Community Photos

These are a few pictures that represent my community, the first one is a picture I took in "La Quinta." I think that place is a really iconic of Playa because everyone goes there on the weekend or when they have free time. It's also a very touristic part and what I don't like is that I'm starting to see a lot of stores from foreign countries and I would prefer to see more national stuff.

The las two are of the place I live in "Selvamar." I spend most of my time there and I love/hate the fact that it's in the middle of the jungle. I like that there are a lot of animals, but there's also a lot of bugs. There are millions of mosquitoes, and they really annoy me. Anyways, that's my community!

Idiom Assignment "It's raining cats and dogs!"

I chose the idiom “it´s raining cats and dogs” because that’s what’s been going on the past days.  The non-literal meaning refers to when it’s raining really intensely or heavily.

People are not sure of the origin of this one, but many agree that it might have to do with mythology. The other possible source that at least three internet sites shares, was that it comes from versions of different words, like the French word “catadoupe” meaning waterfall or from a Greek expression “cata doxa.”

Dialogue:

-Hello?

-Hi Sam, it’s me Eve, do you think we can rehearse the play today?

-I don’t think so Eve, have you looked outside? It’s raining cats and dogs!

-Oh well, but we can find an indoors place to do it don´t you think?

-That´s not the problem, you know I the only way to move around for me is on my bike, and I cant go out when it’s raining like this.

-How about I pick you up?

-Then sure!

Community Recommendation

I recently moved to Playa like 5 weeks ago, so I don’t know many places or interesting locations to recommend. The thing that comes to mind is a place called “Bisquets Obregón.” This is a place located somewhere in or near “la Quinta” (not really sure were, though). I have known this place since I was little, because there are more of these restaurants throughout Mexico. The food is great, but their strongest asset is their bread. Maybe I like it because it reminds me of the city I used to live in, but I’ve heard that other people like it so I think it’s safe to send you there.  

10 SAT words in other sources

1. Word: Decoy. Source: Song "Decoy" by Paramore

2. Word: Quandary. Source: "We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community." Quote by: Barbara Jordan.

3. Word: Perdition Source: Poem "The road to perdition" by Capitan Cur

4. Word: Affable Source: "I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy." Quote by: Alison Moyet.

5. Word: Languish Source: Song "Languishing" by Mariah Carey

6. Word: Placebo Source: Article "Is the placebo powerless? Update of a systematic review
with 52 new randomized trials comparing placebo with no treatment"

7. Word: Quirk Source: "Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks." Quote by: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

8. Word: Stevedore Source: Poem "The Stevedores" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

9.Word: Atheist Source: News article "More atheists shout it from the rooftop" 

10. Word: Morose Source: “So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays." Quote by: N.H. Kleinbaum

Challenge Homework

Last year, for my first year of high school, I decided to go live with my grandmother in Queretaro. I left my siblings and my parents behind not knowing what to expect and having no idea of how to do things by myself. I didn’t know how to cook, do the laundry, that sort of things. For the first few weeks I was feeling morose. I always had my parents backup, and now I didn’t.

Also, my grandma has a lot of quirks, which made it a little hard to live “in peace” with her. She had no car, and neither did I, so I had to take a cab to get to my school (which was quite far) every single day. My parents send me a little amount of money every month, and that was my lunch money, emergency money, and weekend money. I had to organize myself and sacrifice a lot of things that, if I were living with my parents, I wouldn’t have to.

Due to some family issues, my parents gave me the option to come back, so now I found myself in a quandary. I absolutely love the city, but with no car, no income of my own, and at the age of 16 life was a little hard.  So I decided to come back. I don’t regret my decision, even though I miss Queretaro a lot. I also don’t think it was a wasted year, I learned a lot and most importantly, I became a lot more independent. 

Recommendation

Why did humans invent music?

Article by Marc Silver (National geographic)

I liked this article because despite what the tittle makes you think, which is that they are actually going to tell you why humans invented music, they don’t, and it’s the first thing they point out.

Instead, they give theories of why it is that humans listen to music. The part where they say that music was invented to belong to a certain group I find completely true. Like the example they mentioned, when you go to a concert of your favorite band, you find the people that go there friendly, affable, you immediately like them just because they like the same music and that creates a certain feel of belonging.

I recommend this article because it’s informative, but also not very long and it’s not written in a pontificate way, but a simple way.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130824-invention-music-phish-stevie-wonder-blurred-lines-robin-thicke/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ng%2FNews%2FNews_Main+%28National+Geographic+News+-+Main%29