Christmas

Christmas is a festivity of the christianism where people celebrate the birth of Christ.  It is celebrated the night of the 24th December in great part of the world and most families get together to celebrate it. They eat turkey, cod, pork and lamb and a Christmas tree have place in one corner of the house. They also make the Advent wreath and sing Christmas carols around the hearth. This is a tradicion of the Catholic Church, for instance. Nativity scenes are put on the tables; they represent the Christ's birth where shepherds, animals, The Three Wise Men attend and finally, the star is placed on the top of the tree.

On the other hand, Anglican and Orthodox Church have different ways of celebrate it. Anglican Church also celebrate Christmas the 24th December. However, Orthodox Church celebrate it the 7th January. English speakers use the word Christmas that means the mass of the Christ; spanish speakers use the word "Navidad" to refers to the nativity of the Christ; For instance, in Germany, they day "Frohe Weihnachten" that means the night of blessing.

Despite not believing in Christ, some families celebrate Christmas because it is custom and tradition. Moreover, this is a season of gladness and happiness when people have a rest and reunite with their family. This is a gesture that everybody likes and in Christmas they attempt to be happy and enjoy the holidays. Hence, I love Christmas although currently it is becoming a business because it fill us of illusion and reminds me the best times of my life: it is a time when I am happy and I enjoy being with my family and friends and giving and receiving presents from 'Santa Claus' and 'The Three Wise Men'.

Elephants

Elephant is my favourite animal. The elephant is the biggest terrestrial mammal. It can measure until four metres by high and weigh like 100 people. It is very strong, but he is peaceful: doesn't like fighting. They live in herd and they have an old female as a chief. Moreover, they travel around without ceasing; never settle in one place and look for vegetables and water for drinking. Also they shake their ears when they are getting angry and attack. I love them because they are really clever and lovely. I have a lot of things about elephants and it is like my lucky charm.

10 things that you don't not about elephants:

1. They can't jump.
2. An adult male can weigh between 6-7 tons.
3. The sound they made is known as trumpeting.
4. Elephants can live up to 70 years.
5. Adult elephants sleep standing.
6. Elephants need to eat more than 200 kilos of food a day, so they spend about 16 hours a day eating.
7. They are capable of swimming long distances.
8. When males turn 12 leave the herd and take their own course.
9. They can run at a speed of 40km / h over short distances.
10. They are herbivores and eat mostly grass and bark of trees.

Musicals

From my point of view, musicals are the best theatrical and cinematographic genres. Musical is a very entertaining genre where actresses and actors sing and dance to the sound of music. Through the songs are transmitted the love, the fight, the secrets, the pettiness, the humility, the deeper and purer feeling, the friendship, the relationships and even they transmit positive messages to the society. Furthermore, we get in a situation while we are interpreting a play, since we have to transmit a concise and clear message. Therefore, we became more sensitive to feelings.We also learn to vocalize and speak out avoiding shouting. On the contrary, it is a difficult genre to practise. In fact, the musical was born in USA when a Europe company of dance mixed with a theatre company in 1866.

Some of the best musicals I have ever watched are: 

My fair lady

 Moulin Rouge

Grease

 Hair

Chitty Chitty BangBang

 Mary Poppins

My favourite band

I would never say I have a favourite band. However, this band has gone with me every time I have travelled by car. M-Clan CD was bought by my father when it hit the shelves in 2004 and it became one of the best CDs I have ever listened to. Unconsciously, I sing these songs when I am walking and they accompany me. Strangely, the songs has formed part of my life, thus I associate each one to a different moment of my childhood and frame of mind, independently they are good or bad. The song I like the most is "miedo", since it is full of sense and feelings. Now, when I am enough mature, I understand the meaning of this song and every time I like it more. I will translate some parts:

To begin with
I will say this is the end
It is not a happy ending
It is just an end
But it seems to be there is no turning back

Fear
of coming back to the hells
Fear of you to fear me
of having to forget you

Fear
of loving you without want it
of finding you suddenly
of not seeing you anymore

BRUCE ALMIGHTY

A few days ago, I decided to watch the film Bruce Almighty in English, since I had watched it a lot of times but it in Spanish language as usual.  Surprisingly, I found, as a result,  a film that it had nothing to do with that. It seemed to me a completely distinct film with plenty differences between one film and the other. The nuances, the idioms, the accent,the dialogue, the volum of the voice… To tell you the truth, I enjoy more this time than the others  10 times I have watched it. On the contrary, I got a little dissapointed because of Jim Carrey’s voice. I expected to find a man whose voice was really funny, in contrast, it was funny but not that stupid as I thought. Even so, this is a film full of comedy and good moments that make you laugh. The argument of the story have been perfectly pondered and thought, so for me it is still being one of my favourite American's films. As a conclusion, I have thought henceforth I should watch films in both languages in order to criticise each general area and judge what I prefer in each part.

Why it is sometimes hard to express ourselves?

Have you ever felt it was hard to express your emotions or feelings? Some feelings  such as love, ire or sadness are difficult to show. If we know the reasons why it happens, we can solve it.
Habitually, when we keep something to ourselves, it leads to depression and strees. What to do? Below I will write three steps to get over this situation.

1. Be confident
A low esteem brings the incapacity of expressing feelings, since the person thinks he/she has not the right to ask for anything. Also they think that people are not interested in them, so they think their opinions are not interesting to others. Therefore, they choose to keep things. If a person don't think they are valuable, it is not worth to express to the world. We must remember every person is unique and everybody has the right of expressing their feelings.

2. Have esteem
Do not give all for lost. This is a negative thought. People think that although express their opinion or how they feel, there not will be solution. Hence, the person get demotivated. This lack of hope can bring big discomforts and problems because without a positive and optimistic attitude, people fall in stagnation and resignation and they just know to complain. People should express what they feel without fearing of rejection. Every person has their own way of thinking and we have to respect them.

3. Nobody is perfect
The perfectionism is a bad election in this issue. People make mistakes. Thus, this is an irracional feeling if we think we must be perfect, since there is no human who doesn't feel bad in determined time. Do not be afraid of expressing your emotions. Store and hide what one's feel could damaged health in a long time. If it is unable to express themselves in a trusty atmosphere, at least write and draw out all the negativity felt.

7 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TRAVEL

1. Escaping from the grind .
All of us hate routins, monotonous days and feeling stuck in the middle of our life. We need a change and we don't know why and when. First of all, think there is no hour and there is no days, you choose the destiny and the time.

2. The nicest feeling of the absolute freedom.
You don't need advice from people around you all the time. It is the desired time to feel free. No schedules, no commitments. Make real your plans and don't worry, you can change them at any time.

                                       

3. Learn new languages and improve what you already know.
It is moment to put into practice the languages you have been studying at school or university. Also, you will learn new ones. Learning a language is not only to know the grammar or the ortography but also to understand their idioms, their sense of humour and to wrap in their style of life. It is funny to know some words in each language.


                                       

4. Discover the wonderful people you have never met.
Being abroad around people you don't know will lead you to meet people in strange and unexpected situations. You will meet people that will change your life or even your mind. They can be anywhere.


                                         

5. Being independent in a unknown world.
This will help you to be more responsable. Here you have to make up by yourself if you want to get anything. How to discover a new place to visit, how to use the public transport, how to get a job or an accommodation... Every step you make you will feel proud. This will help you to value things you are getting by yourself. Likewise, we learn to be ingenous when we have to solve a problem.

                                       

6. Develop your abilities: be more generous.
In this type of trips, you will meet really friendly and nice people. Therefore, it is essential you know how to act. You can not be selfish if you want a positive experience in your travel. Thank people who share their experiences with you and help you in many aspects.

                                         

                                       

7. You will learn to know yourself and the others.
.As I said, a travel can change your mind and your life. You will ask who you are and who you want to be. Maybe, being abroad is the best time to make decisions because you are away from everything. At least, you are growing as a person. When you come back you are a different person, but actually you are the person you have never met, yourself.