Every picture tells a story....

Isla del Sol, Bolivia, 2015

Hello class, today I'm going to write about a picture and the story behind it.

I like this picture because it is part of one of my favorite moments ever.

I was in Bolivia spending time with a good friend, eating, drinking and finding very interesting places, people and things.

One day, we went to Isla del Sol, a beautiful island in the middle of Titicaca lake. We spent one day and one night there. Hoewever, when we had to return to La Paz we decided to spend an extra day there because it was so beautiful. We sold our boat tickets and just watched the boats come and go.

Suddenly, I saw my neighbors (from Santiago) walking around and a few seconds later, I saw my best friend and her boyfriend walking down the street. We all hugged and smiled.

We spent the day together, had dinner and had a little reunion party under a sky full of stars. The following day we went to the Inca ruins, drank mate and took a lot of pictures. We were really happy there.

That afternoon, I had to go back to La Paz and continue my journey to Oruro to experience the carnival there, but that's another story.

Cheers!

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My favorite piece of technology

*Write about your favorite piece of technology

Say:

What it is.
When you got it.
How you use it.
How often you use it.
Why you like it.
What life would be like without it.




- 130 words minimum.
- Include a picture. 
- Comment on at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs.


Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk about my favorite piece of technology: my galaxy tablet.

I got this tablet last year because I had to travel to the USA and I didn't want to bring my laptop with me. I had never used a tablet before, but now I use it everyday, I take it everywhere with me and I do all kinds of stuff: work, check my e-mail, watch videos and movies, etc.

I have to say that I'm not a fan of computers now (laptops or netbooks) since I can do anything with my laptop. However, I still need to work with my computers to create material and work easily with different web pages at the same time.

Nonetheless, I think I'll never stop using my lovely and useful tablet. 

Without my tablet, I would have to go back to those days when I had to carry my heavy laptop with me.

London webquest

You are going to spend a week in London evaluating tourist locations for an end of year study trip.

Here is a list of things you want to do while you are there.  Follow the links and fill in the table.

Half Day Outings

London Eye

http://www.londoneye.com/

The British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The Tower of London

http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/ (including Crown Jewels)

Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum

http://www.madametussauds.com/london/

The Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

The Tate Modern Art Gallery

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Full day

Kew Gardens

http://www.kew.org/

Camden Market

http://www.camden-market.org/

For each location say:

What day you will visit,

How much you will have to pay to get in,

Which Tube station you will travel to (nearest to location), and the zone it is in.

What will you do on the other days? (2 full days / 4 half days / 1 full day 2 half days)

Search the web for other things to do in London.

What is the total cost?

The perfect song

Hi students:



Today I'm going to refer to what I consider a perfect song. The song is actually called "Perfect day". It was written and published in 1973 by New Yorker Lou Reed. However, it is very well know because it was used in the movie Trainspotting in the 90’s.

I like this song because its lyrics are simple and talk about things anybody could do on a given day, like feeding animals in the zoo, drinking sangria in a park or simply watching a movie.

Anyhow, such ideas are simple and effective because the lyrics refer to a perfect day shared by two people who get along well and the main character of the story is glad (happy) that he could spend such perfect day with the other person.

However, the line that I like most in the song goes like this: “you made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good”. I find this idea overwhelming because sometimes I feel like that when I’m surrounded by the right people.

Some years ago I had a perfect day with a girl I used to love a lot. We didn’t have a relationship. We were not girlfriend and boyfriend, but we loved each other and we had only ONE day to spend time together for the last time.

We were living in Sydney, Australia, and she had to go back to her country (Switzerland) and we spend an entire day in the city, walking around, eating French Fries and drinking iced tea.. We took a boat and walked along a beautiful beach, then we saw the sunset on the ferry back to the city. After that, we ate at a restaurant and we finally went to a bar where we drank our last beer and said goodbye before she took the midnight train.

I felt like someone good. Perfect feeling with the right person. Simply, a perfect day.

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Starting again

Hi there!

Here we are again, after a long time of manifestations, activities and activism. We need to re start the semester so you can catch up and practice your English one more time.

We can't have evaluations during the fisrt week, but you can still write your ideas and thoughts using your blog.

I need you to write your reflections and ideas after this period of strikes and sit-ins.

What is different now for you?

What has changed in the school of communication?


How has the university community changed?

What is going to happen in the future?


Please, write 120 words on the topic.

Use the following words:

Stike; sit-in; manifestations; classes; professors; evlauations; work; ideas; change; feminism

I'll be expecting your entries.


Lucas