Dance, dance...

I'm a little bit stressed! Not only for my final exams, it's for my final dance! Every summer, we make a festival to say goodbye to another year of dance training! This year I have to make two dances: First I have to dance with my "classmates" - I can't say classmates at all, because I make my trainings alone, and then we try to make a dance together -: It is a waltz, and it is difficult to coordinate together. And the other one is a Paquita Variation, and I've to wear a violet tutu... and with points! CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Well, my mother has bought a bar to make some exercises and to train more and more at home, I HOPE it goes right, please!

And finally, I leave you an image of me -well, my legs... -, training out of my ballet classes, and my cat, which is watching something I don't know...maybe my backside!

So, you have to wish me good luck, and if you want, you can come to see us dancing :D

See you little dancers :D

Clara

A little bit of music

Hello! I want to show you a song I've heard a lot of times, and I still thinking that it' s so cute :D
Maybe women are certainly difficult to understand, and many times it can be so depressing...But anyway, men can't live with us - and sometimes we can't live with them, but it depends on the type of man jaja! -
So, I leave here this video with lyrics by Billy Joel!
Thanks for watching!

My easter holidays.

Sometimes, my holidays are more stressfull than my daily routine...

Next week I have to make a lot of things. I want to tell you my "timetable"

First, this Saturday I'm going with my dad all day. I love to stay with him, and if it's sunny, we'll go out and lunch together. On saturday night, Èric wants to watch Barça-Madrid on TV. I don't want to watch it but all for love, all for love...Any way, it COULD BE funny.

Sunday, Èric and me will go to Barcelona by train and after sleeping there, we are going to Port Aventura all Monday! It's very expensive, because we have to pay all the travel and the tickets to go into the amusement park...

We are sleeping in Barcelona another night and we are coming back here after shopping around Barcelona.

On wednesday, or thursday (I don't know it exactly), we are thinking about visiting the Basque country because my brother is living there, and I want to visit him. During this week, Basque country is full of colour, music and shows!!

So this is my plan for this week! I'll explain you more about it in my next post!

See you ;)

(This post is very short! Soorry, but I don't have more time to explain...!)

Slumdog millionaire

One week ago I saw this film, Slumdog Millionaire.

Jamal is a participant in the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He had already earned 10,000,000 rupees and reached the final question, for twenty million rupees, which would answer the next day. Obeying the orders of Prem Kumar, the police suspect that Jamal had cheated because the other possibilities (which had a lot of luck) seemed unlikely.

Jamal explained that, he knew the answers to the questions by chance, because of what had happened in his life. The memories include scenes about how she got the autograph of Bachchan, the death of his mother during an act of violence against Muslims...

It was a really good film, so, if you haven't seen it, you must do it! 'Cause it is full of love and intrigue.
The end of the film is amazing, but I don't want to explain it, 'cause I want that you watch the film!

I hope you like it!!

Description - Quim

My oral presentation :)

Hello! I leave here my oral presentation! What have I to say this time? Well, I think that this term I’ve made good presentation, I felt very secure, ‘cause I had studied my part of the oral presentation. But I know that it was too short! But that's the only problem I had.

So, the third term, I'll make a longer presentation, and if it's possible, I want to make it alone. 'Cause I cannot understand WHY have I to make all the work if we are two! I have work a lot, this time and I'm proud of it. You can penalize me, I don't care anyway, 'cause I know that I have worked and prepared my oral presentation.So, next term I'll make the best oral presentation I've made in English, you know?No, really, I kow that I can make it perfect, so why not? But as we say here: millor sol que mal acompanyat...And sorry, Quim is one of my best friends, but I am not the servant of anybody when it is about my note.

VIDEO THERE (it doesn't work now, I'll put it tomorrow)

Do you know that in Scotland are more sheeps than persons? ;D

Arctic Fox :D

Helloo! I've found this article on the website of BBC about Arctic Foxes, and I' ve fallen in love with them. I think they are so cute! Do you?

"Arctic foxes live in some of the planet's most extreme conditions. An arsenal of cold-conquering adaptations helps them survive temperatures that plummet below -50 degrees Celsius. These include the animal kingdom's best insulating fur and increased blood circulation to the feet which stops the fox's paws freezing to the ice. They range far and wide in the arctic and alpine tundra, but home dens are important and may be used for centuries by subsequent generations. Lemmings are such an important part of their diet that arctic fox populations can be greatly affected by their availablity"

The first time I saw this picture I thought: Ooh! Is a samoyedo! (samoyedo is a Russian dog, white too, they are so lovely, and they are my favourite breed) But no, it was a fox.I think that they are so amazing 'cause they are prepared to be below -50 degrees! brrrr...That's cold! If someday I can see one Arctic fox I would like to touch its fur, 'cause it has to be so soft! The first time I saw a fox, was three months ago more or less, and it was dead, near the road. But anyway it was so beautiful...I hope the next time Ive to see a fox, It will be with its young foxes sleeping, for example :)I hope someday you can see one Arctic fox and make a photo to give me!!

A formal letter

C/ Forn Baix, 19
Castelló d’ Empúries
17486, Girona

The Principal
I.E.S Castelló d’ Empúries
C/ Rentador, 6
17486, Girona

Dear Principal,
I am one of the students of 1st Batxillerat of this center.
I want to talk about what things I like and do not like about this High School.

First, I have to say that I am proud of this center. The teachers are nice, they make a really good job here. Classmates are pleasant too. We have time to meet out of the school after classes.
Apart from studying, we laugh a lot, we have a big playground where we can stay at breakfast time, and it is really great to think about something different than books, history or something else related with our studies.

But I have to say that sometimes this center is a little bit cold without color and life. Yes, the playground is big, but poor too, because there is no grass and the trees are small.
I remember the days after the snowfall. A lot of grass grew in the playground! It was very beautiful.

I think we need something warmer, because we spend a lot of time in the center, and we need to be more comfortable.

I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for reading this letter.

Yours faithfully,

Clara Vargas

News - Black Swan

Hi!! I've found this notice about Black Swan, the new film of Darren Aronofsky! I've summarized it and I've given my opinion about it!

The erotically charged and intensely dark Black Swan is sure to ruffle feathers amongst Natalie Portman fans.

The 29-year-old performed most of the dancing in the movie herself, having trained for a year before filming started. She also lost 9kg from her already slender frame.

"I don't think I expected how hard it was going to be."

Once shooting started, the pace got more in

tense. Despite several injuries, including a dislocated rib, there was no time for Portman to recover.

In my opinion, I think that sometimes is good to be strong, and to look forward, 'cause sometimes you can't imagine the wonders you can find if you fight truly. Such Portman, who still making the film with a really injury.

"It's good to understand what real ballet dancers have to go through," she explains.

"I learned how much I could do. I think of myself as someone who seeks pleasure and who doesn't like pain".

When I'm dancing, sometimes I feel insecure, because I know that I run the risk to be injured or somethin else, and for me is very important to stay healthy, because I need to dance, all the time. If I become injured, it would be like to cut the wings to a bird.

I'm not a person who likes pain either. Somebody can say: "Eh, maybe you don't feel pain when you are on pointe?!" YES! It hurts a lot...But I don't care this pain, I'm talking about the pain that you feel when you can't make your dreams come true!

She tells of obsessive athletes who strive for perfection to the detriment of their physical health and mental well-being.

Jajaja...It's true, sometimes we can be obstinate, and we want to make all perfect, and it can be damaging for us, because we work, and work, and work...And we became blind, and more obstinate. So, when you want to make something right, don't be under stress, as we say: a poc a poc, i bona lletra.

With most of the characters portrayed as extremely competitive and sometimes brutal, Black Swan does not show the art of ballet in a particularly good light.

Yes, is true that sometimes ballet can be stressful, painful... But sometimes, when you're on pointe, making a pirouette, a double pirouette, jumping or something else, and you close your eyes, is magic.

"But ballet is truly an art of passion. No one's becoming rich and famous from being a ballet dancer any more.

"There's something incredibly beautiful about that."

I love it, more than anything in the world.