ABOUT MYSELF...
Hi everyone,
First of all, I want to thank all the BBC Learning English Team for giving this opportunity to practise and improve my English. I’m very happy and excited to be able to share my daily life, experiences and my country culture with both Anne Bell and all the readers.
I’m very lucky to have you Anne as a teacher; from what I read in your blog you’re a high level one and I like your methods to correct the students’ mistakes. On the other hand, I’ll learn more about that exotic place of Thailand and you have my word that you’ll know more about Argentina through this blog.
I’m also happy to have all of you as readers. When I started to write my comments in the teacher blogger I couldn’t imagine that I’d become the student blogger.
Now……..a little introduction of myself.
I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and I’ve been living here all my life. I’ve got a sister (Graciela) who is older than me. She is a yoga teacher and specializes in children. Here are some pictures of her.
My father was born in Aleppo, Syria so I feel attracted to the Orient Culture. Unluckily, my father died when I was 11 years old and my mother had to bring us up alone. However she could manage to run a little shop so we used to have all that we wanted.
When I graduated from High School I was a little confused about what profession I wanted to have so it was not until I started to work that I decided to be an accountant.
I entered the Buenos Aires University of Economic Science and finally got a degree.
During my university time I’ve met my husband (Oscar), started dating and then we got married. He is a very good person and I love him very much. He is an analyst systems and works from home.
I wanted to put some pictures and let you guess who my husband was but……..guess what?….I found that the only pictures of men I had were of my him, so….here is a picture of Oscar
Just in case someone hasn’t read my comments in the teacher blogger I’ll tell you that I studied English when I was a teenager but it was not until my husband and I started to travel and met people who spoke in English that I decided to take it up but seriously. I studied a lot and then had a private teacher who prepared me for the FCE. I passed the exam successfully and I can say now that it helped me a lot. Not only it opened my mind but also it helped me improve all my skills as well. It helped too in my previous job when I worked for a German Company and I had to prepare all the financial reports.
Now I work freelance with another two colleagues in a study (I promise you a picture of us all). The only moment when I practise this lovely language is when I e-mailed with a friend who lives in Ohio, USA (I've met her in one of our trips and her name is Mary Ellen) and through this blog. I also read books in English, especially novels and I enjoyed them very much. I’m always reading a book in my free time. Anne, what’s the difference between especially and specially?
Ernesto I’m happy too to have a neighbour and you make me chuckle when you mentioned that I live in the land of beef (we have very good quality) and “mate” (a special infusion). In addition to this we have the “Tango” too. But you’ll feel disappointed if I tell you that I don’t like the “mate” and I don’t know how to dance “Tango”. However I like eating well done beefs.
From my point of view Chilean wines are the best and you also have very good seafood (Oscar and I always choose wines and seafood from Chile when we shop at the supermarket).
M. Ellen, thank you for wishing me good luck.
Anne, I like to cook too so we can exchange some recipes...
I wanted to ask you how long have you been living in Thailand and if it was tough at first. Didn’t you feel homesick when you first went to live abroad? I sometimes fancy about what it would be like if I want to live in another country and then I imagine me missing extremely all my family, friends and the “sound” of my country. What about you readers?
Anne, I agree with you that the weekends are for relaxing and family but just because it’s my first entry and I wanted to make the most of it, I blogged today.
About my mistakes
I don’t feel bad if you Anne correct me, so go ahead.
The difference between “meet” and “know” when referring to people is that if you know somebody is because you first met her/him. I know M.Ellen because I first met her in one of my trips. I should have used the verb “meet” instead of “know”.
Hope all of you have a nice weekend.
Bye for now.
Till next blog,
Cris
Comments
Hi Cristina and welcome to this beautiful blog! It's nice reading about Argentina and I really love steaks as well!! Regarding your question about homesick...I currently live in New Zealand but I've been here for just 3 months. I am from Italy so I feel homesick sometimes! When it happens I try to think something else or I often study (English in this period!). I think that if you have the chance to live in another country you can learn many new things such as new cultures, new languages, traditions. You can also taste new flavour and meet many people you can exchange experiences with. I think that nowadays we are lucky because we can choose to live in another place, we are not obliged so this is a great thing. This is my own opinion, maybe someone could think I am wrong... Anyway, I can't wait to read about you and your country!!! Do you know that in Argentina there are a lot of emigrants from Italy?? I have relatives near Buenos Aires and I'd like to go there in the future!! Well, that's all for now. I hope you have some time to reply to me....ahahah!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!
I´m Brazilian and some people says that brazilians don´t like Argentina! It´s not true! I loved your blogger! Keep in this way!
Hello Cristina, welcome. Are you happy with the invitation? No more than us because we have now a great opportunity to know more about Argentina. I know it's the weekend but I'd like to send hello to our hermanos, including you and your family. :-) Bye Adriana
Hi Cristina, welcome to be a student blogger. Graciela looks like a suuny and pretty girl. Oscars looks like a movie star and elegant. I would learn more from you. Is it uneasy to grow up in a single-parent family? See you around, James.
Hi Cristina! I'm glad getting you know a little bit through your first post. You mentioned your father was origined from Syria, and I asked myself if it meant Argentina was a warmy welcoming country for newcomers from different world's corners. I have known some compatriots, I'm originally from Ukraine, moving in Argentina. On the contrary, I have known some anothers who moved out of Argentina after being esteblished there for several years due to tough economical situation a few years ago. Cristina, you wrote travelling a lot, if it meant you had seen remove country's parts like Jujuy in the North or the South end of Patagonia. All the best, and good luck with the blog, Vlad.
Hi Cristina, I checked the data of Argentina and found the current president of Argentina is as the same first name as you. Best regards, James.
Hello Crstina, it´s fine that you and Anne are the bloggers. I think I´m going next year to Bangkok in february and to Argentina in april. So in this blog I can learn a lot of both countries.
It is good to read from other people.i like to know other english learners.i hope best your wishes for you
Dear Cris, It's really nice to have you here! I'll begin with a self-introduction. I came from China, and I am now living in melbourne. I have recently graduated from university, and got my bachelor degree of accounting, so when I knew that you studied accounting too, I felt a little excited. I could tell from your first blog that you have got so much passion for English learning, I have been learning English for many years, but I haven't read any English novels. I am considering that I should start my novel reading now. I am very interested in your country, are you going to put some pictures of the city where you live in? Once again, a very warm welcome from all of us!
Hi dear Cristina , Please accept my warm welcome to this month Blog . From your good start i know that we are going to have a fruitful month . So keep going . I wish you the best and i 'm looking forward to hear from you again . byeeeeee
Hi Cristina! Were luky to have a bloger frome Argentina after Yancko frome Brasil .we're going to know a lot about your country ,your culture and your customes too, then we 'll compare between two countries.I read a lot about Argentina and watched many documentries about it .But when you lesten frome someone who lives in a country you learn more.good luke Cristina
Hi, Cristina. A Big welcome from the already hot Ahwaz. Liked your first blog, wish all the best with the coming blogs and days of your life...
Hello Cristina! We all give you a warm welcome as a student blogger of April. It would be great to learn about Argentine over the next month. Best wishes, Naheed
Thanks Cristina. We’ve got your introduction and waiting for more stories about Argentina’s facilities and life pace. Is Argentina multinational country like UK, or less cosmopolitan? Bye until next time.
Hi, Cristina! It is nice to meet you here. I don’t know any things about Argentina except Argentinean tango. It is first that is coming to my mind when I am hearing the word “Argentina”. Maybe you can tell us about tango too? Who is the most famous teacher of this dance in Buenos Aires? I am glad to hear that you like to read books. Would you like to tell us about modern Argentinean writers? Best wishers,
Hi Cristina, good to see that we got started, even better to learn new things about Argentina. Your introduction was very informative, I am looking forward to read your entries during the oncoming days.
Hi Cristina! It's nice to know about your family. Your sister just looks like you and its hard to believe that its your sister not u :). Does your teacher told you any keypoints for getting good grades in FCE exam?. Are u preparing for the next level? Goodluck and bye
Dear Christina, Very warm welcome as a student blogger of this month! Though it is late, you got an opportunity to be a student blogger in this language learning site. We are really grateful for this opportunity to learn about your beautiful country. You are really successful to portray your background in your blog. We get a glimpse of your family, educational and social background. You challenge to solve the open secret in your blog which is a little bit jokes.
Dear Cris, I hope you really enjoy being a blogger for the month of April. I'm sure you will make lots of new friends! I personally have always been amazed at how beautifully you write English and I'm sure you speak it well too. Good luck dear friend.
Hi Cristi, so nice to see you at this blog and hear about your life just for a long while. Do you know that Argentina is a dream country for lots of those living in my country. The first that crosses my mind when I hear Argentina is Julio Cortazar and his Rayuela, and obviously tango. Someone said that Cortazar’s stories are real masterpieces and yes, this is true but Rayuela is my beloved book and actually was a cult book for a couple of generations in Poland! I’m wondering what are you favorite Argentinian writers? I often think about going abroad, I mean living in different country, but would I manage to leave all that is a part of myself.. It’s not that easy. And how about yoga, do you practise it? Good night, Julia, Poland
Hi,Cristina It’s nice to have you here and I’d love to hear about your country, your daily life and so on. You’ve already raised some interesting topics and especially I am intrigued by your question about living a foreign country and getting homesick. In my view, if you’ve got a chance to live abroad I would say to you go for it. You might get culture shock, language barrier, homesick and such and such things but it would be a priceless experience. As long as you can communicate with people you would be integrated in a society and you could broaden your horizon. Move onto dealing with homesick. This is very tricky one for me getting it over but I’ve got my own remedy which sometimes makes my son shook his head and wonder I am mental or not. I tend to sing Korean songs at the top of my voice, which I used to do with my siblings and friends. I read books in Korean, too. Actually, I was in a mood of nostalgia and missed my family so much this afternoon while it was snowing. . That’s right we got snow today in April! Can you believe it? By the way, your husband looks very sincere and handsome. See you again! PS: I don’t have clever feet and I’ve got two left feet so I can’t dance very well like you!xx
Hello Cristina! I hope you have a ball while you´re writing your blogs :-). It´s nice to know you have taken the FCE test. I´m going to take this exam in the end of this year. Apart from that, the exam has passed for some changes that will begin when I take the exam. What part of the FCE exam do you think was the hardest for you? Do you have any tips about the test? Best wishes, Ana Paula.
that's nice to know about other countries specially when you see your countrymen and women are just the same!!! hello Iranian buddies !hello everyone !! and good luck Cristina !
Hi...Cristina I am glad to know about you and your country, especially famiy life and traditional habbits of homeland.
Hi Cristina, It's great to read your blogs. They are very interesting and I like learning about your city.
Dear CRistana, thanks for givig information about your country, I wish to continoue till april Best wish
i read your beautiful life but i could not understand the sentence you had written. Can you tell me what it means? İt is "I found that the only pictures of men I had were of my him,"
Hi Cristina, wish all the best in your life and would like to suggest that you go for another higher level in English - it will be another challange and can lead to more opportunities?
Hi Cristina, I think that Argentina is a country very nice and very big and you can give us a lot of information about your country and more specific about your home town. It seem me very interesting...I hope excited your next writing...thank you and good luck
Hi Cristina, I think that Argentina is a country very nice and very big and you can give us a lot of information about your country and more specific about your home town. It seem me very interesting...I hope excited your next writing...thank you and good luck
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