My Favorite Comics (Part 1)

I would like you to discover the French and Belgian comics that I like. I’ll begin with comics I liked when I was a child. When I was a child, my mother was desperate because she wanted to make me read books but I didn’t like that. We went to bookshops and a seller showed me some books but I was very difficult: “A story about a girl whose parents divorce?” “Oh, nope, please…” “A story about murders in a monastery?” “Oh, yes!” But I didn’t like that book, either :D I only read comics.

One of the first comics I read was “Tom-Tom and Nana”, a famous comic for kids in France. The graphics were sometimes not very good. But I’m attached to this comic because it reminds me of my childhood. I loved “Boule and Bill”, a Belgian comic by Roba from the sixties about a little boy and his cocker spaniel. I read every comic strip book several times per year. “Boule and Bill” is a classic of the Franco-Belgian comics. This comic shows a typical French family of the sixties which lives in a nice little home and has a 2CV for a car. I read “Les Triplés” about a set of “BCBG” triplets and their mother. When I was young, I met the draftswoman but she wasn’t very nice.

I wasn’t very attracted to “Astérix” but I tried it and I loved it. I remember: one day, I said to myself « Well, let’s try Astérix ! ». It was the winter and I put my bare feet on the radiator to warm them. I began with “Astérix and The Great Divide” and then, I read several volumes in one afternoon. I was falling in love with Astérix! Of course, I was a fan of Tintin but who doesn’t love Tintin? I loved “Nathalie” too, a comic about a young girl who dreamt of traveling all around the world.

When I was eleven, I drew a few comics but they weren’t very good :D I drew a comic about a couple of adventurers who captured Bin Laden. They infiltrated by wearing burqas :D It was a kind of mix between Indiana Jones, Tintin and the humor of Astérix!

In the picture : a strip of Boule and Bill.

Kiwi!

Hey! I'd like to introduce you to my guinea pig. His name is Kiwi. He was born on the 28th of July, 2012, so he is 2 years old as of 3 days ago. He is fluffy and cute. He loves apple skins and salad. Yesterday, he broke his tooth.. I don't know how and I'm worried.

Hello!!

Hello, I am a new member on this website.
I am happy to have discovered this website.
I would like to practice my english and make new friends.
And I would like to help people who want to improve at speaking Spanish.

I am interesting in meeting English-speaking  people who want to practice speaking spanish, so we can speak a few minutes in Spanish and more in English. Via Skype.

Thanks!!!!

To be grateful

A few words about how important it is to be grateful.
Just now, while lying on my bed, i caught myself thinking that i've been complaining about some things in my life that i'd like to be better, and then immediately i stopped myself, saying like, hey, dude, you've got more than enough: you're reading a book, you are fed, healthy, you have a family that you love, you're doing degree at uni, you have lots of things that thousands of buddies around the world could only dream about. You have LIFE! The greatest gift (although there are many terrible things in the world, i do believe that life is wonderful).
So i prayed. Sincerely. And i realized that God teaches us through the people around us.
Great thing to be grateful.

A Note for Exercise #19 :

I think that I have to write something even if I have nothing special to say. It's like a duty when you really want to master a language. I think that describing someone I met recently is a good material. I met a guy at an event last week. He speaks English but doesn't speak Japanese. I asked him what he is doing here. He said he is running a small company and he has a few japanese employee. They buy used cars in Japan and sell them abroad, mainly to Dubai or the U.S. I have heard that japanese used cars are very popular in Southeast Asian countries and there is a large market of used cars. But at the same time, I have heard of stolen cars that will be sold abroad. I can't help but to suspect if he is engaged in such a suspicious job. But he tried to explain that I don't have to find the job suspicious. He showed me a picture of a place where 15,000 luxury cars are collected and shipped every week and he said there are a lot of foreigners who are engaged in the business. That seemed to me completely mysterious, but I felt like asking more about him. He said he was born in Afganistan but his family moved to Dubai shortly after his birth. As his other family members were also working at the used car market, he also entered that world. While he was working with colleagues from all over the world, he tried to learn many languages. His spoke Farsi as his mother tongue at home and he learned English, Hindi, Arabic, and a little Chinese. His story fascinated me very much.