This year, Laia Font and I, decided to participate in an international contest where you had to make a video related to the 30 ONU's goals. Why? Because we thought that that was a great opportunity to make our world better and to have a good experience with foreign people, so we decided to make a video about nowadays Christmas issues. In it, we added some solutions we found out to solve these problems, and thanks to that, thanks to our originality, we won the first place of our category. We were, and we still are, very proud of ourselves. We made a good team together using new technology to make a better video and we help what we explained with images, which were done by ourselves too.
One week later after we knew we won, the responsible of the competiton kept in touch with us to told us we would win 100$ and we could go to Washington five days to go in a winners' gala. These news made us happier! We couldn't believe what was happening.
This weekend, to speak with Linda (the responsible of the competition) and to get more information of what we are going to do once in the capital of the USA, we tried to skype with her, but unfortunately my Skype didn't work. Hopefully, my English teacher helped me to contact with her. It was such an exciting experience to talk with a native american!
A girl from Mataró, who was fourteen, was a victim from sexual abuses, done it by two classmates. According to what ACN knows, the incidents happened on Friday 23rd of February and they were reported to the Catalonia's police, els Mossos d'Esquadra. The attackers took advantage of teacher's absence during a class changing to take the girl in front of the class. The high school which took place this event confirmed the facts and they announced the preventative expulsion of the two students. One of them is expelled one month, until the next 6th of April, while the other, who had a minor role, is expelled five days.
School's sources tell that a disciplinary record was opened againt the most troubled student, that could end with the definitive expulsion from this high school.
Moreover, the assault of Friday wasn't the first. Last November had starred a similar episode another girl, but in this case the victim's family didn't want to report it.
A girl found out that her father was not what she thought in a biology class. That explained it a degree's classmate through social networks, as Daily Mail informed.
All started during a blood type's debate. The teacher was giving examples when a student- the protagonist of this news- interrupted him. The girl didn't understand how could be possible that her mother was of the type A, her father was of the type O and she was of the type AB instead. But, according to the theory, A and O can't have AB descendants.
The teacher, confused, asked to her that when she arrived at home she asked to her parents which blood type they had, because he was sure that there was a mistake. The student, as her teacher said, asked to her mother, who confessed that she had an affair with her uncle, that was the brother of her father. It's because of that that the blood type didn't fit in with what the student told.
WORDS I'VE LEARNT
-Blood type: grup sanguini.
-Debate: debat.
-Have an affair: tenir una aventura amb algú.
The millenials, the gereation borned between 1980 and 2000, it's charachterized not only for their control of the new technologies, but also for their traveller spirit. That was revealed for several studies during the last years, like the one published by the search's motor of Nestpick's lodgings.
In particular, this new analisys is focused on examinte 110 cities around the world to find what could offer each one to the millenials. To do it, they kept in mind different factors such as the price of the flats, the opportunities to find job, the immigrants' tolerance, the public transport, the party... The results situate Berlin as the best city for the young people, followed by Montreal and London. These countries are the top 10:
In 2017 appeared on Instagram an account of a model called Shudu Gram. As times went by, the young girl started getting followers until become the image of popular brands, such as Rihanna's sports brand.
But, don't wait for her to walk by a catwalk because she's not real. As some people suspected- others had no idea-, Shudu Gram is a supermodel created digitally by the photographer Cameron-James Wilson.
In fact, he's who sign the contracts of the "model" and answer her followers on Instagram. The photographer told to Metro.co that he was learning to design 3D images for graphic novels when he realize he could make his dream true: to create the model that he dreamed of.
This curious case has divided the social network into two different groups: the ones who applaud initiative of James Wilson for his "originality" and the others who criticise him to not contract a real model.
I love listening to music and I'm used to listen english songs. Sometimes I can understand some verses but this song, the one I'm gonna translate know, I understand all the lyrics and I'm very proud of it. Here's the songs translated in Catalan:
PER QUÈ- Sabrina Carpenter
A tu t'agrada la ciutat de Nova York de dia
A mi m'agrada la ciutat de Nova York de nit
Dius que t'agrada dormir sense l'aire condicionat
Jo no, el necessito obert.
A tu t'agrada que la llum passi a través de la finestra
Jo m'adormo tard
Així que les tinc totes tancades
Tu ignores la música de la ràdio
Jo no, canto al ritme.
No et demano que canviïs
Carinyo, no, no, no
I tu no em demanes que canviï.
Diga'm com no som iguals
però funcionem tan bé
I ni tan sols sabem per què
És curiós com les estrelles s'alinean
Perquè funcionem tan bé
I ni tan sols sabem per què
O pot anomenar-ho foc i gel
Però funcionem tan bé
I ni tan sols sabem per què
Ni tan sols sabem per què, no, no
Ni tan sols sabem per què, no, no.
No, no, no, no
Ens agrada de dia
Ens agrada fins al final dels temps
No, no, no, no
Ens agrada de dia
Ens agrada fins al final dels temps.
Fa fred a fora i només portes una samarreta curta
Tinc la sang fred fins i tot amb un dessuadora
Comences amb la teva nit bebent per quilos
Jo no, sé que ho saps
(Chorus)
D'alguna manera acabem del mateix costat
I tu no pensaves que estaríem bé
Fins i tot els nostres ulls són de diferents colors
Però veiem bé
(x2)
(Chorus)
Here are the original lyrics in English:
WHY- Sabrina Carpenter
You like New York city in the daytime
I like New York city in the nighttime
You say you like sleeping with the air off
I don't, I need it on
You like the light coming through the windows
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
You ignore the music on the radio
I don't, I sing-a-long
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
And you don't ask for me to change
Tell me how we're not alike
But we work so well and we don't even know why
Funny how the stars crossed right
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
You can call it fire and ice
But we work so well and we don't even know why
We don't even know why, no no
We don't even know why, no no no
No no no no
We like it in the daytime
We like it in the end of time
No no no no
We like it in the daytime
We like it in the end of time
Cold outside and you're just in a t-shirt
I have cold blood even in a sweater
You start your night sippin' by the kilo
I don't, I know you know
(Chorus)
Somehow we end up on the same side
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright (think that we'd be alright)
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
That's the title of one of my favourite books. "Els secrets que mai no t'han explicat" is written by Albert Espinosa and it's a special book because it doesn't tell you a story, it's like an instructions manual that tells you how to be happy in this world. I know you are probably thinking that it is ridiculous because a book shouldn't tell you what you have to do to be happy, but let me show you some advices that were written by this author. Before starting, you should forget all the things you've learned! They're pointless! These rules were created to be unhappy and to not complain. Here are some quotes of the book:
-Happiness doesn't exist; and try to find it is find something that doesn't exist. Happiness "evaporates" daily. What it does really exist is to be happy every day. That's why, instead of talking about happiness, we'll say: TO BE ALIVE MEANS TO BE HAPPY :)
I'm sure you have a lot of old problems,a big quantity of responsabilities that you don't want and all them stops you from being happy. What should you do? Follow these seven steps:
1. Discuss with yourself.
2. Get a solution.
3. Learn to say "no" (Main rule of the daily happiness)
4. Learn to say "yes" to other things (Act: too analysis brings to paralysis)
5. Forget your ego (Daily unhappiness)
6. Dance (Dancing, the problems are solved. Thinking creates more of them)
7. Change, jump, shout. Live with the body.
Since 2010 it has never snowed before, and for the first time during eight years, in the 28th of February it snowed! I've been waiting this day for a long time! In fact, it snowed twice in this week.
The first time it was on Monday, while I was in Pont Major doing my volleyball training. I got very angry because I could't see it, and I really, really wanted to. When I arrived at my village all the snow was thawed. You can figure it out how I felt... Words can't explain it.
The second time it snowed was the best because I stayed at home and I didn't go to school! When I got up in the morning, and I looked through the window, I saw the snowflakes falling from the clouds and a white blanket covered all my garden and all the rooftops of the houses. It was awesome! And it was a big sorprise for me too, because I thought it would never snow anymore. After having breakfast, I called my neighbours, who are 17 and 18, to take some photos of us together in the snow. In less than ten minutes, they arrived at home and we took over fifty different photos! Here are some of them:
It's so great being here but at the beginning is hard to make friends. In Dublin all the people speak very quickly in English and is difficult to understand it and also communicat with them.
In the first class of the course they showed me how the classes are going to work, The content of the subjects is easy to learn but the point is to get what the teacher was saying. The classmates are very friendly so I really get along with them and in every afternoon they make me a tour around the city visiting the most important buildings and bars of the city.
The family I'm staying with are very polite and kind. They always ask me what I need or want and give it to me. They live in a beautiful street where all the houses look the same: white and big. They get up very early, even at the weekends, and I'm getting used to their schedule to have dinner at six o'clock. Morever, I thought they ate healty, but I was wrong. All they eat is pizza, hamburgers, sausages, chips and rarely any salad.
But that has also advantages, for instance, learning new ways to live and a new culture. The worst thing about being here is that I'm so far away from you and my old friends. I hope that you are all good.
My family and I had never travelled abroad before, and this summer, in July, we finally dedided to visit some greece islands by cruise. Unfortunately, we had to take a flight from Barcelona to Italy because the cruise started there. We went to Myconos, Santorini, Corfú and Atenas. They had a beautiful beaches with white sand plus the most cristal water I've ever seen. They were so crowded, though. The best of all was the stay in the cruise. The bedrooms were so elegant, the food was delicious and I really got along with the Indian waiters who were working in the restaurants and bars.
