Sunday, January 20, 2013




A.   Now it’s your turn to write about yourself. Draw a picture that describes you.

Hi, my name’s Jonathan Smith but everybody calls me Jon or JJ. I’m from Venezuela, I live in Maracaibo. I’m 19 years old and I study social communication at URBE. My favourite subject is photography and TV class.

I love Music, chocolate, Italian foot, sports, my family and my dog.

I hate traffic, nothing to watch on TV. My dream is graduate to social communication, and travel in the world.

My opinion about English is that learn other languages is very important. Because it complements the modern world. This open new doors in a lot of places. English is in TV, radio, Internet and books.



Jonathan Smith
Section: S502

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Conversation

Carlos: Hello, My name is Carlos.
Me: Hi Carlos, I'm Jonathan.
Me: Nice to meet you.
Carlos: nice to meet you, too.
Me: How can I help you?
Carlos: Can you tell me what time it is?
Me: it's 2:00 o'clock.
carlos: ok thanks, bye jonathan.
Jonathan: bye carlos.

My Schedule

Friday, October 28, 2011

The Chinita's fair

 

The Story of Chinita:

The November 18, 1709, an elderly woman named Maria Cardenas washed clothes in the lake and she was the protagonist of a miracle: in a tablita the virgin of the Chinquiquira appeared to be fixed in the heart and the faith of the zulian, who every year we celebrate its descent.


The people of Maracaibo celebrate the Chinita's fair in November with an all-night party. One of the main city avenues, Bella Vista, is closed for several blocks and the city puts lights along the whole avenue. The lights stay up for months, until after Christmas. There are stages set up, sponsored by the government and businesses around the city. There are firework shows and street vendors, and hundreds of thousands of people line the streets and celebrate all night.

The Chinita’s fair officially begins on October 27th when the Virgin is taken down from the altar in which she rests. She tours all over the Zulia State and returns to the Basilica to start all the religious festivities. Around October 2nd, Bella Vista Avenue sees itself lit up by all the Christmas decorations and the local government promotes a series of public concerts with national and international artists to begin the “real” fair. Crowds of people flock together to the different stages or platforms devised to house such concerts.

Other cultural activities are held during the fair. Expo-Zulia is a temporary marketplace where the zulians show a great deal products that characterize our region. Many merchants, stores, companies and artisans offer their products at reasonably low prices. The Bullfights are also popular and a number of these are held in our bullring. The “Toros coleados” is another event that people don’t usually miss. Many “gaiteros” gather in front of the basilica to sing their best gaitas to please the patron virgin of our people putting an end to the “gaita season”.

The 17th and 18th of November, the last two days of the Chinita’s fair are the most special ones. It is during these days when all the great parties around the city are held. By the afternoon of the 17th, many people enjoy the multiple concerts and gaita bands that sing in the different pubs, clubs and discos of our city. The party begins on the 17th and lasts way into the wee hours of the 18th, having fun in the “Gaitero Daybreak”. A lot of people usually go to the Chinita’s baseball game right after this traditional party and to the “Toros coleados” in the afternoon.












Good, I here I will  leave one bagpipes zuliana that for me represents us well to zulian as we are.


Alitasia: Hablame de Maracaibo.

VERSO I

Solo le pido a mi Dios del cielo
Que me de vida y me de garganta
Para cantarle a esta bendita gaita
Por que para eso nací gaitero
Y si es posible virgen chinita
Más que un deseo es mi gran anhelo
Si nací en esta tierra bendita en Maracaibo me muero

CORO

Hablame de Maracaibo…
Tierra bendita, tierra del viejo golpe pasmero
Mi patria chica tierra del sol cuna de gaiteros
Por ella canto por ella vivo por ella muero…
Hablame de Maracaibo…
Soy solo un niño y a vos te digo que en mi ciudad
Desde ese puente se ve un gran lago en la inmensidad
Y en la basílica esta la virgen Chiquinquirá!
Hablame de Maracaibo…

VERSO II
De la grandeza maracaibera
Voy referencia en mi estribillo
Es que esta gaita la canta un niño que da la vida por esta tierra,
La catedral la plaza baralt, la procesión, la calle de aretra
Aun me faltan cosas por contar sigue escribiendo poeta!!!

CORO

Hablame de Maracaibo…
Tierra bendita, tierra del viejo golpe pasmero
Mi patria chica tierra del sol cuna de gaitero
Por ella canto por ella vivo por ella muero…
Hablame de Maracaibo…
Soy solo un niño y a vos te digo que en mi ciudad
Desde ese puente se ve un gran lago en la inmensidad
Y en la basílica esta la virgen Chiquinquirá!
Hablame de Maracaibo…

VERSO III

Si me escogieron para cantarte
Más que un honor es mi compromiso
Mi Maracaibo es el paraíso
Perdón mi Dios al ser cuasi parte
Y si decidí de esta mi destino
Que me de vida para quererte
El tesoro de los marabinos es para el mundo su gente

CORO

Hablame de Maracaibo…
Tierra bendita, tierra del viejo golpe pasmero
Mi patria chica tierra del sol uno de gaitero
Por ella canto por ella vivo por ella muero…
Hablame de Maracaibo…
Soy solo un niño y a vos te digo que en mi ciudad
Desde ese puente se ve un gran lago en la inmensidad
Y en la basílica esta la virgen Chiquinquirá!
Hablame de Maracaibo…

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

My favorite room


My favorite room in the whole house is my bedroom, and that is where I can relax, study, listening to music, watch TV, play with my playstation, watching movies among other things, that just could spend more time in my room in another part of the house.