A Special Memory

In my whole life I have had really nice memories, most of them with my family. We used to go to the beach on vacations, but the last vacations we went to Orlando, Florida.


We were there once in 1998, but I was 4 years old, so I don't remember anything from that trip.


My mother and my father decided to go to Florida, and they told us (my siblings and me) that we were going to Orlando in January at the beginning of this year.


My brothers, my sister and I were so excited, also my  parents, but I started to think: How am I going to do with my little dogs?. So my mother got the idea to call my aunt and asked her if she could take care about them and she said: Yes! 


We went to Florida for 9 days and we had a lot of fun. Actually, I consider that trip like one of the best trips I've ever been to! I went with my parents, my brothers and my sister, and we enjoyed so much, but I really wanted to be there with my dogs too. 


When we return to my home I saw one of my dogs really fat, so I was kind of scared and the next day we went to the veterinary.


The veterinarian was thinking in a pregnancy and my mom was "in shock", so he decided to check Samy (my dog) and be sure at all. After 2 minutes he finished the checking and gave us the huge surprise: SHE WAS PREGNANT 


:D 

My mom was speechless and then she asked how many dogs were going to be and the doctor said "5 or more!" and my mother didn't know what to do.


After 22 days Samy had her puppies but she just had 2 and I convinced my parents for keeping them in the house (It wasn't easy at all, but at the end I got it). 


Now I have 5 beautiful dogs in my house that make all my family happy, sometimes they drive my parents crazy but it doesn't matter, we do love them, they're part of our family.


˂3

The Goonies

I think that the most similar character to me is Brand. He was very scared at the beginning but at the end he was with his brothers and friends, supporting them, all the time.

Actually he's not a risky person and is scared about the consequences that can happen doing something wrong but at the end you just do it but being very careful.

Most of the time I'm like him. I'm afraid of the consequences of doing something that is not safe at all, so at the beginnig I prefer not to do it but finally I ended doing the risky thing. Like Brand, at the beginnig of the movie he was an undecided person and then, when he analyzed the situation and think for a while what can happen, he decided to help his brother and friends with the adventure, and they had a unforgetable time.

A Puerto Rico's Urban Legend

In a place in Puerto Rico, there's a "well" that once was called "The Pronounced Vagabond's Well", where a farmer, named Jacinto, goes everyday with his cow's. He had his favorite cow tied up in his hand just because he didn't wanted to loose her. On day this cow went through other way and they were surprised by a giant wave which made the farmer and his favorite cow fell down deep in the "well".


Now people say that if you go to that place and scream so loud "Jacinto traeme la vaca" ("Jacinto bring me the cow") you will be very lucky. Also, they say that if you can take a picture inside the "well" you will see Jacinto's face watching over you.

My first time singing on a stage...

My first time singing in public was the biggest challenge I've ever had in my entire life. It was at night and there  were a lot of people so, I was totally scared and nervous because I'm kind of shy and it's not easy for me talk in front of lots of people. I went to singing classes for 6 months and then the FINAL CONCERT! 

I was the 12th one of 24th students and when the student 11th finished her permance I thought: "I'm the next one!!!!!" and I felt something so weird, like I was exited but totally scared at the same time and I was shaking when I was upstairs and my teacher said: "Everything will be alright just relax and do it if you were alone!" but I was still shaking and really nervous.

Then when I start singing I was so afraid but going good and I sang till the end of the song. When I finished I returned to my sit and I wanted to do it again, it was one of my best experiences in my whole life.

The video that I attached is about me singing the song "The Climb" in a presentation the last year in my "Singing Salon". x)

Thanksgiving Day

A. What is thanksgiving? 
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Is a holiday to express thankfulness, gratitude, and appreciation to God, family and friends.

Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November. Schools, banks, post offices, and government offices are closed. This day was the first holiday celebrated in America. 

B. Who were the pilgrims?

The pilgrims were a small group of people who sailed to North America in order to start a new life.They sailed on the Mayflower ship and landed on Plymouth Rock. They wanted religious freedom.

C. What is the Mayflower?

The Mayflower was the ship that transported the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflowers Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts. There were 102 passengers and a crew of 25–30.

D. Who were the Wampanoag?

The Wampanoag were one of many Nations of people all over North America who were here long before the Europeans arrived, and have survived until today.


E. What happened to the Pilgrims during the first winter?

During that first winter over half of them died. Frequently two or three died on the same day. Four entire families were taken, and there was only one family that didn't lose at least one member.


F. What do the Wampanoag do for the Pilgrims?
Wampanoag teached the Pilgrims how to get food. So, they had some "classes"  in order to know how to get food easier, also how to hunt.



G. Why did they celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
The pilgrims and Wampanoag people celebrated because they were thankful for the food (corn and animals) they harvested and hunted.



H. When is thanksgiving celebrated now?
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated the fourth Thursday of November every year.

CSI: Las Vegas

CSI: Las Vegas (Crime Scene Investigation) is a TV fiction series that is about a group of forensic scientists that work in a city called Nevada in Las Vegas, USA. They investigate the crimes that happen there analyzing the proofs that they have.

The criminalits go through the crime scene, they look for some proofs and some objects that can be useful to resolve the mistery. The series mixed novel arguments with black film and scientific research necessary to find evidence to illuminate dark crimes, while adding stories of ethical concern among researchers and victims.

The series finds its appeal in the alternation between pure and dramatic story, but also benefits from excellent performances, a few dashes of high quality and depth, special effects and a little different routine.

This TV program shows the private life of the police officers, scientists and other people that is related with the crime.

The CSI team is made up of Raymond Langston, a forensic pathologist doctor, Catherine Willows, night shift supervisor of the unit in Las Vegas, his assistant, Nick Stokes, Sara Sidle, Greg Sanders, Dr. Al Robbins, an expert in medicine Coroner, David Hodges, a specialist in traces, David Phillips and Homicide Captain, Jim Brass.

Halloween

Meaning

Halloween means "All hallow's eve". Time ago it was used to celebrate the saint's day eve but things have been changing by the years and now people celebrate this like the day of the witches, ghosts and things related to them.

Origin

It started with the celtics customs and now the anglo-saxon culture celebrate Halloween as a holiday. At the beginning people used to celebrated as the Saint's Day and nowadays some people still celebrate it thinking about some dead people but other people are always thinking and relating this day with witches, ghosts and thigs like that.They look for some costumes days before the main day, also kids go house by house asking for candy.

I didn't know anything about Halloween but I consider it like a holiday that its meaning has been changing by years and know people are confused and don't know the right meaning but they still celebrate it, most of the time in USA.