Thaks giving

Today is thanks giving, It's an american celebration, and today is my first thanks giving day but yesterday at night We had a kind of before party. It was great, we ate turkey, punch, sangaree, some deserts, and everything was deliciuos, We blessed the food, the day, the companies, and the life. :) It was awesome :3

3rd Conversation with a speaker

This week I talk with some guys in my homestay. Well is interesting when I meet new people and is most interesting here, because there are many nationalities and different costumes.

Well, we talked about their religion, their idioms. They’re a couple and they’re from India, Ambrita is a nice girl and she speaks just two languages: English and indu, her boyfriend who name is Gurpreet speaks tree languages: English, Bajabi and Indu.

They are nice people, and Gurpreet works in Microsoft and Ambrita likes to dance. They ‘ve lived here since 2 years and we talked about India and Mexico, and it was very funny but our countries are very equal with all of this traffic jam, pollution, many people, different idioms, crazy people, bad words, even the name of the food is very similar.

I enjoyed when I understand and talk about with different people, their religions is sick but he doesn’t have his long hair because he decided it.

They believe just in a God, and they call like this. I talked them that in American are very common to see many kinds of churches and different religions. We talked about how they had learned English and with sad I recognized that the education in Mexico is very bad. They were really nice, and it’s a little different their pronunciation but I understand them… I wonder if they understood me as well as I understood them. :P

I don’t want to come back at Mexico L

Fremont/Ballard Locks

I think that it’s my best adventure at the moment, all of this is amazing. The last Wednesday we went to the Ballard Locks and the structure is really different.

It was fantastic when I saw the boats; in México are not common all of this kind of things, and how the water falls with that power, I didn’t understand very well the structure but I saw some boats or launches with (even with dogs inside) some people and they drive or anchored.

In the biggest lock, there were many people I think that they were working because they used helmets and special clothes.

Well, the Thursday we went to visit at the troll in Fremont and I liked the sculpture but the area was a little dirty, but we have to know the parts more interesting in Seattle and when I ate some chocolate in the Factory, I enjoyed all of this.

The Burke Museum and Bainbridge

The Burke Museum is amazing, there are many interesting things, I enjoyed all about history and I like it a lot.

Firstly, I did my homework in the museum and answer some questions about whaling. Well, I discovered a lot of interesting things like forms to communication, ceremonies about salmon and whales, there are some information about Japan, China, Mexico and other countries.

Well, In my opinion I enjoyed better the level with dinosaurs, it’s amazing learn about them, in the museum just We can see extinct animals like Quetzal is a green bird in dangerous to disappear.

We went to Bainbridge and it’s wonderful, we took a ferry and in Mexico’s not common, I’m very surprised for the view and I was thinking about that I’ve never imagined to use this kind of transportation.

The island is very quiet and in some parts dessert, there are many trees and a really big part of the island is like a forest, the weather is I think that less that in down Seattle and I didn’t eat the ice cream, but I ate Teriyaki food and was very tasty.

I'll want to come back :3 

Activity on the weekend

My weekend was awesome, well I come back early to house in Friday but in the Saturday and the Sunday I lived amazing things.

Firstly I want to talk about the Saturday, I went to Space Needle alone but the view is really wonderful, I didn’t believe that I was here, It was like a dream, I enjoy the view. It was very cold and a couple told me if I could take a photo and I took the photo then I asked them the same question and of course they took me a photo.

When I come back to home, I forgot that all the stop station had been closed, then I walked few avenues and finally I discovered when I could take the bus, and I came back safe and sound to home.

The Sunday, Arturo, Emma, Arturo’s friend and I went to a mountain, and we knew the snow. Unfortunately we won’t be here when start to snow, but it was amazing the weather (really cold), the tress with little snow, and the big mountain in front of us. Arturo’s friend has a truck and he drives like a 4 hours, he’s a really good guy.

And finally we visited (well in fact it was before we started the way for the mountain) a nice place, where A girl with almost nothing (clothes) prepare coffee, the girl (because maybe she’s 18 or something) was very pretty. Well, I enjoyed my weekend. 

Languages

I'm living with a family and they're from India, their oldest son has a nice girlfriend. Her name is Samara and is very tall, pretty and very polite. She told me that her boyfriend enjoys to watch movies of Batman and he likes all about cars. She wants to learn Spanish and I said to her that I want to improve my english.
To summarize we talk about languages, people has different kinds of comunication, she told me that is difficult to learn speak in spanish, and I agree with her, because we use female and male and the adjetives are plural and singular, we have many conjugation in the verbs, and we don't use all the time pronouns.
The question is... Why is difficult the english for us? Well, I think than the most difficult part is the pronounciation and only in some cases the grammar. However,  our language is easier I have some problems with the pronounciation but she said to me if i stay here for 1 year, i'll talk very fluently.
In fact a month is very few time but I enjoy the experience and I'm anxious to come back.

Interviews with native speakers

My partner Antonio and I decided to our topic is about "Green Cities", and last Friday some citizens of stealle stayed in our class. Then we talked with them and most of them are very intelligent. They told us all the great things which happen in Seattle, for example if someone doesn't recycle, has to pay a kind of fine.
A man told me that seattle is in pro clean energy like hydro electric whic is the best option for the city, beacause water falls between mountains and is very useful to produce energy. Here there are many laws about the recycle, clean energies and limits in the air, water, and for the industries.
I really enjoy my topic because I satudy Enviromental Engineering and I like this topic, We want to know more about this, and I think that is very interesting.

A coffee

Today we visited The University Bookstore, and it’s a nice place and we learn new word and is “spice” which means flavor. I bought a mocha coffee and it was really delicious. In the top of my coffee it was drawing a heart. It was so sweet.

We asked some questions about the coffee shop and a kind woman answer them. She told us that the most popular drink in this time of year is the pumpkin spice latte. Other drink very common all the year is the ice coffee or the famous Frappuccino. The shop open in the weekends and those days are very busy. The shop closes some late like 10:30 pm and there aren’t many people at night. If someone doesn’t like so much the coffee, they sell other drinks like tea, chocolate, milk or maybe she suggests people have to try with mocha because it’s a sort of sweet coffee.

In the morning is the happy hour, shop is busy when is 9:00 am to 10:00 am. She told us that Hilary Clinton drink a cup of coffee in that place.

It was interesting the chattering and I’d like to come back and buy another coffee.

Veterans Day's

Today is Veterans Day’s this day is a commemoration for the people who have served in the U.S.A. Army Forces. This is a holiday and is official just in United State in some other part of the world call Armistice Day. Nevertheless, I want to do like a reflection about the Wars.

Firstly I’m completely disagree with the wars; I think that wars in some cases are unjustified like World War I, World War II, U.S.A. with Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. I believe that the wars just cause suffering and bad moments for the family solders and for the people who live in the countries in war. I think that we don’t need it, in this world there are bad people and good people, and some people believe that we don’t need this kind of events and unfortunately the governments or presidents decide for us.

However, I disagree with this things, it’s certainly that the war makes some industries grow up and that’s the reason women started to work, vaccines developed quietly, our food is in can, ships developed better and faster, now the planes are faster and most lightweight and in fact, I show other examples but the list is bigger.

Well, in many places like hotels, school, museums, and even in the space needle; people put American flags in many places for Veterans Day’s. In some stores make discounts just for veterans and I like this day because I didn’t have classes but I’m not consider good idea the suffering which cause the wars. 

Museum MOHAI

I really like this museum because it’s very interactive and I learn many interesting things about the history of Seattle.

Seattle is a modern and colorful city, one thing that I haven’t known, was the fire which started with a tea pot and the people have to rebuild the city; now is a modern and completely different city. Although I stayed few time, I really enjoyed, I’d like to stay more time and in fact, I had to go at the other museum alone, well, with other 4 people who missed the group too.

The first floor was the best, because it’s about all the history, for example when and how start the fire, where the natives lived and how they had to leave the city because other people arrived, how it was building the ships, the boats and the planes. I saw a model of the first computer and when born the first X-BOX.

I think that it was a really great time, and I’d like to come back one day, I think the time wasn’t enough but I really enjoyed it. 

Conversation Journal 1

This week on November, 7^th of 2014, I had a conversation in this place: art museum. I talked with Gemma a family’s friend and she’s from India.

To summarize, we talked about her religion because she’s Hinduism and she believe in many Gods, she grow up in India but she decided to live in United State since 4 years ago. She’s a single woman and she dance very well. In fact I started to talk with her because she danced and I saw her performance with other people.

Two new vocabulary items I heard were 1. Punjabi which is the name religion that is from India too, and 2. Saivism is a name of an important God.

My thoughts or opinions of this conversation are that I understand better other religions and other believers. 

my visit in the avenue

My visit in the avenue was interesting, although some people were some rude. Well I was happy because I can talk with more people, and I decided to enter in a nail's store and Mss. could answer some questions but she was very kind person. I decided to enter in other store in vietnamist food and they didn`t want to answer anything, well I asked some questions to a clothes store but the girls which were working in there were very rude and finally I entered in a china food but they spoke in other language and I couldn`t understand them very well. I think that I should practice more.
Nevertless I always enojoy the view the trees, the stores, the plants, the weather, etc.

Hi I'm Alejandra Miranda V.

My name is Alejandra Miranda, I was born on March 27, 1992; in Los Reyes, La paz. I have lived whole my life in Mexico's State with my parents and my little brother.  My mom and my dad had 27 years when I was born, and my brother was born when I was just 3 years.We live together. 
I went to the school when I was 2 years because I wanted to play with other kids. I've enojyed the time that I've studied. I think that I've learn about everything, bad things, good things, in the books and outside. 
I study Environmental Engineering in Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Ixtapaluca (TESI) and actually I'm a senior because I study the last semester of my degree. I'm doing my Residencias in Instituto Nacional de Ecologia y Cambio Climatico and I analize anions and cations some batch of samples which take for the air.
I've tudied english since 2007. Firstly, I started to study English because it's necesary, all the best and new information is in english. The best series are in english like The big bang theory, gossip girl, malcolm in the middle, etc.; and all the music that I listened it is in English. In fact, in my free time I'm used to listen music, read (I love the books), watch TV and go out.
Actually I'm doing my TESIS and I'm studying English in University of Washington, Seattle and it's a new adventure for me. I've never travelled by plane and it was exciting, and everywhere I know is amazing. 
In the future I want to have some certifications like PET, FCE and CAE. One day I'll become to English Teacher. I'd like to work in a laboratory and I'd like to h
ave a master. I'd like to visit other countries and in fact I'd like to come back here. 

University Washington is amazing