Memorias de Idhún

Some weeks ago, my teacher posted some covers she likes . They were all classics, and it made me think I have to refine my tastes and to learn a lot, but meanwhile I will keep reading my not so very good but still amusing books.
My favourite book in the world started as a birthday present from my cousin. She told me she and her boyfriend had read it and they had really enjoyed it, and I didn't like to read but I thought I would give it a chance. The book was called "Memorias de Idhún" and at first I thought it would be just another book I would stop reading after the first 30 pages. However, one day I found myself staying awake at night because it was the only moment I could read, and I wanted to know what was going to happen with the characters. It was surprising to me. Me? Enjoying a book with more than 200 pages? I would never have imagined that. 
Regarding the novel, it is devided in 3 books and in the first one I  have to admit that I thought it was the typical teenager story for teenagers. A good guy, funny and handsome, a bad guy, full of secrets and mistery, and of course, the girl. A beautiful, smart, and kind girl. A girl who will drive them all crazy. All of them in world of gods, dragons, unicorns,wizards and all kind of strange creature you can imagine. Althought it is a book of fantasy and worlds that do not exist, it describes quite in detail true relationships. How people react to love,hate, friendship and family bonds.  While reading you find yourself wondering what would you do in such a situation, or at least I did. When I finished my reading the only thing I could think was that neither the good ones are as good as they look, nor the bad ones are as bad as we think, and every time I re-read it I try to understand better the way the characters think. I guess this book really touched my heart. 
You can learn new things everyday, and from my first time reading that book I learnt that sometimes we need perspective to tell who are the goods and bad ones.

Introduction: 
Heraclito said a long time ago " our envy always last longer than the happiness of those we envy", but it seems that centuries later we haven't learnt it yet. Envy is one of the most dangerous feelings and it just reflects our complexes, it leads to a miserable and solitary life and it can make people become their worst enemies.

Conclusion: 
To summarize, we need to try very hard to avoid envy because nothing good can be carried if our strongest feeling is based on not enjoying our own life and not trying to change what we don't like, but just complaining about others' succeed .

Changes

Effort and determination are the keys to succeed. I have seen a lot of times friends complaining about bad marks, blaming the teachers of making the subject difficult and even complaining about life in general, but their lifes are not the problem. The real problem is their attitude. Motivation is a very important part to achieve succeeds as well, and I would say effort determination and motivation walk hand in hand.

In 2011, I was studying a technological bachiller. I still don’t know why did I do that. I guess because I have never enjoyed sciences but neither had I enjoyed letters, so I chose the middle point. The year began and I really wanted to pass my exams, but I hated the subjects and I saw no point in studying something I didn't like at all, so I failed all the subjects related to math and chemistry. At the end of the year, I had to make probably the most important decision I have ever made in my life. I had to choose between passing to the second year of the technological bachiller even though I didn't like, or losing a year and repeat the year but in the letters bachiller. After arguing with my mother and father, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the decision, I did what I felt I had to do, and I decided to repeat the course.

Being honest, it was harder than I thought because it meant to repeat like 4 subjects I had already passed and it was a little boring some times, but I wanted great marks that year. I didn’t want to resign myself with fives and I think that was the year I changed my mind from a “ A mark of 5 is not so bad” to “ If others can have a 9 of 10, I can”, I also started to think that in every bad there is always something good, because that was the year I started to be interested in English. I guess we all change our mentality to better, to a more mature way of thinking perhaps, and probably we won't know that we have changed, but I can assure you that there is a moment in which something changes inside of you. I suppose realising that is just the first step. I already have realised, what will bring the future?

To conclude, I want to show you dear readers, 2 quotes I really like and I think they had a lot to do with the topic I have told you about. 

Outline

I.                   The use of technological devices can be harmful to teenagers because technology is more dangerous than they think and because of the track we can leave when using them.

II.                Technology is dangerous

a.       Anyone with a little bit of computer knowledge can break into our computer or phone

                                                              i.      Personal pictures and videos can be stolen

                                                            ii.       Important dates and appointments would be known by anyone

b.      Our technological devices can be used as a way of  controlling us

                                                              i.      There are apps we download without knowing  made to tell where are you every moment

                                                            ii.      There are apps we download without knowing  to control other devices in a very long distance

III.             We leave a track every time we use  technology

a.       When searching or uploading anything on the Internet it remains almost forever

                                                              i.      Pictures and videos from social networks can be easily found if you know what are you looking

b.      Companies track our research to offer to us their products

                                                              i.      If you search once a brand named product you will find that brand in all the next researches

IV.             Technology is has to be used carefully specifically teenagers because it is more dangerous than it is thought, and because it is very difficult to eliminate anything posted on the internet  

Dogs

Walking in the street and not finding any excrements of dog has become a very rare thing. We found them in the road, parks, and almost everywhere, and it is a problem because of the image it gives to our city and also because it is very disgusting when you are not paying attention and you step on one of them. The only thing you can do in that moment is to think that it will bring you luck, but I am not sure if it works. We could try to solve that problem making the inhabitants with pets of town conscious of  the responsibilities that animals bring with them, starting with a campaign in which the government would give plastic bags to those who had a dog as pet in order to teach them that animals need to do their bodily functions but they are the ones who have to take care about them. However, it would be a really slow solution because it would mean changing a lot people's perspective and if they don't do it now I don't think they would do it later. On the other hand, we could try something more radical like fines. If there were police in places like parks in which people with dogs usually go to walk their pets, and they would fine anyone who let their pets' excrements on the floor the problem would be erradicated much more faster than we think. Nobody likes to pay fines and even less if it is simple to avoid it. To sum up, I really believe that a radical option would be much more effective than any other kinder solution.

Gun ownership

Gun ownership might make some people feel more protected against criminals but what comes with it is taking justice by themselves, violence to fight violence and in long terms a general feeling of insecurity.

The most annoying but addictive game I have ever played.

Today, I want to talk about one of the most annoying games I have ever played. It's name is Flappy Birds, and it is a very simple game. It is about a bird that has to pass trough 2 tubes,  You just have to tap the screen of your mobile phone in order no to touch those tubes. If you stop tapping, the bird falls down and you lose. If the bird touches a tube you lose. Every time you pass through a tube you win a point. It looks quite simple, doesn't it? However I can say that it is one of the most frustrating, difficult ,annoying, and addictive games that have existed ever.
I guess it is so addictive because of its simplicity but it is what makes you want to hit that bird, and throw your phone away. How a game that looks so simple is so difficult?  How is it possible that sometimes I don't even get 1 point? It makes me feel so useless that I want to try again and again. I feel something between love and hate for this game. I hate it because it is impossible to be good at it, but I love it because it is like a challenge. I'm quite competitive in games  and for competitive ones the game is like a nightmare, but being serious, I don't think I will ever delete it from my phone. I suppose that is what a hate-love feeling is .
The game become very famous probably because a lot of people hated it. When people hate things, they usually write it on the internet, and I think we all are very curious, and we want to know why people don't like it. Everyone started to download it, and started to complain about how bad they were playing. It become in a viral game but then, they took the game from the internet, and I think it become much more famous and people even paid a lot of money for phones which had already the game downloaded. Thanks God I  had  it already in my phone.