Riding schools in San Miguel
2/12/08
By: Carolita
There are many riding schools in San Miguel such as, KIDZKLUB las Animas or Centro Equestre Canales. Both very good riding schools.
Eugenio Canales started CEC, twenty-one years ago, when he moved from San Antonio Tx. With his ex-wife Alexa. He began to ride and train horses because his father did the same thing while he was growing up.
He now train's horses and teaches dressage up to Pre Saint George,and jumping up to Classic level.Teaches ages nine to sixty or seventy. some of his student's stay with him training for very long or they go of to college.
Rides both for competition and for fun. Competition because he likes traveling with the horses and for fun because he loves horses and likes how he can have a good relation. Thinks that there are plenty of places in San Miguel to ride at.
Nicole Zijlstra started riding when she was six years old because her girlfriend had a pony and she worked at a horse breeding farm grooming and taking care of the horses. She started KIDZKLUB Las Animas one year ago with the intention of educating children for responsibility and to help hem in there further life. Basic horse back riding is what she is teaching:vaulting, dressage and care of the horse. Ages, five and on, up to fourth level dressage.The benefits of riding for her are to keep shape,mental relaxation, to accomplish a goal and because she loves the animal.
Jennifer Grais a student and horse lover at Centro Equestre Canales,started riding six years ago at CEC and loves it there. She decided to start riding because she lived in the country side were there were a lot of horses and she soon fell in love. She rides for fun with her horse Solo. And also likes taking trail rides in the country. She enjoys taking classes with Eugenio (the owner of CEC) and thinks he is great with the horses and great with the people. She doesn't really care what type of riding she does bas long as it is good for the horse and is fun. The benefits of riding for her are that it puts her in a good mood ,it's a good exercise and love's having a relation with her favorite animal.
As you see there are many places in San Miguel to choose from for horse back riding. And are all very interesting.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Twilight
Kirby Feagan
11/05/08
Journalism
Twilight
In June 2003, Stephenie Meyer, a housewife from Phoenix and mother to three small children, woke up after having a dream. Her dream was about a beautiful, pale white, vampire named Edward and a human girl named Bella who love each other so much but Edward is struggling with the urge to drink her blood. She was so fascinated by this dream and so eager to know what happens next, that she decided to start writing the story, mostly for her enjoyment. When the novel was finished, she was strongly encouraged by her sister to get the story published. After sending out copies to 15 different publishing companies and receiving many rejections, Stephenie was signed to do a three-book deal with Little, Brown. She was ecstatic when she heard the news and even happier to know that Twilight, the story she had come to love so much, would be shared with other people. Little did she know, exactly how many people would be sucked into the world of Twilight. Now, in 2008, the Twilight series have sold over 25 million copies and have been translated into 37 different languages.
The amount of Twilight fans (also known as Twilighters) around the world is incredible, and the number continues to increase every day. Parents can’t complain either, now that their teenage daughters are jumping up and down in excitement for a novel with over 700 pages. Twilight has grasped the attention of teens who never read books for pleasure and inspires many teenagers to write and read more often. Not surprisingly, right after the third book in the series was released, Summit Entertainment began to work on the film, which was released into theatres November 21st of this year starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
On the night of November 20th, thousands of teenagers were bouncing around in their seats eagerly waiting to see the Twilight movie. 2,000 screenings across the U.S. were sold out weeks before for the midnight showing. Many Twilighters stood at their mirrors applying white makeup and sparkles, preparing to go as their favorite vampire. If you were at all interested in seeing how crazy these fans can act, opening night of Twilight would have been the way to do that. Every time Edward appears on screen the entire theatre fills with high-pitch screams and giggles. You could feel the excitement in the air. As soon as the end credits were rolling, stunned and breathless teens were already making plans to see it again as soon as possible. Summit Entertainment must be doing a never ending happy dance as devoted fans continue to see the film five, six or seven times in less than three weeks. The movie, which was filmed on a 35 million budget, earned back the money that was spent plus more on opening day alone, bringing director Catherine Hardwicke to have the biggest movie opening ever for a female director.
Don’t think that Twilight only attracts teenagers though. Thousands of moms have joined in on the obsessive love for these romantic vampire/werewolf series. They have come to love Edward Cullen just as much as their daughters and even began a popular website called twilightmoms.com. Even though the books are mainly about vampires, 75% of the fans are female, so don’t expect a scary action-packed novel. In fact, these vampires refuse to drink the blood of humans and sparkle in the sunlight.
So, if you were wondering what is going on with teenagers these days, the answer is Twilight. The first three of the four books are now available in paperback and the movie is now in theatres, entitled “Crepusculo” in Spanish. Step aside Harry Potter, it’s Twilight’s turn to shine.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
5 Topics
These are my 5 topic ideas:
1. Something for the Holidays. A memory or funny story.
2. Into the life of an overly obsessed twilight fan in San Miguel (OOTFISM). About the opening night and all of the costumes (and screaming!)
3. About my summer theatre experience.
4. My last few months in San Miguel. What it has been like and what I have coming next
5. How my friendship with my best friend works from different countries.
1. Something for the Holidays. A memory or funny story.
2. Into the life of an overly obsessed twilight fan in San Miguel (OOTFISM). About the opening night and all of the costumes (and screaming!)
3. About my summer theatre experience.
4. My last few months in San Miguel. What it has been like and what I have coming next
5. How my friendship with my best friend works from different countries.
Book Drive
Kirby Feagan
11/21/08
Book Drive for the Cruz de Palmar library
word count: 333
Do you have any books in Spanish that you would be willing to donate to a book drive for a library in need of books? I have organized a book drive for the library that was recently built in the rural community of Cruz de Palmar.
Last spring I was told about this library that was being built. My mom and I wanted to find a charity we could help. When we heard about the new library, we felt it was a perfect project with which to be involved. For weeks, my friends and I baked homemade desserts to sell every Friday at school to other students. By the time we were finished, we had collected over $1,000 pesos.
Just recently I discovered that the construction of the small library was completed. Although the building is finished, the library is in need of more books. My mom gave me the idea to do a book drive to collect books to donate and I loved the idea. I placed a box in the Biblioteca Publica, towards the entrance and another box at all Authors’ Sala events to collect books from anyone willing to participate. My friends have been very helpful in spreading the information about the book drive and so far I have collected quite a few books.
I love the idea of giving books to people who don’t have them available. Every book donated is one extra story for many people to enjoy and is so appreciated. It would be a great help if I could continue to collect more books of any type from novels to picture stories.
There is a donation box located in the central patio of the Biblioteca Publica, located at Insurgentes #25, during regular business hours. You can also bring books to all Authors’ Sala events, which are held once a month at St. Paul’s Church, Calzada del Cardo #6 . So far we have collected 36 books and hope to collect more. Your book donations are appreciated.
Bio: Kirby Feagan is student at Victoria Robbin’s School. She has been living in San Miguel for seven years.
11/21/08
Book Drive for the Cruz de Palmar library
word count: 333
Do you have any books in Spanish that you would be willing to donate to a book drive for a library in need of books? I have organized a book drive for the library that was recently built in the rural community of Cruz de Palmar.
Last spring I was told about this library that was being built. My mom and I wanted to find a charity we could help. When we heard about the new library, we felt it was a perfect project with which to be involved. For weeks, my friends and I baked homemade desserts to sell every Friday at school to other students. By the time we were finished, we had collected over $1,000 pesos.
Just recently I discovered that the construction of the small library was completed. Although the building is finished, the library is in need of more books. My mom gave me the idea to do a book drive to collect books to donate and I loved the idea. I placed a box in the Biblioteca Publica, towards the entrance and another box at all Authors’ Sala events to collect books from anyone willing to participate. My friends have been very helpful in spreading the information about the book drive and so far I have collected quite a few books.
I love the idea of giving books to people who don’t have them available. Every book donated is one extra story for many people to enjoy and is so appreciated. It would be a great help if I could continue to collect more books of any type from novels to picture stories.
There is a donation box located in the central patio of the Biblioteca Publica, located at Insurgentes #25, during regular business hours. You can also bring books to all Authors’ Sala events, which are held once a month at St. Paul’s Church, Calzada del Cardo #6 . So far we have collected 36 books and hope to collect more. Your book donations are appreciated.
Bio: Kirby Feagan is student at Victoria Robbin’s School. She has been living in San Miguel for seven years.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
My five writing topics
Erinlee Hull
18/11/2008
Journalism
Write five options on writing topics. Explain how and what you would write about for each different choice.
1. How do I feel about always having more parents than others all my life? And how do I feel about moving to San Miguel De Allende, and having every thing change?
- I would write about how having more parents affected me.
- How others treated me because of my opportunities and advantages.
- How being in San Miguel, basically changed my life style.
- I would write how people treat me over here compared to how they treated me in the Bahamas.
: I’d explain why they would treat me different.
- I’d talk how about how I feel about the difference. And how my parents feel.
- I’d write where I’d rather be, and why.
- Whether having your parents full time if only for a period is better than not having any one at all.
2. What sport do I well in, like, and am active with. And could I do the sport any where I go in the world? and why? Could I do the sport in any weather condition?
- Why do I like the running?
- When did I start running?
- Who got me into it?
- I’d talk about the reasons I started running, in the first place.
: How it was first for health and to loose wait.
: Then how it was for track, and school.
: Then how I was made to run by my mother.
: Then how I just ran to empress my mother.
- Why you can run anywhere in the world.
- Why the weather dose not matter in the explanation.
3. Why do I want to learn Spanish? And why did I choose Mexico?
- Because Spanish opens opportunities for different colleges.
- Because living in the Bahamas, with Spaniards from Cuba it is necessary.
- Because I would like to be able to publish my own books in Spanish.
- Because my mom thinks her children should have a wide opportunity, and knowledge.
- Because I want to be different from other people.
- Because Spain and Argentina speak a lot of English and are very big, and we wanted some small
town in the middle of no were that didn’t speak any English.
4. What do I like to do in San Miguel? And what did I do in the Bahamas? What are the differences?
- I’d explain that there is a lot more to do, than the Bahamas.
- Mexico
: Movies. : Parks.
: Jarden. : Walking around.
: Going out to eat. : Hanging out with friends.
- Bahamas
: Going in the boat. : Church.
: Beach (Swimming). : Fishing.
: Golf, Tennis. : Work.
- Differences are that Mexico is much more fun than the Bahamas. For me, now people in Mexico would probably think different but no.
- The difference is we do thing in the ocean, Mexicans do it on land. We don’t have a theatre, Mall, or clothing stores.
5. Why is school here in San Miguel more difficult for me than the Bahamas?
- Because the Bahamian schooling is on the American (Primary) system for high school.
- Because Victories’ school is teaching harder things than the American schools.
- I’d talk about how the school I was in the Bahamas was for kids who couldn’t get in anywhere else.
18/11/2008
Journalism
Write five options on writing topics. Explain how and what you would write about for each different choice.
1. How do I feel about always having more parents than others all my life? And how do I feel about moving to San Miguel De Allende, and having every thing change?
- I would write about how having more parents affected me.
- How others treated me because of my opportunities and advantages.
- How being in San Miguel, basically changed my life style.
- I would write how people treat me over here compared to how they treated me in the Bahamas.
: I’d explain why they would treat me different.
- I’d talk how about how I feel about the difference. And how my parents feel.
- I’d write where I’d rather be, and why.
- Whether having your parents full time if only for a period is better than not having any one at all.
2. What sport do I well in, like, and am active with. And could I do the sport any where I go in the world? and why? Could I do the sport in any weather condition?
- Why do I like the running?
- When did I start running?
- Who got me into it?
- I’d talk about the reasons I started running, in the first place.
: How it was first for health and to loose wait.
: Then how it was for track, and school.
: Then how I was made to run by my mother.
: Then how I just ran to empress my mother.
- Why you can run anywhere in the world.
- Why the weather dose not matter in the explanation.
3. Why do I want to learn Spanish? And why did I choose Mexico?
- Because Spanish opens opportunities for different colleges.
- Because living in the Bahamas, with Spaniards from Cuba it is necessary.
- Because I would like to be able to publish my own books in Spanish.
- Because my mom thinks her children should have a wide opportunity, and knowledge.
- Because I want to be different from other people.
- Because Spain and Argentina speak a lot of English and are very big, and we wanted some small
town in the middle of no were that didn’t speak any English.
4. What do I like to do in San Miguel? And what did I do in the Bahamas? What are the differences?
- I’d explain that there is a lot more to do, than the Bahamas.
- Mexico
: Movies. : Parks.
: Jarden. : Walking around.
: Going out to eat. : Hanging out with friends.
- Bahamas
: Going in the boat. : Church.
: Beach (Swimming). : Fishing.
: Golf, Tennis. : Work.
- Differences are that Mexico is much more fun than the Bahamas. For me, now people in Mexico would probably think different but no.
- The difference is we do thing in the ocean, Mexicans do it on land. We don’t have a theatre, Mall, or clothing stores.
5. Why is school here in San Miguel more difficult for me than the Bahamas?
- Because the Bahamian schooling is on the American (Primary) system for high school.
- Because Victories’ school is teaching harder things than the American schools.
- I’d talk about how the school I was in the Bahamas was for kids who couldn’t get in anywhere else.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
movie review; The Notebook
The Notebook Movie Review
Ramona Rauh
November 13th 2008
The Notebook (2004) is the ultimate, timeless love story about a boy, Noah Calhoun (played by handsome Ryan Gosling), and a girl, Allie Hamilton (played by beautiful Rachel McAdams who had previously made her fame in the hit comedy Mean Girls), in the 1940’s from different social classes who fall in love. It is narrated by Duke (James Gardner), an older Noah, reading to an older Allie (Gena Rowland, who also is the director’s mother) cursed with Alzheimer’s to try to trig her memory by reading from a notebook with the love story that is their life written in it. The young teenagers had to let their love grow around the fact that Allie’s parents were disapproving of her one true love, saying that he distracted her from the important things in life, like her schooling. The expected and inevitable separation, the fight for each others attention, and the attempt of happiness with others are more of the obstacles that flourish from that one summer romance.
This movie is based on a novel written by Nicholas Sparks in 1996. The modern adaptation by, Jan Sardi, and screenplay, by Jeremy Leven, bring to life scenes from the book that fans of Nicholas Sparks’ will not be disappointed to see. The scene with the thousands of geese in the lake is truly beautiful. People who have not read the book will be delighted by the added scenes of how the affair came to be, for example the comedic scene at the carnival where they first encounter each other. Costume design makes the ladies look devine in some truly beautiful dresses. Music (by Aaron Zigman) gives a very happy peppy feeling, by using classic swing and porch music of the 40's. Director Nick Cassavetes does a fine variation of a very predictable, classic love story that has no doubt made young girls around the world cry their desperate, girly little hearts out. There is no way to avoid the cheesiness and mushy-gushy feeling throughout the whole thing, but if you are in to that exact kind of genre of cliché romance movies and books, than this movie is definitely for you. However people on the less romantic side may find the very believable passion between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams comforting and exiting. The famous kiss in the rain scene will have some reaching for the klenex and others running towards the bathroom door. Either way, the two hours will not be wasted time by any viewer who will almost imediatly recall the now very popular importat quotes. The Nootebook is the perfect makeout session, date movie.
The Bucket List Review
Directed by Rob Reiner.
Jack Nicholson
Morgan Freeman
This is a movie that through comedy shows the thoughts of rich, poor,black,white,insured,uninsured,all walks of life.
The fact that all humans will die and the things they wished
they hadn’t done or could’ve done before they meat their maker(or God).
It is a story of friendship met through death and the knowledge of one’s end.
This film approaches these question’s with comedy,
drama in a very understandably way. It makes one think
about ones own “Bucket list” and what are the things you,I,or all want to do before our death and those that have gone before.Did they do all the thing’s they had wanted to do?
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman find themselves in the same room in a hospital, that the character “Edward Cole”,(Jack Nicholson) owns. Edward has just declared “I don’t own hospitals to loose money they are an investment, one room two people,we make money!!!”
Edward finds himself in the same room as Carter Chambers(Morgan Freeman) both of them dieing of cancer, with only six months to a year to live.
In the beginning they share a room, dictated by the rules of the owner (Jack)
Edward starts chemotherapy and disregards the advise of Carter to not eat so much or such rich foods because in the end he will suffer by that.That begins their bond.
It starts of simple, playing“Gin Rummy”,talking about the base ball games etc. And in this time they learn the seriousness and the inevitability of their death’s will be soon.
Carter meanwhile is writing a list(the Bucket List)in which he writes all the things that he hopes to do before he dies,but knows that he will never have the money or courage to achieve them.Then later discard’s it because he thinks it is a stupid idea.
Edward finds this list and takes it seriously because he has the money to do what is to become “The Bucket list”.Then he proposes they fulfill “the list”
There for one can only imagine, without seeing the movie what beauty unfolds. And Edward in the end through his illness gained his best friend Carter and a family through his own fear he was to stubborn and arrogant to confront.
In summation this film is about ones own perception of who they are and what they mean to others.
Directed by Rob Reiner.
Jack Nicholson
Morgan Freeman
This is a movie that through comedy shows the thoughts of rich, poor,black,white,insured,uninsured,all walks of life.
The fact that all humans will die and the things they wished
they hadn’t done or could’ve done before they meat their maker(or God).
It is a story of friendship met through death and the knowledge of one’s end.
This film approaches these question’s with comedy,
drama in a very understandably way. It makes one think
about ones own “Bucket list” and what are the things you,I,or all want to do before our death and those that have gone before.Did they do all the thing’s they had wanted to do?
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman find themselves in the same room in a hospital, that the character “Edward Cole”,(Jack Nicholson) owns. Edward has just declared “I don’t own hospitals to loose money they are an investment, one room two people,we make money!!!”
Edward finds himself in the same room as Carter Chambers(Morgan Freeman) both of them dieing of cancer, with only six months to a year to live.
In the beginning they share a room, dictated by the rules of the owner (Jack)
Edward starts chemotherapy and disregards the advise of Carter to not eat so much or such rich foods because in the end he will suffer by that.That begins their bond.
It starts of simple, playing“Gin Rummy”,talking about the base ball games etc. And in this time they learn the seriousness and the inevitability of their death’s will be soon.
Carter meanwhile is writing a list(the Bucket List)in which he writes all the things that he hopes to do before he dies,but knows that he will never have the money or courage to achieve them.Then later discard’s it because he thinks it is a stupid idea.
Edward finds this list and takes it seriously because he has the money to do what is to become “The Bucket list”.Then he proposes they fulfill “the list”
There for one can only imagine, without seeing the movie what beauty unfolds. And Edward in the end through his illness gained his best friend Carter and a family through his own fear he was to stubborn and arrogant to confront.
In summation this film is about ones own perception of who they are and what they mean to others.
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