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diumenge, 10 de maig del 2015

Mother's day: things I learned from my mom

I hate to admit it, but my mother is usually right in nearly everything.
With every question or doubt I came to her, she gave me an answer and even if I didn't want to hear it in that moment, at the end when everything was too late, I always realized that she was right.
In our relationship during the last few years, especially after the divorce of my parents I always saw my mother as the bad one, who does it all wrong, and my father was always the best, like he never does anything wrong, though he absolutely does it all wrong.
Now, with nearly 18 years, my opinion of them start to change. I finally see what my mother does for me, and that my father does nothing except making empty promises.
So after plenty of fights, tears and laughter, we finally made it better, not completely but we are working on our relationship.

One thing I  really aprecciate is that she never used the "I told you so" after I sat in my room crying over situations I probably could have avoided, had I listened to her. I really hate it when someone says that, because they only make you feel worser than before.
Now that I think about it, there a lot of things I should have listened to my mom, like the following:

-Friends: I should have taken her advice on many issues I had with my friends, but instead I had to learn the hard way which one are my true friends.
-Boys: she always knew before I did which were the good ones and which the bad ones, but of course I listened to nothing she said.
-Being kind: She thaught me that being good to someone, even when that person isn't good to you, is always better than showing negativity.
-Do what you really want: My mother never forced me to do anything, I'm always free to do what I thing is good for me.

dijous, 7 de maig del 2015

15 Real-Life Tips for the Graduation Class 2015

1. It's okay if you still don't have a clue what you want to do with the rest of your life. Nobody does, so you are in a good company.
2. People will lie to you to make themselves feel better about their owns lifes. Nobody has it all figured out, and if they say so, they're lying.
3.You degree will set you up, but be open-minded for a career that has nothing to do with your degree. Who knows? Maybe it will be the right for you?
4. Start saying "thank you" more often. It will set you apart from those who never learned to.
5. You probaly will have a crap job, so better accept it and be proud of it.
6. Do not be afraid, it's the only way to success.
7. Stay out of debt, everything you do will be good for something.
8. You have the right to balance your personal interests with your professional career.
9. Perfection is the enemy, don't be afraid of failure.
10. The planet needs you, you have the power to make change.
11. Take care of yourself
12. The fun is not over, it just started.
13. Save and invest your hard-earned money.
14. Live at home as long as you can, respect and thank your parents.
15. Share your plans with the rest of the world.

With this list, I'm ready to leave Castelló and start a new life. I will trust myself with my decisions, be proud of my work and accept whatever comes.

Mother's day


In honor of Mother's day, an organisation asked people to participate in a video tribute celebrating moms and motherhood.
 Firstly, they described their mothers and then they shared one thing they wanted their moms to know, or one thing they would like to tell their moms.
The resulting footage is so emotional and touching; you can perfectly see how the speaker's faces light up as they talk about their moms.
Personally, this experiment has shown me how grateful and lucky I am to have my mother in my life and that I should appreciate her more and not take her for granted only because she is always there for me.


dijous, 30 d’abril del 2015

Isabella Barrett

Isabella Barrett is only 8 years old, but yet a millioaire.
As a little girl she started participating in beautypeagents and nearly won them all. Then she started singing in her own music band, modeling and now even creating and designing her own accesorrories and clothes collection.
These collections had so much success that she is the youngest self-made millionaire in the world.

With her 8 years she owns her own money and can spend it like she wants to. So it's obvioulsy that her wishes aren't about having a new barbie or a little dog. Her christmas wishing list was about going on holidays to Hawaii, a new summer house and a recording studio for her band, and the most amazing is that she could buy it all by herself.
According to her mom, despite of her success, she lives a normal life. She goes everyday to school, plays with her friends and after finishing her homework, she's allowed to work on her collections.

To sum up, Isabella has achieved with only 8 years what others work and wish all their life for. It is also clear that this can not be only her dream, her mother surely also plays a big role in it.



divendres, 13 de març del 2015

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is known for many things, but being a diva isn't one of them, at least not until now.
According to National Enquirer, the singer insured her legs, for $40 million. The National Enquirer is oft-unrealiable, so it could be that the story is a big fake, but Taylor Swift dind't denied it.
Apparently, the singer was unsure how much her legs would be appraised for and was shocked and even a little bit embarassed about the suposed value of her legs, so we supose that the story is true.

After thinking a little about it, it's not that surprising that she insured her body, and she sure isn't the first celebrity to do it. Jennifer Lopez's ass is valuated for $300 million, seriously.
It also has it's logical reason, if something happens to Taylor's legs, she wouln't be able to give her stage perfomances, so her $200 career would be in big trouble. However, I think that it's overstated to get so much money if something happens to your legs, even to Taylor's.

60 seconds

I just found this article on a news website and it surprised and shocked me a lot. It's about a list, written by the autors of List25, of 20 things that are happening every minute around the world:
So right at this moment, the next 60 seconds...

- There will be five earthquakes.
- There will be 360 lightnings on the Earth.
- 250 children will be born.
- 113 of them will be born in underdeveloped countries.
- 15 of them will have birth problems or disabilities.
- We will use 55.000 barrels of oil.
- The Sun will throw 60 million tones of material in the space.
- 105.360 cubic meters of water will fall into the Iguazú Falls.
- 960 million tons of water are going to be evaporated from the Earth surface.
- A bird will move i'ts wings about 4 thousand times.
- 6 million chemical reactions will be produced in every cell in our body.
- You will move your eyelashes 12 times.
- Bill Gates is going to earn 15 thousand dollars.
- Nike is going to earn 36 thousand dollars.
- Nike workers will earn a tenth of a penny.
- They will cut 2.040 trees in the rainforest.
- 1800 stars will explode.
- 107 people will die.
- People all around the world will eat 4.500 McDonald's burgers.
- But, 18 of the 170 deaths, will die of starvation.

Personally, this list surprised me a lot. I only knew some of the facts like the birth of children, especially in the third world, the number of deaths every minute and that we move our eyelashes 12 times in 60 seconds. 
However, what really shocked me is that Bill Gates and Nike are earning such an amount of money in this short time, comparing it to the workers of Nike. In addition, the fact that while people are eating 4500 burgers, 18 people die because of starvation is more than only a sign for us to act and avoid it. Finally, It's also remarkable that propably we won't have any trees in the future if they continue like this.

divendres, 6 de març del 2015

Australia

A few months ago I realized that I had no idea what to do with my life. My classmates and friends already we're planning at what college they will go, what to study and even looking for a flat, and there was me who hadn't absolutely no idea.
Since I was little it was already decided that I would go back to Germany after finishing school and go to the university to study something related with busisiness, but now I'm not that sure about it. I still want to study, but what? General business, business management, marketing? I really don't know, there are so many diferent possibilities and it's really complicated to get through them. Plus, there is also the question about the university, I have absolutely no idea in which city I want to study. To sum up, there are so many open questions in my life right now and I just don't feel ready to decide it at the moment.

Due to this, I decided to go a year abroad. During this year I hope to have time to decide what I want to do and I also hope that after this trip I will feel ready and responsible enough to live alone in a city  and of course, to improve my english skills. But instead of choosing a country near home, I decided to go to Australia, at the other end of the world. I don't really know why I've choosen Australia but I think it's because I want to take some time off, and this can't be far away enough from Castelló.

diumenge, 1 de març del 2015

One step closer to Plus-Size

The last magazine of "Sports Illustrated" was a big sensation for all the readers and fans.
Firstly, the magazine became popular for their photo-sessions with the most famous and wanted super models, and obviously they all have one thing in common: their perfect tanned and trained bodies, and they show them, of course in bikinis.
These photo-sessions should motivate women to get fit and do sport, but this isn't the case in real life.
Due to this, the world tried to change the image of a model, introducing the plus-size models. They had a really hard beginning but they continue working on it, and the photo that apperead in this magazine presents a mile stone for them.
The plus-size model Ashley Graham made it in the Sports Illustrated. She represented her body for the campaign "Curves in Bikinis" and she feels safe and sexy in her skin.
In my opinion, this was a really big and risky step from the magazine for publishing Ashley in a bikini, but I think that it comes a little bit late. Plus-size models are conquering the Media for a long time now, and I was really shocked as I saw that they didn't made it in the Sports Ilustrated until now.
To sum up, I hope that this was only the beginning for the models to appear in these kind of magazines, and not only size 0 women.

dissabte, 17 de gener del 2015

GERMANY 2014

Last christmas I went, of course, to visit my family in Germany. Despite that we had school the 23th I had to leave that day because I wouldn't have had time to arrive at time to go to the church. Religion and going to church isn't very important in my family, only my great-grandparents go every week. But on the 24th of december my whole family is forced to go because it is the only moment in the year that we are all together, so it's quite funny because most people in church occupy two or three seats, and we are about thirty.
After church, we all go home, eat together and than we open the presents. All this act is always a chaos because we are too many in one house. Even if it is very stressing we do it every year and it's always hilarious. And the next days, the stress begins; we visit everyday another family member and eat at their house, so normally after holidays my jeans doesn't fit anymore. 
This year, I was very excited because my cousin was pregnant and finally get her baby and I saw her for the first time, and she is soooo sweet. Besides the christmass meals, I went to a lot of trips with my family and went skiing with my granfather.
In summary, these days were just amazing, besides the homework we had to do... but I can't wait to go back.

CARMEN DELL'OREFICE

Personally, for me Carmen dell'Orefice is the authentic proof that beauty can stay forever.
The american actress and model is 83 years old and still looks pretty good, she seems about 20 years younger than she really is and so is her actitude. She has absolutely no problem with her age and considers herself pretty enough to keep up with the younger models.
She was discovered at the age of 13 by the photographer Herman Landschoff and with 15 years she already appeared of the Vogue cover.
The fact that she was Salvador Dali's muse in her early years surprised me most, but despite the succes, she lost most of her money in the stock market, and probably because of this she returned to the model bussiness.
Carmen dell'Orifice told in an interview the secrets of her beauty, and they weren't that surprising. In summary, she just lived healthy during her life, she didn't smoke or drink alcohol, had an healthy diet and of course, had a few beauty operations. All these are things that all women could do and it seems very easy, but surely it's not that easy to renounce always to drink a cocktail or eat fastfood.

In conclusion, I think that the her return was a great decision because she is now a new idol for a lot of women and inspires them to live healthy and so to keep their beauty.





dilluns, 24 de novembre del 2014

Pretty Little Liars

Just before starting school this year I did a big big mistake, I began to watch Pretty Little Liars and now I am really addicted to it.
In my opinion, this is the best mistey serie of all times, because you can't stop watching it, no matter how many chapters you have seen, you never get tired of it.
The plot is about the life of five girls living in a small town called Rosewood. One night, during a party, one of the girls, Alison, disappears and no one knows where she is or what happened. During one year they have no idea of what happened to her, till they found her dead body and the police and her friends start to discover what had happened. They discover that Alison had a stalker called -A and that she was trying to find out who she or he was, and this is probably the reason why she died. After her death, the stalker started  threatening her friends and all the people around them. During the whole serie the girls try to discover who -A is, and in every serie they come closer to him/her.
I've already watched four seasons and I still don't have a clue of who -A is. I think that this is the reason why so many people are addicted to PLL, because we all want to know who A plus because he/she is probably the only one who knows what happened to Alison.

Germany

Last month I went to Germany to visit my family because I hadn't seen them for a long time and also because I had to go to an important wedding.
I used the opportunity to take with me my friends Esther and Tania. For Esther it was the third time she came with me but for Tania it was the first one, so it was a special trip.
We only stayed a few days because we didn't want to miss school. During these days we wanted to go to diferent cities and visit many places, a zoo included.
On the first day, we went to the city Freiburg where we bought our dress for the wedding and some presents for my family. It was a very sunny day and we spent hours sitting in a little café we discovered next to the church, it was very cute.
The next day was supposed to be relaxing and we decided to visit the zoo, but I don't know how, but at the end it was the most exhausting day. The zoo was amazing but it was full of monkeys, it was like the only animals who lived in the zoo were mokeys, so at the end of the day we couldn't see anymore monkeys and we decided to leave.
The following day it was time for the wedding, so we put our new dresses on. The day was hilarious because all the family members were on the party, plus my two spanish friends, who didn't understand anything.
These days were very necessary because we all needed a few days off, but everything has an end, and the next day we must go back to school and start our routine again.


dilluns, 6 d’octubre del 2014

Funny movie

I have watched a lot of funny movies in the past and I don't have a favourite one. I like them all but I never have watched a film that I found hilarious. The funnier movie I have seen this year is "A few best men", it's an Australian-British comedy film directed by Stephen Elliot in 2011.
The plot is about a young man, David, who proposes to his girlfriend Mia at the same day they meet in Australia. He has no family, so he invite his three best friends to the wedding. After arriving the trouble begins, his friends accidentally steal drugs, they also steal de father-in-law's favourite sheep and the whole wedding day ends in a total disaster. The best of the movie is that one of my favourite actresses, Fat Amy is also starring in the movie.
There aren't scenes that are funnier than others, there are all hilarious. So the best is to watch the full movie, but for now here is the trailer:



dilluns, 29 de setembre del 2014

Happiness and Career success

The purpose of this Infographic is obvious. They are trying to convince us that we can't be successful just by working hard, new studies have proved that there is another important thing that we should notice: happiness.
It is true that we spend more time working than doing another thing that could make us happier, but people have accepted this fact and they believed that it was normal, until now. Studies aimed to prove that happiness leads to career success, and not that we need to work hard and to be successful to finally be happy,
It is demonstrated that happier and positive people are more likely to get hired in the first place, tend to have more job satisfaction, perform better on their job and miss fewer days.
So the conclusion is, that we should work happier to get better results, and not only work happier. To increase our positivity you can try the "three good things" activity, which consists in writing down three good things that happened to you during the day.
I will try to do this activity every night, and we will see if my positivity increases.

dilluns, 22 de setembre del 2014

2nd Batxillerat

Hello 2nd Batxillerat!
During summer I was hoping every single day that the 15th of September will never arrive, but it came sooner than I thought. Now i'm sitting on this uncomfortable chair in the classroom trying to listen to my teacher and thinking about how amazing it is how your entire life changes from one day to another. Last week, sunday the 14th was just another awesome day of summer, I had to work but it didn't matter. In summer everything is different, you never get bored and you don't have to see the same faces everyday. I also had to get up early to go to work, but there is a huge difference between getting up at 6AM and 9AM. Sometimes I was really tired of working but at least when I was at home I had no homework to do and I never had to think about an exam wich I have to write the next day.
I love summer because you are like an adult, you are independent and you can do what you want to do, and because of this it is really hard to go back to school, where suddenly everybody tells you what you have to do and what is the best for you.
In conclusion, I hope that I will survive this year and that it will end as soon as possible, and then finally, it will be the time to say bye bye Castelló!