¿WINTER? I'm only 20 years old but I could already notice the huge changes that have being going on with the weather patterns. When I was a little kid, here in the northwest of Spain, winters used to be very rainy and sometimes we had storms, you could sit in the couch listening to the rain and the thunderclaps, I loved it. Today it's 23 of January, and it's incredibly sunny, and all this winter have been incredibly hot. Everyone realize it, and the people from my village, quite a rural one with just 20 persons living in it, mostly from agriculture and breeding animals, is getting very nervous about this. They dont know how it's going to affect the harvest, and therefore their animals too. Summer plants blooming, yes, that's always beautiful but, as one Spanish saying goes "Mal tiempo, es el que hace a destiempo", which means "Bad weather, is the one you have at the wrong time". Hope you're having a nice life :) Bye!!

ART-ICULATING A LIFETIME As a kid I used to paint a lot, I was always drowing or painting something, It was my main goal in a day draw better. After Secondary School I started to draw less and less, because of the thinking that if I continued to do so I'd have no job after graduating from a major or whatever. It's something that I'm really sad about, but there's always time to pick a hobby up again. Now a days, when I look at some paintings from Caravaggio, Vermeer, Edward Hopper.. I really wish I could do something not even close to those kind of wonders, but better thatn what I can do now, in order to express myself, to pour out inner feelings on a sheet of papper. I think it's therapeutic, it helps you explorate yourself and understanding others. I hope that none of you have drop something they liked so much just looking for eficiency and a job. Wish you luck in all your life :), bye!!

WATCHING JAPAN FROM FAR AWAY A few months ago, maybe a year, I found this guys that uploaded videos to youtube where they showed cities and villages from Japan. The woman went there for teaching English and they eneded up working and living there for quite a few years now I think. They allow me to practice my listening and also make me travel a little from my couch, which is lovely considering that I cant travel now because of shortage of money :), student life. At least once in my life I'd love to go to Japan, specially during fall, and watch all the forests with their leaves changing colors. Plus, I think Japanese culture is an amazing one, all Asian cultures are very appealing for me, maybe because they're so different. I dont know if some of you have the same interests, if you have, I can tell that you're cooler that the ones that dont have them jaja (I'm joking :)). Well, I'll finish it here, in case you want to check this guys, their youtube channel is called "Kyde and Eric". Byee!!

ENJOYING READING! :) I few months ago, I met a girl from China, we got along very well from the beginning, she was very kind and keen to help me. After talk through Whatsapp and Skype for weeks and moths, I asked her about a book she thought was suitable for my English level. She quickly sent me all the Harry Potter books and said that they could do, and they did. I say thank you to you again if you read this entrance "Chinese girl" :). Now, I'm in the middle of the second book of the series, I'm so happy for having started reading them, I've learnt lots of new words and I'm really enjoying the story, even though at first I thought it would be a little childish for my age, kind of boring, but it's really not. I just hope to get a little more practice on speaking the this new year because I really love this language, and maybe this will be the year in which I'll get the leven I wish for. Thanks for having the patience to read it if you have ;) haha.

Show off/Feel in doing it Can you explain me the meaning of those expressions?. Does "Feel in doing it" has the same meaning than "feel like doing it"?. If you can put them in a sentence I would love it. Just one or two examples. Thanks in advance

¡Stand out, just out! I would really appreciate if someone used those two expressions in a phrase and explained to me the difference if there is any. Thanks in advance!!

Don't have/Haven't got I just wanted to know if it's possible to say "I don't have my keys" and "I haven't got my keys", if they're both correct, and if not, what's the difference. Besides, how do you know when to use one and when the other?. Thanks in advance!

¿Differences between "pain/sorrow" and "tear off/ripe off"? I was wondering if it's possible to use "pain" refering to an emotional suffering. Besides, I wanned to know too if there is any difference between "tear off" and "ripe off", I heard the two of them in a movie, in the same speach. May be there is some nuance that makes them different. Thanks in advance!

HELLO ITALKI Hello italki comunity, this is the first time we meet and I'm so excited to see if you can help me to improve my english. This is a lenguage I love, even though I would love to learn french too. I think that knowing new lenguages really opens your mind a little more, because of the fact that you can reach a greater number of media, films, etc. That way you discover different perspectives for one single matter. Besides, you can get to know much more people, wich I'm sure wil be the best part. Thanks in advance.