It's Halloween night!!!

   
    Halloween is a celebration observed in lots of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows´Day!

Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

   ¨TRICK OR TREAT¨

Writing 02- Diffrences between the first year of secondary school and this year

Writing 02      

      In my first year of secondary school I used to study Art, Technology and Music, but this year I don´t study them any more. 

Now I study other new subjects like ITC, which is about the correct use of technology. I still study foreign languages like English and French. The English teacher from the first year is no longer teaching at my school. I´ve got new English, Spanish and Maths teachers.

Now I find subjects more difficult than the first year because there´s more information to study. In the first year of secondary school I used to have more free time and now I don´t.

My B1 official certificate

                      Officially mine!!! 💪

Comment 5- Virtual or real relationship?

Nowadays there are a lot of people using the dating apps to start a relationship. In my opinion, there are advantages and disadvantages of having a virtual relationship.

One of the advantages of a virtual relationship is that is a good choise for shy people because they can express themselves better than in a face to face relationship. Moreover, people can hide their real identity and be less inhibited when talking to the other person. 

One of the disadvantages of a virtual relationship is that giving personal information like your real name or where you live can be dangerous because you never know what kind of a person is the one you are talking to online. Furthermore, people can lie about their real identity and nowadays there are a lot of virtual abuses. So, we should be very careful! 

I prefer face to face relationships because they involve real emotions, I can see what the other person is like or if we understand each other, if we make a good couple, etc.

Comment 4- Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé was a Spanish Opera singer who was born on 12th April,1933 in Barcelona and died at the age of 85, on 6th October,2018 in Barcelona. She was a mother of two children, a daughter and a son. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with a good control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo. 

She was known internationally, too. She became popular when she recorded ¨Barcelona¨, a duet with Freddie Mercury which became the official song for the Olympic Games in 1992. 

She was a great ambassador of Spain. She won several Grammy Awards and she was nominated for the same award with more recordings. She was honoured with ¨Legion of Honour¨in 2005, ¨Honoris causa doctorate of the Menéndez Pelayo International University¨ in Santander in 2008 and ¨Honoris causa doctorate of the University of Barcelona¨ in 2011.

R.I.P. Monsterrat Caballé!

Comment 3- Food and food waste, a big world problem

Nowadays, lots of people throw away a lot of food which could be given to consumption to other people who are starving because of different reasons. We don´t realize that in other countries there are people that can´t buy so much food as us. That´s because they are living in a poor continent or in areas that are affected by wars or drought. 
In my opinion, we don´t value enough everything we have. For this, there are some companies or supermarkets like Tesco in UK which collect food and drink and give it to people who really need it, because thousands and thousands of kilograms of food are wasted around the world.

All in all, I think we should think more about the poor people who are starving around the world and try to do something to help them like donating money or food to ONG´s.

Comment 2- Shopping online

Nowadays, online shopping is a very comfortable way to buy any kind of products like food, clothes, cosmetics, plane tickets, electronic devices, etc. Lots of people use online shopping because this way they waste less time, they can find a big variety of products and because there are better prices than in the stores. 

About myself, even if I like wearing new clothes, going shopping is a nightmare for me. In the future, I´m sure I´ll choose the online shopping instead of store shopping.  There are disadvantages about online shopping, too. You can´t try what you buy, sometimes the products get lost on the way or the online payments are not always secure.

Comment 1- Fashions!!

I´m not a fashion slave but a fashion fan! I prefer wearing comfortable clothes and feeling well with myself even if those clothes are not in fashion. I don´t spend money on buying the latest clothes if I don´t look good in them. Sometimes I buy modern clothes but I´m not obsessed with them. 

In my opinion, it´s more important to feel comfortable with what we wear and make a good impression because that counts a lot in our society. I don´t agree with the people that spend a lot of money on clothes just to be fashionable. 

To sum up, the latest fashion is very expensive and isn´t always beautiful or comfortable!

WRITING 01- Something amazing that happened to me last summer

Writing 01  

       Last summer I went on a trip to Italy with my family. We stayed at my aunt´s house and we visited lots of places. We also went to the beach, sailing and snorkeling. After that, we stayed three days in Milan. I celebrated my birthday there. It was incredible!

I did lots of incredible things but the best thing was the visit to the Zoo in Verona. I had never seen so many animals in my life! We spent the whole day visiting around and the most amazing thing that happened to me was the visit to the Safari Park, where we stopped the car in front of a giraffe! I could see its enormous legs in front of our car and, honestly, it was really frightening! I took a lot of pictures of the wild animals walking around our car.

It was the best experience ever!

WRITING 00- Hobbies

Writing 00

      Hi Jack,

      Thank you for asking me about my hobbies. I have lots of hobbies, for example, going out with my friends, playing with my video console or playing basketball. But my favourite one is playing football. I always play it in my free time.

At the moment, I´m playing football with my village team. We train three times a week and every weekend we have a match. I enjoy it a lot because I meet new people. I´m very competitive and I like being fit.

Please write back soon and tell me a few things about your hobbies.

Mihail