Tattoos

My favourite way of art are tattoos. Yes, for me and thousands of people tattoos are art embodied on people's skins.There can be people against them, and peoeple in favor them, but nobody can deny that there're big artworks in some tattoos.

Make tattoos is a very complex process. Much people only see the final product, the superficial part of this art: the ready-made tattoo on someone's body, the form, the colours, the shades,... but don't know that nehind that is a tattooist with many pression and response over his shoulders. At first, to be a tattooist you must have the quality of beeing a super painter, and then, perfect it with drawing classes, etc. Your hand must can draw with 100% pressicion and without mistakes. Then, you must get the tattooist license(what includes an amply knowledge of hygiene and diseases). Once you get it, you must be disclosed in this big tattoo world and that is like when we search for jobs: they would many experience, but if you want experience, you must firstly work. But who contract you without experience?????? So, if you achieve this, get ready for all type of people: these who don't know what they want, these who change their opinion on the last moment, these who complains all time, these who won't like your job... You will handle with all them.

Sometimes, people don't know what get tattoed but have an idea. With this idea, you must achieve a cool draw that will go with them in their bodies for always(as long as they don't eliminate it with laser). The draws must be perfect, you have this pression of don't get out of the line and don't do any mistakes. It can be irreversible. Your pulse must be accurate.

And then.. hope the customer likes(better loves!!!!)the tattoo.

Personally, I have 3 tattos(for the moment). I made my first tattoo after finish 4th of ESO. It's a crown on the finger. My second tatto is hidden by my bra on my rib. There I have written "Todo pasa" with a lace, and I had made it last summer. My last tattoo is made a month ago, and it's my grandparents wedding year in roman numbers, MCMXCIII.

I don't repent of any of my tattoos, because all three have his meaning for me and I was very very very sure of make them. They a part of me. 

Batxillerat review: I just want to be done

Well, finally we're on March, our last(I hope!!!!!!) month in the highschool. My feelings are very confusing: on the one part, I will finish batxillerat, forget highschool, the many exams we have in all this weeks, forget all the subjects, teachers(you not Sònia!!haha), the mornings at 7:30 picking the bus and start a new life in the University with new classmates, new friends, new ambience, my own car, more liberty, etc. But I know I will miss all this, my current classmates and teachers, the mornings in the bus, Empuriabrava,...the fact of not being adult.

Being honest, I have many fears of what will happen since September. I think we're still not conscious that all the aspects of our life will change. This doesn't mean that it will be better, it also doesn't mean it will be worst. It simply mean that nothing will be the same., because we're on the point of our life that will decide how all will continue: up to this point we have made always what our parents and our teachers says to us, but now we must decide by ourselves how we will structure our life: if we go to University or not, what we will study, if we want to work now or not, where and when all this,... and very important, how we afront it. We must catch all the oportunities life give us and make the best of it.

I will enjoy this summer like I never enjoy it, because I will start a new life stage and I'm very proud of me to arrive at this point like this way: I will have my batxillerat degree(and it has been so difficult to me. Difficult but also nice, because I learned so much -not only academic stuff- and I had sooooo many good moments with my friends and classmates here..), I will have my driver's license, I will work,... One year ago, I was sure I wouldn't make all this so good(for me). But I have prove it to myself: when I will something, I can get it, throught easy or difficult ways, but I will arrive. So, I know this is probably one of the more important life moments. And I hope I can enjoy it completely with all the poeple around me.

6 gifts for hightly sensitive mums

We have the same problem every year for mother's day(or for her birthday..or Christmas, or any other special day): WHAT TF SHOULD I BUY FOR MY MUM?????? Well, I'm going to facilitate this problem, and NO, I'm not going to recommend you to paint a beautiful draw haha.

If you have a hightly sensitive mother(what's only the 15-20% of population) you might know that her brain processes information and reflects on it more deply, so, she is more suscetible to overstimulation, over whelm, stress and anxiety.

This gifts will help you to show her your love and understanding:

1. Noise-cancelling headphones: for hight sensitive people, the world is a lot nosier than for us. This headphones will help your mum like a "mute bottom" and have time for herself. The best is that even without music, the headphones mitigate ambient sounds by creating frequencies that eliminate the noise at her ear.

2. Amber glasses: researches find out that aritificial light(even the blue light from electronic devices) lowers melatonin levels and disrupts sleep. For hightly sensitives people are often overestimulated by bright and harsh lights and getting sufficient rest is not enough. This amber-tinted glasses calm this effects to a better welfare.

3. Gradual alarm clocks: abrupt, loud or repetitive noises(like alarm clocks) can produce to high sensitive people anxiety and overwhelm. This sudden jolt out from her REM sleep can make of your mum a grumpy person. This Philips alarm eliminate all this problems with gradual sounds.It's display djust automatically according to the natural light in the room. The clock also works with a natural sunset simulator to help her to fall asleep.

4. Adult coloring books: this year, CNN reported that coloring reduces anxiety, creates focus and have similar effects as meditation. It can reduce your mum's stress and when you colour with her, it will bind us more.

5. Personal cooling fan: it's called the greatest wireless invention in the history of mankind by  The Handy Cooler Personal Air Conditioner. This portable air conditioner recycles the air and packs a powerful punch that not only cools the person dirctly in front of it. You must only soak the cooling filter with water and turn it on. It also helps to alleviate breathing problems and mosturizes de skin.

6. The Ostrich pillow: it's a pillow that sucks your complete head with a hole for your nouse and mouth. It has also one for your hands. It creates a sightless and soundless world. And it's funny to see!! I think I would check it too..

True Heroes

Today I will share this beautiful project with you: True Heroes, a book with phantasy photographs and stories written by best-selling authors like Shannon Hale and Brandon Mull. This project is strated by a Salt Lake City lawyer-turned-photographer named Jonathan Díaz.

His book contains the stories of 21 pediatric cancer young patients who were photographed posing for make true their dreams: from a pirate and a mermaid to batman. Diaz is amazed of the childre'ns optimism: "In spite of them fighting a painful disease that is hard to their young bodies, they're so full of hope. And I wanted to share that hope throught their fantasies."

He started his photograph career when his mother gave him a Nikon camera for Christmas 2011. Then he take classes about exposure and lightening, and when he went home, he set up a tripod in the basement and strated taking pictures of his kids(4). Pretty soon, he was photoshopping pictures.

With donations from the public and corporate sponsors, he elaborated sets and costumes for children with cancer, so they could live their phantasy for a day. "The kids want to be princesses, they want to be soccer heores, fairies and firemen", he says. "To see them smiling and laughing at the photo shoots makes it all worthwhile. I love that they're able to forget their worries for a while and live out their dreams."

You can buy the book at Amazon for 14 pounds.

Why we should eat chocolate

I must admit it... I am chocolate's fan number 1!!! And which woman hasn't conforted with lots of kg of chocolate? You know what I mean, girls!! So, here are a few benefits of chocolate. It's not all about the weight.

1. Healthier heart: many studies evidence that (black) chocolate has cardiovascular benefits

2. It helps you in your diet: dark chocolate is far more filling than you think, so it offers you a satiety feeling.

3. Happier kids: a study with pregnant women who ate chocolate daily their pregnancy reported that they were more able with stress than mother that don't consumed chocolate.

4. Diabetes prevention: chocolate contents flavonoids, which helps to control the insulin sensibility

5. Reduced stress: when very anxious people ate chocolate their stress hormone levels were significantly reduced.

6. Sun protection: thank the flavanols of the chocolate, skin took twice as long to develop that reddening efect that indicates the beginning of a burn.

7. Higher intelligence: it boosts blood flow to key parts of the brain for 2 o 3 hours, improving perfomance and alertness.

8. Cough relief: chocolate quieted coughs almost as well as codeine and supress activity in a part of the brain called the vagus nerve without negative side effects.

9. Diarrhea relief: cocoa flavonoids bind to a protein that regulates fluid secretion in the small intestine.

Bye bye TDR!!

Yessssss!!!! We've finished our TDR, we have our marks and we also have made the english oral presentation about it. After so many months maybe I will miss all the afternoons and night working on it hahaha. I'm very proud of my finally outcome: I've learned a lot, and apart from the losted time we spend on it, seeing it now.. it's like we've becomed our first son:') My mark is a 8. I'm agreed with this, because I think it's a very fear mark: according to the work I've done. Of course I would have a 10 but I also could have worked a little bit more. But it's OK.

The good thing of this is that now we can focus on the rest of the grade and have more time for other exams, works or why not, time for ourselfes: this is what I miss this year, specially this first months of 2nd batxillerat. Last year where more afternoons with friends, with family or sleeping, more parties, more freetime. But NO PAIN NO GAIN so all what we do now will help us to study what we really want: I will entry to University of Gerona and study Primary Education.

Now, my friends and me are waiting to carnival: only 10 days left!! And then, London. This trimester will be very moved!!

6 ways to give thanks to yourself when you're alone on Thanksgiving

Elite Daily give us 6 ways to spend Thanksgiving if we're alone on this day:

1. Indulge in your hangover.
The night before Thanksgiving go with friends drinking in bars: the next day your friends are responsible to spend it with their family, while you can repose on your coach. Then lie around, order food(Chinese, for example) and maybe drink beers.

2. Watch your ultimate guilty pleasure movie.
Watch the movie which don't like any of your friends, the movie you will never admit to people you like. So watch it, laugh or cry. Be selfish.

3. Volunteer your time.
Holidays are the best time to be more altruistic and help people in need: offer your energy up to a local shelter or food bank. You will make a person's Thanksgiving a little more better.

4. Research Black Friday and uber Monday deals.
You have all day to look for your parents and siblings Christmas gifts, so you can bring a thermos of hot cocoa at a local and get your holiday shopping done.

5. Go for a walk.
Take advantage of the day of Thankgiving, when many people likely not out and walk around the city. You will can take pictures of buildings or parks without people in front.

6. Work out.
Go for a run outside or do some yoga moves. It wiill makes you feel better and healthier.

MY ACADEMIC FUTURE

I'm very frightened from next year. I don't have things very clear, I think I'm very young to decide what I want to study and what I will work in the next years. One year ago, I was decided don't go to University next year, because I see it too difficult for me, but I don't even know what to do instead University. My mum just want my happiness, but my father was a bit troubled because he always thank I would go to University.

My family said to me: "Now you don't know what to do next year, but it will come the day when you have a 'click' and you will have all clear" and that happens: two days ago I have this famous 'click': I open my eyes and i know I must make what I always wish make: be first grade teacher. For that, I will go(if I can) to the University of Gerona, the UdG. I am afraid from the cut-off mark: 7.7. I know it will be difficult years, with many studies, but I will be sooooooooooo proud of being 22 years old and have a college career.

BLACK FRIDAY

I'm going to talk about Black Friday. Yestarday was one of the biggest shopping day s the year, caracterized with many discounts and deals in different establishments. Here are 10 interesant facts you (probably)didn't know about the Black Friday

1. It attracks more people than Disneyland - the last year the 55% of the Americans shopped in stores ore online on Black Friday.

2. The are more people who die while shopping than in shark attacks - since 2006, seven people died and 98 injured while they're shopping on Black Friday.

3. It's not just on Friday anymore - as we have can observed there are many shops which have sales during this week or this weekend, not ony yesterday.

4. Black Friday in online stores too - you mustn't go in the cold city to pick up good deals, you could have shop online with discounts.

5. Amazon wants to dominate hollidays - it's an example of online store, Amazon had deals during the full week before Black Friday.

6. Not all stores like Black Friday - many workers will not work on Thanksgiving's Day, so you can have finded closed stores on Black Friday.

7. Some deals aren't really deals - a study from WalletHub shows that 14% have been very similar to the normal prices on Black Friday and 17% has been more expensive.

8. Pijamas are a good seller.

9. Black Friday has gone global - we've seen it in Spain too.

10. It's not the biggest shopping day - but the Saturday before Christmas.

YOUR.SAY

HOW I FEEL IN MY FIRST YEAR IN BATXILLERAT?

Before I start batxillerat, when I was in ESO, everyone said to me that batxillerat is too difficult, that when I start I wouldn't go out because I will be studying all day, that the teachers will be very bad, etc. But in my first term I was positivily surprised because I see that when you work and are constant you can pass perfectly the first year. For me it had been a little bit difficult because for me studying is very complicated: I am very clueless and very lazy. The teachers aren't so bad(they must have the power in class, because with 35 people it's not easy) but you don't have problems with they.
Of corse it's more difficult than in ESO, but don't exaggerated, only the 2 weeks when we have every day exam are very hard. That my friends study in the same class as me has help me a lot.

I do not regret that I start batxillerat and I hope 2nd is not so much difficult than this year.

YOUR-SAY

06 OF JUNE 2015

Today was a very funny day, but very tired too.
At 15h Anna's mother drive Anna, Nuria, Claudia and me to Almadrava(Roses). It was very hot, so Anna and Claudia went swim a little bit while Nuria and me stay in the sand sunbathing.

The bus to return to Empuriabrava was at 5.30, so at 4.50 we start walking to the bus station. But at 5.30 we where in the mountains yet, so we go slower for pick up the bus at 6.30. At 6.30 we arrive and we see that the bus was at 6.15 and we didn't know what we must make. The other girls want to do autostop and they did it. After 5minutes a car stop behind to us, they where 2 young boys with a convertible Audi. They drive us to Empuriabrava, and they where very friendly.

I was very tired after we walk so many, but I would repeat this day.

YOUR-SAY

Now I'm going to talk about the wife of my father: Ana.
When I mention my stepmother, many people think abaout Cinderella's stepmother, in other words, an horrible person that only want utilise you. Or there are stepmothers that try to distance you from your father.
On the contrary of all this, I think Ana is the best women who my father can get. I can say I prefer my father with her instead of my mother. I know it's anormal, but I have an very good relationship with her and she is like a sister for me. She love and protect me, and we can talk about everything.
My mother and she have a good relationship also, and my mother is the godmother of my brother(I have a brother and a sister from my father's side with Ana).

So, I can say I'm very very very happy with she and I love she a lot, and when my father and she once a day finish her relation(what I hope that it don't happen) she will continue being my mother 2

YOUR-SAY

31 DESEMBRE: CLAUDIA AND NURIA'S BIRTHDAY

Few weeks before, Claudia and me organized all: the house, the guests, the money,...
We found a big house near Fortià where we can fit on all the guests. We talk with the owner, a old women called Montserrat and she tell us that the house costs 400during the weekend. We sawit very expensive but it was our only option.

We invited many people: 50 people and every person payed 10€. With this 10€ Claudia, Nuria and me payed the house and buyed the food and the drinks for everyone. We had a fiance of the house from 200€ who paid Claudia's father.

To Fortià I arrived with Claudia in her scooter at 7o'clock in the evening. With Nuria we prepared the foot, after Daiana comes also to prepare the bethrooms. There where only 9 beds, so I reserved my place with Claudia and Iara. At 10h everyone comes and we started to eat and drink.
We stay awake all night and next morning we started to clean the house.
We see that many things where brocken, so the owneer don't return the 200€ to Claudia's father.

It was a very funny night and I hope we repeat it!!!!

STORY OF SOLUTIONS

The video talk us about posible solutions to our problem with the stuff.

It starts sharing the idea that we have spend to much time in superficial things instead more important things like the environment.

Our economy system is designed like a game where the goal is a higher GDP, a number we achieve adding the money spend onf stuff that makes life better and all the stuff that makes life worse: GROWTH but that doesn't make our life better, it worse the environment.

There are 2 types of solutions, and for understand these we put an example: our problem with the plastic bags that polute the oceans:

*Game changing solution-> campaings to ban the plastic bags in the different comunities

*Old game solution-> a business that contains of giving people gift cards for recycle their plastic worse.

The best way is the game change: they team up with businesses that offer alternatives to the plastic bags, they must talk with their friends and all posble people to can fight against the American Chemistry Council.

Combinating this with other game changing solutions we can change the world's problem working together as acommunity. For example:
-Big share programs in cities
-Online platforms to share us things
-Public libraries that lend out different tools

With this, we can make a better future for us.

YOUR SAY

SAN JUAN 2014

A very funny night was the from 24 June of 2014, San Juan.
In principle, I won't do anything this night, I don't remember why, but Claudia convince me to come because she said to me:
"Nadia, if you don't like it, I let you hit me"
I said Ok.

I went to Angela's house and from there we start with her parents, Angela, Yuri and me to Pau, to the house of Conor. There we meet with Claudia, Jere, Michel and Iara.
First we set up the tents, in total 3. It was very difficult!!! We let the work for the boys.

At 10 we dinner in Conor's house the pizzas that Iara and me prepare, the others were playing with the Play Station. After that we go to the field where we spend the night, but it was boring and we go to the municipal pool of Pau. The water was warm

At 3 we return to the tents and we narrate fear stories still we nod off. It was a very funny night!!
The next morning Claudia ask me: "Well, will you hit me now?"

YOUR-SAY

CARNIVAL 2015

Here I'm going to explain a little bit our Carnival os this year, in Roses and in Castelló

We were like 15 persons in our group, the girls disguised as arbitrators and the boys as American football players.

We wear a black long pullover and over this an fluor yellow sport shirt with short sleeves. Then, black shorts and long black socks like the football players and sneackers. In addition we wear a whistle and red and green cards. There were girls with caps.

Friday 13 and saturday 14 we went to Roses, it was so cold!!! First we stay in the port, and after that, when the carnivl floats where pass, we went to the pavilion.

Friday 20 we go see Carnival in Empuriabrava and then we move on to Castelló, like the Saturday also.

This year I was with other friends as the last years, but I have very funny nights and I can still wait for the next Carnival!!

Here is an collage:

YOUR-SAY

ANDORRA 2014

In this post I'm going to talk about our end of highschool trip last year: to Andorra

Firslty we think it would be boring and tired, because we imagine us all day skiing in the Vallnord.
It was the opposite!!!! The first day, yes, it was a little bit tired because we start from Empuriabrava at 4.30 in the morning. We arrived in Andorra with the bus at 9 o'clock(if I remember) and we let all our suitcases in the hotel and start with an other bus to Vallnord.

We did 2 groups to start skiing and then, in the midday we went to the cantine for meal. It was very yummy!!!! In the afternoon, we go to Andorra city in the shopping centers.

The second day, still de midday, we skii, then like the frst day we eat and in the afternoon we go to Caldea, a perfect spa for relaxing.

The third day, we did the same still we eat, and then we return to the hotel for pick up our things and grab the bus for come back house.

I wll never forget this trip, I've love it

YOUR-SAY

MY PET

The favourite of my pets is clearly my cat Kitty.
I adopt she from ProGat after she been found poisoned in a rubbish container, her sister dies.

She is 4 years and small, skinny with have big blue eyes. She is very bold, flexible and very very clever.

Sometimes I come back to my house and she has open all the closets and drawers, it's one of her hobbys. Also an other is eat with me cookies and then sleep with me.

MY MUM

I'm going to present you my mum: Natascha.
She is 43 years old and she was born in Köln(Germany). With 5 years she comes live to Spain with her brother, my uncle Oliver, and my grandparents, Ellen and Eggi.

She is tall, skinny, blond, blue-eyed and very beautiful. From the character she is quiet and pacific, she never scream and is shy.
She can speak perfect Spanish, Catalan, English, French and a little bit Russian and Hungarian.

Before she has been mum, she was working in a night pub in Los Arcos, but when she know that she was pregnant she let it and later she start to work in a pharmacy.
From 10 years ago now she work in a processing agency(gestoria)

Her principal hobby is yoga: she make yoga classes 3 times a week and every day she dedicate time for it. I personally doesn't like this sport, but I'm happy she do it because it makes she feel better.

She hasn't got a easy life, with many diseases and obstacles, but that only makes she stronger and a better warrior for break walls.
She helps me every day with all she can, she is like my best friend because I can talk about all with her, and she knows almost everything of me and of what I do.

That is my mum:

YOUR-SAY

"EUTHANASIA"

-is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering- (Wikipedia)

I'm going to write about this not-allowed practice because I don't understand the people that is against this, because in my opinion every person has to be autorized to choose the way to live his life, and, absolutely, to choose ending voluntarily.

Normally, the reason to resort to the euthanasia is the terrible pain that suffer a person because of illness, an accident,...that argues that the death is better than live.

The euthanasia can be ACTIVE or PASSIVE:
      -ACTIVE: there is an "act" that causes ptient's death. For example, when you give the person an overdose of pain-killers.

      -PASSIVE: the death is caused by an omission. There are 2 types of passive euthanasia:
                       *withdrawing threatment-> normally switching off a machine that keeps a person alive
                       *withholding threatment-> not carriying out the surgery that will extend the person's life

The euthanasia can also be VOLUNTARY or INVOLUNTARY:
     -VOLUNTARY: the request of the person who will die
     -INVOLUNTARY: this includes for example childs that is mentally able to make this decision but in the law is not old enough to take it, so the parents or the tutors must take the decision. It's an involuntary euthanasia algo a murder that is realized for the benefit for the person that dies.