Music and learning There are some recent researches that had shown the connection between music and learning. It seems like music could improve the learning skills of the students. It is probably connected with our emotional intelligence. We tend to remember things that have caused some emotional shocks on ourselves much better than the ones with didn’t trigger any emotions. Thus, making emotional connections is a very good way to remember anything. For example, we can remember the lyrics of a song witch thrill us but we hardly could remember other text of the same length if it does not means nothing to us. The same way, listening to music while we are studying can help to create connections between emotions and things to remember and help us to learn more efficiently.

my motorcycle I have an old motorcycle. A suzuky from early 90's. It is not big or powerful, neither fast. However is beautiful and very enjoyable to ride. Thus I love riding it. It has power enougth to the city or county roads but not for roadways. However it isn't a problem at all, I don´t need to ride very fast or very far away to have a good time riding. Sometimes I think on having a modern and fast motorcycle, but I can not afford having two motorcycles, and I would not can detach of my old Suzy.

Taxy Driver Yerterday I started to see this film. The reason to choose this film is basically because I have not sawn it yet, an it is a classical film. Is a very well rated film everywhere you see. In addition, I use to like Scorsese's films an De Niro too. I choose the original version with spanish subtitles. I saw it since the begining but I stopped sixty minutes before, it was late and I was falling asleep. The introduction os the main character was brilliant but a bit more slower than on the nowadays films, and the action was taking it's time to appear. In any case, I am not discouraged, tonigth I will continue with the film from the point where I leave it yesterday. So please do not tell me the end of the story...

Accesibility of natural wonders We can say that almost in every country has at least one natural wonder that every tourist guides of the country qualify as “must see”. In most cases they have made efforts to become accessible to any tourist to visit the most beautiful nooks on their natural parks. Which are the reasons for that? Firstly, make the zone safer for the people with railings, marked trails, secured cliffs, etc. In addition, this way people with reduced mobility can enjoy this landscapes thanks to concrete paths, stairs or even funiculars. Secondly, some of these things could help to preserve or reduce the human impact on the environment, such as garbage bins, car parkings, marked trails instead of traffic caos, prohibited areas … can reduce the erosion or fire hazard. At last but not least, it can result on a good source of incomes to the administration if they decide to charge for the entry to the park. In my opinion, frequently this point is valued ignoring the real conservation of the environment witch, in long-term, also makes the place less likeable. Thus, the responsibles has to measure with caution the scope when they decide to “make accessible” a natural wonder.

Not another post about vacations Yesterday I came back home from my holydays. Two weeks have passed and I feel recovered enough to this "last week before my english exam". I know that the better way to prepare an english exam isn't to have a two weeks break on the last month before it. Even if the weeks before that break you didn´t have work as much as is needed. But those things happens when you can't choose the dates, neither of the exam nor the holydays. If I could change those facts I will worry about them, but I can't. In spite of that, I have confidence on myself and I hope to pass the exam with some luck and with much effort. Thus, my purposes to these days are, first of all, read only texts writen on english. Do many grammar exercises. Take some lessons. And also to write some post on italki and take care about the corrections that people do on my redactions. On this point I must clarify that the exam has no listening nor speaking, hence I won't work on them at least for this week. Thanks for all in advance.

Football I don’t like football at all. But I must admit that this sport has something wonderfull. Is something that can overcome any cultural or language barrier. If you are in a beach and there is a group playing football, you don’t need to speak their language to ask for join the match, you can do it with a couple of gestures, and rapidly you can find yourself playing this game with strangers that doesn’t speak your language without any problems. This is something you cannot reach as easily with other sports. In one hand because you can play football almost in any ground, any you would need a little more than a ball. In the other hand, in this context people used to be open to play without rigid rules.

The legend of Santxikorrota Bardenas Reales is the name of a natural region in southern Navarra. It’s almost unoccupied and semi-desert zone where scarce of vegetation and unusual terrain forms due to rain erosion makes a beautiful landscape. Some say it was a low forest on the middle age. This borderland was a dangerous zone, shelter of bandits. In the fifteenth century, the most feared bandit was “Santxikorrota” and his gang of thirty bandits at horse, he was considered the “king of Bardenas”. As the legend tells, they put the horseshoes upside down on their horses to avoid be tracked. In 1452, The King Juan 2nd organized a army of 200 horse riders to capture Santxikorrota. Before be catched, hi suicide himself with a dagger. Them his body was shown hanged on nearby towns.

working on evenings in summer I don't like working on evenings in summer. I would prefer to spend the day in the swiming pool as I did on sunday. I look forward to my holydays, in two weeks. I change my shift every week, and this one I'm working on evenings. That gives me some free time on the morning to make things, but I fell like time goes much faster on mornings. I must make some shopping, prepare my food and iron the working clothes... And I have just remember that I need a shave.

I have enrolled in a MOOC about Quality I am preparing for a english exam to obtain the B2 level. I always find hard and tough to study english. And in the last months I decided to leave the books and learn on my way. Italki has been a enjoyable way to learn, I have made some talking sessions with profesors and students that have helped me a lot. I had a first try on june, I pass the oral part but I didn't pass the writing (I made several mistakes on the redactions). And now I have 5 weeks to prepare the grammar and writing skills. I am working 6 days at week, so I have no mutch free time. I also work in a quality department, I have some knowledge on the field and I have made some courses in spanish about this field that I enjoy. Thus, I am enroll in a MOOC (masive open online course) about qualiti engineering. That way, I hope to refresh my knowledge on quality management and some statistics and also get some training for the exam.