diumenge, 26 de març del 2017

My hidding place

Some weeks ago we wrote a story. Can you imagine what will happen if you have to hide for keeping yourself save?
This is my story:

2000-2002

I’m writing because I don’t know what else I can do. It’s very difficult for me to be motionless. I’m very very boring and it’s only the second day that I’m here. Oh it’s true you don’t know where is here. Here is a derelict school. You are probably thinking if it’s a school it must be a big place! But it’s not! We can only use the toilets, the teachers’ room and a classroom because the other classrooms are very damage because of the bombs and the shootings, there are also some dead bodies.
You read it well, WE. I’m here with another boy that was surviving here when I found this place. I don’t know almost anything about him, his name is Alex, he is 17 years old and he is every moment with his gun and his knives. He says that we have to be prepared in case that someone tries to kill us. He is tall and has muscular arms. He has green eyes and a big mouth. He has straight and short hair.  He is wearing a black T-shirt and gray jeans with lots of holes. If I would have met him some months ago, before everything started I would thought “He is a really handsome boy” but now I can only think in my death family. 

 



It has happened again, this sunrise we heard some shootings very close to us. But now everything is calm and I can continue writing about my family. My mum was a teacher and she worked in a little village near Lleida. My dad was a doctor and my sister was studding first of ESO at the high school. They are all die. They died because of me, they were trying to save me.
We are hidden because the USA government discovered that people that were born between the years 2000 and 2002 have immunologic cells that protect them from diseases. Trump doesn’t want us to be alive because he says that we are going to live forever. Her daughter is the only one that can live forever.
 He sent troops to kill all the people that were born between 2000 and 2002. Thanks God they came with aeroplanes and they landed in Barcelona. All the TV news told us what was happening and me and my family decided to hide together. The problem was that the soldiers found us and they kill my family when I was running away to save my life. I shouldn’t run I should stay with them and fight till the end, but I was afraid, and my brain was paralyzed, my legs decided for me and they start running from that nightmare.
 When I was searching for a new place to hide I found a policewoman died, probably she was trying to save someone but the soldiers kill her. First I couldn’t look at her, she was killed many days before and she smelt really bad. Then I saw a shape, it was her service gun! I took it and also her radio that I don’t know how but it was still working and I continue searching a place for me to hide.
 After some hours thinking where I could go a perfect idea came to my mind: if I hide in a place that they have bombed I’ll be save because they would not bomb it again. And this is the reason because I’m hiding and I came here to the school.

 


Today I’m going to explain you what do we do during the day.
We’ get up at 9 o’clock and we go to the kitchen of the school to eat something. At 10 we do some exercise to keep fit, on Mondays we do two series of 30 squats, 40 crunches and we run 10 laps inside the room.
On Tuesday we do the same as on Monday but with 20 jumps. On Wednesday, Friday and Sunday we’ll do the same as on Monday and on Thursday and Saturday the same as Tuesday.
From 12 to 13 we have to be in absolute silence because they do rounds. Then is when I write. At 13:30 we have lunch and at 14:30 we sleep a little bit. From 15 to 17 we play with the games that we found in the classroom to relate with each other. At 17 we have free time to do what we want and at 19 we have dinner. At 20 we must be in silence because the soldiers do more rounds till 21. At 21:15 I told Alex if he would like to talk about each other and he accepted so from 21 to 22 we will talk and at 22 we will go to sleep.
I think that Alex is trying to do the school safer and more comfortable because he is thinking about new weapons to put in the windows and doors. He invented a catapult that can kill a person and he also did two kinds of pillows with clothes that he found. I’m going to help him doing an inventory of all the food that we have to know how much time we have till we need to go outside to find more food.





It’s the fourth day that I’m here with Alex today. We were finishing the training exercises and he said: “what has happened to your family?” It was the first time we were talking about our families. Before that we only talked about what we were going to do when all this would finish. First I was afraid of sharing my lasts moments with my family, MY FAMILY. I didn’t want to tell him about them also because I run away, I could do something to save them! Then I thought that I have to share my best moments with my family because if I died someone will remember it and it will continue the remember of my family. So I decided to tell him what happened. When I finished he didn’t say anything.
I asked him about his family, he kept in silence. When I was leaving he said: “Do you remember the woman that was telling what was happening in Barcelona and she was killed when they were recording her? She was my mum, Raquel Sans.” When he said her name a tear fell from his left eye. He continued: “She was a really good mum, she was attentive, kind, she was an outgoing and funny person. She was my inspiration. She is my HERO. When my father died because of a traffic accident she took all the little pieces and she recomposed me. She made me who I am.”
I’ve never seen him like this, he looked like a vulnerable little boy. His eyes showed something I thought I will never see. I saw Fear.

 

After all the feelings that I saw yesterday I thought that it will be better if I give him a little bit of space. We followed the timetable and during my free time I started looking for more papers to write.
 I found a folder with a name, Irene. When I read the name something took the control of my feelings. I could not breathe, I could not move, I started crying. Irene. Like my sister. Where was she now? Was she ok? Was she afraid? She was only 13 years old. I looked inside the folder and I found papers for me to write and also some drawings. I returned to the teachers’ room.
I was so affected that I didn’t move from a corner during 3 hours and I didn’t stop crying. I was sad, sad and exhausted.
 


We have a very big problem. Do you remember that I did a list of all the aliments we had? In the list, now, there are also two tuna tins. I’ve told Alex and he says that we have to go outside because if the soldiers don’t kill us the hunger will do it. So today in the training time instead of running Alex taught me how to take the gun from someone when he/she is aiming me. First it was difficult for me because I have never hit somebody, but when I got it no one could stop me.
Near the school, there’s a little market. Alex says it would be a good place to take the food because they don’t have security cams and sensors, but I still don’t like to go there, out of our “save” place.
Today I’m doing all the things in a different way, I’m doing them if it was the last time. Even I’ve looked Alex in a different way. I don’t like to think like that but if it’s my last day in this place of the universe I have to finish doing what I would like to do, within the possibilities I have, of course. I’ve never kissed a boy, and I think it’s one of the little things that I could do before going out there without knowing if I would come alive, without knowing if there’s going to be a tomorrow. To comfort me I think of my family, if all finishes tomorrow at least I would be with them wherever they are. But I’m not going to leave my life without fighting, fighting till the end.

                                                                                                                   
It has arrived, the sun has appeared, I’m breathing, it seems a “normal” day but it’s not for me. The next hours will be decisive for my life. If we survive I’ll have more confidence and strength, but if I die, if I die, well, I don’t know what will happen to me if I die.
We are going to go shopping after the round at 13, because it’s when people are or working or having lunch. No one goes to the market at 13, only some old people but they are not a threat.
It’s 12:30 and I’m very afraid. The minutes are passing and the hour to go to our mission is coming. I’m prepared for anything. I’m prepared for fighting, for running, for shooting someone and for dying.
13:00. It’s time to go says Alex. He was leaving the classroom but I stopped him and said: Alex, before we go out could you please make me a favour? “Yes of course, what do you need?” he says. “I, I was thinking if you, if you have any other recommendation” I tell him. I cannot tell him to kiss me, it would be very strange and probably he would not want to do it. I don’t know how I could imagine that, it’s just impossible. “Do I have any other recommendation? Mmmmm, don’t be scared, be proud of you and just remember I will be with you” he says. He is looking to me, to my eyes like he could see my soul. Then he looks to my lips. My heart starts beating very fast. He is getting closer to my face slowly. His lips touch my lips. During few minutes we don’t move. Suddenly we hear some people running in our direction.
And I knew it, this was my ending. But this time I’m not going to run away, I’m going to fight. I’m going to fight till the end.




diumenge, 26 de febrer del 2017

For and against composition

Last week I wrote a "for and against composition" about having mobile phones at school.
Do you agree with me or do you have a different opinion?


MOBILE PHONES AT SCHOOL

Nowadays, mobile phones are always with us and they have become an important object. For that reason some teachers want to introduce it at school. However, some people disagree in this debate.

On the one hand, teachers don’t want it because it is very distractive for students and addictive for some people, so the school is the only moment when they are disconnected. Also, some teachers could feel bad because if the mobile phone rings, it will interrupt his/her class and the attention of the other students will be disconnected.

On the other hand, mobile phones are also called smart phones for some reason. We have in our hands the opportunity to use this machine in our favour to make education more interesting and effective. Furthermore, there are more advantages than disadvantages in the use of mobile phones at school; for instance, the speed to search for information or the amount of information you can get at a simple click.


In conclusion, banning mobile phones at school is depriving students of a really good machine that can help them to learn more things. Everything has a positive and a negative part; if you only want to see the negative one you will lose all the positive things. 




diumenge, 12 de febrer del 2017

Mobile phones at school


What do you think about using mobile phones at school? Do you think it's a good or  a bad idea?
This is my opinion:

diumenge, 18 de desembre del 2016

PECHAKUCHA

We did a PECHAKUCHA (a ppt with 20 slides) talking about the dutch people. Here you can see our work!


Slide 1:
We are Blau Camarasa and Isabel Domingo and we are going to talk about Dutch people. In these image we can see some things that are typically from there: The bikes,the bear, the cow,the tulips, the clogs,  but we are going to focus in the Dutch people.

Slide 2:
We are going to start talking about the physical characteristics of Dutch people because it’s the first thing that appear in your mind when you meet a person. Then, after meeting someone, you can learn about their personality: if they are tolerant, strict, nice, rude… Dutch people have a very peculiar personality. Do you want to know more about them?

Slide 3: To describe the Dutch the adjectives tall and blond won’t let you down. Of course immigration is changing that picture but still, anyone under 1,75 meters will have to look up when addressing most Dutch, whether they be male or female./// We suggest that anyone with a height complex should be friend the Indonesian, Moroccan or Turkish populations who are considerably shorter.

Slide 4: The Dutch are on average the tallest people in the world. Men are six feet tall (182.5 cm) and women are 5 feet 7 inches (170.5 cm). Researchers point to a healthy diet and good medical care as the main factors that lead to a tall population.

Slide 5: Both Dutch women and Dutch men are renowned for being straight-forward in conversation, and little social negativity is attached to asking personal questions or openly stating one's unsolicited opinion in the Netherlands. The Dutch tend to believe it is better to be honest than mislead someone.To the untrained dater it may appear rude or direct but it is a refreshing scene of playing with your cards on the table.     

Slide6:The Dutch are famous for how tolerant they are. A large part of their history involves welcoming foreigners to the country and allowing them to continue living lives as they chose. It reflects on the cuisine as well.Nowadays foreign products and ingredients are more and more added to the daily cooking.   

Slide 7: The Netherlands is also well known for its liberal attitude towards specific subjects, such as gay rights or marriage, euthanasia, soft drugs, freedom of speech, abortion etc. That doesn’t mean that locals can’t get extremely upset sometimes when it comes to ‘’drug tourism’’. Smoking a joint in public is not recommended and could give you a lot of angry faces.


Slide 8: They aren’t friendly with the people around them, they should be a little bit more open. They need more soul and showing more about their feelings. Sometimes foreigners doesn’t make Dutch friends because they don’t like how Dutch people interact with the others. But this appointment isn’t negative for them, they are proud of what they are.

Slide 9: They also tend to be exaggerated, oversimplified and a tremendous amount of fun. The Dutch, or at the very least the stereotypical Dutch, are able to laugh at themselves and so they won’t be too offended by the following.  They celebrate the Queen’s day and more than 800,000 people went there to have fun, drank some bear and to be with their friends.               


Slide 10: When meeting a Dutch person, it’s very common to shake hands or when you know someone better, to give that person three ‘’kisses’’  on the cheeks instead of two. A big no-no is to ask someone how much money he or she makes in a year! Asking that would be considered VERY rude and would end up in getting a snappy answer like ‘’none of your business’’.


Slide 11: Dutch people are very blunt, they will give you their opinion being honest. For example if you phone them ,  you will start the conversation saying hello, how are you, but then they immediately will answer “hi,hi what are you calling for?
Dutch people can call a person who they haven’t seen for two years and ask directly if you can borrow them a bicycle, this is very normal for them, not for catalan people.

Slide 12: In particular Dutch people don’t like to be told what to do, they don’t like to be pushed, they like to do their own way and follow their decisions and opinions. They feel they have nearly the right to live in the way they were raised. Well, Dutch people feel like they have a right about every single thing.

Slide 13: They tend to live a pretty structured life. Everybody has agendas. They’re not very fond of surprise visits, they like to follow their own schedule and you cannot change it unless you have a strong reason. We can just define them as almost the most organized people of the European Union. This appointment very important for them, without organization, you cannot be a real Dutch person.

Slide 14: Dutch are this kind of people that pay for themselves even if they are in a date, they don’t like to spend their money for other people. They are a little bit stringly, thanks to the fixed expression “ going Dutch” that means that everybody have to pay for himself, the personality of the Dutch people is recognized over the world.

Slide 15: Dutch nature would be a pragmatic view of life. They are really pragmatic people, if you have a problem with them, it’s very easy to find a solution and solve it.But don’t be surprised if they have a rude behaviour when you asked them to solve the problem. They are not interested on pulling your last nerve, they just want to be in peace with all their friends, family, colleagues....

Slide 16: No-one loves a bargain quite like the Dutch. That’s why window shopping takes many forms: special offer (aanbieding or aktie); offer (reclame); and the most exciting of all, everything must go (alles moet weg). If you say gratis (free), you’ve just made a Dutchie very very happy.    

Slide 17: The Dutch were the first in the world to legalise gay marriage: same-sex marriage has been legal in the Netherlands since 2001. Dutch law requires either partner must have Dutch nationality or to reside in the Netherlands. The marriageable age in the Netherlands is 18, or below 18 with parental consent.

Slide 18:The Netherlands has the highest population density in Europe: Not counting countries just a few kilometres long (such as Monaco), the Netherlands is the most densely populated country with around 17 million people in 41,500 square kilometres, at around 500 people per square kilometre.

Slide 19: Home births are still cherished in the Netherlands: around 20 percent of babies in 2013 were born in homes.This is partly due to the Dutch attitude on not medicalising birth, lower costs compared to hospital births and a good screening system of women who can safely deliver at home. Home births are covered by Dutch health insurance while hospital births without medical necessity can be refused.

Slide20: To finish our presentation here we have some funny words in dutch:
The Pindakaas the translation will be peanut cheese and the word in english peanut butter
The Apenstaartje the translation will be Little monkey tail and the word in english at sign
The Mirenneuker the translation will be somebody who is intimate with ants and the word in english some body who care too much for details.

That’s it

dijous, 15 de desembre del 2016

The Netherlands

This week we worked on the Netherlands. We had to choose a city and explain the most important places or tourist attractions from there and an important person who lived there.
You can see my presentation about Delft in this link.






dimecres, 30 de novembre del 2016

GREAT TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF LLEIDA



I’m lucky enough to live in Lleida, which is one of the four province capitals in Catalonia. Although there aren’t loads of tourists, we have nice activities to do here that are worth visiting.

Resultat d'imatges de congost de montrebei kayakOne place that is a must for tourists is going kayaking in the Congost de Mont Rebei. Kayaking is very nice because you are in a narrow pass and the walls are huge. It isn’t a difficult activity, but it’s a little bit expensive (35 Euros per person). It’s a great activity to know a little bit more about the territory and to have a good time with family or friends.

Resultat d'imatges de paintball miravallThe second place that is a must for teenagers is doing paintball in Miravall. There are three different fields to play with different decorations and places to hide. The activity has a different cost depending on how many balls of paint you want. You must be 12 years old or older to be able to play. You can go with your friends, do two teams and have a competition to know which team is the best.


Going kayaking in the Congost de Mont Rebei and doing paintball in Miravall shouldn’t be missed. The Congost de Mont Rebei and offers you a taste of our beautiful landscapes and paintball in Miravall offers you a funny moment to play with your friends.


Resultat d'imatges de lleida




dijous, 3 de novembre del 2016

Cheat Sheet Methods

Hi friends!
This week Blau and me did a poster with 10 different ways of cheating. Read it! Who know if some day it will  be useful for you! ;)