Should I say "How did I start.." or "How I started"?

How I started learning English That's a funny one. I was about 12 years old and I was just fascinated about Ashley Tisdale (if you guys are under 20, you probably know her - one of the stars of High School Musical) and, as an American, of course, she spoke what? English. The problem is that I couldn't uderstand a thing she said, because as a Brazilian, I spoke what? Portuguese. So I started feeling very uncomfortable about the situation, because I was desperately to watch (and, of course, understand) what was going on, so I decided that I would learn English by my own - so I did (or I guess I did). I started trying to learn musics in English then I started trying to understand what people said in series (like Friends) and in movies. But the real deal is that years later I was FINALLY able to understand what Ashley said!!!! And boy it felt so good! Besides, movies are my passion since I was 10 or 11 (I'm serious about it, I want to work as a producer/actress, etc) and I decided that I'd like to work in the United States when I grew up. Well, I grew up and now I'm trying to become fluent in it. Ashley has nothing to do with my passion for movies, by the way, but I thank her for making easier anf funnier for me to start learning English. :D

Ancient Egypt Well, I'm a history lover and I'm fascinated about ancient Egypt. As so many other ancient civilizations, Egypt started out as small groups of people in the banks of the Nile, the second biggest river in the world. Then those small groups, with a leader each, soon became one big group with one leader - the pharaoh - the figure of the government and God together. But how they organized everything is what is really enchanting, because everything about them was monumental - the pyramids, the temples, the lightouse and, of course, the names behind everything.