Hi everybody! So, what's up in this new year? Are you all fine? I hope so. My trip to Wien for new year's eve was simply amazing and I will remember it for the rest of my life! We had so much fun! We were just six, but in the end we realized it was the perfect number. Wien of course is a really beautiful city and all the lights they put for the great evening were awesome! You can take a look at the pictures on my blog http://caterina-cenina.blogspot.com

Today is Befana! Epiphany, to be correct, when the biblical Magi visited little Jesus after his birth. It's national holiday here in Italy and we have this weird character of Befana to celebrate it. She is an old and ugly lady, travelling with her flying broomstick and delivering sweets in the socks of good children or coal for bad children eheh. I've been good I swear lol! She's like Santa Claus, but she works on 6th of January, not for Christmas.

I still didn't catch up with all my not seen episodes eheh because I have no time! Damn! So I've decided that I will not longer watch few shows, because I don't really love them like the others. For example Fringe. I was expecting so much from this show and I don't like it at all. Or 90210...the original one was way better!

Scrubs is coming back and I'm so happy about it! Can't wait

I should study in these days because in theory I have an exam next week, a very big and important exam, but I also have to help my parents in their job and so I think I will skip this exam...next time maybe. We have a lot of work to do for family business. I don't know if you remember but we have a web site (www.casacenina.com) and January and February will be very busy for us. In fact I'm going with my parents to California in two weeks in order to improve our business, and next month we will be in Paris for a very big show. I hope to write a new post before I leave.

Take care.

Ciao!

Hi everybody! How are you all? I'm great. I spent a really nice weekend! My parents are in Barcelona, Spain, and they're coming back home tonight. It was their 25th anniversary yesterday, nozze d'argento, which it may be silver wedding anniversary in english I guess So I've been alone for thw whole weekend and I organized a big party at my place with all my friends (my parents knew about it, don't worry ). It was awesome, we had a great time. And then yesterday snowed and it was beautiful! I played out in the snow with my dogs Today is sunny and snow went away. I'm sad about it, because I love snow, but it's better this way. Tonight I have to drive till the airport to pick up my parents and I would like clean road, it's safer

I really don't understand this website's changing: yesterday I reached level 12 and today I'm back at 11! What's wrong?!?! Incredible!

Tomorrow I'm leaving!!! I'm going to Wien for new year's eve, as I already told yuo, and I can't wait. So I guess that I'll write a new blog when I come back home, next year lol Happy new year! Buon anno! Don't drink too much!!! Have fun! Talk to you soon!

Ciao

Hi everyone!!! How are you all? I didn't visit tv.com during December and now that I come back I see it changed again, one more time! I guess they have really nothing to do but bother us!

Anyway, sorry if I wasn't around lately but I had three exams in one month and I didn't have time for a new post... now exams are over for 2008 fortunatelly and I'm mentally preparing for the 2009 exams

So, I saw that my last post was about my weekend in Austria. It seems like years ago! It was a great weekend and I'm going to Austria again for new year's eve, but this time I will be in Wien. Can't wait! I'm going with my friends and I'm sure it will be awesome! What are you organizing for that long night?

I now have a new laptop! Thank you daddy So I hope to visit the website more often!

I'm catching up with all my missed shows. I've watched House, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, Private Practice, Dexter and CSI. I reduced the 50 and more episodes to about 25. Not bad

I'm now going to read your blogs, promise!

Happy Christmas for now, Buon Natale to everyone...or Happy Holidays, as you prefer

Ciao

Hi everyone! I'm still using med library computers because I think that I will not get a new laptop here in Florence till next year

Anyway, I did my Anatomy II exam and I got 27/30 very good mark for such a difficult subject, so I'm really happy about it Now I'm studying for my next exam, and I'm realizing that it's almost Christmas time here, but I don't feel at all Christmas, I'm too busy and I have too many things to do! I hope to find at least the time to buy few presents! Oh, by the way, happy Thanksgiving to all the americans in this website. Did you eat enough yesterday?

I'm going to Austria tomorrow with my parents. They're going to visit a co-worker in Klagenfurt and I will go with them. Just a couple of days, so I can take a break from studyng and see snow. I wasn't home this year for the first snow, last Monday, and I was really sorry about it because I love snow and I love my house with snow

I haven't watched any show yet I guess we are near winter break for shows, right? Well, I will catch up during Dicember...I hope I thing I left behind me something like 50 episodes or more I will need a whole week in front of the computer to catch up

A friend just came into the med library with a broken umbrella LOL He's really mad Weather is terrible today. He says hi to you all Ciao from the angry Marco with no umbrella anymore LOL

Have a nice weekend guys!

Ciao!

Hi everyone! I'm here at the med library because my laptop hasn't been replaced yet I'm studying hard but now I really needed a break so here I am.

Anatomy II exam was programmed for last Tuesday, but professors decided to do it next week. I'm in position number 194 and so I have to wait till next Wednesday or Thursday It may sound good, so I have much more time for studying, but actually it's a tragedy because I now have less time for the next two exams, biochemistry I and genetic I...without talking about the terrible exam of istology next January My brain is near to another explosion as you can imagine!

Anyway, today is my father's birthday! So happy birthday to him! Auguri babbo

I have to confess a terrible thing: I didn't watch at all tv shows in the past two weeks Bad, bad me! Just House eheh, I watched House, how couldn't I? I hope to catch up with all my favs soon...after the anatomy exam of course! And hopefully next weekend I will read all your blogs.

Ciao for now

So, yeah, my laptop died last week it made this weird complaining sound and then it turned off by itself My father (computer programmer) did everything he could to fix it, but nothing...it died So now I have no computer or laptop in Florence. I guess I have to use med library computers or iPhone if I want to check my e-mails and everything. Of course I will use my computer when I come back home during weekends, but it will not be the same!

Anyway, new oil is really really good We had a great dinner last Sunday with just bread and new oil

Last thursday I went to Milan and I went with a friend of mine to see Simple Plan concert. Do you know Simple Plan? It's been a really nice concert and we had a lot of fun.

Sorry if I don't write anything more or if I don't read all your blogs, but now I really have to catch the train and go back to Florence...with no laptop! Damn! I hope to talk to you soon!

Ciao for now and have a nice week!

Ahahaha! I'm sick, so I have nothing to do but spend my entire time in front of the computer doing...basically nothing! Yesterday I had a fever and I was pretty bad, especially because I didn't have a fever in years Now I'm fine but I can't do much anyway, it's better stay quite here in the bed and waiting to be good again. So, during this my "doing nothing" period, I found out this funny video about Hugh Laurie in one of his performance in the Band from TV. Check it out !

Tomorrow we're making olive oil!!! Yeah!!! Great day! Okay, I actually don't know how you say in English and I don't wanna look in the dictionary, but you understood right? For the whole week they "collected" olives (I have about 100 olive trees) and tomorrow my dad will go to the oil mill. It means that tomorrow evening we're going to have the most wonderful dinner ever: tuscany bread with brand new olive oil. You, know, when oil is just made, it's so green and spicy mmmm

I have nothing more to say, I just needed to spend some more time because I don't know what to do besides sleeping

Have a nice Sunday!

Ciao

Finally! I couldn't resist anymore! For months all we talked about: American elections. Of course I'm interested and I care about their vote, because it's an important thing for the whole world, but it was too much! I almost thought I had to vote! I wanna know what's happening in the USA and I like to be informed, but I do not need the live report! They're going to talk and talk and talk in the next few days about the results, and what will be, what could have been etc. but then finally stop! Also because there are so many things going on here that we really need to change the news principal subject.

Anyway, sorry for this my little political digression. I didn't tell you yet about the amazig lesson of last week! Nobel prize winner Louis Ignarro is an incredibile person and I do not wonder anymore why not everyone can win the Nobel prize: you have to be a genius, and he is a damn genius. No metaphors, the simple truth. He has something more than us...at least more than me for sure Maybe I am much more modest, but hey, he won the Nobel, he's allowed to be the opposite of modesty His lesson wasn't a normal lesson, I mean he didn't talk at all as a professor. He didn't explain anything teorical or difficult. He didn't even talk about medical stuff! He just told us his life. And he had quite a life! His CV is eight pages long, no kidding! He's actually italian, father from Naples and mother from Sicily, even if he was born in USA. Actually don't trust wikipedia, because his name is very italian: Luigi Giuseppe, not Luois J. And I'm proud of this thing He told us about himself, what he liked when he was a kid, all the people he met, what he felt winning the Nobel prize and how his life is now. He was honest and funny, clear and simple in his words. By the way, I did not use the headphones for translation (he spoke in english) and I felt very professional for that He is a man I've been honoured to have met!

Hi everyone! I didn't visit at all tv.com in the last weeks and I'm sorry I didn't read all your blogs, I hope to do it soon. It's just that I've been so damn busy that I don't even have the time to watch all my favourite shows and that's baaaad!!! There's a lot of studying going on, I've met many new friends at university, and I've started basketball (I'm having a lot of fun ). So my agenda is pretty full in this period. I have to say that I miss this site

Anyway, thank you for all your comments on my last post, I really appreciated it My birthday party was awesome. It was a really beautiful day and all my friends were so happy for the wonderful party I had organized. Good

So, tomorrow is the big day! The Nobel Prize will come to our university for a lesson! I'm really excited about it! I hope to write something during the week end so I will tell you about this special lesson.

Ciao!

Hi everyone! First of all I'm sorry if I didn't read all your blogs yet, but it has been a really busy week between university, study and this terrible sore throat that is not going away after three days

Yesterday our anatomy teacher told us a really great news: on the 30th of October Nobel prize in Medicine in 1998 Ignarro is going to attend a lesson here in our anatomy department. I know that in the United States universities have Nobel prize winners as regular teachers, but we don't, at all, even if many italians won Nobel prize they live outside Italy, In USA most of the times. I'm not wondering why...Anyway, great news for us, I'm really excited, can't wait

TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Evviva!!!! 20 years! Goodbye teenagers! All my friends are coming for lunch. Lunch and not dinner because it is Sunday and many of us (included me) have to go back to their university cities in the evening. So I'm organizing a big barbecue (there will be more than 20 people!). Weather is amazing in thes days and so we will probably cook outside.

Thank you Tom! I really appreciated your message yesterday!

Have a great weekend! I promise I will check out your blogs as soon as I can!

Ciao

Hi everyone! So, first of all, Blackout Day: it seems that somehow we've been heard. Changes are not assured, but at least they know why we decided to protest for the new tv.com. Of course thank you Glenn11523 for everything you've done and organized!

Nothing actually happened this week, just normal things as university and study. I went to the CUS which is the sport university center and I asked onfo for basketball. I used to play and I was also good at it, so now I would like to play again, also because playing I can relax and have fun, cut with the study for a couple of hours. It would be great and so i went for info: there is the basketball course, but it is for both males and females I remember that I played with guys for like four or five years when I was little, but then at 13 years old I had to change team and play with girls only. I didn't decide yet. There will be probably other girls, and a mixed team will be funny, I'm sure. I'll think about it but very luckly I will sign up for the course.

I'm reading this book right now (I've almost finished it actually ), Memoirs of Hadrian by Yourcenar. In italian of course

It is a very well written book, a masterpiece I would say. Maybe you don't remember it but I said a couple of times how much I hate latin. It's true, I can't stand it, I hated every single lesson for five years in high school. But I decided anyway to read this book because I had heard it was a good one, and I love it. Maybe I love it exactly because I've studied latin for so long, and I know the language despite my lazyness The thing is that it is so well written sometimes I forget that it is not a latin test. But it seems so! It's incredible! The author did an amazing job. The words she uses, the costruction of the periods and the things she writes...seriously, if I didn't know that the author lived in the XX century, I would read the book thinking that Hadrian himself wrote it!

Have a nice weekend!

Ciao

1 - Comments: if you have more than one page of comments on your blog, you are not able to read the second page, you have to use movietome or similar. More over, it's not possible write comments in more than one paragraph.

2 - Followed blogs: on the right side of the page you can see just four of your followed blogs. It's not enough.

3 - Emblems: I don't have my "50 contributions" emblem anymore. Why? And on the left side of the page, right under the personal avatar and name, there is not my level emblem. Again, why?

4 - Read blog: why when I write a new blog, only half or even less than half appears in my profile page?

5 - PM and Queue: they're too small, definitely. I can hardly notice them.

I'm ready for the Blackout Day tomorrow. I spent the last few days telling myself "remember that next Tuesday you don't have to login!" and now I remember For everyone who is in the project talk to you on Wednesday. For the others who are interested or want to know something about this Dark Day, visit Glenn11523 's profile.

Ciao

Hi everyone! This new site is not working yet, damn! I've read there will be a blackout day on 30th September, which means not login in that day. I totally agree. It's a right protest, not to have the old version of tv.com back (I like the new layout by the way), but to have the new one working well.

Back to our things...I've watched the first two episodes of House Great! I loved the season premiere, a really amazing episode. About the second one, let me say that I enjoyed the private investigator, he's a nice character and I hope to see him again and I loved Kutner ahahah He's a genius ahahah!!! I'm getting into Fringe too. It's a weird but nice show. Very out of the world for the theories, but cool. I have so many shows to watch I don't even know when to find the time

So...my holidays to Valencia! A beautiful city, and it kind of surprised me because it's not a common destination. We felt like at home, Spain and Italy are not so different. The old city center is really beautiful, especially the principal square where you can see skaters and jugglers in the evening, a lot of young people and many nice place where you can sit and drink something with your friends. Then there is the new part of the city, the American's Cup port and the Formula1 circuit. We visited everything we could visit, and we eventually knew very well the city, so well that people on the street asked us for information We also visited the Bioparc , which is a sort of zoo, but animals are basically free, there are not cages and you can walk among them. We also went one day to Sagunt, an old roman city near Valencia. Have you ever heard about Sagunt's battle while you were studying roman impire at school? We tried three times to go to Madrid for a day trip, but we failed for three times Yes, because the first time the train was complete, the second time there was a strike and the last one was on Saturday and trains' schedule was different during the weekend. In that way we should have stayed four hours in Madrid and six in the train. We decided not to go in the end We'll go another time! We spent a lot of money in shopping and I'm so happy I really enjoyed the Science Museum and the Oceanografic, which is the biggest european aquarium. It took us two days to visit the giant structure of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias , but they were worthed, totally. There's a thing that really disappointed me, and it was the language. They speak valencian dialect, which is different from spanish you learn at school, but still understandable. What bothered me was the fact that nobody, and I repeat nobody spoke english. Also in the tourist information center they had difficulties with english. If you ask something to someone in english, they answer in spanish...lucky we are italians and we can understand spanish easily!Also here in Italy we have a lot of problems with english, but in the main cities you can always find someone capable of understand you. It wasn't so there. A really bad thing, it has never happened I visited a place with this totally zero english skills...and I've travelled a lot! A girl of our group studies languages at university, and she speaks spanish so she was our official translator One evening we were eating tapas in this very crowded place and she went out because her parents were calling her. Three young women, about 35 years old, asked us something and we didn't understand a word. They were probably asking us if the seat was taken. Anyway, I told them in english "Sorry, I don't understand". They repeated the same thing in valencian dialect and they were looking to each other hoping that one of the three spoke english, but nothing...weird.I have to be honest tough and say that there was a place were english was spoken: the only one Starbucks in Valencia!I thank the guy who invented Starbucks You should know that for italian people, coffee is essential I don't know why but around the world is really really difficult find a good espresso. It's something I don't understand because it is so easy make a good espresso, but still, espresso outside Italy sucks most of the times. Starbucks instead is pretty good, and we went there every time we could even if there was just one in the whole city I wanna go to Seattle, I'm sure that's the right city for me coffee everywhere my personal heaven!!!

Remember that I said before my departure that it was damn hot here in Italy? Well, guess what? We're freezing now Seriously! Last Sunday I was in Valencia and it was 30 degrees (86 Fahrenheit) and Sunday evening I was back home with 11-12 degrees (53 Fahrenheit)!!! Unbelievable! When we were on holiday, we talked to our relatives back home and they kept saying "It's freaking cold here!" while it was sunny and hot where we were We're lucky that there wasn't any hailstorm yet, which means that if the weather keeps on this way, the new olive oil will be great this year (I have about 100 olive trees) yeah! Just for the records, today I lighted the fire because it's really too cold. Maybe next week it will be hot again...I don't understand the weather anymore...

Ciao!

Hi everyone! I just came back from Valencia, and what do I find? A complete new tv.com WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??? I have to be honest and say that I like this new style, but I'm still confused on how use the website now.

I promise that I will read all your blogs as soon as possible...if I find them and I will also tell you about my great holidays in Valencia, but first I really need to understand how this new thing works. For example: I wrote my last blog before my departure, and so I didn't read all your comments, but just few of them; now that I'm back I've noticed that someone wrote more comments...I couldn't read them because I cannot find them!

Ciao for now

Talk to you soon!

Hi everyone! I'm back in Florence right now, and I just have to say IT'S DAMN HOT! I can't stand it.

Anyway, I'll be soon in Valencia, I'm leaving Friday, so I don't know if I'll write another blog. I've finally watched Bones premiere, and I liked it, even if I liked the first episode more. It wasn't a really amazing premiere, I admit, but still, Bones is back! I'm going to drive my friends crazy during my holiday because there will be House premiere and I won't be there A new show that I really liked has been 90210, and it kind of surprised me because I wasn't expecting such a great start

I wanna tell you how unlucky I was yesterday. I had decided to go to Jason Mraz concert in Munich, Germany, next 5th October. There is a train from Florence and it's a really good one, so I could have been there in like 10 hours. I asked my friends and two of them told me that they wanted to come. I was really really happy, and then yesterday I went on his official websites and...SOLD OUT Couldn't believe that! I tried to find some tickets in other websites and there were, but I don't speak german and I didn't get anything. More over this website I found wasn't the official one, and so I decided to avoid problems with the credit card and everything because I don't want to get there and find out that my tickets aren't valid I really wanted go, but it's not possible There will be only one italian concert in Milan, but I won't be there (because I'll be in Spain ) and the nearest is Munich, Frankfurt is too far from Florence. So no concert I'll wait next year. Besides the fact that I like Jason Mraz for his music, I have a real affection because I could understand one of his song from the beginning to the end, just listening, a giant step for my english skills The first time happened with Avril Lavigne, but I didn't get three words of her song, so I didn't count that It's like when you translate for the first time a latin test without using the dictionary I don't know if it ever happened to you, but I can tell, you feel incredibly proud

I don't know if I will write a new blog before I leave.

For now, ciao

Hi everyone! I'm officially at my second year in med school! Yes! I told you I had two exams left and I needed to pass at least one of them. Well, this morning I passed biology exam! I don't know if you remember but I once failed this exam. After that day, I didn't look at the biology book again, not even once, and I focused on a different subject. This morning I was on my way to university and I met some friends in front of the biology department, waiting for the exam. The teachers weren't there yet, and so I'd had the time to sign up if I wanted. I didn't even think, I just signed up. And so I did the exam, without even had opened the book in more than two months The mark has not been so incredible, but considering everything 26/30 is a great mark I felt pretty smart And so I'm now at my second year

I'm also happy because this is the first week of premieres. Unfortunately I couldn't be on Gossip Girl chat, but I probably will be there for the Heroes chat. I didn't watch the new episodes yet, and I'm talking about Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and Bones. I downloaded them (Bones is still downloading ) but I have them. I feel pretty proud of my English skills right now. They're not excellent of course (I often ask your help for words ) but I think that I could be able to understand at least the 75-80 % of the 40 minutes of the shows, so I was thinking that maybe this year I will not wait for the subtitles in italian. Big improvement for me I'll see how it works out, I'm not sure yet The problem is that in case I decide to watch them without subtitles at all (if I really long for the new episode of a show, I get the english subs) I then have to watch them again once I have the subs because even if I really concentrate and focus, I'm not able to get 100 % of what they say, and I must understand every single word, that's why I need subs!

Well, talk to you soon!

Ciao

Hi everyone! I'm really busy in these days and I will also next two weeks because I have to study a lot. I have my last two exams and I need to pass at least on of them in order to attend my second year in med school. So...quite important studying! I'm now on histology (the study of human tissues) and embriology (babies and pregnancies step by step, day by day, month by month ). They're really interesting subjects and I like them, even if sometimes there are really really really boring parts (like the one I was studying before). My brain is near to a knowledge explosion, I can see the smoke above my head, so I've decided for a break, and here I am!

I WANNA CHANGE MY RELIGION! Yes! During my studies I found out that there is the Neuron Doctrine and I have total faith on my neurons. Do you know who I can contact for my conversion? I learnt so many funny things in the past weeks, you know that kind of things you always have questions about but you never find answers. Unfortunately they're not things they're going to ask me for my exam, but I'm so happy to know them

So, September is almost here!!! Yeah lots of season premiere What are you longing to see? I can't wait for Bones and House in particular. Unfortunately I won't be home for the premiere of House but I'll be on holiday with my friends, so no problem And then CSI in October...why do I have to wait so long???

Pretty full calander between premieres and studies....or should I say studies and premieres can't decide which comes first! No, kidding, studies of course That's why I need to come back to my giant book right now!

It was so nice take a break

Talk to you soon!

Ciao

Ciao a tutti! How are you all? I just came back from my trip. I have to say that I'm really tired, but happy I will tell you everything about my vacation, but first: where did level 9 go??? I opened my profile and I found out I was level 10, while last week I was level 8 Well, I'm happy for the new level, but what about the level 9 emblem? I didn't see it Anyway, no problem at all

So, my trip to Trieste was very loooooooong. God, so many hours to get there by train, and it was also a fast train! Anyway, the city is great. I've been there several times, and I can say that I love that city, it's really beautiful. Remember my friend? She wanted info because she had the idea to move in Trieste for the university. Well, she decided to stay in Bologna, where she's already studying, so the trip was a little bit without sense, but we had a lot of fun and at least she got all the info she needed. The funny thing was that she stopped boys and girls in the middle of the street asking them how the university is there, how they live, if they feel good in Trieste and what they would prefer between Bologna and Trieste. In this way she took her decision knowing all her options.

Then my trip in the South of Italy. We stayed there just few days, but I tell you that I didn't want go away from those places. Simply amazing! We went to different beaches every day, with this incredible sea and a great sun Then we visited a couple of cities near there, beautiful. The memorable thing is the food. I'm serious when I tell you that I had never eaten so much in all my life. Sunday night we ate so much fish that I couldn't even sleep And it was delicious, especially the raw fish (is the word raw used for fish or just for meet? sorry if every time I ask something about english language, I'm still learning ). I love squeeze the lemon on the alive oysters and mussels, yes, I'm mean And the prawn just fished, right on your mouth, without even wash the salt of the sea away...mmmmm delicious! I will not tell anything alse because otherwise Tom will write once again that he's jalous LOL you're always jalous, incredible I'm too lucky I know

Two more pics of Ostuni for you. It's called the white city, what do you think, is it right?

Now, this is Otranto, a city that I loved exactly in the moment I parked the car. I can not say why but I loved it. I will go back there for sure.

And in the end Alberobello, a really nice and original city The weird houses are called trulli and people actually live in there.

I always put many great pics I could be your virtual guide to Italy LOL

I promise that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow I will read all your blogs!

Talk to you soon

Ciao

Hi everyone! I'm leaving today and I'll be back next week. It's going to be a very long trip Today I'm going to Trieste, in the very North of Italy, because a friend of mine wants to take a look at the university there and so I'm going with her and a couple more of friends. We're leaving this afternoon, we'll spleep there (somewhere, we don't know yet ) and we're coming back tomorrow evening. We're going by train. And then, on Friday, I'm going with my family to Ostuni, a little city near Brindisi, Puglia, in the very South of Italy, for a weekend on the beach. It will be more than a weekend, because we're coming back on Monday night. So from the very North to the very South in just few days, and I live exactly in the middle The funny thing is that either ways I'm not going to understand a word LOL because the dialects are very different from each other, completely different languages. Let's hope to find people speaking italian, not just dialect Should be easy!

Here a couple of pics of Trieste.

And also a couple of pics of Ostuni.

If you wanna take a look to the distance here's the map.

Visualizzazione ingrandita della mappa

So, I will tell you next week what happened and what I did, for now have a nice week (and weekened )!

Ciao

I almost forgot! I'm an editor now! Editor for Gabriele Muccino. Actually I don't know why he is in tv.com because he's a movie director, anyway, he's here so You know him, I'm sure, because he directed The pursuit of happiness with Will Smith