Weekend/ Past tense I need to practice my English, so here we go... On Saturday I went out with my friends to watch a football (bartlett) match... Mexico won but unfortunately, one of our players broke his leg, it was terrible!. After that, I bought a strawberry ice cream, it was delicious. Here in Mexico you can buy tequila ice cream, it's delicious too and really tastes like tequila. That night, I talked with a russian friend, I usually help him with his Spanish but now he will help me in my new challenge: "learn Russian" (by the way, I'm learning the cyrilic alphabet, it's a bit hard, but I can do it! .. well I hope so!) On Sunday, I woke up late (like most sundays), I watched one of my favorites movies "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", and after that, I talked with a guy from UK whose Spanish is very good. In the afternoon I went to my cousin's party, he turned 10 ... it was funny because he broke a "piñata"... and I ate a mexican candy called "Pulparindo" which is one of my favorites. :)

I don't like my teacher Today I had to expose in my class, the topic was easy, it was about the results and my experience doing a research of Mexican Education System. But my teacher! He is too ....... stupid! He asked me things that really didn't matter like "why the photo is too dark"? He could ask me about my experience or my opinion, but he asked me about the pictures!... I'm not a professional photographer, and actually the picture was dark because we turned off the lights in the classroom. He really doesn't care about our learning he only wants to annoy. That was not my first problem with him, I'm not agree with him most of the time. He is that kind of teacher who likes to do whatever he wants! But I'm a student who likes to ask about everything, and I always tell him when I'm disagree with his opinion. But I'm not the only one with problems, my classmates don't like him, we will talk with the principal because sometimes he doesn't respect us, he doesn't understand that being young doesn't mean being stupid. Now... I'm not so angry... I really needed to say that!

¿Cuál es la comida típica de tu país que más te gusta? Soy de México y me encanta el Pozole, es delicioso.

Pelmeni People say that mexican food is delicious, and yeah, it is, but I want to cook traditional food from all over the world. On Saturday I talked with a Russian guy (I'm helping him to learn Spanish) and I asked him about a traditional recipe. He sent me the Pelmeni recipe (in Russian and English), that are like Italian ravioli. I'll try to cook Pelmeni next weekend... I hope to do it well!

Cantantes y grupos en español. Últimamente me han estado preguntando por grupos y cantantes en español, así que aquí les va una pequeña lista: Tommy Torres Aleks Syntek Carlos Vives Juanes Enrique Iglesias Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Fernández Paulina Rubio María José Shakira David Bisbal Zoé Motel Maná Camila Julieta Venegas Reik Moderatto Sin Bandera Noel Schajris Bacilos La Oreja de Van Gogh Jesse & Joy Río Roma

A game to learn new vocabulary I'm playing 4 pics 1 word, it's a good game if you want to learn new vocabulary in English, but now I'm a bit stressed because I can't find the word of level 59... :S Some of my friends play the same game, but in spanish, maybe you can do the same if you are learning spanish :)

Português! Hoje eu decidi que eu quero aprender Português! Eu falo espanhol!

Is it safe to visit Mexico? I've been talking with people from different countries, and everyone asked me the same question: "Is it safe to visit Mexico?" And I said: "Yes, we live in a country with problems like any other country, but you can visit Mexico". I don't know what they watched on tv about Mexico, but I don't like that people all over the world think that my country is unsafe. That make me feel a bit sad, because Mexico is amazing, and I'm proud to be mexican! :)

My tips to learn a new language I was thinking in some tips to learn a new language. First, you have to be ready to laugh at yourself because sometimes we are going to make mistakes, but that doesn't matter when your goal is learn. Second, it's a good idea listen to music, that help you a lot to learn new vocabulary and to improve pronunciation. And if you are learning spanish, you can watch a soap opera (telenovela), it's a good way to learn how we talk, and the real meaning of the words. You need to practice, and I think that's why we are here on Italk. Talk about everything, I mean weather, directions, opinions, sports, technology, work and whatever you want. And let me tell you something, when you try to think in the language that you are learning, the things are easier, because when you translate everything, you're just memorizing words and phrases. Of course is not easy, and how I said, you are going to make mistakes, but you are going to learn. That's my opinion :)