Holidays

Last Friday I started my desired holidays. When the headmaster told us we had finished the last teachers meeting and we went to have a snack, I felt a triumphant sensation: I was had been successful in ten months of routine, discussions with my pupils and hard work.

Summer time has arrived and it's the time for being relaxed and having a  little space for entertainment and hedonism. The journey I had from Formentera to Valencia was hard because I traveled with my car, and, consequently, I had to ship it twice, in Ibiza too.

But now I am at my home, at Valencia, and ready to do the things I was not able to do during the school year: read pending books, improve my English, travel and have more of a social life.

I will highlight two events which are waiting for me:
- a visit to Xixona (Alicante): this outing will be very interesting because I am going to know the most important place where nougat is produced.
- a stay of a week in Mallorca: a friend of mine has invited me to staying in his country house. Although I have stayed there already, it will be a good chance for making deepening (my knowledge of)  the environment and geography of the Balearic Islands.

But when September arrives, I must come back to the work and I will try to pass my English exam.

However, It will have been a fabulous summer!!

It means to try to do something to the very best of your ability.It can be physical - for example run as fast as you can , until you cannot run any faster: climb a mountain which will demand the very most of your stamina and skill that you can use.. Or psychological - e.g. put the most you possibly can into your studies. As regards whether it's a good thing to push yourself - try it and see what happens. All I would say is don't do it in too many areas of your life at the same time. Sometimes I have found that if I push myself to the limit my capacities and skills increase. Othe times it has been too much. But hey - if you don't try you won't know where your limits are.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I would like to learn english for professional matters.

I can help you to learn spanish.
Please contact me.
Bye

Not using 'then' sounds better in each sentence.

Also , it would be 'was able' not 'could be able' and 'disease' not 'desease'

In England it is uaually said by a teenager to an adult (if they are annoyed or don't care about the question or don't respect the person asking) and is quite ill mannered. It can also be used without being insulting - for example - you can do whatever you want.

Technically which is more correct than what in these cases but 'what' is more often used in spoken English.

If you're speaking in England you would say: I've got 2 mobiles. (I've is the shortened form of 'I have and it's how we speak here). I own 2 mobiles would also be ok but it's a bit formal. People don't really say cell phones in England. I think that's what americans say.

They are both ok and english speakers use both.