The Lord of the Rings

The last film I saw was not new, in fact it was The Lord of the Rings. I saw it last weekend with my mum, cause she love it!

It is based on the well-known book, and tells the story of a creature called a hobbit who takes a dangerous magic ring back to the place where it was made, in order to destroy it. There are many characters apart from the hobbit and his friends, including a wizard called Gandalf and a suspicious creature called Gollum. 

   This is a film about friendship and loyalty. However, it is the special effects that make it truly magical. There are vivid battle scenes with fantastic animals and birds, and sets that are so imaginative that you want to believe they are real. But as well as this, the actual locations are beautiful, too. Finally, I would recommend this film to anyone, even those who do not usually enjoy fantasy films (like me). What I would say to them is: "go and try it". Like me, you might find that the film lifts you out of your everyday life into a world you will not want to leave even though you didn't like this type of films.

National Day: SANT JORDI!

Sant Jordi or St. Jorge day, is a national day in Catalonia celebrated on the 23rd of April of every year. It consists of buying a rose for your girlfriend showing your love for her,and  ladies have to gifting a book to their couples 

The story starts in the medieval age, when an enormous and terrorific dragon was eating all the poor people. They were dying and there wasn't more food, so the King decided to take important and royal women and gave them to the dragon. It was the turn of the princess and all the village were frightened. Suddenly, a knight appeared and he could kill the big dragon.

The princess was safe and with the blood of the dragon, a rose appeared on it. The knight took it and he gave it to the princess.

They fell in love quickly, and the town celebrated the triumph with a beautiful wedding between Jorge and the princess. 

This day represents the triumph between a dragon and a princess and on the 23rd of April, all men have to buy a rose for his girlfriend. 

The word "rose" and the red color are the most important for 24 hours.

This is a little summary about what's the meaning of this important day for many catalans.

PD: Have a nice St. Jorge day!! <3

Formal letter

14 Empori Road

Sant Pere Pescador

Spain

17470

The Secretary

Spanish Government

342 Royal Street

Madrid

Dear Mr. Rajoy, 

I am writing to expose some points to improve, in my point of view, the way of guide our country, Spain. 

All of us know the situation that nowadays affect us, and it is so alarming. 

On the one hand, hundred of persons live in the streets without money, houses or food. Thousands, have not a minimum salary, and millions, have not got a job.

On the other hand, tax increase considerately and politicians and people with high position like directors of multinationals keep their salary while their employees are under the minimum wage.

That is why I therefore to reduce the extratosferic salaries of some people, to eliminate the expenses of politicians and a lot of inecesary extras more. 

All in all, it has to reorganize the economical and political system of our country urgently. I hope we can get out of crisis early. 

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely, 

Marina Costa Cañadas

Amsterdam!

On Easter week I went to Amsterdam for five days (from Thursday to Monday) with my family. It was fantastic although the weather, as it snowed every morning!! It was SO cold:(

We arrived on Thursday by two hours of delay. It was really annoying, cause we had to lunch at Amsterdam and as a result, we arrived at 5pm. What a pitty!!

During these days we walked a lot, but not because our hotel was far from the center (cause it was at 200meters from Dam square) but because we wanted to visit everything and the best way to do it, was walking!! 

Moreover, we took two programmed daytrip. In one of this we did a city tour in Amsterdam city and then we went to Ane Frank’s house. It was amazing, spectacular and sad at the same time!

Next day we took the second one, and we went to visit Volendam (small town with a cheese farm and factory), and Marken. Both of them were beautiful and cute.

Next days, we stayed at the city and then, on Monday we took the plane at 12am.

Amsterdam experience finished!!

Syria: Aerial Attacks Strike Civilians

The Syrian Air Force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians. These attacks are serious violations of international humanitarian law (the laws of war), and people who commit such violations with criminal intent are responsible for war crimes.

The 80-page report, "Death from the Skies: Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians" is based on visits to 50 sites of government air strikes in opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo, Idlib, and Latakia governorates, and more than 140 interviews with witnesses and victims. The air strikes Human Rights Watch documented killed at least 152 civilians. According to a network of local Syrian activists, air strikes have killed more than 4,300 civilians across Syria since July 2012.

“In village after village, we found a civilian population terrified by their country’s own air force,” said Ole Solvang, a Human Rights Watch emergencies researcher who visited the sites and interviewed many of the victims and witnesses. “These illegal air strikes killed and injured many civilians and sowed a path of destruction, fear, and displacement.” We are lucky to live in a country of the first world  and don’t suffer those types of attacks as it would be extremely difficult and practicly impossible living as good as now. Our civilization has been improved rather different respect to  Syrian, and thanks to that we can live better, but what about these people how live there? They haven't got the fault and even less the fault of being victims of war crimes of their own govern. The mentality of this type of powerful people has to start changing and if people/civils don't start doing something, it could be worst than nowadays. 

People can get the victory if they are together in the same team 

http://www.hrw.org

HUMAN RIGHTS

1. What are human rights?

Human rights are those rights common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

Definetely, human rights are those rights that everyone have for being a person.

2. Why were they created?

Human rights were created to preserve the natural rights that everyone have.

3.How many human rights are there?

Nowadays there are thirty articles. 

4.Which human right were you familiar with? Mention an example where this human right is respected and where it is not respected. 

Article 7: "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination."
In front the law everyone have the same protection and the same tract, but, what happen in any legal cases in Spain? Has Urdangarin or Infanta Cristina got the same tract as an anonymous person who could do the same? We have to reflect on that and start working on it. 

Thousands of British academics come to Salou to celebrate Easter week

It has become a tradition at this time. Thousands of British “occupy” the Catalan village of Salou to spend Easter week. At the time, 4000 of the 9000 people expected, have reached. However, many residents complain of disturbances, noise and dirt that they cause. Others, like the innkeepers, give the welcome to students with open arms by the economic boost they represent. 

They take advantage of the sun and the good weather that is in the Catalan coast, and not enjoy at home, to enjoy the passing days in Spain. They make sport games on the beach but always with a glass of alcohol in their hands. 

It is called the “Saloufest” for them and this year is the thirteenth edition .

It sounds heavy  as lot of academics take for a week the beaches of Salou to get sloshed and to have fun as when someone is young it seems funny and cool, but for the people from the village, I think that it has to be really annoying and tired. Seeing that your town becomes  dirty and a night life place make you feel worry for your family and your house. What have to think the little ones? And the people arround the world, from the city? 

In my opinion it has to be good and funny but with a limit, always respecting the citizen and the diferents places that they go as the beaches, the hotels, the streets, ....

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