September 2, 2011
August 30, 2011
My students
Εδώ είναι τα παιδάκια μου που τραγουδάνε και χαίρονται για την ζωή τους. Τα παιδιά αυτά είνια τα περισσότερα ορφανά και άστεγα, παρόλου αυτό έχουν πάντα ένα χαμόγελο όταν έρχονται στο σχολείο και τους αρέσει πολύ να τραγουδάνε.
/Bella
August 29, 2011
Help!
Σας στέλνω e-mail από το Βιετνάμ όπου είμαι εθελόντρια και διδάσκω εθελοντικά και δωρεάν αγγλικά, σε ένα σχολείο, το οποίο έχει φτιαχτεί επίσης από εθελοντές για τα πιο φτωχά παιδιά της περιοχής.
Τα παιδιά αυτά δουλεύουν όλο το βράδυ και πολλές φορές με λίγες ώρες ύπνου πάνε στο σχολείο . Παρόλο που είναι ακόμα παιδιά έχουν την ωριμότητα να κατανοήσουν το πόσο σημαντικό είναι να πάνε σχολείο για να μπορέσουν να ξεφύγουν από αυτήν την κατάσταση.
Το κρατικό σχολείο, που πρέπει να παρακολουθήσουν για να μπορέσουν να συνεχίσουν τις σχολικές τάξεις, κοστίζει 45 δολάρια το χρόνο για κάθε παιδί, ένα ποσό που δεν μπορούν αυτά τα παιδιά να πληρώσουν και θα πρέπει να έχουν πληρώσει μέχρι 6 Σεπτεμβρίου!
Αυτό το μήνυμα δεν είναι άλλο ένα "βοηθήστε τα φτωχά παιδιά της Αφρικής"-μήνυμα. Αυτά τα παιδιά βρίσκονται μπροστά μου κάθε μέρα και οι ανάγκες τους είναι πολύ συγκεκριμένες και εσύ και εγώ μπορούμε -με λίγα λεφτά- να κάνουμε μια μεγάλη αλλαγή στην ζωή τους. Μπορούμε να τους δώσουμε την ευκαιρία να σπουδάσουν και έτσι να μπορέσουν μια μέρα να σταματήσουν να ζούνε στον δρόμο αλλά να ζήσουν και αυτοί μια αξιόλογοι ζωή.
Σας παρακαλώ εάν μπορείτε να το ανεβάσετε αυτό στο blog σας ή ακόμα να ΄δωσετε από 5 ευρώ.
Ο λογαριασμός του σχολείου είναι:
English School of Mui Ne
Bank SEB
BIC: ESSESESS
IBAN: SE3250000000052221145410
Η ιστοσελίδα είναι: http://www.es-mn.com/
Σας ευχαριστώ για την μεγάλη σας καρδιά.
/Bella
Dear Friends,
I am writing to you today from Mui Ne, Vietnam where I am volunteering as an english teacher. I knew I was in for a challenge, but I was expecting a different kind. Today the biggest difficulty that I face, is leaving the children at the end of each day, knowing that many of them will spend their night picking up garbage or selling lotto tickets in the street. And here is where I make you feel guilty, as you read this from your comfy office or living room. For the cost of the coffee you¢re currently sipping, one of these kids can go to school, get off the street and have a chance at living a productive and meaningful life. This is not a television commercial with little naked children in some far-flung part of the world; these children are right here in front of me everyday, their needs are concrete and you and I can affect serious positive change in their lives for relatively no cost. By the end of August 80 children need to be able to afford to continue on at a public school (45Euro for the year per student), or else they will be unable to have a chance to attend university. Please find attached a few students¢ profiles that I have created for you to have a better understanding of the life these children face each day. These
are good kids, that genuinely want to better themselves through education, but their families simply cannot afford to give them steady meals let alone pay for their schooling. Donations in any amount go a long way toward giving these children a better life.
Here is the website of the school: http://www.es-mn.com/
Here is where you can make your contribution:
Kind and hopeful greetings,
Bella
I am writing to you today from Mui Ne, Vietnam where I am volunteering as an english teacher. I knew I was in for a challenge, but I was expecting a different kind. Today the biggest difficulty that I face, is leaving the children at the end of each day, knowing that many of them will spend their night picking up garbage or selling lotto tickets in the street. And here is where I make you feel guilty, as you read this from your comfy office or living room. For the cost of the coffee you¢re currently sipping, one of these kids can go to school, get off the street and have a chance at living a productive and meaningful life. This is not a television commercial with little naked children in some far-flung part of the world; these children are right here in front of me everyday, their needs are concrete and you and I can affect serious positive change in their lives for relatively no cost. By the end of August 80 children need to be able to afford to continue on at a public school (45Euro for the year per student), or else they will be unable to have a chance to attend university. Please find attached a few students¢ profiles that I have created for you to have a better understanding of the life these children face each day. These
are good kids, that genuinely want to better themselves through education, but their families simply cannot afford to give them steady meals let alone pay for their schooling. Donations in any amount go a long way toward giving these children a better life.
Here is the website of the school: http://www.es-mn.com/
Here is where you can make your contribution:
Kind and hopeful greetings,
Bella
English School of Mui Ne
Bank SEB
BIC: ESSESESS
IBAN: SE3250000000052221145410
June 30, 2011
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January 25, 2011
January 23, 2011
Aussie life...
Here are some pictures from the interview with the band "The Beautiful Girls". After the show we stayed at friends house in Tweed Heads and had a weekend full of BBQ, music and playa.
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Εδω είναι κάποιοες φωτογραφίες από την συνέντευξη με την μπάντα "The Beautiful Girls". Μετά την συνέντευξη μείναμε στην πόλη Tweed Heads σε φίλους και κάναμε ένα weekend με Barbeque, μουσική και παραλία!
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Εδω είναι κάποιοες φωτογραφίες από την συνέντευξη με την μπάντα "The Beautiful Girls". Μετά την συνέντευξη μείναμε στην πόλη Tweed Heads σε φίλους και κάναμε ένα weekend με Barbeque, μουσική και παραλία!
Waves at Kirra Beach
Greenmount beach next to the famous surf spot "Snappers Rock"
BBQ
Music at the BBQ
Me interviewing the bands PR manager
"The Beautiful Girls" and me
New Article
The Beautiful Girls: Australian tour 2011
21 January 2011 View Comments
Mat McHugh, Paulie Bromley and Bruce Braybrooke have packed their instruments, surfboards and barbecue equipment and kicked off their around Australia. They spoke with Bella Papadopoulou Dobrowolska about their second single My mind is an echo chamber from their latest album Spooks.
Mat McHugh, Bruce Braybrooke and Paulie Bromley (L-R). Image: Bella Papadopoulou Dobrowolska.
While on tour, The Beautiful Girls take time out of their schedule to enjoy the Australian summer.
“It is really all about going to the beach, having barbecues and travelling around the country, meeting up with our fans,” Bromley said.
The band is hosting the Pre Gig Swig, an opportunity for fans to meet and enjoy a drink with band members, while raising money for Surfaid International.
“We like meeting our fans and it is a good environment to do so before the show. For us it is not only about the music but about the lifestyle and the culture so I thought that it would be a fun idea to have a barbecue every night and invite people down. We like to share our life with all of those who come to our shows and hopefully get a stronger connection, become friends and build a big family,” McHugh said.
Pre Gig Swig manager, Tatianna Alpert, told Reportage Online of the bands efforts to raise awareness of humanitarian issues.
“Last October the Mentawai Islands were hit with an earthquake and tsunami that devastated the area. The band has been an ongoing supporter of a humanitarian organisation who works primarily in this area, SurfAid International. When they decided to host these barbecues, it was a perfect fit to fundraise for the most recent disaster. They wanted to meet the fans, but they also wanted the fans to meet them, and that means knowing about how involved they are in the global community,” she said.
The Beautiful Girls also devote their time to assisting young musicians with their careers.
Peter Goetz is a Californian musician who is joining the band on a couple of shows on this tour.
“I grew up listening to their track La mar, so it feels a bit surreal being here playing with them now, but it is an honor to be a part of this tour,” Goetz said.
The Show
What should the audience expect from this tour and what is the band expecting from the audience?
“We are expecting to see a lot of people dancing, us having fun and hopefully making a few mistakes so that we can laugh about it later,” Braybrooke said.
“As for the audience they will enjoy almost all of the new tracks from their latest album as well as some old goodies.”
“Something that we think is important when we structure a concert is not to show all the history of the band but for us it is more about playing a mix of songs that creates a good mood through out the evening,” Bromley said.
Music and Labels
Up until now, we have seen a lot of people trying to put a label on this band describing their music with one word. Some call it surf music, others call it roots music. What do you think of your music?
“Some people call our music surf music, but if you think about it, surf music in the sixties was 20 electric guitars while in the eighties it was heavy music and now it is acoustic music. In the end it doesn’t mean anything just that for some reason or other we have been associated with the surf culture,” Braybrooke said.
“We don’t mind roots music as a classification, but to me it’s not really the case when it comes to our music,” Br said.
Paulie agreed, telling Reportage Online, “this is a complicated question because to me roots music is music that is true to a cultural or spiritual form or belief and that is not our music. We just love music and are true to the roots of music in itself.
The roots of The Beautiful Girls music starts when Mat McHugh takes his guitar and starts to write a new song.
“I get my inspiration from everything around me because everything can be inspiring if you just look at it the right way,” he said.
“Touring around the world is a big part of musical education. It is not about pretending to play another country’s music, but you can add some of the flavour to your own music style.”
The Message
The one message that The Beautiful Girls want to pass through their music is love. For life, music and humanity.
“Life is hard enough as it is with all the intolerance, hatred and disasters in this world, but at the heart of every human being lays always the same concern and that is to love and to be loved in return. This is what we want to put out through our music, the positivity and the love,” they said.
January 17, 2011
Study English in Australia!
By: Bella Papadopoulou Dobrowolska
The Centre for English Teaching (CET) is the English language arm of The University of Sydney. It offers high quality English language programs and provides a superior level of teaching and support.
The CAE differs from other English certifications in a way that it is more a preparation for the students life and actual use of the language. The course is structured in a way that it covers various areas in the English language through themes.
Read whole article here.
January 16, 2011
January 13, 2011
Destino Canela
A couple of months before I told you about these 4 guys that are living the dream. They are sailing around the world and also have a blog for everyone to follow them on their adventures. Here is their latest video about how their trip was sailing from Fiji to New Caledonia. Have a look.
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Πριν μερικούς μήνες σας μίλησα για 4 παιδιά που ζούνε το απόλυτο όνειρο. Κάνουν τον γύρο του κόσμου σε ένα πλοίο και έχουν και ένα μπλοκ για να μπορεί ο καθένας να παρακολουθεί τις περιπέτειες τους. Εδώ είναι το τελευταίο τους βίντεο για το πώς ήταν το ταξίδι τους από τα νησιά των Φίτζι στην Νέα Καλεδόνια. Δείτε το.
www.destinocanela.com
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Πριν μερικούς μήνες σας μίλησα για 4 παιδιά που ζούνε το απόλυτο όνειρο. Κάνουν τον γύρο του κόσμου σε ένα πλοίο και έχουν και ένα μπλοκ για να μπορεί ο καθένας να παρακολουθεί τις περιπέτειες τους. Εδώ είναι το τελευταίο τους βίντεο για το πώς ήταν το ταξίδι τους από τα νησιά των Φίτζι στην Νέα Καλεδόνια. Δείτε το.
www.destinocanela.com
My new home...
I have left Sydney and have been living in a new beautiful place for a bit now called Soutport. It is right next to the famous Surfers Paradise on the Gold cost.
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