Sunday, September 20, 2015

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.





Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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.

Friday, June 26, 2015

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/







Friday, June 12, 2015

My trip back to Casablanca


                          

It was 22:30 Sunday night when dad drove me to the bus station, he didn't stop warning me how dangers casa was early in the morning, how I should take the taxi once there waiting for the bus alone isn't safe, he kept insisting on this he knows I hate taxis, I kept answering yes dad ok dad, it was not my first time traveling to casa, but he (dad) and mom still act like I was a child.

After buying the ticket which is not that easy in moroccan bus stations, and made sure I was comfortable in my seat, dad went back home finally. I'm 21 he shouldn't be so worried about me but he just does I should prove him I can handle alone those situations, I think.

It was a year since I last visited casablanca, I missed my friends so much, but it wasn't the raison I was going to it, I needed some paper from my old university. the trip lasted 6 hours, I couldn't sleep I kept listening to an audio-book I downloaded and the time flew by.
It was 6 am when I arrived to casa, I descended at the station that dad calls a jungle and it is with all those homeless people. I didn't care much about the station what made me anxious was the empty streets outside, so I headed in quick steps to the bus station, sorry dad but I hate taxis, I hate that stupid conversation with the driver, the station wasn't empty which made me relaxed, soon the bus came in half an hour I was at my friend's place, her mom was so nice, made the bad for me to rest and give me pg's to feel comfortable I slept for an hour before going to the uni.

My experience this time at that school wasn't as bad as last time, the administration still sucks, but they gave me my paper without  begging, yelling or cursing, they just made me wait for 3 hour.

On the road, back to my friend's house I felt at ease, all my anxiety sources were gone, I sat looking outside the bus window, nothing really changed beside the new garbage boxes, the air wasn't as stinky as the last time I was there, I just realized how much I missed my every day trip to school and casa in general, the city where I was born and grow up, it's the most dirty and definitely not so safe city but I missed it,its nice helpful people not all of them but living in agadir made me appreciate that quality in casawi people, how easy it was to start a conversation with a total stranger in the bus. 

I eat lunch, rested for a few hours, I couldn't help not visiting my uncle and its little family I missed them so much, he lives now at my old house, once there I got a little bit nostalgic but I didn't burst into real tears until I sow a neighborhood friend it was weird but it felt good, I said goodbye to my house, and at 7 pm I was on the road again back to agadir.

All I was doing on the trip was thinking, thinking how much I grow up, how it was hard for me to get used to living in a new city, It costed me a year without studying and who knows about next year, but in the end, now that I said my farewells to my old city, I felt fresh, I'm starting a new page in my life with no regrets or prejudice. this is life, we are in a trip  we land at different places, meet new people say goodbye to others, have bad memories good ones, the most important thing is to always move forward and don't get stuck in the past

I didn't know my trip would turn me this wise, I arrived at 4 am, dad was waiting for me!!.