My English competence in 2010.

Now it's time to choose my best written an oral evidences I have done in 2010. It has been difficult to pick up just one, but there are some compositions I have done which are better to forget and, obviously, there are some others worth romembering.

In my view, I've done my best composition this last term: 'Addicted to Facebook', probably because it's a subject I really like and feel familiar to it. This reflection is well structured with an introduction, a main body and a great conclusion. Moreover, I introduced some idioms (maybe the use of 'over my dead body' is a little bit exagerated) and I used many connectors. I think this reflection shows my maturity level and my ability to write good compositions in a foreign language.

In my opinion, my best oral evidence was done in the second term: 'Caffeine and tea'. It was about my research project (it sounds strange to pronounce it now that I've finished with it). I used technical words, which gave me a higher level of domination than my audience. However, I wasn't sure about the pronounciation, but I think I did a good job, well trained. What's more, I was familiar with the subject I was talking about; this fact made possible to improve if I didn't remember what I had to say.

In conclusion, I can say that I'm very proud of myself; at the first mail I said to Sònia that I had a special gift for writing and with Addicted to Facebook we can prove it.

My English progress from 2008-2010.

If I compare my first written document and my last composition or my first oral presentatiion with my last one, I notice a big difference (mostly in my oral).

First, let's have a look in my compositions. We can analyze the structure: in my first composition, there's no organization at all; I just vomit some words. However, in my last composition about mind-body therapies, I order my ideas in some paragraphs. What's more, in first of batxillerat I use the conjuction 'and' in an exaggerated way, for example when I say: "and we went to his swimming pool in the afternoon and we had dinner there, together". Comparing to my last entry this year, I have used synonims wether for this conjunction or other connectors; last year I didn't use as much linking words as I do. I also repeated the subject in some sentences, for example: "Laura, Nuri and I, we have passed our drive test exam".

If we focus in my oral presentation we can observe many differences too. In my opinion, my first oral presentation wasn't so bad, but we always can improve in everything of course. I remember I was really nervous, my voice was trembling and I rarely looked at my audience; I did a lot of gestures as well. Taking my London report into account, we must consider it's very different; not only because I have improved, but also because the context changes from a class to an open space. My audience was more reduced, so I was more relaxed (even the people on the street looked at us while we were recording). I think I was more confident in London because I was more used to do it than at first of batxillerat.
On the hole, I think I have improved in all aspects, yet I hope to continue developing my English level. My last compositions are more reasonable and well structured, and my orals have more fluence and self-confidence.

Mind-body therapies.

For thousands of years it is said that we are able to cure an illness by controlling our emotions; many people, however, think that mind-body therapies are a waste of time. In my opinion, they can help us to enhace our selfesteem.

First, people who suffer an illness need to be confident, sure of themselves to combat it. In my view, mind -body therapies can help them to control and mantain this feeling of superation.

What's more, they need to be relaxed. An illness, apart from being difficult, is also quite stressful because of the constant visits to the doctor, the whole treatment... So it's important for them to have a peaceful break-time.

To sum up I would say that people must believe in mind-body trerapies because they can help them to get over a difficult stage in their lives.

Smooth criminal, Michael Jackson.

As he came into the ______
It was the sound of a ________
He came in her apartment
He left the blood stains on the carpet
She sang underneath the table
He could see she was incredible
So she ran into the ________
She was struck up, it was her doom

CHORUS 1:
Annie are you ok?
So, Annie are you ok?
Are you ok, Annie?
Annie are you ok?
So, Annie are you ok?
Are you ok, Annie?
Annie are you ok?
So, Annie are you ok?
Are you ok, Annie?
Annie are you ok?
So, ____ ___ ___ __, ___ ___ __, Annie?

CHORUS 2 (put the sentences in order):
Then you ran into the bedroom

There's a sign in the window

Annie are you ok?
That he struck you - a crescendo Annie
He came into your apartment
He left the blood stains on the carpet
Will you tell us that you're ok?
It was your doom
You were struck down

CHORUS 1.

You've feel hit by
You've feel hit by - a _________ _________

So they came into the subway
It was _______ - what a black ____
Mouth to mouth resuscitation
Staring heartbeats - intimidations

CHORUS 1

CHORUS 2

Annie are you ok?
So, Annie are you ok?
Are you ok Annie?
You've feel hit by
You've feel struck by - a _________ __________

 
Okay, I want anybody to clear the area _______ ______! 

Annie are you ok? (__ ______ ____)
Will you tell us, that you're ok?

There's a sign in the window

That he struck you - a crescendo Annie 

He came into your apartment 
Left blood stains on the carpet
I don't know why baby!
Then you ran into the bedroom
You were struck down
It was your doom - Annie!

Annie are you ok?
Will you say us, that you're ok?
There's a sign in the _________
That he struck you - a __________ Annie
 

He came into your apartment
Left ________ stains on the carpet
Then you ran into the bedroom

You were struck up
It was our doom Annie!

Johnny Depp saves friend from mugger.

Johnny Depp saved a friend of him days ago in Los Angeles. When the mugger saw Depp, he recognized him immediately: he ain't stealing from Captain Jack. The man left the bottle he was acting with and Johnny Depp gave him some money and told to go away. 

Normally, celebrities say they don't like to be famous because people recognize them. Here we've got an example which proves that being famous can be also a good point. 

It's obvious that being famous has its pros and its cons, like everything. However, I think this situation has more cons than pros. Even though they got a lot of money (usually more than the one they deserve), they don't have a private life: journalists are always chasing them. 

Famous people can live their life in lustful conditions that normal people can't. If I became famous I'd like to have a huge and modern house in every country I wanted, with a big swimming pool and a beautiful garden. I would travel all around the world staying at the most expensive hotels, I would have my meals to the finest restaurants, I would buy many clothes with which I would fill my multiple wardrobes... Things that I can't do now actually I either need to.

Nevertheless there are different types of celebrities: people who has become famous for an important thing they've done (such as a discovery, films, music..), or people like Belén Esteban. It's shameful how our society treats these stupids as if they were people worth being admired.

Short news.

Addicted to facebook.

There's a group in facebook saying: 'I also should have my face in the book'. Another which says: 'Join if you should be studying'. There's no doubt we lose a lot of our precious time in this virtual space. We should think about it... The time we spend in front of our computers, we could spend it doing some other useful things. 

In my case, for example: I admit I'm a Facebook/messenger addicted. I arrive at home and I say to myself that over my dead body I'm going to connect on the Internet! But in some involuntary and uncontrolled way, I turn on my computer because I want (or I need) to connect with the world. Actually, now that I have an iPhone, I've also installed the ebuddy tool so I can connect it everywhere and every time. 

When I'm studying (and I know I go against the clock) I try to turn off the computer, but normally I just shut the screen of the laptop so then it's faster. Every 15 minutes I'm opening it and visiting Facebook again, just to see what's going on.

As a matter of fact, when I see the time goes by, I get into the right frame of mind, I switch off my laptop and I take it to another room, far from me; in that way, I feel lazy if I have to stand up and go for it. Although it usually works, I have another solution, just in case.. I go downstairs and I study at the kitchen.

School work on the computer: another problem. While I'm writing this entry, I'm constantly visiting my Facebook site and I'm on ebuddy. You can imagine that this task takes me a lot of time, because (even though I know I'm not absolutely concentrated) I can't help it. 

On the whole, I would make the most of my time if there weren't naughty machines and catchy technologies... Do you have any strategy to control your impulses and fight against them? Any advice for me?

Medicine vs vet.

Before finishing batxillerat, we'll have to take an important decision which will determine the rest of our lives: our degree. As you know I had practically decided it, yet I haven't now. I suppose I've noticed it's about to come and the possibility of taking the wrong decision scares me.

During my life, I've always been between veterinary science and medicine.

First I wanted to become a vet because of my love to animals and I'd like to treat and to care for them. Meanwhile, my grandfather tried to convince me that it's more satisfactory to help people than animals, but I wasn't completely sure about the idea; however, he finally conviced me and I decided to become a doctor. Since then, I've always defended it, insisting on my marks above all. 

Nevertheless, the confusion came back and now I have no idea about what I have to choose! (I think I'm stressing Júlia as well with my degree chaos..!)

Medicine would take me 6 years before the MIR exam, apart from 5 more to study my specialization. It would be lots of hours of study and work. Veterinary science would suppose me 'only' 5 years (full of work too) and when finished, I wouldn't have to do any specialization: I would be already a vet. 

 

On the other hand, I don't know where I want to study. If I finally chose veterinary, I will have to go to Barcelona because Bellaterra is the only university in Catalonia where these studies are given. The problem appears with medicine: should I go to Barcelona or may I stay in Girona? The mark in Barcelona is higher than in Girona, but I have to take a decision because I'll have to fill in my options list soon!

Well... I should make up my mind and chose: vet vs medicine, animals vs people.