Random thoughts

Waiting that’s what I have been doing lately, waiting patiently, I sent my candidature to some schools and I’m waiting for their respond, and I don’t know why they’re taking so long, but I’ll wait I’m good at it, I try to live every day to the fullest, read, write, go out, last week I went to a concert it was fun but still in the end of the day, you can’t help not thinking about the future not the far one since I don’t care much about it, but the near one the next steep at least not knowing the next steep make you dream right? better than living a life that you already know it’s steeps, that’s why I don’t think about the far future that already my parents/culture had already draw for me.

I kind of regret not prolonging my work contract, I could have worked another month, but it’s ok I was too tired from the two months I worked, waitressing isn’t an easy thing especially when your boss overworks you and the consumers act rudely with you, not all of them but this year I just met a lot of them my bad luck I guess, I wasn't one of those people who judge people from the stereotypes they know about their country but sadly I became, some nationalities are rude or it's just the way they act with people who serve them food I don't know.

 

Am I the only one who started to hate watching the news, just too much bad news for me to handle, starting from the Syrian refugees to what's happening in Saudi Arabia, in Palestine in Yamane not to mention what's happening in morocco, just too much I just stopped watching them, what's the use of knowing what's happening in the word anyway, I gain nothing from it, it just depresses me, you just feel so small and vulnerable capable of nothing.

I run out of books, I finished reading all the books I bought for summer, and since I’m not planning to buy any soon, I had to think of something to do, sure I can go to the library but since I didn't start school yet I can’t register in yet, well I can but it’ll cost me more, so I didn't have much a choice but the look into my house for books I didn't read before, I found some really interesting ones, all of them are classic and in French which is good since I don’t read much in French, one of them actually was mine it was for high school but that I did never read which is no surprise since school can make any book a boring one, so I’m going to share with you my TBR for this month pray to GOD I’ll stick to it, well I don’t have much choice either, the books are:

Poil de carotte by JULES RENARD

La gloire the mon pere by MARCEL PAGNOL

Il etait une fois un vieux couple heureux by MOHAMMED KHAIR-EDDINE

La parure by GUY DE MAUPASSANT

I’m currently reading Poil de carotte and it’s not bad so far.

                                                                 

 

My progress in spanish + my current favorite spanish songs #3

A new post about my progress in learning spanish, not my favourite subject to write about mainly because I'm learning is so slowly you can't feel the progress, I kind of feel ashamed of myself to say I'm learning spanish especially that I hear some people learned it in three months and here I am in my second year of it, when you learn alone by yourself at, sometimes you lose the motivation to continue and just get so lazy that's why I write those posts to remind myself that I started a learning journey, and there is no way I'm going to give up in the middle of it.

I don't know why I wrote this long introduction?!! whatever; those two months were really tiring for me since I was working, I didn't have much effort for grammar that's why I was concentrating on vocabulary, I was working as a waitress in pretty touristic area, translating the menu to customers was part of my job, I translated the menu to spanish, it wasn't that hard and it helped me a lot, spanish tourists became my specialty even though there wasn't much of them this year. anyway this is the list of the vocabulary I learned maybe it'll help someone out there :

Una camarera: a waitress

Hacer un pedido: to make an order

Una pizza individual, mediana o grande: an undividuel, medium or large pizza

Una pizza grueso o fina: a waitress: a thick or thin pizza

Las sabores de la pizza: flavors of the pizza

margarita, con carne(with meat), vejetariana, 4 quesos (4 cheeses), con marisco (with seafood)

Bebidas: drinks

Aguas mineral: bottled waters

Gaseosas: soda

Ensaladas: salads

Entradas: entries

Pan de ajo con queso: garlic bread with cheese

Alas de pollo: chicken wings

Pastas: pasta

Lasagna con salsa bolognesa: lasagna with meat sauce

Lasagna con marisco: seafood lasagna


other than this vocabulary I learned I have been watching this spanish youtuber, the name of her channel is yuya, she speaks so fast that sometimes the only thing I understand is her introduction "hola guapuras yo soy yuya" and after that I watch the pictures but it's ok native speakers speak fast I like her videos always cute, she's cute:

Now to my favourite spanish songs this month, this summer there was a lot of successful spanish songs playing on the radio and I was glad for that the best for me were:

el perdón - nicky jam & enrique iglesias:

El perdón Te estaba buscando Por las calles gritando Esto me está matando Te estaba buscando Por las calles gritando Como un loco tomando Es que yo sin ti Y tú sin mi Dime quién puede ser feliz Esto no me gusta Esto no me gusta

Forgiveness I was looking for you Crying out in the streets This is killing me I was looking for you Crying out in the streets Like a crazy drunk It's just that me without you And you without me Tell me, who can be happy? I don't like this I don't like this

El Mismo Sol - Alvaro Soler

El mismo sol Yo quiero que este sea El mundo que conteste Del hasta oeste Y bajo el mismo sol Ahora nos vamos Si juntos celebramos Aquí todos estamos Bajo el mismo sol Y bajo el mismo sol

the same sun I want this to be The world to answer From east to west And under the same sun Now we go Yes we celebrate together There we celebrate Under the same sun And under the same sun

Enrique Iglesias - Noche Y De Dia ft. Yandel, Juan Magan:

Noche y de día Hay calor in la ciudad Hay calor in la bahía Venga fuimos de fiesta De noche y de día Fusión internacional Baila que trae alegría Venga que siga la fiesta De noche y de día

At night and at day There is heat in the city There is heat in the bay Como on in we went to the party On night and on day International fusion Dance that brings you joy Come on the party goes On night and on day

the next songs aren't that new, actually they are spanish version of some famous american songs, I just discovered them and they are good especially that you don't need to translate them you already get the meaning

Como Amar-enrique iglesias:

Como amar Te fuiste pero nunca me dijiste adiós Me dejaste en mil pedazos Por no saber amar Como amar La vida va pasado Tu carita no ha cambiado Esos ojitos negros que Siguen suplicando como amar Como amar

How to love You left but I never said goodbye You left me to pieces For not knowing how to love How to love Life goes by Your faces not changed Those black eyes Are begging how to love How to love

Ven a Bailar - Jennifer lopez:

Noche y de día Hay calor in la ciudad Hay calor in la bahía Venga fuimos de fiesta De noche y de día Fusión internacional Baila que trae alegría Venga que siga la fiesta De noche y de día

At night and at day There is heat in the city There is heat in the bay Como on in we went to the party On night and on day International fusion Dance that brings you joy Come on the party goes On night and on day

That's it in of this post, next post about spanish would be better I promise, I'll try harder wish me good luck.

Recent reads

It has been a while since I last wrote on my blog like two months, and that’s mainly because of my laziness, plus I felt like my head was empty two stressed to work or think let along write, all I was doing was read, at least I have been doing that.

And that’s what I'm going to talk about today. I have been reading books from different genres a classic, a young adult and some children books.

Let’s start with the classic one, it's a really famous French classic, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, the book is about this women who lives her life thinking that she doesn’t have what it takes to be happy, so she tries to chase those things she’s too blind to know or see that she already have everything. Emma the name of this woman in her chase would do things that we consider or her society considers immoral and even stupid, she knows that but she doesn’t care as long as she’ll get her happy ending the ending that she’ll never get. While reading other people’s reviews about the book I remarked that some people hated Emma because of her disrespect to her husband and child others pitied her for her ignorance, for me I couldn’t stop thinking how much Emma was reliable character how human nature is alike I could see myself doing what Emma was doing, when we are bored, desperate and unhappy we do stupid things that we know are stupid but we think they are better than staying still, doing nothing and just feeling like dying a little bit everyday.

The second book I read was a young adult called the DUFF written by Kody Keplinger, I picked this book because of a positive review of a moroccan youtuber, the story is ok but just not that good for me, too much talking about looks and sex that's what I remember from it, I don't know why but young adult books aren't for me, I'm afraid I'm being unfair to this genre but that's just what I feel, final verdict the DUFF was a waste of time.

All the other books I read are children books, I have been planning to read those forever, and finally I did, like I expected they weren't that easy to read, the vocabulary was all new to me animal names flower names, even with this difficulty I really enjoyed those books, I read Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson a dreamy book about jess and leslie and their magical world I liked this book so much especially that even though it's a children book the author talked about deep issues such as death, religion, love, children abuse this book is just amazing, I also read secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett the book tells the story of Mary a spoiled sick child, who will move to her uncle estate where her life will change not only hers but the life of many people around her, this book is just beautiful, I did retell this story to my little cousin and he was amazed with it, he told me that he wish he could also have a secret garden, I replied me too after this book who doesn't dream of one, the last book is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and to be honest I didn't understand much of it or the book had not much in it, I don't know all I could remember from it was that Alice kept changing sizes kept asking herself who she was, maybe I'm going to reread this book someday I should this book is famous it should be for a reason am I wrong?

That's it for this post, I'm going to keep reading and try to write more I know my writing style sucks, I should try more. to the few people who read the rumbling I write thank you.

My progress in spanish + my current favorite spanish songs #2

"Hola, me llamó merieme, tengo veintiún anos, vivo en agadir, es un cuidad en el sur de marruecos, agadir es muy agredable sobre todo en verano, trabajo como camarera, es mi trabajo este verano.  

Aprendo espanol por dos anos, pero mi nivel es no bueno porque me estudiando solo en mi casa utilizando internet y a veces me aburro.

Pero este verano intento trabajar mas y estudiar mas, y mi gol es leer un libro entero en espanol espero que si."

So this is all I could say in spanish when I recorded myself, and I know it's not a good thing since it doesn't reflect my work, and it's a little frustrating, but I'm not giving up I'll learn this language one day.

One of the tips I found on the internet about learning any language is to diversify my learning resources, so I have been searching for and trying different resources; I have found this app called Duolingo, it's a great app to learn vocabulary and I love using it, and I started listening to a new podcast Showtime spanish and I like it so far, I also began to watch this telenovela La que no podia amar the site where I'm watching it provides english and spanish subtitles witch is so helpful. I'm the type to get easily bored so using different resources helps me a lot.

Now to music;

this month I have been listening a lot to some old but yet so good songs by enrique iglesias.

Ayer:

Hey dime a donde vas                                             Hey tell me where you're going

y si sabes tu distino                                                  and if you know your destity

Ayer cabais en mi corazon                                      yesturday you fit in my heart

y te escondiste en un rincon                                   and you hid in a corner

del otro lado                                                               of the other side

yo se que la vida nos dejo                                        I know that life let us 

saber que nuestro amor                                           know that our love

no esta acabado                                                         is not over

                                          

Enrique Iglesias feat. Juan Luis Guerra-Cuando Me Enamoro:

Cuando me enamoro                                               When I fall in love

a veces desespero                                                     Sometimes I get desperate

Cuando me enamoro                                               When I fall in love

Cuando menos melo espero                                   When I least expect it

me enamoro                                                               I fall in love

Se detiene el tiempo                                                 Time stops

me viene el alma al cuerpo                                     soul comes to my body

sonrio, cuando me enamoro                                  I smile, when I fall in love

Since I'm a big fan of Ricky Martin, I'm always listening to one of his songs, this month I have been listening to:
Tu Recuerdo by Ricky Martin & Mari Chambao:

Tu recuerdo sigue aqui                                          Your memory stays here
Como un aguacero                                                  Like a cloudburst
Rompe fuerte sobre mi                                          It hits me hard
Pero a fuego lento                                                   But slowly
Quema y moja por igual                                        It burns and soaks me all the same
Y ya no se lo que pensar                                        And I don't know what to think
Si tu recuerdo me hace bien                                 If your memory is good  
o me hace mal                                                         or bad for me

Ricky Martin - La Mordidita:

I enjoy listing to this song so much, so richy martin.

I saved the best for the last,

Solita by Prince Royce:

Tomando el autobús                                               While I was taking the bus

En un Diciembre a mi vida llegas tú                    In a December you came into my life

La niña que tantas veces yo había                        The girl of whom I’ve dreamed so many

soñado                                                                          times

Y como un loco, cada noche deseado                   And like a crazy, I desired her every night  

  

I'd like to mention that for the lyrics and the translation, I use this website that I like so much http://lyricstranslate.com/