Friday, November 30, 2007

The legend of Zorro by Isabel Allende

I was reading this book called Zorro, and I like it so much. I think this book is very interesting because the author explain in every episode in exciting form and you want to read more and more. This book is about the adventures of Zorro and all his life, when he was born and how he transformed into the character of Zorro.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

my new baby

This experience is fantastic and incredible because there is a new person in the house.My new baby is just 3 weeks and his name is Emiliano. I have another son 2 years old and when he was born every attention was for him, but now I need to take care of both of them, so my 2-year-old needs to share at his mommy with the baby. For me it is hard to adapt to the new life, because I feel now it is luxury to sleep, to eat, and some more things, but I don't care because my family increase and I am happy about that.

Friday, November 16, 2007

duke ellington

I read about a jazz musician name was Duke Ellington. The Author By Andrea Davis Pinkney. I love his music because....I'm a musician, and I learn about the different kind of music. Also root of Jazz. I'd love it. If you do want to know more about The Jazz music, read Duke Ellington.

The success is not for casuality

The Success is not for Casualty. Is what this book talks about. We build our own success. All that we need to do is to think and act positively. The universe gives to you the success that everybody wants if you really wish it. To act positively doesn't mean only act to our self, we could do something positively for every people. Doing something good for everybody is to show them how fantastic is to share the knowledge of each other. Marcelo Gleiser teach us his phrase that said "The knowledge doesn't mean necessary wisdom, but to be ignorant never is a reasonable option". The communication with our self or with others it's more effective if our body and mind are in tune. Don't you think so?.

Beauty and the business

I'm reading a book called Beauty and the Business By Tana Reiff,because I'm interested all about cosmetology. In this book I learn things that can help me in my job, some tips, how I can explain to my clients easily in English or Spanish about all necessary things.

Fatal Fiction

The book I am reading is called Fatal Fiction by Mary Blount Christian. When Lin Hill tells Sam Blessing that she can no longer publish his boring books, Sam goes into a rage. He swears his twin brother Ben will never publish again either. It's a good book so far, and I like mystery books.

"Zorro" of Isabel Allende

The story of Zorro narrates in its first part who this character was in his childhood. He was so difficult when he was child because the culture of his parents were different. Each would want to teach him all about their culture, but in sometimes do not agree with one other. He learned from his mom what was native and loved the nature and always was living with her tribe. His dad taught education and good manners. After that he had happy childhood.

The Right Type

Last week I read a little book very interesting,this book is The Right Type. Is about one woman who doesn't had job, and she was looking for a job in the newspaper, but she was very impatient, because she wanted found a job soon. She lived with her mom,and she always told her be patient soon will found something.One day when she read the newspaper she watched a job in a very important office. The Queen was called the own of the office, and needed a good Right Type with experience in that range. The woman knew she doesn't good with the Type, but she wanted the job. That night she made her curriculum in her Type Writer but she decided to lie a little and put that she was a very good Type Writer. Soon The Queen call her for test, she was very happy and the other day she went to the office and made the test of dictation and she passed, after that she made the test with the Type Writer and she was very nervous and she failure in somethings but The Queen tought she was the first time and she was nervous. Soon she was working with the others secretaries, the other secretaries worked very fast than she, the next first month The Queen came and choose the best Right Type and she gave a computer for work, no more Type Writer. She want a computer too but she was very lizy and The Queen never choose her. One day she decided took computer class at night, and soon she learned to write in computer.The Queen watch her for two months, and finally she decided put her in a computer. The woman learned that she never lie again in her life and her job.

An history sad, but real.

I'm reading a book Frozen Tears by Don Sawyer. This book tell us about Laura. Her childhood was very sad and dramatic because, she was battered by her dad. The father was a violent person. The parents sent her to court and the judge sent her to Detention Center. That was the nightmare for Laura. She spent days in interviews and test for her attitude. But the thing most important about this story, in my opinion, it was when Laura made a decision. She was go on to taking advantage about her skills. She started to work like volunteer when the new girls coming down from drugs. I think that every human being has the capacity, courage, and determination to learn and to find the way to survive.

Memories of my Land

The last book that I read was called My Native Land. It is an Anthology written by New Writers. This is like a combination of stories based of lived experiences. Each person who wrote in this book tells their own story about their own country. Most of the time they miss somebody or they miss some food of some place, there is always something to miss. Sometimes they just tell us how they spend the time in that place. I enjoyed reading this book because each time when I did start a new story it was something new to know about that country and about its people.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Hopes and Dreams

The last three books I have read talk about stories of the immigration experience. The first book is called Sent Away. It talks about a Japanese family and how hard their life was in the United States after the Japanese Army attacked Pearl Harbor at the Naval Base. The second book is called Boat People. It talks about the Vietnamese people and how they had to escape Vietnam because the War started. They did not wanted to be killed and they had to migrate to the United States. It was not easy for them to work with Americans . The Vietnamese worked in fishing, but Americans had rules that the Vietnamese did not understand. The third book is called No Body Knows. It talks about Africans in the United States. One of the bad things happened in the story was at the store. The store had two doors,the first door had fresh paint,the second door was old and worn, first door had a sign said "white only" and the second door's sign said "colored only."....The author of this three books is Tana Reiff. I liked these true stories . That happened a long time ago.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Love in the Time of Cholera

If you want to live an amazing experience, you should watch this movie because it is based on the novel by the same name that was written by one of the best writers of Latin America, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. If you have not read this novel, you can enjoy watching the movie,too. It is a romantic story that have the touch magic of the author.

My Friend is Gone

I work in a Nursing Home called Laurel Manor Care Center, and it belongs to the Volunteers of America. I really enjoy this job because it makes feel so useful, helping people who need me and making money at the same time, but there is also co-workers. Ten days ago one nurse told me that she was going to have a Stress test done at the hospital by the next Friday and she did it, but couple days after that somebody at work told me that she had to take another kind of test and the same day, and the doctors found out that she needed a open heart surgery. The surgery was done last Monday, and she did good the first 36 hrs. I really don't know what had happen, but yesterday a friend of mine call me and said to me by phone that my friend Judy had died. I'm still in shock, she was a very sweet lady, and she was only 52 years old. She left a 12 years old son. Although, I see people dying every day, I don't know why Judy's death has shock me too much. She is probably in a better place now in peace with no problems anymore. Things like this make me think that the live is very short and we never know where are you going to be tomorrow.