The last film I have seen

Last week I went to cinema. In 2010 I only went twice, because my husband likes different kind of films than me. I always choose romantic comedies, he likes Western, Cartoons, Mude Movies however…

The film we saw was “Tres metros sobre el cielo”. Perhaps we can translate like “Three metres over the sky”. Is a screen version of one novel of the famous writer Federico Moccia.  It´s a very interesting story if you see it in a sociological way.

 It´s an impossible love story between a rich girl and a troubled boy. She always follows the rules, she belongs to upper social class while he belongs to the low one. He is a bad boy, always in trouble situations, illegal races, courts…but they fall in love and live a beautiful story. During a short time they enjoy together but it´s very difficult to continue, there are many pressures, social control from her family, and finally she broke and begun another love story with a rich boy.

I enjoyed this film. My husband was bored. It´s a matter of taste.

My Christmas Holidays

Every Christmas Eve, since 1988, my father invites us to enjoy one week in the snow, in Baqueira Beret. I learnt to ski when I was 13, but my dad was 40! He is wonderful and I admire him because he loves challenges, he continues learning things, like computing, become skipper…and now he is 68! He continues practicing ski, I left this sport three years ago because I felt down and I broke my Knee-meniscus and ligaments. After, I was four months in physiotherapy sessions every day.

It was so hard, so painful and I decided don´t ski again, at least during a lot of years.

My three brothers, one of my sister in law and my older nephews, Jorgito, 7 and Dani, 5 practice this amazing sport one week in Christmas each year. In the meantime I play with my little nieces, Maria and Alex, 3 years, I read, I walk with my husband, I go out for dinner with all the family, and we have a wonderful time all together.

Yesterday, the last night of 2010, we went to dinner to my parent´s hotel.  After we saw the New Year in the restaurant and ate one grape on each chime of the clock.

We will return to Madrid, Valencia, Murcia and Las Palmas tomorrow, our last day together.

In 2011 we will repeat, God willing.

My role in my peer group...and other topics

I have some different friend groups-from School in Valladolid, from wonderful summers in Cadiz with my grandparents, from my Hall of Residence in Madrid, from Journalism College, grom some previous job...so I chose one of them to talk about.
My peer group is formed by four friends, two men, two woman and their respective couples. Three of this couples are "formally" married. The last one live together.
We met in an Outdoor Advertising Company. We worked together during ten years. Their occupations and ages are: J, man, 33, Graphic Designer. M, 34, works in the Departament of Human Resources, C, woman, from Argentina, 33, Management Secreatary. And me, woman, 35 today, Journalist, but I worked like Graphic Designer too.
All of us are Media Class. Two members of my peer group are Catholic, M and me, the other not. Three of us bought a house and one or two cars, but J, live in a rented flat with his girlfriend who is ten years younger than he. For him this is a status symbols-her young, pretty and studient girlfriend because he hasn´t a house neither a car-he doesn´t drive.
My role in my group always is make and suggest relaxed and funny plans, dinner at home-I cook a lot of times for them on Saturdays, a Theather plays-occassionally- or Cinema. But J, 33 think I am a little BORED!. I don´t think so, and my other friends either. HE IS THE STRANGE, the "allien" in our group because he is like Peter Pan. He goes out every Thursday, Friday an Saturday, to discos, drinks, parties every weekend!!! Till 6 AM!!! Always!!! His girlfriend is studying at home and he goes out with his friends.
I can´t understand some of his behaviours but I love and respect him. When we worked together we argued every week, other work partners called us "the Pimpinella Designers", jeje
One of most important thing in my peer group is being genuine and honest.

I am E.T little sister. Do you want to be my Earth friend?

When I arrived here, I didn´t understand anything. Here, on Planet Earth, people is educated in big buildings which are called "Schools". There are one person, an adult, a big one person, who has the Knowledge-or, at least-everyone thinks that he or she Knows. On Planet Earth everyone call him-or her- "the teacher". This person shows and explains the subjects to a group. This group is formed by little persons which are called "pupils". They learn what the teacher explains. All of them are in different "classes"-those are like little or big rooms in a house. The house is School.
My friend, could you explain me why Education on the Earth is organizated on this way? Why are they all together? Why is there only one teacher for a fourty or fifty pupils group? Why?...
-The Earth friend answers-"Because is easier for the society this kind of organization. It´s cheaper, it´s easy to organizate all group and transmite the Knowledge, it´s more simple and better on this way".