tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79687441706170100802024-02-21T22:47:43.517-08:00CMed's Blog. Bienvenidos/as; Bienvenue; Welcome; Willkommen!This is Carmen Medina's blog.
Have fun learning and teaching languages!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-85700564895337999702013-10-18T22:08:00.003-07:002013-10-18T22:09:52.802-07:00Oman mon amour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have just returned from a trip to <a href="http://www.omanet.om/english/home.asp" target="_blank">Oman</a>. I have fallen in love! What an amazing country! We were based in <a href="http://www.omantourism.gov.om/wps/portal/mot/tourism/oman/home/sultanate/regions/muscat/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3j_oMBgNz9XEwMDb3dDA08jd9cAQ8NgQ9NQQ_2CbEdFAJgWa28!/" target="_blank">Muscat</a>. We went on a day trip to <a href="http://www.nizwa.net/" target="_blank">Nizwa</a>, spent a day on the<a href="http://www.omantourism.gov.om/wps/portal/mot/tourism/oman/home/experiences/nature/beaches/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hLb3PXYCMDMwN_HydzA8_gUA_DYHcnY3cnA_2CbEdFAFOZ06s!/" target="_blank"> beach</a>, went on a <a href="http://seatoursoman.com/" target="_blank">dolphin watching trip</a>, walked the <a href="http://www.omantourism.gov.om/wps/portal/mot/tourism/oman/details/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hLb3PXYCMDMwN_U3NDA8_ggEADb1cfQ_cAc_2CbEdFAMHKVOk!/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/mot_english_lib/mot/experience/culture/shopping/mutrah+souq" target="_blank">souq</a> and simply enjoyed the people and the place. It is a Muslim country that brings the history of Cordoba (Spain) to mind as a harmonious respectful space of coexistence.<br />
For a quick view of the city of Muscat, take the <a href="http://eng.bigbustours.com/muscat/home.html" target="_blank">Big Bus Tour</a>. It is a bit on the pricey side but is worth every riyal :) We went on it twice. The first time, I took pictures whilst on the second trip, I sat back and listened to the narrator.</div>
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Back to blogging.<br />
It has been a long time since I posted my last blog. I am still living my adventure in Saudi Arabia. I will be coming back home (Spain) in summer 2014 to go back to my job as an Official School of Languages Teacher. In the mean time, I would like to recall ideas, adventures, situations, comments, visions, shades of this fascinatingly ultimate cultural experience.<br />
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<a href="http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2013/09/28/Driving-affects-ovary-and-pelvis-Saudi-sheikh-warns-women.html" target="_blank">On driving </a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-35299835418269516592012-07-10T11:44:00.002-07:002012-07-10T11:45:19.462-07:00I love it when Canada is in the news!<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>As an expat Canadian, I love it when Canada is in the news. Check this out, weren't we "Canadians" ahead of things way back when... it just goes to show you what shaped us into what we are today!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">How unfair can the world get? While millions of people are dying of hunger, others can afford to pay $450 for a pizza. </span></h2>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The world is in for another revolution, the masses are more than the few who pull the strings, it's a shame the masses haven't seen the light yet and reached a consensus and some organization. I'm hopeful someday in the not too distant future we will see the light together, we will see that the planet, life, the universe belongs to everyone in the way each one of us wants to live it, let me be and I shall let you be, hurt me and I will defend myself.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I struggle to be an educator but my surroundings are making it even more difficult...</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-35126191305832011262012-03-29T04:50:00.000-07:002012-03-29T04:50:33.845-07:00Atrocity takes yet another woman's life!<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It is another sad day for women:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Today we weep with you and for you, you will live on in our hearts. Thank you for your courage and your example....if only the doer suffered your pain!</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-66641423532169507782012-03-21T00:47:00.001-07:002012-03-21T00:51:56.090-07:00It is a week of celebrations, both in Spain and elsewhere...<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Spain has celebrated its <a href="http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_19078.shtml" target="_blank">Constitution</a>.</b></span><br />
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</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-8541021421622450852012-02-25T00:41:00.001-08:002012-02-25T00:44:14.728-08:00A world of "all sorts"....<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The world is used to women doing all sorts to keep a beautiful figure, young-looking face and body... This rule no longer applies to women only, in the past 10 to 15 years men and boys have been submitting to a wide variety of practices to equal the once thought of as "female" debt with society that made them keep themselves beautiful. In a world where <a href="http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm" target="_blank">hunger</a> is a daily companion to 925 million people, there are people who starve themselves in order to be in line with the current "stay slim" fashion trend.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In a world where women implant to improve curves, other women must implant due to cancer. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Such is our world, and <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-man-grows-six-inches-surgery-184123767--abc-news.html" target="_blank">this news item</a> just reinforces the fact that some people were born lucky, others, well, they deal with their hand as best they can and yet others are never happy with what they have...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Are you interested in the Oscars, at all?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Talking about refusals, did you know about the <a href="http://www.razzies.com/" target="_blank">Razzies</a>? If you didn't, check the link out. It is very amusing as it is an Oscar <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/antithesis?q=antithesis" target="_blank">antithesis</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>There are other awards too, such as the <a href="http://www.bafta.org/" target="_blank">BAFTA</a> or the <a href="http://www.goldenglobes.org/" target="_blank">Golden Globe</a> Awards. Spain also has its own award in the<a href="http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/" target="_blank"> San Sebastian Film Festival</a>, oh, and we mustn't forget the <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.fr/" target="_blank">Cannes Film Festival</a>, must we?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Have a great day! See you later, oh, please remember our class may be a little late today as we are presenting the brand new EOI Antequera Student Association at 6pm. We aren't as famous as the Oscars but I'm sure we can do many wonderfully exciting things if we all <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pitch-in?q=pitch+in#pitch-in__2" target="_blank">pitch in</a></b></span><b style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">!</b><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Have a great week, see you later!</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-58451397633306296242012-02-12T12:50:00.000-08:002012-02-12T12:50:06.331-08:00Another artist's life wastes away...<span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>It seems like yesterday that we were mourning Amy Winehouse... <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/pop-vocal-legend-whitney-houston-found-dead-034610653.html" target="_blank">Today, we mourn Whitney Houston</a>, so much pain and sorrow, such a pity for their families, such a loss for their fans, for the small pleasures in life, a smile, a hum along or dance to their music.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Rest in peace, the peace you could not find in this life...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Read this article on the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/18-mile-crack-seen-nasa-antarctic-glacier-205345573--abc-news.html" target="_blank">Ice Crack</a>, it is frightening. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Then sit back and watch this video. It is called "<a href="http://youtu.be/jqxENMKaeCU" target="_blank">Home</a>" and you can download it from You tube. It is extremely revealing as well as extremely saddening in places.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sometimes I wonder the world as we know it still exists!</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-78945724785076451762012-01-27T23:56:00.000-08:002012-01-27T23:57:04.039-08:00What is happening to this actress?<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A topic we often deal with in classes is, " being rich and famous". Please read this article about <a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/now/911-tape-describes-demi-moore-semi-conscious-smoking-194133952.html" target="_blank">Demi Moore</a> and leave your comment.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>- pressure that is attached to fame regarding image;</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>- life being in the limelight (press, TV, radio and now Internet);</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>- some rich, famous and successful people often have a hard personal life (awful relationships...);</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>- any other aspects you might want to comment on.</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968744170617010080.post-67622688773882187682012-01-16T23:41:00.000-08:002012-01-16T23:42:38.380-08:00What will they think of next?<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Check these abbreviations out. "<a href="http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-10012-pipa-is-the-new-sopa.html" target="_blank">PIPA is the new SOPA</a>", what on earth does that mean? Read on and you'll soon find out.</b></span><br />
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