devious maids

Last Thursday in English class we saw the first episode of a new series (at least new for me) called devious maids. It is directed by Eva Longoria, the actress famous (in part) for acting in Desperate housewifes. 

It is about (as you can imagine) the life of several maids serving in extraordinary mansions to wealthy people. In this first episode we meet Marisol, Carmen, Zoila and Rosie having their first (well, for some of them it is not their very first) encounters with their "kind" employers. 

I found it really funny and amusing, the actors aren't difficult to understand (in O.V, for a spanish speaker such as me) due to their latin origin but also the american ones have clear accent and diction. It is intersting to see how rich can some people be, but also (and the most important) to see how they treat their employees, in many cases immigrant people with a ridiculous salary and with family difficulties that do not give a brick to them (the employers).

new hobby

I had always been interested in photography, but it wasn't until christmas that I received my first camera. It is a Nikon Coolpix, it works really well and I'm very happy with it. I started taking photos just the day after I got it (I had to charge it before) and by now I already have some photos that in my opinion are quite good. Although I still have to learn a lot about how to focus and light, I'll show you a photo I consider beautiful and, why not, well done;)

It may look like I put the cone deliberately, but I actually found it like this (of course someone had left it that way). I like the photo because you can see the cone but also the blue colors of the sea and the bright day it was. However you won't believe, I took it in January! I was having a walk with my parents and I picked the camera hoping to take some nice photos... and I think I did!

the following

"The following" is a punchy exciting television drama series that narrates the story of an FBI's adviser who helps hunting a very dangerous man who escaped from prison and founded a wealthy and agressive sect that is brain-washed and does whatever he wants. His objective is to kidnap his son, reescape from a high security prison and kill his ex-wife. To do it, his "servants" obey his orders and run his complicated plans avoiding the FBI and killing several people by their way.

This amazing serie that came on spanish TV about four weeks ago, is so exciting that keeps you awake everey second until credits appear. It's on TV on Wednesdays and in my opinion it's different of all investigation series, reaching one of the best places in my presonal "TV ranking".

If you have the chance to watch it, believe me, don't miss it!

PS: look for some info about Edgar Allan Poe before watching it, you'll enjoy it more!

my photo

This is a photo of Pau and me sailing taken in Vilagacia d'Arousa during the Spanish championship. In the center you can see Pau hanging from the trapeze and just behind him there's me steering. On te left top there's our boat and the sails. On the background there is a boat racing against us and you can see two more 420 on the right side. Also on the right side, but forward, there's the arrival boat. The sea looks a little messy and the wind strong but not too much. 

I like this photo because it's very dynamic and of course because there's me sailing and I don't really have a lot of photos sailing. Also because it's cool and I think that I look very concentrated (I didn't realize that there was somebody taking a photo of me). My favorite part of the photo is that you can see how is a sailing day with wind, and all the sails together are very beautiful.

However it is also useful to see what do I have to improve, for example you can see that the small sail on the left is a little bit curved by the spinnaker pole. I can also see that both Pau as I have to hang more straightly so we could manage the boat better.

Anyway, I like the photo and I have to say that it is my profile picture on Facebook.

feel like summer!

Just two days ago I lakes about the awful weather that was making me become so sad... but now the storm has leaved and Spring is arriving at last. I'm getting so happy! The day is light almost until seven and the temperature is getting higher. And this reminds me that Summer comes after Spring! And this Summer I'm going to Ireland for two weeks :) 

Last year I went there for seven days, and they were the best in Summer. So I've decided to return there and this time, for two weeks! I'll go with Nil, as last year, but probably with another friend Marcel. And I have to say that we've arranged the dates to meet there our italian friends and Zosia, the polish one. We're so excited to see them again, and also very happy to continue learning surf, spoken English and of course having a loooot of fun.

I hope this year we will meet a lot of new people and trip to wonderful places such as cliffs and amazing landscapes. I know that it is impossible to repeat last year's experience, so I'm wondering to make it even better, meeting new friends, learning new things and going to different places. 

At last I just want to tell you that if you have the chance to travel abroad, don't think it twice! It is incredible. And it is as easy as looking for interesting trips around Europe in the network!!

keep sailing...

This is the third post about sailing, and it won't be the last one. My intention is to keep you in contact with my sailing experience. Today I'm going to talk about the racing calendar. 

At first it could seem very hard, because I have only a free weekend a month. But once you're in, you don't need a pause, you want more and more. 

Nowadays I have about two training weekends per month and a race. However, we have several races which last for two weekends like the catalonian championship, which was this two last weekends, or the spanish championship which lasts four consecutive days. This weekend I went to the second part of the catalonian championship, and I did it quite well (in my opinion). It was a hard race. Specially last Saturday, which was windy and super cold. The wind was completely frozen and the sea even more. 

But... now that the exams have already passed I have time to think of the future, and in two weeks I'm going to Villa García d'Arousa to compete in the nation championship. It lasts for four days, but we're going there a few earlier to train and pass the material controls. So we're going at least eight days, two for journeys and six for sailing. I'm very excited because it is the first long race I'm going to without parents, with plane and... a lot of friends! It sound great. :)

Well, I'll explain that race once being there and I will tell you all the details! ;)

Be careful with your tongue!

This week seems to be the hardest in winter. The weather's awful, we have plenty of exams and works and there's nothing to do outside. Luckily I can go sailing in the weekend and relax (or suffer), but as I know that there's so many people who don't have this kind of motivations, I challenge you to do something.

At first it could look ridiculous, but it is really funny: try to read this poem clearly as fast as you can. When I did it I couldn't stop laughing for minutes... It is very difficult!! (at least for me) ;) Well, I'm probably boring you and I don't want to, so start reading the poem!!

Whether the weather be fine,

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold,

Or whether the weather be hot,

We'll weather the weather

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not!

I've also found the hardest tongue twister I've ever seen... It is even hard to remember!!

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where are the pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?” 

Technological addiction

I ask you to think about one thing for a while: how many electronic devices have you got in your home?

Mostly of you have more than five. It is normal, but... necessary? 

Nowadays all of us have almost a TV, a computer, a mobile phone, a radio... We live between thousands of electronic devices. It is in our lifestyle to use them daily, but do we really need them? Of course we need them, but we could try to use all this devices less, and nothing would happen. Because we don't live to use them, they exist to help us living! 

A few years ago, we couldn't speak instantly with our friends, we had to send an SMS and wait for the answer. If someone used that service more than needed, he would pay a fortune. But now we're able to speak with anyone, anywhere and anytime. And this is affecting our social relations. A lot of people, mostly teenagers, doesn't look at your face when you're speaking with them because they're answering a message of another friend. But when they're with that friend they could be speaking with you, and wouldn't look at their partner's eyes. 

I think we should use less our devices and attend more to our social life, and use the instant message service when we're not able to speak with anyone. This way we'll keep our friends closer and our "electronic affairs" further.

Sail, train, enjoy.

I've already done a post about sailing, but I would like to show you some more things. Every weekend I go training to Blanes or somewhere to compete in a race. This weekend I trained at nine o'clock with my team, because the winter wind in Blanes is quite strange, and if you want to sail, you have to wake up very early. As I know that sailing is an uncommon sport, I'll show you a short resume of how is a training day. You'll see that this Sunday (when I shot the videos) we had soft wind and flat water. These are great conditions to practice tags and jibes, and also velocity against other boats. I also have to tell you that it's been a short time that I'm sailing with this class of boat, so I still have to train a lot... Anyway, it is a good video to figure out how is training a sport such different as from we're used to see in television. I hope you enjoy it! ;)

Les Misérables

Before reading this post you should know that I love cinema. I go to the cinema almost every week, normally on Fridays with my friends or on Sundays with my parents. I've seen a lot of movies and each one is new story to live and imagine... The last movie I've seen is quite special, it is a sung movie, Les Misérables. 

It is about a man called Jan Valjean, who escape from the law and start a new life far from Paris. He soon become an important man and the mayor of a town. Then he meets Fantine, a young and poor woman who asks him to save her daughter just a few hours before dying. He obviously takes the little girl and races her as his daughter. Some years later he returns to Paris and there, Cosette (the girl) meets Marius, a young man who's fighting for people's freedom in the capital. They fall in love and after a lot of exciting scenes, they can live together... But I won't tell you the end of the story because then you wouldn't enjoy the movie in case you watch it!

I definitely thing it is an Alan Hooper's masterpiece. This film is awesome! After more than two hours singing, when you see The end, you're still wanting more and more of that moving story. I have to admit that I was about to cry when we left the cinema... The music is great and the way the characters express themselves singing, is even more powerful than just speaking. By the way, it is spoken in English! 

Well, to finish I only have to say that if you like cinema, you can't afford to miss this film.

song -do you hear the people sing?-