"like" and as"

1. Dave eats like a pig. I've never seen anyone eat as much as him.
2. This wine tastes like vinegar.
3. I've known Andy for years. He went to the same school as I did.
4. My sister's a teacher, like me.
5. We had a new teacher today caled Mary. What was she like?
6. Who do I look like, my mother or my father?
7. She really annoys me. I can't stand people like her.
8. I'll see you tomorrow at 11.00, as usual.
9. It's July and the weather's awful! It's like winter.
10. I need to buy all sorts of things like socks, shirts, and knickers.
11. I'll be nack back in touch as soon as possible.
12. My brother has a car like yours.
13. Don't touch anything. Leave everything as it is.
14. It's freezing. My feet are like blocks of ice.

Cinco técnicas para hablar cualquier idioma - 5 techniques to speak any language

A few days ago I was surffing on the web and I found this video: http://youtu.be/-WLHr1_EVtQ

It's amazing! I like this video very much this video because, firstable firstly, it is a TEDx's lecture (all the lectures that I saw about this inititive are surprising and very helpful) and the second one reason is because that the lecture is about how to learn languages.

I really liked the video and above all I enjoyed the naturalness (not wrong, but "casualness" is perhaps more common) of the expositor speaker and his analogys analogies around how to learn a new language. Basically the core advices which Sid gives us give us Sid are the five techniques to speak any language:

- Make mistakes
- Scrap the foreign alphabet
- Find a stickler mentor (maybe?)
- Shower conversations
- Buddy formula

It was very difficult to find the correct words to translate to Spanish the five techniques.

If you want to get in contact with Sid Efromovich:
http://guywiththesmile.com/
https://twitter.com/guywiththesmile
https://plus.google.com/110085959127237501011/posts

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I hope that you enjoy this video so like me and all the corrections are welcome.
Thanks beforehand.

I'm angry

It was assumed that I were to travel today to another city in my country. It is Is December and almost all my family are in other city* to celebrate christmas. However, I'm still in Bogota yet. My stepfather is working and my mother is travevling traveling and she gave me a little money.

Yesterday I went to buy some gifts to for my family and also these days recently I've also been buying food to for cooking. So I've been spending my savings. This is a big deal for me because I want to save money to do a course about correct writting writing in Spanish the next year. Thus I'm feeling a little down.

Furthermore* Also, I barely have (enough) money to pay for my ticket to travel. I don't know if it's a good idea to go going with little money. I think I ought to find a little more of money. I have to set off to at 10 pm. So I still have time to think yet.

*either "another city" or "other cities"

**the word "furthermore" is very formal, and is not a good translation of "además". It is better to use any of these: "also", "besides", "in addition", "additionally" or "and". In this case I would just  use "also".

How choose a job?

When I wake me up in the morning I start to think about my future. Everyboby Everybody is thinking about their own future, but I’m very confused. I have taken finished a degree just a few weeks ago and now it seems like I have to choose the a job (career)* for my entire life. It’s really difficult. How could can I choose a job for the rest of my life?
I’m in the middle of that anyone called what could be called a “postgraduated crisis”. Too much way in front of you and too little time and information to choose. How can I know if a job is right for me if I don’t try it before first?
In Italy if you don't have not experience you will never find a job. Unless you want to work for free. In this case you can make get experience without taking earning any income. But if you don’t take earn income you can’t go to live alone move out, away from your parents. And if you can’t go live alone live on your own, you can’t get a life live as an adult man.

(Sorry I have written without a logic but, please, correct this sentences if they are wrong. Thanks!)

*"job" is OK here, but I think "career" sounds better

Do you know the blue night bus?

I live in Canada now. It has a blue night bus and it runs for 24 hours. I want to take a blue night bus. Most Koreans like to hang out until night. That's why many places are open all night. But public transport stops running early. So we have to take a taxi. Taxis are expensive so we always choose to hang out all night. But hanging out all night is very tiring. In my case, I hung out with my friend at Hongdea. My friend lives far away from Hongdea. We lost track of time while I was drinking. So the bus and subway had already finished. My friend said "the taxi is very expensive from here to my home, so let's keep drinking until the bus is running!" I was very tired and I had to go to school the next day but I couldn't refuse. So we drank until the morning and I went to school. That's why we needed the blue night bus.

A letter for a friend

Hi, how are you?
I still have work this week but next week are the children's holidays so I won't have to work. I hope to enjoy it with my family, Christmas is a/the time for that, isn't it?
It is a custom in my city to visit the city centre, which is decorated with many Christmas ornaments like lights and Christmas trees. There are Christmas markets around the city where you can buy different things such as toys, turron, candies or an ornament for your Christmas tree or your nativity scene. Here in my city it is typical to take a walk around the city, visiting the famous nativity scenes that different associations prepare for the public. They are free, but you can leave a donation to help poor families.

In my neighbourhood, every year we have a lunch to raise money, and provide food or toys for poor people. There is live music and games for children.
I like Christmas time, I know many people don't like but I think it's a great opportunity to share things with people. It would be better if we could share and spread/create peace throughout the year and I am sure that there are people doing their best all year, but what about the rest? Well, it's great at least once a year;-)
I like waking up later in the morning at Christmas and going to bed later at night. I like staying in bed reading books with my daughter until she is so tired that she can't keep her eyes open, unhurried, no school, no work, just enjoying the hours.
Well, dear friend, I will write to you telling more about Christmas.
Merry Christmas everybody!