministry official said the Korean language centers are to blame, not the students. The language centers were supposed to pay about 150,000 won ($134) per student to apply for special study permits for the children, but they didn’t, he said. 

“Because the Korean students are also the victims, the Korean Embassy requested authorities to return the passports soon and allow the students to leave the country,” Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. 

The ministry said Philippine authorities said they would allow students to leave by the end of the month. Observers said more crackdowns on English teaching classes in the Philippines are likely. Many Korean parents send their children to the Philippines as a cheap way of studying English. 

By Moon Gwang-lip [joe@joongang.co.kr]

Suprised Kitty

You have to watch this! Its soooo cute.

10 Commandments of Friendship

Top 10 Most Common Makeup Mistakes

Don't you hate to see women who make the same makeup mistakes over and over again? Send them this list!

By Mimi Bullock - Mon, Nov 15, 2010 6:52 PM PST

Ever spot a serious makeup mistake and think, "I wonder if she knows?" Chances are she doesn't, and she'll walk in to her next corporate meeting or parent/teacher conference totally oblivious to her makeup faux pas. Don't let that blurred vision of beauty become you! Review the top ten ugliest and goofiest makeup mistakes women make and give yourself an honest grade. Then share your new found information and make the world a prettier place.

Concealer/Foundation Confusion

Cruise the Internet long enough and you will come across all sorts of advice on this subject; concealer and foundation application. Never before have so many women got such bad advice and it shows. The real key to good concealer and foundation coverage is to start with a moisturized face. Then dab yellow concealer sparingly on brown or red spots. Don't worry about blending it in; it's concealer. Then apply your foundation. Do not put concealer over mineral powder or cream to powder makeup—it won't blend! You'll end up with an obvious patch job. Ugh!

Wrong Foundation Shade

Okay "summer girl" let go of the dark foundation. Your tan is gone and there is no sense in pretending. Let go of your summer foundation shade and embrace a paler, prettier you. Something to remember when shopping for foundation shades—color match to your jawbone, not your hand. Your hand skin is always darker than your facial skin.

Excessive Concealer

I hate watching my favorite all chick talk shows and seeing the show host wearing obvious white circles under her eyes. Girlfriend! Lay off the excessive under eye concealer or at least invest in one that does a little better job matching your skin tone. White is alright but too much of it will give you the reverse raccoon look.

Heavy Handed Eyeliner

I (sadly) am old enough to remember burning the tip of kohl black eyeliner before applying it to the inner rim of my eyelid. In the eighties, we liked our hair big and our eyeliner dark. Fortunately, style-wise, those days are over. Don't ring your eyes excessively, instead focus on using attractive colors in a flattering way.

Over Frosted Eye Shadow

Some may disagree with me but too much frosted eye shadow looks well... cheap. A bit of shimmer under the brows, a touch on the lid, these are pretty effects. However covering your eyelid from top to bottom with unblended, globbed on eyeshadow is unattractive. Go easy on the frosting!

Dry Face

No matter how much makeup you apply, you can't hide a dry face. After your morning cleanse, moisturize your skin. This will make your makeup application smooth and silky looking. Without moisture, makeup looks cracked and unflattering.

Wacky Eyebrows

Your eyebrows matter! Over penciled or super thin eyebrows are a mistake. At the opposite end of the spectrum, you'll find the gal who has never used a tweezer in her life. I hope you fall in neither category. Visit a professional stylist who can give you a good base waxing. He or she will shape those brows and give you a great template to maintain.

Dark Lip Liner

For a brief time in the nineties dark lip liner over light lipstick may have been fashionable. If it was, the fad is now over. Please toss away the black lip liner and use a more flattering color.

Blending Your Makeup

Sometimes we get a flawless finish but forget to blend. This common mistake will leave you looking like you are wearing a mask. Buy a cosmetic sponge and blend, blend, blend!

Mascara Marks

Occasional mascara marks are expected, we all get in a hurry. However, chronic mascara prints may have your friends and coworkers snickering. The problem may result from trying to apply mascara without your glasses. If that's you, the solution is simple. Buy a tabletop magnification mirror. You won't need your glasses to get perfect mascara.