Skills Hello everybody, I didn´t know what topic write about today, and I have decided write a short entry about which skills I think are important for a student. Because I think the content of the subjects, the theory is important, of course, but I am sure that anybody with medium inteligence and dedication is able to get any degree. For this reason I think are more important skills like reading comprehension, oratory, and capability to argue and defend our point of view. Apart from that, empathy would be a good point. I think this skills make the difference between the students.

Books Hello, I am going to tell you some books that I have in my library waiting to be read. Really I don´t have enough time now to read all that I would want, but I had to prioritize other things. One of them, is The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of the Capitalism, by Max Weber. I am interested in this author, I think he was a great thinker and left us some clues about the modern society. Have somebody read it? What do you think? Another one is, for example, Antifragile by Nassim Taleb. I have read The Black Swan and it was very interesting. Perhaps we are in front of one of the most important current thinkers, and I think he is like a fresh air in a closed room.

Dialogue Emma: Hello Sam, how are you? Sam: Hi! Fine, I´ve been working so hard lately, but now I am on holidays! Emma: Oh great, you are lucky! Sam: Well, it has been hard to achieve it, I had to work many hours before, and I´m exhaust, I really need some days of relax! Emma: I understand, and do you go to some place? Sam: Well, we don´t know yet, we are looking now, if we can perhaps we go, but we don´t decided yet. Emma: Ok, I have to go, we´ll keep in touch!

It´s difficult to achieve fluency in English Those are now my thoughts, while I am studying English. I have been studying English since I was eight or ten years old, I don´t remember exactly, and although this earlier studies at primary school were not as better as they could, cause I think we have a very bad system in Spain, the facts are that I´ve been trying to improve my English at many different ways with no success...not much at least. Now I am decided to learn, and I will try to improve it by immersion in the language: watching news, listening audios of conferences or chats, and if I find someone to chatting by Skype. I have been reading books in English, too. I suppose I have to note an improvement in the middle term, the only problem is that I don´t have all the time I would want, but things are in that way, and I cannot change them...

Places I would like to go I really would like to go to Canada, I think it is a marvelous and beautiful country. Perhaps, a little bit cold for me, because I am from a Mediterranean place, but I am sure the beauty of the landscapes compensate this. Apart from that, it seems a very civilized country, with a high quality of life. Someday I´ll go there. When is the best stage to go? I suppose in Spring, when the weather is warm, isn´t it?And, which places do you think are essential to go?

Dialogue Tom: Hi Louis, how are you? Louis: Fine, thanks, and what about you? I didn´t see you for a long! Tom: Well, I was working abroad, you know, I had a project in Mexico, and I´ve been there for the last three months. By the way, it is an amazing country! Louis: Oh, no, I didn´t know that, I believed you were working here. But I agree, I have visited Mexico twice and I love it, and I really like the Mexican food, too. It is hard, but has so much flavour! Tom: Yes, it´s true. Well, I am glad to see you, but I have to leave, I have a meeting in ten minutes. We keep in contact, I´ll call you tomorrow, ok? Louis: Ok, good bye!

Things I like (II) I have three dogs, and I like so much to go for a walk with them on the beach, or simply walk by paths on the mountains, let them run freely, and go by their own. Two of them are german shepherds, and the other is majorca shepherd dog, which is a race from Mallorca, here in Spain. All are males, and sometimes the german shepherds try to bite the other, and I have to be careful with them. Really they are good animals, and I don´t know why people don´t love (or at least respect) the dogs. It is a pleasure look at them running on a desert beach, and see the happiness in their faces ( well, or in their snouts,if you prefer...) At home we have always had dogs, most of them german shepherds, and I like them.

Cities Hello everybody! I am going to tell you some things I like in one city, things that I think make more comfortable and friendly to live in. For example, I like cities with promenades near the sea, where you can run, walk or whatever exercise you like to do. It is absolutely fundammental it has a lot of cafes and restaurants, for relaxing having a drink, or enjoy a meal with friends, or simply have a delicious cofee while reading a book, enjoying the taste of the drink. What do you appreciate in your city?

Things I like Well, I didn´t know about what issue to write today, and I decided it would be good idea, for example, write about things I like. It is a relation of things, situations and feelings, with no order or preferences between them, only to make mistakes and you can corrected me, as I am sure you will have to do. Of course, I have always loved reading, the pleasure to live other lifes, in far and exotical cities, and meet different people and costumes around the world, sat in front of the chimney. ( This is my favourite place to read) And it is remarkable the satisfaction when reading a book I am conscious that I am increasing my knowledges, and the awareness that more I read and more I (believe) to know about some issue, at the same time I realised the few I knew, and so many things I unknown yet. I think is better I ended here, altough at first it was a relation of things, but I wrote so much about reading, and I suposse I made enough mistakes already. I won´t abuse your kindness.