MEXICAN FOOD-by Eduardo Ramos

One of my favourite things to do in the whole world is eating, I love all types of food from junk food to traditional dishes but I am crazy about Mexican food.

There are some interesting Mexican restaurants in Madrid and they are always crowed, I think the food is not bad. My favourite Mexican dish is Tacos, which are corn tortillas (rounded thin flatbread) filled with meat as the most important ingredient and a variety of sauces and chopped vegetables to put on. They are amazing and taste really good but the sauces can sometimes be too hot for me!

One curiosity is that in Mexico you can find them in different colours like blue and red. One friend once told me that blue tortillas are really tasty.

I am not so interested in guacamole because I don’t like avocados so much and I hate the taste of fresh onion, also its texture is not pleasant for me but its seems to be very popular and everybody like it.

I always enjoy eating this kind of food but I am sure that it isn’t as good here or in any other part of the world as in Mexico so I am really looking forward to going there and eat lots of Tacos!

 

HUMOR IS BACK IN TVE WITH JOSE MOTA-by Mr Grumpy

Humor is back in TVE with Jose Mota.

La Blasa, la vieja del visillo and the amazing characters that used to protagonise the nights on tv are coming back every Friday at night since the 20th of February.I think it is going to be great fun because in the special of Nochevieja he got 3,3 millions of views, I am a great fan of him and his humor because he says that the best way to have fun is to laugh about our own miseries, he put us the example of the new caracters he is going to introduce us.

In the following programs, he is going to make fun about the politicians and their way to govern the country.

He is going to talk about them as well about the basic elements that characterise Jose Mota: imitations of people, fantastic numbers he did in other programes, musicals, parodies on tv…

At first in the programe he talked about personal stuff such us visits to the urologist and the secod part is the best part where he mixes both parts, the first one and new sketches that he does.

Jose Mota has been 20 years on tv and he has been the director of comedy a whole lot of times and he has never been afraid of making fun of the politicians he says because he does it in a very respectful way and everything is forgiven because he is only doing a parody . Jose Mota says that he likes to do this so the people truly see what is happening in Spain.

In the show he is going to include as well a tv parody such us “tu cárcel me suena” protagonised by the same child that protagonied the special in nochevieja, Jose is going to give as well another opportunity to the people on tv that only lasted a year in his programe.

PABLO'S SANDWICH-by Pablo Seco

Pablo's sandwich
*In this text I am going to teach how you have to prepare a Pablo's sandwich. 

Ingredients and preparation:
- You need a bar of bread.
How do you prepare the  bread?
+First, you have to cut the bread in two parts.
+Second, you have to spread the butter in the two parts of the bread, outside and inside.
+Next you have to put them in the iron.
+And it will be ready after 3 minutes .

- You need butter, 20 g per piece of bread.
-You can cook a lot of different tipes of sandwich:
× You need chicken, you have to frie it. Next you need lettuce. Next you have to put caramelized onions, fried bacon and a lot of variety cheese ( like parmesano, brie, etc)into the sandwich . And now you have a sandwich, with crusty bread on the outside and tender on the inside.

×You need a banana, next you have to put the banana in the pan and cook it,  , take it from the pan after one minute, next you have to cut the banana in different pieces. Next you have to put the pieces of banana in a bowl with peannut butter ( like 30 g)  and mix them, when it' s mixed you have to put some sugar on them, and mix them again. And next you have to spread the mix into the bread.
×This is the easiest part, you have to take an avocado, open it and put into the bread with salmon, tomato and a bit of soja sauce. You can put the soja sajce into the sandwich or don't put it, only if you like it

Pablo Seco Ros- 24

GALICIA-by Mercedes Peña

Hi guys . I'm going to talk about Galicia. I am from there so I recommend it and love it. I am from Pontevedra which is on the coast so it has lovely beaches , many people spend their summers in Sanxenxo , the Lanzada , Beach America etc ... Pontevedra has many things to visit and very nice places to go. Is not a big city but it's cozy and quiet ( quite different from madrid ) , Pontevedra has an award for being one of the cleanest cities ,also has many important museums , parks where you can walk and play sports , it has malls where you can buy a lot of things . It’s a really cozy city . I recommend you go to Pontevedra and see its beaches and watch the sunsets , it's really nice . If you ever go I’ll be happy to tell you places to visit .

COMMUNAL LIVING 2015-by Laura Rodriguez

COMMUNAL LIVING 2015

            The last week, we went with our teachers and my classmates to a home in Galapagar(Madrid).

In the morning we played and we had to choose a card that we identified with and explain to our classmates why we had chosen that card.

After lunch we played with clay and we had to build a symbol that we thought was important and I chose the heart because I think that the love is important to have a friendship.

At the afternoon we ate nocilla,cookies etc..and we played football with Aurelio and Bea, it was very funny!Aurelio  made fouls all the time and we had fun with him.

At dinner I discovered a typical food of the communal living made by Aurelio “macaroni with chesse and chorizo”that Aurelio cooked.I was very surprised because I had never known this type of food xD.

Before dinner we had a moment of praying and we had to imagine a sculpture and I didn´t understand anything because it had turned very difficult.

After dinner we had another prayer and at 11;30 a.m we went to sleept but in my room we didn´t go to bed until 4:30 a.m .

Finally we fun with the teachers and this allowed us to get to know each other better. I loved it,thanks to all 4ºB!

MY HOLIDAYS-by María Ramirez

MY HOLIDAYS:

I'm going to talk about what I normally do during the summer holidays. When I finish school in June, I usually go to summer camps, usually for 3 weeks, in July.

For example , two years ago I went to Bristol (England), last year I went to Galway (Ireland) , and my plan for this year is going to go to another summer camp on the beach or something similar.

This summer I don't want to go to another country to study english, because next year probably I'm going to live in Ireland for three months with an Irish family , and also my brother lived with them when he was younger.

After the summer camp I always go with my family to our house in El Pantano de San Juan, and we spend there all the month of August , there we have lots of fun because my brother and I have lots of friends.

I have talked about Ireland and El Pantano de San Juan in other writings, so I'm going to explain my experience in Bristol, England.

First of all, I was really nervous, because it was the first time that I was going to go to a summer camp outside Spain, and I didn't know anybody. When I arrived at the airport, a woman introduced me to another girl, and that girl became my best friend for the whole camp.

When we arrived at Bristol, there were lots of houses around and amazing and huge school, in one of these houses we were going to live for three weeks, in each house there were like fifteen rooms, I have been sharing room with two lovely girls, they were from Valencia and I loved their accent, nowadays I still talk with them.

Our routine was: english classes, sports , activities before go to sleep, and all weekends we had excursions.

Also we did a barbecue once a week.

I really enjoyed Bristol and I recomend you to visit it! 

I hope you like my writing!

Regards,

              Maria Ramirez

A YEAR AGO I WENT TO LONDON-by Ignacio Renobales

A year ago I went to London to visit my brother because he was working in Manchester. I went with my mother, my little cousin and my aunt. We arrived on a Friday afternoon and that night we met up with my brother, but it was a surprise since he didn’t know that we were going to visit him. The second he saw us, he was really shocked and excited! That night we went to an Italian restaurant to have dinner. We were very tired because of the journey so we went to bed early.

The next day we woke up at 8:30 am because we wanted to make a lot of sightseeing. The first thing we did was going to Picadilly Circus and there, we saw the amazing M&M’s store. Later we went to Oxford Street and the girls went shopping while my brother and I were at the Nike store and the Apple store. That night we had dinner in Covent Garden and we walked around that area before going back to the hotel.

On Sunday morning, we went to Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, London Eye, Big Ben and to Hyde Park to see the squirrels. That afternoon I went to Wembley Stadium, the national stadium of England.

It was my third time in London and I really enjoyed it. I think that London is one of the best cities in

the world because it has a lot of monuments and interesting things to visit.

CASTLE-by Jimena Ortiz

Castle

Castle is my favorite series. It is about how a writer and a policewoman solve murders together. One day the writer Richard Castle gets arrested by the policewoman Kate Beckett. He really falls in love with her and he asks his friend the mayor if he could spend with her more time. From that day on he helps the police solving crimes with the excuse of getting new ideas for his new book. He finishes his book, which it is about Kate Beckett, Castle gets really famous so he starts writing another one while he works with Kate. Castle is in love with Kate and Kate is also in love with Castle but they can’t be together because then they would have to stop working and they don’t want to. So they start dating in secret but then their mates find out that they are dating but they promise that they won’t say it. I really like this series because it has everything. It has love, it is fun and it has crimes.

SCHOOL SKIING TRIP-by Jorge Ojeda

School skiing trip – Jorge Ojeda

Last weekend I went with the school to Cerler. This is the best trip the school organizes from my point of view. I have gone 4 times and is impossible to get bored, you don’t have time.

First day.

-We got up at 7 a.m. and we were really tired because had gone to bed really late the night before. We went to the ski station and we rented all the equipment which was a lot because we were around a hundred of people. Then we skied all day until around 5 o’clock, when we came back to the apartment. After that, we went to play a football match that was really fun and we had dinner at the apartment. The food was not really nice but we didn’t really care.

Second day.

-We got up at the same hour and we were ready to start skiing at 8:50 so we were the first people skiing in the station. We skied until 5 o’clock again and we came back to the apartment to get ready for “Petronilla”. Petronilla is a disco that is in Cerler. There we dance a lot and we have so much fun.

Third day.

 -The third day is really sad because is the last day and you don’t want to come back to Madrid. We got up again at 7 o’clock but this time we got to the station late because we had to do the packing. We skied until 3 p.m. and we came back to Madrid after a 7 hour journey by bus which is not the most entertaining part of the trip. 

TIPS TO IMPROVE STUDY-by Naila Pérez

Tips to improve study

Hi! Are you one of those students who can hardly study? When you have to study for an exam you don't know how to go about it?

Don't worry, here are some really simple tips that will help you to improve your study:

1º Underline:

Underline the most important part of the agenda is one of the simplest techniques and known study. It is simply to highlight the most significant parts of the text using different colors. Ideally, first make a comprehensive reading and highlight the most notable to then proceed to study.

2º Make your own notes:

Making your own notes will help to memorize much better the lesson because you write it with your own words.

3º Practice with exercices:

Sometimes it is hard to grasp the theory of some subject areas. However, exercises and case studies can help us visualize the theory since assimilate knowledge more easily. This is especially useful in subjects such as mathematics, physics, law, and in general all those that involve problems and / or numbers.

4ºArrange the Study:

One of the most effective study skills but often overlooked is "merely" to organize our study. Establish a study schedule considering our objectives and the time we have available is the first step to success.

5º Drawings:

Many people have a good visual memory, so they are better able to memorize the concepts when associated with images or drawings. Therefore, to accompany our study of these visual resources can be a great idea, especially for subjects like Geography, Science, Art or History.

CHINESE NEW YEAR-by Carmen Troncoso

Chinese New Year

Chinese New year is one of the most important festivals in the Chinese calendar and in a big part of Asia.

During the period of the festival the largest human migration in the world comes to china to celebrate the holidays with their families.

The start date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunisolar calendar, usually begins on the day of the new moon nearest the day equidistant between the winter solstice.

This past February 19th, according to Chinese calendar, has begun the year 4713 called the year of the Goat.

This festivity has some fun traditions like the”red envelope” that consists giving the children a red envelope that contains a small amount of money.

During the days of celebration in families and in restaurants is very typical to eat ravioli and have a good time with family.

PORTAVENTURA-by Carmen Troncoso

PORTAVENTURA

Portaventura is the best theme park in Spain. In portaventura there is the second fastest attraction in the world, its name is FURIOUS BACO and the highest attraction of Europe, SHAMBALA. The FURIUS BACO takes you from 0 to 135 km / h in 3 seconds and SHAMBALA  the has 3 Europeans records: 1) Fastest speed in fall. 2) The highest in Europe with 76m. 3) The highest fall in Europe. If you go at Christmas or Halloween there are many amazing shows. At Christmas they decorate the  park with Christmas decorations and put a Christmas tree and in Halloween when you're walking in the park there are people hiding and can scare you! I have been in the park in 3 times and I love it there are many things you can do and you going to have a great time.

CONVIVENCIA-by Clara Pastor

CONVIVENCIA

This time , in this post I will provide  my experience in the  "convivencia".

First at all, the "convivencia" is a day and a half that you are with people who are with you in  class and ,obviously, with your tutor. It consists of going to a place and spend time  with your classmates.

I can honestly say that, at first, I didn't want to go, I don't know exactly why, but that was the way I felt. We arrived on the 19th of February in the morning, we went by bus to a Jesus Maria's house in Galapagar. Upon arrival we had a problem, for being more accurate, we had two problems, one girl had forgotten her sleeping bag in the bus and another girl had lost her phone. So the teacher we werewith called to the bus branch and she solved the problem easily but this case was with the sleeping bag, the girl who had lost her phone came back to the bus stop and luckily she found it!!!!
After that we chose our rooms and we had to do this really fast due to everyone wanted the best room for themselves! however, we did different activities for example we wrote our own story or we had to identify ourselves with a series of images, the teachers also told us a story and we had to imagine it, we prayed...
From my point of view the activities were interesting, thanks to them, now I know more things about my fellows, about me and about what I want. Between the  activities, we had breaks where we played all together (even the teachers) dodgeball, football... furthermore we had to clean the stuff we used and the teachers cooked  pasta for us and I have to say that it was delicious.

Then we sang and danced so many songs and we had a lot of fun. We came back on the 20th of February at midday. I wish we could repeat it and do another "convivencia" because this one was one of the best ones except that I didn't sleep so much but I laughed a lot and now I feel more united to my classmates. I think that the "convivencia" should be more days, at least one more day, because it was worth it.

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT & ALL THOSE NIGHTS (anonymous)

I can´t live without…

One of the essential things for me are the weekends.

These are the moments that I really enjoy with my friends or my family or even alone at home taking time to do what I want.

Weekends are always full of unique moments where I really enjoy life and charge my batteries for the hateful Monday.

I love to use the weekend to do different things…One day to go out with my friends, go shopping, see family and spend Sundays at home studying and resting by watching a movie.

As the week goes by my mood is improving and from Wednesday on I am happier because it´s getting nearer the weekend.

So it would be great to have weekends that are four days long.

ALL THOSE NIGHTS

 My connection with this song when I first heard it, it reminded me of the time I had spent in my summer camp.

There are parts of the song that I remember about leaving my Friends because the camp season has finished.

The reason is because:

-in the song it says ``leaving friends and the place that I call home´´, because I didn´t want to leave my Friends and my camp for my is like my second home

-it reminds me of the camp, especially in the evenings when we all sat round the campfire under the moon singing

-also it reminded me when it says ``conversations that we have until midnight´´ be cause I remember all the conversations or all the things that we did until midnight

-and the last reason is because I have to wait all Winter until camp begins again and I can see all of my Friends.

One more year, and I'll be heading out on my own,  Leaving friends and the place that I call home.  I don't wanna go.  I just need to know that I can come back.  I need to know,  I only need to know that you'll be here when I come back home. Cuz I don't wanna miss a single autumn evening here with you like this.  I don't wanna miss all those nights we danced by the moonlight, Conversations about nothing till midnight.  You and I huddled close till the daylight came.  Remember the colors reflected in your eyes,  The scene painted golden as the sun rises over you and me darling.  One more year, we'd better make the best of this one.  You just can't beat the weather here in autumn.  Please stay close to me.  I just need to know you're gonn call me.  I need to know that everything will all be okay while I'm away.

THE ROAD TO THE "UNDECIMA"-by Jorge Manzano

At this exact moment I'm watching Real Madrid playing vs Shalke 04. And we're winning 0-1. After some bad matches vs Atletico de Madrid we've already won two matches in a row and we're looking foward to beat or own record of victories. There's no doubt that Real Madrid is the bet team in the world and we will fight until the last minute to repeat what we did last year winning the final in the 93rd, it's a reminder for  who can't remember or just doesn't want to remember that moment.

Well, we all have lots of expectation on this Champions because you don't always win two champions in a row. Why can't we believe in winnig another one with the best players in the world and the best history in the world?  At this moment Marcelo has just scored an incredible goal with his bad leg. And when Ramos, Modric and James get out of their injuries we'll have the complete team fighting to satisfy every Real Madrid supporter.

INTERSTELLAR-by Alejandro Ortuño

Interstellar is a science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, Matt Damon, and Michael Caine.

The work of the theorical physicist Kip Thorne was an inspiration for the film. Was producer by Warner Bros and Paramount Pictures.

The film predicts that in a future where humans will grow no crops and we'll die of hunger, we'll have to find a new planet. Here starts a new adventure for Matthew McConaughey.

In my opinion it's the best film in the history, I love this film, the actors act very very well and the effects are awesome. It's something incredible and it changed my life, I had to think hard to understand the movie.

This is a photo of Matthew McConaughey (the protagonist):

This is a photo of Matt Damon (the antagonist):

They won the award of the best visual effects at the BAFTA awards 2015, and surely they will win the award of the best visual effects in the oscars 2015.

The movie collected 671.366.000$ in the world.

BETHANY HAMILTON-by Miguel López

BETHANY HAMILTON

Bethany was born on the 8th of February in 1990 in Hawaii. She belongs to a surfer  family so she began surfing when she was very young. When she was only eight years old, Bethany  participated in her first surf competition.

The 31 of October 2003, Bethany was attacked by a very big shark while she was surfing. Because of the attack, Bethany lost a part of her left arm and also more than the  60% of her blood. In spite of this horrible accident Bethany didn´t give up in her dream of being a profesional surfer and only just one month after the attack she returned to the water and continued surfing.

In 2004, Bethany returned to surf competitions. Just over a year after the attack she won the 1st place in a very important competition. Since losing her arm, Bethany’s story has been told in lots of TV programs because she is an example of hope and effort. Also, in 2011 her story was told in a movie called “Soul Sourfer”. It teaches us that, despite the problems, if we really want we can make our dreams come true.

Out of the water, Bethany has been an example for many people with similar problems, that after knowing her story have fought to make their dreams come true. In order to help this kind of people she has made her own foundation called “Friends of Bethany”, which helps shark attack survivors and people without legs and arms.

Nowdays she is still surfing and helping the people without arms and legs.

I think she is a really good person and very brave because althogh she lost her arm she made a big effort to continue surfing. I really admire her.

NIGERIA - by Fidel Obama

HI! As you know my name is Fidel Obama, and no, I am not a family member of Obama, the US President.

NIGERIA, such a beautiful country with an amazing landscape and great animal diversity, is located in the heart of Africa. It represents quite accurately what Africa means to us, the Africans.

When I talk with my school mates about Africa, they say with no hesitation that Africa is a poor continent full of starving kids. On paper, yes, but there are a huge amount of countries that are not as poor as they where 50 years ago, and one of those countries is Nigeria.

Its capital is Abuja, with 2 million inhabitants, but its most populated city is Lagos with 7 million inhabitants. It has the largest economy in Africa, a growing country, full of natural resources, such as diamonds and petrol.

Nigeria is the seventh most populated country in the world right now, with quite an impressive number of inhabitants, 174 millions people, the largest in Africa. Living in a country ruled by the inequality of rich and poor, as you can probably guess, is in fact one of the biggest problems in the world; inequality of opportunity for everybody.

Nigeria, such amazing country, that it speaks for itself. In our hearts, we know that it's worth visiting for an amazing once in a lifetime experience.

FIGHT CLUB - by Diego Morcillo

A young man bored from his drab life decides to fight with that. On a plane, Tyler meets a charismatic soap salesman holding a particular theory: perfectionism is a matter of weak nations; only self-destruction makes life worthwhile. They decide to then found a secret fight club, where you can release their frustrations and anger, with an overwhelming success. The club begins to have importance and soon the club is very notorious. The first rule is to not say anything about the club.

I won't say more because the finale of the film is the best of the films I've seen. I think is better if you see the film, than if I told you. There would be no emotion.

I recommend this film because for me it’s the best film and I like psychological dramas so much.

SUSHI-by Jimena Molina

Hi guys! In this post, I am going to tell you again about a recipe, but instead of something sweet, I have decided to try something new and show you how to prepare sushi ,quick and easy.

To know more about this recipe, you need to know that sushi is the most representative example of the Japanese food, and that  it has been globalized around the world. People like it because it is  easy to it and very healthy.

INGREDIENTS you need

200 gr of white rice

Some leaves of Nori(for covering the sushi)

50 gr of salmon(or any fish)

1 cucumber

1 carrot

2 tablespoons of rice vinegar

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 tablespoon of salt  

PREPARATION

1. Wash the rice a lot of times (about six times)changing the water ,until the water runs out of different substances such as starch(when it is totally transparent).

2. Boil about 300 ml of water, and add the rice. Cover the casserole and let it boil for 15 minutes more or less. Then turn off the fire and let it rest for about 10 minutes.

3. Warm up the vinegar (just a little)and mix it with the tablespoons of salt and sugar. Add this mix to the rice and stir it a little until it is mixed. Then let it get a little bit colder.

4. Wash and peel the vegetables. Cut the cucumber and the carrot in long strips (because then, when you cut it they will become square pieces).

5. Expand the Nori (alga) leaf onto the sushi mat(if you don’t have one you can try to use albal paper instead).Put a rice layer onto the alga ,and then put the vegetables above the rice, in one side of the strip of rice.

6. Finally, roll the sushi, starting by the side which hasn’t got the vegetables on it, and with the help of the mat (or albal paper) press it to the maximum. When it is complete pressed, you will have a long roll of sushi.

7. For the last thing, cut the sushi in pieces of the size you prefer, (with a sharp knife).

It might sound difficult or even boring to cook, but try it and you will se how you finally like the results!Oh,and if you don´t like the nori alga,you can do it without it, but it will be a little bit more difficult.You can also change what is inside of the rice..Hope you liked this recipe!

CASTLE-by Jaime Lage

Castle

Castle 

Castle is an American series that was released in March of  2004 in America . Created by Andrew W. Marlowe, it primarily traces the lives of Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), a best-selling mystery novelist, and Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), an NYPD homicide detective who solves various unusual crimes in New York City. This crime series was later,in 2009, released in Europe  and now lots of people in the world watch it, it has right now seven seasons and 150 episodes, but the thing that calls the attention of everyone is the love Richard Castle and Kate Beckett, many boys think that Kate Beckett is very pretty and Richard Castle is very funny. Also there are more characters that people like in the series like Javier Exposito or Ryan but other reason because many people get hooked because of the intrigue that is included in every episodes and seasons of the series.    

Jaime Lage   

WE ARE ALL THE SAME-by Carmen Lías

 We are the same 

“A door that opens with many keys is a bad door, it’s useless, but a key that opens a many doors is a master key”

Last week one of my best friends taught me this phrase when I said that I think it's so unfair that when a girl have or maybe kiss a lot of boys, people look badly at her, and when a boy does the same, all his friends say that he is a machine.

We are in a new age. Maybe in the period of time that my grandparents were young, it seemed normal because they thought that the girls were less than a boy. Now, the girls have more or less the same privilege that the boys have. I think its terrible if a boy who “plays” with a lot of girls and it's more terrible that his friends support that way of behavior.

This conduct is bad in two ways, because you hurt other people and I also think that the people who do it didn’t think of the other people and in what she/he feels about you, andd what harm they do. 

To finish, I have a message: Don’t do those things. Put yourself in the place of the other people and of course don’t do that to anybody.

THE TECHNOLOGICAL RACE-by Rodrigo Larios

Rodrigo Larios

THE TECHNOLOGICAL RACE

Over time, the technology companies have been trying to follow one company that was unattainable by other companies.

The competition is great. Brands like Nokia, Apple, Huawei, Samsung, Sony, Lg or Google. They seek to make the best product, the product that people want to buy. However, at the moment, nobody is getting it. Google tried with Google glass, Apple is very famous for their products like the Iphone, Ipad or Mac. Samsung is currently the only one able to win Apple in the stores. Sony with its water-resistant mobiles has won a place in the market. Lg with his alliance with Google created the Nexus saga and the 2k mobile, Lg G3. Huawei with his low-cost mobiles and tablets has his public in this period of crisis. And the last one is Nokia, that with its series of Lumia, which are low-Cost and high-end, has returned stronger than ever in recent years.

But everybody waits for the perfect tablet, the perfect mobile, and the perfect Pc. In my opinion, every product has its pros and its disadvantages. Apple has a different operation system than the others and don't get viruses, for example.

MARÍA MARTE-by Daniela Fernández-Tejada

MARIA MARTE 

She is the first woman who has gotten two Michelin stars in the Community of Madrid.
Maria arrived in Madrid like any other inmigrant from her country, the Dominican Republic. She began to work as a cook in the luxury restaurant, El Club Allard, which it is located in Madrid. In 2011 and in 2013 the prestigious red guide awarded her with two stars, which 60 have been confirmed in 2015.

Maria came to Spain with the dream of many other immigrants: to get a good job to live and help her family. And her dream has become true thanks to her bravery, effort, and dreams.
In the kitchen she is a good chef, but also a very creative and hard-working woman.
At just 36 years old, she is one of the best cooks in the world and heads one of the best restaurants of Madrid.
Maria makes soft and creative dishes with a lot of effort and good-doing.

Daniela

MY CARNIVAL-by Merche Matía

I spent my carnival with my family of Navarra and my german student Emily.My friends , Emily and me dressed up as mimes.The weather was so bad because it didn't stop to rain. The whole village can participate in a competicion of costumes that has a prize of 100 euros. There were costumes of bumper cars , soldiers, emoticons , fairies , masterchef....etc. First all the parciticipants has to file around the village like a parade and made a presentacion of their costumes and do a little dance. Then there was the distribution of the prizes. We didn't win but the next time we will do it . The winners were the soldiers that included the husband of my cousin .Before there was a party with a DJ , it was so funny ,the whole village was dancing. In general it would had been perfect without the rain and the cold.


This is a photo of my friends, Emily, and me :

Merche Matia

 

10 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE BORED-by Carlota de la Puente

10 Things to do when you are bored

Have you ever had one of those Sunday afternoons when you don´t know what to do and you spend hours and hours watching tv or with the phone?

I´m going to write 10 things for you that you can do when you feel bored.

1. Going for a walk is a good activity and this can clear your mind.

2. Skype a friend. That´s a good way of passing the time.

3. Cook something. It makes you feel less bored and everybody loves to eat a piece of brownie :)

4. Try on all your clothes and combine them.

5. Experiment with new hairstyles. 

6. Do sports such as football, basketball, tennis. It's a good way of staying healthy and fit and having a great time with your friends.

7. Watch your favourite tv series.

8. Read your favourite book.

9. Look at photographs of the times when you were younger than today and remember those days.

10. Listen to music and dance, because this will make you feel happy. 

I hope that these things can be useful for you. Try to do these and you will see that you won´t be bored again ;)

DEATH- by Ethel S-V

“What will happen to us after we die?” This is a question that has always bothered the human existence and it will always bother it because when people find out the answer…well, it will be too late to tell everyone. Religious people believe that after death we will get to a place where their God will reward them because of their actions on Earth, or a place where they will finally rest in peace and pray. Others may believe that humans reincarnate into another organism based on how good they behaved in their human life. 

A few days ago, I read an article of a new theory of what happens to our body (or more specifically, to our conscience) after our death, and I found it very interesting: The theory states that death just doesn’t exist. People have only created it because of the thought that our body and our conscience go together in one, but it’s not like that, instead, our conscience has the ability to not belong to any time or space. Lanza (the expert who created this theory) also believes in the existence of multiple universes, and implies that we have different bodies in each of them, but they are dead. So when our present body dies, our conscience can go to another universe and make our parallel us “wake up”; so we really never die. Of course, if you believe in this theory, you also have to believe in the existence of parallel universes.

Another interesting theory is that maybe after our death, our conscience stays “floating” in the emptiness of the universe and it’s only capable of remembering everything we have lived through our lives, so maybe you are dead now and you are just remembering a memory.

I don’t know, this is very difficult to think of because people are always coming up with new theories that in some way, they have sense. I want to think that we go to Heaven, but there are always some flaws in that theory; but, again, there are also some flaws in the other theories. So I don’t have a determined opinion; I will keep researching, though!

Ethel S-V