WRITING JOURNAL

 

1- My life has not changed a lot since the beginning of the coronavirus. One of the biggest changes has been that throughout the pandemic, I have been adapting to the health measures. Another change has been in the relationship with other people, since I have stopped seeing face to face some people that I used to see very often. The last important change in my life has been with the studies because I went from going five days to going only three days every week. Taking all this points into consideration, this pandemic I have suffered changes, but not as severe as those of other people.

12/10/22  0:50-0:58

2- To this day, almost everyone has had a dream that will remember for a long time. In my case, I have had one recently that will stay in my mind for a while. I was walking with some friends when we suddenly walked past a KFC, we were hungry so we decided to eat there. Once inside, we were told that on that day, we could eat for free there, so we ordered lots of food. When we finished and we were about to pay, a worker that we have not seen before came and gave us the bill, we were very confused because we were informed that we could eat for free. When we asked the worker, he told us that it would be impossible for any worker to have told us that, at that moment, we realized that we had been fooled, and we had to pay. Then, I woke up and realized that everything had been a dream.

13/10/22  12:43-12:55

3- At the present time, most of the people have dreamed about working in the perfect job. For me, my perfect job would be as an english teacher since english is a very important part of my life, but what makes this job special is that I do not want to work here in Spain, I would like to work in Milwaukee. Since I was a child, I have dreamed about visiting the USA, above all, the city of Milwaukee in Wisconsin. I love that city, the way of live, the people, the cold weather that characterizes it... Moreover, I had an english teacher that was born there, and he told me wonderful things about the city, that made me want to visit it even more. That is why at some point of my life, I would like to work as an english teacher there.

14/10/22  20:27-20:34

4- Nowadays, almost everyone loves listening to some music everyday, but if we talk about learning how to play an instrument, the number of people who do it is more reduced. Learning to play an instrument requires a lot of practice and time dedication, besides of a professional musician who teaches you well. This may be the reason why playing an instrument is just for some people since not everyone has the time and the money to do it. At some point of my life, when I have more free time, I would like to learn how to play the electric bass because I love Rock, so someday I hope to be able to play songs from Guns N´Roses or Bon Jovi with it.

14/10/22  20:37-20:51

5- My favourite movie is 1917 since I love the movies whose plot is about an historical event. In this case, 1917 is about one of the many battles of the First World War, in which two young soldiers were given a mission that consisted on delivering a very important message passing by very dangerous territories. But, the most amazing thing of this film is that is a single-sequence shot, which means that all the scenes are shot using just one, without any interrumption. In addition, the actors did an excellent job during the filming, so the scenes that you can see in the film are very expressive. Without any doubt, one of the best movies that I have seen in my life.

17/10/22   11:14-11:26

6- When I was in London two years ago, I went through one of the most embarrasing moments of my entire life. We were in Oxford Street, and it was almost night so we decided to go to a Shake Shack for dinner. When we ordered our food on behalf of a friend, we had to wait at our table until they said the number of our ordered. When the number was said, I went to get the order, so the workers told me what name the order was in, and I answered my name. Chaos broke up because there was no order under my name, and then I remembered that the order was under my friend´s name. I almost turned crazy the whole staff of the Shake Shack by a mistake of mine.

18/10/22  11:32-11:41

7- Since I was a child, I have loved basketball, I do not care if it´s watching a game on the TV or playing it. The love for this sport comes from my father, who loves this sport as well. Even though I have never been as tall as other players, I have a skill that not everyone has. I can shoot from anywhere on the court, and get a good shot, I would call myself a shooter. When I used to play in a basketball team, I rarely tried to make a layup, I always was on the three-point lane to catch and shoot the ball. Sometimes, I even tried to hit shots from the half of the court, and most of the times I hit it. So, that´s why I think this is a skill that nos everyone has, but I do. 

19/10/22  22:04-22:19

8- Nowadays, the prices for renting or buying a house/flat are very high compared to before, that´s why, for many people a good option is sharing a flat with other people. For those people that is studying in a university far away from their home city, it is very profitable to do this because their budget is very limited, besides of learning how to live by your own with some people that are in the same situation as them, so, if they need some help, they may help them. But for those who have been working for some years, and already have some money, it´s better to rent or buy their own apartement/house, because in that way, they will have more privacy which is very important. 

19/10/22  22:23-22:36

9- Nowadays, travelling to a foreign country and explore its culture, taste its gastronomy, and enjoy its beautiful landscapes is the perfect plan for a lot of people. In my case, I have travelled to a lot of cities in Spain, but outside of the country I´ve just been to London in 2020, so I would like to travel more in a near future. The city I´m most looking forward to visit is my favourite city in the US, Milwaukee. It is a very cold city  where you can visit two important museum as Milwaukee art museum and Harley-Davidson museum. Moreover, you can enjoy its beautiful landscapes in places like Lake Michigan while enjoying a beer. Without any doubt, the best city to go and chill for a couple of weeks.

19/10/22  22:38-22:50

10- On the evening of April 15, 2019 the whole world was staring at the cathedral of Notre Dame, one of the most important tourist landmarks in the world. A fire broke out in the Gothic architecture building and destroy a big part of it. The roof was completely lost and interior was seriously damaged, but luckily, the firefighters could extinguish the fire. Today, the cathedral is being rebuilt, even with new parts that it didn´t have before, but will its French symbol regain its splendor?

20/10/22  10:58-11:09

11- Today´s day, it is said by some people that the students have to work much more than before and everything for nothing because the marks haven´t improved at all. It is true that in our country, we don´t have the best educational system since children and teenagers are very stressed almost every day of the week. That is why, in my opinion, our politicians should adapt a new educational system in which children learn more without having to suffer as they do now, since the education should be a learning process. In this way, the students could change and become working students who are motivated to learn new things from a very early age. 

20/10/22  11:15-11:28

12- It happened in the last year of high school in the subject of biology. We had a 6 units exam in a couple of weeks, so I decided to start studying a few days earlier so I could prepare it well. The day before the exam arrived and I was very prepared already, but then, when asking questions to the teacher, she told me that why I was asking questions about units that won´t appear in the test. In this moment I realized that I had studied 6 units for nothing, because the exam was just for 2 units. Although I lost some time, I do not regret this mistake because I learned lot of things that I will never forget from this time of study.

21/10/22  20:23-20:36

13- Nowadays, it is very common to use e-mail since you can communicate with everyone from all over the world. You can use it to have a talk with a friend that you haven´t seen for a while, or to work or study since there are available a lot of tools with different functions. To be honest, it is incredible the evolution this website have suffered since its beggining, first, you could only send messages but as time went by, a lot of tools have been added, so now, in addition to sending messages, you can save a lot of files in an online cloud,  prepare presentations, access a videochat... and a lot more things that you can try on it website.

22/10/22  12:09-12:24

14- At the present time, it is very strange to find someone who still doesn´t have a mobile phone. We use them during for a large part of the day since there, we can do thousands of things such as chatting with friends, accessing to social networks, playing videogames... But the excessive use of these can become an addiction and thats when the serious problems start. You will stop doing your daily routine because you will always want to be with the mobile phone. Unfortunately, this is a problem that a lot of teenagers suffer in our society, and because of that, they are throwing away their studies which is one of the worst decision of their lives. All in all, the best thing is to enjoy this devices but always with responsability.

23/10/22  18:01-18:14

15- Today, it is said that teenagers are very different from what they used to be because the teenagers then used to work more and were more independet, meanwhile now they want to stay up late and depend fincancially on their parents. In my opinion, this is not like that, nowadays there are teenager who from a very early age have started working to help economically his family combining the work with the studies, which is not an easy thing. It is true that there are some teenagers who do nothing and live off their parents, but there are few in comparison with those who are workers. So, I wouldn´t say that today´s teenagers are very different from those of the past.

23/10/22  18:17-18:30

16- Nowadays, it is common to hear people arguing about what is the best age to get married. Then, it was well regarded to get married since a very early age, in some cases, even with 16 years of age. This is something that is different today because so much time has passed, the society has changed and so has the way people see the world. So, in my opinion people should get married whenever thay want, but only if you know with certainty that the person you are going to marry is the right one since the marriage should be a lasting union, in some cases, for the whole life.

3/11/22  21:12-21:24

17- It is normal for people to have someone outside the family who they can trust without any hesitation, this is what is consider as a best friend. A best friend should be a person who will not leave you alone, no matter the situation you are going through, they will always be there to help even with the smallest problems. You can always trust in them and talk about things that you would never tell to anyone else, and assume that they will never share your secret, and they will always defend you when someone is disturbing. All in all, everyone should have a best friend to get some support on during difficult times.

4/11/22 19:48-20:03

18- At the present time it is very normalized to go shopping almost every week, to buy stuff such as clothes, devices... that sometime we do not really need. Then, it was very common to inherit stuff from members of the family that were elder than you, so people rarely went shopping, just when they needed something of vital importance. But today, if we go to a shopping centre, we will be able to see a huge amount of people carrying a lot of bags full of stuff that will surely be forgotten in two weeks, the worryng thing about this is that happens almost everyday. All in all, people should think twice before buying some things because it can be a waste of money if you buy something that you do not really need and will not be used in a couple of days.

6/11/22 11:32-11:41

19- One of the dreams that most people have, and wish to fulfill before they die is to travel through space. Every day that passes, it becomes more possible to travel through space, and see all the wonderful phenomena that occur there. It would be marvelous to see planets, stars, black holes... but in a closer and always a safe way. The only problem is that, although this is becoming more and more possible everyday, it is not known exactly when it will be possible to travel there. So, we will have to wait a few more years and hope that we will be able to experience space travel before we die.

9/11/22 21:57-22:09

20- It was 15 years ago, my mom took me to the hall of the school and stayed with me until a young woman ordered all the children to enter in a empty class. I was a bit frightened but all the nerves and fears left my body when a boy talked to me, we became friends and nowaays he is my best friend. During the rest of the day, we did not do much more, we did not have class so we just went to a bank near the footbal pitch and talked until the hour we left. There, we met many more people that became our friends as well.

10/11/22 21:33-21:43

21- Nowadays, discrimination is one of the most important problems our society has to face since it affects a lot of people. Unfortunately, there are people who do not have the freedoom to do the same things as other people, they are getting deprived of their rights. For instance, there are people that just because of having black skin cannot enter to some shops, or cannot get a properly job offer. They are people like everyone else and they should not be treated in that way. Although today this kind of behavior is getting penalized very hard, then this was not like that. All in all, everyone should learn to respect everyone no matter who they are or where they come from.

11/11/22 10:12-10:30

22- My favourite food is the caesar salad. It is very easy to prepare, you will be able to get every ingredient on a supermarket. You need a head of romain lettuce, parmesan shaved cheese, crisp croutons, chicken and caesar sauce. First, you have to place the lettuce in a bowl, then you put half of the crisp croutons of the bag as well in the bowl. Once you have done this, it is time to cook the chicken and cut it in small pieces. After that, you have to mix the chicken with the parmesan shaved cheese and put it together with the rest of the bowl. Finally, add caesar sauce to tast and that is all, you already have a delicious caesar salad.

12/11/22 12:23-12:37

23-  The best object I own is a videogame that I will never get tired of playing with. It is a videogame from my favourite videogame serie, which is pokemon. This one in specific is pokemon black. I remember how I got this game, it was the night of 24 december of 2010, I was with my family having Christmas dinner, and when we finished eating, my father disappeared for a moment and when he was back, he brought with him a gift for everyone on the table. When I opened the gift and I saw the game, I I started jumping and running over the whole house. Moreover, this game has helped me a lot during difficult time I have had in my life, that is the reason why I have invested more than 600 hours there.

 13/11/22 17:44-17:52

24- Nowadays, it is very common to see people arguing if smoking on public places should be allowed. Smoking it is one of the most common ways people reduce their stress or anxiety, and everyone can do with their own lives whatever they want. But, smoking can be very annoying and unpleasant to some people because of the smell. So, a good idea, that is already in many countries, would be to open space for smokers, so they can go there and smoke as many cigarettes as they want without distrubing anyone. All in all, the smokers should know that smoking next to people can be a little unpleasant and they should ask first to the people around them if it is ok to smoke there.

16/11/22 22:11-22:27

25- Kendrick Lamar is an american rapper whose song are art pieces for me. His songs are like the fuel that I need everyday when I have to take the train and the bus so I can get the university, I hear them as well when I am doing some sport, cleaning or even passing class notes to a clean notebook. My favoutie song of him is DNA which is a song whose lyrics talks about the good and evil things on DNA. But, the thing that I like the most about this song is the rhythm which I loved since the first day I heared it.

17/11/22 21:26-21:40

26- I have always believed that for passing an exam, you do not have to leave all the things you have in your life just for studying and I still believe that. You do not have to stop seeing your family or friends, or stop spending some time with the things you like to do in your freetime. Being a good student not only means studying everyday without any break, in the preparation process should always be a break time that people should use to clear the head a little. Stuying without stopping will have the same negative effects as if you had not studied. So, taking a break and talk with the family and friends, or enjoy your hobbies will be always a good idea.

18/11/22 23:01-23:14

27- I remember when I was a child and I used to go to the park with some friends to try to discover dinosaur bone because we wanted to become paleontologists. Once, we were digging in different parts of the sand when I found a strange rock that looked like a huge tusk. My friends and I started to investigate about that strange rock that we discovered, and we all agree that, because of its size and shape, the strange rock that we discoveres was a mosasaurus´tusk. We wanted to go to a museum so we could ask to real paleontologist, but we never did that and the rare rock is now at a friend´s house.

19/11/22 11:50-12:03

28- Today, it is very common for almost everyone to have a favourite possesion. In my case is a bracelet that my mom bought me six years ago. It is a black thined bracelet with a silver coating inside of which there is a black shiny zircon. I never take it off my wrist, and when I am passing through difficult times, I always look to the barecelt and I keep going without hesitation. All in all, everyone should have a favourite possesion that really means something to them, it is like a source of inspiration the will always be with them, in good and bad times.

20/11/22 10:44-11:01

29- Apart from the music of Kendrick Lamar that I have already mentioned in another section, a music that will be always be special for me is Rock. I love listening to rock (Guns N´Roses, Bon Jovi, Metallica...) even more in those days when you do not have any motivation and you just want to lay on your bed, rock will make you feel strong and you will regain your desire to do things. My favourite rock song is Sweet Child O´Mine from Guns N´ Roses. People should listen to this song, it is a masterpiece and is one of the best rock songs that will never exist in my opinion.

26/11/22 19:33-19:43

30- Today, bad habits is something that everyone has. In my case, there is one that I would like to change as soon as possible, and this bad habit is to wake up really late on weekend. It may seem silly but I do not like when I wake up every saturday at 12:00 and I feel like I have lost half of the weekend just sleeping when I could have done so many things such as doing some sport, studying or just clean and do household chores. There are other habits that other people have that are way worse than mine, but I would like to change it so as everyone should try.

28/11/22 23:48-00:04