As every day Mary goes up at nine, she is nineteen-year-old young lady who does not have many luxuries in her life and does not wish more than she already has, she has leart to love her life just as simple as it is and she is really happy in her ordinay world.
Above all she loves her family more than everything else in her life, she enjoys helping her mother with the housework and her afternoons watching the latin soup operas on tv or listening to music, specially when the rest of the family is having the siesta.
Mary´s only ambition in life is to meet a boy who falls in love with her, makes her feel like a princess and gives their love story a happy ending by getting married and having two or three children. That was her big aim in life due to a stupid thought that lies on her mind: she thinks she is uggly and will never be as beauty as all those princess of the fairy tales that she had read through out her childhood, in fact her boby siezes are not similar to those of the models but contrary to her thoughts and although she had gained some weith she was still a pretty girl, intelligent, dreamy, cheerful and very easy going.
Her life is that of a small town where there are as few dangers as funny things to do. Mary lives in a town so small that everyone knows eachother and their respective lives.
At the mornings Mary takes care of her little brother called George, actually she has two brothers, one called Frank who is fourteen years old and the youngest who is six years old.
As Mary´s mother works in the mornings she has to sweep the floors, make the beds, do the shopping, cook, help her little brother with his homework and dress him up to go to school. Food must be ready at twelve o´clock in orden to send George to school in time, coinciding with Frank´s arrival from school, he is in High School.
Mary is also in charge of taking George to school everyday, she loves to be so involved in her brother´s life. For Mary the houswork is a preparation for her future married life.
She also enjoys going to the supermarket because in spring mornings the smell of the flowers comes to her with the warm brise while she is riding her bicicle although in winter it is really hard, she suffers a lot because of the cold wind that frezee everything, so that she dress up every single part of her body with just her eyes always visibles when she rides her bicicle.
Mary is in Terciary School studying to be a Primary School Teacher which is the only career abilable in that town.
For Mary the best experience in the world in going to her grandmother´s house every Sundays and on the birthday parties. Sunday lunchs take place there, the whole family meet and spend long funny journies chatting aimlessly and eating, sometimes screeming to eachother because they are all talking at the same time. Her aunt and her uncle has three children each so there are nine cousins and seven adults together. Her grandfather died many years ago.
jueves, 26 de abril de 2007
Entry n 8: the 10 things I´d like to accomplish in my lifetime
Although there are not many things I´d like to accomplish in my lifetime there are some important things that I want to achieve before I die.
First of all I would like to have at least three children and I will manage to have time enough to give them all the love, cares and attention that they will need.
My marriage is one thing that I have already accomplished, to be more precise one year ago.
Another very important thing is to be successful in my work.
Something that is related with it and that I think would be very difficult to accomplish is to travel abroad to any English spoken country al least one of them, and to be able to improve my speaking skill with native speakers.
An impotant aim for me is to get a house of my own because living by paying rent is to waist money in something that does not belongs to you.
In relation with my future children I would like to have money enough to support any career that they could chose.
I also would like to earn money enough to help my mother and to give her back at least something of all the things that she has given to me, though I know that is a debt difficult to be payed back in its totallity.
I only wish that God gives me lifetime enough to see my children grow, be what they would like to be , being able to support their own lives and above all to see them healthy and happy.
I would like to travel with my husband and to visit new places where we haven´t been before.
Personally I always wanted to take classes of dancing and singing, I hope I could take them before I grow older.
First of all I would like to have at least three children and I will manage to have time enough to give them all the love, cares and attention that they will need.
My marriage is one thing that I have already accomplished, to be more precise one year ago.
Another very important thing is to be successful in my work.
Something that is related with it and that I think would be very difficult to accomplish is to travel abroad to any English spoken country al least one of them, and to be able to improve my speaking skill with native speakers.
An impotant aim for me is to get a house of my own because living by paying rent is to waist money in something that does not belongs to you.
In relation with my future children I would like to have money enough to support any career that they could chose.
I also would like to earn money enough to help my mother and to give her back at least something of all the things that she has given to me, though I know that is a debt difficult to be payed back in its totallity.
I only wish that God gives me lifetime enough to see my children grow, be what they would like to be , being able to support their own lives and above all to see them healthy and happy.
I would like to travel with my husband and to visit new places where we haven´t been before.
Personally I always wanted to take classes of dancing and singing, I hope I could take them before I grow older.
Entry n 7: Something that happened to me that made me angry then but now seems funny
Las Saturday I had to look for some information on the internet, download it and print it in order to prepare an oral presentation on next Monday. As I do not know very well how to use a computer or to look for information on the internet. I always lose to much time to do this kind of work but last Saturday was especially much more difficult because the topic that I chose to give my oral presentation is drugs problems among young people.
I thought it would be easy to find this information in the newspapers that we usually visit on the internet, but for my disgust it was not, so that I spent more than three hours surffing the net in search of some current article to use in my presentation. While I was sitted without moving in front of the screen of the computer a started to get me really up set because the information that I was founded was not as useful as I would have liked , but the last straw that made me really angry, almost to the point of hating my teacher for have given us such expensive and losing-time task, was the fact that when I tried to copy all the information I couldn´t do it. First my disckette was spoilt, then my cd had something wrong so I couldn´t use it neither, so I had to buy a new one thanksfully in the cyber they sold me one, and when I thought I had copied everything into this new cd I asked the lady in charge of cut my connection but then I realized I had not been successful when I tried to send the information from the computer to the cd and burnt it, I mean to copy it.
The worst thing was that when the lady cut the connection, the computer was reinitiated and all the information was lost.
Actually I got furious because I had been losing my time and I had spent so much money on it and money is a need for me, I really can´t afford wasting money in internet when I can´t make the ends meet and I know that before the end of the month I will be in serious monetary problems because of this.
So I felt so frustrated and angry that tears went out of my eyes. I know this reaction was inmature and stupid but I thought I couldn´t have the presentation prepared for next Monday and as my career is the most important thing for me, it was the main reason of my tears.
When I got calmed I did it again later and I finally got some information but I spent another amount of money on it. I do not think of it as funny but I know I shouldn´t have cryed.
I thought it would be easy to find this information in the newspapers that we usually visit on the internet, but for my disgust it was not, so that I spent more than three hours surffing the net in search of some current article to use in my presentation. While I was sitted without moving in front of the screen of the computer a started to get me really up set because the information that I was founded was not as useful as I would have liked , but the last straw that made me really angry, almost to the point of hating my teacher for have given us such expensive and losing-time task, was the fact that when I tried to copy all the information I couldn´t do it. First my disckette was spoilt, then my cd had something wrong so I couldn´t use it neither, so I had to buy a new one thanksfully in the cyber they sold me one, and when I thought I had copied everything into this new cd I asked the lady in charge of cut my connection but then I realized I had not been successful when I tried to send the information from the computer to the cd and burnt it, I mean to copy it.
The worst thing was that when the lady cut the connection, the computer was reinitiated and all the information was lost.
Actually I got furious because I had been losing my time and I had spent so much money on it and money is a need for me, I really can´t afford wasting money in internet when I can´t make the ends meet and I know that before the end of the month I will be in serious monetary problems because of this.
So I felt so frustrated and angry that tears went out of my eyes. I know this reaction was inmature and stupid but I thought I couldn´t have the presentation prepared for next Monday and as my career is the most important thing for me, it was the main reason of my tears.
When I got calmed I did it again later and I finally got some information but I spent another amount of money on it. I do not think of it as funny but I know I shouldn´t have cryed.
lunes, 16 de abril de 2007
Entry 6: Describing myself in fifty words
I am Soledad Guzmán, I am a funny person specially while chatting with someone, actually people say I am a very talkative person. I am a responsable woman although I like or not the task that has been given to me. My friends say I am sensitive, sensible and trustful.
Entry 5: Write a journal entry about someone close to you who is no longer in your life
It is strange how people that are very close suddenly or without realizing get apart, specially in the case of two friends who used to spend almost the whole day together and for different reasons they get separated till one day they get conscious that they have taken two completely different roads in life.
This is what happened between who once was my best and lovely friend and I, we made friends at high school, we used to go every where together, we used to have the same way of thinking, we enjoyed of the same kind of music, movies, books, etc., we did not have secrets with each other and in summer I used to spend a few days in her father’s house in the country side which I always remember with nostalgia.
But the process of separation initiated when we started university because although we shared a lot of things I did not wanted to study the same career that she chose. From then on our talks were almost sporadically because out timetables were different, in time I started to go out with whom nowadays is my husband and she also met a boy, so our meetings were by casualty in the street or on a bus, until one day I realize that she does not looked at me in the street or even if I said Hi.
At the beginning I thought that she did not see me or that I was whom did not see her greetings, but as time passed I could see that there were no more friendship between us and that our lives were wide apart, the worst thing for me is that I need her advices and talks from time to time.
In many occasions I wandered myself if I did something wrong that could up set her without knowing. I would like to know if the misses our friendship sometimes.
This is what happened between who once was my best and lovely friend and I, we made friends at high school, we used to go every where together, we used to have the same way of thinking, we enjoyed of the same kind of music, movies, books, etc., we did not have secrets with each other and in summer I used to spend a few days in her father’s house in the country side which I always remember with nostalgia.
But the process of separation initiated when we started university because although we shared a lot of things I did not wanted to study the same career that she chose. From then on our talks were almost sporadically because out timetables were different, in time I started to go out with whom nowadays is my husband and she also met a boy, so our meetings were by casualty in the street or on a bus, until one day I realize that she does not looked at me in the street or even if I said Hi.
At the beginning I thought that she did not see me or that I was whom did not see her greetings, but as time passed I could see that there were no more friendship between us and that our lives were wide apart, the worst thing for me is that I need her advices and talks from time to time.
In many occasions I wandered myself if I did something wrong that could up set her without knowing. I would like to know if the misses our friendship sometimes.
Entry 4: Describe yourself as if someone else were describing you to a third party
Soledad is a nice young woman who enjoys sharing time with her friends and taking care of her husband, she has some changes of temperament that takes her to the extremes of her personality. She is a calm, cheerful and docile housewife but if something up sets her she changes into the most detestable and yelling creature on earth, and a loyal witness of these tremendous changes is her husband.
He also contribuyes to transform dr Jeckil in mr Hyde and at the same time becomes her only victim being the focus of all her neverend preaches when she is of had humor, but also is the reciever of the most lovely demostrations of devotion and cares when her good humor is settled on her soul.
Appart from the humor that characterizes her, she is a woman with many roles. At home she is a housewife than eventhough she dislikes cleaning, washing and ironing, she is above all a responsable person so she does her dutis as best as she can. As a student she is constan and puts all his effort in trying to improve herself and if some difficults make her lose her way she will ask for help if necessary and will do everything posible for not giving up her goals. As a dedicated daughter she is always in contact with her mother and relatives, and as she is also a primary school teacher she will dedicate some time in the week to help her brothers with their homework, specially if the subject is English.
Soledad have just a few friends, but she is devoted and loyal with them under any circumstances.
What is a particular thing about her is that above all the other roles she is a woman and so that she will recerve a time of the day specially dedicated to her beauty.
He also contribuyes to transform dr Jeckil in mr Hyde and at the same time becomes her only victim being the focus of all her neverend preaches when she is of had humor, but also is the reciever of the most lovely demostrations of devotion and cares when her good humor is settled on her soul.
Appart from the humor that characterizes her, she is a woman with many roles. At home she is a housewife than eventhough she dislikes cleaning, washing and ironing, she is above all a responsable person so she does her dutis as best as she can. As a student she is constan and puts all his effort in trying to improve herself and if some difficults make her lose her way she will ask for help if necessary and will do everything posible for not giving up her goals. As a dedicated daughter she is always in contact with her mother and relatives, and as she is also a primary school teacher she will dedicate some time in the week to help her brothers with their homework, specially if the subject is English.
Soledad have just a few friends, but she is devoted and loyal with them under any circumstances.
What is a particular thing about her is that above all the other roles she is a woman and so that she will recerve a time of the day specially dedicated to her beauty.
Entry 3: My first experience with death
My first experience with death
My first experience with death was when I was a child I think I was about three years old when my grandfather died, as I was so young I do not remember very well what I felt but I keep in my mind till today his face in the coffin the day of his funeral.
That experience marked a moment in my life after which I can´t be in front a dead person because that rigid and cold body makes me feel deeply in sad and with a feeling of emptiness inside, so that I never go to funerals but some people do not understand it and get up set with me.
In my opinión I prefer to remember people I met and died with the lively image of them that I have, it is a way of keeping them alive in my Herat.
But certainly the experience that touched me most closely was my father`s death, I know about his death two months after because he lived far from my home and as he had another family, his other sons and daughters decided not to tell me, they did not allowed me to be with him for the last time, I do not know why and I will never understand their behaviour. The thing is that I couldn´t tell him goodby or even how much I loved him though he was not living with me since I was three years old.
I will always remember the last time I was with him, as we used to see each other sporadically I take one opportunity to go and visit him for a few hours a few months befote his death. We talked a lot as if for an extrange reason we would wanted to tell eachother everything as if we knew that was the last time we shared together.
When my mum arrived to pick me up he almost desperately asked me to stay with him at least one day more but I told him that I couldn´t because I wouldn´t have how to comeback.
So I learned since then for ever that you have to say your parents and the people you love how much you love them before it is too late and try not to discuss or row with them because you will never know when is going to be the last time for you to be together sharing a conversation, a walk or even silence. There are many ways of saying I love you, words are not the only way, but from time to time they are necessary specially with tose who you do not see very often.
My first experience with death was when I was a child I think I was about three years old when my grandfather died, as I was so young I do not remember very well what I felt but I keep in my mind till today his face in the coffin the day of his funeral.
That experience marked a moment in my life after which I can´t be in front a dead person because that rigid and cold body makes me feel deeply in sad and with a feeling of emptiness inside, so that I never go to funerals but some people do not understand it and get up set with me.
In my opinión I prefer to remember people I met and died with the lively image of them that I have, it is a way of keeping them alive in my Herat.
But certainly the experience that touched me most closely was my father`s death, I know about his death two months after because he lived far from my home and as he had another family, his other sons and daughters decided not to tell me, they did not allowed me to be with him for the last time, I do not know why and I will never understand their behaviour. The thing is that I couldn´t tell him goodby or even how much I loved him though he was not living with me since I was three years old.
I will always remember the last time I was with him, as we used to see each other sporadically I take one opportunity to go and visit him for a few hours a few months befote his death. We talked a lot as if for an extrange reason we would wanted to tell eachother everything as if we knew that was the last time we shared together.
When my mum arrived to pick me up he almost desperately asked me to stay with him at least one day more but I told him that I couldn´t because I wouldn´t have how to comeback.
So I learned since then for ever that you have to say your parents and the people you love how much you love them before it is too late and try not to discuss or row with them because you will never know when is going to be the last time for you to be together sharing a conversation, a walk or even silence. There are many ways of saying I love you, words are not the only way, but from time to time they are necessary specially with tose who you do not see very often.
Entry 2: Top ten experiences in my life
The day when my first brother was born is certainly one of the top ten experiences in my life, I remember I was nine years old and for the first time my grandmother was in charge of picking me up from school, but actually she met me in the way home, then she told me that my brother was going to born. I felt disappointed and a bit angry with my mum because she did not take me with her, the fact was that the baby was not just her first son, but also my first brother, so I had right to be in the clinic with her waiting for him to come to the World.
In fact they made me wait longer than I could stand for that age. I was really anxious for met my brother, when they finally came I felt happy as I never felt before, I could not help keeping my eyes on him all the time even when he was sleeping, analysing to whom he looked like.
For the birth of my second brother I was eighteen years old so I went to the clinic to wait for him but I could not see him because the nurse took him to another room specially prepared for newborn babies, so I also met him when my mum brought him a few days after. In fact, my mum came two days after he was born and the baby stayed in the clinic two days more.
The day I married is another of this top ten experiences in my life I can affirm that it was the happiest day in my whole life, for the first time a felt beauty from head to feet, I could not stop smiling with my mouth wide open and there was a shine in my eyes that World Light the whole word. I felt the most fortunate woman on earth because I was joining my life with the man that I loved and still love with all my heart, and such happiness stayed reflected in the photoes. I had never looked so pretty and so happy in a photo.
To be honest, another top ten experience in my life is also the day I passed the exams to get into the institute where nowadays I am studying to be what I always wanted to be, a teacher of English, it was an important goal for me and I prepared myself as hard as I could, so being now at two years of finishing my career is more than what I would expected because at the beginning it was very difficult for me, but now is not so and that is a proof of my self improvement till today.
In fact they made me wait longer than I could stand for that age. I was really anxious for met my brother, when they finally came I felt happy as I never felt before, I could not help keeping my eyes on him all the time even when he was sleeping, analysing to whom he looked like.
For the birth of my second brother I was eighteen years old so I went to the clinic to wait for him but I could not see him because the nurse took him to another room specially prepared for newborn babies, so I also met him when my mum brought him a few days after. In fact, my mum came two days after he was born and the baby stayed in the clinic two days more.
The day I married is another of this top ten experiences in my life I can affirm that it was the happiest day in my whole life, for the first time a felt beauty from head to feet, I could not stop smiling with my mouth wide open and there was a shine in my eyes that World Light the whole word. I felt the most fortunate woman on earth because I was joining my life with the man that I loved and still love with all my heart, and such happiness stayed reflected in the photoes. I had never looked so pretty and so happy in a photo.
To be honest, another top ten experience in my life is also the day I passed the exams to get into the institute where nowadays I am studying to be what I always wanted to be, a teacher of English, it was an important goal for me and I prepared myself as hard as I could, so being now at two years of finishing my career is more than what I would expected because at the beginning it was very difficult for me, but now is not so and that is a proof of my self improvement till today.
Entry 1: My description of chaos
Chaos in my life is something that is present in those moments when I feel like I have no way to run o that I can not deal with my duties and obligations alone but I know that nobody else will do them for me, so it feels like if I would be suffocating, as if I could not breath because I am inside a dark box which is closed and there is no way of going out.
Chaos desperates me, is like running against the clock because I have to be ready or to prepare or arrange everything and there is no more time to do it. Frequently it happens me when I am running out of Money and my debts come all together just the day before they are due, or when I have to take care of my houswork and I have too much homework delayed and I have to study for several exames and as if it was not less I have to solve personal problems all in only one weekend because next Monday is the dead line date.
These kind of exasperanting moments make me furious, worried and crazy at the same time and what is worst is that I end up by rowing with everyone around me, blaming for my frustations the person next to me, who is almost always my husband.
Chaos in everyone´s life appears with the shape of a shadow that devours the peace and tranquility of your life putting everithing ápside down. But sometimos chaos is the consequence of your mistakes as a result of your incapacity of dealing with your own goals.
Chaos desperates me, is like running against the clock because I have to be ready or to prepare or arrange everything and there is no more time to do it. Frequently it happens me when I am running out of Money and my debts come all together just the day before they are due, or when I have to take care of my houswork and I have too much homework delayed and I have to study for several exames and as if it was not less I have to solve personal problems all in only one weekend because next Monday is the dead line date.
These kind of exasperanting moments make me furious, worried and crazy at the same time and what is worst is that I end up by rowing with everyone around me, blaming for my frustations the person next to me, who is almost always my husband.
Chaos in everyone´s life appears with the shape of a shadow that devours the peace and tranquility of your life putting everithing ápside down. But sometimos chaos is the consequence of your mistakes as a result of your incapacity of dealing with your own goals.
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