Career related website/ An expert on your field

Career related website/ An expert on your field

Dear students,

So today you have to choose between these 2 options:

Option 1: Write about a career-related website 

- provide the link

- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.

OR

Option 2: Who is a person/expert on your field 

Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image

Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post

Word Count: 170

Well to be honest it was not easy for me to start writing this blog. I was not sure about which topic I should choose.

At the end I have decided to talk about an expert on my field.

Well to be honest it was not easy for me to start writing this blog.

I was not sure about which topic I should choose.

At the end I have decided to write about an expert on my field. I remember that when I started studying I did not know what subjects I would have. One of them caught my attention immediately. That subject was phonetics and phonology. I had 3 semester of this subject and it was not easy but on my first year the teacher asked us to work with this really nice book, its name is phonetics and phonology, it was written by Peter Roach.

Peter Roach is a british phonetician, he was born in 30 June 1943. He is a graduate of Psychology and Philosophy, after that he studied at Manchester University where he studied teaching English overseas. Then he decided to start his postgraduate studies, the course he took was Phonetics. He also completed a PhD.He retired in 2004.

I really like his book because it helped me a lot when I was a student. I still use it sometimes. When I was a student it was hard to understand the different chapters but now that I read it well it isn’t easy but it isn’t as hard as it used to be.

This is Peter Roach

This is the book that I use, but now there is a fourth edition.

My favorite songs or artists

Hey!
So today we will talk about favorite song or artists.
Remember to post on my blog and 3 classmates.
Who is it?
Why do you like it?
When do you listen to it?
How do you feel when you listen to it?
160 words



  My favorite song

For me it is hard to choose a song, I have a lot of favorite songs.

It depends on what I am doing and how I feel the music that I listen to.

For example when I am working checking tests, preparing materials for my classes, studying for my master or writing my thesis I need to listen to electro swing.

It gives me a lot of energy, I feel as if I had drunk a thousand rebulls.

When I am riding my bike a listen to pop music, such as when the lights go out (five), I rememeber (deadmau5), In another life (blast flava) and others.

Now I will describe on of the songs that I listen a lot, that song is Barbra Streisand (Duck Sauce)

 This song uses a sample from the single “Gotta go Home” (Boney M’s), which also uses a sample of another song “hallo bimmelbahn” (nightrain).

I remember the first time I listened to it. It was when I was in New Zealand. I thought who would ever like this song! It is so repetitive. I used to go clubbing a lot when I was there, and this song was played everywhere! So of course it was impossible not to like it at the end.

When I was there every time that I listened to it I felt happy and energetic but when I listen to it here, sometimes I feel a bit nostalgic. I see how much I have changed. When I was in Auckland I used to work and party 24/7. Here I work, study and party only like once a month because I do not feel like doing that anymore. Maybe there is a time for everything. Don’t get me wrong, I really like my life now but I miss that part of me. The crazy Maca hahaha.

So that’s it my dear students. Those are my favorite songs.

Cheers!

My favorite picture

My favorite picture

Dear students!

Please try to answer to the following questions in your blog.

Who took it?
What it shows?
Where and when was it taken?
Why do you like it?


Important! Remember that you have to post your entry but also comment on at least 3 of your classmates's blogs and your teacher.
min. 150 words

Cheers!
                                                            



                                                              My favorite picture

Well this picture was taken in 2009. At that time I was working at Starbucks. 

I was part of the company for a little bit more than a year. Well this picture I know it is not like a “real one” since it is a cartoon, but if you pay a closer look you will find my name on it.

Yes, I am the one who has a broom. All the people that work at Starbucks are called Baristas and between us we call partner. Since I used to be really worried about cleaning and organizing the store all the time. So that is why my friends got me a nickname, Maca aseo y hornato.

This picture in a way represents the way each of us used to be in the store. I really like it because I have so many nice memories about that time of my life. I met amazing people and the customers were so good with us. When I was working there, I used to party a lot with the baristas, every weekend. And sometimes even during the week. It is a bit sad that I only got them on facebook now, I have not seen them since 2011. Now we are all working in other places so we just keep in touch once in a while. I guess that happens all the time. For example when you are at school, you have really good friends. Then you start studying at university and you do not see those friends that much as you used to. When you finish university, it is the same. The friends that you had, when you start working you just talk to them sometimes. It is kind of sad, but it is the way things go. Hope this does not happen to you!