Dangerous Animals

I think pets are the best thing in the world. I have 4 dogs and I love them, even when they're smelly in winter and all... Actually, that last part is my fault... I don't give them a bath too often because I don't always have time to bathe 4 dogs... and paying for that is not always possible either...

Anyway, I think pets are awesome. They're part of one's family, they're like brothers or sisters or kids. In my house we have four dogs, all of them are related. One is the mother, two of them are her daughters and the other one is her granddaughter. I used to have a cat also but she died. That was very sad. She was a special cat and we all loved her and suffered a lot when that happened. I hate it when that happens. I think pets should not die. They are innocent and sweet. They make you happy and give you company. They do things that are amazing, that make you feel lucky to have them in your lives :'). Now I'm living alone, my pets are what I miss the most, and I feel really bad for not being with them all the time, not knowing how they are and missing all those amazing things they always do, which make me so happy... . I also feel it's good one has the chance to give them a decent life. Animals suffer all over the world, because people don't appreciate them. We eat them, even! That's something I wish I didn't do, but I haven't been able to do it yet :/

What do you think about pets? Have you got any?

Today you have to write about them. In your post you can mention:

- If you have/don't have a pet. Why.

- What you think about domestic animals.

- Would you have an exotic animal as pet? Why?

- What is the strangest pet you've had?

- Have you ever lost a pet? How did that feel?

- Etc.

You have to write at least 190 words.

Leave comments on 3 of your classmates' entries.

Pretty Green

Hi all. Today we have a new webquest for you. Remember webquests have individual marks, so you MUST do it!!!

Since the world is worse each day in terms of pollution and stuff, we thought it would be interesting to use that topic in today's webquest, so follow the instructions and apply what you learn today to your life, that way we will be able to make the world a better place (or place at all). 

Remember to check your e-mail to find the form you have to send me with your answers. The questions and instructions are in it. 

Down In Albion

You'll never find me in this picture

When I was 16 all I wanted in my whole life was to learn English, go to England and work there doing the dishes at some bar or restaurant. Seriously, with my best friend from school we used to daydream about this (well, I'm not sure she daydreamed about the 'washing the dishes' part, because she's never liked doing dishes in the first place, but she certainly dreamt about being there with me).

We were so silly, really, because we had this strange idea that life there would be different and funnier than life here (as if there were no Sundays in England or something) and that we would meet Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, and Thom Yorke so easily just because we were Chilean, hence, exotic (yeah, right) and we would have their thousand babies and all.

Well, our original plan didn't really include the washing the dishes bit as part of our goal, really. What we wanted to achieve once there was higher education and stuff. We wanted to study film making and become film directors and make movies and meet Ewan McGregor and have his babies also (OK. We didn't really want to have their babies, but we wouldn't have minded...) I know we were kind of desperate back then, but that's one of the things that can happen when you study at a girls school xD

For us, England was a dream. We were young and shallow (the latter I still am, though), we didn't care about imperialism and things like that, we thought our lives would change if we spoke English, we wanted to go to England and visit all those places we'd heard about...

I think we were quite silly, really, but one is allowed to be silly when she's in her teens, I think... so I don't feel embarrassed about it at all.

Now, what you have to do today is tell us what country you'd like to live in. In your post, include the following:

- Which country would you like to live in? Why?
- What do you know about it?
- What would you like to do there?
- Etc.

Remember to:
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts
- Word Count: at least 180 words

Time for Heroes

Today we have two topics for you to choose from. This means you have to CHOOSE ONE!

The topics are:
1) a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.
2) an expert on your field that you admire.

Below you'll find the instructions for the two topics, follow the ones that belong to the topic you choose (duh!)

Post 1 (Instructions).

Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

You should:

- provide a link

- describe the website (sections, features,etc)

- say how often you visit the site

- explain why you like the site.

* Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

* Word Count: 170

Post 2 (Instructions)

Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?

Say:

-Who she/he is.(short biography)

-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.-Include his/her image

* Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

* Word Count: 170

TV Movie

There are many films that I like, so I really couldn't choose one. I could mention the first movie I saw that made me feel something different from what I had ever experienced watching films, though.

It is probably kind of cliché, but I was about 10 or 11 years old which means I was allowed to feel things with cliché stuff. My 'first' film (which is not really the first movie I saw, but it is the first one I loved) is called Cinema Paradiso (1988), by Giuseppe Tornatore, with Philippe Noiret (heart). I remember I watched it one night on channel 13, when the rest of my sisters where at my parents' bedroom watching something else with them. I remember they used to show that film on TV everey year and I had never felt the need to watch it before, but that year it was different.

When I was watching that film I realised movies could make me feel things I had never experienced before. I loved the story, even when it's a very common concept to explore and it's been done many times in film history up to these days.

This is the typical story about an adult and a child and how this adult influences and changes this kid's life. I remember I cried my eyes out! I loved it so much. I loved what this cinema meant to the people who lived in this village, how they showed it as a place with a history, where different events that where part of the history of the village took place. I still love that story, to be honest. It makes me feel something deep inside my stomach which always ends up making me cry. But it's a different kind of crying; it's a mix of happiness, and melancholy for something I have never experienced. Probably that's the reason why I like this movie so much, because it made me realise movies were more than a story on a screen, as they can also be something you cannot even name, deep inside your stomach that gives you the goosebumps.

Well, this week you'll have to write about your favourite movie. You could mention:

- When you first saw it
- Who's in it
- Why you like it
- Etc.

Whatever movie/film it is you have to remember to:

- Leave a comment on 3 of your classmates posts