English learning blog.

Very Useful

2006-12-06T12:27:00.000+01:00

Howjsay.com is a web tool for anyone who need a quick lookup on word’s pronunciation. The usage of the tool is as easily as enter the word into the textbox and submit, the word will display on the gray box and pronounce immediately. If you want it to repeat the pronunciation, just move your mouse over the word. Cool!.
I was looking an util like this one for months!

Give it a try.!

Comparisons

2006-12-03T11:59:00.000+01:00

She's as busy as a bee

He eats like a horse

as quite as a mouse

as cool as a cucumber (calm, relax, never extress)

as blind as a bat

like a bull in a china shop

like a bear with a sore head (very bad tempered)

as mad as a hatter (person who made hats) britain humor?

drink like a fish (drink lot of)

as drunk as a lord (drink a lot of)

as brain like a sieve (always forgot all)

sleep like a baby/log

as greedy as a pig (you want more money/food)

as red as a beetroot

(remolacha)

work like a dog

as black as a coal (night)

a raven's wing

as white as snow

as thin as a rake

as white as a sheet

as easy as falling off a leg

Do you know any more comparisons?

Talking about photos or pictures

2006-12-03T11:23:00.000+01:00

This is a tipical exam's exercise, you have to speak about a photo or picture that the teacher show you, so you have to be confidence describing you are seeing.

Some tips to start the description could be:

Where?
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On the right / On the left (side)
At the top / At the bottom
In the background / in the foreground
In the corner

In Contrast;
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but
whereas
while
however
in contrast

How?
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beside / next to
close to / near

in front of
opposite
behind
above/over
below/under

between
far from

Example:

Description

On the left side we can see a man sit down on the top of a staircase.
On the right side there are three childreen playing together. In the background there is a big sun. While the children are enjoying together, the man seems not very happy.
Behind the girl, there is a boy chasing her. This boy is between the girl and the fair boy. Opposite to these boys there is a man, below this man there is a staircase ,and behind the man there is a advertisement with the message "The top".

The Composition (III)

2006-11-29T10:56:00.000+01:00

Thinking about this exercise and looking for related information, I have found a list of ten things that will change the way we live, These things are:

Fuel(l) cells
Gene therapy
Haptics
Internet 2
Lifestraw
MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory)
$100 laptop
$200 Barrel of oil
VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
WiMax (worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)

I knew about almost (a bit) all of these technologies and inventions, but the lifestrow (it) was something I hadn't (listen) heard about before so I will speak about it.

If someone ask us (with) what is the most precious liquid on the earth, we (could ask) might answer the oil, but then we will be wrong because it's (the) water. But there is a big problem because even though more than 70% of the earth's surface (surface's earth) is covered by water, many parts of the world especially the poor(s) parts with a big population are suffering from waterbo(u)rne diseases due to (the) unsafe water.

Lifestraw is a portable water purification tool that cleanses surface water and makes it safe for human consumption.

It's just 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter and can be hung around the neck. Lifestraw requires no electrical power or spare parts. Lifestraw filters up to 700 litres of water and effectively removes most of the micro_organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases.

It's clear that this invetion won't change our lives in a direct way, but it will improve the living conditions of millions people (in) around the world. I hope this invention becomes one of the most succesful developments in the next few years with a suceessful availability and use (implantantion) in the Third World.
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The Composition (II)

2006-11-29T10:34:00.000+01:00

I am going to write my composition as originally I wrote, in order to compare with the composition corrected by my teacher taking notes on mistakes.

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COMPOSITION

Thinking about this exercise and looking for related information I have found a list of ten things that will change the way we live these things are:

Fuell cells
Gene therapy
Haptics
Internet 2
Lifestraw
MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory)
$100 laptop
$200 Barrel of oil
VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
WiMax (worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)

I knew almost a bit of all these technologies and inventions, but the lifestrow it was something I hadn't listen before so I will speak about it.

If someone ask us with is the most precious liquid on the earth, we could ask the oil, but then we will be wrong because it's the water. But there is a big problem because even though more than 70% of surface's earth is covered by water, many parts of world specially the poors parts with a big population are suffering from waterbourne diseases due to the unsafe water. Lifestraw is a portable water purification tool that cleanses surface water and makes it safe for human consumption.
It's just 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter and can be hung around the neck. Lifestraw requires no electrical power or spare parts. Lifestraw filters up to 700 litres of water and effectively removes most of the micro organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases.

It's clear that this invetion won't change our lives in a direct way, but it will improve the living conditions of millions people in around the world. I hope this invention become on of the most succesful development in the next years with a suceessful implantantion in the third world.
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The anonymous friend.

2006-11-25T13:07:00.000+01:00

Hello!, today (25/11/06) I have receive 9 posts correcting my mistakes on English Posts!, I like to receive this kind of feedback! so this time there are so much mistakes that I have to wrote a new post with their.

The corrections are in bold done for my anonymous friend:

1º Post.
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I wrote;
> 10 reasons you shouldn't never get a job

Anonymous said;
>>10 reasons (why) you shouldn't (EVER) get a job : No double negatives in English.

I wrote;
> the ten reasons to don't get a job.

Anonymous said;
>>(these) ten reasons to (NOT) get a job.

I wrote;
> If you want enjoy reading more in detail take a look to this

Anonymous said;
>>If you want (TO read these) in more detail, take a look (AT) this

2º Post.
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I wrote;
>Originally from Irony.com a diverting site with comics and a lot humour about the american society, and sometimes spanish as well. :)

Anonymous said;
>>Originally from Irony.com (AN ENTERTAINING) site with (CARTOONS) and a lot humour about (whitout the) American society, and sometimes (ABOUT) Spanish (SOCIETY) as well. :)

3º Post.
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I wrote;
>the teacher give us a special homework.

Anonymous said;
<>> the teacher give us (without a) (SOME) special homework.

I wrote;
>when I have it ready I will write here.

Anonymous said;
>> when I have it ready I will write (IT) here.

4º Post.
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I wrote;
>Working in some english exercises I have found this great internet page about the Greatest Films of the history, the cool of this page is that you can listen the most

Anonymous said;
>>(WHILE) working (ON) some (E)nglish exercises, I (without have) found this great internet page about the Greatest Films (without of the) (IN) history, the cool (PART) of this page is that you can listen (TO) the most

Aclaration from anonymous;
> cool PART of == cool thing about
>PART here doesn't mean like a piece of it, it means the cool ASPECT of it

5º Post.
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I wrote;
>(ARTICLES III) We use no article when...

Anonymous said;
>> (ARTICLES III) We (DON'T) use an article when...

Other possiblity
>>We also DON'T use an article with

6º Post.
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I wrote;
>We use a(n) when...

Anonymous said;
>> (ARTICLES II) We use (aN) article when..

Another aclarations from anonymous;
>>>o mejor : We (DO) use (aN) article when..
>>Add DO for emphasis since the previous post was about when We DON'T use an article.

>>>Yo sé que en español todos son lo mismo :
>>Uso = I use, I am using, I do use

7º Post.
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I wrote;
>in the future of their children

Anonymous said;
>>better : in their children's future

I wrote;
>they do not fully understand.

Anonymous said;
>>better: they don't fully understand.

I wrote
>(blank) concern is growing in

Anonymous said;
>>there is a growing concern in

I wrote;
>The concern comes as schools

Anonymous said;
>>better: This concern comes as ...

8º Post.
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I wrote;
> I didn't know what means "smirk", but he explained me with a picture like this.
This tip, remember me the post i did some days ago. :)

Anonymous said;
>>I didn't know what ("smirk" meant), but he explained (it) with a picture like this.
This reminded me of the post ...

Aclaration from anonymous;
>>smirk es como tu sonrisa cuando crees que eres más listo que alquien y esa persona no lo sabe.

9º Post.
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I wrote
>Death poets society

Anonymous said;
>>en verdad es Dead Poets Society

Thanks Anonymous friend!

10 reasons you shouldn't never get a job

2006-11-20T21:13:00.000+01:00

From a smart site I have found in Internet, I enjoyed reading the ten reasons to don't get a job.
The 10 reasons are:

1. Income for dummies.

2. Limited experience.

3. Lifelong domestication.

4. Too many mouths to feed.

5. Way too risky.

6. Having an evil bovine master.

7. Begging for money.

8. An inbred social life.

9. Loss of freedom.

10. Becoming a coward.

If you want enjoy reading more in detail take a look to this cool site.

The origins of class consciousness

2006-11-19T11:15:00.000+01:00

Ever had crayon envy when you were in elementary school?

Originally from Irony.com a diverting site with comics and a lot humour about the american society, and sometimes spanish as well. :)

The composition

2006-11-16T23:40:00.000+01:00

Today in my english class, the teacher give us a special homework. We have to write a composition on the following statement:

"People's lives will change dramatically in the next 50 years."

Write your composition.
Mmm... I'm thinking about it, when I have it ready I will write here.

Another discovery

2006-11-11T11:56:00.000+01:00

Working in some english exercises I have found this great internet page about the Greatest Films of the history, the cool of this page is that you can listen the most fammous movie quotes like, "...Bond, James Bond" or "My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get.'" do you recognize what film they are from?
Try on!.

(ARTICLES III) We use no article when...

2006-11-09T20:49:00.000+01:00

.. talking about nouns in a general sense: plurarl countable nouns, uncountable nouns, and abstract nouns. We also use no article with cities, countries, and named streets or buildings. And:

in many common expressions;
to go home, to go to work/school/university/prison/hospital/church/bed, to go on holiday, to be at home/work/school/university, to be in hospital/church/bed/prison, to go by car/bus/coach/train/plane, to have breakfast/lunch/dinner (but have a meal), at night /but in the morning/afternoon/evening)

(ARTICLES II) We use a(n) when...

2006-11-09T20:38:00.000+01:00

...we mention a singular countable noun for the first time, and with jobs, and some numbers. And:

When it means 'per' in some expressions

twice a day, 50 miles an hour, 80$ a week

(ARTICLES I) We use "the" when....

2006-11-09T20:30:00.000+01:00

...there is only one, we know what is being talked about, and with superlatives, musical instruments, oceans, mountain ranges, deserts, rivers, and some countries.
And;

When there is only one of something, either in existence or in a particular context.

when something is mentioned again

when both listener and speaker know what is being refered to

when talking about a specific aspect of something, where the noun is followed by "of"

to speak generally about certain groups of singular countable nouns.

The home computer

2006-11-09T20:26:00.000+01:00

Many parents believe that having a home computer is an investment in the future of their children and they often pay more than a thousand pounds for a product they do not fully understand.

According to a recent survey, over two thirds of parents firmly believe in the educational importance of (blank) personal computers. But as the pressure on parents to buy (blank) sophisticated and expensive equipment increases, (blank) concern is growing in (blank) Britain over the real educational value of the computer.

The concern comes as schools are being encouraged by private industry to invest in the latest technology. The Government also intends to make (blank)
access to computers easier in school as the best way to win what it calls the "Knowledge Race" against other nations.
However, according to some educationalists, parents who think of the computer as some form of home tutor could be heading for (blank) trouble. Dr George Hadley, who is a lecturer in educational computing at (blank) Oxford University, stresses that (blank)
educational software can never completely replace (blank)
teachers.

The Convenience Society, or con for short

2006-11-03T18:13:00.000+01:00

The other day I took my younger children to a Burguer King for lunch and there was a line of about a dozen cars at the drive-through window. Now, a drive-through window is not a window you drive through, but a window you drive up to and collect your food from, having placed your order over a speakerphone along the way; the idea es to provide quick takeaway food for those in a hurry.

We parked, went in, ordered and ate and came out again, all in about ten minutes. As we departed, I noticed that a white pickup truck that had been last in the queue when we arrived was still four or five cars back from collecting its food. It would have been much quicker if the driver had parked like us and gone in and got his food himself, but he would never have thought that way because the drive-through windows is supposed to be speedier and more convenient.

Americans have become so attached to the idea of convenience that they will put put with almost any inconvenience to achieve it. The things that are supposed to speed up and simplify our lives more often than not have the opposite effect and I started wondering why this should be.

Americans have always looked for ways to increase comfort. It is an interesting fact that nearly all the everyday inventions that take the difficulties out of life - escalators, automatic doors, passenger lifts, refrigerators, washing machines, frozen food, fast food - were invented in America, or at least first widely used here. Americanns grew so used to seeing a constant stream of labour-saving devices, in fact, that by the sixties they had come to expect machines to do almost everything for them.

The moment I first realized that this was not necessarily a good idea was at Christmas of 1961 or '62, when my father was given an electric carving knife. It was an early model and not as light as the ones you can buy today. Perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me, but I have a clear impression of him putting on goggles and heavy rubber gloves before plugging it in. What is certainly true is that when he sank it into the turkey it sent pieces flying everywhere and then the blade hit the plate with a shower of blue sparks and the whole thing flew out of his hands and shot across the table and out of the room, like a creature from a Gremlins movie.

My father was always buying gadgets that proved to be disastrous - clothes steamers that failed to take the wrinkles out of suits but caused wallpaper to fall off the walls in whole sheets, or an electric pencil sharpener that could consume an entire pencil (including the tips of your fingers if you weren't quick) in less than a second.

But all of this was nothing compared with the situation today. Amercians are now surrounded with items that do things for them to an almost absurd degree - automatic cat-food dispensers, refrigerators that make their own ice cubes, automatic car windows, disposable tootbrushes that come with their own ration of toohpaste. People are so addcited to convenience that they have become trapped in a vicious circle: the more labour-saving appliances they feel they need.

When we moved into our house in New Hampshire it was full of gadgets installed by earlier owners, all of them designed to make life a little easier. Most, however, were completely useless. Ono of our rooms, for instance, came equipped with automatic curtains. You flicked a switch on the wall and four pairs effortlessly opened or closed. That, at least, was the idea. In practice what happened was that one opened, one closed, one opened, and closed repeteadly and ond did nothing at all for five minutes and then started to produce smoke. We didn't go anywhere near then after the first week.
Automatic curtains, electric cat-food dispensers and clothes streamers only seem to make life easier. In fact, all they do is add expense and complication to your existence.

A text writed by Bill Bryson.

Take a look to some Houseworks myths.

The funny english teacher

2006-10-21T16:44:00.000+02:00

I have a friend who is too my english teacher thanks to skype we can speak and he can send me files and things like that for i can to practise english. We usually speak two times a week for one hour. It's funny time and you really enjoy with the class. This is a example of an english exercies i usually go online with my friend.

In this example i usually start doing a description of the history, after he read the history (listening), then i read the history (practise speaking), and after I fill blank spaces in the history (understanding).

A little old lady was driving her big, expensive car around a parking lot looking for a parking spot. She had been looking for a parking space for nearly half an hour when she finally found one. With her signal light flashing, and preparing to turn into the space, a young man in a sports car suddenly pulled in front of her and took the space. The little old lady was so upset that she yelled at him, "You stole my parking spot, you jerk!" With a smirk on his face he replied, “Face it lady, I’m way younger and way faster than you.” Then the lady got even more upset; she stepped on the gas and plowed right into the sports car. Then she put her car into reverse, backed up, and crashed into it again.
The young man rushed up to the woman. “What the hell are you doing?” he yelled.
The old woman handed him her insurance card and smiled. “Face it jerk, I’m way older
and way richer than you,” she said

A little old lady was driving her big, expensive car around a parking lot looking for a parking spot. She had been looking for a parking space for nearly half an hour when she finally found one. With her signal light fl______, and preparing to t___ i___ the space, a young man in a sports car suddenly pulled in front of her and took the space. The little old lady was so up___ that she yelled at him, "You stole my parking spot, you jerk!" With a sm___ on his face he replied, “Face it lady, I’m way younger and w__ ____er than you.” Then the lady got even more upset; she st_____ __ ___ g__ and plowed right into the sports car. Then she put her car into reverse, b___ed __, and cr_____ i___ it again.
The young man r_____ __ t_ the woman. “What the hell are you doing?” he yelled.
The old woman handed him her insurance card and smiled. “Face it jerk, I’m way older and ___ r___er than you,” she said

I didn't know what means "smirk", but he explained me with a picture like this.
This tip, remember me the post i did some days ago. :)

Travel and holidays

2006-10-11T10:31:00.000+02:00

A package holidays is one where the flight and accomodation are included in the price. These holidays are advertised in travel companies brochures . You can choose which country and which resort to visit, and decide whether you want full or half board, or perhaps just bed and breakfast. But if you prefer to organize your holiday yourself, you can simply rent a self-catering apartment and make your own travel arrangements. If you are travelling on a scheduled flight remember that all passengers should check-in very early at the airport. And whatever type of holiday you choose, it is a good idea to take out travel insurance in case anything goes wrong.

The past summer when i visit London i choose the self-catering apartment option but i was living with a family and it was a good option.

Another good tip for learning english.

2006-10-09T11:47:00.000+02:00

Whow!, i have discoverd this by chance, i was trying remembering some english words and i wrote a text using this words, and with a link to a clear image of this object to help our brain to remember in a correct way. it's working really good, it's a good exercise to memorize tricky words. You only have to use the utils available on internet. Try on!

Lifestyle

2006-10-08T15:51:00.000+02:00

Some notes about differents kinds of clothes.

Personally i don't like the waistcoat, i think that is a kind of clothes only for special events, such as a wedding, or a formal party, specially if you have to wear a bow tie too. I prefer wear with jeans, trainers and some colourful t-shirt.
However i like the womans who wear a bit elegantly for example with a tight fitting cardigan and a skirt with a high-heeled shoes and they like wear bracelet or/and colourful necklace,
i found these womans very smarts.
In a rainy day i usually wear with waterproof clothes and if it's cold with a jumper too. I don't like the dungarees but i think that all boy when we was child we wore one dungaree.
I like the blazer only for special events like as the waistcoat, but if i would have to choose wear between they, i will choose a blazer i think that is tasteful wear with a trendy blazer.
When i have to do sports i wear with tracksuit bottoms but not a baggy tracksuit bottoms as the rappers.

New course

2006-10-04T00:14:00.000+02:00

Today I started the new semester english, i can go to the english class in work-hours so i have to go out of work 30 minutes before my normal hour to can eat and at 14:30 start the english class.
The english class is from 14:30 to 16:00 and the teacher is a Ireland guy who it seems funny. In the class we are about 12 people.

Tips for english language learning

2006-09-29T18:23:00.000+02:00

It's difficult but is the key for learning a language such english or anything you are intersted in, you have to be "perseverance", and "optimism", so if you believe in something you have a difficult road ahead to get it. Some tips that help me in this difficult travel of learning english.

-Use the IM;, jabber,gtalk,jabbin,skype.

-Read interesting blogs about things you like or interesting people.

-Try to read a small book you can finish.

-Listen radio or TV in english altough you can't understand.

-Instead read the news in internet in your mother tonge, try read it in english, there are a lot of good sites.

-Smile of yourself when make mistakes speaking, but you have to speak for to make mistakes :)

And several more activities for to do, but remember the word "perseverance" if you want something you have to work hard.

Nice phrases

2006-09-20T18:58:00.000+02:00

I don't want to be shy, can't stand it any more - I just want to say Hi to the one I love.
I know so many places in the world - I follow the sun in my silver plane. Universal Traveler. If you have a look outside on the sea. Everything is white it's so wonderful.
Your blood is red it's beautiful Genetic Love. Biological. I don't know why I feel that way with you.
There is no time to waste, we'd better take the chance. Cherry Blossom Girl.

Good sound and pretty content from the Air band.

Get on learning spanish!

2006-09-12T19:18:00.000+02:00

Would you like to take up learning or practise your spanish language?, don't put it off! you can start right now. We can do language interchange, half time english spoken and half time spanish spoken, don't worry if you don't know how to do through internet, you only need 3 things;

-A computer
-A internet connection
-To feel like to learn a lot of things

I can teach you to manage programs to can speak between us.
Try it!, you only have to left a comment on this blog.

"Choose a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life."
-Confucius.

Tower of London

2006-09-07T23:36:00.000+02:00

Founded nearly a millenium ago the Tower of London has protected, housed, imprisioned, and witness from bloody battles. These days on Saturdays you can see some act remembering his old times.

Natural History Musseum

2006-09-07T23:23:00.000+02:00

It's good to visit a good musseum with several things and prehistoric animals to know it.

This is the enter to another floors.

Cool people

2006-09-04T20:20:00.000+02:00

London punks on picadilly.

Take a look to the man who is sitting, a man speaking all time about anything and anyone listening, cool man!

I have arrived at home

2006-09-04T20:17:00.000+02:00

This past saturday i arrived home after 3 weeks in London so now i'll try to update the blog with photos and more comments about my experience.
Finally I have real food to eat again. Spain, i love our food!

Nothing Hill Carnival

2006-08-29T13:13:00.000+02:00

A big festival, the Europe's biggest street festival with near 1 million of revellers.
Good ambient cool music, good food, drinking and a very long day ...
When i have the chance i will upload some funny photos i took.

Camden Town

2006-08-26T18:08:00.000+02:00

By now this is the most beautiful and fantastic place what i have visited.
There is a nice ambient in all streets and big pubs, one of them is the biggest of London. You can see for the streets all kind of people in a good ambient, really a good place to visit.

Free english lessons in London

2006-08-24T19:50:00.000+02:00

Saint Giles is a school near from Russel square underground station where the future teachers do free english class.
On Tuesday I went to the school and ask to the receptionist for the free english class, he told me to return tomorrow at 13:15.
On Wednesday I was on the school at 13:00 and there were a lot of people, i spoke with a teacher from the school about 2 minutes and he told me that i could go to the intermediate level, but you have to go at time for to get tickets due to there are a lot of people.
The class are teaching for future teachers, and there are 3 different teachers for 1 hour each. Its funny because some teachers are nervous, but its good for the chance to listen different accents.
Good place!, i will go all week, and the ambient is very friendly.

Meeting with people II

2006-08-24T19:44:00.000+02:00

It was a Chinesse girl who was born in London, so we meet on a underground station and hadn't problems to know us. We was speaking about 2 hours in english and spanish so it was fine. We have meet other day, the Chinesse girl had had in spanish for two months, and I was amazing for her good spanish language, she told me the same for my english language but i think that only she was being polite with me.
;)

Meeting with people

2006-08-22T13:29:00.000+02:00

I have been an advertisment on the blackborad from my english school about a english guy who wanted know spanish language, we have meet to speak half time in english and half time in spanish, it's a complement exercise plus classes, life diary, and a chance to know english people. I will tell you about this experience as soon i can.

London photos

2006-08-22T13:28:00.000+02:00

When i have the chance, i'll upload some photos about places, while i follow doing a lot of photos from everything.

Portobello Road

2006-08-20T18:42:00.000+02:00

On saturday Monday i went to Portobello Road Market on Nothing Hill, there were a lot of people (many of them there were spanish), a very stressful site.

Baker Street

2006-08-20T18:39:00.000+02:00

Walking by Baker Street i saw
the Sherlock Holmes's house, is the adress most famous of London of someone who
wasn't existed.
Near here, the Regent's park is enormeus and very elegant a good place for walking.

Impossible get lost in London

2006-08-18T18:34:00.000+02:00

I get an week-travelcard for the underground with 3 zones, and you can go walking anywhere in London that you don't get lost at any moment as soon as you see an underground station, you can go to anywhere, and the stations and near from each other. Great! you dont have to worry about get lost! It's impossible!

Culture hour

2006-08-18T18:31:00.000+02:00

I have been various musseums such as the History Natural Museum, and Brithis museum, i want go to the Maritim museum too, but you get too tired walking and forcing the brain :) maybe other day.
The ciber from i am writing is near from Oxford Circus.

Dining on Brick Lane

2006-08-18T18:28:00.000+02:00

Brick Lane is one street of London know as the blangladesh district and with a lot of Indian Restaurants.
I ate in one of the various indian restaurants, and the food was with a lot of spices but taste good.

NEWS updated on 10th September.
I didn't know the issue about a film version of the book "Brick Lane", there's
trouble on the streets of this district of East London because the people who live and work in Brick Lane are unhappy about this film. You can see why reading some notices about Brick Lane.

My first day class

2006-08-15T14:37:00.000+02:00

I started the english classes on the school yesterday, I like it.
There are people from around world, Brazil, Italian, France, Lithuania, Russia, Chroacia, Chile, Japon...Spain.
On monday afternoon i meet with a friends from spain, we ate on a chineesse restaurant in the soho district, and we had on Bridge London and walking around tipycal London streets, it was funny meet with spanish people because from now i am going alone in this great city, but there is no problem for now.

Ah! the fly from spain to London it was no problem.
I am writing this post from a cyber on Whitechapel.

See you!.

Dangerous district

2006-08-11T21:10:00.000+02:00

As you can see, my place on London will be a dangerous district these days due to some people has been arrested are from this district.

Flights chaos

2006-08-10T21:08:00.000+02:00

Security at all UK airports has been tighteened after an alleged plot to blow up planes to from UK to US and vice versa.

I hope my fly of this next sunday will not be delayed for this chaos.
We can´t take cabin luggage due to this success.

Accomodation changes

2006-08-09T12:51:00.000+02:00

This will be my new place, the school send me some days ago a e-mail with this change due to the other place is being redecorated.
The tube station is Walthamstow Central wich is the Victoria Line

Open Mind

2006-07-28T20:56:00.000+02:00

Good advices for travelling to a foreign country.

To be open mind, this means to try and experience as much of the culture as possible. You have to open your eyes and your mind to see what these people have gone through and how they live i think it gives you a deeper understanding of who you are. Think about it ;)

Try live how they live, yes you have to try it, you have to adjust in their life style, you can't think you are in your home-country

A pratice advice, make a photocopy of your passport and Identifier card and upload to Internet for example to your e-mail so if you lost your bags you can get it.

Do you have any more advice? I would be please to listen you..

My place on London

2006-07-23T16:48:00.000+02:00

The green arrow is marking my place during my adventure on London. It's a big house with a family and many rooms.
Does anyone wknow this zone?.

Internet has amazing possibilities to learn english.

2006-07-17T19:00:00.000+02:00

With the IM technologies such as skype or jabber, you can speak with people from all world without you have to pay anything, a guy from Spain can talk a lot of hours with a guy from EE.UU spending no money!.
Thanks to VoIP this is now a reality, due to i'm an enthusiastic of the free software i'll choose jabbin, a jabber VoIP client.

Feel free to chat with me at englishstd[at]jabber.org
or if you prefer, studiante on skype.

No more terror movies

2006-07-01T11:51:00.000+02:00

Yesterday i was to the cinema with mi girlfriend, we didn´t know what movie to watch, after a few minutes speaking about what film we'll watch, we decide watching a movie wich we didn't know anything about it, only his poster and sinopsis we like it.
Well, we into the cinema, and the advertisment had started, the lights was off, only there was one person in the cinema!! and my girlfriend and me, 3 people watching a horror movie.

The film started and from start to finish, it was a continuos fear, never never, i was scared so much in any movie, in fact, this movie is the best terror movie i watch, she get i was trembling with fear, and my girlfriend was to embrace me all time!.

Sometimes, i take a look to the other person in the cinema to see if he was sitting. We had ready to go out, but we can´t, the horror movie did us to reamin sitting in our seats.

When the film was finished, we went out from the cinema, and we had like as if we had finished to a travel in a big dipper, we had a rush of adrenalin.

The film is a Thailand movie, and i can see that the critics speak very well about this horror movie.

Shakira concert

2006-06-30T17:26:00.000+02:00

Pamplona on 26th Sunday. Pamplona's bullring is full of people, about 15.000 people waiting to see an amazing show.
Personally i don´t like to much to go to the concert, but I went with my girlfriend and her friends expecting to see a high show, and i saw, i like it.

Over the Hedge

2006-06-25T17:01:00.000+02:00

This is the film's title that I watch yesterday. It's a funny film based on a comic created by Michael Fry and T Lewis. The history is about a animal's family who are living near of a new Hedge what they never have seen. This animated comedy tell with a ironic tone about our habits of own modern day.

With hammy (this squirrel) I laugh a lot of time watching the film. :)

book's week

2006-06-12T17:58:00.000+02:00

I don´t know if the subject expressión is rigth, but here is tipical once a year it have a week dedicated to books. The local bookseller's association collect them and they sell her books with a discount from her real prize.
Yesterday, I was walking through the book shops, and I saw this book wich I bougth. I feel completly identified with the main protagonist, but I hope that It won´t be the same history with me this summer. :)

Abstract
The main protagonist lost one opportunity to ascend in her work due to she don´t know english language. Then she dediced to learn english definitely traveling to England in order to learn english with Mrs Grose a dangerous english teacher.

Searching information.

2006-06-12T17:48:00.000+02:00

Two weeks ago, I began to search information about english colleges in London. The first i did
was to write my cousin. I've a cousin who is living in London, he was born in England.
My cousin send me various english colleges he know, so I'had seeing her webpages and finally I dediced one of them.
I choosed this english college, I wrote them a email requesting more information, and they responding very fast with the information requested. The enrollment was done through their web page.

At least, I have a 3 weeks english course with a accomodattion in a Host Family with a large house wich has several students staying.

The fly I've book with the ryanair company starting the 13th Augusto to 1th september.

I've all neccessary to begin this adventure!, while I'll study english. :)

2006-06-10T20:11:00.000+02:00

Summer of code?, no this summer, I have to learn english as much as I can.
This summer I have decided it don´t have summer holidays instead I'll go to London in order to
can learning english. This blog will be a loyal friend in my hard walking...