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Barranquilla's carnival & Mardi Gras 1. Barranquilla's carnival and Mardi Gras are similar in several ways. Barranquilla's carnival is one of the most important celebration in its country, so is Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 2. Barranquilla's carnival is one of the biggest carnivals in the world, and Mardi Gras is too. 3. In the Barranquilla's carnival, they crown a queen, and in Mardi Gras do too. 4. In other ways, Barranquilla's carnival and Mardi Gras are different. Barranquilla's carnival begins 4 days before Ash wednessday, but Mardi Gras doesn't; It changes of date every year. 5. Barranquilla's carnival is influenced by spanish, African and Indians, but Mardi Gras isn't; Mardi Gras is just influenced by Indians. 6. The first carnival of Barranquilla was in 1813, but Mardi Gras wasn't; It was in 1857. 7. People love these carnivals for that reason in Barranquilla's carnival, they celebrate ...

My learning process I think my weakness are listening and vocabulary because sometimes I find so difficult to retain all what someone say me. I consider my strenght are reading and writing because I develop them easier than the others skills. In order to improve my english level I will read more, I will practice my speacking skills and also listening with the help of videos on youtube. I consider that my learning during the first term has been very well because I have learnt a lots, I feel, I have gained confident when I have to speak in english.

Snake Some years ago, I saw a snake for my first time, It was the most traumatic situation I remember of my childhood. That was a day when my mom asked me a favor that was go to the food storage for several bananas. There my parents kept a lot of tubers and it was a room a little dark, and stacked. So I caught 1 banana and I didnt see anything, but when I caught the second one, I touched  with my hand something. Inmediately I scanned the tubers andnthere was a snake. The animal I afraid the most in my life and I was seeing one in that moment, Ok I not even thought, I just left the food storage and I ran like a lunatic. When my dad saw me run next him, he started yelling me. I told him what I had seen, then he went and he killed that snake.  It was a Talla X snake as is called in Choco or Bothrops atrox according to Google. Right now I recall that scene and I cant avoid laughing but I also feel panic because that is one of the most dangerous snake I have listene...

Are you a giver or a taker? In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers, that is the introduction Adam Grant make in this TED TALK. We find Paranoia everywhere; paranoia is caused by people Adam called “Takers”. Takers are self-serving  in their interactions, you know, people just worried with one's own interests. It’s all about what can you do for me? The opposite its a giver, somebody who approaches interactions by asking what can I do for you? He says we all have moment of giving and taking but your style is how you treat most of the people most of the time. Take a moment to think about yourself, is the best way to know. Is curious how common these extremes are, Adam found that most people are right in the middle between giving and taking. They choose this third style called "matching." If you're a matcher, you try to keep an even balance of give and take, that’s like I'll do something for ...