viernes, 19 de noviembre de 2010

English at the university.-

This semester, my only experience learning english at the university, it has been good, it has been really different of how i learned english before, at school for example the english was very poor, so when i was really young i learn like my bases at school, but then when i grew up i could not lear much more, then i think that i've learned just watching TV or movies, because I've always watched a lot of american series, and i learned a lot of english with them, now i've change the TV configuration to watch some programs that are in spanish, in english. And here, it has been different, it's a little bit more funny, I enjoy that.

The way of teaching i think, it's good, i like when we talk a lot, i truly believe that that's the best way of learn, i think that most of the people have problems with talking, and how to be more spontaneous in a conversation, and here we talk a lot and create a great enviroment to talk, and not be shy about it, so we could learn more to be more dinamic in a conversation. The blogs thing, i liked it to, i really like to write, so it has been entertaining, and i think that it has make me think in english more.
I think that something good of having english this semester is that i'm starting to think in english again, that was somethin that i was not doing for a long time, it has make me talk more too, before of this semester i was almost forgetting that i'd liked english, as i was not doing anything in english, and i was not practicing it.

Even though, there were a few things that i did not like, like to much listening, that in my opinion wasn't really useful, or the doctor's exposition that i think it could have been of something more interesting and more related of our studies, in general it has been a great experience, it has helped me to remember how much a like english, and to talk more.

jueves, 11 de noviembre de 2010

RAE changes.

In the last few days, has been really commented about the changes that the RAE is making to "simplify" the ortography. Their are making a lot of changes on what we all now as "good orthografy", so this has been really polemic, there's a lot of people criticizing that this could be an excesive relax of the standars governing our language. 
There are a lot of weird conventions that had been changing in the history, but we didn't know, cause they are really unusual, and nobody really cares that much, but this time, the changes are in words that are really common to us, so everyone is talking about it, and is difficult not to care.
For example,  the accents that distinguish the context are over, so, this mean that "sólo" or "éste" have no longer accents, now, the "solo" of lonely is the same of the "sólo" of only if, even in confused cases as "voy solo al .." that could be interpretated as, im going alone, or i'm going only to... The RAE thinks that this cases are not that frecuent, and they are easy to settle by context, that is not worthit to use the accents. But the RAE also said that, in this cases, people are able to use it or not.
Another example, is that now "ex" "anti" or "pro" are no longer separate of their next word, tradiccionaly they were considered as prepositions and should have an espace before their next word, but now the RAE thinks of them as a prefix, so they have to be alongside the other word, as an only word.
There's a change that has cause a lot of polemic, that is,the change of the letters name the "y griega" now it's going to be "ye", so the "i latina" now is only "i", and the "v" it could only be named as "uve" no "b corta" or i don't know any other name, so that leaves just one "b", and "w" is gonig to be "doble uve".
And i could go on with these, there's many other cases that are causing discussion, in all media.
In my opinion, there are a lot of changes that i'm agree with, like the letters name, to evoy confussion, and to generalize them in any spanish speaker country. But there are others that i think are not that good, like the accents thing, i think that they confussed more of what they clarifies.

lunes, 1 de noviembre de 2010

We're all stressed out!

At this point of the year, is unavoidable to hear everyone talking about stress, specially in our enviroment. University is the place where people under stress concentrates, at this days there's some much things to do, so much things to study, to read, that is to difficult no to get stress, just to think about it, make me get stress.
For me, it is imperative to find an intern quiet, and have time to distract, to find that balance where you don't get lost in your books or studys, or just thinking about everything that you have to do, and be capable to get time to play some sports, or just spreading in anything unimportant.
Stress affects people in many different ways, it depends a lot of how your mind is prepared to received that great amount of study things. People who are more mentaly clear, are less vulnerable to get more stress, but there are some people who can't deal with it.
I think that is really important to know how to organize your time, you should be able to find a way to put in order all the things you have to do, and prioritize, you just have to be carefull with how you managge your time.
So, at the end, clearly you're gonna be stress, but in some part you are responsable of how much of that is going to affect you, is important to stay calm, and keep yourself in a healthy harmony, always seeking to have time for fun, cause if you don't, you're gonna be the only one that will have a very bad time.
Seize the day. Carpe Diem.

viernes, 22 de octubre de 2010

"Let's face it, men and boys just have different brains from women and girls"

Is there a feminine brain and a masculine brain?
It is a fact that men and women are different, but how much of those differences we can attribute to our brains connections?
It is also a fact that feminine and masculine brains are morphological and functionally different, but when we said that masculine and feminine brains are different, we, and almost all people refer to a way of thinking, a way of being.
There are some works that shows, that men and women think differently, because of a different on our brains. It has been said that feminine brain has more developed all the communication area, everything that come with the relationships, like listening, understanding, and of course, talking and men, everything that is about mechanical things, more practical.
So, even if in general, it really occurs that men and women are different, there is no study that really shows, with scientific experiments how processes in our brain, like neuronal connection, make that gender difference in the way of thinking.
And that, those difference that exist, are smalls, and they are relay to variations in general, and not related to gender, there’s nothing that keeps women off of learning some analytical stuffs, or men who are really good at communications matters.

Nowadays that difference barely exist, I think that is true that the structural and functional differences on men and women brains does exist but does not make differences on our ways of being and thinking. That is something that today it is showing more and more, women are equally capable of learning math, or doing some mechanicals work, and men are as good as women listening and understanding human relationships (well, almost).
So, I’m agree, difference exist, but they are not determinant, and men and women, can be equally good at everything J

miércoles, 6 de octubre de 2010

A healthy lifestyle, is it posible? How?

Even though now a day it is very difficult to have a healthy lifestyle, I really think that it's actually possible.
We live in a society that stimulate a very unhealthy lifestyle, it is very easy to fall into all of those things that provides you to hurt your body and soul, starting with food, you can find junk food in every corner, and they make it seems like it's the greatest placer in life. 
Then you have a lot of worse stuffs, like cigarrs, alcohol and drugs, they are so easy to get, and each day they are more comon in our lives, and starts to appear even more early in children life.
Techological progress, i think, make people be so lazy, new equipment are made for people to do less things by themselves, and we get used to that, things make our own work, or videogames, that make kids stay in their houses playing, instead of getting out and move, make some exercises.
On the other hand, it is actually difficult to do exercises without paying, streets are not prepared for  jogging, and even more, it's so dangerous to ride a bike without bike baths, they are so difficult to find, and cars are taking over the streets, again, they are more comfortable, and faster.

All of this, i believe, make us so easy to lead a very unhealthy lifestyle. However, i still think that if you really want, you can have a really great life, without excesses, making exercises, eating well, and taking care of every detail of your health, it is not that difficult.
Me, for example, I used to smoke, and do no exercises, then I realized that i was causing a lot of damage to my body, since this year I don't smoke, and i'm playing football twice a week, it is not that much, but i think that it's good for a start.
So, to have a healthy lifestyle, all you have to do is want, it's not going to be easy, the world it's against it, but it's doable, do it!


miércoles, 25 de agosto de 2010

All you need is love.

Since i was  little , music has been a really important part of my life, and now i think is even more important, is something that i really enjoy and i truly believe that i could not live without it. There is this group, in especial, that has been really important, because it has been part of my life, always.

The beatles, for me, are the best of the best. My father, who is a big fan to, show them to me when i was just a little child, at first i didn't understand, why there where such a famous and important group, so i started to listen to them a lot, and to read a little bit to about them, then i really get why everyone liked them, and why they were what they are now. I liked them so much, and no just because of their music (that is really magical), and their lyrics, but they are so great to me, and everyone i think, because of what they represent, it amazing how four people could created such a revolution, and mark and era, the beattlemania, people were crazy about them, even now. It's unbelievable how now children that are like 10 years old liked them to, and they now all of their song, that represent i think, how they will be alive forever, there is no other group in the world that could be compared with them, just because what they are, and how they are impregned on peoples life all over the world.
" All you need is love"