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My English Competence in 2010

2010-05-11T01:45:00.000-07:00

I have chosen the oral presentation of my research project as the best oral evidence, whereas my the last informal letter we did as the best written obviusness.
First of all, I have chosen the second presentation of this course because of many reasons. It was about the project I had been working on since last summer so I perfectly knew what was I saying. Moreover, I had already done the oral presentation of the research paper in English. Therefore, my pronounciation was very accurate and the nerves weren't present. On account of the specific topic it was about, it was full of technical words as well as linking words and a complex grammar.
Secondly, I think that my best written evidence is the informal letter about a doctor without borders because it's very-well adapted to what was asked for. I mean, it satisfies the structure, the vocabulary and the grammar demanded by an informal letter. For instance, I used a familiar greeting (hello mummy and daddy!), verbs which expressed my feelings, phrasal verbs and some typical expressions of this type of compositions such as 'see you son!' or 'love'.
All in all, I think that the result is totally visible when you really work on what you're doing.

My English progress from 2008-2010

2010-05-10T03:37:00.000-07:00

No matter comparing my first written document and my last essay or my fist oral presentation and my final presentation, there is a big difference in every aspect.
If we first notice the email I sent to Gemma at the beginning of first of batxillerat, we realize that the grammar and the vocabulary are very poor. I used too many comas insted of starting a new sentence. For this reason I also used too many times the conjuction 'and' and the adverb 'then'. For instance, the last phrase before saying goodbye starts with 'And', which is something I definietly wouldn't do now in a composition. However, I think that the strucutre of the email was quite accurate. Taking now my last composition (Mind-body thrapies are a waste of time) into consideration, we notice I use a higher amount of connectors such as 'first of all', 'secondly', 'moreover' or 'in conclusion'. What's more, the vocabulary employed is more rich, with some synonims and without lots of repetitions.
Let's analyse now the oral presentations. Whether we notice, the language, the content or the body-language, it's obviously that I have improved. I don't feel the same with my fluency and pronounciation, though. I think I used to speak more fluent perhaps because of the fact that I had spent part of the summer in England. Unfortunately, that's one of those things which deteriorates if you don't practise constantly. On the other hand, in my last presentations I wasn't as nervous and insercure as I was last year. Moreover, the vocabulary and the grammar used is more complex.
Last but not least, in all these documents I can see a personal development. There is evidently a higher presence of maturity in my last compositions than in the firsts ones.

Mind-body therapies are a waste of time

2010-05-08T05:22:00.000-07:00

It is a well-known fact that mind-body therapies are becoming more popular every day all around the world. In my opinion, this may be because they are not a waste of time but on the contrary, they are truly successful.
First of all, most of mind-body therapies make yourself feel good, relaxed and healthier, and that's never a waste of time. The hours you spend doing a mind-body therapy are totally worth since then you will work and live muck more calmly.
Secondly, it has been demonstrate by many studies that when you suffer from an illness these mind-body therapies help you feel better. They won't cure your disease, for that you'll have to go to the doctor, though will surely reduce your harm. Moreover, it's a way of having new experiences and meeting pople, which is always very comfortable.
In conslusion, I think that mind-body therapies are not a waste of time because the time it would take you not to feel stressed if you didn't practise them might be much more longer.

New study: sleeping consistently less than six hours can kill you

2010-05-08T04:27:00.000-07:00

Researchers from the UK and Italy have filed a new study with new information about the link there is between the hours you sleep and the risk of dying prematurely. The academics saw that people who sleep consistently less than six hour per night are 12% more bound to a premature death. Nevertheless, sleeping more than nine hours is neither good for our health. Consequently, spleeping generally from six to eight hours per night might be optimal if you want to enjoy a long life.

This is a very interesting infromation, don't you think? Just by checking the hours you sleep per night you're lenghtening your life. It's truly helpful to know how many hours you should sleep for having a healthier life.
For instance, now we're in our last week of batxillerat and some of won't probably sleep eight hours owing to the huge amount of exams we have. I usually sleep between seven and eight hours per night. However, on an exams' week I may sleep less. So now that I know the medium period of time I should sleep, maybe I'll go to bed earlier in order to be more alert next morning.
On the other hand, I have to confess I normally sleep more than nine hours per night during the weekend. It's something I can't manage. Despite of promising myself I'll wake up early next morning so as to have time to study, then I get as late as usual. So I hope this study affects my concience!lool
Even so, the point is: will we continue sleeping the same hours as we did, or will we change our habits?

[Resource: short news]

if I had eyes - Jack Johnson

2010-05-03T04:36:00.000-07:00

If I had eyes in the back of my head / Si tingues ulls al darrera
I would have told you that / t'hauria dit
You looked good / que estaves guapa
As I walked away /mentre marxava

If you could have tried to trust the hand that fed / Si haguessis pogut intentar confiar en la ma que t'alimentava
You would've never been hungry / mai hauries passat gana,
But you'll never really be / però de fet mai en passràs.

The more of this or less of this or is there any difference / més, o menys, o hi ha alguna diferència
or are we just holding onto the things we don't have anymore / o simplement ens aferrem a allò que ja no tenim

Sometimes time doesn't heal / A vegades el temps no cicatritza
No not at all / no, no del tot
Just stand still /tan sols quedar-se quiet
While we fall / mentre queiem
In or out of love again I doubt I'm gonna win you back / en l'amor o el desamor altre vegada, dubto si et tornare a aconseguir
When you got eyes like that / quan tens els ulls d'aquesta manera
It won't let me in / no em deixaran entar
Always looking out / sempre anant en compte.

Lots of people spend their time just floating / motla gent passa el temps simplement 'flotant'
We were victims together but lonely / Vam ser victimes junts pero solitaris
You got hungry eyes that just can't look forward / Els teus ulls tenen tanta gana que no pots mirar endavant
Can't give them enough but we just can't start over / No els puc donar prou però no podem començar de nou
Building with bent nails we're falling but holding, / Contruint amb claus curvats estem caient però aguantant
I don't wanna take up anymore of your time / no vull fer-te perdre el temps mai mes
Time time time / temps temps temps

Sometimes time doesn't heal / A vegades el temps no cicatritza
No not at all / no, no del tot
Just stand still /tan sols quedar-se quiet
While we fall / mentre queiem
In or out of love again I doubt I'm gonna win you back / en l'amor o el desamor altre vegada, dubto si et tornare a aconseguir
When you got eyes like that / quan tens els ulls d'aquesta manera
It won't let me in / no em deixaran entar
Always looking out / sempre anant en compte.

2010/2011

2010-04-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

The fact of finishing 2nd of batxillerat don't mean just leaving the high school but lots of things: chosing a degree, moving to another city, meeting new people... starting a new way of life.
At last I have decided to study Industrial Engineering at the UPC (universitat politècnica de catalunya). It is a varied degree where you do a little bit of everything and it has infinite professional opportunities. This might have been some of the characteristics that have finally convinced me. Everybody told me: "if you are not so sure it's better to study Industrial Engineering 'cause it's the most general one and then you can specialize in many things.
On the other hand there is the factor of living. In spite of not knowing anyone, I'm decided to go to a residence at least for the first year. I haven't chosen one yet, though. I have to confess that I'm quite afraid even though beeing determined.
Anyway, I'm sure this new way of life is going to be very postive. I already know I'll have to study a lot, but I'll try to have fun as well (I'm sure I will!loool).

Emergency talks on air chaos

2010-04-19T03:37:00.000-07:00

As the impact of the volcano Eyjafjallajoekull destructed flights in major Europe for fifth days, European transport ministers are looking for ways to bring stranded travellers back to their countries. For instance, the British Prime Minister Grodon Brown has displaced three Royal Navy ships to begin the rescue.

One of the proposals in discussion is using Spain as a gate hub into Europe. Mr Brown says the only way for thousands of people who need to get home from America and from Asia through by plane is to get to Spain and then use other forms to travel to Britain.

In my opinion, in this type of situations, is when the politicians have to show their skills. They have to make us think they're doing their best and feeling the solution is close. If now they get to work out all this air traffic chaos succesfully, people might think they'll be capable of resolving common problems. On the contrary, if the governments don't achieve to take everyone to his/her destination, people may refuse to think they'll do something positive. I think most of people is guided by this stuff. The problem is that this situation do not depends on the governments but to the nature. And this is what most people don't understand. They just want to arrive were they wanted though not thinking they could die on the way because of the ash.

[Resource: BBC News (video)]

NZ man at strip club 'leaves baby in car'

2010-04-14T11:22:00.000-07:00

A man left his one-year-old baby in a car while he was in a striptease club in Wellington (New Zeland). After seeing the unattended baby in the car, a passer-by took some action to make it save by alerting the police. The father was located in the club then arrested, and the baby was taken to the hospital by the police officers. Now the Child, Youth and Family agency has the custody of the baby for five days as long as they get in contact with the baby's family and decide on his future.

After reading this news, a question comes to my mind: how can there be such irresponsible people? I just can't understand how someone can leave his baby in the car then go calmly to a strip club. He was ONE-year-old!! What was his father thinking of? Something horrible could have happened. Luckily, someone who was passing-by saw the baby and cleverly, noticed the police about the situation. This man couldn't have done a better thing. This way the baby will surely be looked after by a much more competent person than his father. I hope he never have his custody again after what he did.

[Resource: Telegraph]

Scientists discover 20 kidney disease genes

2010-04-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Researchers announced the identification of the genetic part (20 genes) of Chronic Kidney Disease. This discovery might help to the cause of kidney diseases and even overturn kidney disease treatments. It has been a great breakthrough, though Dr. Jim Wilson affirms more research need to be funded.

This is such a wonderful news, don't you think? This new discovery is just the first step forward in finding a cure for the disease. Nowadays the biotechnology is said to be the great power of the future, and here is the answer. Maybe now this 20 genes doesn't mean anything, they are just the beggining of a new discovery, though. Perhaps this 20 genes can't do anything to prevent the disease, but I'm sure they will be suitable for other things such as finding a better treatment. In conclusion, I think we have to celebrate this type of discoveries because they all will make our lifes better.

[Resourece: sort news]

London report

2010-04-11T09:02:00.000-07:00

Informal letter

2010-04-09T02:49:00.000-07:00

Hello mummy and daddy!

It's been two weeks since I left and I have many things to tell you!
I'm sure you cannot imagine what life here is like... everything is totally different. I work everyday from 9am to 5pm. During all these days I've been able to know many people and the extrem poverty they live in. However, I really enjoy helping all those families and ill people. I trully feel myself useful.
Sometimes we go round the villages and give them some medicines. That's when I realize how poor life is here though the smile in their faces is so satisfactory.
As for me, I've met so many great people from the organisation. In fact, we are thinking of setting off together to R.D Congo as we have five days off!
Hope everything is fine at home, see you soon!

Love,

Blair Waldorf

My plan - The Sunday Drivers

2010-04-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

My plan is not to love you, / El meu pla no és estimar-te,
i've got better things to do. / tinc coses millors a fer.
My plan is just to do you. / El meu pla és tan sols donar-te
What you deserve to be done. / el que et mereixes.

All of my reflections / totes les meves refleccions
on our matter sound to you / sobre el nostre problema et sonen
like the initiation of new matters, / com l'inici de nous problemes,
is that true? / és veritat?

What do I have to do to be like you? / Què he de fer per ser com tu?

You can use the grammar, / Pots utilitzar la gramàtica,
is that the furthest you can go? / és això el més lluny que pots anar?
I can use unpleasant very nice words like you do. /Puc utilitzar boniques paraules desagradables com fas tu.

What do I have to do to be like you? / Què he de fer per ser com tu?
what do I have to do to be so cool? / Què he de fer per ser tan 'guai'?

My plan is not to love you, / El meu pla no és estimar-te,
i've got better things to do. / tinc coses millors a fer.
My plan is just to do you. / El meu pla és tan sols donar-te
What you deserve to be done. / el que et mereixes.

What do I have to do to be like you? / Què he de fer per ser com tu?
What do I have to do to be like you? / Què he de fer per ser com tu?
what do I have to do to be so cool? / Què he de fer per ser tan 'guai'?

I'm feeling like a bird that cannot fly/ Em sento com un ocell que no pot volar
I'm feeling like a bird that cannot fly/ Em sento com un ocell que no pot volar

My my my my plan is not to love you / El meu pla no és estimar-te,
I've got got got got better things to do you / tinc coses millors a fer.

Apple iPad sells 300,000 on debut

2010-03-29T10:46:00.000-07:00

On its launch day in the US, Apple says they sold more than 300,000 of its latest product. The iPad will be available in other countries such as Canada, Australia and some parts of Europe (european prices have not been anounced yet) by the end of April. The first genration model of the product has wi-fi though not 3G connectivity. According to Apple iPad users downloaded more than 250.000 e-books and more than one million applications from its store. On the other hand, taking reports into considerations, queues for the new iPad were quite smaller than the crowds which accumulated for the iPhone's lauch day.

As Steve Jobs said, is iPad going to be a game changer?
The iPad is not a laptop or computer neither a mobile phone. It's just something different. So this is probbably the reason why it is having such a demand.
In my opinion it is going to be a game changer in the way that it is another way to be connected to the net whenever you want. It's not like a laptop which you have to turn on and turn off. The iPad is a new abbility to be always connected. Moreover, its dimensions make it perfect to bring it with you wherever.
Nevertheless, I think it's not going to have such an impact as the iPhone had. From my point of view, people who already bought an iPhone won't be likely to buy an iPad.

[Resource: BBC News]

New York jets 'directed by a child'

2010-03-05T09:43:00.000-08:00

The US officers are looking into how a child was able to direct planes at one of the countrie's busiest airport (New York's JFK). They caught the boy, who was apparently with his father (certified air traffic controller), directing several pilots preparing for take-off by an audiotape (you can listen to it at the bbc webpage). The incident took place on 17 February, when many pupils were on a week-long break. The air traffic controller got the sack and The National Air Traffic Controllers Assosiation said this incident was not indicative of the highest professionals they have.

I cannot understand how that little boy was able to do that. I think it was a terrrible mistake from the father to let him do it. Beeing an air traffic controller is so serious because the life of a huge amount of people depends on you. What would have happened if the kid had said something wrong? I really do not want to imagine! I suppose that man didn't realize how igriveous was that situation. I agree about his dismissal, that behaviour is not acceptable! On the other hand, I guess they were not the only ones there so someone else could have stopped it, though as the audiotape proves, nobody did. All in all, it was just luckily hilarious.

[Resource: BBC, 3 March 2010]

Roger Federer

2010-03-03T09:11:00.000-08:00

As you know, I practise tennis. Everyone who practises a spor thas usually a favourite player, and I have to confess that mine is Roger Federer.

Last week it was announced that Roger would has to pull out of the Dubai Championship, which started today, because of a lung infection. He is expected to be out of action for two weeks. If everything goes well, he will return to the courts at Indian Wells in March. Apart from the Dubai's Championship, he won't be able to play the Davis Cup against Spain neither. Everybody was expecting this cup because there would probbably be a match between Roger and Rafa Nadal. However, Rafa won't be able to play it neither because of an injury.
As I said in the beggining, I am a fan of Federer. And what do this involve? This entails that I hate Nadal. I think he's such a proud man, not hansome and show-off. Moreover, he's a suporter of Real Madrid! In my opinion, his game is not as smart as Federer's. I love the elegance of Roger's game.
So, when we go to the Godo's trophy in Barcelona with the tennis club we split up in two groups: the ones who are fans of Rafa and the ones who are not. Then, when we are on the court watching the match ones shout "vamos rafa!" and the others ones (me!) cheer up the other player.

[Roger Federer website ]
[Rafa Nadal website]

description: Mrs Bennet

2010-03-03T08:48:00.000-08:00

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Don't tell me that it's over - Amy Macdonald

2010-02-28T11:40:00.000-08:00

Tell me why this world is a mess / Explica'm perquè aquest món és un desastre
I thought you always tried your best / Pensava que tu sempre intentaves fer el millor
Tell me what I’m ought to do / Diga'm què he de fer
Maybe you should do it too / Potser tu també ho has de fer

Tell me why they’re sleeping alone / Explica'm perquè estan dormint sols
No house no where to call a home / Cap casa cap lloc per trucar alguna casa
Tell me what I’m meant to see / Diga'm què he de veure
Won’t you stop preaching at me / No parars de 'donarme la tabarra'

And I wanna see what it’s all about / Vull veure de què va tot
And I wanna live, wanna give something back / i vull viure, vull tornar alguna cosa
Don’t tell me that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
It’s only just begun / Tot just acaba de começar
Don’t tell me that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
Or that this song is sung / o que aquesta cançó ja ha sigut cantada
The song is sung / la cançó ja ha sigut cantada

All the money in the world / Tots els diners del món
Would never slit all the wrongs to right / mai farien que el que és dolent fos bo
All the fire in the world / Tot el foc que hi ha al món
Would never set my heart alive / mai posaria el meu cor en vida

I dream of a day when it’s all gone away / Somio amb el dia que tot ha marxat
And the sun is shining bright / i el sol brilla amb molta força
I dream of a day when it’s all gone away / somio amb el dia que tot ha marxat
But dreams are for night / però els somnis són per la nit

And I wanna see what it’s all about / Vull veure de què va tot
And I wanna live, wanna give something back / i vull viure, vull tornar alguna cosa
Don’t tell me that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
It’s only just begun / Tot just acaba de começar
Don’t tell me that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
Or that this song is sung / o que aquesta cançó ja ha sigut cantada
The song is sung / la cançó ja ha sigut cantada

Don’t tell that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
Please I’m on my knees I’m beggin you to stop / sisplau, m'estic agenollant pregan-te que paris
It’s over please I’m on my knees I’m beggin you to stop / s'ha acabat sisplau, m'estic agenollant pregan-te que paris

And I wanna see what it’s all about / Vull veure de què va tot
And I wanna live, wanna give something back / i vull viure, vull tornar alguna cosa
Don’t tell me that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
It’s only just begun / Tot just acaba de começar
Don’t tell me that it’s over / No em diguis que s'ha acabat
Or that this song is sung / o que aquesta cançó ja ha sigut cantada
The song is sung / la cançó ja ha sigut cantada

Haiti charity single top UK charts

2010-02-15T10:25:00.000-08:00

Stars such as Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams or Take That covered the REM's Everybody Hurts in order to help Haiti's earthquake victims. Organised by Simon Cowell, 453000 copies has already been sold notching up the biggest first week sales. Proceeds will be divided between the Disasters Emergenvy Comitee and The Sun newspaper's Helping haiti Campaign.
In my opinion it's so nice from the singers who collaborated recording the hit and the thousands of persons who have bought it. Everybody would like to be helped if such a horrible tragedy as the Haiti's earthquake happened to him so we have to now that happened to them. In fact, many fact have been hols so as to recollect money for Haiti. I think that this one concretly is a fantastic way of recollecting money for reconstructing the country and treating the injured persons. Lots of people died so now it is about to take care of the ones who survived.

[Resource: BBC news, 14 February 2010]

Undergraduate Math Problems

2010-02-14T10:20:00.000-08:00

VIDEO

POWER POINT

Undergraduate amth problems

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SELF-EVALUATION
Presentation-9
I used a power point as a resource which was focused on the topic and actually supported my oral presentation, especially when I explained the problems. The timing was fine, between 5 and 10 minutes.
Body language&eye contact-8
Although I looked at the audience most of the time, I think I looked too much to the screen. I suppose it's because you feel more secure as some clues are writen in the power point. I didn't even have my notes so I didn't read from them. As for the gestures, I did lots with my hands, I can't avoid it!lol
Structure-9
I did a little introduction explaining the objectives and the structure of the project for them to know what it was about and not to lose during the presentation. I actually used many discourse maekers such as firstl of all, secondly, at last, then, finally... I think that my conclusions were clear. Content-40
Obvioulsy, the information I introduced to the audience was new, detailed and extensive. I think that the overall message was clear.
Language-17
In my opinion the grammar was correct and the vocabulary was quite rich and varied. I looked for synonims, technical words and topic-related expressions. I used many connectors (moreover, also, furthermore, nevertheless, despite of, yet....) and some fillers (well, so, right, I mean...) Pronunciation&Intonation-8
I think that my pronunciation was comprehensible and my tone of voice was fine. Maybe I ought to have spoken more fluidly.

So finally if I were the tacher I would get a 91.

formal letter

2010-02-09T11:33:00.000-08:00

Muntaner avenue, 29
Barcelona, SPAIN

Abbey road, 18
London, UK

15th of January of 2010

Dear Mr Clooney,
I am writing to you so as to express my point of view related to the global warming and suggest some things I wolud do to preserve our planet.
Firstly, I would like my children to inherit a healthy planet where I was sure they could enjoy their lives without any worry. So I wonder, what should we do to stop the climate change and its consequences?
Let me say that, in my opinion, one of the most importants facts is that all the politicians reach an agreement about this serious topic. Those climate summits are not worth if you do not any decision but discuss.
I think that recycling should be compulsory, and all the objects which send toxical emissions to the air ought to be forbidden.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,

Lily Humphry

Gossip Girl

2010-02-01T02:58:00.000-08:00

Gossip Girl is an American drama series based on the exclusive life of some teenagers who live in the privileged New York City's Upper East Side, narrated by the yet unseen blogger "Gossip Girl".
I had heard some comments from my cousin saying it was a great series so when it was released in tv I started watching it and truly liked it. However, few chapters were broadcasted so I started watching them on the interent. I must confess I rapidly became addicted!lool They're now in the third season but the final chpaters will be released on march so I'll wait eagerly!
It shows how exclusive the life is in the Manhattan's Upper East Side. The plot is centred in some of the most powerful families of the city (the Van der Woodsens, the Basses, The Archibalds...) and some outsiders from Brooklyn (the Humphries).
In my opinion this is one of the best series I've ever seen. As the title says, there always many gossips which make characters go furious or, on the other hand, reconciliate. They are always going on brunches, posh parties, cotillions... It's like the perfect life we always dream at least once. I suppose this is the fact that makes me like it. They all always look perfect and fashion. I wish I ahd they're wardrobe!lool What's more, they live in New York, the city I wanted to go!!

This is the phrase with which all the chapters start (I know it by heart!!:D):
"Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite. And who am I? That's a secret I'll never tell, you know you love me, xoxo, Gossip Girl."

Here is one of the best scenes (last chapter - season 2):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYsnBaBqLJ4

New questions on body scanners

2010-01-11T11:18:00.000-08:00

After the terrorist attempt to attack the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit it's been discussed the fact of including body scaners in the airports. Actually, they are already working in some airports from United States and they are plannig to introduce them in some european airpoirts.

They say it is for our security but, the big question is: are they breaking our intimacy?
The images produced by the TSA's new scanners don't leave much to the imagination. On the other hand, they are delivered to the airports without the capability to store, print or transmit images.
It's obvious that they can watch over in our security in a better way with these machines, but I think that the terrorists or those persons who traffic with drgus will continue doing it somehow.
What about our privacy? Actually, I think I woould feel strange, embarrased and intimidated if I had to pass on one of that body image scanners.

New Year Resolutions

2010-01-10T10:01:00.000-08:00

Here are some resolutions I've made for this 2010, which I think it's gonna be a very important, stressing and exciting year. Actually, we are going to be eighteen and we will start a new life in the university.

- Get my driving license. I'm the first girl of my group of friends who will be eighteen (on the 29th of April!) so they're always telling me to get it as early as possible 'cause they want somebody to bring them!lool I promised them I'll get the theory on June, after the selectivitat, and then the practice on July!haha I'm really looking forward to get it 'cause this way I won't depend on my parents to get round.

- Choose the correct degree. I still don't know which degree to study at the university, and I'm afraid I choose the incorrect one. In fact, I'm truly indecidive and insecure. I've got some options in my mind but then everybody tell me different things that I get confused.

- Be happy, healthy, love and be loved. This is the typical resolution that everybody makes himself, isn't it? Well, I'm sure this is gonna be a great year. I just wish to take thing easy and don't worry for stupid things. I want to forget things from the past that don't care anymore.

National Geographic best picture

2010-01-07T09:26:00.000-08:00

Of all the photos from the Natinal Geogrphic's International Photography Conest of 2009 I've chosen this one. It is a train that travels to different areas of Shangai (China) oncoming in the tunnel's changing light show.
And you may ask, why have I chosen this photo instead of another of the 25? Well, I think it's an impressive photo that shows the world we live in, or actually, our future. It shows the huge development in technology of the last decade. Looking at this photo I feel we can reach lots of things.
On the other hand, this picture makes evident that China is becoming an influential and powerful country. It's clearly obvious that our country is less advanced than China and lots of other countries.

It's just looking at the photo and an electric feeling arise in me.

[Resource: National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009, picture 6]

Brad and Angelina are $7 million givers

2009-11-28T05:31:00.000-08:00

In 2008 Angelina Jolie, 34, and Brad Pitt, 45, gave $6.8 million to charities. That was the amount given to various groups through the philanthropically minded couple's Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which donated about half of the $13 million it raised last year to nonprofits like Global Health, Human Rights Watch, the Armed Services YMCA, and Pitt's own Make It Right Foundation, dedicated to rebuilding New Orleans. Another $1 million went to various causes in Cambodia, home country for their son Madox.

In my opinion, it's a nice thing that people like Brad Pitt and Angleina Jolie who win a huge amount of money give at least a part to people who need it more than them. I actually think it's not fair there're persons who win stratospheric amounts of money while there are people dying every day of hungry. Moreover, some of these persons don't work so hard to deserve those quantities of dollars. So from my point of view, all these rich people should give some money for charities, investigation,...whatever. It doesn't mind if it's just $100 or $100000 the important thing is to collaborate a little bit.

CNN, November 25

Are paper books dead?

2009-11-28T05:13:00.000-08:00

Nowadays everything is beeing converted to digita. Even convetcional phtography has been removed by the digital cameras. It has also reached the paper books converting them into e-books, so traditional books will probably disapear.
I would say that, e-books are the future and the paper books will just be something to remember from the past.
By using these types of books there won't be as much as deforestation as there is today because of not needing paper.
Furthermore, books will be cheaper and easier to release. They're not so big and heavy that you can bring them with you anywhere and you can have more than one in the same kindle.
To sum up, I think that paper books will be dead in a few years and we cannot stop it.

email

2009-11-28T05:10:00.000-08:00

Hi Sonia!
You asked us to write you about our dreams and our plans for the future so that's what I'll try to tell you. Well, as you know now I'm studying second of scientific-technologic batxillerat because I'd like to study a degree in the university. However, I still don't know what I'm going to study in a year. I doubt between many degrees such as architecture, industrial engineering or chemical engineering but I don't get to choose one!lol I suppose I'll do it all over this year dependig on the subjects I like the most. Despite of those doubts, what I know for sure is that, whatever degree I study, I'll do it in Barcelona. I love this city! I'd like to go to a residence for one or two years and then move to a flat. Another thing I'd like to do in the future is go to study abroad in an english-speaking country if possible. I do like english and I think that this is one of the bests way to improve it at the same time you have fun.
Well, those are some of my plans for the nexts years, I hope it's enough:)
see you!

HUMAN RIGHTS

2009-11-24T01:20:00.000-08:00

1. What are human rights?
Human right are basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.

2. When did human rights start?
They started the 10th of December of 1948.

3. Why were they created?
They were created because during the Second Worl War lots of people died and most of them were treated as not beeing persons. So the United Nations created them in order to sinish with this kind of violence to people.

4. How many human rights are there?
There are 30 human rights.

5. Which human right were you not familiar with?
I wasn't familiar with the article 15:
(1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

6. Choose one human right and discuss:

ARTICLE 9:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

- Is it fully respected in your country today? Justify with news, comments, studies on the subject (cite the links of your information sources).
This human right is actually not respected at all in our country 'cause there're still many kidnappings. We can see it many days in the news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8385559.stm
On the other hand, most of detentions are previously determined by a judge or the police. Moreover, disccovered kidnappers are definitly jailed.

- Do you know if it has been respected in the past? Why or why not? Thi human right was not respected in the pass. There were many people who had to exile to other countries because they where persecuted. In the whole history and still nowadays there's been many people who have arrested agaist their whishes and treated as inferiors.

-Where in the world is this right not complied with? In most underdeveloped coutries this human rright is to complied.

7. Are Humans rights relevant in the world today? why?
do think that human rights are relevant in the world today, especially in the deveploped countries such as Europe and North America. They're actually creating new laws in favour to the human rights.

Once when I was little - James Morrison

2009-11-23T12:21:00.000-08:00

I was the one who would always jump in first / Jo era el que sempre solia saltar primer
I didn't think twice to look behind / No pensava dues vegades mirar enrere
Got such a good feeling just from playing in the dirt / Em sentia tan be tan sols jugant entre la porqueria
Once, when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit

We could build a rocket, fly to the moon / Podiem construir un coet, volar fins la lluna
Leave Tuesday morning, and be back for noon / Marxàvem dimarts al matí i al migdia ja tornàvem
There wasn't nothing, nothing that we couldn't do / No hi havia res, res que no poguéssim fer
Once, when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit
Once, when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit

Yeah I could dream more then / Llavors podia somiar més
I could believed more then / podia creure més
That the world could only get better / que el món només podia millorar
I could be free more then / podia ser més lliure
I could pretend more then / podia fingir més
That this life could only show me good times / que aquesta vida només tindria bons moments
Once, when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit

There was a time when I trusted everyone / Llavors jo confiava en tothom
There was no place I would not go / hauria anat a tot arreu
Spend all day on the hillside next to the barely mow / em pasava tot el dia a la muntanya envoltat per l'herba
Oh once, when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit
Yeah once, when I, I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit

Yeah I could dream more then / Llavors podia somiar més
I could believed more then / podia creure més
That the world could only get better / que el món només podia millorar
I could be free more then / podia ser més lliure
I could pretend more then / podia fingir més
That this life could only show me good times / que aquesta vida només tindria bons moments
Once, when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit

I used to feel so strong / Em sentia fort
Even when they tell me, tell me I was wrong / fins hi tot quan em deien que estava equivocat,
That I can't live in a magic world / que no puc viure en un món perfecte
Cause it's time for me to grow up / ja que és temps de fer-me gran
That I got to be like the rest of them / i he de ser igual que els altres
Well, I know things have been lost / de fet sé que s'ha perdut tot.

I could pretend more then / Llavors podia fingir més
and I could belive more then / i podia creure més
that the world could only get better/ que el món només podia millorar

Oh, I could belive more then, yes I could / Podia creure més llavors, itan que podia
And I could pretend more then / i podia fingir més
That this life could only show me good times / que aquesta vida només tindria bons moments
Once when I was little / Una vegada, quan era petit

So here comes the next one, next in line / I aquí ve una nova època
Stay as young as you can, for the longest time / Manten-te jove com puguis
Cause those days flew by / Perquè aquells dies se'n van anar
Like a breeze just passing through / com la brisa
Once, when I was littl / Una vegada, quan era petit

Social Networks

2009-11-23T10:05:00.000-08:00

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SELF-EVALUATION
Presentation-8
We used an attractive power point focused on our topic in order to support our oral explanation. We wanted to break the ice in a different way so we decided to start the presentation with a dialogue related to the topic. I actually think that this was a great idea! However, the timing wasn't so good. The presentation should have lasted more and I ought to have spoken slowlier.
Body language&eye contact-9
I looked at the audience most of time except during the dialogue, when I stared on Clàudia. I almost didn't read from my notes and I did many gestures with my hands, but I think I should have done more. I was quite nervous and tense that I just said quickly what I had to and didn't think in the rest.
Structure-9
In my opinion the structure of the presenation was okay. Moreover, we did a dialogue as introduction to change the usual beggining. I used many discourse markers such as then, first, secondly...
Content-32
I realize that the worst fault of our presentation is that we didn't introduce any new information. The audience already knew what we explained.
Language-17
As for the language, I think that we used correct grammar and rich and varied vocabulary. We actually looked for some synonims. We also used lots of sentence connectors (e.g:moreover, what's more, also, nevertheless...). Furthermore, I used many fillers such as well.
Pronunciation&intonation-8
From my point of view, my pronunciation was correct and completly comprhensible.I think I spoke in a fluid continuum.

So finally, if I were the teacher I would get an 8.3.

Twilight review

2009-11-23T08:49:00.001-08:00

This romantic-fantasy film was released in 2008 and it was one of the films which grossed more money. It is a wondeful story of a girl called Bella and a vampire called Edward. This is actually the first part of three movies.

Bella moves to live with his father in Folks (Washington state) were she used to spend a month each summer. There she meets nice people in the high school and she's intrigued by the misterious Cullen's family. She sits next to Edward cullen in biology class and he seems to be disgusted by her. One day she is nearly to strucked by a van but Edward runs toward her and stops the van with his hand. Then Bella starts wondering many things about him and finds out that he is a vampire although he only consumes animal blood. From this time on, they start beeing really good friends and they finally fall in love. Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family and one day they go to play a baseball match. In the meantime, there have appeared two dead people who seems to be killed by an animal. (we saw until here)
I really liked this film. It's interesting the fact that a normal girl goes out with a vampire and they maintain such a good relationship. On the other hand you feel intrigued by the deaths around the town and that keeps you interested in it.
I didn't like the soundtrack. I think it was so simple and they could have included much more better songs in such a film.
Finally, I definetly recommend you to go and watch it 'cause it's fantastic and i'm sure you'll pass a great time.
Star Rating: ***worth seeing, brilliant.

Why is Friday the 13th unlucky?

2009-11-15T11:05:00.000-08:00

Friday the 13th has traditionally been when the superstitious take extra care and double check everything they do. They also consider unlucky to open an umbrella indoors or walk under a ladder.
Are you superstitious?

I'm definetly not superstitious. Actually, I think that everything is up to your mind. If you think that Friday the 13th in going to be an unlucky day, it will. On the other hand, if you don't know it's Friday the 13th it will just be an ordinary day as any other. Something unlucky can happen to you every day. Haven't something unlucky happened to you and it wasn't Friday the 13th?
From my point of view it's all phsycological. You just have to order your mind and think positively. Then everything will go as it has to whether it's Friday the 13th or have passed under a ladder.

bbc news, november 15

More plastic surgery for Gwyneth Paltrow?

2009-11-01T12:06:00.000-08:00

In the past, Gwyneth was likely to have had a job nose and a breast augmentation in order to enhace her career. Now 37, there are many suspicions she has had rejuvenation procedures, such as facelift combined with injectables.

Some surgeons said that she is a beautiful woman blessed with great genes so that it was not the result of a facelift. They suggested she probably had injected some Botox around her face to make it appear smooth. Nevertheless, there was a surgeon who said that she looked altered, tighter than before, so it indicated a facelifht and injection.

In my opinion, we might not be that obssesed by plastic surgery. Why can't somebody remain beautiful in his/her forty's? We should accept ourselves as they are 'cause it's just natural to become older and have wrinkles.
On the other hand, there can be people who remain young and seem to have had plastic surgery but the haven't. This is just beeing lucky, but you have to accept yourself anyway.
The aim of plastic surgery is just making money, so they'll always find any defect on you 'cause they just want to earn a great amount of money.

makemeheal, November 6

Music player noise limit planned

2009-09-29T09:24:00.000-07:00

The European Comission is planning to set a maximum noise default on new portable music players after a research claimed that one of ten users could suffer permanent hearing loss.

In my opinion this is such a good restraint ,cause there,s many peolple who don-t know about the harm they are suffering because of the excesive volume on their music players.
Despite of being voluntary among the manufacturers, I think it should be compulsory. They might have taken this measure from the begining of the music portable players, knowing this would happen in the future.
From my point of view, the time you listen to it should also be restricted. In other words, the mp3 ought to be automaticly switched off when exceeded the limit time exposure.

BBC News

joke

2009-09-28T03:53:00.000-07:00

Global premieres for Jackson film.

2009-09-22T11:16:00.000-07:00

I'm not really a Michael Jackson fan, but since he was death we've heard of him quite many days on the news and there's been great polemic on the way he died.

Michael Jackson's film This Is It is going to have simultaneous premieres in more than 15 cities around the world. In my opinion, that they just do it for marketing.
This way it will probably appear on the news or the press so people we'll know about the premiere and they'll be more exciting 'cause it'll also be taking place in other fifteen cities.
Nevertheless, not all the premiers will take place at the same time. In total, more than 25 cities will host the premiere of the film. So, why some cities will host the premiere at the same time and some not? I think that they should do it at the same time in all the cities, or at least at the same day.
Finally, I disagree with the fact that the movie will only be on the cinemas for two weeks, I don't understand it! Common films are usually in the cinemas for more than two weeks.

1st of Batxillerat

2009-05-18T11:15:00.000-07:00

Well today, as this is my last post and the course is almost finished, I'm going to talk to you about this first of Batxillerat. In my opinion, this has been a course of changes.

First of all, we finished and left apart the obligatory education and we started the voluntary education. So we're doing it because we want, and it's very different.
We had to decide either to do science, technology, humanistics or business, which was a difficult choice for some of us. Consequently, we splited away in two classes depending on the batxillerat we chose. This is one of the things I don't like 'cause my relationship with the other class' members such as Nuri or Laura has become poor. We're just in touch during the break time and not even this half an hour when some of us have an exam. On the other hand, my relationship with Claudia is stronger now after being together the whole day for nearly a year.
Nevertheless, Susi told us that we might be in the same class next year 'cause we won't be enough students to separate in two different classes. Personally, I think it would be great being all together again. It's true that maybe we would be quite a lot of people in the shared subjects, I don't mind it, though.
For the people who still thinks that Batxillerat is the same as ESO I can now assure them NO, IT ISN'T! We have noticed that Batxillerat is more serious and there is quite a lot of more homework including the blog and the portfolio. You have to waste more hours doing the homework, projects, studying... and you have to be concient of it if you want to pass.

We haven't done many excursions this year, we just went to the university on February. So I hope we go to London next year or somewhere else for at least for four days.
Well, that's all I can tell you, it's time to study hard now!
xox

Research Project.

2009-05-14T10:47:00.000-07:00

Well, I think it's time to talk about the research project. I'm doing it about Undergraduate Math Problems, it was so difficult for me to choose the topic, though.

I had never known what to do it about, even the subject it'd be related to. I just knew I wouldn't do it about biology.
One of the ideas that first came to my mind was to do something related to architecture 'cause I do like this field. However, I wasn't so convinced 'cause I didn't know what to do exactly. Furthermore, I was scared I'm not taking technical drawing so I finally decided not to do it about architecture.
Some weeks before Easter, our tutor gave us a list with the teacher's proposals. However, any of those proposals convinced me at all. At that time, I thought on doing it in relation to Chemistry. I asked our Chemistry teacher if she had any idea out of the list ones and she told me to do it about Vitamin C. I had doubts about it, though.
It was the day before telling the tutor our finally choice when I still didn't know mine. I though " Júlia, it has to be something you really like 'cause you'll spend lots of hours doing it'. So I started to think about things I'd like to deal with. The inspiration finally came to my mind: Geometric Elements in the Contemporary Architecture.
The next day I told Montse about my idea and she said it was good. I spite of what she firstly told me, some days later she told me they didn't see it so clear. So I finally decided not to carry out this topic.
I didn't have much time left, so I revised the teacher's list again. There was one on the Mathematics part I always though that could be interesting. There said something about the Mathematical Olypics and Montse told me the my tutor would be Miquel Angel. I finally decided to choose this topic and yes, it was my last choice!hahah
One day I went to talk to him about a grant and he told me his intention was me to do the project in English. I had even thought about it but he spured me on so I agreed.
I went to talk to him some weeks ago and he told me I could search some things if I wanted although we would start after having finished the exams.

job

2009-05-02T08:41:00.000-07:00

I'm seventen right now, so I'm a year older than the age which people is legally able to work.
This means that I was already able to work last summer, but I didn't work properly. I was the only one of my friends who was sixteen, so the only one who could work. What's more, I finally got a grant for two weeks in England in July and my parents had planned to go to Viena and Budapest for ten days in August. So looking at all these plans, it was absolutly impossible for me to work 'cause they usually just hire you for one or two months.
Even though I didn't send any CV because of this, I hung a paper in my village's shop which said 'I offer myself to work as a nanny or give extra support lessons'. I also put my phone number, but nobody called. Then one day I found out that my phone number was wrong! However, the cleaning lady told my mother if I could give school reinforcement classes to her grandson Sergi. I agreed and I taught him Spanish and Maths twice a week. When summer ended Sergi's mother asked me to continue the lessons. I didn't like it at all at the beginning 'cause I knew that I would have a lot of work because of Batxillerat, but I couldn't say no. Nevertheless, I said I just could give him a lesson per week.
Next summer is nearly here, and I haven't planned to go somewhere, so I'm searching for a job. I sent my CV to a camping and a hotel from Empuriabrava, but none of them has called me. There's also a possibility to work in the tennis club as a trainer of the younger trainees, but I still don't know. I really want to work this summer 'cause if I don't I'll be bored the whle day at home and this way I earbn some money.

Godó days:)

2009-04-28T08:51:00.000-07:00

Well, as you know, last Tuesday I went to Barcelona to the Godó (a tennis tournament). But, what you probably don't know is that I went there again on Sunday to see the final of the tournament between R.Nadal and D.Ferrer 'cause a friend of mine invited me.

Every year, my tennis club organizes an excursion to go to the tournament during one of the days it's taking place. We left at 9am from Figueres by bus, so we arrived there at 11am. Before entering in, we had the chance to meet Tommy Robredo, who had just arrived there. Luckily for us, we could tkae a photo with him (I don't have it yet).
We finally entered in and went for a walk looking round. We noticed which matches were taking place that day and the time they started. So, at that time was starting the first match of the day between Spepanek and Wawrinka. We saw it for a while and then we went to the central court were Nalbandian was playing against Almagro.
Then, Laura and me went for a walk again 'cause there are a kind of shops or advertisment places where they give you things such as caps, pens, postcards, pocket diaries... There was one where they let you taste water with lemon sensation and we went there many time 'cause it was really hot!haha
We went back to the first court where now was playing David Ferrer against P. Starace. There, while watching the match, we had lunch (some sandwiches we brought from home). I really like David Ferrer, so it was an interesting match for me.
After, we went to see Nadal's match at the central court. I have to say that he's not my favourite player, I have to accept that his game is excellent, though. However, it was not definetly a great match 'cause his rival wasn't so good so it was a little bit boring.
When Nadal's match finished we left, not before takin a nespresso, though. One of those "shops" I told you about was from Nespresso and they gave you free coffee, it was great!
We finally left at 6.30-7, and we wanted to arrive early 'cause it was st. George's day so we wanted to go to the 'avenue'. We got it!:)
Well, I'm not telling you how was everything on Sunday 'cause I think that you've got enough to read!haha I just tell you that I had R.Nadal and D.Ferrer at minus that one metre from me! The atmosphere there was fantastic and it was great to be able to enjoy an event like that, I loved it!
take care,
xx

Making "brunyols".

2009-04-10T08:56:00.000-07:00

As every year, on Wednesday I went to my grandma's house in Banyoles in order to make "brunyols". We do it every year during one of Easter Holidays' day.
My aunts make the dough in the morning 'cause it has to stand for long hours and at the same time its volume has to increase.
We usually arrive at Lunch's time, as well as the rest of the family do. Then we all have lunch which is made by my grdma so it's obvioulsy delicious!lool After having lunch we usually wath the tv, play on the computer or do something else until the dough is ready.
When the dough has increased enough, we go to the kitchen and start making "brunyols". Usually the young ones (me, my cousins...) are the ones who give form to the dough and the older ones (my mother, my aunts...) are those who cook them. Then there's also someone responsible for throwing some sugar and someone in charge of throwing a homemade liqueur on them.
Then it's just time to taste them!

Here are the ingredients you need to make them. I'm not telling you the procedure 'cause just my grndma has it so I don't exactly know it.

Ingredients:
- flour
- eggs
- suggar
- yeast
- some water
- lemon peel
- butter
- oil
- milk
- homemade liqueur
- "matafaluga"

I always enjoy a lot the making "brunyols" day with all the family, it's a funny day:)
xx

Vicenç.

2009-04-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

I talked about Guillem, my older brother. So now it's time to tell you about Vicenç, the younger one, who's also very important for me.

He is nineteen, he's going to be twenty on 23 March, though. I still don't know if I'll give him a present or not. My birthday is on the 29 April, so if he gives me one, I'll do give him one; but if he doesn't, the most probably option, I won't. Nevertheless, maybe I'll do 'cause I know if he had time he would give me something and he's so good to me. So, if I have enough money to spend, maybe I'll buy him something 'cause I like buying clothes for him.
There are three years between us, so he's doing 2nd of a degree. He has always played football as a goalkeeper, he's very sportive, and he had always said he would like to study 'INEF'. However, he studied scientific-technological as I do and Guillem had done and he finally decided to study Industrial Engineering at the UPC (Universitat Politèncica de Catalunya) which is located in Barcelona. So he had to set off to Barcelona and now I remaind 'alone' at home. He's living in a students residence although he's going to move to a flat next year with some friends he has made there. In fact, I miss them on weekdays, there's too much silence at home!lol
Vicenç is really nice and attractive. He's funny, outgoing, extroverted and cheerful. He had a girlfriend for nearly three years but they finally splited up when he left to Barcelona. I don't know many things about his love life, but I have the feeling he's got a girlfriend in Barcelona. I'll have to investigate about it!lool

That's all for today, see you:)

Guillem.

2009-03-24T12:29:00.000-07:00

Today I'm going to tell you about one of my brothers, Guillem.
Today he is 21. I sent him a text message in the morning and I'm still waiting for his answer or just a lost call. Even though, I know him and I knew he wouldn't do that so I don't mind about it. There are four years between us, so our relationship is not as good as the one he has with Vicenç 'cause there is just one year between them. You can imagine, they've always gone together everywhere, Guillem's firends are Vicenç's friends, they exchange clothes... We used to fight when we were younger. Then ,when we where both studying in the high school, we got on so well. Nevertheless, when he left to Barcelona our relationship got poor and I don't like it. He studied scientific-technological batxillerat as I do. Then he set off to Barcelona to study Industrial Engineering. The firsts two years there he lived in a students' residence where he met the fours boys with who he's living now in a duplex apartment. Once, my parents were in a trip and he came home on Friday with two of the friends who live with him, Lucas (who's from Galícia) and Jaume (who's from Eivisa). They treated me perfectly, did me special dishes... It was a perfect weekend!lol I know he's my brother, but, sicerely, I've always thought he's so handsome!lol He usually can seem so stupid, we all know he just do it like to seem more important, though. When I have more fun with him is when we meet in parties and spend some time together, it's the only moment he explain me things about him and the way round.

Last weekend

2009-03-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

Helloo! It's time to start with 3rd term's posts. Today I'm going to tell you about last perfect weekend.

It was Albert's birthday on Monday and her girlfriend, Irene, was giving him a party on Friday. On Friday's afternoon, when I finished English classes, I went to buy some presents for him. Everyone had payed 5€, and I bought him a sweater, two t-shirts and a pair of underpants. Then I went to tennis training and we finally arrived at Irene's house at 9.45pm. We waited outside until Albert arrived at 10pm and then, when he had entered in, we rang the bell and he was really surprised. We had dinner there, we gave him the presents and then Laura, Nil, X.Ramos, Pere and I went to the Sikim for a while. It was a good night.
Then, on Saturday's afternoon I went to Figueres with Nuri. We were going shopping but we didn't have much time and I finally didn't buy anithing:( Nuri bought a jacket and a shirt.
At night, I had a dinner with my friends of Figueres. It had been the eighteenth birthday of one of them, Miki, and her girlfriend organised him a surprise party at the Sikim. I had to go with my boyfriend 'cause, in fact, Miki is a friend of him and I was going as a companion, but he couldn't come because he had the sound test of the following concert. However, I'm a good friend of all them. The dinenr was great, we were always drinking a toast to someone or something different. Then we all went to Castelló to see my boyfriend playing. There was a concert of 'Hot Penguins' (the group of my boyfriend) and 'Strombers'. Everything went perfectly and I finally went to sleep at 5.30am. That night was definetly amazing.
It'es enough for today, see you:)
xx

Carnival.

2009-03-01T08:31:00.000-08:00

Hellooo:) today I'm going to explain you everything about last weekend's carnival.

On Friday the carnival was in Empuriabrava. Before going, I had a familiar dinner in Banyoles 'cause on Wednesday was my uncle's 50th birthday and we gave him surprise party in my grandma's house. He was really surprised when he entered in and saw the whole family (we were 35) there shouting. Everything was perfect, my cousin anounced us that she is going to get married on August and, what's more, I'm going to be one of the witness. I was euphoric, I was so delighted. Then, at 00.30am, I went home with my brothers 'cause we wanted to go to the carnival for a while. I finally arrived in Empuriabrava and danced until 2.45am.
Yesterday the carnival was in Castello. We had dinner all together in Laura's house, where we celebrated Roger's and Nil's birthday. We gave a t-shirt, a pair of underpants and necklace to Nil; and a rucksack, a pair of underpants and a bracelet to Roger.
Then we went to the parade around the village following our float. It was fantastic, we were dancing all the time and there were a lot of people. Claudia and me used to go up to the float and dance there. Then we finally arrived to the marquee and I started to meet a lot of people. I stayed for a while with my "boyfriend" and then I went inside to dance with my friends. The dancing finished at 4.00-4.30am and I finally went to sleep at 5 o'clock. I slept in my uncle's house 'cause this way I could go to sleep when I wanted and my parents didn't have to come for me. My borother Vicenç and a friend of him went with me 'cause he didn't have keys.
In conclusion, it's been a perfect weekend, but now it's time to study!lool
take care:)

New vocavulary learnt:
marquee-carpa
I was delighted-em va fer molta il·lusió
witness-testimoni

FRANKENSTEIN: the film vs the book

2009-02-26T10:42:00.001-08:00

I'm going to tell you some of the differences I saw between the book and the film. I'm afraid I won't be able to put them all in the perfect order 'cause I don't remeber it very well.

- At the begining, the monster appears on a sledge in the book, while he is going by foot in the film.
- Justine's mother (whose name we don't know) just appears in the film, while Ernest (Vicor's youngest brother) just appears in the book.
- Victor's mother dies because of an illness in the book, and giving birth to Victor in the film.
- In the film the guardians hang a man who thinks that the doctors who are vaccuning everyone because there's an epidemic are liars. This don't happen in the book.
- In the film, they have a party when Victor goes to the university.
- While in the book Victor meets Henry during the infancy, in the film they meet in the university.
- Victor's teacher dies in the film, but he doesn't in the book.
- The experiment is not completly secret in the book, Henry and the teacher know about it.
- In the film the laboratory it's not in a far island like in the book.
- Victor doesn't go to the prison in the film.
- What does not happen in the book is that, the monster saves Felix from another man who hit him and then they enter to the house.
- In the film the monster doesn't save a girl from a river.
- There's no trial before hanging Justine in the film.
- While in the book the photo of William's chain is from Victor's mother, in the film is from Victor.
- Victor's father dies of sadness because of Elizabeth's death in the book, but he's killed by the monster in the film.
- In the film Victor finally cannot continue with the female monster because it was the Justine's body.
- In the book, the monster drown Elizabeth, while he pulls out her heart in the film.
- In the film, Victor wants to give life to Elizabeth again 'cause he can't stand beeing without her. Then she wakes up and realises that is like the monster, although she recognizes Victor. After she commites suicide.
- The monster burns himself near the Victor's dead body in the film.
- Henry doesn't die in the film.

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Story: Toothache.

2009-02-26T10:21:00.000-08:00

There couldn't have been a better time for Emma to get tootache! Today she had a really important date, although she didn't want to go. She had to meet her secret admirer, she knew who he was and she didn't like him, though. "He's awful" she said. Everything began a week before. Emma was surfing the internet when suddenly an 'anonymous' said hello to her. She aswered him back and they talked for a while. Then they got used to chat every day and Emma started to love 'anonymous', nevertheless she didn't know who he was. So they decided to meet on Friday. Emma explained it all to her best friend, who knew about 'anonymous' identity. When Emma knew it, everything fell down. He was the most ugly guy in high school. So then Emma didn't want to meet him and she was planning to tell him a lie. Fortunatly, Emma got toothache on Friday and she had no way to go to the meeting, as she had planned.

Spaghetti with carbonara.

2009-02-23T10:38:00.000-08:00

Today I'm going to tell you the recipe to do spaghetti with carbonara. I love them and when my parents are not at home it's the dish I usually cook 'cause it's not really difficult.

Ingredients (for 5 persons):
- 500g of spaghetti
- 500mL of cream fresh
- 300g of bacon
- two eggs
- some cheese (parmesan or grana padano)
- some oil
- salt

Procedure:
1.- Put some water in a pot (like a half of it). Then include a spoonful of oil and some salt on it.
2.- Put a pan on the stove and wait for a while for it to get hot.
3.- Throw the bacon on the pan and then, when it's "gold" include the cream fresh. Turn it over a low and stir.
4.- When the water boils, throw the spaghetti to the pot.
5.- Keep stiring the sauce and throw some cheese (as much as you feel like).
6.- Beat the eggs.
7.- Take the spaghettis out of the pot and put them on the pan with the sauce,
8.- Immediatly, throw the beated eggs to the pan and stir quickly.
9.- Finally you can eat them!

However there are lots of ways to cook carbonara, this is mine. I used to do it without egg, but one day my father tried it and we liked it.
I invite you to try it and tell me if it's good or not, although the answer will obviously be yes!lool
I hope you like it!
:)

Tennis club's renovation.

2009-02-08T08:46:00.000-08:00

I know I talked about the tennis before, but know I'm concretly going to talk you about the renovation of my tennis club.

My tennis club (Club tennis Alt Empordà-Figueres) is in Figueres. It's near the hospital, the sports hall and next to the athletics court. Since I've been going there, when I was nine, everything has changed a little each year.
The firsts years everything was perfect, we could go to the tennis club perfectly, we did matches and we could train in the fourth courts. But everything started to change. There was a project to renovate the hospital and all that area, included the roads. Moreover, there was a problem in the third court, and nobody came to repare it during lots of months.
So, then we just had three courts, and the way to arrive to the club was wuite longer, 'cause we had to make a long detour, nevertheless is longer now.
Then they started another project, they battered down the swimmingpool next to the club to build a parking, so tehy also battered down our first court. Lucky us, the third court had finally been reapred. What's more, they went off our electricity, so we had to go to Peralada courts for some weeks.
The only positive thing is that, in these projects is included a renovation of our tennis club. Now they're reparing the three courts, 'cause we could train on them, but they were really old and thebounces were terrible. So now, since two weeks ago we're going again to Peralada to train. We meet our trainers in Figueres and they bring up us there and then my fathers comes to pick me up.
This renovation of the old courts is expected to be finished on April, although I think it's going to be on June....lool. After, when the parking will be finished they will build four more courts on the top of it, so it will be great. What a pity that when it all will be finished I'll probably be in the university..:(
One of the most negatives point of taht is that this course we haven't been able to do matches 'cause the tennis club was not in the right conditions.

My daily rutine.

2009-01-19T12:15:00.000-08:00

Today I'm going to describe an ordinary day of my life. Concretly, I'm going to talk about my Fridays, 'cause I think that they're my most active days.

My father wakes me up at 7.15a.m, although I usually get up at 7.20a.m. Then I have a shower and I get dressed. After this I go downstairs to have breakfeast. I usually drink a white coffee and eat some biscuits. I finally go back upstairs to dry my hair up and brush my teeth. When I'm finally ready, between 7.45-7.50a.m, my father brings me to the school.
I do three classes and then we have a break, when I eat a sandwish that I've brough from home. Then I do two more classes until 1.25p.m, when my father comes for me and we go home. I usually watch the tv or do some English homework and then we have lunch.
I go to English from 4 o'clock to 5.15p.m. Then I meet Laura, a girl who comes with me to tennis and she also goes to the English academy, not to my class, though. Then we meet Iris, another tennis girl. Before going to train we often go to a cafe or for a walk in the city centre. We usually arrive to the tennis club at 6.30p.m and we train until 8.30p.m, when my father/mother picks me up.

When I arrive home I have a shower and after I have dinner with my parents, unless I have dinner with my friends. Then I usually go to the cinema.

see you:)
xxx

English Classes.

2009-01-13T10:47:00.000-08:00

I've been doing English classes since I was nine years old. I've always gone to the same academy, the Cambridge School from Figueres. I chose this one (well, my parents!lool) 'cause I was living in Figueres and it's next to my old school. My brothers also went there until they moved to Barcelona.
I've always gone with a group of persons, usual 6 or 7, not always the same ones, though. I should say that I've done lots of good friends there, although the classes change every year (there's people who leave, new ones...). And not only firends, I met my "boyfriend" (I put it in inverted commas because we have and haven't been a couple, and know I don't know what we are!lool) there. Well, he went to the same school as me, but he's one year older so we didn't know each other. Now he's not going to the academy anymore.
During these years I've had lots of teachers, they're usual different every year. I think I've never had the same one two years in a row. Of course, there have been better and worse ones. One of my fovourites is called David. He's the brother of the head teacher, and he's really good on tecnollogy. I went with him last year, and I learned lots of things 'cause there were three persons who were going to do the FCE and we worked a lot with the digital blackboard. Another one of the bests teachers was Anna Martínez, who was in our high school last year. I had her two years ago.
Every year, in the academy, there are a voluntary examens called "The Trinities". There are different levels differentiated by numbers. I did one before doing the KET, but I don't remember which one was it.
I did the KET when I was in first of ESO and the PET when I was in third. Now I'm preparing to do the FCE. I'm supposed to do it on June. I'm quite afraid of it, but I'm going to work really hard because I want to pass it. On the other hand I'm also quite happy because, in the KET/PET I did the speaking part with a girl who I didn't know, but that's not going to happen with the FCE. Lucky me there's a girl in my class who's also doing it on June, and she's a good friend of mine, so we'll do the speaking part together. And that means that we'll be able to prepare it better.

that's all for today,
see youu:)

Christmas

2009-01-08T08:01:00.000-08:00

Today I'm going to talk about some days of this last Christmas Holidays, concretly aobut the 24th and 25th of December.

The 24th of Decemebr I went to ski with my bather and one of my brotehrs, Vicenç. We went to La Molina and it was a perfect day 'cause, as it was de day before Christmas we were almost alone in the slopes. So it was great 'cause we didn't have to do any queues and you didn't find anybody in your way. What's more, it was sunny during all de day and the snow was perfect.
We arrived home at 7.30pm. We are used to go to my uncle's house (the brother of my mother) to celebrate the Christma's Eve. We have dinner there and then we "hit the log". My presents were a ski glasses, underwear...
On the 25th of December all the family "from father's part" meet in Banyoles, in my grandma's house. It's almost the only day when we all meet, 'cause we are a big family and it's really difficult that everybody can come. This year anybody was missing. Some of us have lunch there and then in the afternoon comes the rest of the family. When everybody is in, first of all the kids "hit the log" and then the older ones make the "false friend". I had to present to my father and I gave him a slippers. My brother did it to me and he gave me a pyjamas, I really liked it.

xxx

Chester meeting

2009-01-07T11:10:00.000-08:00

The last 22nd of December I went to Barcelona to meet my friends from Chester 'cause I hadn't seem then since july. We decided to meet in Barcelona 'cause we are all from different places of Catalunya, so Barcelona is in the middle, and you can do lots of things there.

We were meeting at 12 o'clock in Catalunya's Square. First of all, I had to go by train, but as my brothers live and study in Barcelona, my parents also wanted to go to see them, so I finally went by car with them. There was a lot of traffic in the entrace of Barcelona, so I arrived quite late, at 12.30pm, everybody was waiting for meeee!lool
We decided to go to the Maremagnum, a big mall in the port, walking down the avenue. In the middle of the avenue, we started to see lots of journalists on the right. There was the lottery agency which had the winner number. After looking for a while this row we went on through the avenue to the port.
We finally arrived to the mall and we decided to go for lunch. We were about twenty, so we went to the Pans&Company 'cause it was almost the only place where we all fit. Then in the afternoon, we all divided 'cause everyone wanted to do different things, all in th mall, though. I went shopping with another girl, Alba, she is from Lleida. We both were searching a dress for the New Year's Eve. We went to all the shops of the mall and we didn't find any, though.
Then we all went back to Catalunya's Square through the avenue 'cause there was people who had to leave. Then, after a while, I met my parents and my brother and went home.
It was a really good day and, what's more, at night I went to the cinema with my friends from Figueres. It was definitly a completed day!
byeee:)

Oporto.

2008-12-11T08:16:00.000-08:00

As you now, the last long weekend I went to Oporto (Portgual) with my family, we were twenty. We left on Friday in the afternoon and we arrived on Monday at night.

On Friday we arrived really late, so we just went to the hotel to leave the luggages and we had dinner to a neraly bar. Then we went for a walk to see the city.
The next day morning's we went to see a market, a really famous library and some churches. In the afternoon we had a booked visit to the Graham's hold. First of all, we saw a short film about the company and then they showed us the hold. Finally, we had a degustation of different types of wine. We spent there all the afternoon, lucky us, 'cause it rained all the afternoon! At night, we had a booked dinner in a restaurant, 'cause one of my aunts had been a tourist guide and she had always gone there.
On Sunday's morning we went for a walk in an area of the city and we visited the old stock exchange. At midday, we caught a train to Guimaraes, a village which is a humanity heritage. We had luch there and then we visited the castle.
The last day we went to the river area and we went out in a boat through it and I really liked.
In the afternoon we went to the airport and something unexpected happened. The airline ticket of my grandma, my uncle and two of mu aunts was for the 8th of January. They finally had to buy a ticket for the next day 'cause it was really expensive to change it for that day.
I enjoyed a lot this trip. I slept with my cousin Paula (13) 'cause we get on really well and we were all day laughing. About the city, I have to say that i've been in better places, 'cause this city is really dirty. However, I liked the river area and all the bridges.
That's all for today:)
xxx

Today

2008-11-29T04:10:00.000-08:00

Hi, today I'll talk about my Saturday. Today I woke up at 11:00 a.m, I went downstairs and had breakfast. I had a white coffe and some biscuits. Then I came back upstairs, switched on the computer and did a Spanish project, a really long and tired one!lool A while ago, I have realized taht I just had 9 post in the blog. So now I'm writing the last post of this term, at last! This afternoon there's a school reunion to celebrate the 25th birth of my school, CEIP Josep Pallach from Figueres. I want to go but I don't now if I'll be able to go because I have got too much work. Nevertheless, the ones who where best friends in the school are going to have dinner together today. And I'm sure I'll go, 'cause I don't want to spend all the weekend at home, I need to go out, even just for two hours. Tomorrow I'll also spend all the day at home studing. So, I'm looking forward next friday 'cause I'll have finished the exams and I'll be flying to Oporto.

Have a nice weekend:)

My future.

2008-11-25T09:33:00.000-08:00

Now I'm sudying first of scientific-technological batxillerat. I didn't know if study technoligical or technological mixed with scientific but I finally decided to study the mixed one.
I don't know exactly what I wanna be in the future but, one of my options is to study architecture. So, I don't know why I chose the mixed batxillerat if I want to study architrecture because now I don't do technical drawing, but I'm not sure if I'll be an architecture or I'll finally study an other thing. So, I was not really convinced of it, but I chose it because, as I don't know exactly what to study, this batexillerat is more "open".
Nevertheless, what I was sure of is to don't study social or arts batxilelrat. I like numbers and I don't like literature or history. If you study maths, you just have got to understand it and maybe memorize some formulas. On the other hand, if you study literature or history, you have to study really hard to remember lots of names or dates, and I don't like it.
So well, it's sure that I'll do a technological or scientific degree, and propably architecture or any engineering.
My both brothers are studying industrial engineering in Barcelona, and they both did the same batxillerat as me. The older (20), Guillem, living in a flat with his friends, and Vicenç, the younger one (19), is living in a residence, as Guillem had done.
I also want to study in Barcelona. I think that it's a fashion and a big city, and its universities are more popular. The first course I would like to live in a residence, 'cause you meet people and then you can go to live in a flat with the friends you have done there or conitue in the residence. However, most of my friends doesn't want to go to Barcelona, so I think it's better to go to a residence.

that's the last post of the first term! =)
see you!
xx

Laura's birthday

2008-11-24T10:36:00.000-08:00

Last friday was Laura's birthday, she was sixteen. She is the youngest of us and we were all expecting it because now we all will be able to go to discos legally.

During all this year we had always said that when Laura was sixteen we would go to Millenium, a huge disco from Girona, and that Laura would organizate a bus, so our parents would let us go. So, we were looking forward to Laura's bithday to go to Millenium but something unexpected came up. Everybody was going to Millenium the Saturday before because a famous music group was going to be there. So, we thought that if we went last Saturday there would not be anybody, and we decided to put off it and do something different. We also had to celebrate Claudia's birthday (it was on the 4th).
Nuri and me were in charge of collecting money and buying the presents, we had lots of homeworks, though. We arrived in Figueres at 7.15p.m so, imagine, it was really late! However, we surpassed ourselves and we bought all the presents on time.
We had dinner all together in a restaurant from Castelló and then we went to the bowling, I lost all the games!lool

Bye=)

skiing.

2008-11-19T12:29:00.000-08:00

I usually say that my favourite sport is tennis, but it's not the only one that I practise. During winter I also practise ski. I usually don't mention it because I can just go in winter, but I love it too.
I started skiing when I was three years old because all my family loves skiing and when they wanted to go skiing they didin't know what to do with me and I went to the ski nursery. After some years I left that nursery and started to do skiing courses with a ski instructor. My parents, my brothers, me and some other members of the family used to go skiing every saturday for a month with a bus that was organized in Figueres. Apart of these days, we also went skiing on our own other days. I really improved my ski during those years. And, apart of the ski instructor, my father and my aunt teached me how to ski right too.
When I was 11 I sttoped going to these courses and then we started to go on our own, even though we also did it before, but what I mean is that now we were not going to the courses.
As you know, in 2005 I went for a week to The Alps. We stayed in a rented aprtment where I could arrive skiing, 'cause it was in front of the ski resort. Those were really good days because it was perfect to ski during all the day, and one night too, it was amazing. Here it's me and my cousin skiing at night, I'm the one on the right.
In 2006 I went to ski for three days with the high school. I went to the ski group with Laura and it was really funny. Here it's some of us in the slopes, I'm the one with the white and pink jacket.
Last year I went for five days to "Les Angles" for skiing with some friends of mine from figueres with an organizated trip by the Alt Empordà's sports council. I liked it so much because I was doing one of my favourite sports with the persons who I love, so it was perfect.
Since last year, I hadn't have my own skies, because my parents said that it was not reasonable 'cause I was always growing up and they would become small really quickly. But last year, as I'm not going to grow up more, they gave me ones on Christmas. I was really happy, they're really beautiful!lol

see youu:)
xx

Travelling.

2008-11-07T13:54:00.000-08:00

One of my hobbies is travel around the world. My parents love travelling so I've travelling all my life with them and my two older brothers. I have just been around Europe, so I'm expecting to be older and be able to travel further.

Well, I shouldn't say that travel is my hobbie, because I've never done it on my own (excepting Chester), I have always done it with my family, I know it'll be my favourite hobbie when I get older and have my own money, though. I'll be always saving money to spend it on trips, although I think I won't be able to resist to spend a part of it going shopping, because it's another of my hobbbies and I cannot control it!lol
When you travel you know new cultures, different paces of life or strange ways of living. That's always positive because you are increasing your mind in all ways, and I think that it makes you feel different so you know that not everybody live like you.
So, when I'm abroad I feel free, I switch off my mind about everything, I forget about all the problems and I feel like it was the first day in my life where everything and everybody is unknown.
I've been to many places during my life: Italy, Paris, Austria, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, Budapest... and on the 5th of December I'm going to Oporto with my family. I'm looking forward to it because I'll have finished my exams.
However, I won't be so happy until I'll have gone to NEW YORK CITY. I don't know why, but it has been my dream during all my life. I think it is a fashion, cultured, multiracial, rich and poor city. Because, everybody thinks that New York is the richest city in the world but, it's also one of the cities which has got more poor people in the streets. Nevertheless, I would love to walk around Manhattan, go down the fifth avenue, go to central park or go up to the Emipre State. So, since I earn my fisrt wage, I'll start saving money to go to New York.

I hope you like it=)
xxx

Adolescenthood.

2008-11-04T09:10:00.000-08:00

According to Adrian Moole and Thirteen, today I'm going to talk about adoscenthood, a period of our lifes between thirteen and nineteen.
I think that your adolescence can be the best or the worst period in your life. You can also have worse or better periods in your life, it's just a way to say what I mean, though.
On the first hand, adolescenthood is when you start to fall in love, have boyfriends, go out with your friens (who start to be more important in your life and sometimes the most important persons), go to the disco, meet new people...
On the other hand, adolescenthood is when you start to argue with your parents about diferent things (time of coming back home, marks...), have problems with your friends, don't like yourself or start to be involved in drugs or alcohol. Another important thing is that you have to be concentrated in your studies and study hard to get good marks.
So, you can live your adolescence from infinite different points of view. It all depends on you, on your aims, on how you organize your time or on how you let other people influence you.
In my opinion, I think that if you organize yourself right, it's not too difficult to combine your homework with going out with your friends or meeting your boyfriend. Maybe sometimes you can be stressed, but you just have got to relax and organize your mind.

Thirteen trailer:

El Canto del Loco's concert

2008-10-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

On the 13th of August we went to see El Canto del Loco in La Bisbal because it's one of our favourite groups and the concert was not quite far from here.

I had gone to another one three years agoin Girona. However, I think that this one was better because we went all together, quite the opposite of the other one where I had gone just with Laura and Clàudia.

Cèlia, Laura and Clàudia went there in the morning for the queue. Me and Nuri didn’t, apart of because we didn’t want to spend too many hours under the sun with nothing to do, because my parents didn’t let me to go that early.

So, my parents brought Nuri and me there at seven o’clock and we saw that there was a huge queue, and the concert was at 10! But, lucky us, we saw Lauar, Clàudia and Cèlia and went with them. It was not easy, though, because there were lots of people and we were really narrow.

We had to spend three ours there standing how we could, and people was pushing all the time, it was horrible! They finally let us to entry and everybody started to run to get the best place. I have to say that we got it, Laura was touching the hoardings! And I was behind her more or less.

There was a countdown in a big screen and the guitar started to play. We were all shouting. We had them really near and the singer, Dani Martin, touched Laura’s hand, she was hysterical. The concert continued during two hours and we didn’t stop to sing, whistle and scream during the whole concert. I lost my voice!

At the end of it Nuri and I bought a poster of them, and then Laura’s father picked us up home.

It was fantastic!

xxx

El canto del loco-Eres tonto

my family's trips

2008-10-21T09:01:00.000-07:00

hello everybody:)
Today I'm going to talk about some trips that I've done with my whole family.
Well, two years ago was my grandma's eighty birthday. Even tought she's quite old she's always travelling and doing different activities. So, in order to celebrate her birthday we had a party and gave her a trip to Rome with the whole family. My father has got five sisters and one brother, so we're a big family, we were 18. What's more, there's a cousin of my father living in Rome, so he booked us the hotel, where I slpet with my cousins Maria (18), Paula (13) and Helena (12), with who I get on really well. We visited all you can imagine of the city, the Coliseum, the Spain's square...and our cousin from there brought us to the best ice cream parlour of the city. In colcusion, it was a great trip.
As we liked it, the last year we decided to repeat it and we went to Amsterdam. Now my bothers didn't come because they had to study hard for their university exams however came other people of the family who hadn't come to Rome. I also slept with my three cousins and it was great too. Of course, we visited the whole city and went to some museums like the Anna Frank's House.
I have to recognize that I liked more Amsterdam than Rome. Amsterdam shocked me because I hadn't heard lots of things about it, quite the opposite of Rome, and I didn't hoped what I came across. I think it's a really beautiful city with lots of charms.
This year we're going to Oporto.

See you!

xxx

my Life.

2008-10-13T11:19:00.000-07:00

hi=)

Today I'm going to talk a little bit about my fie, like a summary of it.

Well, I was born in Banyoles on the 29th of April in 1992, because my father is from there. However, I lived in a flat in figueres until 1999, when I moved to Fortià. So, I think there are two periods in my life, one is Figueres and the other is Fortià-Castelló.

Well, I went two the nursery and to the school in figueres, and I really liked my school. I had lots of friends there, but one of the most importants ones was Júlia Quintana, she was like "my best friend", we were inseparables, together everywhere. Here you've got a photograpg from me and her wearing a zebra fancy dress.
Then, when I was 7 years old my mother inherited a farmhouse in Fortià and we moved there, because I've got two older brothers and the flat was becoming small. Despite of moving, nothing changed because I continued in the same school, same friends, same tennis club...
But everything changed when I had to go to the highschool. As I was living in Fortià now, I had to go to the Castello's highschool as my brothers had done. I didn't know anybody from Cstelló so I was quite scared, and I was also really sad because of losing my Figueres's friends, ans specially Júlia and others really special.
As the time ran, I did really good friends in Castelló and I was feeling comfortable. Here you can see a photograph of some of them.
Now, I'm really good here, but my relationship with my school's friends have became poor. We see us in fairs, parties, discos or sometimes in Figures, it's not as it was, though. I think that's the only bad thing of moving here in Fortià, apart of that my parents have to pick me up everywhere I go!
Well, I think it's enough for today!lol

Bye:)

2008-10-05T08:09:00.000-07:00

Hi=)

I would like to start my blog talking about one of my hobbies, playing tennis.
I've played tennis since I was 9, so for 7 years now. I started with some friends from the school because we wanted to practise a sport. Now, none of those friends play, just me, but I've done lots of friends in the tennis club, and I hope I won't leave it.
I train every wednseday and friday from 6 to 8. I like going there because, when you're playing you forget everything and just enjoy and give all for the game. So, for example, when I've got an exam the following day I don't say "ooh I'm not comming cause I have to study" no, I go to the training because then it's easier for me to study, my mind is empty of problems and I understand all what I have to.

Once a year, when there's the "Trofeu Conde de Godó" in Barcelona, we go and spent all day there watching matches, it's really funny. Last year we saw Rafael Nadal, but we couldn't get an autograph because there was too many people. Here you can see a photo from me and my friends holding a huge tennis racket.

That's all 4 2day,
see u!*