Things to accomplish in my lifetime

To begging with, I must be honest and say that when I saw the title at first glance, a lot of interesting things came to my mind. Finally, I decided among all of them and made the following list. I am not sure about the order I gave to them because a few of them are long term goals. Anyway, they are all important to me because I think that in a way, they represent what I am.

First of all, I really want to graduate. I am eager to do it. I want to teach my students and whoever is required of learning this language, every inch of what I have learned. And make them know how wonderful feels being able of communicating in a different language than yours. Besides the pleasure it would caused me, I really want to finish my career because it is the foundation of others accomplishments.

Then, and tied to the first one, I want to find a job; but not any job; I do want to work as a teacher of English. I know this is why I am studying for, but you never know how things would turn. To me a job would be the link among my vocation and the rest of my goals since it would allow me to save some money.

Then, I would like to go abroad to get a degree on my studies. I would like to improve my pronunciation and may be the best way of getting that is by going to an English speaking country.

After years of saving money, I want to buy my own house. There is nothing compared to the satisfaction of being the owner of your own place. No more shared rooms, no more lecture because you arrive late at home and a series of advantages a person experiment when they left parent’s house.

Then, and after years of putting money aside and probably after asking for a loan, I would like to open my own institute. I would like to introduce renewed methodologies in order to make the learning easier and more attractive to students.

Later but not least important, I would like to learn different languages; at least three more foreign languages. Despite the fact that I know a bit of French and Portuguese I think I will not survive living there. I feel like greeting in both languages, however, I need to improve the learning and the practice of both. Communication is vital for me.

To buy a car, this would take me to those places still unknown to me. Personally I think that learning how to drive and being able of doing it would satisfied me and provide me with a sense of freedom. I do refuse the idea of depending on someone else to do the things I want to. I dream about travelling by car to different places.

I would like to travel-at least once in my life- to know any of the world wonders, such as the Egyptian pyramids or the great canon. I wish I could have the money and the time to do it. I think it would be unfair if I dye before witnessing all that natural and historical splendour.

The last two accomplishments of my list are closely connected with a deep personal vocation. You may think I am going insane when you read this but I am totally convinced that I lived in some other life. In that life I used to work as a dressmaker for an important designer because I love sewing and knitting; however I am still in the long path of learning. I know one day I would be able of designing my own clothes and set my own clothes business.

Music I have not heard for years

I am fond of different types of music and singers. The music I am going to tell you about is “the” music that became part of my personal history; today it is called “the music of the 90’s”. That kind of reference makes me fell a little old!!!!!Come on!!I am not so old yet!!!I know that ten years have almost passed since the last time I listen to it, but my heart and mind are still young enough to remember everything as it happened. Nowadays, every time I listen to it, my heart breaks because a great number of memories come to my mind.
This music makes me think of Fridays parties, Saturdays meetings with the girls. Oh God… how long time since those glorious days went away. Now I am sure about that saying which reads “the good moments go fast than the ugly ones”. I remember the time in class; the teachers; the places where we sat, the time spent making the arrangements for “student week”, “the queen party”, the great day we signed the contratct for our graduation trip; how hard we had to work to get some money….and the best “the graduation party”.
There were five years spent togheter as a group that I dare say each member of the class had its own identifying song. The class functioned as a whole. We were a big family, that may be the fact I miss the most of that time. Well, in fact, there are so much memories that invade my mind at this moment that it would take me the whole day trying to put them in order. So, to comfort myself, I have a complete collection of all the best tracks I used to listen to when I was in high school. Whenever I want to bring such wonderful memories back, I just push the bottom.

What mystified me as a child?

It happened……mmmmm…let me see…well, to tell you the truth I do not remember exactly how old I was, but I do know I was a child. It happened on Three Wise Men eve. I was collecting bush for the camels at the front yard with a friend of mine when my father arrived home. He was carrying with him a huge bag from which I could distinguish an object that looked like a teddy bear. I did not ask anything in that moment and continued doing my task. I remember I went to bed late that night, in fact I did not want to but I was almost obliged to go. I pressed my eyes firmly pretending I was slept because mother had told me The Three Wise Men would not come if we were awake. After an hour of silence I heard a noise coming from outside my bedroom window. I jumped off from my bed and noiseless walked through the window to see what had caused that noise. What a shocking image!! I saw my own parents leaving the presents in the place I had arranged. Such a great disillusionment for just a little heart. I felt so empty as if somebody had stolen a precious object from me. There were melancholy inside my soul and heart. However, I did not say a word about the event because I did not want to break my little brother’s heart. The next morning we found the presents where they were left; the bike my brother had asked for in his letter and the teddy bear I had seen in the bag that night.

What made angry but now it makes me laugh

The story I am going to talk about happened thirteen years ago. I was at high school by the time and I was the best of my class. It was summer and I was still enjoying my holidays, even though examinations had already started for those who had to pass the course. The day was reaching its end when someone came home looking for me. It was one my classmates asking for a foulder he needed to study for an exam. I lent him my foulder with the promise it would be deliverde in when exams were over. However, exams finished and I never recovered my foulder. Classes begun and I needed that foulder to take a look to my notes for a test, so I asked my partner to give me the foulder back. He told me he would take it to home, so I waited. However, he never went. When I saw him the following day at school I asked againg and witha laugh, he answered he did not have the foulder. Moreover, he told me the foulder did not exist any more because he had broken it into pieces the day he passed his exam. Then, he added with a sardonic gesture that I did not need the notes because I was a nerd. I still remember his face while he talked. The next thing I did was to hit him in the face with all my fury that later my hands ached. After that, I did not talk to him for the rest of the year. Although then we became friends againg, I never lent him anything else, not even a browser.