S p a i n

Hi i’m going to write about my countrie Spain. The capital of Spain is Madrid, our population is 44.708.964, it has an extension of 506.013 km ² and our natinal anthem is the Granadera March.

Spain has a Monarchy. Our president is Jose Luis Rodrigo Zapatero, he is socialist. In spain we have Euros, long time ago we had Pesetas but with the new century the Euro camed.

In 1986 our countrie became a memeber of the European Union.

Spain is an European country that is situated in the occidental europe. And it shares borders with France, Potugal, Andorra, And the Britanic Colony, Gibraltar.

Next to our countrie is the Mediterranean sea, the Cantabric sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

In Spain is typical Las Sevillanas, the oranges, The Fallas, El Marisco and The Paella.
We speak in Spanish but there are lots of other language inside our countrie like Valenciano, Vasco, Gallego, Catalan, etc...

Credits: ME! And the photo from google, the hoto is from Murcia, Spain!

PODCAAST!

What is a PodCast ~> A podcast is a digital media file, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. A podcast is a specific type of webcast which, like 'radio', can mean either the content itself or the method by which it is syndicated. The author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. The term "podcast" is a portmanteau of the name of Apple's portable music player, the iPod, and broadcast. Pod --> refers to a container of some sort. Cast --> to the idea of broadcasting. In other words, a podcast is a collection of files (usually audio and video) residing at a unique web feed address. Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically, using an aggregator or feed reader capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom. “A PodCast is like a webcast, but you can hear it in your web page or in your ipod”

My opinion ~> I think that a Podcast is really good fun cause, you can hear your voice in your blog and it’s funny, but the only bad think is taht i don’t know how to do it... I think that is very dificult to do it, noo? Please can you put me a comment writing your opinion, =) it would be amazing, thanks..!

Credits : Wikipediaa, the free encyclopedia

MALLRATS....

T.s and Brodie are two best highschooL friends, both are dumped by their respective girlfriends the same day . They had an idea and they go to the mall to hung up, as Brodie often do. Meeting up with her two punk troublemakers Jay and Silent Bob. T.s and Brodie had a plan to win their lovers back, this fiLm has lots of adventures in a mall.

The name of the film tells you, what sometimes ameicans do, they go to a mall, but they don’t go to buy anything, they only go to have fun there (“rats” cause they doesn’t buy anything in the mall), the genre of this film is comedy and romance.

CHARACTERS: -Shannen Doherty ... Rene Mosier
-Jeremy London ... T.S. Quint
-Jason Lee ... Brodie Bruce -Kevin Smith... Silent Bob
-Claire Forlani... Brandi Svenning
-Ben Affleck ... Shannon Hamilton -Jason Mewes ... Jay -Ethan Suplee ... Willam Black
-Michael Rooker... Mr. Jared Svenning
-Joey Lauren Adams... Gwen Turner

MY OPINION: This film is awsome, incredibLE, brilliant, i just love it... My favourite characters in the film are BRODIE, JAY & SILENT BOB, they are very funny and they like how they act. And i like the scenes because aal happens in a mall, is difrent and funny. I think is the best comedy/romance i have ever seen. I want to see more films of Kevin Smith, cause i really loved this one.

I put 10 stars of 10 to this fiLm

Credits: wikipedia

SAHARA

الصحراء الكبرى, "The Great Desert"

The Sahara is the biggest desert of the world, and is the world’s largest hot desert, with 9.065.000 km² of surface. Is localizated in North Africa. The name is from the arab sahara صحراء the traduction of the word is tuareg of Tenere, and that means desert. The Sahara covers, ArgeLia, Túnez, Marruecos, Sahara Occidental, Mauritania, Níger, Libia, Egipto y Chad, but the Sahara is moving always so maybe sometimes it’s isn’t in those countries. The dunes beguns very close of Alto atLas.
The composition is grave, sand and dunes. Three quarters of the desert is grave, and the other quarter is sand and dunes. In the Sahara has snowed once, the 18 of Frebuary og 1979. In south Argelia, in the nigth. The Sahara has 2.5 million years. You can visit the Sahara in 4wheeldrive, in dromedary or walking.

Credits : wikipedia

BULLYING

A lot of young people have a idea of what bullying is, because they see it every day! Bullying happens when someone hurts or scares another person and this person has to defend herself, because the others childs think that if they defend him they will be bullied also.

This are a few reasons to found out why we bully:

- Because they see other people doing it.

- Because it makes you feel smarter, stronger, or better than the person you are bulling.

- Because it's one of the best ways to keep others from bullying me.

This are the ways that the people bully others:

- Spreading bad rumors about people

- Punching, shoving and other acts that hurt people physically

- Keeping certain people out of a "group"

- Teasing people in a mean way

- Getting certain people to "gang up" on others

My opinion is that,bullying is not funny, and it doesn’t make you better than others, i think that it makes you be stupid and idiot, i don’t know why the bully exist because, some young people has died cause he was bullyied... The people who is bullyied has to say it to someone, but the person who is bullying other is not tthe only bad person, the others are too, cause they are not saying anything to that person to stop, and the are laughing, and the person who is beeing bullied is feeling very bad....

BULLING HAS TO STOPP!

In Eso 2 we always make an Exchange with Carcassonne, France. In this exchange they come first, they come in Fallas, so we can show them our traditional party, and after we go to Carcassone. Is a very special week because we have a girl or a boy of other countrie, in our house, and after we go to Carcassonne...My French friend is called Estelle she is very friendly and nice with me! I had a great time with her. She is the best...

My experience:

When they came here we made lots kinds o things, We show them Fallas, Valencia, L’ocanografic, the beach, and i think we had a grat time but...

In carcassonne was even better.. We visited all kind of places, and all were very beatiful we visited, the city, “Le Canal du Midi”, the lake, the “Cité”, The haunted House (wwow, spooky LoL) were edu and Raul make me feel scared...I think we had a Lovly time, i had a perfect time...it was so speciaL * I Liked a lot this exchange cause you can practice a language and you meet people and make good friends...

IT WAS FANATASTIC, I LOVED THIS ECHANGE!!!

I miss themm!!

VOUS ME MANQUEE,

EsteLLee, Laet, aLexiia, Marie, Mahé, Lisa, camiLLe, coraLie, MariLouu, arnaud, romain, vaLentin...Jvm !

From 13 to 19 March, Valencia celebrates one of Spain's best known festivals: Las Fallas.
The Fallas are big models made out of papier mache, wood and wax, and often characaturing Spanish social and political current affairs. The models are burnt on the night of 19 March. Fireworks and firecrackers play a big paper in any fiestas in this region, and Fallas is no exception. Be careful of firecrackers being thrown along the street by youngsters. And be prepared for the ground to shake with the force of the fireworks which begins at midnight.
The are two teories about Fallas.
The festivals have been celebrated in Valencia since the Middle Ages when carpenters used to light a bonfire on 19th March, St Joseph Day. Joseph - José in Spanish - is the Patron Saint of Valencia, and St Joseph's Day is Fathers Day all over Spain. A second theory is that the tradition of lighting bonfires in honour of the saints where good for pagan people, which the Church accepted and adapted to its own interests.
The city is adorned in decorations and Fallas, and public enthusiasm takes to the streets. During the week the following ceremonies take place: the nomination and proclamation of the Fallas Queens, the Exaltation, the Crida, the Cavalcade of the Ninot, the Offering of Flowers, the Planta and the Cremá.
The Crema is the culmination of the Fallas.

credits: me & the fallas page...

CHRISTMAS IN XINA

Lots of Chinese people are not Christian, the main winter festival in China is the Chinese New Year which takes place toward the end of January. Now officially called the "Spring Festival," it is a time when children receive new clothing, eat luxurious meals, receive new toys, and enjoy firecracker displays. An important aspect of the New Year celebration is the worship of ancestors. Portraits and paintings of ancestors are brought out and hung in the main room of the home.

CHRISTMAS IN BRAZIL

Brazilians are a mix of people from many parts of the world, and because it is from the Portuguese colony, they have many Christmas customs.

One tradition is to create Presépio, the word origins from the Hebrew word "presepium" which means the bed of straw upon which Jesus first slept in Bethlehem. The Presépio is common in northeastern Brazil (Bahia, Sergipe, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Maranhão, Ceará, Pernambuco, Piauí and Alagoas). The Presépio was introduced in the 17th century, in the city of Olinda in the state of Pernambuco by a person called Gaspar de Santo Agostinho. Prespios are in churches, homes, and stores.

CHRISTMAS IN GREECE

St. Nicholas is important in Greece as the patron saint of sailors. Greek tradition is that his clothes are drenched with brine, his beard drips with seawater, and his face is covered with perspiration because he has been working hard against the waves to reach ships and rescue them from the angry sea. Greek ships never leave port without some paint or else of St. Nicholas on board. The christmas are celebrated in Easter. On Christmas Eve, village children travel from house to house offering good wishes and singing kalanda,(like carols). Often the songs are accompanied by small metal triangles and little clay drums. The people who ear the children singing give them sweets and dried fruits.

credits: me & christmas around the world