Madelin's Blog

Hello everyone,   In today's blog, I will tell you a little about my experience writing and narrating a short story. To tell the truth, it was quite a difficult process for me since I consider that creating a story from scratch requires many skills such as imagination, knowledge of a wide vocabulary, patience, and so on.    With my group, we spent several days writing this story, and it was quite tiring as we were meeting for many hours thinking about what to write. We made a lot of arrangements to the story and I think that in the end, the result was a little different than we had planned at the beginning because we had many ideas, which didn't make much sense when we started to review the story.   However, even though it had several arrangements, I am satisfied and happy with the result, because for me it turned out very well.   Basically, as I said before, I consider that it was a difficult activity for me because I am not so good at writing fiction stories, ...

Hello everyone, In today's blog, I will talk a little more about a hobby that I had told you I liked since I was a child, which is, painting. 🎨​🖌️​ I think since I was 4 years old, I liked to draw and paint because sometimes I used to paint the doors and walls with markers, that's why afterward, my mom bought me poster boards and paints. 😁​ (This was the first painting I made at age 4) As I continued to do all this, my mom decided to take me to learn painting at "La casa de la cultura" when I was around 8 years old. In that place, I learned many things because I had a great teacher, who was very calm and explained very well, thanks to him I was able to know several techniques and I used quite a few materials such as temperas, acrylic and oil paints, soft and oil pastels, and so on. (These two were some paintings I made when I started attending classes, I was ashamed to show them here ​😓​​ but it's necessary for you to realize that I didn't paint very nice ...

Hello everyone, In this blog, I've decided to talk a little bit about my interests, the things I like to do in my free time, and so on. First of all, I love watching TV (like most people maybe) what I like watching the most are movies (that's why I like my movie recommendations section 😊) and I also love watching Korean series, since I was a child, I started watching them and the first one I watched was "All about Eve" because it was broadcasted on channel 12. Another of my hobbies is listening to music, when I cook, when I do homework, when I do chores or when I go on a trip I have to be listening to music. My favorite band is The Beatles ❤️  (I've listened to them since I was 11 years old) but I also like Queen, Soda Stereo and the songs of Big Time Rush, I've also listened to this band since I was a child because I loved watching the series, and I listen to the K-dramas OSTs, and one or two songs by the current singers. In addition, I love to cook. Bef...

  Hello everyone, Today's blog will be another movie recommendation, but this time I'll be recommending some of my favorite thriller movies. This genre is another one of my favorites because despite not being horror, this type of movie can make your hair stand on end and keep you hooked to the screen until the last minute, plus they often contain incredible plot twists. For this recommendation, I have chosen 5 movies and at the end, I will share others that also deserve recognition. Us (2019) The story follows Adelaide Wilson, a woman who travels with her family to the coastal town where she spent many moments of her childhood. When night comes, something terrifying happens to them and it is that in front of their house, four people physically equal to themselves appear, something like their own evil version. Then their only way out will be to end that impostor family. Hide and Seek (2005) To help his nine-year-old daughter recover from the shock of her mother's suicide,...

  Hello everyone, In today's blog, I would like to share with you how I make my own garlic powder at home.  To be honest, cooking has become one of my hobbies since the pandemic began.  By watching videos and looking for recipes I have learned to make my own condiments and I consider that this benefits me a lot because doing it on my own, it is cheaper for me and at least I am aware that the garlic powder I am consuming is natural and has no other additives. By the way, for this recipe, all you need is garlic  and the help of the sun. 😂🌞 The first thing I do is peel the garlic. Then I cut them into thin slices, trying to make them of the same thickness. I place the garlic in trays and put them in a place where they receive the sun to dry. (This procedure can be done in the oven, but I will teach you the way I do it. I prefer to do it this way because no gas is wasted). The only disadvantage of doing it under the sun is that it takes at least 3 days for the garlic t...

Hello everyone, In this blog, I would like to talk about bullying, which is a very difficult topic because as we know the consequences of this can be very terrible, since the victims suffer all their lives, as these mistreatments can affect their physical, emotional, and mental health. Besides, they never forget the injustices they experienced or often do not bear them and decide to end their lives. I believe it is important to address this issue in order to eradicate it from our society. In my case, when I was going to study 3rd grade my mother changed my school (at that time I was 7 years old) and a group of girls started to tease me, but at least I didn't take much importance and I didn't care what they told me because my mother encouraged me, and only then could I have a strong mind, so it wasn't an extreme case as seen in the news. From the first day I got there, everything went wrong because unfortunately in that school there was a girl whose name was the same as min...

Hello everyone, Today’s blog will be a recommendation of my favorite movies that are based on real events, this type of movie is called "biographical or biopic". I’ve decided to recommend movies of this genre because it’s one of my favorites as they show us inspiring, heartbreaking, and amazing stories that have happened in real life. Although there are many movies, I haven't seen yet that are probably much better, this time I’ve chosen 6 movies that have had a big impact on me and that I’ve loved. Lion (2016) This film tells the story of Saroo, a 5-year-old Indian boy who accidentally gets separated from his family, Saroo has to learn to survive on his own until he is adopted by an Australian couple. As an adult, he does his best to find his biological family with the help of blurry memories from his childhood and Google Earth. Men of Honor (2000) The film is based on the life of Carl Brashear, a man of African-American descent, raised in a rural environment, who...

Hello everyone, In today's blog, I will share with you a little bit of my experience teaching English to children and give you some tips that worked for me. First of all, I would like to say that I’m not an expert in this area because this was my first time teaching and maybe it will be the only one. I had the opportunity to teach due to social service, to be honest, despite not wanting to dedicate myself to be a teacher, (because I don’t study the didactic branch) I really wanted to live that experience, that's why I decided to give classes. At the beginning, I was excited and nervous at the same time because I wanted to do a good job and I wanted the children to learn and be interested in this language because many times people are discouraged by the way this subject is taught. Before starting this course, I knew that I wanted to do my classes in a different manner and I wanted them to learn in a fun way, so I realized that this type of teaching is called the " ludic me...

  Hello and welcome everyone to my blog. To be honest, I didn't know what to write about, but after thinking it over these days, I considered it necessary to write a bit about myself, mostly general information, because later on, I'll try to write about what I like, my opinion about some topics and I've also thought about giving recommendations about movies and other things. First of all, my name is Madelin Maritza Martínez Valencia. I currently live and have lived my whole life in Soyapango, this place is located in the department of San Salvador. Besides, I live with my parents, my two older brothers, and my dog named Dranzer. (I'll leave you a picture of Dranzer because it’s so cute.) I consider myself a shy person and I'm not very good at starting a conversation. However, when I'm comfortable with someone, I can be quite talkative, and I enjoy making others laugh. On the other hand, something that makes no sense about me is that, despite being nervous and a ...