Spain wins Davis Cup in Mar del Plata

The tennis match Acasuso versus Verdasco was 4 hours long, and this one gave the victory to Spain. The match was exciting because when Verdasco got to be first on the scoreboard, he didn’t find a way to keep it, until the fourth set that he did. Sometimes when he did service he felt a bit nervous, because one more time spectators’ pressure over him was really hard, and he made double faults in several occasions, but finally he did a great job.

Yesterday spectator’s pressure was also strong during double tennis match. Argentinean people have a lot of passion for their players, so it is obviously when the grandstands are crowed the atmosphere will heat up, but it is unacceptable to offend. However, we don’t hit the ceiling, because in Spanish football there are also insults. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t justify violence.

I just want to make a comment for Robredo, Almagro and Nadal, because they are also winners like the rest of the team, who have travelled to Argentina, so congratulations guys!!

To sum up, this victory tastes so sweet, because I heard something like if Nadal didn’t come, it will not be necessary that Spanish team played. As the saying goes “por la boca muere el pez”. Sorry, I don’t know how to say it in English. In spite of that, Argentinean players made it difficult to win. But this time the Salad Bowl is all ours!!

War made them orphans, love made them legend

This quote belongs to the film The children of Huang Shi. This film, based in real events, explains the story of a young English journalist called George Hogg, during Japanese’s occupation and invasion in China. He became famous for saving sixtyish Chinese schoolboy war orphans, with the help of American nurse and one leader of the Chinese resistance.
George Hogg went to China as a journalist to cover the war, but a series of events take him to Huang Shi. There, he met the schoolboys, which they made the things difficult to him. At the beginning he didn’t stay, he wanted to make photographs and report to the world about what was happening, but finally in spite of adversity, he found a way to make the children’s live a little easier and happier. Unfortunately the war was arriving to Huang Shi, so they had to leave that place. The road chosen was the silk one. This journey will be really hard for children, because they would have to walk thousands and thousands of miles and of course dangerous. So hard that some people considered it impossible, but it was the one way to escape from hell.
In the orphanage, but especially during the journey, George started a close relationship with the nurse and the Chinese leader. Well, maybe it’s more suitable say love triangle, even though I can’t forget another lady, a Chinese aristocrat, who did business with George. Although this kind of relationships are showed between the lines, because, in my opinion, the most important thing in the film is save these innocent and defenseless children. In this context the main characters will learn the true meaning of love, responsibility and survival.
I think the film is good. But when I came out from the cinema I feel sad, because these events really happened. I know the industry of seventh art tends to change some things, but even so it’s rather sad, like all wars. However in some way, this film makes me remember other, The painted veil. This one it’s better, for my taste. I suppose because I’m a romantic person and this film gives more prominence to love’s story. So when I watched The children of Huang Shi I felt like if I had already seen. I don’t know to tell why, maybe because both films set on a China quite similar, but they have different argument! Anyway I liked The Children of Huang Shi, but I prefer The painted veil.