U for.... Yugoslavia

It would be funny if it wasn't so frightening.
I swear I thought it was all made up, I actually want to be convinced it is.
Sad, to say the least.

Hope

The further I look,
the less I see

The more I search,
the less I find

The louder I shout,
the less you hear

The more I show,
the less you see

What hope is there
for me?

People who say that money does not bring happiness
obviously do not know how to spend it.

cartoon: CartoonStock.com

Where are the butterflies?

When I was little, there were colours everywhere.

These days it's all grey.

Let butterflies be

beautiful and free.

Cuidado, ahi viene Hamilton!

F1 and me

I love Formula One and I've been watching it since I was little. In fact, when Ayrton Senna started his F1 career with Toleman in 1984 I was 12 years old, and I still remember Monaco: he started 19th and finished 2nd.
As all Brazilians I loved him and his sportsmanship: he was a real gentleman, a great ambassador for Brazil and Formula One, a real professional and a humble, honest man. He was to F1 what Pele is (yes, still is) to football. I don't really need or want to talk about his tragic death 10 years later in Imola.

Despite having been following F1 on and off for about 14 years, I've never been an expert and never really wanted or meant to be or become one: I just love the cars, the sportsmanship, the thrill, the speed, the engineering, the team work, the circuits, the build-up, the men, the crowds. It's all beautiful, there are no fights, just respect and it's all about sport and professionalism.

I'll never forget seeing it live for the first time: Silverstone, 2000. My husband couldn't have chosen a more perfect place to pop the question. He really knows me well.

Canadian GP

I'm THRILLED to see Hamilton on the podium again, 1st place, the place he deserves to be. He's a champ. He's got it written all over him and I really hope he becomes World Champion.

On the other hand, I am also happy to see Fernando Alonso lose. Honestly, I've lost all respect for him.

On top of being sick of seeing his face absolutely everywhere selling everything from cars and watches to bank loans, he has lately proven to be nothing but a spoilt child, a bad loser, a whinging mummy's boy. How sad for a race driver who has been world champion twice.

A quick glance at the latest news shows nothing but lack of professionalism: Alonso says McLaren favour Hamilton and Alons criticises his own team, and that Hamilton was 'lucky' to win a rather chaotic race -when he himself repeated the same mistake about four times, among other things.

I can't stand bad losers, and the fact that here in Asturias Spaniards who had never even heard of or followed F1 until their compatriot actually became World Champion see themselves as 'experts' and get all worked up when somebody mentions 'McLaren' or 'Hamilton' makes it even worse.
It's quite unbearable to watch the Grand Prix listening to Spanish commentators. Just like Alonso, they are nothing but amateurs.

It seems that there is no Formula One in Spain, only Alonso.