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Howdy! I'm Mar, from Mexico. My goal is to improve both my English and my Japanese, and also make some nice friends in the process. Nice to meet y'all. こんにちは！はじめまして、マルと言ってもいいです。今は日本語を学んでいます。
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    Nabokov 10/16/19 I can't believe it's the middle of the month. Man, time flies. Lately I've been trying to read more, and I think I've accomplished it. Although most of my reads have been of a questionable quality. The only book I don't feel entirely embarrassed to admit I read it is Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. I remember the first time I read it was back in middle school. Most certainly I was around 13 years old. I coincidentally found a Spanish translation at some bookstore and ever since I've been in love with Nabokov and his artistic talents. Honestly I'm amazed by the fact he was Russian and managed to write such a masterfu book in his second or third language (not really sure). Whenever I remember it, it gives me hope that hopefully some day my English skills will be as good as his.
    October 16, 2019
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  • Commented
    Thanks Alisson! I'll definitely check out Orphan Black later.
    I've already seen Black Mirror, I'm a big fan of the first few seasons!
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    September 23, 2019
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    Mine's Superbad. Because of all the dumb humor and Bill Hader. He's simply the best.
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    September 23, 2019
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  • Posted
    What's your favourite show on Netflix?
    I'm looking for some recommendations. Mine is Brooklyn Nine-nine.
    September 23, 2019
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    11 definitely!
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    September 22, 2019
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    I'd be happy to practice with you
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    September 22, 2019
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    09/21/2019 Piano Man Just some minutes ago I was listening to a song I hadn't listened in ages –or probably just a couple days. This is Piano Man, written and sung by Billy Joel. Music has always been a very important part of my life. Since I was very young my parents introduced me to diverse genres and artist. On the one hand, my mom used to listen to lots of Mexican folk music and 80's/90's latin rock; and on the other, my dad's a big country and classic rock guy. So if someone asked me what was the first song I remember listening to, I most certainly would not know how to answer. What I could actually answer is what's the first song I remember leaving a strong emotional impression on me, and that's Piano Man. I was probably 10 or 11 years old at the time. My dad was home, and as always he had the TV on a channel called VH1. I was sitting on the couch not paying much attention to the music videos, when some jazzy piano started to play, later followed by a harmonica and piano introduction. That immediately captivated my interest. Ever since I've a fan of Joel's work, and I think it's a shame he hasn't released any new studio albums in almost two decades, and apparently he's not planning on doing so any time soon.
    September 21, 2019
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  • Corrected
    Grade 12

    Comencé mi año de graduación con un montón de cursos realmente difíciles en mi horario y un montón de estrés en mis hombros. Tuve un curso de biología, física, danza y un nuevo curso de graduación que se llama conexiones profesionales en mi primer semestre. Alrededor de la segunda semana de clases, terminé abandonando <s>l</s><s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">a física</s> física/la clase de física, dejando de bailar para estar en <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">el</s> arte, y moviendo el bloque de conexiones de mi vida profesional <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">a un momento diferente</s> para otro momento. Dado que se ha hecho todo el cambio, estoy mucho más feliz con mucho menos en mi plato.

    El próximo semestre, se supone que debo tener estudios de química, matemática previa al cálculo (también puedes llamarlo precálculo) e inglés. Esta carga <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">del curso</s> de cursos será mucho más difícil y mucho más estresante, pero quién sabe, una vez que llegue allí podría tomar <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">el</s> inglés. Estoy muy emocionado de poder participar en todas las actividades de posgrado. Pero tengo mucho miedo de caminar por el escenario porque siento que voy a ser ese niño que se cae <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">al</s> del escenario o <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">baja</s> al bajar las escaleras.



    ¡Muy bien!
    Your Spanish is really good, I'm just being a little picky. Good luck at school!
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    September 21, 2019
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    09/20/2019 It's Friday! Finally we've reached the end of the week! After long days at school and endless amounts of homework, tonight I have the opportunity to go out with friends. I personally don't like drinking too much, however my friends are crazy about ingesting massive amounts of alcohol and being babysit by the only sober person in the room, who most certainly is me. I remember once, a friend of mine got really really drunk at some random bar, and of course I had to go pick her up in the middle of the night. She was accompanied by five or six coworkers, who seemed quite sketchy in my opinion and were really upset about a stranger interrupting their gathering to bring home the poor drunk girl joining them. Another time I was invited to a house party of sorts, where most of the guests were probably juniors at high school and had no idea of how to take care of themselves. That night I was unable to enjoy my time there, due to the large number of teenage kids asking me to go check their blackout drunk classmates. Oh man, I'm starting to reconsider my plans for tonight. Probably I'll just stay home and watch a movie. Alone. As always.
    September 21, 2019
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    Sobre las industrias de Costa Rica

    Según el ministerio de hacienda de Costa Rica, los sectores más importantes del país son la fabricación industrial, el turismo, los servicios, la agricultura, la silvicultura y la pesca. Voy a comentar algunos de estos. El turismo en Costa Rica es una industria bastante interesante, ya que el país ha encontrado una manera de combinar el turismo con la protección del medio ambiente. Un ejemplo es que el mantenimiento y protección de las reservas naturales se financian con los ingresos de los tiquetes (te recomendaría usar la palabra "boletos") que pagan los extranjeros al entrar en las reservas. Según el instituto costarricense de turismo, la industria aporta 8,2% del PIB y 8,8% de los empleos del país. Otra industria interesante es la de la producción de dispositivos médicos, uno de los principales productos de exportación que tiene el país. Esto es, parcialmente, debido a las zonas francas, donde muchas compañías extranjeras están ubicadas. Las zonas francas son áreas en el país donde las compañías no tienen que pagar tantos impuestos, una política controversial en un país que sufre de pocos ingresos. Dentro de estas zonas también encontramos compañías grandes como Amazon, y compañías que ofrecen servicios al cliente. Como es un país tropical también tiene bastante industria agrícola. Uno de los productos de exportación más valioso, es la piña, aunque los piñeros (te recomendaría utlizar "productores") son controversiales por el impacto negativo que tienen las plantaciones sobre el medio ambiente.
    Para terminar la parte de la economía voy a hacer un comentario sobre el nivel de precios a través del índice de Big Mac. Este índice mide cuánto dinero en promedio un país ocupa para comprar un Big Mac. Ya que el Big Mac existe igual por todo el mundo, es una buena manera de medir el poder adquisitivo. Según el índice, Costa Rica es el cuarto país más caro de America Latina (solo superado por Chile, Brazil y Uruguay) y <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">la</s> el más caro de Centro America.



    ¡Casi perfecto! ¡Felicidades!
    <em>Tiquetes </em>no es necesariamente incorrecto, sólo sonaría un poco más formal utilizar <em>boletos</em>. Es el mismo caso con la palabra <em>piñeros</em>, ya que nunca he escuchado a nadie utilizar esa palabra. Son solo sugerencias. ^^
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    September 19, 2019
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