April 10, 2012

Hello!

How are you? What about your Easter Week?

Well, I am back. I went on vacation for a week. It was fine, but I received a couple of terrible news. I don’t want to talk about them at the moment.

Related to my ELTES preparation, I am practicing my reading skills daily, and I decided to take the IELTS on July 21 because after that it will not be more IELTS until October 27, so it is better to prepare myself during as long as be possible for the last date before October.

I will start my conversation class on Saturday, and I am waiting for my personal teacher who should call me this week. I don’t know him; I just know that he should call me. Sometimes people are too mysterious. If he does not call me this week, I will try to contact to my IELTS preparation course teacher, and ask him about it again.

On the other hand, I am raising my exercise level, and I am walking almost daily. It is very important for my health at the moment.

I have some work offers in way to be close soon. I think that it could be fine to thinking on different things.

Well, I will continue studying.

See you soon.

March 28, 2012

Hello!

I finished my IELTS preparation course today!

My teacher’s feedback was: you are in band 6 (among 6 to 7). Oh my god! I want to cry!

I am 1.5 points of my goal! So far! Moreover, I must try to have around 8 to be sure. On the other hand, teacher told me that if I work hard I will do it!

I am confused, I am asking to myself if it is a good idea to take the IELTS on June 30. Sometimes, I feel like I am back the wrong horse, and I will never have enough score in the test. However, it is not time to cry over spilled milk; I need to study, and sooner or later I will have enough English level. I hope it.

Well, the current plan is: go to the beach for vacation next week; take the conversation course in the British Council; having personal lessons with an IELTS examiner after vacations; take the IELTS on June 30 and if I do not have enough score, I would apply to my residence mean I am trying to have enough score for my register in the Board of Psychologist NZ. If I have enough score in the IELTS on June 30 or around September, I will apply for my registration in the Board of Psychologist NZ.

So, I am not back to square one because, at the moment I have enough score to ask for my residence, it is not my plan, because I want to have my register first and my work, to go there easier. But anyway, I have options.

Today, I am no in NZ, I am not near to my registration; but I am in the way to be there.

Finally, if I have enough score in the IELTS, I will continue with my plan: to ask for my register, then find a job and go there with all of that.

It is the balance of the day. I am worried, but focus on my goal!

See you.

March 26, 2012. Some reflexions.

Hi!

I will finish the IELTS preparation course on Wednesday; this course has been lazy, but anyway I have learned a lot this time, I have taken it deep down, trying to catch whatever I can. Maybe it is the good part of be the worst person in the group.

I asked to my teacher about to be my personal teacher. He is thinking, and he said that he does not have enough time, and he will ask to a collage. Today, he told me that if his collage cannot, he will be my personal teacher.

At the first time, I thought: I will ask to God that the collage cannot; but the real situation is not that I want to have him as personal teacher, the real situation is that I need to have enough score in the IELTS as soon as be possible; I hope to have success on June 30. So, please God: send me a teacher who can help me to have enough score on 30 June!

Sometime, I think that I have higher expectations about myself than are possible. So, I am very demanding to myself. Anyway, I hope to have success working hard, to continue with my life. I hope it will be possible!

On the other hand, I am picking up my exercises routine. I need to improve my cardiovascular endurance; I am thinking about jogging twice or three times a week and trekking the Avila twice a week. Well, this week I am going to take vacations and go to the beach; but after that, I will start to draw a new exercise routine.

Finally, I want to share with you a comment of my sweet husband: you fell in love with all your teacher, it is not important if they are blond, black, beautiful, awful, man, woman, child, dog, wilted flower or whatever.

I think he is right! And it is so funny, I definitely enjoy all kind of academic experiences, and I feel love for whoever who helps me to learn something.

Well, I hope to have success in the IELTS soon.

See you.

March 24, 2012

Hello!

I am back!

I have been ok, studying a lot and learning as much as my mind cans.

The next week I will finish the IELTS preparation course, and my teacher advised me to take the conversation course, and study with a private professor who he will find to me.

This course has been ok; I feel that I have improved a lot. Then, I have decided to take the IELTS on June 30 at first time. I hope to have success.

On the other hand, I want to share with you that I am studying in a new place, in a beautiful library, and it has been amazing.

I am trying to raise my sport level; I think that I need to do it.

Anyway, I need to rest some days, and I am going to go to Puerto La Cruz for a week, with my husband, mother and wonderful brother. We will celebrate my husband's birthday there!

Well, I have no desire to write so long in my daily.

So see you soon.

March 16, 2012

Hi! How are you?

Well, talking about these days, I have been ok. This week I decided to register myself for the conversation course in the British Council, and having a personal teacher. I think that my actually teacher could be perfect to teach me in private, because he is a IELTS’s examiner, and he could help me to be ready in short time; moreover, I believe that anybody could know better if I am ready for the test than a IELTS’s examiner.

It will be expensive, and one of my actually troubles are related with money. Anyway, the most important thing is having enough score in the test to continue with my life. So, it is possible that I will not have some important thing these months, but I hope to have got success in the IELTS soon and continue with my life and my projects.

On the other hand, this week I have not studied as much as past week, because I have been tired or maybe I overstudied and my mind needs a time to relax. I have been checking about preposition and articles; I think it is very important to improve my English level.

Furthermore, I have needed time to think about personal issues.

However, I am here writing, and I will return my study rhythm in short time.

See you soon. 

March 11, 2012

Hi!

Today was a wonderful day; because my husband and I went to visit a couple of friend who are amazing and relaxed; meeting them is like to go to the beach. They both have the youngest soul I have known, and they are over their seventies.

I came back home fuel of energy and I wrote 4 news (I will publish it in a while), and I am feeling happy, relaxed and strong.

On the other words, talking about past three days, I have been ok; I went to the movie with some friend and drinking something on Friday night (just to stay with them because I don’t drink alcohol); I went to do exercise, studied a lot, and improved a little…

I am thinking to take the level test in two weeks, and I hope to have enough score to register myself in the Advance IELTS course.

The next week, I want to visit a couple of friend and meeting with others. I am going to study a lot and to make some IELTS writing practices.

I need to travel to meet with my little brother, I miss him a lot, and I am waiting for solvent some problems to go there soon.

Well, it was all for today daily. I will publish my news soon.

March 8, 2012

Hi!

Well, today I have spent the whole day studying. It has been fine, because I am very motivate, for the reason that I am improving quick.

At first I was not sure that the IELTS course was a good idea, and still now I think that it is not as good as it could be, as the teacher does not real teaches English, he teaches IELTS tips. Anyway, it is a chance to receive corrections of my writing practice. During this month I have improve a lot in my essays, and it is very stimulate.

So, yesterday I decided to take the IELTS on Jun 30. I think that it could be enough time to have necessary score, or at less around the necessary score.

I don’t have a problem to take the IELTS more than once, but I definitely have problems to take it before to have a chance to approve it.

Then, today I have studying since I woke up, I feel very well. I wrote a couple of news and a Task 1, I will publish the news on a while.

Actually my daily is very bored as my life is at the moment; but remember that my life is stopping to focus on pass the IELTS and continue with my dreams and goals.

See you soon.

March 6, 2012

HI!

Well, I am here again.

Today was a good day for my; I went to the doctor to take my breast ultrasound; it was quick, good and with perfect results.

Then I came back to home and slept the rest of the morning. Then I started study and I have 7 hours in this activity, with great rewarding.

Today I wrote an essay to practice for the IELTS, studied some idioms, and important words and phrase for the IELTS; then I used the Open English platform and did my activity for the Alsensei class, I will explain you about Alsensei soon.

I will not write news, but tomorrow it will has a lot of information to register because it will be the day of new iPad launch.

Well, it is time to rest.

See you soon.

March 5, 2012

Ok, I am back!

So, definitely I didn’t like to keep a daily; anyway, I am here trying because it is a practice….

Well, I had long time without to write here because I had the kind of troubles that I will not comment in the online page, and so I did not want to write about nothing. However, I am not absolutely good yet, but I am improving focus on a new phrase that I discovered and translated yesterday: “The life is not about to wait for the end of the storm, it is about to learn to dance under it”.

Furthermore, today I finally received my homework! I am improving, I am between Bands 6 and 7, more near of 6 than 7, but I am improving; in my first homework I got Band 5, so, in 2 weeks I have improved a lot! If I continue improving in this way, in short time I will be near to my goal.

Then, I am happy about it today!

Tomorrow I will get a breast ultrasound which asked me my doctor; I hope do not spend more than two hours there and come back to study ELTS practice with my corrections. I wrote two news today, in a while I will publish them.

See you soon.

February 23, 2012

HI!!!

After two days out, I am back!

The first good news: I am officially a news' writer for a technology website, here you could be some of my publication:

http://dailyiphoneblog.com/2012/02/23/rising-expectations-about-the-new-ipad/

It has been a good experience because I need to read and write in English about whatever topic. It is a very good practice. At the moment I have written four news, but coupes of them are waiting for corrections.

On the other hand, I have been thinking about my course of IELTS preparation; sometimes I feel terrible there, because I have the lowest level in the group, either I am the only one who never has been out to study English. Anyway, I am working hard, I think harder than my partner (because I need it) and I feel that I am learning, not as much as I need, but learning.

Related to OpenEnglish, it is very good to improve your pronunciation, intonation and decrease your fear, so, it is a very good experience too. Today, I have not used it, but anyway I have studied a lot.

Well, I don't know how much time I will need to be ready for the IELTS, but I know that today I am a day nearer of it.

Bye.

February 21, 2012

I don't have much to say about today. Actually I was study English almost all day: I woke up, took my breakfast, and started study, to practice for the IELTS. Whereas I was studying, I received an email for the people who asked me to be a writer for their website, they was telling me that they didn't receive my article, so I sent it again, and he asked me for a new one with another style. I continue studying, and then I made an essay to practice and published it and my first article here.

I rested around an hour, and took my lunch. Then, I was reading a lot looking for information to the new article. I wrote it and sent it. For that moment I was tired and went to watching a movie, it is English practice too, but I love that movie.

After that I took my diner and tried to study with my online course, but the Internet is too slow and I decided to write my daily and to go to rest. Have been enough study for today.

Well, that is all.

See you.

February 20, 2012

Hi!!!!

Well, I have been lost some days, I needed to rest. I also studied some hours, but specially my listening skills, but in general I was relaxing, doing exercises, strolling, talking with friends, and giving a pause to me brain. I should admit that I have been dreaming in spanenglish, so a part of my mind continue studying still in rest, or maybe a part of my mind is always focus on go to NZ.

So these days have been a good moment for my mind, to rest and to prepare to continue studying.

I went to the park a couple of time, and to do exercises to the 'Cota mil' on Sunday. It is a highway in the city which is closed on Sunday morning to people goes to enjoy there. So it was too sunny and I burned my feet with the heat of the floor. It sound incredible but was true! I dressed my shoes and socks but the floor was enough heat to burn my poor feet. I could not walk for around 6 hours while my feet were better. I needed to use some creams and medicines to fix my poor feet. Well, today it sound funny, but was horrible.... Umm but funny too....

I have spent a lot of time with my friend as I told you some days ago.

I watched some documentaries very interesting these days, and I am happy about the way that is improving my listening skills. Yesterday I definitely didn't want to study, so I did what I always do when I don't want to study but I feel that I must be it: I watched a Harry Potter movie, it is always funny and it could be an English practice, but sometimes I am not sure if I am understanding or I just remember each single line of that movie.... Lol.

Well, today is Monday again, here is still a holiday because in Venezuela carnival is Monday and Tuesday, anyway I spent two hours studying English with my online course, it is a very good tool to pronunciation skill, it is good in general, but with pronunciation is great!

I just finished it, and it is time to rest. Maybe I will watch a movie or documentaries before to fall asleep.

Well, see you soon.

OH! One more thing! Today I received a email of New Zealand Migration Department telling me that if I have a question, please I could say it to them, because they want to help me and they could assignee me a free adviser to help me if I need it; because they don’t want to lose me for a simple question, they are waiting to me!

I definitely love that country, and I am absolutely happy feeling that they are valuing me! Or that they could value me in the future!

Another reflexion: I have fell in love a lot of times; when was younger I fell in love in wrong ways, I loved people or situations very hard or painful, but now I usually fell in love with a person, situation or thing that could value it and love me as I deserve; sometimes when those people write me, I think that I have fell in love in the right way and with a wonderful lover. 

February 17, 2012

Hello!

Well today I have been nice. I woke up early and studied since 8:30 am to 1 pm, then I took a shower and watched a documentary (in English of course) about a girl who is schizophrenic with register since her birth, but she received her diagnosis when was 6 years old. Then I took my lunch and slept an hour, studied one more hour and went to the mall to meet with a friend who is getting divorce and my husband and I are spending a lot of time with her. Well, she is great; it is not difficult to want to be with her. It is a pleasure.

So I studied almost all day. Today I feel that I am improving.

On the other hand, I have been following the Dotcom's case; I hope that New Zealand says to US something like: go fuck yourself! He is here, and here he does not has any charge!

I hope it because US never send anybody for a judgment to another country; so his charges are not very clear and you cannot put in jail someone which charge are clear with a law development after whatever he did.

So, I agree with the copywriter right, but US is just trying to use to Dotcom as an example and it is stupid for me. Furthermore, I would like to see which the attitude of NZ facing powers countries is.

I think that they should not send to Dotcom to US, but after that to make a clear new copywriter law and put in jail whoever who is out of that law after it start.

Well.. See you soon.

February 16, 2012

Hello! I am back!

I have been two days without write my personal daily; but I have been studying anyway. So I don’t have burden of conscience…

Well, on Tuesday I went with my husband to the laboratory because he needed to take a blood test. It was horrible because in this city all people is always upset and we are always exposed to high level of abuse. Anyway, after that I came back to home, took my breakfast and started to study for around 5 hours. At night I went to the restaurant with some friends and my husband, because I have a friend who is getting divorce and she was feeling terrible on Valentine’s Day. They drank some hours while I accompanying them.

Yesterday, I woke up early, and studied around 4 hours during the morning, but after that I went to the park to do exercise, and it was very rewarding because I am feeling better. Then I went to my English class, it was very sad because I received my homework of task 1 (February 13, 20012), and my teacher said that it is in the band 5. So after that I got a headache and I could not work well in the classroom. I came back to home and slept early.

Today, I woke up, took my breakfast and studied 2 hours in the morning. So I was falling asleep and went to the bed for two hours. I woke up again, and started to study for around 4 more hours. Now I am very tired and I will do different kind of things.

Hahahaha. Well, I am studying a lot, but I am not sure to be learning a lot… Anyway I am trying.

Well, today I wrote two Task 1 for the general IELTS, they are my homework, and I decided to do that as a practice; furthermore I wrote a task 1 for the academic IELTS. I hope I got at least band 6 with those homework. Anyway, I will not know for two week, because I will not have a class on Monday because it will be carnival day; so I am going to delivery my homework on next Wednesday and receive it a Monday after that.

On the other hand I hope to meet with some friends this weekend. I will tell you soon if that was possible.

February 13, 2012

Well, hello again.

I am actually doing this homework! Today I woke up, took my breakfast and started to study. The first activity I did it was a task 1 for the Academic IELTS, it was my homework for the British Council course, well really the homework was to Task 1 for General IELTS, but I thought that it was stupid because I need to improve my skills to academic one, so I decided to change my homework, good thing was my teacher accepted it.

After that I took an OpenEnglish's class and reviewed some words and expressions.

Then I went out to my husband, I ate sushi, went to my analysis and finally to the British Council for my class. I arrived very early to the British Council and I studied one and a half hours.

I came back to home, took another OpenEnglish’s class, talked with a friend, took my dinner and now I am writing here. I am going to go to watching TV and rest to continue studying tomorrow.

One important thing of today: my class in the British Council was very good, I enjoy it! I understand what they are expecting to me in the speaking test... It is not too hard, but it is absolutely necessary to practice, practice and practice.

Have a nice night.

Personal daily of yesterday. Post dated

Oh my god!!!! I forgot to write my diary yesterday again! Well, I am going to fix it right now. Yesterday was inserting day; I woke up, took my breakfast and went out with my husband to meet with a friend to go to do exercises. But yesterday were the primaries, so we had as arrangement that she will go to vote before to gather with us, and anybody imagined that it will be a long process. So we were waiting her around an hour, whereas she was voting.

Finally we went to walk, it was funny, a relax moment sharing silly an important things. Then we went to eat ice-cream, and it was time to vote of my husband and me. There we found a very big line when we spent around two and a half hours. My friend was with us around one and a half hours, but she needed to go to her home.

My husband and I came back to home after that and spent the rest of our day resting and waiting the results. It won my favorite candidate, it was very good.

So it was time to sleep.... In conclusion, yesterday was a day without English study....

Now, I am studying as I woke up. But I will tell you about it late.

February 11, 2012

Hi!

Actually I didn't comeback yesterday to my daily, it is a hard thing to keep. But still I wrote a story, I hope it counted as my yesterday writing practice. I need to be more focus on study for the IELTS, but it has not been easy this day, because I have not been feeling absolutely well. Anyway I am here practicing.... Lol

Well, yesterday has a hard day, my husband was sick and I was very worried about him, I think he has a lot of stress and that is the root of problem.

On the other hand, I was laughing all day with the powerful and rich machine to produce lies very quickly; it was an email that I receive by a friend alerting to me (and other people) about the importance to vote tomorrow, and don't feel fear about government reprisal. I think that she is absolutely right but anyway it was very funny to me.

That was the start point of my yesterday story.

I met with a friend yesterday at night, and I was studying English form the morning...

About today, I went to walk to the park with my husband, we have just trying to relax ourselves and do a little exercise. I said I little because we both are not feeling absolutely nifty, so we are starting or routine slowly.

We came back at home and I saw a football play, I slept, woke up and started to study English sometime. Today was a relaxed study; I studied with my online course.

Well, it was all for today.

See you soon.

February 9, 2012

Ok, today is the third day of this daily and I almost forget to write here. But well, I am here again.

I wake up feeling better than the past days; actually I have felt better all day. I spent my morning studying English with my new IELTS book, I checked my Wednesday class and did some lessons of OpenEnglish and an online classes. Then I took my lunch, slept some minutes and went with me husband to meet with his friend whom he had not met during around 9 years. It was great!

After that we both went to walk on the streets and came back at home.

I wrote my post for a technology page which is looking for writer and I want to be one of them. I wrote about app iBook, I will ask them if I can to publish it at my own blog and then I will share it with you.

Now it is time to rest. I am going to read during a while before fall asleep.

Today was a productive day about my process to learn English. I hope to continue practicing in this way.

Sorry to be so bored.... Just remember that it is a single practice.... Please forget me.

Personal dialy. February 8, 2012

Hello, it is my second personal daily day; actually I have not been well keeping a daily in the past, sometimes because I felt fear of my parents found it, or because I thought it was very stupid, or maybe because I didn't want to think about my day. Now it is different, I still think that it is stupid, but I don't feel fear about my parent found it, because my parent are not really interesting in my life and anyway I don't have much to hide, and if I had something to hide, I didn't write about that on a online blog. So the real reason for this dairy is just keep practicing day after day, still when sometimes I don't want to.

Ok, today I wake up feeling that I had sleep more than 20 hours, but at that moment was just 7:30 a.m. Then I had a weird sensation, maybe did I sleep very deep? Or did I sleep .... Well, for that moment I decided don't to think deep down about it and to start my day with strength and intention to study long time.

I took my breakfast and a shower and started to study. In the beginning I checked the first class of my EILTS course and practiced the vocabulary; then I did a reading practice with not enough score, I had 10 good answers of 13 questions. But just at 9:30 a.m. I started to feel bad again. I am sick but I am not sure which it is exactly the problem; I hope to know when I receive my lab test results. Each time I up to the chair I felt dizzy, but I tried to continue studying. So, after my IELTS practice I did some lessons to OpenEnglish.

Well, I was absolutely hungry and I ate my lunch with the strong intention to continue studying as soon as I finish eating. But it was impossible, after that I felt worst! Terrible! I almost fainting and I needed to go to the bed. I think that I passed out twice when I was on bed "watching tv" and in that moment I thought that for this reason I could feel that I slept weird, because it is possible that I was not just sleep all night.

Step by step I felt better, and I tried to listen to podcast and news but it was hard and at that moment I was on time to go to my second class of IELTS course.

My husband arrived and went with me to my class, I was feeling terrible, we drank a straw berry juice and I started to feel better. So during those days when I have been sick, around 5-6 I suddenly I feel good... Well good enough. Today was not different around 5 I was ok, not absolutely good, but ok.... I took my class.... It has been very disappointment for me... But anyway I took that.

I would like to share too that I receive an special gift today, a woman who I love very much sent to me with my husband a book and she said to him: I bought two of them, one for my daughter and one for Tahirí; it is a very special present and I am very happy about, still when I have not started to read it yet.

On the other hand, my husband gave me a book to study for the IELTS, it is a good present too, still when we both need it for our future, it is very sweet that he is always paining attention to what I am needing to improve, it does not mean that he always can give me what I need, but he is always careful.

So now, I am finishing it, and I will eat my dinner, and probably after that I will study a couple of hours more.

Well, I hope to study tomorrow a lot and I would like to do some writing practice, so it is possible that tomorrow I will have more to share with you.

Ah! One more thing! It is possible that soon I will change my blog a little.

Bye and thanks to read me!

Last comment: I learned when to use who or whom.

Last question: am I losing my money and time in my IELTS course?

Personal dialy. February 7, 2012

Yesterday I started my IELTS course at the British Council. I have a new teacher and he said that it is a good practice to keep a personal daily to improve the writing skills, so I will try to do that.

Today has not been a good or productive day, because I took my curve insulin tolerance, and it is always a bad experience for me. Then I fell asleep almost all day, I have had headache, dizziness and fever. I could not study today and for this reason I am trying to start this dairy because it is a chance to practice without amount of effort.

I would like to tell you about my new English teacher. He is from London and is living here one and a half year. He is a very weird man, and usually I like crazy people, they (or we) are very funny in general; but he is (well, it is just the first perception after two hours of class) that kind of people who is difficult to know if they are here or lost inside their thoughts.

Well, I have had good experiences with my past teachers, I hope to have a good one with him, or at less I hope that he helps me to improve enough to pass the IELTS. It is important to mention that I miss to Danny a lot! He has been the best English teacher in this time. I hope to continue studying with him in short time.

Well, the good news about a daily is: it does not need to be coherent.