The exchange: Escuela 2 - College de Grazailles.
9 of march, we did an exchange with a school of Carcassone. The students of France, went to Valencia for the exchange, and ech one student of the class had a correspondant, that he or she slept in house of each one.
my correspondant is called Valentin, he has 14 years old, and he is simpatic, friendly, funny, helpufull, etc. and a little bit crazyy! no, it's a joke :P
They stay for a week, and was fantastic!
We went to the "Oceanografic", to "L'exposició del ninot", to "la Albufera", and Valencia, and two days stay at the school doing activities.
The exchanges are very good, because you meet people, the costumes, the food, the country, etc. more things... I think, to speak in a lenguage that you study is very good, you practice the oral, and know the accent and the pronunciation.
And the 18 of april, we go to Casrcassone to the house of their correspomdant, and, if when the french went to Spain was fantastic, when we go to France it will be perfect!!

LAS FALLAS!!

Is a popular celebration in Valencia, it have a duration of four days, but during the year, the "falla" makes acts:

- L’estoreta

- El Prego o la Cridà

- Els Pasacarrers

- La Recollida del Ninot

- La plantà de la falla

- Les mascletás

- La despertà

- L’ofrena

- La Crema de la Nit de San Josep

- Mors i cristians

Their origin is a pagan celebration, is a latin custom, to give the welcome to the spring, with a bonfire.

A long time ago... the "fallas" was ol things, but with the character of the valencians, the bonfires with the time, they become a monuments, it represnts the actually things, and the bonfires are called "ninots", they burn in the day of San Josep 19th of march.

In the ofrena, the "falleros" give roses to the Virgin Maria, all the "falleros" wearing the special suit, it is very beautiful, and the suit of girls.. is the most bautiful, is fantastic.

The fallas are fantastic!! my falla Ripalda Soguers, it's fantastic, the people of there are very good and I like it!

Credits: I did a project in Valencià of las fallas, and I catch information of there.

-->sAn VaLeNtIn!!<--





The day of San Valentin is a traditional celebration, when the boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. express the love and the mutually affection.
At actually, this is celebrated with the intertchange of love notes, the "valentines", with the symbol of a heart or Cupido, and the roses or chocolate for the girls.



Origin: "San Valentin" is a number of holy martyrs who lived in the old Rome. It was celebrated by the roman cathilc church each 14 of february. It began in the year498 by the papa Gelasio I.



This day is good, i like it. The friends, experss the love, but, they can express in all the year, and also in san Valentin, but it's good.



Poem: MeetingConrad (Potter) Aiken (1889-1978)
Conrad AikenWhy do I look at you? Why do I touch you? What do I seek in you, woman,That I should to meet you again?Why must I sound once more your abysmal anothingnees,And draw up only pain?Hard, hard, I stare at you watery ayes; yet am not convinced, Now no more than ever before,That they are only two mirrors reflecting the sky’s blank light,That, and nothing more.And I press my body against your body, as thoungh I hoped to breakClean through to another sphere;And I strive to speak to you with a speech beyond my speech,In which all things are clear;Till exhausted I drown once more in your abysmal nothingnees,And the cold nothignees of me:You, laughing and crying in this ridiculous room,With your had upon my knee;Crying because you think me perverse and unhappy; and laughingTo find our love so strange;Our eyes fixed hard on each other in a last blind desperate hopeThat the whole world might change.
Another poem:
I loved you - past
I love you - present
I am going to love you - future
You don't love me - lost time
(this is mine)


Credits: http://poemaseningles.blogspot.com/#3155860816729396924, http://wikipedia.org/.

SeCoNd LiFe!!

Is a virtual world in 3d created by Linden Lab, is an avatar game, also is a multiverse, the players make the world.

The oficial web site, http://secondlife.com/ opened in 2003 and today have more of 3.300.000 residents, and have another page for the teenagers, Teen Second Life http://teen.secondlife.com/.

Second life is inspirated in the novel of science fiction “Snow Crash”.

This is free, but if you want to build a house, you have to spend money, 5 or 6$ monthly. And if you wont to have a mansion, or a island, you have to pay arround 295$ monthly!!

This is created for chating, meet people and socialize with other people.

The "Habbo hotel" is similar, but it is totally free.

Credits: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_life, http://mundosavie.blogia.com/2006/123001-surgen-criticas-contra-second-life.php, http://secondlife.com/, http://teen.secondlife.com/

-->SYSTEM OF A DOWN!!<---

(free entry or "hoy no me puedo levantar)

Is a heavy metal group in English.

The group is formed by:

Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadijan y Jhon Domayan.

The the matal edge evalue the group, by a one of the bestys groups of heavy metal.

Discography:

SYSTEM OF A DOWN (1998)

TOXICITY(2001)
MESMERIZE(2005)
STEAL THIS ALBUM!(2005)

My favourite songs:

Sugar (System of down 1998):
Chop suey (Toxicity 2001):
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Boms, Mesmerize 2005)
Violent pornography (Mesmerize 2005)
Revenga (Mesmerize 2005)
Lonley day (Hypnotize 2005)

Credits: http://www.systemofadown.com/ (the page of the group), wikipedia, but i did a power point of the group for informatica, and, in catch information f this.

DRACULA BY COPPOLA

Is a horror/romance flim directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film is based in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
The film begins with a prologue, telling how Vlad the Impaler defeated an "overwhelming" Turkish force invading his homeland, but returned home to find his beloved wife dead. Having heard false reports of Vlad's death, she leapt from Dracula Castle. When told that her soul is damned as a suicide, Dracula in a rage desecrates a chapel and renounces God, declaring he will rise from the grave to avenge her death with all the powers of darkness.

The film is a little bit rare, in the years 90 the films wasn't those, in the cinema the people was stand up, the film is based in the years 1900, in London, the film isn't recomended to small of 18 years, but it's a very good film.

Cast
Gary Oldman as Count Dracula
Winona Ryder as Mina Murray & Elisabeta
Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker
Richard E. Grant as Dr. Jack Seward
Cary Elwes as Lord Arthur Holmwood
Billy Campbell as Quincey P. Morris
Sadie Frost as Lucy Westenra
Tom Waits as R.M. Renfield
Monica Bellucci as Dracula's Bride
Michaela Bercu as Dracula's Bride
Florina Kendrick as Dracula's Bride
Jay Robinson as Mr. Hawkins

Bomb at Barajas!!

30th decembre 2006, at 9:01 of the morning, the terrorist group E.T.A. placed a bomb in a van, loaded with 200 or 500 kg. of explosives in the car park of terminal 4 in the Barajas airport in Madrid, it caused the die of two people Carlos Alonso Palate and Diego Armando Estacio, it hurt twenty people, caused important destruction at the airport an also delays in flights. the attack was against the process of peace.

The terrorist warned the police three times, the police evacuated the personal, but that two was sleeping in that time.

After nine months of the stop fire, put a bomb, I think, with the terrorist can be any dialogue, and his promises are not really, the terrorist allways are terrorist, they can make a promiise but in a time, they broke the promes, the terrorism in Spain finsih when the terrorist disapear.

Credits: wikipedia; http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atentado_en_el_Aeropuerto_de_Madrid-Barajas_de_2006, and a little bit of words in the altavista.

-->:...NATURAL DISASTERS..::<--

Mud avalanche, Heat, Landslide, earth Landslide, Disease, límnica Eruption, límnica Eruption, volcanic Eruption, Cold, earth Hail, Collapse, Hurricane, astronomical Impact, Fire, Flood, Waterspout, Drought, Earthquake, Storm, igneous Storm, snow Storm, dust Storm, electrical Storm, solar Storm, Tornado, Tsunami, this are some of a natural disasters.

The normaly disasters are: are the storms, the mud avalanche, the volcanic eruption, the earthquacke, tornado.

The last tsunami was terrible, that devasted Thailand, The India and Indonesia. A lot of people was died in that tsunami, it was terrible, a lot of emergency teams work for help the people but there wasn't sufficient people.

In America (in general), the tornados and the hurricans a are too normaly, every year, it have a hurricane, the latest, also was terrible, the Catrina, it was die a lot of people and a lot of houses finished destroyed.

In the storms, the rain is normally, and also the thunders. It depends, can be strongly or weak.

Credits: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desastres_naturales, http://www.altavista.com, and the fotocopy book.

-"THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT"-

The world is in danger, because the polution in the earth absorb the infrared lightings, and it cause more deegres of temperature, and this create natural disasters.

The film "uncomfortable truth" it is of this, it expalne this very good, and it's ideas are very clare. The earth is transformate, it's more hotter than the other years, the temperature stand up.

This is provocated by the polution of the cars, the factories, etc. the particules joined with the ozon layer, and do it more heavy and thicknes, and when the infrared lighting come to the earth, this bounce, and this create heat, at the end it have to exit, but with the polution it cannot, and in finaly it absorb the lightin.

Credits: the altavista's traductor, http://www.altavista.com/, the text of the book, the film, "uncomfortable truth" and the google images

..-CHRISTMAS IN OTHER COUNTRIES-..

The christmas in other country it can be similar or it can be similar.

In Engalnd is very similar but, the presents of the Santa Claus open in 25 of novemberand don't do the night of the magic kings, and the childrens and the familys go to the houses of the peole singin carols.

The christmas in India are a little bit rare, they put mango tree and some furniture wiht flowers.

And in other countries it's similar.

Also depend the culture and the customs

XMAS IN SPAIN

In spain the xmas, we celebrate the Xmas eve, is the night when Santa Claus came to the houses to do a present for the childrens. The 25 of december is the day when the child Jesus was born and when the childrens open the present of Santa Claus, the day is very good.

In my family the traditionaly is happen the day with my family, first i go to my grandsfathers house (the part of my mother) and then, it depends, each year in a house of my uncles to drink cofee and chocolate.

The new years eve happen with friends, and eat the twewle grapes of the luck.

The night befor the day of the magic kings in spain eats the "roscon de reyes", mmmmm.. it's delicious!! and the next day in the morning open the presents of the magic kings, jeje it's very very good!

__-MAGIC-__

The magic is a trading card game, the first edition was born in 1993, the same year when i was born. The crator was Richard Garfried, and each card have a ilustrator.
The rules, it have more rules and also dificult rules, each edition put new rules.
We started to play in 3º of primary, we don't understand too much and we invent the rules, it was very confusion, but it was very funny! each one put his rules. We left the magic one season, and in 6º was the die of the cardas, in 1º of Eso we didn't play, but in 2º return the fashion.
The magic is a mafia! there are more palyers, some shops have tables to play, and have more people eith cards and albums.
I'ts very funny and also difficult, but it's a good form to pass the time, play with the friends and collect them, it's a fantastic game!!
Credits: google images.

<--George Bush visit Estonia-->
The last 27of november George Bush visited Tallin, the capitalof Estonia, to be thankful for the support of the war with the global terrorism. This is the first oficial visit of USA presidents.Estonia entrance to the OTAN in the march of 2004 and in the European union in the same year.He had a reunion with Toomas Ilves and after with the first minister and a group of estonians to promove the democracyin the outside.

Credits: http://www.esmas.com, the page of the information is more large, but you can find it, and the google images.

eTwinning

The project eTwinning of Europa is opportunity to the schools and instituts to comunicate with others school for the internet, do friends , learn more languages and cultures. Is an European model society multilingual and multicultural.
ETwinning define itself when two European schools do an activity both, with a pedagogical valor. The intention is to collaborate two schools ina large periode of time.
Credits:http://www.aulaintercultural.org/article.php3?id_article=666 (the page is in Spanish), the Altavista's traductor (for some words) and the very important Manuel.

THE EXPLOTION

In 1989 Arrpanet was replaced by a faster version called internet protocol or Internet. Internet had 300,00 hosts and 4 million users in 42 countries. Every day there are 15 new sites and 2,000 more useers in the world. The internet was created in fear of nuclear war.
todday is a tool for investigate, find infrmation, the chats, etc. It's a global village of the world.
You need to connnect to internet a computer, a modem and a telephone network.
My opinionn of this: is a fnatastic think, it's a tool, I don't imaginate the life with out the computer and the internett, the life without these is horribel!!
Credits: the fotocopy book.

HALLOWEEN

On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes.
And the romans conquered the UK and Ireland, they ccelebrated halloween, but wich other customs.
Today we celbrate halloween, in Spain thee people don't celebrate much, but in the Uk i think it celeebrate is bigger than Spain.
The people disguise and make up of ghostss, spirits, monsters, etc. , they go to the houses of the other peple to request sweets or chocolate, and after thee childrenseat it, it's fantastic!! free sweets!! The most fammous simbol or seal of halloween is the pumpkies, the ghosts and the spiders.
Credits: http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=713&display_order=1&mini_id=1076 the page is very good beccause it toll you more information.

ESTONIAN PROJECT
This is very good, because you meet more people and also you lern english.
It's funny, we had a video-conference with our corresponsals. the problem is the mail, because sometimes cause problems, the people changes his mail, and we have problems, and als

o the msn it's bad because it have more mistakes, i think the gmail is gooder than the msn.
My coresponsal it's fuunny, it's little bit shy, like me, i think he don't have coomputer in his hous, because he never is conected in the msn, I think he's not very tall and also short,i think he have blue eyes and light brown hair.

I Have more desire do porjects like this, I'ts very funny and interesting!!

The recipe of crêpes: for 20 or 25 crêpes
1L. of milk,
1/2 kg of flour,
4 sponfuls of shugar,
6-8 eggs,
1/2 glass of rum or anise (it gives scent),
150 gr. ofbutter melted.
Mix the flour with the sugar. Add the eggs on by one. After tue rum. And at the finsh ad the butter melted. Mix all 2 or 5 minutes.
When the mass is finished let rest 5 minutes.
After you take a pan or a crepera( if it's a pan it's better is flat frying).
Warm up the pan and before do the crepes, when you poor the mass move the pan pair that expands. When the face is make give the return fot the other face. And when the other face is make the crêpe is make.

SUMMER
I start the school this friday and I have heartedly see my friends.
The teacher of this yar is Ana, and I choose a Jose by personal tutor, the same of last year.
I have the material for the school.
the summer last very quik, but I borring, in my house, it's borring, but in the school somthing (the clasess) are boring but in the garden It doesn't
By by summer

SUMMER
The internet was broke twaice in the summer.
2 Weeks later was the party f la Canyada, I went to the party, it was good, the same of the last year, I went With Pablo, Carlos, Sirio,Manuel, Alejandro Valero, Arturo (my brother), and Alvaro, a firend.
We spine the "Plaza" and we talked of things, and we had a ice cream.
It was good.
After the party I bought Warhammer, it's a small toys, It paint and after I play the war with my friends, It's dificult but its very small but it is very good and funny.