Rooster is a French national symbol. This is what I believe in. I have seen also peacock’s symbols all around in this country. I visited three hotels and many restaurants when I had visited this country. In the first hotel there was a peacock metal wall sculpture in my room. They were peacocks tapestries in the hotel’s restaurant. They had peacocks on the back of the brochures in this hotel. I thought it is in this hotel only but the theme was existing in all the places I had visited. France is not rooster's country, it is a peacock’s country.

I was in a museum devoted to the music. Music is an art, maybe the greatest of all the arts - the queen of the arts. I saw in this museum music wall sculptures. Then it came to me this thought that music is above all the other arts. They use another art to praise the music. Isn’t this other art serving the music? If you think about it music is everywhere around us. Every step we make every activity we have, each time when we want to stress on or express something we do this more easily and naturally by using music. Music accompanies us in every activity. It is simply the strongest of all arts.

I had a business trip recently to China. I had heard a lot about country and I have red some things about its history. It is vast and strange country. But my point is about something else. I went on my trip totally unprepared. If you go there do not do the same mistake as I did. You need to learn a few fundamental words. Else you might die from thirst or to burst your bladder. Or you can even end up sleeping on the street... over a nightI had a nice time. I found entertainment along with my business, but first few days were awful. If you plan a trip abroad spend half an hour to learn the most important words- this will make your stay much more pleasant.

Scientists say or at least they predict that in the future subway will pass through tunnels with air pumped out. They won’t be a vacuum inside these tunnels but virtually they will be no breathable air inside. What if the train window of some subway train cracks? Defects can always occur. It will be like in the horror movies if such thing happens. It is too much control of the environment and sending people into empty tunnel with only a thin train wall separating people from their doom. This wall is too thin for me. I will never use this new subway.

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I have a metal rooster wall decor next to a Tuscan landscape on a metal plate both hanged on the wall of my kitchen. I have them from a visit to Italy. It was true adventure to bring them back home. I tried to carry them in my luggage when I get on the plane. I totally forget about the metal detectors. I was feeling quite absent minded then. I travel a lot and know every regulation on the airports. There was a funny situation when they tried to search my language. I was absolutely unaware why they want to do this. When the found the metal art pieces I realized how silly I was. This is the stupidest thing I had ever done.

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I took my daughter to visit the zoo last weekend. I was a very good idea and she has spent joyful hours wondering around and watching the animals. They were so many happy kids ion the zoo and it was a nice experience. She loved every animal but she liked most the surikats. I was fascinated by them too. They are small adorable creatures. They live in families and are so sweet. My daughter wanted to take back home one of them I told her we must not separate any surikat from its family and then she told we should take the whole family back home. I must say I nearly agreed with her. It would be lovely to have these adorable animals living with you. Regrettably they are not like dogs or cats. We can not take care of them at home…

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Our family does not get together often. We go out together during weekends and we spent time together during holidays but in our everyday life we can not meet. I often eat alone with only the metal art sculptures in the dining room keeping me company. They are from metal, they are cold, they don’t speak and they don’t smile. I always get late from work and I can not get up early while everyone is having a breakfast. My work is important to me but I go to work for my family. If I can not see my family what I am doing then? My wife is so loving and understanding I don’t even deserve this. I can’t keep this going like this.

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The articles for healthy food say that the broccoli is very good food. It is a valuable source for cellulose, calcium, vitamins like vitamin C and vitamin A and many other things that you may find inside. It proves to be a very good source of useful elements. Also it is very low on calories and this makes it even better for you. Sad thing is that when you process it many of the vitamins are lost. In order to preserve most of its value the broccoli must be steam-cooked.  Stewed broccoli is the broccoli you must eat. The sad thing is that I don’t like it how it tastes this way. The only way I can eat it is as cream-soup with other spices that hide the broccoli taste. Sad indeed – the things that are healthy are not tasty.

I have several decorative metal art pieces in my house. I like how they look and I think they create a friendly environment. They also make a good impression to the people that visit me. The metal has a strong solid view and as a sturdy material it gives a feeling of eternity. But my point is not how good my art pieces look. I am wondering all this metal that I use - is it environmental friendly. I don’t like plastic art pieces they seem like cheap and not good looking to me. The wood is a good alternative to the metal but I try not to use wood because I try to be friendly to the forest. But I wonder if the metal causes more damage to the environment than the wood? This thought had not crossed my mind till recently when I heard in the news about some incident in a metal producing mill. I saw pictures in the news and they were not environmental friendly pictures. Which one causes less damage to the nature – the metal or the wood?