Catalonia wants to decide its future Last thursday was a special day for Catalonia. At 14:00 pm the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the highest representative of catalan people announced that next year,on november the nine, catalan people will be asked to decide if they want that Catalonia will become a new state. In the case that they decide that they want to establish a new state they will be asked if they want that this state will be independent from Spain. This act answers the request of more than two million people in Catalonia who asked for an enquiry, tired of spanish political corruption and the unfair tax system that is suffocating catalan economy. (Catalonia is the third country in the world with the highest tax system) In catalonia exists the perception that our money goes to Spain to pay their parties and affairs( in Spain there are some airports without planes, and our politicians say that they were built for people, to enjoy walking for its landing tracks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-iN8wPRig). Spanish primer minister, Mariano Rajoy has said that this poll will never take place, because it is unconstitutional, and that they will do all necessary to avoid that people could give their oppinion in a democratic way.

How would you act in front of an act of bulling? Today I have watched a video on Youtube that has shocked me a lot. In that video, two boys simulated a bulling attack. One of them, was the agressor and bullied the other asking him for some papers. They represented this scene in front of some people to analyze their reaction. In most of cases, people ran away and simply they made as if nothing was happening. The most surprising for me is that the few people who decided to act, were women. What is happening to us? I know it is difficult to answer this question and depending of the scene I am not sure about my reaction. Our natural instinct tends to protect ourselves but if we do nothing there is created a very unfair situation. If the person attacked was me, what would I feel if everybody crosses near me as if I didn't exist. Here you have the video. Watch it and take your own conclusions. http://vod.io/NB~r6/

How I was introduced in music Two years ago my sons received a guitar as a Christmas present. It was a little wooden real guitar. I remember when we saw it for the first time that my wife and I thought that we will hide it in a cupboard, and so we did it. Past year for Christmas I found the guitars in the cupboard by chance, and I gave them to my sons. They wanted to play a song but owing to they couldn't , they left the guitars five minutes later. To encourage them to continue practicing I went to the internet and looked up for some videos on youtube to learn how to play guitar. Since that moment I was enchanted by that magical instrument. The way it trebles when you touch a string, and the sound it produces marveled me. Two weeks later I had my own real spanish guitar. Since that moment I pass every day one hour with my guitar, as a loving couple. Thanks to it I have discovered an amazing new world, as Cristopher Coulumbus, where its inhabitants are staves, notes and silences.

My ethnic background My parents are from a south region in Spain called Andalucia. I think that their culture and their costumes have influenced me a lot. People from Andalucia use to be very extroverted, with a great sense of humor and they are very religious and deeply rooted on agricultural traditions. It is said that people from Andalucia tend to be very lazy ( I think it is not true), and they love a lot establishing social relations with their community members, normally in a bar with a cup of wine. On the other hand I have lived all my live in Catalonia, a northern region in Spain. Catalan people are totally different than Andalucian people. They speak different languages (in Catalonia we speak Catalan, as well as Spanish) They are really hard workers, open minded, with a great sense of responsibility and very enterprising. On the other hand they are introverted, wary and we are said to be miserly (this is totally false). They are very rooted with their own traditions and culture and most catalans consider that they live in a different country and they want the independence from Spain.

Christmas (short joke) The mum who enters in his son's bedroom. MUM:- My darling, Merry Christmas SON:- Mum, you know I hate Christmas.. MUM:- Oh well, then tell me what do you want I to do with this PS4 SON: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen.....

One day in galleys One group of uncomplaining oarsmen are crossing the Mediterranean sea in their galley, when suddenly appears one roman - Oarsmen, today I have a bad news and a good news to you? Which do you prefer first? And all the oarsmen shout: - The good one!, the good one! And the roman tells them: - Ok! Today you are going to change your underwear for the first time in five years! And all the oarsmen yell: -Yeeeeeeeaahhhhhh! And one say: - And the bad one? And the roman tells: - You will exchange your underwear with the man on your right!

Do you like Christmas?

Do you like Christmas? For most people it is a special time to enjoy with family , but for others it is a sad moment because they grieve for a lost member or simply they hate it. Which are the special things you do in your country for Christmas?

 

Here in Spain, we eat Turrones ( a very sweet bar made with almonds, sugar and honey) and we sing Villancicos (Christmas songs)

 

 

What a great day! Day 2, Thursday the fifth of December, 2013 Yesterday was a great day! I felt like a child. After work I had a meeting with my little son and all his classmates. We were going to participate in a special class where parents help their sons to create a manger for the child Jesus. Here in Spain it is very typical to make an animated figuration of Jesus' birth using little figures of Maria, Joseph, the cow and the donkey (that were supposed to be with them in the birth's moment) . They are not alone, legions of shepherds, sheeps, pigs, hens, fishermen, women washing clothes, romans...are represented. We call this figuration "El Belén" and when we prepare it we say "voy a montar el belén". Well, yesterday we create our school Belen, and my son had to create a woman and a tree with snow using a material similar to Play-Doh. When we finished we had to draw on a slice of rectangular paper some Christmas motivations. We draw a Christmas tree, a few Santa Claus knitted hats, and some Christmas balls. To finish the activity, all the people who participated sang a very typical Christmas song called "La Marimorena" I enjoyed a lot and my son was very excited and happy to have his parents with him at class.