Equal love, equal rights.

Few months ago, I saw this video on facebook. It marked a milestone on my life. It explains the story of two guys, Shane and Tome. They are an homosexual couple. They felt in love, and they were living an amazing and beautiful love story, until Tom kills himself.

The pressure of his homophobic family, bring him down. It's really sad, and unfair, because after the death of Tom, his family steal the body. If the homosexual marriage, would had been accepted, Tom would had have the right of demand the body of his dead boyfriend.

I'm tired of the homophobic thoughts. I would like to talk with someone homophobic, and ask him/her one question: Why you don't understand that no matter If you love a boy or a girl? You don't fall in love with the sex. You fall in love with the personality. 

Open your eyes, open you mind. RESPECT the others. 

Changes

Well, as you know, I love changes. And I think that a lot of things had changed in my life:

New house, new town, new friends, good mood, more positivity (But still a little bit of negativity), more maturity, more open-minded, more philosophical, more healthy, more happy with myself...

Well, because of all this changes, I would like to share the others that I have changed, changing my style. No, I don't want to dress like a hipster, and I don't want to dress like Gothic girl neither. Keep calm, I won't tint my hair, nor cut it. No way!

What I want to do with my style, it could be called be more “hippie”. No, I wont wear flared jeans, nor become nudist. It's like a light version of the hippie style. I don't want to buy clothes in the big companies. No more Zara, no more Stradivarius, no more bershka. I think that the society had washed our brains. If my clothes is not broken, why I have to go to buy more and more clothes? Anyway, even if you have too much clothes, you finally wear usually the same, your favorite ones.

I'm going to clean up my closet. What I never wear, because I’m waiting to be more thin, or because It was more beautiful in the mannequin , I will try to change all this clothes, with the help of one dear friend.

From now on, I will buy my clothes on the little shops. Just the cheap and comfortable clothes. I will let my hair grow. 

Sweetest smile.

I'm sat on a gray little wall, with some friends. I've got the camera on my hands. We are at the university, visiting the place where probably some of us will be in a couple of years. All of my friends are enjoying the visit, talking about the hot university students, or about the enormous classes, or the talkative professors.

But I'm on my way. I'm analyzing all the people that are walking through the hall. There are a lot of different and special people. But then, I see her. She has got the sweetest smile of the world. It's one girl of my classroom. I don't know her, but anyone, even If you don't know her, could realize about she's different and special.

I take a photo of her. I take another one. She's walking, lost in her thoughts. She doesn’t see me. I look the photo. She's smiling. Even when nobody's looking her, she's smiling. She's awesome. She shines. I would like to know her, because she transmits me her good mood. She seems interesting. 

My deep ocean

The people walks through the school halls. Walking so fast, without paying attention to the other people. Some of them are walking with company, talking together. Another ones, are just walking in silence, alone. Each one of them, drifting in their own ocean of thoughts. Love, friends, problems, mistakes, complexes... A lot of little drops that form the gray water of their oceans. I'm lost in my own ocean too. It's not called Mediterranean, but it's name starts by the letter “M” too.

My mind go blank. My ocean is looking at me. His way of looking at me, without avert his eyes of myself, provoke me shivers. Now, my mind is a mess.

So deep. It scares me. But the fear makes me feel alive. I want to dive myself on  my ocean. 

The world around us

This article talks about the National Geographic photography competition in 2012.

The organization are calling professional and amateur photographers from all around the world, to send their best photos, that will be classified in 3 categories: people, places and nature. The most breath-taking photo, The one that takes first prize will be rewarded with $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters, to participate in the annual national geographic photography seminar.

I'd chosen this piece of news, because I’m in love with photography, and one of my dreams, it would be become a famous photographer of the National Geographic. Moreover, I've felt in love with the photos of this contest. 

Who's gonna win the contest? Well, my favorite photos are:

Vocabulary: *prize: premio

                 *headquarters: oficina central, sede.

New style of portraiture.

This article talks about Sebastien Del Grosso, the French artist who combines his two passions, the photography and drawing, to create a new-style of portraiture that is out of the ordinary.

He uses an special effect to create brush strokes making his photographs look like a painting. He thinks that this way, he introduce an imaginative element to the photo, making his artwork more pleasant to the eye.

He had created two different series of his work:

• The first, “The sketch of life”, illustrates Sebastien's daily life, from an humorous point of view.
• The second one, “Friend sketch” contains some portraits of his photography team, where he shows the process of some of his pictures.

I've chosen this piece of news because I love photography and this original type of portraits, attract my attention. I thing hat it's really beautiful, and I love the idea. It's really out of the ordinary.

Vocabulary:     *brush: brocha (tipo de pincel)
                     *strokes: Pinceladas  
                     

INTO THE WILD

Film review

Into the wild it's an American drama film based on a true story. It explains the life of Christopher McCandless, who traveled across North America, to discover himself, and a film that shows to us another life-style. This film had been directed by Sean Penn, who based the film on the book “Into the wild” written by Jon Kakauer. 

After graduation on the university, he abandons his possessions, gives his money to the charity AND travel to Alaska, where he wants to live in the wilderness. Along the travel, he found and knows some special and different people, who teaches him different special lessons in each case. 

I'd chosen this film, because it's my favorite one. I love it, because it's very interesting, and I would like to try to live an adventure like that. I would like to be strong enough, and try out to live a radically different life-style. I think that it would make me appreciate much more everything, and it would be a perfect way to enrich myself. 

I give to this film stars: **** It's PERFECT, AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, AWESOME. I think that everyone would have to watch this film, or read the book.

CREATIVITY

Well, on this video we can hear the story of Logan Laplante, who is 13 years old, and who took out from the traditional system of education, to be taught with special system of education. 

This little guy, was pulled out from the school with just 9 years old, because his mother wants to try with a different system of education. So, Roger Walsh, a scientist who studies how to be happy and healthy, wanted to change the education system, because the traditional system it's oriented to how to make a career rather than how to make a good life. The school teaches us that if we study to get a degree, If we get marry... We will be happy, and healthy. But all of this it's not necessary. The most important thing to be happy in future, it would have to be learn about happiness and healthiness. But them are not considered education. 

So this little guy, now studies how to continue being happy as he's now. He called this new system "hackschooling". This system it's based on the TLC (therapeutic life-style changes), which are the basic "subjects" to fulfill the objectives of this system: become happy and healthy. He called “hackschooling” because he thinks that the world needs more hacker minds. Hackers are not just nerds in front of the computer. Hackers are innovators, people who challenge and change the system, to make it go different and make it better. 

I'm fascinated by this little guy. It's amazing how he talks, how he thinks. I absolutely agree with him. The schools kills creativity. I think that our education would have to be oriented to LEARN, not to study for the exams, and to forget everything after it. 

We need more practical knowledge. The best characteristic of the human race, is the CREATIVITY. Our progress depends on the creativity. I think that the education system would have to change.

The yellow guy

There are some people that appear in our live to teach us some special things. 3 months ago, I read a book where the writer talked about this type of persons. He called them "the yellow ones". So I'm going to talk about Adrián, the yellow guy of my life.

He worked on a camping near my town during the last summer. I met him just 3 days, but it was enough to realize that he was a different person. He's not the prettiest guy in the world, but he's so cute. He has funny black curly hair that contrast with his pale skin. He's tall and thin,, with an enormous smile.

But what I loved about him was his personality. He's always smiling and making people laugh. He's very talkative, active and sympathetic. He lives in Madrid and I can't meet usually him, but we have contact by email. He gives the best advices of the world because just with 25 years he lived through a lot of experiences. He's hard-working and so ambitious. He's always in a good mood. 

He is the yellow guy of my life, because he's always teaching me a lot of things. He's like the person I would like to be in the future.

So tired of your hypocrisy.

All of the people that rounds me, are like dolls. They are stupid dolls runned by the sistem. They are always making noise. They say that the system sucks. But when all of them would have to fight for our rights, they just sit down, and leave the real brave ones fighting alone per the cowards. 

I'm so tired. The society thinks that we are civilized, but we are not. It's awful the fact that if you talk about "homophobia", about "racism" or "chauvinism", all the people point at another cultures like Islamic ones. YOU LOOK WRONG. I have to hear everyday, the insults from one Catalan boy to a Moroccan girl. I have to bear  a lot of comments like "ow, it's disgusting. One guy can't love another guy." And my favorite one (talking sarcastically): "ow, they're women. Give up the fight!".

Dear homophobic, racist and sexist friend:

This Moroccan girl is human, like you. Even she's probably better than you. She don't deserves your stupid insults. She is amazing, and i'm sure of that she will can get whatever she want, and be who she want to be. So shut up, because in the future, she would can be the doctor that have to treat your sick mum. 

This fag guy probably loves  his boyfriend more than you do to your poor wife. Because you didn't fall in love with the sex of the person. You fall in love with the personality. Because you can have your own opinion about this, but always being respectful with the others. 

And this girl who you don't apreciatte, is absolutely necesary in your life. Because without the women, the men would be lost. Because it's a woman who gives you the life, you would have to praise the female sex. 

Please, become more respectful, more intelligent, and more open-minded. 

Dante and Barbara #1

My eyes are closed. The sunlight caress my cheeks. I'm alone. I take a deeply breath. The smell of the sea, invades me. It's cold, and I can't feel my fingers or toes. Suddenly, someone steals my wool hat. When I open my eyes, I find Dante's face in front of mine. 

- Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......Sugar! What are you doing, Dante? - I scream.

- It was just a scare. Keep calm and kiss me.- Says him with the biggest smile I ever seen.

- Don't make fun of me. I was thinking, floating between my thoughts. 

He interrupt me, and starts to laugh. 

- I'm sure that all of your thoughts, were about your fantastic boyfriend.- He winks to me. 

- No. I haven't a fantastic boyfriend. I have a stupid one. 

I hate him. I try to hurt him with my Irony, but he just smiles me back. With his perfect smile, which drives me crazy.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Yes! I love to write little stories. For begin, this little love story about two special characters. They are Dante, and Barbara. I hope you like my little stories. Write your opinion, after read it! What would you like to happen?

New life.

I'm in first of batxillerat again. But i'm not sad. I''m happy, because I think that this year, it's gonna be MY year. Yes, i'm sure. This year, my average will be better than my last year average. I'm more motivated because this year I know what I want to study on the university. 

As well as all my classmates know, recently I moved away from Sant Pere Pescador. Now, I'm living in Empuriabrava. It makes me very happy, cause mainly all of my friends are from here. So that's because i'm very happy. Well, not only for this. I had to say that I fell in love with Empuriabrava, since I came here from Tárrega. I would can say that it was love at first sight. Empuriabrava have got beach, forest, shops and swimingpool. I think that it's a perfect place to live on. 

     

The Conjuring (The Warren Files)

This film, based on the true story of the Warrens, explain the story of two paranormal investigators, which are trying to help one family from Rhode Island that have some paranormal problems with their new house.

Ed and Lorraine Warren went to help of the Perron family. They are experiencing disturbing events in their farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. The house probably requires an exorcism. A long time ago, it was the house of one witch, Batsheba, who sacrificed her soon to the devil, and killed herself after this in 1863. The Warrens, finds a lot of pieces of news that talks about numerous muerders and suicides in the houses that were once part of this property.

I liked so much this film. I love the scary movies, and because of it every friday, i meet with two friends to see horror films. This one was the first that we saw. After 4 films more, this still is which we liked the most. I liked so much the movements with the camera. There are some planes filmed from the roof. The story is very interesting, and the characters are very good. There is just one thing that I doesn't like: The end. I can not say why I doesn't liked the end, but if you want to know that... You sould see it.I give to this film 3 stars:

*** Is brilliant. 

Paul Walker dead at 40: 'Fast and Furious' star killed in fiery car crash

This piece of news, is so special to me. I was going to talk about "Yolanda", the typhoon which have devastated Philipines... But this morning I have found a horrible last minute piece of news. Paul Walker, known for his role in "The fast and the Furious" movies,  have died today in a car accident. He just was forty years old.

I grew with this movies. It's one of the favorite saga movies of my father, and I always have gone with him to the cinema to see them. My favourite character was  the one that was interpreted by Paul. So his death makes me very sad. 

He was riding in a red Porsche with one friend, Roger Rodas,when the car flew off the road and crashed violently into a tree in Santa Clarita. The car burst into flames. The police thinks that the speed was a factor. 

Here, I leave some words from the article that I've searched in the dictionary:

• Flew off
• Burst into
• speed

I think that it's so Ironic, because "the Fast and the Furious" movies are about the ilegal car racing. As someone sais at the article:

"He lived his life and he died FAST and FURIOUS. He loved speed, he loved cars, and he had to die this way. He died in a very fast car with his friend."

Reast in peace, dear Paul Walker.

Father of missing surfer Kirk Passmore wants son's last ride to be watched

This news, explain the story of Kirk Passmore, a veteran surferr who lives in Hawaii, is presumed to have drowned after a wipeout while he was surfing the best wave of the day. His body had not been found, so his father decided to share the final ride footage of his soon. 

In the video, filmed by Larry Hanes, you can see on the white surfboard Kirk Passmore falling into the water. The wave broke on top of the surfer. 

Perhaps he might have ruptured his eardrums and had becomed disorented, because some time after the fall, you can see his feet in the froth.

I've chosen this article, because it really impressed me. In my view, he is an idol, because he died doing what he loved. Yes, is really sad... But I think that his father is really proud of him, and I think that it's lovely the way that he have chosen to honour his soon. 

Rest in peace, Kirk. 

Here, I leave some words from the article that I've searched in the dictionary:

• presumed
• have drowned
• wipeout
• footage 
• eardrums
• froth 

San Francisco celebrates newest hero: Batkid

This news, explain the story of Miles Scott, a little boy who has been faigthting against leukemia since he was one year old.He is in remission and he got a chance to fulfill his dream beeing batkid for one day in the city of San Franciso. A lot of people helped to turn San Francisco into Gotham City to help make his wish come true. Batkid, saved some famous people like Pitbull, and was praised by Obama, the president of USA.

In my view, I think that the story of this boy is really amazing. It makes me happy to know that there are some people able to make anything, to make a little kid happy. Because of it, i've chosen this news. 

Here, I leave some words from the article that I've searched in the dictionary 

• Closure
• Anchor
• Distress
• Vault

Self-evaluation

We used a prezi with some pictures and apart from this, we showed a little part of a video. I think that the structure of our presentation was okay and generally, all the words we used were easy, and we wrote a little glossary at the whiteboard, with the most difficult words. Moreover I think that our pronunciation was okay.

 Well,I was a little bit nervous. In my view maybe it was so much static but about the eye contact, I was looking my classmates all the time.

In conclusion, I'm proud of this oral presentation, because I think that I was less nervous than in the oral presentations from last year. And I think that all of my classmates enjoyed the presentation.

 

United kids of the world!

I think that one of the reasons for my good level with english, is that I love to listen songs and try to catch the lyrics to translate them. I think that the most important thing of one song, is the lyrics. 

Today I was in facebook, when one friend have shared one song. He have good taste with the music, so I have decided to listen the song.. This song is United kids of the world, by Headhunterz feat Krewella. Immediately, the lyrics attracted my atention. It's an anti-bullying song.

There is beauty in simplicity.

Personally, I think that during this times, the world have lost the respect for the others, wich is outrageous. It doesen't matter what you do, you always will be tried and criticize. You can't be different, you can't love a girl if you're a girl, you can't love a boy if you're a boy, you can't be fat, you can't be thin... If you're not another sheep of the flock, all the stupid sheeps will try to birng you down. 

 So here, I show you the amazing lyrics of this amazing song with his translation: 

Here's to the ones that are trying to hide/ Aquí está per els que s'estan intentant amagar
Here's to the ones that just keep it inside/ Aquí está per aquells que només su guarden per ells.
We could be the ones that are leading the fight/  Nosaltres podríem ser els que lideren la lluita.
Lighters that guide us through darkness and night/ Els encenedors que ens guíen a través de la foscor i la nit
We could be the voice when there's no way to cry/ Nosaltres podríem ser la veu quan no hi ha manera de plorar.
Let it all out 'cause now is our time/ deixa-ho anar tot perquè ara es la nostra hora.

All the things we never say, we can say today/ Totes les coses que mai diem, les podem dir avui
The love we had to borrow, we can spend tomorrow/ L'amor que em demanat, el podem gastar demà
If we don't surrender, we'll be young forever/ Si no ens rendim, serem joves per sempre
Say we are, we are .../ Digues que som, que som

United kids of the world!/ Els nois units del món 
Rise if you haven't been heard/ Aixecat si no has estat escoltat
United kids of the world!/ Els nois units del món
Say we are, we are .../ Digues que som, que som
(Na na, na na na, na na na)
Say we are, we are .../ Digues que som, que som...
(Na na, na na na, na na na)
United kids of the world! [3x]/ Els nois del mon units.

This one's for you if they tell you you'r wrong/ Això es per tu si ells t'han dit que estás equivocada
This one's for those who don't think they belong/ Això és per aquells que no pensen que importen. 
Just don't give a fuck, come on do what you want/ Que no t'importi una merda, vinga fes el que vols.
Let it all out, 'cause this is our song/ Deixa-ho anar tot, perquè això es la nostra cançó.

All the things we never say, we can say today/ Totes les coses que mai diem, les podem dir avui
The love we had to borrow, we can spend tomorrow/  L'amor que em demanat, el podem gastar demà
If we don't surrender, we'll be young forever/  Si no ens rendim, serem joves per sempre
Say we are, we are .../ Digues que som, que som

United kids of the world!/ Els nois units del món.
Rise if you haven't been heard/  Aixecat si no has estat escoltat
United kids of the world!/  Els nois units del món.
Say we are, we are .../  Digues que som, que som
United kids of the world!/   Els nois units del món.
Shout out if your feelin' hurt/ Crida si t'estas sentint ferit 
Say we are, we are .../  Digues que som, que som
United kids of the world!/ Els nois  del món units.

(Na na, na na na, na na na)
Say we are, we are .../  Digues que som, que som
(Na na, na na na, na na na)
Say we are, we are .../  Digues que som, que som
United kids of the world!/ Els nois del món units.
Shout out if your feelin' hurt/ Crida si et sents ferit
Say we are, we are .../ Digues que som, que som
United kids of the world! [2x] /  Els nois del món units.

✈

Love in Pisa

In my view, I think that the best way to understand the world and learn from it, is traveling. I want to travel around the world. It sounds so typical, but it's not a dream that I want to fulfill. It's the life I want to live. This post is not about my wishes, it's about what I’m going to do with my life: I want to live 3 years in each place that have an own culture. I'm not talking about countries or states. I want to know and understand the so much different cultures as can be possible. 

I would like to make a photographic report, to explain my experiencies to the world. 

Some places where I would like to travel: India, Argentina, Canadá, France, united kingdom, USA, Germany, Patagonia, New Zeland, Italy.... 

Ana Lavanda

As everybody knows, the photography is something very important to me. I take photos everytime. The camera is like my hand... I wouldn't can live without it. I'm not profesional, but I would love to be it. Because of it, I've my own photoblog, where I hope that the people leave comments, with their opinions. 

My love for the photography started in 2011. It was summer and I was bored when I found one special blog. It was the blog of one special guy from one city near by mine. This guy is Curi. Right away, I fell in love with him. His photos talked to me. The way that he writes, moved me. Then I thought that It would be fantastic if I would get some special photos, which would move the other people. 

I'm so thankful to Curi. He doesn't know that I exist, but I hope that one day, I will be open enough to tell him that probably, he changed my life. Because after fall in love with Curial, I fell in love with photography.

I have one page on facebook, and I have instagram too.

Here I will show you some of my photos. 

I hope you will like it.

Reality is a prision.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Evelyn. She was really unhappy because she hated the world where she lived. A world without trees, without animals. The forests had become skyscrapers and all the animals had died or had been killed. All the animals, except one. The most dangerous, destructive, selfish and cruel. The only animal stupid enough to kill the only place where he can live: The human. The blame was on them, because they never had respected the nature. They were killers. They had killed the earth. 

Evelyn couldn't understand anything. She loved the nature since always, and her best friends always had been the animals and the plants. She never liked the humans. And the humans never liked her, because she always had been different.

Every day, Evelyn got lost inside the city, until she arrived to a square named Oasis. This square was the only place in the world, where still existed a little piece of natural life. In the middle of this special square, there was an enormous tree surrounded by weed. She toke off her boots to feel the weed under her nude feet. The trunk had become black, because of the contamination. The branches were bare. When she touched it, a lot of pictures filled her head. She dreamed about an enormous forest, full of trees, full of flowers, full of insects, with a lot of bunnies jumping beside her. She missed so much the green earth. She missed those days when she went to the river, which crossed the forest. She missed the angel of the nature. She started to cry, because if the earth would be dead, she would be dead too. 

Suddenly, Evelyn opened his eyes. It was just a nightmare. But she was cold, and she felt her feet so wet. When she looked her feet, them were dirty. As if her would be runing by the weed. 

Changes.

Me, myself and I

The best way to know by heart someone, is ask to his friends or his family. So I've decided to ask that, to someone special for me:

One dear friend:

She thinks that i'm special. Special, diferent and unique. She literally said: "You're a wild spirit and you need to fly high with your wings like a bird. You can't be penned." It means a lot for me,because I got a new tattoo, that it's a sea-horse. It symbolize that one year ago, the sea became vital to me: I started skin diving. My father is a skin diving since I was little, so I always had  a special relationship with him. The sea, always had conect us. The sea-horse symbolize the father, because it's the male who carry the eggs, not the female. But another meaning of my new tatto, is the "wild spirit". I want to travel around the world.

 My tattoo symbolize my relationship with the sea, and with my father, and it reminds me that i'm a wild spirit, that wants to travel, thath wants to learn a lot of things about the other cultures.

And this is not all. She says  that i'm an artist, because I have a different point of view. She says that my eyes, can see a simple thing, and that I have the power to take a photo of that simple thing, and make it amazing, different and special. 

But I'm so pessimistic with myself.

My name is Ana, and this will be my english blog. All the photos, were taken by me.