воскресенье, 8 февраля 2009 г.

Module #2

1. BOOKS

Though media is very developed in our century, books are still one of the most important information sources. Each country has its own history, which usually passes to generations through books. Though today many families have computer and Internet at home, and many of them read lots of newspapers and magazines, anyway for school education people use books for each subject. Students can use different information sources for additional education, but still book is the base.

In Armenia there is a place, where all Armenian old books are kept as treasures. The place is called Matenadaran and it usually has lots of tourist visitors.










I also like to read books, though I don’t have much time for it. I like to read books in Armenian and English. Though I prefer detectives, my favorite book is “Ogyust Roden”, which is about a little boy, who became a world-famous sculptor in spite of his poor and difficult life.

2. NEWSPAPERS / MAGAZINES


Nowadays magazines and journals are more preferred by most of youth. I also like to read journals, but unfortunately I can’t find one, which includes everything I need. Today I read “Yes”, “Glamour”, “Cosmopolitan” etc. In the photo you can see my collection of “Yes”.


3. MUSIC


For me music is on the first place. I LOVE music!!! I love to listen to music, to play myself and sing. As I’ve already mentioned in my previous posts, two years I sang in a choir Armenian little singers. I sang with many famous singers and gave many concerts in different cities of Armenia. Here is a photo from one of my concerts.




Seven years I played classical music on the piano. Then I graduated from the music school and started to play JAZZ. I already had few concerts with saxophone. Here is a video of me playing jazz at home :) Though the file is big, I hope you will like it :)




I think that music is a very POWERFUL thing, which can unite different races, nations and countries. Though we have our Armenian world-famous composers, like A. Babajanyan and A. Khachatryan, and lots of world-famous singers, like Charles Aznavour, we also listen to masterpieces of foreign composers and singers. My favorite foreign musicians are Ray Charles, Norah Jones, James Brown etc. I also very much like to listen to Aziza Mustafah Zadeh, who is a famous jazz-woman from Azerbaijan. Here is a video of Aziza, playing “It Ain’t Necessarily So” of genius Gershwin.





4. TELEVISION

TV plays an important role in our life. As we know, people usually remember better if they see something rather than they listen. Therefore, TV is a powerful tool. Unfortunately today we cannot trust news programs, because they are not the same on different channels. You can get different versions of the same information on different channels and programs. I don’t spend much time on watching TV. For me it is usually a way to spend my time with my family in the evenings… we like to watch interesting programs on Discovery channel. We also like to watch different movies.

5. VIDEO GAMES

To be honest, I don’t like to play video games. If I have some free time I prefer to spend it for something else.

6. COMPUTERS


For our family computer is not just an entertainment. Each member in our family has his/her own computer, which is used mostly for the work. As I`m not working yet, I use computer to prepare for my school. I use different programs and tools. In most cases, of course, I need Internet.

7. INTERNET

Internet is one of the latest useful and important discoveries. It is the biggest source of information today, which is available for everyone, everywhere and always. Internet is used for everything: work, education, entertainment etc. For example, Internet is the core of the DOTCOM program, which is able to gather about 90 students from different parts of the world, give them opportunity to communicate and educate them. I spend much time in Internet, almost for everything. Usually I look there for lyrics, for information about writers or something else. I also use Internet to find notes to play on piano. Internet is also a great tool for communication. I use e-mail and chat programs to communicate with my friends and relatives, who are in Armenia or abroad.


1. Music
2. Internet

3. Computer
4. Newspapers / Magazines
5. Books
6. TV
7. Video Games

вторник, 3 февраля 2009 г.

In exhibition



The announcement of photo exhibition "Poisoning" interested all DOTCOM Am participants. We divided into groups to visit the exhibition. Our group visited the place today. We saw many photos of our nature, lakes, rivers. The guide told us about the meaning of the photos, about the problems of our country. So we understand that we have many problems which concern to each of us.



And what about our group?! We met each other for the second time. Our group has very happy and interesting participants. Each of us has her/his opinion and viewpoint of different questions. I'm sure it will be very interesting to work together!!!