Nintendo

I am so excited right now because my parents have given me a gift, the new nintendo 3ds! I am so exited just because I wanted this nintendo since it goes out and like everybody knows is so expensive and I have not money but now I have it and yes, I am so happy!

Some people have said to me that it is something for childs but I ansolutely don't care because I think that like every single thing, it is for you if you want it and I want it so I am a child? I don't care!

My new nintendo is a special edition with Animal Crossing. Animal Crossing is my favourite game, but this is different because is “Happy Home Designer” and have special options, you can design homes and is absolutely addictive.

Also, in this nintendo you can change the covers, the cover that I have right now is this and in my opinion is the best, is absolutely lovely!

What I like the most about this nintendo and about I think is better than Play Station for example is that you can take it with you everywhere and in anytime you can play, even if they are only five minutes.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

Essay: Education

When I think in education I always remember how I was educated not only in the school, also in my house because I always think about it, ¿is more important the education that we receive in our school center or in our house? Actually, people don't give much importance to the education that we receive at home and are always giving a lot of importance to the education in the school.

If I look “education” in a enciclopedy I will fin something like “education is a proccess between you can facilitate learning”, so in this case, is education refering to all the ambist? Yes. But why we are always thinking in school or high school... so on? Because from my point of view is more easy give the responsability of our childrens to others, in this case teachers. Of couse the teachers taugh childrens to do the most important things in the academic scope but in home we have to teach moral values and especially teach them to be real persons and not only like the everybody.

As opposed I would add that in school there are things like moral values that are teaching every day to children. Teachers have a great job but also they have a great responsability because there are no much people that can do their work, I mean, teachers have people that put their confidence in them and this is something that we can say like “is normal” but is not, because is important, is really important.

In conclusion I will add that education at home and school are important and both are indispensable. The good thing would be to have a good rapport between both and that people give to both the importance they deserve.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

My favourite season

Autumn leaves

Autumn is my favourite season since I was a child and there is no reason why it is my favourite season, now I can name some reasons but I know that when I was a child I didn't have any reason and anyway I enjoyed with this season and with the sweet leaves falling from trees.
Now I can say that maybe I like autumn because is a feeling of nostalgic that comes over all and there are some times when you don't even let you breathe but after is this feeling which makes me feel alive and dead at the same time.
In addition, in autumn we want to heart some concret songs, songs, maybe sad songs because if there is something that autumn learn to us is that everything leaves, no matter when, no matter what, everything leaves.
For me, autumn is a good season because it taughts me who I am, I say that because in autumn I lock myself and I know that there are people that say that this is not good but for me is good because I can be myself.

Best wishes,
Effy.

YES OR NOT?

To begin with this I will say that in start I am absolutely against with zoos. I love animals but I love free animals, I don't want captive animals, I love the freedom and I know that they too. Therefore I have to say that yes, some endangered species are kept by zoos but that is not the case, the case is that zoos are prisons for animals because yes, the zoo can preserve a specie but at what cost? For me is not important the disappearance of one specie, what really matters is the pain and suffering that animals suffer. Like “Animal equality” says, the existence of a group will never justify the slavery. Zoos do much damage because not only enslave in zoos also kill animals like rabbits, mice... to feed the rest. In conclusion, my opinion is clear and firm, I don't like zoos. I don't want zoos. Only that.

Part of the text information have been found in Animal Equality http://www.igualdadanimal.org/entretenimiento/zoos

Best Wishes,
Effy.

Wings

This song is one of the most beautiful songs that Birdy has, also is the most beautiful song that I have ever heard. Birdy is one of my favourite singers, she can make something good about something sad, it is a controversy that I adore about Birdy. I have been listening her music for many years and at first she wasn't well known but over time she has been released. The thing that I adore about this song is that I can feel hope and sadness at the same time but the thing that I feel the most is nostalgia. Nostalgia is something that is always in my mind, you know, is like I have been living in nostalgia for along time. I mean, when I have to do something, If I have two choices I always opted for the one that remember me a thing of the past. No matter the time last to remind me, I will choose that option always. Apart from this, I think that the past can be sad sometimes, but sometimes it can be sweet so this is the reason why I love this song and maybe all the songs of Birdy. She is a great singer and I recommend her to all of you.

"Oh lights go down

In the moment we're lost and found

I just wanna be by your side

Is these wings could fly"

Best Wishes,

Effy.

"I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze and love is a riddle

I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried

And I don't know why

Slow it down

Make it stop--

Or else my heart is going to pop

'Cause it's too much

Yeah, it's a lot

To be something I'm not

I'm a fool

Out of love

'Cause I just can't get enough"

Best wishes,

Effy.

Life is strange

Life is strange is a game that I am currently playing, This game is divided in five chapters. We have a person who has the starring role, Max. Max is a normal teenager but at least we are going to discover that she will not have a normal life along the game. Also, our protagonist has a power, she is a "human time machine", she can go back in time and change their actions. What I like most about this game is definitely the history and how it is told, also the characters are very well crafted, they are teenagers and I think that is good because you can feel more identified with them and empathize. This game has been very successful and is well known,
Whether you like playing videogames or not, I recommend it!

Best Wishes,
Effy.

SPACE DEBRIS

Space debris is a really important problem that is actually affecting the society. Is very confusing because at first we don't know what it is. They are also confusing because at first when we see these things "space debris" we don't know if it could be radioactive and explosive, the fact is that these things could be problematic. Also, the space debris has no utility but they can create many problems for example a car accident.

Go back

Maybe there are some persons who think that we can't go back in time or just simply go back to the things we used to do, to the people we used to be or to the people we used to meet. Now I have taken the decision to go back to one thing that I used to do, this thing is play piano. I have a keyboard since maybe 2011 and this is because I used to play piano but not now. I have forgotten most of the musical theory that I knew so now that I have decided start again to play piano I have to study a lot and do it by myself because now I can't go to an academy. The reason why I want to play the piano is because the other day watching 'Your lie in april' (japanese cartoons) I remembered how much I used to love piano and how happy I was when I was playing piano, so now I can't stop remember about it and just do it. At first I know that it will be difficult because I don't have much time and is difficult to be autodidact but I have no rush and I think just enjoy playing the piano.

Today I want to recommend to all of you this beautiful song, I can't stop listening.

Best Wishes,

Effy

OUTLINE: myself

I) I am a person who thinks that life is more simple than everyone thinks and we just have to be happy and enjoy the moment.

II) DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
    A)Enjoy your free time
         1. I spend the most of my time watching anime and tv shows.
         2. I also like reading books when I feel sad.
         3.If I don't feel myself ready for doing something I just don't do it and wait for the perfect                    moment to do it.
   

III) University
     A)University is important for me
         1. Thanks to the university I can achieve my goal
         2.College gives me confidence in myself.

IV) Friends and Family
      A) The relationship with my family and my friends is the most important thing in my life.
           1. I spend a lot of time with my family and friends.
           2. We understand and support.
   
       
V) Therefore, I am just a ordinary girl who just want to be happy some day, and the best moment for being happy is now.

Best Wishes,
Effy.

How you feel freedom?

Is something that everyone knows but maybe never feel. Is something that all the people that I know have wanted in a moment of their life, something that have been in our life at least just one time, something that can't be bought, something that for many people can't be named, something unknown, strange and sad for others. Some people prefer not to think about it precisely because they don't have it, other however proclaim at the seven winds that they have it. There are people that not claim having it because they say they don't need it. But in the end, all those persons are naming it, thinking about it, giving importance to after all. And that is all that freedom wants, importance. And for me it has too, I can't stop thinking about freedom because I think that freedom is like a happiness,you think have met but not have it, you never have and always want.
For me freedom is just like a bird, the bird goes away but when you decide to look around you always are going to see the bird because the bird, like a freedom, is going to be always waiting for you, you just have to make the decision.

I think that in this song the singer is talking about freedom all the time.

 Best Wishes,
Effy.

Feel the music

Last Thursday I went to a concert in a Theater in Murcia. At first I went to see Zahara because is a singer that I love, she has a incredible voice and is indescribable what makes me feel with her songs. But before her, there was another groups of music and at first I was bored because I just wanted to listen her so that was everything but later, one group started and they were a boy and a girl and yes, they did it amazing, it was so incredible, they did wonderfully well. So the sensation that I was feeling in this moment was very good. When Zahara started to sing I was maybe a little euphoric and she was there, singing like nobody, just making me feel a little less empty.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

Problem/Solution composition in fiction: THE MAN ON THE EDGE

At the end "the man on the edge" has the feeling that everyone is worried about stupid things while their lives are full of sadness and frustrations so he decided that nobody should be worried about blips. In his mind he just can find a signal, a signal that says: "no one can hurt you, only you, and you don't want hurt yourself, right? so don't do this please". He was concerned for wordly things and that's fine for a while but not for the rest of him life, and much less to remove himself. Therefore he decided to continue his life and the problem of work is not really a problem because he can find another as long as he believe in himself. The fact of suicidal created a great show in TV which was deleted with time.

Global Issue: Racism

Problem paragraph:
The problem about I am thinking is racism, racism is a actual problem that is affecting a persons from all around the world. It consist in insult or hit a one person just because he or she is not from the same place as you or the same color or for different religion. Racism can be show directly so the result is that racism can grow among the population.

Solution paragraph by a partner:
Racism could be reduced speaking to an other people and making that this behaviour doesn't affect to others who come from different places don't feel the heat.

Best Wishes,
Effy.

"Gakusen Toshi Asterisk"

"Gakusen Toshi Asterisk" is the actual anime that I'm seeing and is very good because a lot of reasons, for example, in every single episode I can find something new, maybe in the characters or maybe in the history. I found this anime because my cousin was seeing it and in this moment I think that it could be nice to see it. Now that I am seeing it I think that I made a good decision, I recommend that you see it. Perhaps what I like most is the development of history, there are many fights and struggles but we can also find love, mystery, adventure...
I recommend even those who don't see "anime" or cartoons like this.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

Punk music VS Classic music

There are many differences between punk music and classic music, for example one of them is that classical music is more relaxing and is only necessary instruments, on the other hand, punk music is more revolutionary and active. Therefore of the pictures I have seen in class I can say that there are many differences in clothing, instruments, attitude, body posture... but there is something in common because I can see that both are concentrated. I think that classical music is more difficult to understand because it isn't tell us the things with lyrics, you have to feel the classical music and this is very important, whereas in the punk you can say things freely, without hesitation.

Lang Lang inspires me a lot.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

My favourite poem. The perks of being a wallflower.

This is not an entry in which I am going to write my favourite poem (perhaps only a piece), that is not the goal. I am going to write why I like the poem and why you should read it, is your decision to or not.
As you saw in the picture my poem is part of the book 'The perks of being a wallflower', one of my favourites books. For me, this poem is part of the spine of the book and without this poem the book would not have much sense.
When I read the poem in the book I feel frustrated but at the same time I feel a deep sense of nostalgia and sadness. I'm serious guys, I hope you feel encouraged to read this poem.
I will write a small part of it.

"Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
   he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
   because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
  and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
   and read it to his aunts
That was the year father Tracy
   took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
   with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a
   Valentine signed with a row of X's
   and he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it

Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines
   he wrote a poem
And he called it "Autumn"
   because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
   and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kithcen door
   beause of the new paint
And the kids told him
   that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometime they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses
   with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed
   when he asked her to go see santa claus
[...]"

To read the whole poem you can do it here http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1035166-the-poem-what-did-it-mean-to-charlie

The poem is written by the author of the book Stephen Chbosky.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

My opinion about Bullfighting.

(http://www.igualdadanimal.org/tienda/producto/bolsas/promo-especial-bolsa-torosvivos-taza-yodefiendo/)

Bullfighting should be removed. This is an issue about many people speak but little is said, it is a sad tradition in Spain and it consist of killing an animal to death while a few look at it. I always think that what people need is more empathy because if you put yourself in the skin of the bull you may notice awe and fear. I hope that one day everyone realizes this and do something about it. Please. 

We have to think that all animals have to be safe and have to feel that this world belongs to them as much as it belongs to us too. When I think in bullfighting I can't avoid to think about torture and sadness and all those feelings that no one want to feel in the their lifes because I know, our lifes are perfect without pain but the lifes of the bulls are more beautiful too without sadness and the torture that the humans are doing in themselves.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

Describing a person and peer response

I'm going to describe someone who is very important for me and I like to take care. He is a twister, one day maybe you can find him crying, another day laughing. This is the most important thing that I have to say about him, and I like it. But sometimes It gets hard and hurts because you're looking at him and you know he is crying (maybe inside) but you can't do anything, and I know that I am not the best person in this world but It is how I'd do something. He is special too because when he is sad or he doesn't want to talk with you, you can find him in one place, maybe always the same, playing videogames.

Peer response by Incihar Hotamar
I really like the way you convey the feeling in this paragraph; the way you set the mood is very good. However there are some small problems, such as the part that starts with "I am not the best person in this world", that part is not very clear as I am having trouble understanding that sentence. Also your conclusion doesn't have a solid ground so it doesn't sound like you are done writing. But all in all, even though you have problems of clarity, the tore you've set in the beginning coways the message nicely.

Best wishes,

Effy.

How do you feel about 'Guernica'?

"Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. On completion Guernica was displayed around the world in a brief tour, becoming famous and widely acclaimed. This tour helped bring the Spanish Civil War to the world's attention." 

I feel chaos and war, and fire inside me. I can feel the fire inside me when I see the Guernica. I see tears, dry tears because of pain. I don't wanna see this paint, I don't wanna have this feeling. I don't like my feelings, just pain and maybe thoughts. I don't like those thoughts. This paint makes me feel sad, I don't wanna live in a world like this. I don't wanna see this anymore. I don't wanna feel this anymore.

Best Wishes,

Effy.

"Like a long bout with some painful illness"

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. — George Orwell

I want to talk about this quote by George Orwell. I know George Orwell by '1984' and 'Animal Farm' and I love the way he wrote. Also, I decided talk about this quote because I feel the same, I mean, I am completely agree with him. 

I am not a person who writes a lot, at first maybe because I don't have much time and the time I have I prefer read or doing another thing but is true that sometimes I decide write, and maybe the reason is because I feel well if I write, I feel free and happy.

There are times when I started to write a book but them I had some failures ideas and I was not sure about I was writing so I decided stop with it, but I also understand the need to do it. 

Now I'm writing something, the only thing about I can be constant, my diary. 

I have to say that maybe I have a diary because I don't like to tell my things to anyone, I just simply prefer write and just. Done. I write about everything, my life obviously but music and books too, tickets of concerts, cinema, theatre, everything. Simply my life in this book. 
At first, I was not sure and I was no constant but if you choose a beautiful notebook maybe you can increase your desire to write.

Best wishes, Effy.

POEM: "Fear"

Fear
Fear of losing you
Fear of losing me
Fear of to blow up an later
Fear of to go down
Fear of not to learn
Fear of not knowing how to love
Fear of everything and
Fear of nothing at the same time
Fear of cry without tears
Fear of the wings beating in my chest
Fear of you walking away
Fear of the day
Fear of your dead body
Fear of my dead soul
Fear of not be enough
Fear of reading a book and not feel
Fear of love without loving
Fear of listen our song
Fear of not remember our song
Fear this day will end
Fear of keep you apart
Fear of not loving and fear of
Fear that
Fear of words
Fear of not to live
Fear of live
I've said that.

Currently reading...

Hi guys!
This week I am reading "The 5th wave", this book called my attention because is very famous and also have a good synopsis.
Like a summary of the book I can say that is apocalyptic - and this is one thing that I like so much about this book- the book narrates that aliens come to earth and a war occurs. Our principal character, Cassie, has to save her little brother but a we are going to find a succesion of problems.

In my opinion, this book is absolutely adictive, I can't stop reading it, also I want finish this weekend. The thing I like the best is that is about survival and love, but is not all about the type of love we are accustomed, is about a family love. I can relate this book with others like The hunger games or Divergent. In addition I have to say that they will make a movie about The 5th wave, you can see the trailer here. For now, I prefer wait until I finish the book to see the trailer.

Best Wishes,

Effy Stark.

What is the best way to brainstorm?

In class we have practiced different methods of writting. I don't know why but I feel that the best way is make a Mapping. In class I felt more confortable and secure making this, is better for me because is easily link some ideas and later write complete sentences about them.
An example of mapping:

We can make different mapping as we want, and choose different topics, they don't have to be related. When we're done we have to make a drafting with all the topics we have created and then we have to make a connection among them.

There are different methods to make an essay but this is the most comfortable and the one that helped me because is easier to create ideas.