A 2015,S INTENTION I always begin the year with good intentions. Hope not to sound too freak. The problem is to make them real. I have decided long time ago not to review if I did them at the end of the year, because I don,t want to feel too blame. One of my proposals of 2015 is to learn more English. Trying to be real fluent in English is something that I really would like to achieve. What have I decided to do it? Reading more in English, studying more English, listening more English, writing more in English.... Luckily for me it is not an effort speaking more English because I have two wonderful conversation exchange partners that is a pleasure to speak to them once per week. The worst and most difficult part for me is writing. If I have to make a composition I imagine myself excuses such as…after studying all the grammar, after learning more vocabulary, today is too late and so on. I have a good repertory because I really don,t want to do it. But this year I am going to be serious and I will try to make the effort to write. I have a friend that is really good in writing. His compositions are interesting, funny, you read easily and I think that he has the talent that good writers have. My first difficulty is to find a good topic to speak about it. What on earth could I find that were interesting. The first change I have made is reading English books in order to learn how to write better English. I went on holidays some days and I bought an English book. I will read this book at any case, I have said to myself. After reading 100 pages (the whole book has 428) I thought that was one of the most boring books I have ever red. Go on- I told me, you can with this. The result is that I have already red 277 pages. That,s why I feel today brave enough to write a composition in English. So boring time while reading a horrible book should have a good consequence… I spoke today to a person about tricks to sleep well. Have you ever had insomnia?It is a very nasty experience…I have some proposals to gain the battle against no-end insomnia time. 1.-Relax and don,t think in problems...ok..yes, but how? If you like sport, try to practice one, go for a walk, be tired for the day, run...any physical activity is ok. I am not very fond of meditation, but there are many people that say it works. You can read a book at bed. 2.- Avoid computers, TV, mobile... 3.- Milk, honey and biscuits before going to bed. 4.- Follow regular times to wake up and to sleep...

A REAL CHRISTMAS STORY I read a newspaper on line everyday. For the first moment, I skim their articles because I always look for good or interesting news to send to my foreign friends. I want them to practise their Spanish in a positive way. It is usually very hard to find good news. I came across an incredible one some days ago. Although it seems to be a Christmas story, it is a real one. No matter how bad conditions people have. We can find goodness everywhere. His protagonist is Peter Angelina, a Nigerian Doctor that survives in Sevilla (Spain) selling tissues at a crossing near a light traffic in the city. Neither he has job nor house. While he was selling tissues, he saw a suitcase that fell down from a car. He ran towards it, to tell the driver, but he didn,t realise it. That, s why he looked for a police car to hand over the suitcase. The suitcase had 16.500 euros. He explained that anyone would have done the same. He is always trying to be a good person. He was an English teacher in London, but he lost his job. Many of you will ask for his reward. The suitcase,s owner gave him 100 euros, but Peter wants to give him back because he was only doing what a good citizen would do. This 35 years old doctor is now worried about what his classmates from University will think about his actual way of life. He explained that he lives from generosity of others. Heros are everywhere, thanks God and thanks them :).

Learning a new language Many people speak languages. On the one hand, learning a new language is a good effort, on the other hand, it has a good reward. I saw an tedx talk of a multilingual man that gave different tricks to learn languages as soon as possible. Furthermore, he explained that he was able to be fluent in Chinese in six months. Is it a exaggeration? I utterly fail to understand it, but from my point of view, it depends on the skills and abilities of each one. However, I found a very useful trick in his speech: No matter how difficult a language is, a stickler will make the goal easier. An stickler is a person that wants you to learn a language, a person to whom you want to get in touch and to understand, perhaps he/she is a teacher, a friend… The most important thing of languages is communicating with people, learning about different ways of lives and cultures. The more you get in touch with people, the more passionate a language is. That is why millions of persons around the world struggle with grammar and try to improve their vocabulary. Not only to find a better job, but just for fun. Do you have to learn a language? Just learn with passion, make friends and enjoy it. Confining ourselves to our purpose, we shall observe the difference.