27 de Julio
Now it´s time for me to return to the United States. However, I don´t want to go back at the moment. After the second week of July, I was began to have fun. When I met these graduate students, I said, ¨these are the coolest people that I ever met.¨ Also, I felt that I didn´t accomplish much with speaking spanish. I didn´t really began speaking more spanish until the end of the second week. I couldn´t converse much with the host-mother much because of my lack of proficiency in spanish. Also, when I was in class, I had understood about 10 percent of what the professor was lecturing, in my spanish culture class.
My suggestion is when I want to participate in another study abroad program, I will take more than 2 foreign language classes. Therefore, I will be more confident to speak the language in that country. I wasn´t consistent with spanish, so that is why I felt like I didn´t accomplish the way I would like. I´m not trying to be hard on myself, but I could have put more effort. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to participate in this program. It gave me some insights on what to expect in a study abroad program in the future. I would like to participate in another abroad program, but before I do, I will take more than 2 language classes.
Mi permanece en conjunto en Salamanca fue bien. En Madrid, fui a el museo de Prado. En Salamanca, tuve cuatro classes. Mi classes en Salamanca fueron mas o menos. Yo necessito aprender mas español, especialement escuchar. Entonces, fui comer a quatro restaurantes: Shawania, un restaurante de China, y dos restaurante esa tiene muchas pastas. Fui visitar tres cathedrales en Salamanca, fui compre las zapatoes, los regalos, y el botelle de vino para mi madre en Estados Unidos. Me gusta los edificios porque le arte en el cathedral.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
expresión 15
24 de Julio
Today was a good day for me. What made Tuesday good beause, I took three of my final exams. I think I had performed well. I have one more exam and I will be finished. After my classes, I went to the house and took a nap. I did not get that much sleep on Monday night, because I was too busy cramming information that I had received from the lectures on Monday that would be added to the final exam. Still, nothing excited that I have did nor didn´t see. The things that I saw were people walking down the street, eating food from restaurants, rushing to class, and having fun. I was sleepy and I wanted to find a bed to lay my head down quickly.
I woke up around 4:45 in the afternnoon and left from the house. I took a walk down Paseo Street and snapped a few shots from my camera. Next, I went inside a nice luxurious hotel. I tried to snap a shot, but the clerk looked at me so hard, so I politely exit from the building. I took a picture of it from the outside, but I wasn´t lucky enough to get one from the inside. I saw a group of elders going inside the hotel. The elders looked like they were from America and wealthy. That hotel had many luxurious furniture, so the cost to sleep for a night is very expensive.
El coste de vida en Salamanca no es barato. Cuando yo ando por la calle, veo los signos que muestran información de querer comprar una casa, el apartamento, o alquilar un cuarto. Para alquilar un cuarto, la gama de precios de 500 a 1,200 euros por mes. En Chicago, para alquilar un cuarto, la gama de precios de 300 a 900 dólares. Ahora, me gusta los precios conseguir gas poner en el coche. Gas en Salamanca es mas barato de Estados Unidos. Pero, quieres motocicleta, es más alto que motocicleta en Estados Unidos. Yo compro un poco cosas de Salamanca. Yo compro zapatos para 29 euros y una revista para 2 euros. Yo hice un poco compras.
Today was a good day for me. What made Tuesday good beause, I took three of my final exams. I think I had performed well. I have one more exam and I will be finished. After my classes, I went to the house and took a nap. I did not get that much sleep on Monday night, because I was too busy cramming information that I had received from the lectures on Monday that would be added to the final exam. Still, nothing excited that I have did nor didn´t see. The things that I saw were people walking down the street, eating food from restaurants, rushing to class, and having fun. I was sleepy and I wanted to find a bed to lay my head down quickly.
I woke up around 4:45 in the afternnoon and left from the house. I took a walk down Paseo Street and snapped a few shots from my camera. Next, I went inside a nice luxurious hotel. I tried to snap a shot, but the clerk looked at me so hard, so I politely exit from the building. I took a picture of it from the outside, but I wasn´t lucky enough to get one from the inside. I saw a group of elders going inside the hotel. The elders looked like they were from America and wealthy. That hotel had many luxurious furniture, so the cost to sleep for a night is very expensive.
El coste de vida en Salamanca no es barato. Cuando yo ando por la calle, veo los signos que muestran información de querer comprar una casa, el apartamento, o alquilar un cuarto. Para alquilar un cuarto, la gama de precios de 500 a 1,200 euros por mes. En Chicago, para alquilar un cuarto, la gama de precios de 300 a 900 dólares. Ahora, me gusta los precios conseguir gas poner en el coche. Gas en Salamanca es mas barato de Estados Unidos. Pero, quieres motocicleta, es más alto que motocicleta en Estados Unidos. Yo compro un poco cosas de Salamanca. Yo compro zapatos para 29 euros y una revista para 2 euros. Yo hice un poco compras.
expresión 14
23 de Julio
Today was a long day. I thought that the day would never come to an end. In my class, the students and I were preparing for our final exam for Tuesday and Wednesday. I spent most of my time studying for my exams. I wanted to go to take more photos, but I did not have the time. After class, I went to eat lunch at a Chinese restaurant. I have decide to spend my final week eating at different restaurants. After that, I went to the dormotories where the graduate students were residing during the remaining of thier stay. These group of grad students were so nice to me. They are very intelligent and they know a lot about spanish history.
They were so concern about my performance in class, so they took the time to help prepare for my exam. Also, they gave me some info for my 8 page research on ¨The Spanish Golden Age.¨ My suggestion for students is to socialize with students that are more informed than you, because you can learn a lot from them. I personally don´t mind being around students that´s more informed than me; it does not mean that I´m dumb, but that´s one my ways to grow and not to become arrogant. I will miss these group of students. These students are from Gabon, in West Africa.
Hay muchos gentes de differente pais. Yo tuve una oportunidad hablar una persona de Corea, Gabón, Senegal, Alemán, Brasil, Portugal, China, y Sáhara. Cada uno de ellos hablar acerca de las similitudes y la diferencia entre su cultura y la cultura de Espana. De mi cultura classe yo puedo ver la diferencia entre Espana y Estados Unidos. Por ejemplo, en Estados Unidos hay muchas personas gordas, pero en Espana no veo muchas personas gordas. Porque en Espana los gentes caminar muchos. Ellos comeron un desayuno ligero, un almorzar, y una cenar. Ellos comeron una comida cada 7 o 8 horas. En Estados Unidos algun gente comer mucho y no hacer nada pero la ganancia pesa.
Today was a long day. I thought that the day would never come to an end. In my class, the students and I were preparing for our final exam for Tuesday and Wednesday. I spent most of my time studying for my exams. I wanted to go to take more photos, but I did not have the time. After class, I went to eat lunch at a Chinese restaurant. I have decide to spend my final week eating at different restaurants. After that, I went to the dormotories where the graduate students were residing during the remaining of thier stay. These group of grad students were so nice to me. They are very intelligent and they know a lot about spanish history.
They were so concern about my performance in class, so they took the time to help prepare for my exam. Also, they gave me some info for my 8 page research on ¨The Spanish Golden Age.¨ My suggestion for students is to socialize with students that are more informed than you, because you can learn a lot from them. I personally don´t mind being around students that´s more informed than me; it does not mean that I´m dumb, but that´s one my ways to grow and not to become arrogant. I will miss these group of students. These students are from Gabon, in West Africa.
Hay muchos gentes de differente pais. Yo tuve una oportunidad hablar una persona de Corea, Gabón, Senegal, Alemán, Brasil, Portugal, China, y Sáhara. Cada uno de ellos hablar acerca de las similitudes y la diferencia entre su cultura y la cultura de Espana. De mi cultura classe yo puedo ver la diferencia entre Espana y Estados Unidos. Por ejemplo, en Estados Unidos hay muchas personas gordas, pero en Espana no veo muchas personas gordas. Porque en Espana los gentes caminar muchos. Ellos comeron un desayuno ligero, un almorzar, y una cenar. Ellos comeron una comida cada 7 o 8 horas. En Estados Unidos algun gente comer mucho y no hacer nada pero la ganancia pesa.
expresión 13
21 de Julio I was lucky to go see two wedding ceremonies. I was walking pass a church carrying three shopping bags. I had my camera bag wrapped around my waist. I was walking far from the Plaza Mayor, taking pictures of the old and new cathedral. Suddenly, I saw a group of people going inside the church. At first, I thought the group of people were taking a tour, until I got closer and show them dressed up. A lady in front of the cathderal said unto me to come inside. I replied, ¨Okay. Thanks.¨ I said to myself, ¨a wedding. alright.¨ I went inside and saw the newlywed couple. I was sitting near the door because, when I wanted to leave earlier (which had happened), I can leave quietly. I must say, both of the wedding ceremonies were sooo long. All I wanted to see was bride and groom kiss and walk down the aisle together. The priest was talking too much. I couldn´t understand what he was saying, so that made even worse. However, I did like the dressing style of the bride and the bridesmaid. I try to snap a good shot, but it wasn´t much light. I didn´t want to leave, but time was going by too fast and I had to me with some grad students at a cafe. |
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
expresión 12
18 de Julio
Durante mi tiempo en Salamanca, yo vi muchos las tiendas. Alli es un tipìco tienda eso me gusta hacer de compras. El arbor es similiar al Walmart en Estados Unidos. Los productos son muy barato. Ellos venden los cosméticos, los bocados, las bebidas, artículos de cuarto de baño, limpiando los productos, etc. . He hecho de compras a El arbor mas que cualquiera otra tiendas. Hay El arbor en la calle de Torro. Tambien, cuando tu quieres a comer un bocadillo bueno, va a comer a el restaurante llama ¨Shaw¨. Shaw es un restaurante pequeno ese tiene un television, donde usted puedon comer and ver películas, y las noticias.
I went to eat at Shaw with a graduate student that evening. We were on our way to the El savor for a poetry reading. That was my first time going to a poetry set in Salamanca. It was an audiovisual poetry presentation by Jaime Sabines. Jamine Sabines is from Mexico. Most of the poetry I didn´t understood, because the lack of proficiency in spanish, but I had interpretted that the poems were reveal some cultural and historical matters. The graduate student that I was out with loves poetry. Me on the other hand like poetry, but never wrote a poem. There was not many people at the set, but I expected a small crowd.
After the poetry set, I walked back to the apartment to prepare for the next day. The neighbors were so noisy. I was having a hard time studying because of the neighbors. In my opinion, they sounded like they were drinking, because they sounded so lousy within their conversation. I still did not receive better results after closing the window. So, I grabbed my headsets, put them on my ears, turned it on, and laid down. I had woke up three in the morning to turn my headsets off.
Durante mi tiempo en Salamanca, yo vi muchos las tiendas. Alli es un tipìco tienda eso me gusta hacer de compras. El arbor es similiar al Walmart en Estados Unidos. Los productos son muy barato. Ellos venden los cosméticos, los bocados, las bebidas, artículos de cuarto de baño, limpiando los productos, etc. . He hecho de compras a El arbor mas que cualquiera otra tiendas. Hay El arbor en la calle de Torro. Tambien, cuando tu quieres a comer un bocadillo bueno, va a comer a el restaurante llama ¨Shaw¨. Shaw es un restaurante pequeno ese tiene un television, donde usted puedon comer and ver películas, y las noticias.
I went to eat at Shaw with a graduate student that evening. We were on our way to the El savor for a poetry reading. That was my first time going to a poetry set in Salamanca. It was an audiovisual poetry presentation by Jaime Sabines. Jamine Sabines is from Mexico. Most of the poetry I didn´t understood, because the lack of proficiency in spanish, but I had interpretted that the poems were reveal some cultural and historical matters. The graduate student that I was out with loves poetry. Me on the other hand like poetry, but never wrote a poem. There was not many people at the set, but I expected a small crowd.
After the poetry set, I walked back to the apartment to prepare for the next day. The neighbors were so noisy. I was having a hard time studying because of the neighbors. In my opinion, they sounded like they were drinking, because they sounded so lousy within their conversation. I still did not receive better results after closing the window. So, I grabbed my headsets, put them on my ears, turned it on, and laid down. I had woke up three in the morning to turn my headsets off.
expresión 10
16 de Julio
Los calles en Salamanca son muy diferente que Estados Unidos. En Salamanca, las tintorerías de ciudad son salieron todas las noche limpiando los calles. En Estados Unidos, las tintorerias de ciudad son salieron limpiando los calles una vez a la semana. Yo no veo mucha basura en el suelo de la ciudad. Las aceras en Salamanca son hecho de ladrillos viejos, eso fue utilizado en la antigüedad para construir. Algun de los calles son estrechado y algun son ancho. Hay muchos gente exterior después medianoche. Algunos de ellos van a fiestas, algunos están en el Plaza Mayor, y algunos son cambiando.
It was after midnight when I walked down the Pasceo Estacion street. I couldn´t go to sleep, so I decided to take a walk. I walked to the Plaza Mayor to buy me a strawberry smoothy. Next, I walked around the plaza for little while, and walked back to the apartment. On way back, I saw three teenage boys trying to ride on one bicycle. They didn´t ride far enough, because, as soon as the boy put his other foot on the right paddle, the bike fell. That was a funny moment for me. I was about to take a picture of the boys falling to the ground, but the batteries inside the camera ran out of energy.
I walked home to the apartment laughing. I said to myself, ¨that was the stupidiest thing that somebody can ever do¨. The young boys had to come from United States, because I cannnot imagine spainards young boys doing something stupid like that. Speaking of teenagers, in Salamanca, the teenagers be in the bed hours before midnight. The children have a curfew. The only time that the children can stay out late is when they are with their parents. I recieved this information from my host-mother. She raised two children, so she knows more about the lifestyle of adolescents in Salamanca than I do. The host-mother and I are now conversating with one another in spanish. She came to realize that I was trying my best through my studys. She finally came around and stopped showing favoritism. I am much comfortable now than a week and a half ago.
Los calles en Salamanca son muy diferente que Estados Unidos. En Salamanca, las tintorerías de ciudad son salieron todas las noche limpiando los calles. En Estados Unidos, las tintorerias de ciudad son salieron limpiando los calles una vez a la semana. Yo no veo mucha basura en el suelo de la ciudad. Las aceras en Salamanca son hecho de ladrillos viejos, eso fue utilizado en la antigüedad para construir. Algun de los calles son estrechado y algun son ancho. Hay muchos gente exterior después medianoche. Algunos de ellos van a fiestas, algunos están en el Plaza Mayor, y algunos son cambiando.
It was after midnight when I walked down the Pasceo Estacion street. I couldn´t go to sleep, so I decided to take a walk. I walked to the Plaza Mayor to buy me a strawberry smoothy. Next, I walked around the plaza for little while, and walked back to the apartment. On way back, I saw three teenage boys trying to ride on one bicycle. They didn´t ride far enough, because, as soon as the boy put his other foot on the right paddle, the bike fell. That was a funny moment for me. I was about to take a picture of the boys falling to the ground, but the batteries inside the camera ran out of energy.
I walked home to the apartment laughing. I said to myself, ¨that was the stupidiest thing that somebody can ever do¨. The young boys had to come from United States, because I cannnot imagine spainards young boys doing something stupid like that. Speaking of teenagers, in Salamanca, the teenagers be in the bed hours before midnight. The children have a curfew. The only time that the children can stay out late is when they are with their parents. I recieved this information from my host-mother. She raised two children, so she knows more about the lifestyle of adolescents in Salamanca than I do. The host-mother and I are now conversating with one another in spanish. She came to realize that I was trying my best through my studys. She finally came around and stopped showing favoritism. I am much comfortable now than a week and a half ago.
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