3 years, 117 posts... (aka Final Reflection)

...and one crazy German.

You know what? I have mental powers. I can look into the future. And you know something else? You can do it as well. All you need to do is to look into the past. Everyone with memory is able to look into the past. And that, and nothing else, will enable you to look into the future.

The future hasn't taken place yet. 

The future can be shaped in the present by looking into the past.

So... Wait! My mental powers are speaking to me... Let me concentrate.

Refl... Reflect... Reflection? A final reflection?

My mental powers told me that I would be asked in the future to do a final reflection, even when my blog is already finished and there's other stuff to do. What an atrocious destiny...

But as I said. Right now, I can shape the future. 

And therefore, my last yoursay post on this English blog shall be... A final countdown reflection:

Final reflection

Final reflection

Final reflection

Final reflection

Final reflection

What I loved about doing this blog is the creativity. There are tasks, there are news (which, if you're willing to do so, you can abuse to talk about the topics you're interested in anyway) and the yoursays/myworlds. Every term I have had a hard time to try to find topics to talk about in the yoursays. But you know what? Looking back, I liked the struggle and the challenge. It's not that easy to produce posts of high quality and quantity within the last few days before the deadline ;D And at the end of the day, I prefer doing yoursays over all the other posts.

So, a part from all the language aspects which have improved my English (I'm coming back to that later), this blog made me think. It made me reflect. I never wrote in a diary or similar. But this blog obliged me to rethink my opinions and learn to express them. What I haven't done that much in philosophy class or in the missing ethics class is what I've been doing here in the blog all the time. And this getting better with every term.

Of course, at first sight, the English blog is another school work that has to be done and when you begin doing the blog you don't really want to and you want to get it done quickly.

If the blog helped me to explore and train my creativity, it's because I actually wanted to.

Where there's a will, there's a way. However, if there's no will, there cannot possibly be any way.

And after all this time, I firmly believe that creativity - not anarchy, no alternative hippie methods, simply creativity - is one skill that isn't being valued enough in school. And we're supposed to learn from school. You need creativity anywhere. Being a musician as much as being a doctor or a lawyer (especially a lawyer has to be very creative if you know what I mean... nah, just kidding).

You need creativity in your daily life. Why aren't we promoting creativity, then?

Of course, my English has got better thanks to all these posts. Mostly because I was forced to write on a hypothetically regular basis and that means practising. At least while writing, I don't need that much time anymore to think how to express myself in English as I did 3 years ago. And since I wanted to ensure a certain quality and a fluid reading for the ones who check my blog, I had to look up new words, synonyms, etc. on dictionaries and that enriched my vocabulary a lot.

Finally, I wanted to say thank you to the people who actually read my posts. It doesn't matter if it's because you're the teacher who has to correct this blog, if you're just so utterly bored that you prefer looking through other blogs over progressing with your own one or if you're actually interested in my posts.

The important thing is that they have been read by you. That makes me happy. Writing these posts could never have been in vain. But they gain much more value by your time being spent on my blog. Even if you're only a few, maybe 5 people, it already means a lot to me. Thank you.

Having said this, I say goodbye to all of you from this school. We still have some time to spend together, but within a few months we will all be at different places. 

It has been a very special time. Unique, as I like to say. It's a pity that I couldn't have been more open from the very beginning. Maybe I would have experienced more great friendships. But, after all, I don't regret anything. And I'm happy that I could be a part of your life, be that part as tiny as it may. 

I wish you the best.




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My post was so beautiful the way it ended :( Now I have to play martyr and disgrace the holy death of this blog.

Yeah, well, I forgot to mention that I also tend to dramatise a lot.

Alright, so let's add what the Holy Bible, the Google Docs on the 2batspace site wants:

So, I have to compare my first written document to my current level? Let's have a look at the day when I outed myself as a koala:

 An animal I like very much is the koala. It's a very relaxed animal, they sleep 20 hours a day! Also, they're herbivorous', so they don't have to hunt other animal or fight. We could say they're very pacific animals, just like me. They spend most time in their life sleeping to gain energy. Energy for eating. I can't say I actually sleep and eat all the time, but it's a lifestyle I wouldn't consider bad. If reincarnation exists, I'd like to be born as a koala. It would be a kind of recompense for having worked so hard as a human. They don't have a very long life (female koalas live around 15 years, male koalas around 10 years), but during the time the live, they live well. When people see pictures of koalas like the one in this post, their hearts start to melt down. Yours one, too, right?

Well, to my surprise, it's actually not that bad. There are practically no mistakes (at first sight I've only found "kind of a recompense"). However, the writing style is a slightly more childish, not incredibly different though. One could say that I've conserved my inner child... And that's a good thing, right?

Right?


If I had to choose one post as the best of this blog... Honestly, I don't know. There are many different posts that I like and each of them has its flaws and its virtues... I think almost all the posts of this last term represent my current English level.



As for the oral presentations... Literally worlds between them. Here is my first oral presentation from 4th of ESO: Ready for heading into a dark past? God, we were so cute back then! It's hard to believe how much one changes in 3 years, we were children!

Since then, especially during Batxillerat, I've developed my own style of presenting, while I think that my best presentation was the one about sitcoms (probably the marks on my self-evaluations will contradict this, but anyway, I'm not perfect ;D). It was also the most entertaining topic to talk about. I must say that I still have a problem with speaking too fast, but I'll keep refining that.



And now, I'm finished.













GAME OVER

I'm the one who knocks (BaBr2)

Hello! If this is the first post you're reading about Breaking Bad... STOP, ok, STOP! (inside joke)

Nah, but I'm serious, please read the Bromine Barium post before.

You know what's great? BaBr2 actually is a chemical compound... Hihihi.

Ok, so, what did I like about Breaking Bad?

• The characters: The series is absolutely driven by the characters and their evolution from episode to episode. They are all surprisingly credible characters. At no time, you will have the feeling that some of their actions feel out of place or forced by the plot. What's more, you will begin to understand their motives for their actions. If you read my post about Death Note (not that it's about 3 centuries old by now), it's a similar concept. Walter White is, at the beginning, no bad guy at all. But the circumstances make him change. He will do some serious bad stuff and what's great and a little frightening is that you will... kind of understand him. But not only Walter evolves. As the episodes pass you will notice how everyone reacts to the events. The psychological aspect of the series is really great, because every now and then you will start intuiting an alteration in someone's behaviour and later on, when they do something that proves it you'll feel like "I knew they would end up doing that!" Nonetheless, that doesn't mean that the series has no suspense... One specific aspect about the characters that I'd like to point out is the relationship between the two main characters Walter and Jesse. These two will go through quite some problems. On a sidenote, the two actors that represent them (Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul) have become very good friends in real life. 

Somehow they do fit together well and somehow they don't. Walter (left) and Jesse (right) experience each other's good and bad sides in the most dramatic situations and that puts their relationship as a team on the border

• The villians: Technically, the villians are also part of the characters... but they deserve a paragraph for themselves. Just imagine. You live in a state that shares a border with Mexico. You produce drugs. But there are those guys  that have been producing drugs before you. You better don't mess with them... They aren't precisely known for being in favour of a free market.  Especially one of Walter's enemies (I said villians earlier, but the concept of good and evil is much more complex here) is incredibly iconic. I won't spoil you anything about that person, but there will be a lot of epic moments, I guarantee it. Oh, right, the epic moments...

• The action and the badass moments: Since Walter has to deal with some pretty hard guys, he comes up with many ingenious and equally crazy plans to take action by himself. For getting inspired for this post, I watched a video of the list of the Top 10 most memorable moments in Breaking Bad. Before they revealed the number 1 on their list, they made a short tribute to all of those moments that didn't make it to the video, despite being unforgettable. And it's true. You could do a Top 50 countdown and you wouldn't even nearly cover up all the cool moments. When the conflicts reach their climax, there's so much tension you could it with the knife. I haven't EVER, EVER been STARRING at the screen with THAT MUCH SUSPENSE. And you know what's best?

• The series gets better every season: No TV series nor film trilogy nor game franchise I've ever watch/played managed to do this. But Breaking Bad does. The series has a good start in season 1, leaves you without fingernails in season 2, complicates things positively in season 3, blows your mind in season 4 and season 5... Well, to be honest, both season 4 and 5 are practically perfect to me. So, at the end of season 4 you won't be able to deny that this is the best thing you've ever seen in your entire life and afterwards it... Let me explain that with an old gamers' quote:

Sean Connery approved

 But of course, there's one problem about getting better with every season (let's go for the cons):

• The first season is the weakest one: Why is that a problem? It is because, when you start watching like me having heard from all the sides that this is the best series ever produced, after the first few episode you feel like: "Ok, this is actually quite cool. But that good? I hope it gets better." And holy Jesus Christ it DOES get better. It just feels a little slow in the beginning, but at the latest when you reach season 2, you will be totally hooked.  

• Uncomfortable family scenes: Since Walter's family begins to fall apart once he starts to disappear without any warning in order to cook meth, these scenes are absolutely necessary to make you understand how the characters feel. But the thing is, the characters feel uncomfortable in these moments; and so will you. In season 1 this has the biggest effect since there's not that much action yet. Just so you know what I mean, there's another list on the Internet called 'Breaking Bad': 8 unbearably tense dinner scenes. I think I've made my point.

• It eventually ends: Breaking Bad has the ending it deserves. You will be satisfied after the last episode. But that also means that it'll make you sad that it's already over. They're even planning to make a spin-off sequel which will be centered on a character called Saul Goodman who first appears in season 2. It will tell his story before the events of Breaking Bad. While he definitely is a character with a lot of potential, I'm not sure if I like the idea; yet.

And now, I am going to reveal you the true ending of Breaking Bad. At first I thought I shouldn't spoil, but I just can't stay quiet. In the end, Walter gets sick of drug making and of his family and friends and Albuquerque and he finally decides to leave everything behind and move away and start a new family. These are the events seen in the classic series "Malcolm in the Middle":

So he doesn't want to do this anymore...

And then he creates a new family. And really flourishes in that new role. That's why he's looking younger here. Only that.

Sorry for spoiling.




And finally, why should every single one of you reading this post give Breaking Bad a try?

Case 1, you're a male person: If you're a man, then it's easy. Let me repeat: there are drugs, there are badass villians and quotes, there are explosions, WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT? (only a few boobs in no more than one or two episodes though, sorry)

Case 2, you're a female person: You will love it as well, because this series has set a new standard of gripping. It's is actually more than some gunshots and explosions (in fact, it doesn't have THAT many of them). There are so many shocking moments, things will happen that you didn't expect and it's so much fun to try to analyse the relationship between the different characters. Also, when it comes to the most critical conflicts, the series gets quite emotional. Both men and women are bound to cry at one episode or another (of course I didn't).


And I forgot one last thing: there's a lot of Spanish talking. It's so hilarious when you understand them without any need of subtitles. It adds another layer of depth to the series, so if you're following my blog it's very probably that you also understand Spanish and that's just another reason TO LEAVE EVERYTHING AS IT IS AND START WATCHING Breaking Bad RIGHT NOW!
or at least after finishing final exams

Okay, now it's the last thing. They're making a Southamerican version of Breaking Bad: Metástasis. It's... It's a violation, no, IT'S RAPING the original series IN THE FACE. God... Here's the trailer that tells you the story of the first two episodes more or less (NOTE THAT BREAKING BAD IS ACTUALLY LIKE OVER NINE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER):

THERE ARE NO FREAKING CHEMICAL ELEMENTS WITH THE SYMBOLS "Wa" AND EVEN LESS "Él" WITH A FREAKING DIACRITIC

Bromine Barium

It had to come. It's been quite a time now, but Internet's still full of memes about it. This series is probably the first trend I had been following while it was still hyped in the media, since I came to Spain. And its awesomeness is never forgotten. It's Breaking Bad. Have a look at the images in the right order and after reading the last one click "play" on the video:

Okay, so this is something more difficult to handle... I'd love to talk about some story details that impressed me most, but I don't want to spoil the plot to anyone. One option would be doing one spoiler-free post (review-like) and then another one where I comment my favourite moments... But I prefer that anyone (so... about two or three people actually, in the best case) can read my post.

Having said that... Let's start to Break Baaaaaaaaaaad

The protagonist (or rather... antiprotagonist?) is the highschool chemistry teacher, Walther White, living in Albuquerque, New Mexico (and thus, a zone in America with many Latino drug mafias). He's one of those teachers that seem to love their subject with passion but no one takes them for serious. Walter is a character that, initially, stands out only because of his mediocrity. After school classes he goes on his part-time job in a car wash because his family needs the extra money. There, his boss is constantly complaining about him and the students that come with their cars make fun of him. On top of that, his son, Walter Jr., was born with cerebral palsy which manifests in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, which is why he has to walk with crutches. 

Oh. And his wife's an annoying b****. She's pregnant with a second child by the way.

In short: Walter's life is miserable.

What's the best "solution" for a miserable life? Terminal cancer. That's his diagnosis... And from that point onwards, Walter White slowly dies... While Heisenberg is being born.

Walter's brother-in-law, who is a cop working for the DEA (drug enforcement administration), decides to bring Walter along on one of his operations. Whilst Walter is waiting in the car, he observes how a young man escapes from the house where the operation takes place. The young man is Jesse Pinkman, a former student of Walter. 

Since Walter is confronted with death, his worries for his family increase drastically and that finally drives him into making a deal with Jesse. Walter is going to cook methamphetamine (crystal meth) and Jesse takes care of the selling.

The first attempts to become established in drug trading will still originate some pathetic scenes, but soon Walter will start to change heavily. He becomes more and more determined about his actions. It turns out that, due to the special chemical methods Walter uses, his crystal meth is the purest on the market and has a unique blue colour. That gives him confidence, despite all the obstacles to keep hiding his second life, until he begins to make himself a name in the drug scene under the pseudonym of "Heisenberg".

Of course, not everybody will like the presence of a new cook on the market...

And so, the story unfolds. And God, it's such a well written plot, really. In the next post I'll explain the pros and (minuscule) contras of the series (in my own opinion) and why all of you should give this one a try.

Emanuela

I'd love to know what you were expecting from this post after reading only the title...

I'm pretty sure you already knew that it could only be... A German song! Of course! This is like 2+2=4, irrefutable, throughout logical stuff.

Emanuela by Fettes Brot ("Fettes Brot", the group's name, actually means fatty bread or also cool bread, since in 90's German slang language "fett" was used as "cool" or "nice")

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Alle Mädels alle Jungs sagen "No!" / All the girls all the guys say "No!"

Deines Lebens wirst du nicht mehr froh! / You won't enjoy your life anymore!

Was weißt denn du von Liebe? / What do YOU know about love?

Von Liebe weißt du nichts! / You don't know anything about love!

Dich haben deine Gefühle / Your feelings [...]

Mal wieder ausgetrickst / Have fooled you again

Du hältst dich für gefährlich / You take yourself for dangerous

Doch siehst nicht die Gefahr / But you don't see the danger

Das hier ist die Geschichte / This is the story

Von Emanuela / Of Emanuela

Sie ist wie Fieber / She is like fever

Du willst sie wieder / You want her again

Das geht viel tiefer / It goes much deeper

Als alles andere jemals zuvor / Than anything ever before

Eben war's noch kochend heiß / It was just boiling hot
Und auf einmal wird es kalt wie Trockeneis / And then suddenly it turns cold as dry ice

Sie ist unglaublich / She is incredible

Sie macht dich traurig / She makes you sad

Dein Style hilft auch nicht / Your style doesn't help either

Hau ab sonst hast du alles verloren! / Get away or you've lost everything!

Alter, bitte glaube uns / Dude, please believe us

So wie dir ging es hier schon tausend Jungs / Already a thousand guys felt like you here

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Alle Mädels alle Jungs sagen "No!" / All the girls all the guys say "No!"

Deines Lebens wirst du nicht mehr froh! / You won't enjoy your life anymore!

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Alle Mädels alle Jungs sagen "No!" / All the girls all the guys say "No!"

Deines Lebens wirst du nicht mehr froh! / You won't enjoy your life anymore!

Jetzt sitzt du draußen auf der Treppe vor ihrem Haus du kleiner Gangster / Now you're sitting outside on the stairs in front of her house you little gangster

Lässig rauchst du Zigarette und wirfst Steine an ihr Fenster / Languidly you're smoking cigarettes and throwing stones at her window

Als du sie gesehen hast war hier im Viertel Straßenfest / When you saw her there was the street party in this quarter

Es war ihr Anblick der dich seitdem keine Nacht mehr schlafen lässt / It was her sight that didn't let you sleep any night since then

Emanuela / Emanuela

Emanuela / Emanuela

Emanuela / Emanuela

What goes on? / Was geht ab?

Kannst du dir das bitte mal vorstellen? / Could you please imagine that?

Emanuela / Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Alle Mädels alle Jungs sagen "No!" / All the girls all the guys say "No!"

Deines Lebens wirst du nicht mehr froh! / You won't enjoy your life anymore!

Ein, zwei, drei Monate nur zu Haus / One, two, three months just at home

Freitagnacht und du gehst mal wieder aus / Friday night and you're going out again

Dein Fehler. Wer steht da? / Your mistake. Who's standing there?

Emanuela / Emanuela

Noch bevor's mit euch beiden angefangen hat macht sie Schluss / Before you two even started she breaks up

Und eure einzige Berührung bleibt ein kurzer Abschiedkuss / And a short goodbye kiss stays your only touch

Er betet und hofft, dass sie ihn erhört / He prays and hopes that she answers (his prayer)
Er betet und hofft, dass sie ihn erhört / He prays and hopes that she answers (his prayer)
Er betet und hofft, dass sie ihn erhört / He prays and hopes that she answers (his prayer)

Was weißt denn du von Liebe? / What do YOU know about love?

Von Liebe weißt du nichts! / You don't know anything about love!

Dich haben deine Gefühle / Your feelings [...]

Mal wieder ausgetrickst / Have fooled you again

Du hältst dich für gefährlich / You take yourself for dangerous

Doch siehst nicht die Gefahr / But you don't see the danger

Das hier ist die Geschichte / This is the story

Von Emanuela / Of Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Lass die Finger von Emanuela / Keep the hands from Emanuela

Alle Mädels alle Jungs sagen "No!" / All the girls all the guys say "No!"

Deines Lebens wirst du nicht mehr froh! / You won't enjoy your life anymore!

Youtubing

Since the early 2000's (no, it's not that I am exaggerating time-related aspects because I've just turned 18...)

Again.

Since the early 2000's, many companies like Google, Facebook and... Well, basically these two gained a lot of... money and power. And presence! Yes, they're "more" omnipresent than any God of any culture, which is, in fact, a paradox in itself. Think about it. But not too much, time is money.

Youtube is one of these platforms. Now, in fact, Youtube is a part of Google. Notice how almost everything lately is part of: a) Google b) Facebook or c) Disney? Yes, I'm looking at you WhatsApp. Yes, I'm looking at you LucasArts. And Marvel... EVEN OCULUS RIFT! You don't know what Oculus Rift is? Look it up. And be not surprised.

But Youtube isn't only a part of Google now... It's a part of our life! It's there the whole time. Many of us spend a huge amount of our free time watching videos on Youtube. We love to share funny videos, it's a good way to watch and listen to the videoclips of our favourite songs (and for discovering now ones!), yes, we even watch Youtube videos in school classes! And I'm not only talking about English class (English teachers: always eager to implement new technologies in class), but also History, Physics, Philosophy...

Youtube grants us easy access to an unimaginable amount of audiovisual material of all kinds. And let's be honest: Watching a Youtube video is much funnier and less tiring than reading boring blog posts, isn't it?

And you know what kind of videos are the most popular and successful on Youtube? Music? Check. Comedy? Check. Stupid people running against walls and hitting others with footballs on their weak spots? Well, check, but that was rather a big thing years ago...

There's one more thing and it's conquering Youtube more and more everyday. A little hint: what am I always talking about in the end because I'm a damn nerd?

GAMES.

Let's Play videos are one of the biggest and weirdest Internet phenomena in my opinion (and there are looooooooots of Internet phenomena... I might do a post on that later).

What are Let's Play videos you may ask (if you do, first of all: welcome to 2014, just kidding).

In a nutshell: A guy (or a girl, but mainly a guy... in fact, I believe I haven't seen any girl doing this... anyway) plays a video game and records it while he is commenting. That's it. Sounds kind of dumb, doesn't it?

It did sound dumb to me as well when the first Let's Play videos became popular. And consider that I've always been a gamer. So it's not something that I had to support for obvious reasons. As I've always been, I was rather critical regarding that new trend.

Today I think it's amazing that there are people out there who actually make a living thanks to these videos!

What's so good about Let's Play videos? Here is what I believe:

1. It's funny if the person who's commenting says funny things, has crazy reactions to the in-game events, etc.

2. Gamers have a special need of community feeling. Gamers are, although right now much less than before, a marginal group of society. There are still those stamps on gaming like "stupid", "unnecessary", "mind-dulling", etc. People who don't play games on a regular basis themselves don't usually appreciate games as a "new" (since the 70's, guys) kind of art. So gamers need to relate with other gamers so they won't feel isolated. And Youtube is a great place to do this.

3. It's a great alternative to experience a game if you're not sure about buying it or if you can't afford it (because of money, because it's not available in your region/on your platform/whatever).

And I am even considering starting my own Youtube channel one day... With Let's Plays and comedy videos and countdowns (Top 10 "X") and some intellectual stuff.

That is the great thing about Youtube. It enables you to entertain people with... pretty much whatever you want.

One of my favourite channels on Youtube is The Game Theorists. The main "show" of that channel is called "Game Theory" and its initial idea was that each episode features an analysis of a specific game aspect applying real life science. Gaming+Science? I had to love it. 

You can find episodes like:

- The paradoxes of time travelling in the game "Chrono Trigger"

- The physics behind the "Fart Rocket" attack of Wario in the Smash Bros. series

- Best boobs in gaming

Wait... I'm not contributing to improve the overall image of gamers at all...

Later, the show had more episodes that reflected about gaming in general. In one video for example, the hoster tries to find out why we play video games, the psychological reason behind.

So I wanted to show you a video from that channel. Its title is "Game Theory: How PewDiePie Conquered YouTube". 

PewDiePie is currently the youtuber with most suscribers (the video I'm about to show you is almost one year old). He does different kinds of videos but he is also specialised in Let's Plays. And he had an incredible success doing that. MatPat, the guy talking in this video, will explain how PewDiePie became so popular. In order to do that, he exposes the mechanics of the Youtube machine. I thought it could be interesting for anyone to see how the Youtube ranking system works. Don't worry, there are only SOME game-related inside jokes in the video.

Now the only question is... When I start my own channel... Should I speak in English? Or in Spanish? Or in German? Or... Catalan?

I have a weird accent when I talk in Spanish, I don't like the German Youtube community and Catalan.. Well.. I would, but I'd like to become popular all over the world... It has to be English then I guess. I better improve my oral skills then!

tehehehe...

18 years of learning: a brief retrospective

I've recently turned 18... Let me state the obvious: I haven't reached maturity yet. Then again, do we ever "reach" maturity? Is there one day where you're "fine" with your opinions and your vision of the world? Probably not. I guess real maturity is just another ideal.

Nonetheless, I have learned a few things in my life. It's no secret anymore, no great intellectual insight: school doesn't teach us half of the things that we actually need to learn for the real life. We can try to change that or at least improve it... But isn't the challenge to learn all these things by oneself a big step to become more mature as well? That's two possibles ways of seeing it and I think both sides got their points. And that's one of those big lessons that we need to learn:

You can't make everyone happy. Ever. You can try as hard as you like, but in the eeeeeend it doesn't eeeeeeven maaatter. Wait a minute...

You'll have to excuse me. In fact, I didn't want to be that "pessimistic" and say that it wouldn't even matter. 

It does matter, of course it does! Trying to make other people happy is a good thing, of course it is! But if you insist too much, if you try to bring all the people's thoughts and opinions on a common thread, you will end up hurting someone. In the worst case scenario, you will hurt the ones you care most about. This is because people are different. This is because you're not the only one here.

People are different. Men and women are different. Black people and white people and Asian people and Germans and Spaniards and Northern Spaniards and Southern Spaniards; they are all different from each other. We don't have to pretend that we're all equal. It's good to fight for the same level of chances and the same level of rights for everyone, but don't mix up equal life quality with equal people.

It's not about equalism, but about tolerance. It's not only about knowing that we're different, but about accepting that we're all different. Diversity is great. We don't have to be afraid of other lifestyles or other opinions. Everybody acts the way they act for some reason. We don't have to want the same. We don't have to look for the same. 

You can even learn something from the people you hate most. The ones you agree the least with. Because learning something from someone is not the same as being taught something from someone.

We always want to be taught and many of us always want to teach. But we need to use our own mind. Everyone. Nobody told our far ancestors how to do a fire. They observed nature and learned from it. Nature didn't teach them.

You're not the only one here. You're not the one to save every single person. That doesn't mean that you can't have any ambitions. No! But no one is flawless. Neither am I, neither are you. Neither are your parents nor your teachers. And that's fine. Even considering that, we can all learn from each other. That's how life works. You won't always succeed and you won't always be right. You won't always be happy and you won't always know what to do. This applies to absolutely everyone.

Stay strong and keep appreciating your life. Self-pity won't take you anywhere. Trying to cover your problems and defects won't either. Accept your problems, accept yourself, then you can truly accept others. Then you can do your best to improve and move on. Never stop moving on!

Even what I am doing right now is simply writing down my own thoughts, hoping to inspire at least one of the readers of this post.

So, at the end of the day, you will keep making mistakes and you will keep experiencing things that you don't like. But none of them, no matter how big they are, none of them is a reason to stop hoping. Keep your faith. Your faith in yourself. Your faith in the ones you love. Your faith in the things you love. You need to be strong. There's no one out there who can be strong for you. It's you. No excuses.

And now I shut up :)

Is this the real life...?

Song time! I worked too much for the last post. I need to regain that time...

So this term's song is a classic one and, in my opinion, a masterpiece. It's like a whole musical summed up in one bombastic song. It's Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen:

Is this the real life? / Ist dies das reale Leben?

Is this just fantasy? / Ist dies nur Fantasie?

Caught in a landslide / Gefangen in einem Erdrutsch

No escape from reality / Kein Entkommen vor der Realität

Open your eyes / Öffne deine Augen

Look up to the skies and see / Schau in die Himmel und sieh

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy / Ich bin nur ein armer Junge, ich brauche kein Mitgefühl

Because I'm easy come, easy go / Denn wie gewonnen, so zerronnen

Little high, little low / Ein wenig hoch, ein wenig tief

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me / Wie auch immer, der Wind weht; es kümmert mich nicht, mich nicht

Mama... just killed a man / Mama... hat gerade einen Mann getötet

Put a gun against his head / Hielt eine Pistole an seinen Kopf

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead / Betätigte meinen Abzug, nun ist er tot

Mama... life had just begun / Mama... das Leben hatte erst begonnen

But now I've gone and thrown it all away / Aber nun bin ich gegangen und habe alles weggeworfen

Mama... oooooooh / Mama... oooooooh

Didn't mean to make you cry / Wollte dich nicht zum Weinen bringen

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow /Falls ich morgen nicht zu dieser Zeit zurück bin

Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters / Mach weiter, mach weiter als ob nichts wirklich wichtig wär

Too late, my time has come / Zu spät, meine Zeit ist gekommen

Sends shivers down my spine / Es läuft mir kalt den Rücken runter

Body's aching all the time / Der Körper schmerzt die ganze Zeit

Goodbye everybody, I've got to go / Auf Wiedersehen ihr alle, ich muss gehen

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth / Muss euch alle hinter mich lassen und mich der Wahrheit stellen

Mama... oooooooh (anyway the wind blows) / Mama... oooooooh (wie auch immer, der Wind weht)

I don't wanna die / Ich will nicht sterben

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all / Ich wünsche mir manchmal ich wär gar nicht erst geboren worden

I see a little silhouetto of a man / Ich sehe eine kleine "Silhouetto" eines Mannes

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? / Scaramouche, Scaramouche, wirst du den Fandango machen?

Thunderbolt and lightning / Donnerkeil und Blitz

Very, very frightening me / Erschrecken mich sehr doll

(Galileo) Galileo / (Galileo) Galileo

(Galileo) Galileo / (Galileo) Galileo

Galileo Figaro / Galileo Figaro

Magnificooo / Magnificooo

I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me / Ich bin nur ein armer Junger, niemand liebt mich

He's just a poor boy from a poor family / Er ist nur einer armer Junger aus einer armen Familie

Spare him his life from this monstrosity / Verschont ihm sein Leben von dieser Monstrosität

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? / Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen, werdet ihr mich gehen lassen?

Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!) / Bismillah! Nein, wir werden dich nicht gehen lassen. (Lasst ihn gehen!)

Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!) / Bismillah! Wir werden dich nicht gehen lassen. (Lasst ihn gehen!)

Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!) / Bismillah! Wir werden dich nicht gehen lassen. (Lasst mich gehen!)

Will not let you go. (Let me go!) / Werden dich nicht gehen lassen. (Lasst mich gehen!)

Never, never let you go / Dich nie nie gehen lassen

Never let me go, oh  / Mich nie gehen lassen, oh

No, no, no, no, no, no, no / Nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein

Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia (Mamma mia, let me go) / Oh mamma mia, mamma mia (Mamma mia, lasst mich gehen)

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me / Beelzebub hat einen Teufel für mich aufgehoben, für mich, für mich

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? / Ihr denkt also ihr könnt mich steinigen und in mein Auge spucken?

So you think you can love me and leave me to die? / Ihr denkt also ihr könnt mich lieben und mich sterben lassen?

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby / Oh, baby, könnt mir dies nicht antun, baby

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here. / Muss nur raus, muss nur von hier raus

(Oh, yeah, oh, yeah) / (Oh, yeah, oh, yeah)

Nothing really matters / Nichts ist wirklich wichtig

Anyone can see / Jeder kann es sehen

Nothing really matters / Nichts ist wirklich wichtig

Nothing really matters to me / Nichts ist wirklich wichtig für mich

Anyway the wind blows / Wie auch immer, der Wind weht

  

Of course you might interpret the lyrics in a different way... Everybody has to find the meaning that fits most for them. This is another... quite distinct example:

Deep stuff, man...

And this was the last yoursay post also known as "posts-where-I-don't-need-to-find-a-fitting-piece-of-news-as-an-excuse-to-write-about-what-I-wanted-to-write-about-anyway". I hope you enjoyed the... let's call it "special content" this time and look forward to very, very exciting news and tasks... Uuuuooooh!