My Monster House

When I was child I used to play with three Friends and my elder sister; they were Catalina Javiera Evelyn and Antonio. We were used to playing in my house where there was an old house in which my grandparents lived.
The house was empty because my grandparents who lived in there were died. So it was the best place to play because we could be alone. We thought that was our house and we were a family. Javiera was the mother, Antonio was the father and Evelyn Catalina and I were the daughters.
The house was not so comfortable because, as I said, it was very old and untidy. It was built with clay brick. That material made the house chilly most of the time. One day we were having dinner with some meals made with mud and some flowers and suddenly we heard a strange sound. It was like somebody with little feet who was walking. It was really terrible, so we ran way!!
We met the next day and talked about the strange events happened. We thought the house was haunted because of the sounds. So we decided to investigate what happened in there. We told some friends the situation and they decided to help us in the investigation.
We met every day and did different thing in order to discover if the house was haunted or somebody was doing the sounds to make us scared. We were around the house every days but nobody was in there, so thought that there were ghosts in the house. The investigation became interesting for me because I thought I was a spy, but at the same time it made me afraid.
One day we decided to come in the house in order to discover if there was something. We looked each room but did not see anything so we kept in there for a moment. Suddenly we heard that something fell down in the kitchen, we went to see and there was a cup on the floor. Nobody had made it because we were all in the dinner room when it happened, so we ran away again…
I told my mother and she said”Don’t worry…Perhaps it is just your imagination”. I was really angry with her and with every adult because they never believe children!
We decided to go in the house again because we could not continue with that mystery.
So we went there and were some hours, but nothing happened. We returned the house the next day but nothing happened again. We thought that ghost had gone and we continued playing in the house normally. But one day we heard something in the ceiling… in less that one second we were outside the house. My mother saw us crying and very scared and went to see what happened. I told her the situation again and she finally believed me. So she decided to go in the house to see if there was something. We were waiting outside. I was really afraid of the ghosts, I thought they could hurt my mother but I did not dare to come in!! We were waiting for her. She finally went out. She was laughing, we asked her what happened and she told us that the sounds were not because of the ghost…but the mice!!!
Now, my friends remind that story and think it is funny, I think that as well, but I will never forget my monster house…

First of all we must know that we are all able to do our homework by ourselves because we are intelligent people.

When we are cheating we lie to our classmates, our teachers, parents and even ourselves.

Our teachers do not deserve to be deceived; they believe in the students, in their abilities or capacities, so we have to prove them that we can do any homework they want.

Parents of people who cheat are very proud of their children, but they don’t really know what their children are doing. We have to be grateful with our parents. Most of the times, they have made a big effort to get us to be in the best schools or universities. They have educated us in order to be good students, professionals, or more important, good people.

When somebody cheats, he or she is not respecting the classmates, who have made a big effort to do their homework.

When we cheat or copy other woks we also lie to people who have made that work previously. Their works deserve to be read but not cheated. I am sure they have made a big effort and worked very hard. And it is not fair that other people copy their ideas or thoughts. We all can think, so we can do any homework by ourselves. For that reason it is so important to know that it is not fair to imitate ideas of someone else and we must respect them.

When we have to do a homework we should read many books or to look for the best information. It takes a lot time and is not a very entertaining thing to do for people who do not like reading or studying.

We know that there are some people who learn faster or slower than others, so if we learn slower we should try more than those people who learn faster, but it does not mean that we have to cheat, on the contrary, we should work harder.

There are a lot of resources or means to do our homework. When can surf the internet, which is one of the most powerful weapons to study or to work. But students just copy and paste the information requested.

When can also read books or magazines and then select the best information. To read is helpful for us because we can think and process the information read. On the other hand, people who just copy and paste won’t have that ability.

There is a form to quote something which is interesting for us. We must write the idea in inverted commas or quotation marks, and then we must write the name of the book selected and the name of the person who has written the idea. This is a very good and legal way to include interesting ideas.


Many people can tell us about cheating. They can talk all the time about that in order to convince us not to do it. But the only person who can convince us really is ourselves.

Our daily life is very stressful; we are worried about many things. And most of the time we do not get worry about our health.
Healthy habits mean more than one thing. For example, they consist in sleeping well, to eat
Healthy food, practicing some sports, etc.
People who want to have a healthy life should live on healthy food; all their meals must be healthy, for example, low-fat food. They should eat a lot of fruits like apples, oranges, strawberries, melons, pears, etc. We have to eat at least five portions a day. Vegetables like lettuces, potatoes, tomatoes, avocados, celeries, onions, carrots are also healthy for us. Fish is also helpful for our health, we have to eat it twice o three times a week. To drink water is very useful for us; we should drink two or three litres a day. Juices or drinks are not good for our health because they have a lot of calories and artificial colorings.
If we want to have healthy habits we should not eat between meals and we have to avoid some foods like candies, high in fat food, cakes, chocolates, biscuits, fried food and we should eat red meat once a week because this kind of food is high in fat, so we could have heart attacks.
Stop smoking is other thing that we can do; cigarettes are bad for our heart and they also give us cancer; it is a bad habit which we must avoid. We can live without smoking, so it is a decision which people who smoke have to make.
Another important thing that we can do is no drinking a lot of alcohol, but a glass of red wine can be good for our heart. Wine is not a problem for our health, but it becomes a problem when we drink a lot of it and everyday.
People who are overweight should lose some weight because they could have heart attacks.
It is also important for us to sleep well, we can do it, using loose clothes, no eating a lot of food before sleeping, or we can also drink a cup of hot milk, no drinking coffee o coke before going o bed, no watching television too late, to turn lights off or no listening music at night.
Another thing that we should do is to do exercise, we can go to the gym or if we prefer, we can do some outdoor sports like hiking, running, and swimming. It is useful for losing weight, and we can also become relax, because we have to do a lot things during the day like going to school, to work, etc., so these things make us really stressed.
If health is really important for us we must start doing some of these things!!

Love
Kind Affectionate
Smiling Enjoying Helping
Hapiness Solidarity Wickedness Violence
Hating Abusing Excluding
Selfish Envious
Hatred

Spring

Spring season has a lot of meanings, I think it depends on people…Some of us (especially me) think it is the best season in the year, because we can enjoy the beautiful things of life, for example, flowers, trees, a clear sky, the stars at night, etc. This season is more special for people who enjoy those things. For people who became happy and grateful to be able to see everything that happens in this season.
This is a season for reflecting about nice things that life gives us, it is because we can be in contact with the nature; we can camp and hear the sound of the birds or we can feel the wind blowing on our faces. Nature, specifically, rural places are the best places for reflecting.
Sometimes we are not very grateful to nature or to God for things that we have, I think it is because we have always had those things, but if we think carefully we can discover that all those things are really wonderful. That is why we should value all these beautiful things.
But there are other people who do not like spring, because they say it is synonymous with allergies, because most of them have hay fever or something like that. There are some people who hate the spring but I think it is not because they are bad people but because nobody can enjoy something which is bad for his or her health.
Other people think in this season love reborns. A lot of people have found their partner during the spring. I think it is because people are happier in summer and spring than in winter or fall. Scientifics say it is because in those seasons sunlight and moonlight are stronger, so we can pick the light up better than in winter or fall, because in that kind of seasons the sky is cloudy or overcast.
We can do many things during this season, for example, we can see when flowers are flowering, or when trees are blossoming, or simply you can see the stars at night, you can also share and visit your friends. You cannot do these kinds of things in others seasons like winter, because the sky is overcast or many times it’s raining, so you cannot go out.
But I think we should enjoy every season because in each of them there are special things to enjoy. For example, we can enjoy a rainy day; we can enjoy when the sky is cloudy, or when leaves are falling in autumn. I think the secret for being happy every day is to value and appreciate everything.

Independence Day is one of the most important celebrations in our country. This day is very important for us because in an independent country people are free to do what they want, for example, they can say what they think or feel. On the other hand, in a dependency country people are treated like slaves. Fortunately, our ancestors, specifically our heroes like Bernardo O’Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodriguez, and others, fought a lot for getting our independence.
Independence Day is celebrated at all our country. These date Chileans eat typical food like “Empanadas”, Chilean casserole, and other delicious meals, and also drink “Chicha”, which is a typical drink. Another important thing that we do during Independence Day is to play typical games, to dance our typical dance called “Cueca”.
But the present year, this celebration will be more important and bigger than other last years, because our country will be 200 years old, specifically on September 18th, 2010.
The celebration will be doubly important, because our country have suffered two big tragedies, the first one, was a big earthquake on February 27th, it was horrible, because in this occasion many people died, a lot of houses were destroyed; It was really a terrible natural catastrophe. Also recently 33 miners are trapped in a mine at the depth of 700 meters, fortunately they are all alive, this. It is the second great reason. That is why Chileans say this year will be the best celebration!!
Chileans are more motivated than other year. News tells us that a lot of people have fought flags and other typical goods for decorating their houses or places where they work. Even, some people have taken dancing lessons for learning to dance our national dance .They say that our country not always is 200 years old.
Another interesting thing that we are doing is a “big box”, which people are keeping special and valuable things. These box will be opened in 100 years else.
Bicentenary is also very important because we have an identity; we can be and feel free. Some people say they are proud of being Chileans, for living in an independent country.
Present government is doing a lot of activities and works for making a country more connected and attractive with many touristic places.
Bicentenary is also an opportunity for reflecting together about trajectory historical of Chile and also for dreaming and building our future with the help and the effort of all of us.

Last winter vacations I did not go to any interesting place, but it does not mean that I did not enjoy my vacations. I wanted to go to the mountain with my family, because I like very much to be in contact with the nature, but unfortunately, I was ill during the first week , I had stomach ache, I do not know what I ate, because I felt really bad.

So I just visited to my best friends. We had a good time, we spoke too much, and also we went shopping together.
I go to the church every weekend, and I and my friends did a small party for children from our town during my winter vacations. Also we were to paint and to repair our church because it was destroyed after the earthquake. It was a great experience because we could work as a team, it was teamwork!!... I enjoyed a lot, though we finished our work very tired.

Also I and my family went to visit to my aunt and cousins, because we had not seen them since a lot of time. There I talked and shared a lot with my cousins, and then we walked around their house, because they live in countryside…in a beautiful and relaxing place!!

Another interesting thing that I did during my vacations was to go to Curicó, It is really a big and beautiful city. So, I and my family decided to go there.
We visited the square; I think It is more beautiful and bigger than our square. Then, we visited the mall, It has got a lot shops with many clothes, shoes, and other things, but I could not buy any, because they are very expensive!!
In the mall there was a small zoo of snakes, we visited that place. There were many snakes with different names, like “Cobra” or “Rattlesnake”. I learnt a lot about them, for example their poison is used for curing some diseases.
Well, they are not my best winter vacations, but I enjoyed what I did, and I think my summer vacations will be better…I hope!!!