In my neighborhood there's a woman who lives in the same building as my family and I, and she turned out to be a huge problem because she has very serious alcohol issues. She has been through several problems because of that-she has even lost her children-, but it seems she doesn't want to get over it.
The man she is currently living with, hits her and makes her suffer a lot. The problem begins when she and their male "friends" start drinking because they get very agressive; my sisters and I have tried to solve the problem by calling the police, but it turns out that the guy who lives with her is actually a cop. So, they didn't do anything. What should we do? The other neighbors seem not to be worried about that.
jueves, 26 de marzo de 2009
viernes, 13 de marzo de 2009
My most treasured objects
Having a big desire of going to Cuba, and not being able to travel there yet, it is very refreshing to have things from the island. In spite of every kind of feelings that everyone can have, I still have a huge interest of knowing the places where my most treasured possessions come from.
My most treasured possessions include: a great book about the most important interview given for Fidel Castro to Ignacio Ramonet (“Cien Horas con Fidel”), a little sculpture of a dancing girl -that is made of wood-, some Cuban cigars (“Romeo y Julieta” is the accurate brand), postcards, and a tiny bottle that has inside the Cuban flag that has the face of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, with the legend “Seamos realistas, hagamos lo imposible”.
I have always loved History, and when I started reading about the Cuban Revolution I felt completely attracted. That’s why a friend of mine who currently lives in Cuba (making her medicine studies), always brings me presents and ‘souvenirs’ that of course, I treasure.
Many people used to think that the value of their possessions comes from the economical aspect, but there are others that just don’t think that way; most of the times the ‘value’ actually depends on the emotional meaning that each one give to their things.
Nowadays we are actually invaded for so many messages sent by the mass media, whose final objective is make us believing that we really need the things that they are selling to us, that we have to live our lives the way they tell us; in a nutshell, the more things we have, the better persons we are. I do not share that way of life, I think that is up to us not believing that trash, and not give them (mass media people) the power to decide which things we supposedly need in order to have a “great life”.
I think I deserve 15-17 / 20.
My most treasured possessions include: a great book about the most important interview given for Fidel Castro to Ignacio Ramonet (“Cien Horas con Fidel”), a little sculpture of a dancing girl -that is made of wood-, some Cuban cigars (“Romeo y Julieta” is the accurate brand), postcards, and a tiny bottle that has inside the Cuban flag that has the face of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, with the legend “Seamos realistas, hagamos lo imposible”.
I have always loved History, and when I started reading about the Cuban Revolution I felt completely attracted. That’s why a friend of mine who currently lives in Cuba (making her medicine studies), always brings me presents and ‘souvenirs’ that of course, I treasure.
Many people used to think that the value of their possessions comes from the economical aspect, but there are others that just don’t think that way; most of the times the ‘value’ actually depends on the emotional meaning that each one give to their things.
Nowadays we are actually invaded for so many messages sent by the mass media, whose final objective is make us believing that we really need the things that they are selling to us, that we have to live our lives the way they tell us; in a nutshell, the more things we have, the better persons we are. I do not share that way of life, I think that is up to us not believing that trash, and not give them (mass media people) the power to decide which things we supposedly need in order to have a “great life”.
I think I deserve 15-17 / 20.
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