New experience

During these holidays, I have done a lot of things, and one of these things has been driving in a car, first time ever!
It all started when I told my dad if he could let me drive around, so he said; yeah why not? So he took me to a dirt road where the was no cars, perfect to learn some driving. I have to say I had no idea how to drive, so just getting in the car I nearly crashed twice!
My dad was so scared because I wasn’t going slowly, I had already started of quickly and he started saying to me to go slower, so I did, it was boring!
Anyway, he taught me how to change gear, to put de clutch down when I’m stopping, to never take my hands of the steering wheel, how to reverse and not kill anyone while I’m doing it!

It took me time to actually get used to it, everything is just so delicate, I thought I just had to put the foot down hard and that it would just go with no problem, anyway that was a good experience for me and my dad thought that he was going to die in that car…

I wasn’t really that bad, I was quite good, he just likes to make a big deal out of everything!
I want to ask him if he wants to drive with me again… I don’t think he really wants to now!

Results

Yeah, it’s the end of the trimester and I have failed three subjects; maths, chemistry and philosophy!
Yeah, I know that’s doesn’t look like very good results, but I’m pretty happy with my results, I know I shouldn’t but I am. That just means that this trimester I’ve got to work a bit harder on the subjects that I've ve failed. I think that maths and chemistry I will be able to pass them, but I’m a bit lost with philosophy, no matter what, that’s a subject I think that I will fail all year round but I’ll try to pass it too…

The reason of me being happy about my results is because of many things. First, I come from a class that the level of studying and working is lower than the other classes, and all of my classmates from last year aren’t doing that good, they have failed six, seven or more subjects. So that means that I'm actually doing quite well, because I’ve only failed three.
I’m also happy of my results because I know that I have worked very hard to have those results and know one is going to tell me what they think because I don’t really care, I know that I’ve worked so much for it, my dream would be to be able to pass College to do something in the future that I want to do, hopefully I will be able to do it.
Anyway I have got a lot of support from people that love me, like my family, friends and my girlfriend!

So I wish myself some good luck for this year!

My life

Sometimes life can be very complicated, even more at are age. I think that this is one of the most important times of our lives.
This stage of our life I think that I does really mark what we will be in a future, it all depends of your studies and that people that surround you.

At the moment, I’m studying in College and that is one of the hardest things I think that I have ever had to do, especially because I’m actually from a lower level of class, but teachers seem to be pleased.
Then it’s hard to combine spending time with your friends and then also with your girlfriend if you have one, luckily for me I can go out with my friends and my girlfriend at the same time!
Apart form all of this I do handball just to keep me fit and have time to think about stuff that’s going on in my head.
And now I’ll have to start to practice for my driving license and luckily soon I’ll have it.

All of this brings me a bit of stress, but if I’m lucky I will keep on going as the way it is, anyway everybody needs a bit of stress because otherwise we wouldn’t do anything, so I think that all of this is good even isf at the moment it doesn’t look like it!

Presents!

Lately as the years go by, my list of presents keep on getting smaller and smaller, this year I didn’t even want anything because I don’t feel the need of them.
I’ve realized that I have already got everything I really need and that I am already happy with the things I have got.
Years ago I used to have a huge list of presents; I used to want everything I used to see on TV or see at shops.
I think it happens to everybody, as we gradually get older the less presents they want but maybe that only one present counts as five presents because it’s a lot more expensive that the others. It’s bigger in a sense of the price.
So when your just a child I think that you want a lot of presents but their price aren’t that important but as we get older we want less presents, but what we want is a lot more expensive.
This year I said that I didn’t want anything but I did get something, only a couple of presents but they where very nice indeed, presents that you know that this people have looked really hard for it and thought about it a lot and that they haven’t just bought it in five minutes.

Pastic or Natural?

Instead of asking mom and dad for a new car, young women are asking their parents for breast implants or a nose job. It has taken over television and is rapidly disturbing our society. If you Type the words plastic surgery you’ll celebrities who have had plastic surgery and it went bad. The site contains pictures of many big celebrities who have had cosmetic operations. Young people around the nation are modelling themselves after these celebrities. They think it is no longer attractive to have a flat chest or a little bit of fat on their stomach.

People need to learn they should be happy as their self. Everyone is born a certain way for a reason. There is no need to ever model yourself after a Hollywood star because you think that will make you more attractive. In my opinion, that is much less attractive.Some people get plastic surgery for other reasons. Reconstructive plastic surgery is needed for some individuals to correct problems. This kind of surgery is completely different than a breast augmentation or tummy tuck.

I think people need to learn to accept their body. You need not model yourself after a famous movie star or model. Be happy with what you have, instead of stressing over what you do not have. All of the shows on television right now are doing nothing but encouraging this behaviour in the young people out there watching.

Top 5 holidays!

1- My best place ever will always be Sweden, simply because that’s where I really feel at home, my heart belongs there. I know I was born in Spain and that a lot of people consider me English, but inside I’m Swedish. I love everything about that country, in the summer it is nice and warm and there’s so many lakes and little islands you can go to everyday, I really like the woods in Sweden there are just so green and you can find so many animals and you can eat many kind of fruits that are common there.
In winter it is cold, but it’s perfect because there’s snow an the schools there are much better there’s shorter hours of class and you’ve got all day, and they don’t have to do so many subjects as we do.
I also love going there because I get to see all me family and cousins that I don’t see the hole year or sometimes a couple of years.

2- Second best holiday, was in Dominican Republic, I consider this my second best because it was a new experience I had actually never been to the Caribbean, and it was always my dream to go to those lovely white fins sand beaches and those incredible coral riffs with all kinds of interesting and colorful fish, I even got the chance to swim with my favorite animal, the shark.
It’s really a place to relax and just enjoy the sun but there’s also a multitude of activities that are available there, so it’s a lot of fun.
What really amazed me there was the view, so different from here, it’s so rich on nature and the people are so different.

3- Italy has reached third, because of all the unforgettable memories of all my friends, what I really loved of it all was just being in contact with everyone, just having the time of our life’s, I had never been on holiday with friends so to go with so many of them really amazed me.
There I got interested in the language; I think that their way of speaking is so passionate. I realized that I liked Italian people; they seem very positive and friendly people.
I think that Venice was one of the most interesting places there was, just because it’s different and I like all that work and art there.

4- Florida, I went there in 2001 with my family and there I visited Disney Land, and for me at that moment, like I was just a kid it was great and just different holiday. I had to get used to the people there, they are very different, their life and their way of eating.
When I was there I ate crocodile, I wouldn’t really want to go back because I think there’s many better places for people my age now, but for kids it’s great.

5- Mexico, I went there last year, and it was great, but it’s a lot like my other holiday in the Republic, so I wasn’t that excited but I t was good anyway, There was one problem, the beaches there where gone because a huge hurricane went past and took everything in it’s way, that’s the only bad thing, but apart from that I really enjoyed it.

Where am I going this year?
- Well, my family is going without me next week to the Republic again with some friends. I’m not going this year because I need to be in college because it needs a lot of dedication and it’s really hard, and I’m not going to miss 2 weeks of college…

-But, on the other hand, in Easter I’m going to London with Clara for a few days and with no parents, and we will stay at my uncle’s house, so we’ve got a place to sleep and eat for free. It will be very exciting I think, maybe it will be my number 1 holiday!

Marine Biologist?

Since I was really small I have always been fascinated with marine life. I think life under water is much more interesting than continental animals. Sea life is so amazing, there’s so many species of different shapes and fascinating colours, and they’re also so unique, they’ve all got different ways for surviving.

At my house I have always had aquatic animals, because I find them so interesting and I’ve bought a lot of books about them. In my bedroom I’ve got tropical fish a terrapin and out in the garden I’ve got fresh water fish. I’d also have marine fish but they’re very hard to look after and I don’t have the time I’m afraid, but I hope that someday I’ll have all the marine animals I want.

When I was just 14 years old I started to study diving so then I could have the license to go under water with a air tank, going under about 20 meters, I had a Junior license then, so I couldn’t go deeper but now I’ve got an adult license.

If I had to say one of my favorite marine animals, it be the shark, I know you are thinking I’m mad, but that’s the truth. Sharks don’t attack people just for the fun of it. There are more human deaths with rhinos and polar bears than there's with sharks.
I think people are afraid of sharks because they don’t like the look of them. I think the movie Jaws didn’t help a lot in liking them neither. And i have swum with sharks.

So I’m studying Batxillerat to be one day a Marine Biologist, that’s what I hope, because that’s what I really like.

Handball!

Hiya!

Today I’m going to talk about a sport I’ve doing for like the past 7 years, Handball. I play in Castelló d’Empúries where I’m in a team that’s called CH Esplais.
I train twice a week and every Saturday I play a match. Handball is an indoor sport; it’s great because you can play it in the winter and in the summer with no problems. At every match there are two teams, and every team has 7 players, the goal keeper, one pivot, one central, two laterals and two extrems, the match lasts 60min and there is a break every 30 minutes, so there is two parts in the whole game.
When I first started I used to be a goal keeper but they changed me to an extrem because they realized that my throwing was good, and extrems need to have great throwing because it’s the hardest place to score, and when I’m defending I’m the pivot because they have to be strong in defense. Just this year they making me lateral, so I’ll play nearly at all the positions. The bigger teams in my club have asked me if I want to play with them, but I don’t know yet.

I love handball because I get to see a lot of friends and we have fun, also I takes my mind of the stress of studying and it also makes me fit.

We have promised that if we’re first in the league we will paint our hair green, really don’t want to!

That's me last year!

My opinion about drugs

First of all, why am I choosing this subject? I guess that’s because I hate everything about them.
Teenagers are usually the victims of drugs; we get very bad influenced because of it. It’s always the same, you’re old enough to go out and about so as soon as we’re old enough we all go to a party or something and then that’s when the problem starts really.
At first you’re at the party just enjoying it, without alcohol or drugs, but of course as time goes by people seem to have a bigger interest for bad things. Normally you start to get interested because your friends are doing it so, you do it too because you just think it’s cool, you don’t want to be left out of the group and you just seem to have the best time ever at the time you’re really enjoying it.
People normally start smoking and drinking at parties, at the time it doesn’t seem to be a bad idea, it’s really just having fun, but after that, after smoking at every party you have been to, you seem to be hooked and instead of smoking at parties, you start smoking during the week and after that it controls your life, the only thing you think about is; I can’t wait to get my cigarette out!

When it controls you, you want to go beyond the cigarette and you want a stronger drug like Joints (marihuana). That does cross the line, alcohol and cigarettes are legal, even if I’m against them they are legal, but joints are illegal and other drugs like ecstasy that are so and so bad for you. I think that these drugs really do destroy peoples life, and why? Why be addicted to something that destroys your life?

Everyone that started smoking and can’t leave it, really regret ever starting it, so do like me, just don’t ever start taking drugs that way you won’t ever have to stop taking them. I know a lot of friends that started and after year, when they’re really addicted the don’t want it anymore, but it’s to late, people seem to be very weak against these drugs, they always say the same; I promise you that from today on, I will stop smoking and taking drugs. A week passed and you see them over there taking it again. My question is; Why not continue on the progress you have done? Why start all over again?
Anyway it’s a cycle when you’re smoking and your hooked you want to stop, and then when you stop you want to start because you miss it. No offence but I think all this is pathetic.

I know so many people that are so addicted to it, it’s really a shame because I think that some of them are more intelligent than that, but at least I was clever enough to never start this so I have no problems unlike others.
I’ve tried to help many friends for them to stop, but you can’t make them stop if they don’t want to, you can only really help them if they want to also, otherwise it’s a waste of time. But I kind of understand people that do have problems, that they’re sad because of something that has happened in their life and they use drugs to feel better, I still think that that’s a wrong decision there’s many other ways too.

So…
- You can drink a couple of beers or something with alcohol but, but just a couple.
- If you smoke, try for your own sake to stop smoking and please don’t smoke other stuff.
- And finally, never take ecstasy if you don’t want to end up in a rehabilitation room.

So think about the consequences…

Will I visit Linkin Park?

Linkin Park has been one of my favourite bands of all time, probably one of the first proper rock bands. I guess I’ve been listening to it since I was 12 years old and is still love it, so you can imagine how much I like them, their style Nu-metal is unique, I love everything about them the heavy sound guitar the cross of rap-rock scream singing and so many other things.


But I do have to say, that I don’t really like the new album they released it a while ago now, in the summer of 2006, because they have evolved their not the same as they used to be, now they’re more commercial their music isn’t as heavy and there’s not a lot of rapping, so they’ve changed quite a lot, but I’m a big fan and I do like them still.

So, I’ve been waiting for them to come here in Barcelona about 4 years, and I’m so fed up waiting for them, they seem to go everywhere except here they even went to Israel, these are times that I really hate this place because none of my favourite bands ever come here, it’s like they didn’t know Barcelona existed, well that’s Americans for you I don’t think they know that a lot of people do listen to their music here so they just don’t come…

I’ve decided to go to Great Britain (UK) this summer at a rock festival called Donnington Park Festival for three days to see them and other good bands as well, like Slipknot if I’m lucky!
I’m so fortunate to have family there so then I can have a free place to stay instead of getting a hotel! I will invite friends over who ever wants to come and see them, I think it’ll be great, and that’s what I hope!
Oh yeah! Nearly forgot to say that I’ll take the airplane Ryanair to get there, it’s the easiest and the cheapest way to go there so that will be my method of transport.

Now I’ll put a video of one of Linkin Park’s famous songs, don’t worry it’s not heavy, it’s just nice and one of my favourite of all time!

Enjoy!

My hobby in the winter!

Snowboarding!

This is my sport hobby in the winter, I love it. A lot of people don’t see why I like it so much; they don’t really see the point of going up and down a freezing slope.

It all started when I was just five years old, my family and I always used to go to Baqueira-Barret, when I was smaller I just went down the sledge like all little kids do, but as I got older I wanted to go beyond my sledge and ski.

So every year I went to Baquiera-Barret, Font Romeu, la Molina or to la Masella, and while I was there I had skiing lessons to improve my skiing skills.
I even did some skiing competitions, but soon found out that I didn’t really want to compete I just wanted to ski for the fun of it.
My dad used to take to France in Les Angles for a whole two weeks or so, I learned a lot there, I could go down the black slopes like if it was only a blue one, just used to go straight down, no problem.
I didn’t crush that much, but when I did let’s say that I was lucky that I wore a helmet, because I used to crash real hard sometimes, I’d go down half a mountain rolling in the snow not being able to stop and loosing my skis.

When I was twelve I decided to change my skis for a snowboard, now that was challenging! It’s completely the way round skiing.
At first I was really struggling with snowboarding, I kept falling and falling, I felt like just giving up, but I didn’t and soon got the hang of it, and then I really stared to like it, since then I have been progressing, and I’m a lot better, I think I might be better than skiing.

For the past five years I’ve been going to Andorra, but with this weather, sun, sun and more sun, I don’t think I’m going to, the weather’s to hot and there’s no snow, and I need the soft snow because I know I’m going to fall!

I feel free when I'm snowboarding...


Recommendation: Never ever give up on something you really want to do, because in the end you will make it, if you really want it!

My weekend; Barraques!

Last weekend, Saturday I went to Barraques in Girona! Yes, finally I went out somewhere else but home, I was really looking forward leaving home and doing something different. It doesn’t mean I had no homework or studying, I did like always! But I just thought to myself; “I’ll just do them on Sunday, I’m so fed up!”

So, to get there I signed a paper in Castelló d’Empúries for the free bus that they offer on special occasions to take us there and back. We took the bus at 21:15h and off we went to Girona.
While we were all in the bus on the way to Girona, our guide explained us we would have to meet in front of Correus at 4:30am! Something was really confusing us do, because at 3am the hour went back an hour, so it would really be instead 2am, so we didn’t really know when to get on the bus, the old hour or the new hour? Well, the guide said that we had to be at the bus at the old hour, quite a confusing moment there!

When we got there, everyone went their way; I went with Clara and other friends, we went on a couple of rides and we did have a lot of fun, but we soon got bored, and it was only 1am! So we went down where they did all the concerts, we soon got fed up of that as well, so we just sat down somewhere for the past 2 hours.

My feet where freezing I couldn’t wait to get on the bus, I was so cold even if the weather was quite nice there, the hours went by so slowly, I was so glad when it was time to go back at the warm bus!
Soon as we all set off back home, everyone was so tired that soon as they sat down on the nice soft chairs they all closed they’re eyes and went to sleep, I must have been the first one!

We got to Castelló d’Empúries and we got off the bus half awake and half asleep, Clara’s cousin’s mum picked us up and took us to Fortià, when I and Clara got to her house we fell asleep in a matter of seconds. We didn’t even say goodnight to each other, we where that tired and fed up.

We slept nearly all day Sunday, and then I got really stressed because I didn’t even start my homework, so I was all night Sunday doing it. It happens. Luckily I has an extra hour because of the hour had changed.

Will I go to Barraques this weekend?

I really don’t think so, don’t feel like being stressed tired, weather predictions are worse this weekend and I’ll be colder, I want a relaxing weekend with plenty of time to do my homework and studies, next to my heater.

100% dedication!

Studying…

If there’s one thing you should worry about in Batxillerat, it’s all that work and studying you have to do everyday until you get sick and tired.
It’s important to be on top of everything, because as soon as you start to forget your work it starts to build up, but, it builds up so quickly. If you don’t do your homework, you don’t really know how to do the exercises, and then of course as the exam dates approximates you start to get really stressed, your in a hurry to learn it all once, and you get so annoyed that your mind blocks and then you don’t even know the things that you knew.

If you want to be in Batxillerat, it’s because you want to, it’s not a obligation, there for study a lot and always do your homework, that’s why you’re there. Even if sometimes you can’t be asked to do it because you’re fed up.
ESO is obligatory, so there’s an excuse if you don’t do your homework or study, because you’re there by obligation not really because you want to be there.
Anyway in ESO isn’t as much work as Batxillerat, so let’s say that you’re more relaxed, everything’s much slower, and things don’t build up so quickly.
God in my class, well of course all the Batxillers, we have to learn new things so quickly, it’s like there’s no time to take it a bit easy.

In class I have to listen and write everything because otherwise I don’t even know what the teachers talking about, but I try my best. It’s also important to look at the work you’ve been doing from class at home, to make sure that you understand it, and if you don’t ,get help, from the teacher or doing homework lessons, I need some homework lessons myself!

So I’ve been explaining how it is over there, I think it’s important that this is clear for you, I f you really work at it, everyone has a chance, but work for it, it’s not easy. That’s my point of view, others may have another point of view, don’t know.

Last weekend, just studied maths and chemistry like mad and still the exams didn’t go as good as I thought they would of.
This weekend studying for three exams, Sciences of the Earth, Catalan and Biology, all hard, and reading Tirant Lo Blanc(so boring!),step by step I’ll make it!

Currently studying…

Fatal Plane Crash for Travis Barker

Travis Barker well known as the drummer in Blink 182, one of the only people I really look up to, nearly died in a fatal private plane crash on Saturday 20th of September 2008, it was a very shocking moment for me, I got very worried that he had died, I started to look over Internet and discovered that he hadn't died, but he was in a critical state and in hospital, because of the third degree burns on his body, he has been very lucky, only him and a DJ friend made it, four of them died burned to death.

Travis and fellow friends stayed for a few weeks in West Columbia and played live concerts there, after that, they had to take a private jet plane to get back. But, something horrible occurred while they where about to take off, the jet went of the road and crashed into a wall, everything went up in flames, only Travis and another managed to escape with severe burns, the others didn't make it.

While he was in hospital, they managed to speak to him after a long week, and he said:

"I am doing the best I can possibly be," he said. "I'm so anxious to get out of here... I've just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns."

He also said, that since he was a kid he always had fear of planes:

"My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive!

It was a really shocking bit of news, that I’d really didn't expect at all, I can't believe that I nearly lost him like that, it’s amazing how people can go sometimes.

But at least he'll get better after some time, that's better than death, I think.

Your probably wondering, Why is Travis Barker such an inspiration to you? What is the reason? And many other questions!

Simple, first of all his skills on drumms are incredible, he's so fast and does some many things not a lot of people can do, he's one of the best drummer's in the world. Then, Travis Barker is in Blink182 a very unic and great band,they've got a diferent style than other bands, the lyrics are funny but at the same time true, they try to send a message. Finally, I just think Travis is a very cool person, the way he dresses, like a skate boarder, Barker became known for his mohawk and his tendency to perform without a shirt, revealing a multitude of tattoos.

Travis Barker- Enjoying snare drumming (must see! )