tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61897502011-10-20T21:56:44.427+02:00Kenny's latest adventures in Spain, in English.Kennynoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189750.post-1146843438996660132006-05-05T17:15:00.000+02:002006-05-05T17:37:19.006+02:00

From Cymbeline:"What shall I need to draw my sword? The paperHath cut her throat already. No, 'tis slander,Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongueOutvenoms all the worms of the Nile, whose breathRides on the posting winds and doth belieAll corners of the world. Kings, queens, and states,Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the graveThis viperous slander enters..."(3.4. 32-39)

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It is known that Britain’s is in many ways a sports oriented society. Beyond simply watching sports on the television or even going to games, it seems the British are very keen on practicing some kind of sport, or various, throughout their entire lifetime. In Durham, no matter the time you walk about the city and surroundings, you will always find a number of people, either alone or in groups,

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The truth is I've had a hard time adapting to my current situation living in England. For this reason, now that I'm back and determined to get the most out of it, I have decided to take on an exploratory attitude and, instead of finding reasons to complain about Britain and the particular traditions they hold, I will dedicate two or three posts a week to reasons to celebrate this sophisticated

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The church I’ve been attending here in Durham, England, had always seemed a bit dry for me since the first day I entered. Sure, there are about 200 students that attend, good teaching and there’s nothing essentially wrong with worship, but I just couldn’t get into the whole thing. Little things bothered me, and every day I would find another fault: either with the English cultural differences,

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I've now missed two tutorials that are the ONLY cumpulsory classes I have to take here. My head just isn't working in the cold, I would check my schedule in the morning, and say "Okay, today I have a tutorial, let's go!" and then, halfway to the Uni, I'll have forgotten and get there completely confused: "Why have I come if I don't have any classes?" and then, 2 hours later, I will remember again

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I swear I feel like crying now,Letting the tears flowUntil from this drenchèd groundSprouts forth a monstrous form,Birthed of salt and water,Fruit of the deepest of sorrows.Would that form,The deathlike figure,Arouse compassion from somewhere,From someone who has also created,And painfully spit out Their own formless child.The pain we share,Is the same to many more,Whose wombs are sown shut,Whose

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Macbeth I had never seen a Shakespeare play before, I must admit, and I was very curious to see what kind of public it would draw in a town like Durham. I was surprised to find every shade of hair bobbing around the theatre: blond, black, grey and none, as we were pleasantly seated. The play began with a series of loud-whispery sounds through the PA with a white excorcist type girl on the

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News from Kennyland July 2005I’ve been busy, pretty busy. I won’t expect any of you to push your patience to a new record, so I’ll try to keep most of the details to a minimum. Let’s go by sections (if you REALLY don’t feel like reading, skip to the “music” section at the end, it’s the most exciting one).SchoolSchool’s been great this year. I’ve finally started getting into some more

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Someone asked me to write a teenage prayer experience for a book coming out in Germany. I'm not sure if this is going to make it into the book, but I thought it would be cool to put it up here anyway. As I wrote it I was astonished at how clear God is when he needs to be, it's great to remember loud God experiences every once in a while. "I was 17 and really struggling with my faith. Studying

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It’s been quite a while, and quite an adventure since I last wrote a general newsletter. I can’t seem to find an effective, systematic method to write you all informing of what’s going on…I’ll keep trying. Most of you will remember my talking about the 24-7 mission I was to lead with Lisa this summer to Barcelona. We ended up having about 24 people on the team from at least 9 different nations,

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My view of the world is constantly changing, a difficult thing that I am very grateful for. Lately I’ve really been meditating on the concept of friendship and, tonight, how that relates and fits into the gospel and the life of Jesus. Friendship is a wonderful thing, in fact, I’ve been hearing a lot lately that it is the thing that’s gotten most people through life. I could bet that if you did

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Hello to all from the hookieland (I wonder what that really means…). Once again I'm sending out a quick update for all of you who have a few precious minutes to spend a day looking into the life of an american-catalan who is now living in Madrid. I'll divide this short newsletter into categories to make it quicker to read, I'm trying to learn this "I'll keep it brief stuff", pretty hard for a

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by Jonathan Smith March 28, 2004 As most of you know, last Monday the Israeli government assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas. Some have been asking how that event has affected our lives here. I had the opportunity to spend the weekend after the assassination on both sides of the conflict, in Israeli West Jerusalem and Palestinian-controlled Ramallah. The contrast was

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(written 11th of March, 2004) "Today is a tragic day in the history of Spain" were the words of José María Aznar, the president of Spain. Three trains exploded today at three of the most crowded stops in the most populated city of Spain: Madrid. A terrorist attack that has shaken the country with shock, death and tragedy. 186 has been the last official death count from the government, at least

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Forum on the horizon Dear friends and family, Last night, as a worship group, we sat down and watched a film on a huge worship event that took place in the States a couple years ago, with tens of thousands of college students gathered to worship God and plead for a spiritual awakening in their country. It was amazing to watch, and encouraging, because more and more we seem to be aware of some

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Christmas Vacation I'm now home, in Barcelona, frustrated as usual with technology. Sometimes I wonder if there really is a plot against me set up personally by Bill Gates and allies. My computer broke about 6 months ago, beyond repair. A friend of mine just lent me a computer 3 weeks ago, which is great, but none of the outlets work, so basically it is useless because I can't get information

Kennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189750.post-1071069550430151712003-12-10T16:19:00.000+01:002003-12-10T16:19:22.693+01:00

First load of news It has been a long time, too long once again, but I'll get straight to the point this time, no more fake apologies, I'm just bad at writting news and such. As far as studies go, I am officially now studying 2 degrees, I take law in the morning and Humanities in the Afternoon. This is my 2nd year in Humanities, 4 left and my first in Law, 5 left (including this one). The

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