I Haven´t written in many weeks. I keep on learning the language, yet I have not improved as fast as I thought when I started this blog.
There are some subjects that I would like to comment: The new lehendakari, why we forget about what is important in our lives or wikileaks. I know that there are great issues to talk about, but today´s essay would be about ourselves and why we read some newspapers to confirm what we are going to read, it is what we actually want to read.
In the Basque country, the society is split into 2 halves,on the one hand there are people who feel only Basque and on the other hand people who feel Spanish. Therefore people read the newspaper where they think this belief is going to be confirmed. The papers usually don´t lie, although they write in a way that the don´t tell the whole truth.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Ametsak
Pursuing a Dream
When you are young the world seems full of opportunities and chances that are waiting to be seized by you. Throughout my life I have had my share of ups and downs and quite often I have been disappointed by sudden turns of fate, though, always trying to look on the bright side.
Ambitious I may consider myself for many times I have been overcome by the strong desire to achieve a goal, regardless of its nature. However, the one that had the strongest effect upon my life was probably the ambition to succeed in my career as a broker. As a student I was given that unique and often rare opportunity of working in a distinguished finacial office alongside with far more skilled and experienced sharks. But, despite the fact that my job was entirely connected with the course I was attending at the university there was still the contradiction between my working time and my school timetable. Furthermore, some of the teachers were against students working during the term and I had to face the absurdity of the education system being under threat of expelling. Even then I did not give up my work and continued to work, a decision which I now do not regret as it has paid off during the years. Because of my high-quality work and devotion to the subject I was able to build inmensly succesuful career and to successfully graduate from school.
And yet, if it was not for the fact that I risked my studies I would not have been able to meet the right people and to gain access to one of the well-known names in my field. Thinking about it now it seems unlikely to me that I have been so stubborn for I have always preferred to be on the safe side and not to take any unnecessary risks. Moreover I have always dreaded the possibility of being exposed to any peril at all. But from time to time one needs to reconsider one’s aims and to decide which one of them is the most important. You cannot succeed unless you take the bull by the horns.
When you are young the world seems full of opportunities and chances that are waiting to be seized by you. Throughout my life I have had my share of ups and downs and quite often I have been disappointed by sudden turns of fate, though, always trying to look on the bright side.
Ambitious I may consider myself for many times I have been overcome by the strong desire to achieve a goal, regardless of its nature. However, the one that had the strongest effect upon my life was probably the ambition to succeed in my career as a broker. As a student I was given that unique and often rare opportunity of working in a distinguished finacial office alongside with far more skilled and experienced sharks. But, despite the fact that my job was entirely connected with the course I was attending at the university there was still the contradiction between my working time and my school timetable. Furthermore, some of the teachers were against students working during the term and I had to face the absurdity of the education system being under threat of expelling. Even then I did not give up my work and continued to work, a decision which I now do not regret as it has paid off during the years. Because of my high-quality work and devotion to the subject I was able to build inmensly succesuful career and to successfully graduate from school.
And yet, if it was not for the fact that I risked my studies I would not have been able to meet the right people and to gain access to one of the well-known names in my field. Thinking about it now it seems unlikely to me that I have been so stubborn for I have always preferred to be on the safe side and not to take any unnecessary risks. Moreover I have always dreaded the possibility of being exposed to any peril at all. But from time to time one needs to reconsider one’s aims and to decide which one of them is the most important. You cannot succeed unless you take the bull by the horns.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Gaur egungo gazteak gehiegi al dute?
In my opinion modern society has played a significant role in shaping children as selfish and spoilt, but a closer look would prove that youngsters are rather suppressed and even struggling for attention in the grown-ups’ world.
To begin with, successful and ambitious parents often buy beautiful and fancy presents for their children under the pretext of care and consideration. Yet, on the bottom lies a troubled consciousness for not having enough time to spend with them, which craves to be soothed. Constant business trips and working overtime are filling adults’ task schedules. Unfortunately, some of them miss to realize that the real important thing is their children and the care they need. Having dolls and being surrounded by beautiful objects make a child happy and rather spoilt, but deep down there is a sustained feeling of sadness and lack of attention, a hole which is to be filled with nothing but more presents. Thus, the youngs learn to want more material stuff, which will assure only a temporary feeling of satisfaction and security.
Another spoiling practice lies in parents’ tendency to buy the most recent fashionable objects, so that the youngsters would not feel like social outcasts. New mobile phones, ipods, stylish piece of clothing and any other imaginable faddy toy, will be bought just because it is trendy. Consequently, children begin to compete with one another merely on the base of the material.
All this spoiling and tolerating of severe competition among youngsters makes them learn the adulthood’s lesson too soon. Their seemingly carefree days are just a prelude to the grown-ups’ world. The constant struggle for success becomes a part of their lives very early. No matter whether it is a sports competition or a school project the most important thing becomes the win and not the joy of playing.
All in all, today’s children may seem rather indulged, but the truth being told, most of them lack the untroubled years of freedom – freedom from material things and prejudices, freedom to give and receive attention in exchange for nothing.
To begin with, successful and ambitious parents often buy beautiful and fancy presents for their children under the pretext of care and consideration. Yet, on the bottom lies a troubled consciousness for not having enough time to spend with them, which craves to be soothed. Constant business trips and working overtime are filling adults’ task schedules. Unfortunately, some of them miss to realize that the real important thing is their children and the care they need. Having dolls and being surrounded by beautiful objects make a child happy and rather spoilt, but deep down there is a sustained feeling of sadness and lack of attention, a hole which is to be filled with nothing but more presents. Thus, the youngs learn to want more material stuff, which will assure only a temporary feeling of satisfaction and security.
Another spoiling practice lies in parents’ tendency to buy the most recent fashionable objects, so that the youngsters would not feel like social outcasts. New mobile phones, ipods, stylish piece of clothing and any other imaginable faddy toy, will be bought just because it is trendy. Consequently, children begin to compete with one another merely on the base of the material.
All this spoiling and tolerating of severe competition among youngsters makes them learn the adulthood’s lesson too soon. Their seemingly carefree days are just a prelude to the grown-ups’ world. The constant struggle for success becomes a part of their lives very early. No matter whether it is a sports competition or a school project the most important thing becomes the win and not the joy of playing.
All in all, today’s children may seem rather indulged, but the truth being told, most of them lack the untroubled years of freedom – freedom from material things and prejudices, freedom to give and receive attention in exchange for nothing.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Links - Time
If someone wants to write correctly , It is quite important to use links properly. Today I will use links of time.
ONE THING BEFORE ANOTHER
Before I went to work, I fed the cat
I had sent an email prior to going home
It was nice to travel around Irland. Previously, I only had visited France.
My friend´s name is Peter. Formerly he was Maria
Things happenig at the same time
While He shouted, she started yelling
As I was running, It started to rain
During the war, I killed a lot of people
Throughout the war ,I had to live in a shanty town
ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
After I´d locked up , I went to bed
He feel ill and was admitted to the hospital. He died afterwards
TIME WHEN
When I win the lottery, I will buy a house
As soon as we have eaten, we can watch tv
The moment I saw her, I knew I was going to die
CONNECTING TWO PERIODS OR EVENTS
By the time I retire, I will have saved two million
The football match is delayed due to the snow. In the meantime warm up inside
ONE THING BEFORE ANOTHER
Before I went to work, I fed the cat
I had sent an email prior to going home
It was nice to travel around Irland. Previously, I only had visited France.
My friend´s name is Peter. Formerly he was Maria
Things happenig at the same time
While He shouted, she started yelling
As I was running, It started to rain
During the war, I killed a lot of people
Throughout the war ,I had to live in a shanty town
ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
After I´d locked up , I went to bed
He feel ill and was admitted to the hospital. He died afterwards
TIME WHEN
When I win the lottery, I will buy a house
As soon as we have eaten, we can watch tv
The moment I saw her, I knew I was going to die
CONNECTING TWO PERIODS OR EVENTS
By the time I retire, I will have saved two million
The football match is delayed due to the snow. In the meantime warm up inside
Saturday, July 18, 2009
CLASSIC QUOTES
I´m fond of classic quotes.Not only do they teach you a lot, they are very inspitational words as well. I hope you like these ones
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
Confucius
“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
Chinese proverb
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Pablo Picasso
“I conceive that a knowledge of books is the base on which all other knowledge rests.”
George Washington
“The little I know, I owe to my ignorance.”
Sacha Guitry
“The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.”
Don Herold
“Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
William James
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
Samuel Coleridge
“Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch.”
Steve Droke
“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”
Abba Eban
“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”
Tyron Edwards
“Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world.”
Albert Einstein
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
Albert Einstein
“What did you ask at school today?”
Richard Fenyman
“Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have prepared to talk.”
Doug Larson
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
Naguib Mahfouz
“To know one thing, you must know the opposite.”
Henry Moore
“The doer alone learneth.
Friedrich Nietzsche
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know.”
Mark Twain
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.”
Zig Ziglar
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
Galileo Galilei
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
Frank Zappa
“Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.”
Samuel Palmer
“Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.”
George Louis DeBuffon
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
Lao-Tzu
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
Alexander Hamilton
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
Confucius
“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
Chinese proverb
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Pablo Picasso
“I conceive that a knowledge of books is the base on which all other knowledge rests.”
George Washington
“The little I know, I owe to my ignorance.”
Sacha Guitry
“The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.”
Don Herold
“Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The art of becoming wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
William James
“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”
Samuel Coleridge
“Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch.”
Steve Droke
“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.”
Abba Eban
“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”
Tyron Edwards
“Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world.”
Albert Einstein
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
Albert Einstein
“What did you ask at school today?”
Richard Fenyman
“Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have prepared to talk.”
Doug Larson
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
Naguib Mahfouz
“To know one thing, you must know the opposite.”
Henry Moore
“The doer alone learneth.
Friedrich Nietzsche
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know.”
Mark Twain
“If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost.”
Zig Ziglar
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
Galileo Galilei
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
Frank Zappa
“Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.”
Samuel Palmer
“Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.”
George Louis DeBuffon
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
Lao-Tzu
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
Alexander Hamilton
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Saturday, July 11, 2009
STEVE JOBS
Steve Jobs made an inspirational speech at Standford University in 2005. He advised to graduate students to stay hungry, stay foolish.It is worth watching .
Friday, July 10, 2009
I´m going to Dublin.
Some months ago I started this blog with the intention to improve my English. Yes, I know that I haven´t written anything for almost one year, but... Let´s start again.
I was in Edinburgh 12 years ago. Although I hate English at that time ( I was not able to understand anything) I decided that the best way to learn it would be going to Scotland, and thus I travelled to Edinburgh. I remember waiting at the airport to pick up my luggage, but it didn´t appear. It was fustrating not to be able to explain to British Airways employees how my luggage was.It turned up some hours later.
I studied hard when I was there. Not only did I acquire language at an amazing rate, it was a very rewarding experience for me as well.
This summer I´m going to Dublin. I hope to have a good time.
I was in Edinburgh 12 years ago. Although I hate English at that time ( I was not able to understand anything) I decided that the best way to learn it would be going to Scotland, and thus I travelled to Edinburgh. I remember waiting at the airport to pick up my luggage, but it didn´t appear. It was fustrating not to be able to explain to British Airways employees how my luggage was.It turned up some hours later.
I studied hard when I was there. Not only did I acquire language at an amazing rate, it was a very rewarding experience for me as well.
This summer I´m going to Dublin. I hope to have a good time.
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