The World Map of Happiness
The University of Leicester has published the first ever world map of happiness. Denmark, Switzerland and Austria are on the Podium. Nuestros Hermanos se quedam en 46. Portugal is ranked at 92 out of 178 countries. Are we this unhappy? I don’t think so. How can we? Wonderful sun, sea, food, no war, no terrorism threats, unemployment rates not that high. Everything is not that bad… Maybe it’s Fado. Minds need a real change! Not just for soccer.
| Country | SWL Ranking (1) | SWL Index (2) | Life Expectancy (3) | GDP per capita (4) | Access to education score (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 273.33 | 77.2 | 34.6 | – |
| Switzerland | 2 | 273.33 | 80.5 | 32.3 | 99.9 |
| Austria | 3 | 260 79 | 32.7 | 99.1 | – |
| Ireland | 11 | 253.33 | 77.7 | 41 | 123.1 |
| Australia | 26 | 243.33 | 80.3 | 31.9 | – |
| Spain | 46 | 233.33 | 79.5 | 25.5 | 112.8 |
| Brazil | 81 | 210 | 70.5 | 8.4 | 103.2 |
| Portugal | 92 | 203.33 | 77.2 | 19.3 | 112 |
| Burundi | 178 | 100 | 43.6 | 0.7 | – |
Source: University Of Leicester
Notes: SWL (satisfaction with life) rating calculated from data published by New Economics Foundation (2006). SWL (satisfaction with life) index calculated from data published by New Economics Foundation (2006). Life Expectancy from UN Human Development Report (2003) GDP per capita from figure published by the CIA (2006), figure in US$. 5. Access to secondary education rating from UNESCO (2002)
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In her Shoes - The Poetry
I’m here not to write about the movie because you can find it anywhere:
I’m here just to drop some poetry I’ve found really good and I wanted to spread the words to all you people around me. It’s in English but I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to understand it, cause it’s really worth it.
But still I’ll have to ask if any of my girl friends has the book, I’d like to see how they’ve translated it into Portuguese. Anyone out there? :)
So here it goes:
’One Art’
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day.
Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.
—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.Elizabeth Bishop
Let Evening Come
Let the cricket take up chafing as a woman takes up her needles and her yarn. Let evening come.
Let dew collect on the hoe abandoned in long grass. Let the stars appear and the moon disclose her silver horn.
Let the fox go back to its sandy den. Let the wind die down. Let the shed go black inside. Let evening come.
To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come.
Let it come, as it will, and don’t be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.Jane Kenyon
I carry your heart with me(I carry it in my heart)
i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root
and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)E. E. Cummings
From this movie I’ve learned to appreciate poetry @ the movies. Actually, I’m more aware of it everytime it happens. :) How about you? Is there anyone who knows any movies with nice poetry on it? Have big phun, thinking about this :)!
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
- Wishlist:
- Big Chocolate Cake (Brigadeiro’s industrial version)
- A Pint of Guiness
- T’s (Ruby, RoR, FreeBSD)
- Binary Clock
Everyone is invited to contribute to this, and I promise I’ll always read your emails. ehehehe!
Sysadmins around the world: