A bridge to the future 2

Congratulations for the exam results

2010-06-24T02:36:00.000-07:00

Congratulations for the exam results to Fran Barba, Ana Carcaño, Sergi Costa, Aina Mir, Carmen Montañés, Carol Pérez (well done Carol!!), Andrés Pozo, Lina Quiroga and Diego Rosso.

Sorry :( for

Susana and Javier (keep on working!)

Josemi (you should have asked for a special exam!!)and Willy (too much History?... I',m joking... Congratulations for your 10! )

Summer holidays!

2010-06-21T00:10:00.000-07:00

Good luck in the Selectivity exams and enjoy your summer holidays!
Keep in touch!

Graduation ceremony 2010

2010-05-30T11:25:00.000-07:00

Our English teacher

2010-05-28T07:19:00.000-07:00

She has a very special personality. She´s blessed with endless patience. She's a very spiritual person. She's not afraid to show her true self. She always smiles no matter what. :)
I really do think she´s happy with her life. She's really easy-going and she transmits comfort.
She doesn't struggle when making choices. She has the ability to stay quiet when no one else can.
She's got curly hair and original looks. She usually wears colourful clothing, specially purple.
In conclusion, she's a nice teacher!

The Beach at Night (Fran Barba)

2010-05-24T03:40:00.000-07:00

My favourite place is the beach at night. During the day there are too many people and there's too much noise but at night it's the perfect place to walk quietly and it helps me to think.

At night it's a very quiet place with the only sound of the waves breaking on the shore.

Majorca has many beaches but most of them are for tourism and they have been modified to be bigger or just more confortable for the tourists. But there are also beaches that are in secluded places, they are difficult to find, and I think this makes them very beutiful because they have not been modified by human beings and they are very quiet and have something special that makes them beautiful.

In front of my home I have a very big beach. In the past that beach was smaller but i was modified to be able to receive more tourists and now it's very big with a lot of sand and no rocks. At night I usually walk through it, but it is not a quiet place because the street is very close and there's always noise coming from the cars, from the pubs or just from drunk people :/

Description of a place (Andrés Pozo)

2010-05-17T12:57:00.000-07:00

Have you guys ever considered visiting France?

Paris is known as the "City of Lights" and is a magnificent and romantic place to visit.
I visited Paris two years ago with my school. Paris is a big and busy city, where you can find all sorts of stuff to do! It also has a great climate and the most beautiful scenery in the world. There are also a lot of important landmarks that one should visit if there, such as the Eiffel tower.
When you reach the top you feel like the king of the world and the views are just fascinating, you can see the whole city. But the views are even more impacting at night just when the sun starts coming down and the lights turn on.
Another thing that a like about Paris is that it’s very cultural. It has all type of museums that you can visit. It its center you can find one of the world’s biggest and most important museums: the Louvre. It is huge! Not even a week is enough for you to visit all the different monuments and paintings in its interior. If you don’t like museums you can visit other places such as the cathedral of Notre dame.
Learn about its legend and walk thousand of stairs up the tower to where the great bell is.
Paris is very exciting. But it can also be calm and peaceful. You can always find a nice hotel resort to relax and enjoy Paris in a different way!

If you ever get the chance to visit this lovely city, don’t think twice!

Narrative (Javier Gonzalez Aylman)

2010-05-17T12:52:00.000-07:00

The best moment in my life was when I went to Paris with my classmates in 4 E.S.O. We didn´t know very well where we would go: Berlin, Paris, London.., In conclusion, we had many possibilities to travel. Finally we chose Paris, because more people hadn´t been in Paris and it seemed a very nice city.
When we left the airport I felt the usual "butterflies in the stomach" and I was very happy because I had never been abroad. When we arrived to Paris, I took some photos because I was really excited.
Then we took a bus to the hotel. I do not remember the name of the hotel, but I know it was a 4 star hotel. I shared a room with Fran. Whenever I break something, Fran repaired it. Everyone was hungry so we went to eat a kebab in front of the hotel. This kebab was very delicious but it was a bit expensive. We spent five days in Paria and visited the most important landmarks: Eiffiel tower, the Louvre, the Seine river ...the conclusion is that I took a lot of pictures of those beautiful monuments.
I didn´t want to leave Paris because I liked the city, but like all good things, everything has an end. When we returned to Majorca, I uplodaded my photos on my computer . Later my parents asked me about Paris and I spent the afternoon talking with them about that city.
In the future I would like to return to Paris.

The start of an obsession....(by Cristofer Sánchez)

2010-05-14T09:36:00.000-07:00

...To dicover the space beyond the earth and our solar system

It all started when I was a little boy ( 4-6 years old). I really liked looking at the sky at night and I used to ask my parents about the shiny points in the vast night sky in my little village, and they only said to me “those shiny points in sky are only stars”, and that answer was not sufficient for me.

Night after night I used to look at the stars and the moon, asking myself what the stars could be, and I started to ask my school mates and teachers “what are the stars?” One of my best teachers told me something that was quite interesting for me.

He said: “The stars are suns, comets, galaxies, solar systems and other kind of things I don’t know”...
That awoke inside of me a really ambitious feeling, “to know what those stars were in reality and what they were doing up there in the dark sky”.

Sometime after, my parents gave me a birthday present, a present which I still have, my first Astronomy book. With that book I learnt all about “stars” , and I could understand where I live, where our planet, the earth, was located , and lots of things about our solar system. I also learnt about galaxies, other solar systems, planets, suns, nebulae (or nebulas), comets, and so on.

And that ambitious curiosity was the reason why I am still interested in the space and the
galaxies and I can feel I am still a curious boy who wants to know everything about outer space...
Like observing the moon and all the mysterious things connected to it...

An obsession I would like to satisfy now and in the future...

Learning to ride a bike (by Pedro Capó)

2010-05-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

My parents didn't help me to learn how to ride a bike. My grandfather did.
When I was a child I really liked my grandfather’s bike and I wanted to ride it, but there was a problem, I had never ridden a bike in my life.
Then, one day, my grandfather helped me and put me on the bike, the bike had only two wheels not four. I tried to ride the bike with my grandfather holding me. We expend all the day trying it. And at nigh I managed to ride the bike without help.
On Christmas my parents gave me a bike, but with four wheels. I told them that I had learned to ride a bike only with two wheels, but they didn’t believe me.

Two weeks after we went to visit my grandparents and my father told them that I had a new bike, then my grandfather asked:

-With four or two wheels?
And my father said:
-With four wheels of course.
My grandfather looked at me and asked me:
- Why didn't you tell them you know how to ride a bike?
And I answered angrily:
-I told them, but they didn’t believe me.
The day after I found my bike with only two wheels.

A Place to Relax (by Pedro Capó)

2010-05-14T09:28:00.000-07:00

There is a place where the time doesn’t pass by. There is a place where nature and humans coexist in harmony. There is a place where mountains touch the sky.

This place is Lluc. Lluc is a monastery in the mountains, for that reason there aren’t skyscrapers or motorways, only the silence. There is a small park for children. There is a botanical garden and a Via Crucis.

There are many excursions to go near Lluc and all of them are very beautiful. Behind Lluc there is a big valley, it is beautiful and there is a farm with cows, goats, horses, hens, dogs and cats. It is a peaceful place to clear the mind. The trees are always green, for this reason the place seems always lively.

A description of a place (by Cristofer Sánchez)

2010-05-14T09:20:00.000-07:00

The place I’m going to describe is my old little village in Salamanca, which is called Gallegos de Argañán .
I lived there the ten first years of my life.
Gallegos de Argañán is located at 120km of Salamanca.

It is a small town with nearly over 300 people which are living now in the town, but in the past where living over 1000 people or more (in a period of time aprox. 1800-1900 and since then, the number of people has been decreasing). I don’t know very well the real data.

In general is a small town surrounded by land, which is used to feed the animals, the farmers plow the land, they plant seeds and they grow vegetables which are later sold in the market.

You can see my village in the photos below.

It is located in a big valley, surrounded by hills and in the distance there are also high mountains. In the mornings and evenings, you can breathe some fresh air coming from the mountains. I really like that fresh air, it's the best time for walking or doing sport, because in summer the rest of the day is really dry-hot weather and its unhealthy to walk in those conditions and more if you have sensitive skin and eyes xD.

I like to travel to my little village in summer, because it is a peaceful place to relax and to disconnect from everuthing, and also to see my grandparents and uncles who live there. Another reason why I like going there is that I remember great things I lived when I was a child.

While I am writing this a memory has just come to my mind: when I was little boy, in the first days of May it started to snow, IN MAY!!, and it settled for a few hours.
It was a very strange day!

An important day (by Ana Carcaño)

2010-05-14T06:04:00.000-07:00

Two years ago, before starting 4th of ESO, I went to Ireland to study English . I was going to be there four months. Two weeks before I left, my friends prepared a surprise party for me, it was a farewell party.
I thought we were going to have dinner somewhere in Paseo Marítimo, but that was just what I thought. My friends had called my mum and they had told her about the party so that evening my friends Claudia and Naika came home and we got dressed as any other normal day. Naika asked me if she could borrow a scarf because she said it might be cold that night (that was a bit strange because August is a hot month in Mallorca) and I lent her my scarf.

Then my mum offered herself to take us to the restaurant. I was surprised because I thought we had to go with the bus asusual, and when we arrived to the car Naika covered my eyes with the scarf. At this moment I started to suspect that something was happening, anyway I thought we were going to Paseo Marítimo to have dinner. I had my eyes covered when we arrived and I started to hear some familiar voices. They were my friend's voices. Then I took out the scarf and I realised that we weren't at Marítimo, we were at Diablito from Puerto Portals, my friends had booked a table there. I said hello to everybody , I was very happy because I didn't expect anything. Then we had a great dinner at the restaurant and at the end I was given another surprise. My friends gave me presents! The gave me a beautiful necklace from Tous and a T-Shirt signed by all of them. We took a lot of pictures and after dinner we went home. It was a wonderful day!

A CELEBRATION (Andrés Pozo)

2010-05-13T13:07:00.000-07:00

A party that for sure I will never forget was my girlfriend’s last year birthday party.
She is Canadian so, like the Americans, they celebrate “their sweet sixteen”.
A sweet sixteen is a very important day and they make a big deal of it, so usually the parties are huge!
It was on the second of July, so it was a lovely sunny day. She wanted to do something original, so she charted a yacht for 15 people. We all got up at nine o’clock in the morning at went walking from Son Caliu to Puerto Portals. When we arrived she was already waiting for us on the boat. We all got on it and sailed away! First we visited the small lovely beach close to Cala Mayor, we suntanned for a while and took a bunch of photos .Then we decided to go for a dip in the clean sea water.
Afterwards, we visited many more beaches and finally arrived at Magaluf . We got off and went to eat some lunch. When we arrived back at the boat it was time to open the presents! She got all sorts of stuff, the girls gave her separated gifts but since the boys didn’t really know what to give her, they made her a huge group picture so she could hang it on the wall of her room.

Later on, we continued our journey. We passed by lots of different beaches but most of them were filled with jellyfish so we didn’t go swimming.
We reached the port at eight o’clock and she had another party planned at night for another group of friends, which I was also invited too. So I rushed to my house, took a quick shower and got ready as fast as I could.
The restaurant where we had dinner was really cool. It was on the beach and it was very modern, with really cool decorations and furniture. We had a lovely dinner, and ate a carrot birthday cake! When we were all full, the party started! We all got dropped off in Magaluf and spent the whole night dancing in the disco . I arrived home at six o’clock and went straight to sleep! What a day!

A celebration (William Wu He)

2010-05-11T10:02:00.000-07:00

My favourite celebration is Christmas Holidays. These days are full of peace, tranquillity, and the Christmas spirit is inside everybody. Now that I’ve grown up, Christmas celebration is worse than before, but when I was a child these days were full of magic.

I remember when I was 7 years old, I wanted Santa Claus to bring me the PlayStation One. For that reason, the whole year I had been a good boy without playing any pranks. I was hoping for Santa Claus to give me the PlayStation, but when I opened the gift, there was no PlayStation at all, the gift was a book of Harry Potter, the fourth book, the longest by far. At that moment I got angry and disappointed and I realized that Santa Claus didn't exist.

But two weeks later, in the 3 Kings celebration, the gift was the PlayStation, but I had just discovered the truth. Santa Claus and the Magic Kings were inventions.

In that moment I left behind my ingenuous mind and I became aware of reality. That was the beginning of my growing up phase.

Celebration (Fran Barba)

2010-05-10T02:27:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite celebrations is "El Salon del Manga". It's in Barcelona every year the 29, 30 , 31 of October and 1st of November.

There's always a competition where you can send your own poster and if your poster wins, it will be the one for that year. The winner of the last year is the one at the top.

That festival, as the name says, is dedicated to manga and to japaneese culture.

There you can buy anything related to these topics, you can test the incoming games and participate in any competition.

There are a lot of different kinds of competitions, The most important is the Cosplay competition, where you have to do a representation (alone or in group) wearing a costume of your favourite character of any manga or anime. The winner of this competition is able to go to the world cosplay competition, which is in Japan.

The second most important competition is always about a game. Two years ago the competition was about Guitar Hero III but i didn't participate due to the high level of the other players and because i was just starting to play that game and i was so bad at that moment D:

First day... (Tom Lombardi)

2010-05-09T14:11:00.000-07:00

I will always remember the first day I got into IES Bendinat. I had arrived a month before to Mallorca, but I didn't know anyone and couldn't speak Catalan.

It was 10 AM when my parents left me in front of IES Bendinat door. I was nervous, but I had already lived this before. I looked around me and saw hundreds of students laughing and talking to each other. All that crowd was going to the same place, where the ESO classroom list was hanged. I took the same direction, searched my name in the list... but I couldn't find my name!

I kept searching, asking myself if I was blind and, in the end I was the last one outside, still looking at the list, but my name wasn't there.

So I decided to get into the school and ask if they could tell me where my class was. But the secretary told me she didn't know anything about this and that it wasn't her problem. I thought “Wow, nice atmosphere over here”, and decided to sit on a table and wait.

Finally a man got down the stairs and asked me what I was doing there, I answered that I didn't understand what he was saying because I couldn't speak Catalan. Then he told it to me in Spanish, and he said that his name was Manel and that I had to follow him to see if I was registered at this school.

After checking on his computer, he told me that I had to got to 4E's classroom. I looked at him like telling him “Where the hell is this?!”. He directly understand it, and told me “Ok, i'll go with you”.

While we were walking through the long hallway, I was thinking about the similiar situations in my past , always being the “new student”, the one that everyone would look at when he would get through that door. I hated that feeling.

And this was just another time, it happened just as in the past. Manel walked threw the door and told them I was a new student coming from Dominican Republic and that I didn't speak Catalan. All the students were looking at me, I hated that situation, being the center of attention just as when you see an animal at a circus gesticulating in the middle of the ring.

The teacher pointed out a place where I could sit, and gave me a sheet to fill in, to know more or less who I was. As everything was in Catalan, Andres ( who was the first one to talk to me! ) helped me to translate it.

After being an hour in class, I could finally get back home. That was it... the hardest part was accomplished and now on I had just to leave time to make its job. Little by little, people got to know me and I got to know them.

I've now been here for 3 years and school is nearly over... will the story be repeated?

Hope not.

Narrative (Carol Pérez)

2010-05-08T06:04:00.000-07:00

Once I heard: "dreams are meant for sleeping", but... Can we be sure of it?

One day I got up at 6.45 am, like always. I got dressed, I brushed my teeth, I combed my hair, I had breakfast... like every day.

I left my chouse and I went to the bus stop, because I had to take it to go to school. When I arrived, there wasn't anybody there. I thought everybody must have been asleep, but anyway, I took the bus. When I arrived to school, there wasn't anybody again. This wasn't normal. Well, I decided to go on, and I started my classes, alone in my class, with the same teacher all the time. But, the best of all, is that I didn't know that teacher! I thought I probably was going crazy... Well, the classes finished, and I left the school.

It was a sunny day, so I went to my house and I prepared my things to go to the beach. All normal, you may think. But, again, strange things happened. When I arrived to the beach, it was a huge desert, there was no water anywhere! I felt really stressed because all these things were getting me annoyed. How could it be? No people, no water, nothing!

Fortunately, I realised that it was a dream when Edward Norton appeared in the desert and told me if I would like to film a movie. Too many freak things in one day...

When I woke up, I was sweating in my bed. It was 6.45 am and it was time to get up. I did it, I got dressed, I brushed my teeth, combed my hair... Just like every day. I laughed when I thought about my strange dream, it was really funny. I left my house, and I went to the bus stop, and... Guess! There wasn't anybody there! I stayed there, but the bus didn't turned up, so I decided to go back to my house and go to sleep, because all this was a bit scaring...

I opened the front door of my house, and I looked at the calendar... Oh no, it was Saturday! So I got up early for nothing! What a disaster...

This place... (Tom Lombardi)

2010-05-06T13:57:00.000-07:00

This place is called Encuentro, it is a beach situated in the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Encuentro's beach is known for its “surfing spot”, it is actually the best surfing spot of the Dominican Republic. Many surfing competitions are organized throughout the year, which help young Dominicans to get acquainted with the pleasure of surfing. Recently, kitesurfing and windsurfing competitions were also organized at international levels.

All along the beach there are several “surfing schools”, where, with some pesos, you can learn how to take a wave in few hours.

It is also where my feet touched for the first time a surfing board, I was 8 years old. I was so addicted to this sport that some friends and I used to wake up around 4 am when the sun had not raised yet, take our boards and go surfing before school. Then we would just take a quick shower on the beach, put on our uniform and go to school at 8. It was good life.

As you can see, it is a panoramic picture, so you can see a 180 degrees angle of the view. There is not much to say about this picture... but it has been taken from a small “tower” where the judges use to sit when they have to put a mark on the surfing competitors. You can also the that the color of the sea is beautiful, as well as the sky. On the left and right of the pictures we can see students and surfers getting mentally and physically prepared to face up the Encuentro's waves.

Take a piece of freedom, start surfing.

A narrative (by Max Pagès Preuss)

2010-05-04T15:40:00.000-07:00

It all happened a Christmas Day’s Eve 10 years ago. It was like all the other years, my grandparents, my parents, my brothers and I were celebrating this magic night and while my brothers and I where opening the presents which were under the Christmas tree I realized that there was only one little present for me. As I am the oldest of my brothers, it was a really embarrassing situation and my parents started laughing. As I still believed in Father Christmas I started crying because I thought that my behavior was not good enough, and for this reason I only got one little present.
The situation was getting worse because I saw how my parents, my grandparents and my brothers were opening nice and big presents, and I only got a little book. It was a terrible situation for me and I was really angry. While we were eating our typical Christmas dinner, my father went to the kitchen and he hid my presents under the tree without making any noise and I didn’t realize it. As soon as we finished our dinner I saw my presents under the tree and I shouted “They are for me!”.

It was the best present I had ever had, it was a new bicycle with lots of extra tools. I was so happy that I walked out to the street and started riding it. I will never forget this bad situation for me and also the happiness I felt when I finally got my big present.

Temples in India (Maximilian Pagès Preuss)

2010-05-04T15:31:00.000-07:00

I would like to describe this wonderful picture. It was taken by me while I was walking through a temple village in the town of Madurai (India). For me this picture shows and describes a lot of things such as peace and calm. India is one of the most peaceful countries of the world; the people there are so handsome and nice that sometimes you feel like a god for them.

In this place people go to pray, to meditate, to have a family lunch or just go to have a walk and calm down after a hard working day. When you visit such an enormous place all full with little and big temples you feel like as if you where in a fantasy story. The best of all is that all these buildings are hundreds of years old and most of them are on a perfect condition. These temples are very important for the local and foreign people; this is why they keep in this good condition.
The most amazing thing is that you can spend hours and hours visiting these places and you never get bored or tired. In my opinion they have some magic and this is why they are so impressive.

When I first saw this kind of temples, the first thing I wanted to know was: What is in there and why do people really go there every day? The answer to this question is very simple, in these places there is normally one of the many gods that the Hinduism has. This is why there are so many temples, each one has one god. The local people are very religious and this is why they spend so much time in them.

Once every week, there is a ceremony which is carried out by a Sadu. It is an important religious man who walks all around India without anything, they only pray and eat the food that people prepare for them when they arrive in a town or village. They have no money and some even have no clothes, they are also famous because they have all the face painted with red and white colours.
I really recommend this country to everyone because I think that if you go there when you go back home, you will never forget it.

My last celebration (by José Miguel Maimó)

2010-05-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

My last celebration was in Christmas, on the twenty fifth of December 2009. Three days before Christmas I travelled to Barcelona by airplane.I was very happy, I was looking forward to see my family who live in Barcelona. I travelled with my parents, my uncles and my cousins. We were going to celebrate Christmas in the house of my cousins' grandmother.

We went to a town called Vilanova i la Geltru. It is situated thirty minutes from Barcelona, my family had rented a car because it was necessary. And then we went to the grandmother's house which was situated on a mountain near Barcelona, the area was called Collserola. We arrived at nine o´clock, it was early, there was nobody in the house, only my cousins' grandmother. Some people were arriving to the house, my cousins grandmother has seven children, three girls and four boys. We were a lot in their house. My cousins and me were bored, then, we played cards, as soon as we finished the game we had dinner, after dinner all the people sang Christmas carols, and some people played instruments. When we stopped singing Christmas carols the cousins' grandmother gave us gifts. I was very happy because I had a lot of gifts.

At two o´clock in the morning we returned to Vilanova.

It was a fantastic celebration!

A Narrative (Diego Rosso)

2010-05-03T07:37:00.000-07:00

Travelling around

In December 2000 when I was 9 yars old my parents decided to move to the mainland, more exactly in Malaga. Of course I wasn't happy and I didn't agree with that idea, (which boy or girl would do it?) I didn't want to lose contact with my friends and start a new life in Malaga, I was very happy in Majorca. All my reasons to stay in Majorca weren't enough to change my parents plans.

So that winter we took a ship to Valencia and then we went all the way to Malaga by car. We stayed in an old house (it was a creepy house at the beggining but I get used to), I went to a new school, I made new friends but I was still missing my "real" friends. I didn't like Malaga, I was only thinking about going back to Mallorca one day but my parents didn't seem to be thinking of going back to the island. So I stayed in Malaga for 3 months and then suddenly my parents told me that they were tired of Malaga and they told me that we were going to move to Valencia, I just thought that my parents were crazy going here and there for no reason.

Anyway, we headed all the way back to Valencia by car, it was a really long trip by car so we stayed one night in a little apartment (the same happened when we moved to Malaga). It's funny because we stayed in Valencia for 3 months as well, I started to go to a new school one more time, new friends, new places to vist but still I was bored of being there.

I didn't want to leave Majorca and I was forced to leave it, and I was tired of going here and there for no reason and then suddenly my parents told me they were bored of Valencia and I tought *ironic voice* "cool, I'm going to go to a new place for 3 months, make friends ,get to know the new place and ... leave. Cool isn't it?".

But happy news arrived to my ears, "we are going back to Majorca", at first I didn't pay attention to what was going on but then I noticed that it was true and I was very very happy. We went back to Majorca and that must have been one of the happiest day of my life: when I went back to school the day after we arrived to Majorca, all my friends gave a wonderful welcome and I'm still here in Majorca, thinking how my life would have been if I wouldn't come back to Majorca that day.

Match Point (Fran Barba)

2010-05-03T03:21:00.000-07:00

Match Point is a thriller that keeps you in tension along all the movie.It’s also a drama because of the tragic ending. It was filmed in London.

Chris Wilton is the principal character in the movie, Chloe Hewett is his wife, and Nola Rice is her lover.

Chris is a person who would do anything for money and power, that´s why he murdered Nola, because she was the only one who could ruin his plans to marry Chloe and get her money.

Chloe is an innocent girl and she can not imagine what Chris can do for money.

In this movie whe find a loving triangle between Chris, Chloe and Nola.
Chris marries Chloe only for her money and Nola is his lover.
When he sees that his economical and social position is at risk, he decides to kill Nola, planning it as to look like a burglary.

At the end the police believe that it was a burglery and Chris is not found guilty and doesn't go to prision.

In my opinion it's a very good film because you don't know what is going to happen until the end ^^

Match Point (Andrés Pozo)

2010-05-02T13:04:00.000-07:00

It´s a thriller and the director tries to keeps you "in tension" along all the movie and it’s also a drama because it has a tragic ending. It was filmed in London and in the first scene you can see a tennis match, where the ball hits the net and you don´t know which side it will fall.

Chris Wilton is the principal character in the movie, Nola Rice is her lover, and Chloe Hewett is Chris wife, a very rich woman who´s really in love with him.

Chris is a really manipulating person that would do anything for money and power, that´s why he ends up murdering Nola, because she is the only one who can ruin his plans, because he only wants to marry Chloe for her money.
Nola is a girl who wants to do really good on her career and believes everything that Chris says.
Chloe is an innocent daddy’s girl. She lives really well with her parent’s money and she could never imagine what his husband could do for money.

It´s a movie where we will find a loving triangle between Chris, Chloe and Nola.The
main character marries a very rich woman, Chloe, and he also has a lover, Nola.
When he sees that his economical and social position is in risk, decides to kill his lover, drawing a plan so he doesn´t look like the murderer.

Chris gets married for ambition, not for love, and later he is able to murder his lover even though he feels passion for her, but his ambition is bigger than his passion.

I think he is the winner in this situation because everything goes ok for him, but I don't think he won’t be happy .
In the future I can see him with another lover and in the moment that she bothers him, sweep her away because he is a person with no feelings for anyone, only for the money.

I imagine a different ending for the film where he goes to jail or is but his wife´s father helps him because he has money.

I think it has been a very interesting movie because it had an original ending. I didn’t think it was going to end like that. Usually it ends well and the bad guy is caught, but not in this movie!

Roger Schank

2010-04-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

"Tell me and I’ll forget
Show me, and I may not remember.
Involve me, and I’ll understand "

(Chinese proverb?)

I found this interview really interesting. I would like to know your opinion about it.
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A narrative (by Aina Mir)

2010-04-26T10:31:00.000-07:00

Summer in la Colonia de San Jordi

When I was little I used to go to la Colonia de San Jordi for the summer vacation with my parents. It was the best holiday ever. The last time that we went was when I was fourteen. I had lots of friends there because we used to go there every year. We used to go to the beach and sit by a big fire, eating, talking and listening to music. We had the time of our lives.
But the last night that we stayed there, I had a really good time. It was my fourteen birthday and we were celbrating a huge party at the beach. All my friends were there and my family too, but Pau, my boyfriend wasn’t there, so I was a bit sad and couldn’t celebrate and just be happy. So the night was ok, we laughed, sang and ate good food.
At 12 o’clock everybody started singing and my parentes brought a huge cake, it was about a meter high, and full of chocolate. But suddenly the cake exploded and Pau jumped out of the cake! I was speechless but freaking out. I was so happy that I started crying. Then he gave me a big kiss and hugged me. It was the best moment ever.

Brittle bone disease ( Narrative by Sergi Costa)

2010-04-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

To have brittle bones is an unusual illness that makes your bones very fragile and they can easily break .
When I think about this deasease, it comes to my mind the image of my friend.

My friend is a person who likes to have all the people's attention. For this reason he always tries to stand out.

For example when something happens to him he always exaggerates...
Every time he falls down ha says that he has broken a bone.

At first people were worried about my friend: " Are you okay?.. " Did you get hurt?... " Are you injured?"...

But he did it so many times that people have started to know him and finally they don't have to worry about him: " he is a liar"... " I'm sure that he has nothing"

Last week we were skating on the street when he fell down.
He said that his shoulder was broken.

The first thing I thought was " it's a lie".

I didn't believe him...
What about you? Would you believe him? Do you think that my friend is a liar or that he has the brittle bone illness???

This question was never resolved and my friend keeps on saying every time he falls that he has broken some bone.

It's your decision to think about him as a liar or as a sick person ...

Description of a place (Lina Quiroga)

2010-04-11T05:56:00.000-07:00

Here we have a very nice picture. It was taken in Guatavita (Colombia) and I think it's very beautiful because it shows a natural and peaceful place.

I have chosen this picture because it reminds me when I was little and my family and me used to go on holidays to the village of my sister's godfather. I used to play with my cousins and sister running back and forth across the field.

I also played with the animals they had there.

I remember that cows scared me because I saw them too big so I thought that they could hurt me, but that feeling disappeared gradually as I was growing, although now I have a feeling of respect for them.

I think the field is one of the most beautiful and perfect places to be, because you have a direct contact with nature and you can feel comfortable and relaxed as long as you are there. It's like having a break away from city and all the responsabilities that it represents.

The picture shows us a green area with montains and trees. You also can see a precious blue sky and a house in the middle of the field.

I also can say that right now it would be the perfect place to be for the students because with all this pressure of the end of the year I think it is necesary to keep an open mind and forget about stress.

Descrition of a place (Aina Mir)

2010-04-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco it is an important city for me because it reminds me lots of special moments. I went there two years ago with my parents and friends. In that trip we were eight people and we had lot of fun. First we went to LA and then we went to San Francisco, and I think all of us, if we have to choose one or the other we would choose San Francisco. It is a very nice place and I love it.

I think it is similar to Mallorca, maybe not that much similar but it has sea and a lot of coast. It is also important for people who have lived always on an island.

San Francisco has a lot of beautiful things. The city looks exactly as on the TV. The golden gate, the street cars, the slopes...
Golden Gate it the most known building and it is incredible. When you are walking on it you have the sea under you, about 220 meters. And you can see people doing exercise there. The only bad thing is there are "toll barriers” on each sides to keep away from people who want to hurl themselves of the bridge.

The street cars are like in the films. People seat inside or people who are tighted outside.The street cars' drivers most of times have to help the tourist people because you have to go on a special way. I think that street cars are a very good idea for the problem of the very steep slopes.

I also like San Francisco because there is a lot of variety and different neighborhoods and I think this type of contrasts are fun.

The picture that we can see is a San Francisco street and it’s the street with the most amount of curves in the USA. It is Lombard Street and it is a piece of the street. In a short stretch there are eight curves, and they are very pronunciated, and because of it, before you try to go down with the car, there is a sign which warm the drivers that they can't go down with vans or bigs cars because the vehicle couldn't turn.
It is a beautiful street because they have it very well cared for and clean. And it is a very colorful street.

I chose San Francisco because for me is the most beautiful place.

Description of a picture (Javier González))

2010-04-08T03:44:00.000-07:00

If you want to see something beautiful in the world go to Argentina.
In the picture you can see the "Obelisk" which is a National Historial Monument in Buenos Aires, the capital. This monument is located in "Plaza de la República".
It´s 67,5 m high, it has a single entrance door (on the west side), there are four windows and there is a steep staircase of 206 steps with 7 landings every 6m or 8 m.

In the photo you can see the city of Buenos Aires at night and the beauty of the city. We can see also see many buildings that look quite futuristic. You can see also many trees that look alike and are quite large, and lots of lights: this is due to traffic in that area in Buenos Aires.

I have chosen this photo because it´s a place that I would like to visit in the future. I hope to go this summer because I have some relatives in Argentina that I don´t know yet. The weather in Argentina is very similar to the weather in Majorca. But while we are in spring here, they are in the opposite season there: Now it's autumn in Argentina (south hemisphere)

This picture is one of the most beautiful pictures I found of the place I want to go soon.

Description of a picture (Carol Pérez)

2010-04-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

Do you like this picture? Personally, I love it, it makes me feel really little looking at this huge roller coaster, like an ant in our world.

This photo was taken in "El Ram", a fair that is being held every year here, in Palma. In the picture we can see the most important part of the wheel with some cabins. We can also see the cloudy sky. This is my favourite part of the photo, because I really like the texture of these clouds. It was not a sunny day, but we can see in a yellow cabin the reflection of the sunlight. Although it wasn't a sunny day, the sun was shining at times, and I had the opportunity to take the photo.

We can't see it brightly in the picture, but every cabin has a different colour. They're arranged according to different shades of color, which are yellow, orange, purple, blue and green. A thing that we can see in the photo is the way how is wheel is painted , with green and white stripes. I found it really original.

Every year I go to the fair with my cousin and her children, because they enjoy riding all the fairground attractions.

Well, as you say... BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!

Describing a picture (by William Wu He)

2010-04-01T06:37:00.000-07:00

Here we can see a beautiful view of what I think is the closest image of paradise. There are some stone stairs that drive us to a beautiful beach. The beach has got a pure deep blue sea and the sand is white like the snow.

There aren't any people, it’s not a crowded beach like Magalluf, here you can smell the freedom, feel the calm, it’s a virgin beach, a place where you can relax and forget all your problems for a short period of time.

Around the stone stairs it’s full of green nature. There’s a dense green foliage with purple flowers, and then, if we look up, we can see some amazing palm trees that grow above the plants and give this picture a shade of paradise.

It looks like a prolongation of the terrain of a big mansion, because a private beach like this one must be linked to a huge mansion.

FORMENTERA (by Ana Carcaño)

2010-04-01T04:02:00.001-07:00

I've been told to describe a picture and I have chosen a beach that is located in Formentera.
On this picture we can see mainly three colours: blue in the sky and the sea, beige on the sand and the rocks and green on the tree and the bushes.

The water of this beach is very clear and clean and we can see a lot of white boats that are tied up. There are small dark blue spots in the middle of the sea and that's because of the algae.
The sky is light blue and it has some small white clouds. It's a sunny summer day and it doesn't seem like it is going to rain.
By the sea there's a green big tree that makes a small shadow and on the left hand side of the picture we can see some small bushes and rocks.
The sand is very clean and clear, without any litter on it (all the beaches should be like this one).
We can see some people swimming in the sea but there's nobody lying on the sand and sunbathing so we could think that this part of the beach is virgin.

Also we could say that this beach is not polluted and this is something very good and very important for our environment because nowadays there are loads of places that have been polluted because of the tourism and the invasion of humans. I don't like places like that because they make me feel nervous and angry because I dont like the idea that our environment it's being destroyed.
The landscape of Formentera is beautiful and it transmits serenity and peace.

A description of a place (José Miguel Maimó)

2010-03-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

Last Christmas I visited the stadium of the Football Club Barcelona (Camp Nou) with my family. It is located in the center of Barcelona, in a neighborhood called Zona Universitària. I went by motorbike because my family from Barcelona lives a bit far.

Camp Nou is one of the biggest stadiums around the world, it has a capacity of 100.000 people aproximately. The truth is that I was surprised when I saw it. In the ticket office there were a lot of people, the tickets was very expensive (16€).

First of all I visited the changing rooms, they were very big, there were some Jacuzzis, a blackboard and some computers. Secondly I visited the football pitch (the area when footballers play football), it was spectacular because the dimensions were very large, there were some lamps to warm the grass. Thirdly I visited the museum, it was very big, there were a lot of trophies, emblems, esculptures and photos. I saw the six trophies that the team won last year. Finally I visited the stands.

Camp Nou is a fantastic tourist destination, I recommend you to visit it. On the one hand I liked it a lot because it is a very nice stadium but I am not a Barça supporter, for this reason I'd like to visit the stadium of the Real Mallorca, the ONO Estadi (the best team in the world, next year Mallorca will be in Champions League)

DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE (By Naika Mendívil.)

2010-03-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

My teacher asked me to write a composition describing a place. Then I thought about describing a country, a city, or a town. But I couldn't find a place I really liked. Then I came about describing a place where I spend a lot of time every day. It is a place where I do lots of things. I am talking about my bedroom.

My bedroom isn’t very big but I love it. It is situated upstairs and in the side room no one sleeps. Three years ago I painted one of the walls of my room, now it is purple I think it is a beautiful colour and it relaxes me. My room has a beautiful balcony where in the afternoon the sun shines. It has got two chairs and a little table and I love to go there when I need to think about something. The balcony is in front of a beautiful big park and I like to observe what people do there.

In my bedroom I have got a lot of important things: my wardrobe is always full and my mum is always saying to me that I must tidy it. I have a shoemaker in my room and a mirror too. I need a mirror at all times. I have a bookshelf where I use to put all types of things, from books and photos to my jewels and even a radio.
Another important thing in my bedroom is my computer, I couldn’t live without it. I use it to chat with my friends, to search on the internet, to watch films and it has a TV incorporated so it is to useful to me. I can’t finish this composition without mentioning my bed. It is the most important thing in a bedroom, but for me it is even more important. I use it to eat, to watch TV or a film, to spend hours phoning my friends, things that I love to do, and of course, to sleep.

Las Vegas (Diego Rosso)

2010-03-29T11:41:00.000-07:00

"Ladies and gentleman, Welcome to Las Vegas, city of dreams where you can get rich and have fun! Come to Las Vegas and have a wonderful time in our casinos and in our city!"

I would love to go to Las Vegas some day. Las Vegas is a populous city situated in Nevada (USA) and it is also an international renown major resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dinning. Las Vegas is also a famous place for setting films and tv programs. It also got the title of "Sin City", a nickname setted for Las Vegas because its tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment (another way of saying sex industry... oops, children cover your ears!).

Las Vegas is quite a busy and noisy place because it's a huge and crowded city full of high buildings. At night all the city is light up and it looks amazing.

One of the most famous places in Las Vegas are Casinos. If you thought that the city is crowded, then it is because you haven't yet entered a Casino! Because they are huge and full of people. Casinos are like another world, there you can see all kind of people, rich and not so rich playing together.

Since I was little I had been dreaming of going to Las Vegas one day (and I'm going to go one day I promise!) because it always looked like "funland" and it looks even better everyday. That city is just awesome, you can find everything in there.

If someone go to USA I really recommend that person to go to Las Vegas, even if you don't like Casinos there are a lot of other things you can do there (go shopping, enjoy the view of the city at night, have dinner in really nice restaurants).

All I can do for now is to save some money and be a proffessional playing poker and blackjack, when all that is done ... here I come Las Vegas !

P.S: Enjoy a beatiful image of the city at night :)

A description of a place ( by Sergi Costa)

2010-03-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

"Covachos beach", situated in the Cantabrian coast, in the north of Spain, near the city of Santander, world famous for the Magdalena palace,long time ago residence of the king of Spain, is a small beach far from cities and not crowded.

As you can see in the picture to reach the sand it is necesary to go down a fifteen meters high rocky cliff.

During the winter, on rainy days, a waterfall appears flowing like a river accross the virgin white sand to the sea.

If you need a peaceful or relaxing place not far from Covachos beach you can go to "Dunas de liencres" wihch is bigger, longer, and a quieter resort, facing the sea.

In conclusion if you go to Santander, I recommend you to go to Covachos beach.

The internet in our lives (Fran Barba)

2010-03-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thought about how the internet has changed our lives?

A few years ago, before the interent, you had to go out of home everytime to get what you needed, to search information you had to use encyclopedias, etc

Now with internet you can do all this at home. You can buy things through intenet and receive them at home, to search information you only have to go to google or a similar web and write what are you searching.

With internet you can also communicate with your friends and family (msn, blogs, facebook, etc) and make new friends, without taking care of the distances! You can meet somebody from USA while your are at home in Spain just sitting in front of a computer with an internet connection !

Some bad things about internet are that if you don't know how to do a research you won't find what you want because there's too much information and that if you publish something in internet protected by a password of anything, it isn't always secure because there's always someone that knows how to hack it.

Match Point (Max Pages)

2010-03-23T13:49:00.000-07:00

Match Point is a drama film which is set in the British city of London. In the first scene we can see a tennis match or training and the image is only set on the net, so we can see how the tennis ball goes from one side of the tennis court to the other side. After a few strokes the ball hits the net and this is one of the most important scenes in all the film, because we don’t know if the ball is going back to one side of the court or if it’s going to pass to the other. During the film we are going to be able to find out the meaning of this image.

Then main characters are Chris Wilton, Nola Rice and Chloe Hewett
• Chris Wilton is a professional tennis player but now the just keeps playing tennis as a trainer. After meeting Chloes he started working for his father in law in a big company.
• Nola Rice is an American actress who came to London and was Tom's fiancée. Tom is Chloe's brother.
• Chloe Hewett is the wife of Chris Wilton, she comes from a very rich family.

• Chris Wilton is a very ambitious person, he prefers money than to love. He is scared of having a normal lifestyle without luxurious apartments, a private driver…
• Nola Rice is like the opposite of Chris, she isn’t as ambitious as Chris is, because she can live alone in a small room, and she prefers love much more than money.
• Chloe Hewett is the typical daughter of a really rich person, she doesn’t care about money because she knows she already has it. She really cares about having children and form a nice family.

This is a summary of the film;
When former tennis pro Chris Wilton begins a relationship with shy heiress Chloe Hewett after befriending her brother Tom, he finds his social and financial status vastly improved. However, once he has an affair with Tom's ex-lover, American actress Nola Rice, he realizes that his new, luxurious lifestyle may be threatened. So Chris formulates a devious plan to rid himself of his inconvenient mistress.

In the film ambition is stronger than love and passion because we can clearly see how Chris Wilton prefers staying with Chloe instead of being with Nola. He loves Nola more than Chloe but he can’t live with her and leave Chloe because his father in law gave him a great job and because otherwise he had to start a new life with no money, no job… and for Chris this is a situation he can’t stand, for this reason he prefers to stay with Chloe and keep on with his lifestyle.

I think that Chris is "the winner of the match" because he has reached what he wanted. His life in the future is going to be a simple and boring routine, every day the same, and all this for many and many years. And he will be unable to forget or ignore what he did to Nola and her neighbor. He’s going to have a perfect lifestyle but he won’t be happy, and happiness is the most important thing in life, if you aren’t happy, your life will be horrible.

I think that another ending could be that the ring fell in the river Thames and for this reason the police wouldn’t have found it in the drug addict's pocket. Then the inspector’s theory would have been true and Chris probably would have gone to jail.

I really liked this film because at the beginning it’s a drama but then it changes completely and it becomes a thriller. I think that Woody Allen did a very good job, and also the main character played an excellent role. The story of the film seems to be a very sweet story between two young people who love each other, but then it turns over completely.

"Match point" (Diego Rosso)

2010-03-23T12:28:00.000-07:00

The type of film of "Match point" is hard to describe, most of the time the movie looks like a drama but it also looks like a thriller in some parts. The film it's set in London. In the first scene you can see a tennis ball hitting the net and it describes your future can depend on luck, you can win if the ball pass the net or you can lose if the ball falls back.

Chris Wilton, Nola Rice, Chloe Hewett and Tom Hewett are the main characters of the film. Chris is a young boy and a proffessional tennis player who wants to be or do something important in his life. He is an ambitiuos man, so ambicious that he can even kill in order no to lose the good life he had after he married the rich Chloe Hewett.

Chloe is a nice and innocent girl who fell in love with Chris at first sight. She is very friendly and a good woman.

Nola is an American girl who met and fell in love with Tom Hewett, but Tom's familiy don't accept Nola because she is just a normal girl. Nola is also very romantic.

Chris Wilton is a young Irish boy who just arrive to London. He starts working as a tennis teacher but he soon meets a man called Tom Hewett. Chris and Tom become good friends after spending time together and Chris also gets to know Tom's family, specially Chloe, Tom's sister. After some time Chris and Chloe get married but soon Chris meets Nola Rice, Tom's girlfriend .

Nola and Chris started to flirt since the first time they met in Tom's parent's house. Than Nola and Chris had an affair. But one day Nola tells Chris that she is pregnant and Chris thinks about his future: being with Nola would cause being with a girl he like to be with but with no money and on the other hand he could stay with Chloe and continue with his good life.

Later on Chris chooses the second option and kills Nola with a shotgun, stolen from Tom's parents house. Police started to investigate the murder but they can't find any evidence of Chris being a suspect. At the end Chloe gets pregnant and Chris is free of being a murderer.

Chris has two choose bettween two ways of life: poor but with a woman he loves or rich with a woman he likes but not as much as he would have to. Eventually Chris thinks the second option is better for his future.

I think in the film Chris is a winner even tough the ring he threw fell back and not to the Thames river. Police Department can't find any evidence of Chris beign a murderer so he wins the match.I can imagine Chris being really happy with Chloe and having two children: a girl and a boy. The boy would have been called Chris Junior and the girl Nola!!!

I don't know what was in Woody Allen's head when he made this film but I really like how it turned out the final result.

I can imagine another ending, that would be:

Chris got scared of being caught by the police and he ran off and escape to Ireland. Five years later, one day he decided to go back to London. Walking on the street he meets Chloe walking with a little boy: Chris's soon and then he got robbed by a man and after fighting he gets killed by him. Chloe who is near runs after hearing the shot. Later on Chloe sees in the newspaper a photo of Chris dead and being accussed of murdering a girl five years ago called Nora. Then Chloe sits on the sofa and we can see her crying about what had happened.

If the ring had fallen into the river I think Chris wouldn't have been accused of being a murderer but the police would have talked with Chloe's family and they would have discoverd the truth about the relationship of Chris and Nola that would have caused the end of the relationship between Chris and the Britisth "upper class".

Personal opinion:

At the beginning of the film I thought: oh my God! A Woody Allen's movie, because I'm not really fan of Allen's movies. But then I started to watch the film and I was interested in what was going to happen in the film. I totally love the ending, because if Chris would have been catched that would have been a typical ending but he's not and that's one of the coolest things of the movie!

Characters are also really well done and their personalities are also really good as well. It's interesting to see how Chris changes, how he decides to kill Nola, although sometimes is a bit strange movie I think it describes very well how ambition can be such a strong feeling in some people!

Match point (by Sergi Costa)

2010-03-22T14:56:00.000-07:00

1. What type of film is Match point and where is it set? describe the first escene.

This film is a thriller and it is set in London. In the first scene we can see a tennis ball hitting the net and while the narrator explains that sometimes in life the ball falls forward and you win and sometimes it falls backwards and you lose.

2. Who are Chris Wilton, Nola Rice and Chloe Hewett?

Chris Wilton – He is the protagonist and he is a retired tennis player. He meets a young rich man called Tom
Nola Rice – She is Tom's girlfriend.
Chloe – She's Tom's sister she ends up meeting Chris, consequently they get married.

3. How would you describe their personalities?

Chris is an ambitious man , he is not happy with what he has, that being the reason for his marriage to Chloe who has a rich family, but since she doesn’t attract him sexually he goes in search of a more attractive woman who ends up being Nola. After a time he has to take a decission and choose one of the two women, he ends up killing Nola, his lover, and staying with his rich wife ,Chloe.

Nola – She seems to me to be a person with interests due to the fact that she was in a relationship with Chloe’s brother and cheats on him with Chris because she wants to and when her boyfriend leaves her she still maintains a sexual relationship with Chris. Once she was pregnant she wanted Chris to leave Chloe

Chloe – Chloe is a sweet person who loves Chris and her obsession is to become pregnant, she is also a simple, innocent woman because she doesn’t realize that Chris is cheating on her.

Can you summarize the film in few lines?

The film is about Chris, a retired tennis player who works as a personal trainer in London. There he meets Tom, a rich young man, and the she meets his sister Chloe and they start a relationship . From this moment on he will go out with Chloe but will be sexually attracted to Nola, who is Tom's fiancee. Nola and Chris have an affair although Nola says that it can't continue. Later on Chris and Chloe get married and they live together but Chris gets informed that Nola and Tom have split up and decides to look for her. When he finally finds her he reawakens the intimate attraction between them and there new relationship will last for a long time. But when Nola finds out she is pregnant she tells Chris that she wants the baby and that if he loves her he will have to divorce Chloe.

At this time Chris has to make the decision of the love he feels for Nola or the ambition of living with a rich family, and having a great job…

Finally he decides to kill Nola. Firstly what he does is to kill the neighbor and to simulate a robbery and then kill Nola. During the robbery he steals jewelry and a ring. After the incident Chris throws the robbed items into the river but the ring bounces on the railing and falls on the pavement. When the police are going to discover the Chris is a murdere , there is a report of a drug addict wha was found by the revier wearing the woman’s ring. At the end of the film and Chris is free and unpunished.

5 IN the film ambition is stronger than the love and passion. can you explain why?

Ambition is stronger than passion because Chris only maintains a relationship with Chloe because she is rich and has a good job. In fact he didn’t really love her, he really loved Nola but if he had left Chloe he wouldn’t have had a good job and he wouldn't have been rich.

6. Is chris Wilton a winner or a loser of this match? Can you imagine his life in the future?

Chris is the loser of this match because, although he got away with murder, he wil have to live with pangs of conscience for the rest of his life. I believe that in the future Chris will be a cold person with a lot of guilt on his conscience.

7. Why do you think Woody Allen lets chris free and unpunished?

I think that Woody Allen has let Chris be free and as criticism to the society we live in and the justice system, Innocent people get blamed for what the real suspect did, and therefore the system is flawed.

8. Can you imagine any other ending?

Of course, Chris after killing those innocent victims and getting away with it, he would end up killing himself for having a guilty conscience.

9.What would have happened if the ring had fallen into the river Thames?

The police officer would have investigated further and they would have arrested him.

10. Give your opinion about the film and give reasons why you liked it or didn't like it.

I really liked the film because it has a good storyline and Woody Allen knows how to create a rising tension in the film. Also you don’t know what will happen at the end and that’s why you never want to miss a bit of the film and think: O My God what will happen next? I also like the musical pieces (opera) in the movie that rise the tension even more.

Writing 5: A description of a place. Nicolás Muñoz

2010-03-13T04:04:00.000-08:00

Last summer, I visited Espalmador with my parents and my relatives who live in Ibiza. Espalmador is a very small island located in front of Ibiza and at a walking distance to Formentera. You can actually walk from Espalmador to Formentera because the maxim water depth is 120 centimetres. It's a private island but you can go to any Spanish beach according to the Ley de Costas.

It's only reachable by boat and has beautiful light blue water and posidonea oceanica grounds where many different endemic species live. Its fine white sand beaches surround most of the island and lodge a mediterranean system of dunes. There is also medicinal a mud spring and therefore people spread the mud on their skin.
In the summertime dozens of boats go to the Espalmador bay to spend the day or overnight and return to Ibiza or Formentera. It's a very quiet place and you can relax. You can enjoy snorkeling, swimming in the crystalline water, playing beach tennis, with the beach ball or simply sunbathing on the warm sand.

On one hand I could say it's a small piece of paradise but there is an inconvinient: you can't go there unless you do it in a private boat. On the other hand this could be seen as an advantage: there are few people.

Writing 6 ( a narrative) by William Wu He

2010-03-11T11:37:00.000-08:00

More or less nine years ago, something happened that I'll remember for the rest my life. I was ten years old more or less and I was walking on the street. Suddenly I saw something that caught my attention.
A man was trying to steal a woman's handbag. The thief was pulling the handbag and the woman was pulling too. I looked at them without doing anything, and when I had walked
about ten steps away I turned back and I saw the thief running with the handbag and the woman crying on the floor. I turned around and I continued walking as if nothing had happened.

Many years later, I remembered that, and I felt like a "bad" person for not helping that woman. On the one hand maybe, if I had saved her, she would have invited me to have some sex, I don't know... It's something that follows me every day and hurts me. On the other hand, I could be a hero saving a woman and I'll live without this sensation on my inside that bleeds and consumes me every day, little by little...
So, being a hero or being a coward is in your own hands, and the way that your life follows is only commanded by you.

The Real Mission Of Apollo 11 (by Cristofer)

2010-03-09T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hi Linis and hi to everybody!
I found the videos I showed you in class last day and that you wanted me to post in the blog.
Take a look at the videos and think about them =). For people who want to know the truth you may think that is awesome and maybe some of you may think that this is a joke or a lie.
I really like to know your opinion about them and would like you to write a comment in this blog.
I think that was the real mission of Apollo 11 and they really found it and they really saw what they said.

Working from home (by Cristofer Sánchez)

2010-03-09T11:28:00.001-08:00

Working from home should be something comfortable, no transport is requiered, and maybe easy and less streesful but there are some different points of view about working from home.

One of the most important advantages of working from home is the transport, you don't need to take your car, bus or something else to go to the place you work, only your legs and shoes to walk to the place you have your computer. Another advantage is that you don't have to work with people around you and the boss checking constantly your work. If you work from home you won't have problems with your workmates, you will be able to sit on your and work.

However there also some dissadvantages...
One of the most important would be deadlines for sending your work.
If you work using Internet this can be your worst oponent because if you have a deadline for your work and the internet fails in the date you need to send the work, you problably will feel desesperate.
AoOther disadvantage is that you could lose your data in the computer and sometimes if you have been working hard and you have lost everuthing you could feel like taking a hammer and "give some holidays to your computer") . Sometimes e-mails are lost in cyberspace and then the e-mail won't arrive, or arrive late to its destination... That may probably would be the end of your job, and you can be fired...
In my opinion working from home should be comfortable, relaxed, and without cost for transport. However you can lose your data, or probably your internet will fail or you can lose the e-mails you have just send or something like that. Sometimes working from home would be a solution for people who don't wan't problems with their workmates or for people who can't realate whith other people in their place of work.
Thats just another way or alternative type of working and for taking your job in a more comfortable way.

Teaching a foreign language to very young children (Lina Quiroga)

2010-03-09T11:27:00.000-08:00

It has been proved that children and young people in general have more facilities to learn more than one language than adults.

I agree with this theory, because a young mind has less information and experience than an old mind.

The idea of this essay is focused on children and their capacity of learning new things like languages.

I think that a person who has learnt different languages in their childhood is a very lucky perosn, because he or she would have more advantages in his life like for example more opportunities in his work and social life in general.

In my opinion there aren't any disadvantages. I can only see advantages because children usually are very extrovert and they always want to receive as much information as possible. They are always asking and learning, so teaching at this time is very appropiate.

However, if you want to analyse it deeper, we can find a few disadvantages like for example that a little kid would have some problems when he wants to express himself . He won't have the same vocabulary in all the languages he has learned. Furthermore he won't try to express himself better because he would be able to use other languages.

But those things are negligible because the most important thing is that this person will have more tools to deal with in a wider world.

Ultimately, I think that it's so much better to learn a few languages early in childhoood. Thus you can discover different types of worlds and broaden your mind.

For and against essay (Jinlan,Susana,Chen)

2010-03-04T12:06:00.000-08:00

Advantages and disadvantages of leaving home at 18

When teenagers are 18,some of them feel a bit rebellious and also a bit conceited and arrogant.So,for this reason, many people want to leave home.This important decision has some advantages and also some disadvantages...

On the one hand,young people leave home because they need to enjoy their freedom,and don't want to be controlled by their parents.They want to start living on their own and learn to be independent,responsible and to make decisions for themselves.

On the other hand, although, setbacks can make young people mature, some teenagers are still very young and unexperienced, and they don't usually know what they want to be in the future. They need to experience things.Today's society is very complicated and young people can be easily cheated.They sometimes find out that getting things is much more difficult than they thought. Some teenagers can feel disappointed, lost and confused.

To sum up,I personally think that 18 is a good age to leave home.When I finish Batxillerat,I want to leave home,because now I am very dependent on my parents and I think I could learn lots of new things being more independent and living on my own ...

Advantages and disadvantages of a three-day weekend (by Aina Mir)

2010-03-03T07:52:00.000-08:00

At first I thought that the idea of a three-day weekend doesn’t have any disadvantages, but then when you start to think about it you can find some problems.

In my opinion a three-day weekends would be a very nice thing. For me, the most important thing about three free days is that you can disconect from everything more easily, because with the normal weekend you can’t disconect and you can’t totaly enjoy it.

Another advantage of a three-day weekend is that you could travel more frequently and you could know more about other cities and other places.

In addition, I think that if we have three-day weekend we would start the week with more motivation and our performance would be better.

On the other hand, I think that a three-day weekend is a good thing only for responsible people, because they know where the limits are and they could work or study hard the other four days. Nevertheless, irresponsible people would probably find difficult to concentrate at work.

Furthermore if we had a three-day weekend I think we would become more lazy and we wouldn’t want to work.

Then, with a three-day weekends you will have more free time to spend money and to save money would be a harder task.

In my opinion three day weekends would be a very good idea but only for responsible people. But I am not sure about it because I think that humans are very unconformist and if we have three day weekends then we would want four days, and then five because we are never satisfied with the things we have.

For and against essay (Javier González)

2010-02-27T10:16:00.000-08:00

Would you like to have 3 day weekend?
I have been asking myself this question for a long time , so I will write about the advantages and disadvantages of this issue. Imagine a week that had 3-day weekend. Everyone would think "finally the weekend is here and we can sleep, rest, and go out with you friends ...". But would it be really good for us to have a 3-day weekend?

Many people would like to have 3 free days in a week because then they would have more time to do other things not related to work or school. For students would be very good because we would have more days to study, and to do more homework ...For adults it would be a period to forget about work, spend more time with children at home...

On the other hand, there are many people who say that 3 days off per week is not a good idea because people would "disconnect" from the working days and the students would also "disconnect", from their studies. If we had 1 more day of vacation people would work one day less and we would receive less money . I don't think this is a good idea with the crisis we have in these days.

In my opinion I wouldn't change the format of the week, 5 weekdays and 2 weekend days. I think people prefer this type of week because they are used to it. And I think working 4 days a week woould be a change difficult to assume by people in our society.

For and against essay (Diego Rosso)

2010-02-24T09:58:00.000-08:00

Is 18 a very good age to leave home?

When you are 18 years old you may think "Wow, now I'm a man!" (Not really, you are still a young boy so don't get happy so soon) and thanks to that now you can do a lot of things that were forbidden before (well, those "things"were illegal but not forbidden because you did them), and one of them is to leave home and start living on your own. But, is it a good idea to leave home at 18?

There are a lot of advantages when leaving home at 18 : you can do whatever you want in your new apartment/house, you won't have your parents bugging you all the time saying "tidy your room", "do this and that", and so on. You can start to feel free, you can arrive home whenever you want to, invite home whoever you want, eat what you want, make parties.... Because it's your house. If you weren't allowed to have pets in your parent's home, now you can have them. It's Freeland!

All this sounds pretty good but there are also a few disadvantages. You will have to pay a rent in your new house, you will have to clean the house even if you don't want to and you will feel alone unless you share the new house with a mate. You will miss your parents as well, although you were tired of them, you will miss them, everyone does it. You will have to cook your own food (or if you are lazy one day you can call Pizzahut for a fast dinner) and all these things will use a lot of your time. In addition you won't have all that free time you used to have when you lived at your parents house.

In my opinion to start a new life sounds pretty cool but be aware because it's no that cool, you will have a lot of responsibility with you. A house is not only used for eating and sleeping, it has also other responsibilities, cleaning up, cooking, etc. The best idea if you are leaving home, is to find a mate so in that way the rent will be you less expensive and responsabilities can be shared. If you are going to leave at the age of 18 think it carefully and think if you are going to be able to deal with all those responsibilities. If you are not ready, don't worry, take your time... you will leave home one day, so no need to rush!

For and against essay (William Wu He)

2010-02-18T13:28:00.000-08:00

It’s 18 a very good age to leave home?

This is a good question… Like in everything, it depends. To leave home is a big decision, because you have to survive by your own skills, and you will have to improve your skills day after day.

On the one hand 18 is a good age to leave home because some people need to feel "fresh air in their face" and get freedom. Some people who live with their parents, are drowning in their own homes and they need to breathe fresh air outside their families. This type of people normally need their own vital space, as you can see in some commercials of cars on TV, where the driver is surrounded by an aura of colours, and I don't think you can get it living with your parents.

But on the other hand leaving home is not good because some people are very dependent on their parents, and to leave home means that there’s no mum to make your lunch, to wash and iron your clothes, and so on...If you are lazy it’s not a good idea to leave home.

In my opinion to leave home when you're 18 years old is something good. I want to live on my own because I want to feel this experience in spite of working at home and doing all the house tasks by myself.

Empty your mind (Bruce Lee)

2010-02-07T11:50:00.000-08:00

Conditionals

Zero conditional: "Be like water, defeat your oponent"

First conditional: "If you are like water, you will defeat your oponent"

Second conditional: "If you were like water, you would defeat your oponent"

Third conditonal: "If you had been like water, you would have defeated your oponent"

Sweet moves :) (Diego)

2010-01-31T12:59:00.000-08:00

Writing 3 (Fran Barba)

2010-01-24T12:24:00.000-08:00

"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself"
(Albert Einstein)

This is one of my favourite quotes because what it says is true, we can't live thinking only in ourselves, because if we do that, we'll have no friends and a life without friends is no life, it's just a sad existence.

Other way to understand that quote is that the person is living alone, in a imaginary world without trying to meet people. That person will be happy, but that happiness is false, no human can be truly happy living alone, we need friends.

I can't choose a favorite song because it depends on how i feel, so i'll post a Bon Jovi's song:

" It's my life."

This ain't a song for the brokenhearted
No silent prayer for the faith departed
And I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud

It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive

(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder, make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky, gotta make your own breaks

It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive

(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life

You better stand tall
When they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break
Baby, don't back down

It's my life
It's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive

(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I'm alive

(It's my life)
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive

(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just wanna live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life!

I love this photo because it's a very beautiful place, with a lonely wolf howling, and the light makes it look mysterious and even more beautiful.

Poem:

I can see the magnificent trees
I can hear the glorious howl
I can smell the beauty of the forest
I can taste the peace of the woods
I can feel the power of nature

Writing 3 ( Dani Towers)

2010-01-20T20:02:00.000-08:00

Quote:

"If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours." Ray Kroc.

Basically what it means is that if you concentrate less on making money and more on loving what you are doing and developing your qualities, then success shall come to you.

I like this quote because it is exactly what I think about the music industry nowadays. I think that the music producers are so obsessed with making money that they forget that the music is what is important, and not the quality of the music video or who has the best make-up. Music artists don't seem to realize that all that matters is a great song and that's what it all should be about, loving the music.

Song:

This song is one of my favourite songs and although I couldn't get the original video because of copyright laws on youtube, the song is here and it is called
Man of the World by Fleetwood Mac.

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They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls

I guess I've got everything I need
I would't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born

And I need a good woman
to make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but I would be if I could

I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love

Poem:

I can see the crowd

I can hear the music

I can feel the adrenalin

I can smell my success

I can taste the glory

Picture:

It is a photo of a Beatles concert and I chose that pic because it is where i would have liked to have been. It doesn't have to be specifically the Beatles but i loved the music from those times and I chose a Beatles concert because they're a very representative band of that time.

Writing 3 (by Andrés Pozo)

2010-01-17T14:45:00.000-08:00

" The meaning of life, is for your life to have meaning."

This is my favorite sentence because it’s beautiful and it’s very real. If you don’t enjoy your life

by being with the people you love or doing the things you like to do, if you are not happy with it,

where is the sense in living? As I see it, everyone has their own way of seeing the meaning of

their own life and this is what this sentence is trying to explain. Each person has an idea of what

kind of life they want to live, only when they accomplish this will they understand the meaning of

life, of their life.

"My first, my last, my everything" by Barry White is one of my favorite songs because it reminds of Kate, my girlfriend. Two and a half years ago when we started dating, we were having dinner at a restaurant and they played this song. Since that day every time I hear it, it reminds me of her.

lyrics:

The first, the last, my everything

And the answer to all my dreams

You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star

My kind of wonderful, that's what you are

I know there's only, only one like you

There's no way they could have made two

You're all I'm living for

Your love I'll keep for evermore

You're the first, your the last, my everything

And with you I've found so many things

A love so new only you could bring

Can't you see it's you

You make me feel this way

You're like a fresh morning dew on a brand new day

I see so many ways that I

Can love you till the day I die

You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a-a-a a dream

You're the first, the last, my everything

I know there's only, only one like you

There's no way they could have made two

Girl you're my reality

But I'm lost in a-a-a a dream

You're the first, you're the last, my everything

I love the place that you can see in the photo.

It´s a lake in Poland that is right in front of my girlfriend’s house. I would like to visit it one day with her. This place transmits me a lot of calm and peace, it 's lovely and in winter it freezes and you can ice-skate on it.

I can feel her voice

I can't hear no other noise

I can see her beatiful hair

I can taste her lips

I can smell the air

Writing 3 (by Lina Quiroga)

2010-01-17T09:29:00.000-08:00

+ A quote.

"Hope is the dream of those who are awake"

(Aristotle).

When you have a dream and you really want to know how it feels to make it come true, you do everything for that and that's when you can get the happiness in your life. Because you have done everythig to make it true.

That's why hope becomes the dream, because it's the power that you need and there are very few people who keep this hope. It's something impossible for others who don't keep it and that power is reduced to a dream.

+A song.

Halo - Bethany Joy Lenz.

This song is from a tv series called One tree hill which is my favourite. The singer is one of the protagonists and some of her songs are in the soundtrack of the series.

I have chosen this song because it reminds me times when I was in ESO and I used to hang around with my friends. I remember feelings that I had then and I love the sensation that I get everytime that I listen to this song.

I think she has a lot of talent because she often expresses a lot, not only with her lyrics but also with her way of acting.

I love the song and I hope you like it too.

Lyrics:

I never promised you a ray of light
I never promised there’d be sunshine every day
I’ll give you everything I have
The good the bad

Why do you put me on a pedestal?
I’m so up high that I can’t see the ground below
So help me down you’ve got it wrong
I don’t belong there

Chorus:

One thing is clear
I wear a halo
I wear a halo when you look at me
But standing from here
You wouldn’t say so
You wouldn’t say so if you were me
And I, I just want to love you
Oh I, I just want to love you

I always said that I would make mistakes
I’m only human and that’s my saving grace
I’ll fall as hard as I try
So don’t be blinded
See me as I really am
I have flaws and sometimes I even sin
So pull me from that pedestal
I don’t belong there

[Chorus]

Like to think that you know me
But in your eyes
I am something above me
That's only in your mind
Only in your mind

I wear a, I wear a, I wear a Halo

[Chorus]

(I just wanna love you)
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo
Heya Hey Hey Hey…Hey Hey Halo

+ An image.

Los Angeles.

This picture shows the skycrapers of Los Angeles. For me this city is amazing and it is the place where I would like to be right now. I have never been there but I will be there one day, because it the place I want to go when I finish university.

I have always liked to live in cities because I think there is more action and activities to do than in a village for example. Los Angeles is also a good place to find everything to do with the cinema world.

+A poem

I can see the dream

I can hear it coming here

I can smell the fresh air

I can taste the good times

I can feel it's a real thing!

Writing 3 (Tom Lombardi)

2010-01-17T08:44:00.000-08:00

"While the government exists, there can be no freedom; When freedom will reign, there won't be more government."
Lénin (Vladimir Ilitch Oulianov )

I love this quote because it really describes (with simple words) our current society. I totally agree with it because I've got the certainty that the State and all what forms it has developed a system which is able to entirely control all our moves, and make us dependent of it. In my opinion, we are all kind of locked in an invisible prison (laws, prohibitions, obligations, education) executing like machines what the system tells us to do.
The only antidote to this problem is to escape... and leave far away!

Stereophonics - Maybe tomorrow

I've chosen this song because it describes what some of us are looking and waiting for... “a way home”.

I've been down and
I'm wondering why
These little black clouds
Keep walking around
With me
With me

It wastes time
And I'd rather be high
Think I'll walk me outside
And buy a rainbow smile
But be free
They're all free

So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home

I look around at a beautiful life
Been the upperside of down
Been the inside of out
But we breathe
We breathe

I wanna breeze and an open mind
I wanna swim in the ocean
Wanna take my time for me
All me

So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home

So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home

HAITI

I'd really like to be in Haiti now, to help all those poor people that do not have anything and care about all the families that do not have the chance to have the ones they love near them anymore.

I can see scared faces
I can hear the cries
I can smell death
I can taste my tears
I can feel my rage

Writing 3 (Matt Demangeat)

2010-01-17T07:44:00.000-08:00

-Quote

"The complete irony about life is that nobody comes out alive"

I like this quote because it made me laugh when I read it, it makes total sense because no matter what you do in your life, you end up dying.
So you might as well make the most of it and live without thinking too much of tomorrow, of course you've got to think sometimes, such as when you are at school and when you want to carry on studying.
But there are other times that you only get one opportunity and if you think about it too much then it disappears and you may never get that chance again.

-Song

The song I chose is Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Oasis. The song starts slow and gets higher. The lyrics are really easy and the meaning is very clear. What Oasis are telling you is that no matter what happens to you then you shouldn't worry about anything and carry on, to not worry about anything and to not be afraid of anything. I like to listen to this song when I'm sad and it makes me feel better. It reminds me of a friend of mine who is always telling me to not worry and to be positive about things.

Hold up!
Hold on!
Don't be scared,
You'll never change what's been and gone
May your smile, (may your smile)
Shine on, (shine on)
Don't be scared, (don't be scared)
Your destiny may keep you warm,

'Cause all of the stars,
Have faded away

Just try not to worry,
You'll see them someday,
Take what you need,
And be on your way and
Stop crying your heart out

Get up, (get up)
Come on, (come on)
Why you scared? (I'm not scared...)
You'll never change what's been and gone
...

-Picture

The picture is of a rugby pitch that I played on in Valladolid in April. It was for the Spannish championships and I was the captain for Baleares and we won!!. It isn't just this pitch I want to be on but it is the only picture of a rugby pitch that I've got. I love playing rugby and when I play rugby I forget about everything else, about school, about studying and everything that has nothing to do with rugby.

This is the five senses poem I wrote about rugby:

I can see nothing through my black eye,
I can hear nothing through my cauliflower ear,
I can smell nothing through my broken nose,
I can taste the blood dripping from my cut lip,
I can feel the pain throughout my whole body.

This is what would happen on a really bad day at rugby, I've only ever had a black eye and a cut lip, and the pain of course, like I said in my essay about health and rugby, a game of rugby, is equivalent to a small car crash. So far I have not broken my nose but I will break it sometime if I carry on with rugby. Cauliflower ears are caused by playing in the scrum and since I don't play in the scrum I am not likely to get it, I hope I don't because it doesn't look very good either.

Writing 3 (Jinlan,Susana,Chen)

2010-01-17T05:28:00.000-08:00

My favourite quote is:

‘Time is a very important thing in life,because when we have time, we have everything.’

The meaning is easy to understand. If we don't have time,we can't do anything. I really like this quote and I agree with it

My favourite song is: Nothing in the world.By Atomic Kitten.I like this song, because of the music, but I do not like the lyrics, because they are a little sad. Listening to this song I feel be very relaxed, very calm.

Lyrics

It's been so long I can't remember when

We didn't care how deep it was we dived right in

Watching everything around us disappear

Oh I've missed you here

And it seems the little things get in the way

We're so caught up in routine from day to day

Sometimes it feels like we're not anchored anywhere

Oh I've missed you yeahSo tell me there's nothing in the world

That could ever come between us

Show me your not afraid tonight Baby make me believe

That there's nothing in the world

That could eversteal the moment from right here and now

(nothing)

Nothing in the world

Two shadows falling back together now

Baby we've spent too much time just hiding out

And there's nowhere that I'd rather be than here

Cos I've missed you yeah

Nothing in the world

(in the world)

There's nothing in the world

Right now I would really like to be in QingTian（China）.

QingTian is my town.I have lived there for 12 years and I still want to live there.Qingtian is a small town,but it is very beautiful.You can see the picture.

In the evening,Qingtian looks like s a small HongKong, because those buildings have colorful lights.

I can see the colorful buildings.
I can hear the sound of waves.
I can smell the fresh air.
I can taste the flavour of the river.
I can feel freedom inside me.

Writing 3 (Pedro Capó)

2010-01-13T08:19:00.000-08:00

“Choose the lesser of two evils”

It means that if you have to choose between two bad things, choose the thing that is less bad. I love this proverb because the Greek philosophers already said: "you always choose the better option"

A good song is famous for the advertisement of “Estrella damm”. It was filmed in the famous Formentera.

The lyrics of the song are from"Billie the vision & the dancers".

I kissed you good bye at the airport.

I held you so close to me.

I said ’So here we are now and I can’t stop from crying Lilly’.

And you said ’Hey hey hoo, you know this is the way to go.

You will forget about me when I’m on that plane.

Forget about me when I’m on that plane.’

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you tonight

The plane took off and my love went with it.

The chilly wind whipped my both cheeks hard.

And the man next to me said ’Everything is gonna be alright’.

I said ’Nothing is gonna be alright, but thank you anyway’.

And then I saw your face in the airplane window.

I waved my hands and I shouted to you:

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you

Tonight tonighttonight tonight

I wanna be with you tonight

I wore a T-shirt and my worn out hat.

Abandoned as a summer cat.

And as I stood there as a broken hearted I realized you got the

car keys still.

So I broke into my own old car.

I fell asleep on the passenger seat.

I dreamed of summer sex with you and you whispered in my ear:

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you tonight

Why can’t you leave me tomorrow instead?

And above the clouds she said to her self

I can’t believe how naive a man can be.

That’s why I love you so and that’s why I can’t be with you…’

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you

Tonight tonight tonight tonight

I wanna be with you tonight.

I can see the water

I can hear the waves

Ican smell the sun

I can taste the salt

I can feel the Mediterranean sea

Writing 3 (Carol Pérez)

2010-01-12T09:15:00.000-08:00

Present 1.

IT'S ALL UP TO YOU

I have chosen this quote because I totally agree with it. I think people should think more about what they want to do, because nowadays people let themselves be influenced by others... Be yourself!

Present 2.

Nickelback - Far away

I'd like to share this song with you because I love the lyrics and the music, it reminds me of the past, the good times I have passed with all my friends, and it's very special for me. I hope you enjoy it!

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late

Who was I to make you wait?
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left

'Cause you know,
you know, you know...

That I love you
I have loved you all along

And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me

and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd

withstand

All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up

'Cause you know,
you know, you know...

That I love you
I have loved you all along

And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with meand you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

So far away

Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know...

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long

So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go

Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go

Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go...

Present 3.

Well, this is the place where I would like to be. This photo was done last Sunday, in Son Font, where it snowed a lot. I'd really like to be there because the snow makes me feel quiet and it relaxes me a lot.

I can see the whole village,

I can hear the wind blowing,

I can smell the nature around me,

I can taste the green leaves' flavour,

I can feel that is here where I want to stay.

Writing 3 (by Aina Mir)

2010-01-11T10:19:00.000-08:00

First present: a quote

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former

This quote was said by Albert Einstein. The meaning is really clear, it says everything. In this quote he expressed what he thought about our inteligence.

I like this quote because I absolutly agree with it.

Second present: my favourite song

My song with an special meaning is The show must go on by Queen.

I have chosen this song because it reminds me of special moments and I also like it because of its meaning.

I can't remember the first thime I heard this song. But I can remember the first time that I heard it and I knew that Mercury sang it because he knew that he was ill. I understood the song a few years ago while I was on a cruise and this song was sung in the show.

In my opinion it expresses an incredible strength.

Lyrics

Empty spaces - what are we waiting for

Abandoned places - I guess we know the score

On and on

Does anybody know what we are looking for

Another hero another mindless crime

Behind the curtain in the pantomime

Hold the line

Does anybody want to take it anymore

The show must go on

Inside my heart is breaking

My make-up may be flaking

But my smile still stays on

Whatever happens I'll leave it all to chance

Another heartache another failed romance

On and on

Does anybody know what we are living for

I guess I'm learning

I must be warmer now

I'll soon be turning round the corner now

Outside the dawn is breaking

But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

The show must go on

The show must go on - yeah

Ooh inside my heart is breaking

My make-up may be flaking

But my smile still stays on

Yeah oh oh oh

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies

Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die

I can fly - my friends

The show must go on - yeah

The show must go on

I'll face it with a grin

I'm never giving in

On with the show

I'll top the bill

I'll overkill

I have to find the will to carry on

On with the

On with the show

The show must go on.

Last present: a place.

Right now I would really like to be in San Francisco in the USA. It is a spectacular city because there are lots of different neigborhoods . You can be on one side of the street and think that you are in Italy, and then, on the other side you can feel you are in China. I really like this type of contrasts.

And in San Francisco you can see the sea, an important thing for me, because I am from an island and I need the sea. I can't be a long time without seeing the sea because the sea makes me feel free.

I can see the Golden Gate.

I can hear the wind and the cars

I can smell the sea.

I can taste the freedom.

I can feel vertigo.

Writing 3 (by Magdalena Puigserver; Bebi)

2010-01-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

1.My favourite inspirational quote is:

''We must be the change we wish to see in the world''

Gandhi.

I like this sentence because if we do really want the change to happen, which is obviously required for the greater good of the world, we should lead by example and be the first ones to change and then the world will follow.

2. A song...

I don't really have a favourite song but one which has always been close to my heart is "Summertime" by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.

''Summertime'' is the name of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. It's a nice opera, it is based on the novel Porgy de Heyward. It's about the African-American lifestyle in Charleston, South Caroline, towards the beginning of the 1930s.

It has been sung multiple times throughout Porgy and Bess as a lullaby.

Apart from its history, it's a piece that has fascinated me since the first day that I listened to it, also I really love Jazz and this song is a popular jazz standard.

There are countless recordings and live performances by various artists, including Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald or Jannis Joplin.

This song means a lot to me, giving me a variety of feelings and emotions. I don't think that it's necessary to give an explanation for all my feelings, I just enjoy the melody.

''Summertime'' by Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong:

Summertime by Janis Joplin (Live Gröna Lund 1969)

(lyrics of the song)

Summer time
And the livin is easy
Fish are jumpin
And the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich
And your ma is good lookin
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You gonna rise up singin
Yes you spread your wings
And you take to the sky
But till that mornin
There's nothin can hold you
Yeah lay down by me
Stand by

Summer time
And the livin is easy
Fish are jumpin
And the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich
And your ma is good lookin
So hush little baby
Baby don't you cry

Don't cry

3. This is the place where I want to be right now.

Hitchhiking, looking for new adventures and new sensations with my friends. I really like to see all the faces of the world, meeting new people...

I can see what you never imagined seeing.

I can hear the rivers at full speed down the mountains, and the cars down the streets of a cityst the same speed.

I can smell in a day, more different smells than spending a year in a perfume shop.

I can taste things, that even in dreams I would think that would be edible.

I can feel I'm the queen of the world on top of a mountain and a microscopic organism in a huge city.

Writing 3 (by José Miguel Maimó)

2010-01-10T12:12:00.000-08:00

At the moment my favourite quote is this one:

“Things are only impossible until they're not.”

For me this quote means: We have to think always about the positive side of life and never think that there are impossible tasks. Nothing is impossible.

I almost never listen to music, only when I go by car and I listen to the radio. For this reason it has been difficult for me to choose a song, but a few days ago I heard a song in "los 40 principales"that I liked , the title of this song is "I’m yours" by Jason Mraz.

This photo expresses many things for example: freedom, peace, happiness.
This fantastic beach is in Hawaii, a very nice place to visit. This place is very relaxing because you can rest in this house next to the sea. The weather in Hawaii it’s fantastic because it’s sunny and warm. Also, in Hawaii there are a lot of volcanoes.

I can see the sea
I can hear the wind
I can smell the sand
I can taste the salt of the sea
I can feel the heat of Hawaii

Writing 3 (By Cristofer Sánchez)

2010-01-10T11:32:00.001-08:00

<>The world is as small as a handkerchief<>

That quote is special for me,because its meaning refers to the world : it is smaller than we think.

People who you once met , who live far away, in a different place, and by coincidence or by random,one day you can meet them again accidentaly not far from when you live

<>This is the meaning of this Spanish saying although I don't think it's the same in English.

<>"IT'S A SMALL WORLD"

One of my Favorites Songs is Called<-TI SENTO->By Scooter

LYRICS

24 hours a day
12 months a year
It's all about the sound
You're about to hear

Got my style from up above
Out of the speaker
It fits like a glove
In a any contest
Got the tune
That's coming up next

When everybody's running for the cash - refresh
All I want is ching ching
All the girls, bling bling
We're live on the set
Make you sweat in effect
Our arms can’t be killed
The styles that I built, yeah

La parola non ha
Ne sapore ne idea
Ma due occhi invadenti
Petali d'orchidea
Se non ha
Anima
Get up, yes!

Ti sento, la musica si muove appena
Mi accorgo che mi scoppia dentro
Yeah!
Ti sento, un brivido lungo la schiena
Un colpo che fa pieno centro
C'mon!
Mi ami o no
Mi ami o no
Mi ami o no

24 hours a day
12 months a year
It's all about the sound
You're about to hear

Right out of the speaker
Sounds crystal clear
Wrong side of the mic
I show no fear

Se non ha
Anima
Alright!
Ti sento, la musica si muove appena
Mi accorgo che mi scoppia dentro
Give it up now!
Ti sento, un brivido lungo la schiena
Un colpo che fa pieno centro
Ragazzi!
Mi ami o no
Mi ami o no
Mi ami o no
Rock the disco

24 hours a day
12 months a year
It's all about the sound
You're about to hear

Se non ha
Anima
Come on, yes!
Ti sento, la musica si muove appena
Mi accorgo che mi scoppia dentro
Alright now!
Ti sento, un brivido lungo la schiena
Un colpo che fa pieno centro
Mi ami o no
Mi ami o no
Mi ami o no

Another song I really like
and have a speacial meaning for me
(If you really feel the music you will feel free
and your mind will fly in a infinite travel)
<-Scooter - The Sound Above My Hair-> I want you to listen to it because it's an awesome song, ( perhaps the video is too loud... )

The Place I Would Like To Be Right Now

I would like to be righ now on the Moon, because it's the place I have really wanted to be since I was a little child, and that has never changed. I'd like to be on the moon because I love the space and one of my dreams in the future is to travel to the moon and see the earth and the stars stading up on the moon's surface, feeling like as if it was a dust speck in the vast space...
And There...

I Can See The Earth
I Can Hear The Sound Of Life
I Can Smell The Dust Of The Moon
I Can Taste The Flavour Of Freedom
I Can Feel The Universe....

That is my Dream and my way of life.... Happy NEW YEAR 2010 FOR ALL!!!!

3 Presents (by Naika Mendívil)

2010-01-10T10:57:00.000-08:00

WRITING 3

"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans"

I like this quote because as John Lennon said, you don’t plan your life, things happen to you without you realizing them . With the time you realize that you have done lots of things that you never thought you will be able to do.

I don’t know if this is my favourite song but I like ‘All my loving’ by The Beatles.
Maybe the song it’s not the best but the lyrics have a very important meaning for me.
I have lived lots of moments with that song and it reminds me people that have been important in my life.

Close your ______ and I'll kiss you,
Tomorrow I'll ______ you;
Remember I'll ______ be ____.
And then while I'm ____,
I'll _____ home every day,
And I'll send all my ______ to you.

I'll _______ That I'm kissing
the lips I am missing
And hope that my ______ will come true.
And then while I'm ____,
I'll write home every day,
And I'll send all my ______ to you.

All my loving I will send to you.
All my loving, darling I'll be ____.

Right now I would like to be in India. I have never been there but I would like to go to help poor people with a ONG. I think it is a very interesting place to visit, a different culture, different food, different smells, etc. I think that if I go there I am going to learn lots of things and I am going to evolve as a person.

I can see lots of colours

I can hear music mixed with noisy

I can smell the spices

I can taste the tea

I can feel the people

By Naika Mendívil Seguí
2nd Bachiller B
11th January 2010

Writing 3 (Diego Rosso)

2010-01-10T10:32:00.000-08:00

My favourite quote at the moment is
"If you would like to be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would like to know, and not be known, live in a city" by Charles Caleb Colton, an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities,(1780 - 1832).
It is not an inspirational quote (to be honest I'm not really fan of quotes)because on one hand you can be famous without knowledge or you can be clever but not famous,which simplified will be famous = idiot or clever = not famous , I kinda like to go unnoticed but this is not really recommended nowadays. Actually I'm not really fan of quotes I like to read the funny ones to laugh for while.

The song I actually like is "Funhouse" by Pink.

I love this song because it shows very well which are my felings about the school, as the lyrics say "This used to be a funhouse" which would be when I started Highschool, I wasn't very stressed, I had a lot of fun and I had more free time.
Now I'm as stressed as hell, haven't got much free time(thanks god holidays still exist) and I'm getting ready for University wich will be good on one hand because I will be sutdying what I want to, but on the other hand it will be more difficult than this school year.

And actually I would love to "burn down" the school >=) like the lyrics say,but that's kinda difficult and I haven't got much free time to do that as well....so no need to worry about that.
Refering to the "evil clowns" would be the teachers(not all teachers I promise) this song kind of describe very well the Highschool now and that's why I like it.

Here is the video:

Lyrics:"Funhouse-Pink"

I dance around this empty ________
Tear us down
Throw you out
Screaming down the _____
Spinning all around and now we fall

Pictures framing up the past
Your taunting smirk behind the ______
This museum full of ____
Once a tickle
Now a rash

This used to be a ____________
But now it's full of evil _______
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down down down
I'm gonna burn it down

9, 8, 7, 6,__, 4,__, 2, 1, fun

Echoes knocking on locked ______
All the laughter from before
I'd rather live out on the ________
Than in this _______ memory

I've called the movers
Called the maids
We'll try to ________ this place
Drag my mattress to the yard
Crumble tumble house of cards

This used to be a funhouse
But now it's full of ______ clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down down down
I'm gonna burn it ______

This used to be a funhouse
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the _________
I'm gonna burn it down down ____
I'm gonna burn it down

9, 8, __, 6, 5, 4, 3, __, 1, fun

Oh, I'm crawling through the _____ door
My key don't fit my _____ no more
I'll change the drapes
I'll break the ______
I'll find a new place
Burn this ______ down

do do do do dodo do
do do do do dodo do
__ __ __ __ dodo do
do do do do dadadada
do do do do dodo do (9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
do do do do dodo do
do do __ do dodo do
do do do do ____ doo

This used to be a funhouse
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to _____ the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down down down
I'm gonna ______________

This used to be a funhouse
But now it's full of evil clowns
It's time to start the countdown
I'm gonna burn it down down down
I'm gonna burn it down

I would love to be in a place where it's full of snow.I love snow (even tough I have only seen snow once in Mallorca when I was little) and I would love to go skiing.This place is also really pretty and looks very quiet and calm,that's another reason why I would love to be there.

I can see the white snow falling
I can hear the freezing wind in my face
I can smell ... dam,I can't smeel anything
I can taste the hot coffee I'm drinking at this moment
I can feel the cold I caught making this poem outside in the snow ...

Writing 3 (by Javier González)

2010-01-09T02:50:00.000-08:00

"YES, WE CAN!"

At the moment this is my favourite quote. These are some words that we can never forget because if we want something we can get it with effort and sweat. I´d like to get a lot of things in the future and I know trhat if I want to get them I have to use my energy and fight for them with effort.

My favorite song in English is "Thanks for the memories", by Fall Out Boys. I have heard this song many times and I really like it x-).

I'm gonna make you bend and break
(It sends you to me without wait)
Say a prayer but let the good times roll
In case God doesn't show
(Let the good times roll, let the good times roll)
And I want these words to make things right
But it's the wrongs that make the words come to life
"Who does he think he is?"
If that's the worst you got
Better put your fingers back to the keys

One night and one more timeThanks for the memories
even though they weren't so great
"He tastes like you only sweeter"
One night, yeah, and one more time
Thanks for the memories, thanks for the memories
"He, he tastes like you only sweeter"

Been looking forward to the future
But my eyesight is going bad
And this crystal ball
It's always cloudy except for
When you look into the past (look into the past)
One night stand (one night stand off)

One night and one more time

Thanks for the memories
even though they weren't so great
"He tastes like you only sweeter"
One night, yeah, and one more time
Thanks for the memories, thanks for the memories
"He, he tastes like you only sweeter"

They say I only think in the form of crunching numbers
In hotel rooms collecting page six lovers
Get me out of my mind and get you out of those clothes
I'm a liner away from getting you into the mood, whoa
One night and one more time
Thanks for the memories
even though they weren't so great
"He tastes like you only sweeter"
One night, yeah, and one more time
Thanks for the memories, thanks for the memories
"He, he tastes like you only sweeter"

One night and one more time (One more night, one more time)
Thanks for the memories
even though they weren't so great
"He tastes like you only sweeter"
One night, yeah, and one more time (One more night, one more time)
Thanks for the memories, thanks for the memories
"He, he tastes like you only sweeter"

Argentina

I would go to Argentina for several reasons. I have some members of my family living in

Argentina and I would like to meet them. Argentina is a place that attracts my attention and I like that country. I hope I can go there in the future but the only thing I don´t like is that I will have to spend a long time inside a plane if I want to go there xD.
In Argentina the good thing is that in winter they have snow, but in Mallorca we don´t have (only in the mountains). The only thing that is similiar to both Argentina and Mallorca is the summer weather.

I can see the beauty of this Argentinian city
I can hear the cars and the people
I can smell the "croissants"every morning
I can taste things that I have never tasted
I can feel the perfection...

writing 3 ( by sergi costa triay)

2010-01-08T04:35:00.000-08:00

" An apple a day keeps the doctor away"

At the moment this is my favourite quote and it means that if you eat fruit you will have a good health and you won't have to visit the doctor. I like this quote because I want to be a healthy person and I'm going to start eating fruit.

My favorite song in english is" I don't wanna miss a thing" by Aerosmith

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
Far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Well, every moment spent with you
Is a moment I treasure

I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

Lying close to you
Feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreamingWondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever, forever and ever

I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
Well, I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like thisI just wanna hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
'Cause I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

I don't wanna close my eyesI don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't wanna miss a thing.

I would like to be at this place because I love the beach. This place is very relaxing because you can hear the sea, you can walk without shoes and feel the sand among your toes. I would like to be there now because it's a place where you can think calmly and it seems a great place to share with your girlfriend and walk beside her.

I can see the sea

I can hear the wind

I can smell the sand

i can taste your lips

I can feel the sun

Writing 3 (by William Wu He)

2010-01-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

At the moment my favourite quote is this one: "An eye for an eye makes the world blind". This quote belongs to Gandhi and it makes you think about the dark side of the people and the consequences of these negative features. With this quote I get strength to be a better person and make a better world.

In the second part of the writing I have a problem. I haven't got a song with a special meaning in English because for me it's difficult to understand songs in English, I can only understand the Spanish songs, so I'll post some songs that I like, but they don't have any special meaning.

Gentleman - Superior

If you know not god you know not love, no no if you know not jah, jah is there, oh yes

Chorus:

I know jah lovin is superior the devil complex inferior, oh yes worshiping material bowing to your silver and gold

Sombody tell me, cause I really got to know I read alot of history but things not really show no no why dem drop de bombs ina Arabia why the children burn and suffer ina Africa leave us up the righteous fightin for superpower but judgement ago fall upon de world like real shower me go so then

Chorus (2x)

So betta lov the little youth nah terrorise dem no no no gotta teach the youth de truth nah critize dem no no no open up your eyes 'n realize den you wan fi keep you wan fi care you wan fi guide dem don't you know war and crime will devide dem 'n you betta show the youth your fears 'n don't you hide dem 'n then the quality and justice will unite dem lift up your voice and you got to sing the answer me go so then

Chorus (2x)

Long time we fed upon your promises and lies your illusion and religion just covering your eyes frustration and starvation want your bly depression until well un dry can you show the love man and not the animosity can you liv a live wid me could a be your friend why you want to be my enemy you can't take the dem speech

Chorus (2x)

sombody tell me, cause i really got to know I read alot of history but things not really show no no why dem already ya why the children burn and suffer ina africa leave us up the righteous fightin for superpower but judgement got a fall real shower

Flyleaf - All around me

And to end up, I would like to be 18 years old, to get the drive license and be able to test a super car in a competition circuit. One car like this, a Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4, that accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 3.7 seconds, with a top speed of 325 km/h feeded by a motor V10 of 5.2l, getting 560 Horse Power. This is my dream, my wet dream!!

I can see a furious bull,

I can hear the roar of the motor,

I can smell the gas,

I can taste the speed sensation,

I can feel my head sinking in the back.

WRITING 3 (Ana Carcaño)

2010-01-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

"Life is either a darling adventure or nothing"
means that life is like an adventure, you have to take some risks and decisions to reach what you think is the best for you. If you just live without goals or objectives, life is nothing.

"Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities" - Aristotle. That quote means that you are not going to reach happiness only having fun with friends and going out, you can also be happy practising and improving in those activities that you are good at.

One of my favourite songs is 'I dont wanna miss a thing' by Aerosmith.
I like it because I have lived very good moments listening to that song. It talks about a boy who loves a girl and wants to be with her forever, he dreams about her, he watches her when she is sleeping and he doesn't want to miss any moment with her. That's why he would stay awake forever so he could see all what she's doing.

Right now I would like to be in Formentera with some friends lying on the beach and sunbathing. I have never been there but I imagine it's a very calm place and with virgin beaches where you can relax and forget about all the problems.

I can see blue water

I can hear the waves

I can smell the fine sand

I can taste the salt

I can feel Formentera

Across the universe

2009-12-19T00:29:00.000-08:00

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE QUIZ

1. What type of film is “Across the universe” and who are the main characters?

2. Where are they from?

3. What was Jude’s job before leaving Britain?

4. Where is Jude’s father from? How did he meet Jude’s mother?

5. What happened to Lucy’s boyfriend? When did the famous Vietnam war start and when did it end?

6. Who is Max and what happened to him?

7. Who was Martin Luther King and how did he die? When?

8. Why did Jude and Lucy start having arguments?

9. Write down the first three Beatles songs that come to your mind. Do you like them? Have you got a favourite?

10. Write a short review for a newspaper and give your opinion about the film.

Send your answers to
bridgebendinat@gmail.com

WONDERFUL PRIZES!
(for the first three students with the correct answers)

Shopping, shopping, shopping!

2009-12-01T15:33:00.000-08:00

Here we are again! Christmas has just arrived at “El corte Inglés” once more! And we are ready to spend our money on things we don’t really need.
Presents, objects,clothes and perfumes, bags and jewellery, electronic devices, new mobiles and computers... We need them!

But when you grow older you realize that, sometimes, things and objects can become a real burden... At the moment I’m in the process of getting rid of things I don’t really use... Too many CDs, too many books, too many clothes...

I love Japanese classical home decoration... I need emptiness... I need a place with no images, a white wall... an empty space in my living room, to dance, to rest, to get some refreshing air for my soul...

Xmas is here again! What can we do?

“If you understand, things are just as they are
If you don’t understand, things are just as they are”

This is my inspirational quote at this stage of my life.

When I was a teenager I wanted to train my body (sports, martials arts and so on). I loved Aikido and Taichi (I learnt to be really fast and flexible with the former, and to be calm and relaxed when facing a problem with the latter )

In my youth years I started training my emotions. Difficult task! We are full of contradictions: love and hate, joy and fear, activity and laziness. Sometimes it seems that the opposite forces can make your boat sink... I gave up martial arts and I started dancing...to express my emotions... we are like waves... going up and down, up and down restlessly...

And then it came a time when I started training my mind. And I was lucky to see a beautiful lighthouse in the distance and ... I followed the light...

I am a really curious person and I want to understand things at a deeper level, life and death, purpose of life, and so on...
And one day I realized I couldn’t understand everthing using just my mind.

“If you understand, things are just as they are
If you don’t understand, things are just as they are”

You cannot measure the water of the ocean using a tiny bucket (our individual minds). So why are we wasting our time instead of enjoying the beauty of the sea??

WRITING 3

I would like you to go shopping in a very special way: I don’t want you to spend money on things we don’t really need.
I’d like you to share 3 presents with your classmates. The first one is for your mind, the second for your emotions and the third one is for your body.

1.Tell us about your favourite inspirational quote at the moment. Explain.

2. Your favourite song. A song with a special meaning... Share the you tube video and the lyrics.

3. A place where you would like to be right now. Post the image and explain. (Save the image because you will need it in the future, for writing 5 in April, a description of a place)

Next to the image I ‘d like you to write a poem called “the five senses poem”
Start the lines with

I can see..........................
I can hear........................
I can smell..........................
I can taste.........................
I can feel................................

Merry Christmas and a happy new 2010!