Practice for interview 1 What did you used to do in your previous job? We had to process the payroll for American companies from different states. We also used to do of cycle payments such as bonuses, termination checks or regular hours that we couldn't process during the regular payroll date because it weren't received on time or it was an issue to complete the deposit. Describe me a regular day without a payroll: The first thing we used to do in the morning it was going into the system and download the daily reports: Termination employees, Leave of Absences and Return from Leave of Absences. We had to check the terminations first so if we had to process a termination check intermediately we would have enought time to ask for time sheets and calculate their vacations, holidays and any other accrual we had to pay. Doing that properly we would avoid to pay penalties according to local laws.

My best friend Her name is Blanca, I met her about ten years ago in my job, we were cashiers in a casino. We used to spend a lot of time together during the job and outside it. Those were my bests years, we were young and we loved dancing and having parties. Some times we used to stay at my apartment or her house, it wasn't important we shared clothes anyway. Nowadays, she has two kids and she works a lot to give them a good life, I moved to Canada so we barely speak with each other. Even thought we speak less than years ago, we know that we are there. I really miss her. I miss to talk about my day with someone that would tell me that I'm boring because I don't want to go anywhere. I miss to talk about my issues and the small they are comparing with her issues. I feel blue or gray as she always said.

La presentacion Bonjour! Je m'appelle Gabriela, je suis mexicaine. J'ai 30 ans. Je suis en couple, je n'ai pas d'enfants. Mon couple travailles en IT a Montréal. J'étudie le français le fin de semaine et je suis femme au foyer en semaine.

Volunteering A couple of weeks ago, I started volunteering in a retirement house. I've never done volunteering work before, so I decide to start doing just three hours per week. I help to serve breakfast for elderly people with some mental illness. The first day, I was a little nervous because during the induction they told us that we need to be careful and always ask if they are allowed to eat or even drink something. Some of them have difficult to eat and you have to help them. I met a lady that reminds me my grandmother. Another lady always wants to share her food with me and her babies (two dolls). Some of them are very confuse, but even though they look very happy drinking coffee. They love coffee!