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I am very interested on improve my English and my chinese ... I am only focused on learn; so everyone who talk English or chinese mandarin welcome! ... if you want to learn spanish, no problem! I would be glad to help you .. so don't be shy and talk to me :)
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- The fifth mountain - A few weeks ago I was in search of a new book to read. I wasn’t sure what to read this time. I was thinking about that for a week...but, one day, I went to my mother’s apartment and she reminded me of some books from Paulo Coelho that she had, just in case I wanted to read them. Maybe, it didn’t call my attention to read it at first (the same feeling I had with Harlan Cobein’s novel) , but - in spite of that - I gave it a try. She had four books from this author, and - for some reason - I chose “The fifth mountain” … this book had been on our bookshelf for many years, and nobody had read it before. I only will say I made a good choice. The story simply was catching. I enjoyed most of the dialogues between the characters, full of wisdom, and especially I enjoyed the growth of the protagonist, whose growth came from facing very challenging tests. Finally, I would like to add that this book came at a perfect moment, since I was wondering about the purpose of some challenges of hard moments in life, and what to do in certain situations… So, if you have had the same questions as me, you could give this book a try :)
January 24, 202400 - Some months ago, I have heard a very wise piece of advice from a person: “become English as part of your life” I remember listening to those words and saying, “Yes, that’s right… English has to be in my daily life”… it may seem simple - maybe obvious - but I realized that I never do that...I used to see English as a language that I “have to” study , but I wasn't enjoying it. So that’s why I started to have different habits. In my process of learning, I started to apply different activities which let me learn the language related to my interests.. one of them, it’s reading. So that's why I encouraged to read a novel. To be honest, it isn’t something that I have planned at the beginning... but one day, I was in my apartment looking for something - I don’t remember what- on the last shelf of my bookshelf…and then I grabbed an old book that I didn’t know that I had. I watched its cover and I read “Gone for good”, from Harlan Coben… it didn't call my attention the first time but, beyond of that, I decided to open it …only one paragraph was enough to spark my curiosity, especially the last five words “... my brother was still alive”. Since that day I started reading the novel.. I am not going to give specific details about the story (in order to not give any spoiler), just I am going to say each chapter doesn't end as you expect, there is alway something new coming.., even until the end. and yes, the final made me cry a little, maybe because I am a bit sensitive, who knows haha But I am glad to have read this novel …it gave me the motivation in keep reading and now I am in the search for my third book :)
January 9, 202420 - Rain and reflexion! Some day we can have a bad day or including a bad week. In my case, I had a bad week. I was not focused on my studies or my work. The worst is I lost my DNI. I don't like the idea to not be diligence. Today is an cloudy and rainy day, a perfect day to reflexion or to distend the mind. I don't want to be in a bad mood. Problems are terrible, but if I am thinking of them all the time it won't help to me. Tomorrow is monday, so the best thing I can do is start the week with optimistic!May 7, 201740
Aprender un idioma
No hay quién que no he conocido a nadie o a alguien que sigue diciendo que haya dicho que le encantaría poder hablar otro idioma. Que No entiendo cómo es posible que haya la gente capaz de hablar tres, cuatro, hasta diez idiomas. Hace tiempo yo era una de ellas. Siempre había sido un sueño, pero uno que, por una y u otra razón, no se había hecho realidad. Siempre me hacía ponía las excusas: no tengo tiempo, es imposible aprender un idioma sin que haya alguien con quien practicar, no hace falta que tengas otro idioma si eres de Inglaterra, hay tengo que enfocarme en mi carrera y demás. Eventualmente, decidí que no iba a dejar que la vida siguiese deslizándome. Yo iba a cumplir con las metas que me había fijado ya hacía tiempo.
Y cómo hice eso? Me obligué. Sabía que no podía confiar en mi mismo para motivarme y darme animos cada día así que tomé las riendas de mi vida y me apunté al programa de Erasmus. Elegí el único sitio que se ofrecía en España - Salamanca. Luego iban pasando los meses mientras que yo llevaba a cabo mi ultimo año de medicina a en la Universidad y de repente me di cuenta de que solo me quedaban dos meses y medio hasta que tendría que irme a España y no había hecho ni una hora de practica de español. Me entró el pánico, me acosaban los pensamientos de estar aquí rodeado de la gente hablando en Español y pensándome que pinto yo aquí.
Hice lo único que podía. Busqué a un profesor de Español que me podía dar unas clases por Skype para que me acostumbrara al menos un poco al idioma, y no me fuera a descolocar demasiado al llegar aquí allí. Hice aproximadamente dos clases por semana por el espacio de dos meses y medio, y dado que nunca había estudiado español antes (ni en la escuela o en la universidad) no iban tan malas. Ibamos aprendiendo muchas cosas a través del tiempo que pasábamos hablando y acabé sintiéndome mas preparado para mi aventura a España. Ojalá hubiera sabido lo equivocado que yo era estaba.
Yo caí en la trampa de subestimar a un idioma. Nunca había tratado de aprender un idioma (no contando las lecciones en la escuela que son fatales y de muy mal rollo en las escuelas ingless - tambien, solo las había tomado las en aleman, ni siquiera en español). Un idioma es una cosa muy intricado, muy complejo, y algo a que tienes que dar mucha paciencia y mucho tiempo si realmente quieres llegar a ser experto. Mi viaje de español sigue ya, y tengo la dedicación necesaria, la que antes me faltaba.¡Muy interesante tu escrito! ... y buena suerte en España ;D
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