vilma'sblog

2006-12-17T10:36:00.000-08:00

This is Anelis. She is celebrating her three months old.

2006-08-07T17:43:00.000-07:00

My friends and i having fun in Six Flags last summer.

The End of the Semester

2006-06-03T20:30:00.000-07:00

This is the last week of this semester, and the last time that we will be together. Ending this semester is bittersweet for me. We were more than a class. We were like a family. We were inseparable like Tom and Jerry.

I will miss you guys, but there are things that i will never forgot like the teacher saying "Bye-bye grammar book." Andy and Clarinbel's fight, Martina and her Hispanic comments during class, Ivelisse and her phrase "No te agobies" (Don't worry), Eva dancing La Punta, Natalia and her famous Apmire State Building essay, Yolanda's comments, Jennifer's laugh, Alex's nickname "Ban Ban" the coffee document, and the microway issue. The rest of the class i will remenber you too. Magdelin, Antonia, Saylin, Atia, Idelsa, Slanking, Reyna, Rosa, Rasanna, Eilyn, and Crisfanny thank you all you guys for doing this long semester an amazing experience. Thank you Audrey for you hard work and the tamales. Thank you Josh for made us part of your project.

I love you guys, and God bless you.

Ellis Island Trip

2006-05-31T19:11:00.000-07:00

More of Washington Trip

2006-05-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

Slanking

2006-05-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

Slanking sleeping in th bus.
He looks like a baby.

Washington Trip

2006-05-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

Slandy, Sailyn, Martina, and Me..........
Having fun in the bus.

Rules in Life

2006-04-27T08:10:00.000-07:00

The week before vacation we chose as class to go to the Museum of Sex, but not one except for the teacher went. I think, “What happened?” We had a democratic process where we decided to go where ever we wanted to. In my opinion, sometimes people have to be more responsible for their decisions, because it is unbelievable that none of the class went to the museum that we chose. I think that sometimes people make decision based on peer pressure, or sometimes we choose something that we are not sure about. Maybe it is not a big thing. It was a simple democratic process in class, but it happens in thins more seriously as when a country chooses its president or laws that we choose without thinking about the consequences. I believe that those cases happen in daily life, and we must think about what we really want.

"Spring Vacation"

2006-04-26T20:45:00.000-07:00

My “spring vacation” was for resting, but it was the opposite. I was working and studying all the time. I didn’t have enough time to socialize with my family and friends. I was working even on Easter. I had to do a schedule for all school assignments that I had to accomplish, and thanks God, I could do it. I handled my time very good, and could accomplish all my assignments. Fortunately I could socialize with my family and friends, but I ‘m burning out. I need time for myself. I need space for resting. I hope that in summer time I can do it.

Immigrant’s rights

2006-04-11T07:08:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was immigrants’ right day. There were a lot of protests around the country. I felt so bad because I didn’t go to City Hall to protect. On other hand I feel so proud of be Hispanic because yesterday I could see how my community are fighting for their rights together. They showed that in the union is the power. As we say “Latinos unidos jamas seran vencidos” (Latinos united will never be defeated). I saw how even legal people support the illegal they are fight together like a family they all screamed “Si se puede”. I think that we will do it.

The Immigrants Controversy

2006-04-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

In recent years we have been facing a huge controversy about illegal immigrants, and this is a difficult topic for me because I’m an immigrant even though I’m legal in this country. I feel part of illegal degraded immigrants. I think that the decision that the congress have to make about the illegal immigrants has to be something integral where they don’t treat them like criminals because they are not. In my opinion this decision has to be something fair to them. In addition everyone in this country has to remember that they come from immigrant’s people because the only real Americans are the Native Indians.

2006-04-03T08:08:00.001-07:00

Experience as Emigrant

For me the most difficult aspect as an adult emigrant was and is to learn English. When I just came, I lost my suitcase in the airport and I was like a yo-yo seeking people that could help me to explain to the airline how my suitcase was. Finally my dad got to the airport and helped me up to find my suitcase. Others difficult aspects were to get accustomed to the food and the climate. For me the food tasted different and I didn’t like it even though I cooked the same rice and beans, these were awful, because my home country’s food is organic. My home country’s food taste more natural than the US ‘s food. The climate was too cold for me because my home country is hot almost the whole year. I came in spring time, but for me it was like winter time.

Dealing with government agencies in the US for me has been easy way to move on. I only have been in the Homeland Security once, and I had a good experience there. Another government agency that I usually go is the Post Office and it is also well. Comparing the US’s government agencies with my home country is a difference from the sky to the earth. The US government agencies are better than my home country. It is sad to say it, but it is realty.

2006-03-31T07:16:00.000-08:00

Museum Trip

Yesterday was a wonderful day. My experience with Rivka's class was very nice. BMCC
students were friendly and smart. I had the opportunity to work with Bonn and Lilian "the French girl"at the museum, and we had a great time together. I would like to work again with them...

At the museum I had the chance to analyze the picture "After the capture of the Taku Forts". It was my favorite piece of art at the museum. It was a picture where is a lot of dead people in the Opium war in China. I could see misery in this picture and shows how art may be expressed in this difficult situation of life

2006-03-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

Hello My name is Vilma I'm CLIP student. I want to know more abuot Rivka's class something like: What is your favorite sudjec grammar, writing or reading?
Do you have different cultures in your classroom and what are they?
Is your schedule the same as our?
Those are my questions my classmates will ask you a little bit more.
I expect that be a nice experience to meet you guys.

Cheers Vilma.

2006-03-10T07:46:00.000-08:00

Hi name is Vilma I'm Domminican, and I read an explanation about how to dance merengue. I liked, I think it is really good evethough is English, and for people who don't know Spanish. It is easy and they will be able to understand very well. Here is the wedside address
http://misteranchovy.blogspot.com/2006/02/merengue.html