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Well, I think that learning a language through books is good, especially when you're starting to learn a new one, because if you go to the country where it's spoken and you know nothing about it, then you might feel lost. In my opinion language schools are good for knowing the basics (and a bit more than that), and when you've got this knowledge, I think it has come the time to go to the country itself to "practise" it. In fact this is what I'm going to do with English. I've been learning it for lots of years, but I can't improve it more here because this language isn't really spoken in my country.

ah, I see! Who needs maths? Well, I agree with her in that. So she was rather desperate because she didn't have enough pupils to attend her Spanish lectures... poor woman! :lol: Have they cut Spanish from the school, in the end?

Oh yeah. I find it curious that you dared to post that photo, though. I would have never posted one of my pictures showing so many things, haha :lol: They're too private (for me).

Me alegro de que estés bien (I'm glad to hear that you're fine!) The teacher was crazy? In what way?

Absoulety! It's way too obvious that you're a woman Thanks to that picture I have no doubts about it :P

oh, Spanish friends? That's great!! :) Estoy bien, y tú?

haha, they were 2 different sentences, actually. I didn't know which one to choose! :lol: thanks for the help! How come that you know Spanish? *out of curiosity*

gracias! Well, I'm just filling in a student application form and there's a part in which I've got to state the reasons why I want to study abroad and I've already thought about some. This University is English but I am not and I'm afraid I could make some grammar mistakes - That's why I asked you to help me! For example: - Becoming truly fluent in English / Gaining true language fluency ? - Broaden my intellectual horizons - Studying and living in a different culture is there any mistake?

well, maybe you don't know much about Spanish but your sentence DOES make sense! I'm from Barcelona. Could you do me a favour, nice man? :nice: hehe

Daryl! I've just replied your pm! hehe

My myspace is on my signature :nice: That's true! For example, last year, I wanted to attend an Editors' gig and a few days before they came here I found out they had changed the venue where they'd play thanks to a bulletin that they posted on myspace.

Perdón por mi desaparición, estoy haciendo algunos cambios en mi myspace porque creo que hay demasiada información acerca de mi, en fin. Sí, ayer mismo él me dijo que cuando fue a Barcelona, era la primera vez en su vida que hacía un viaje fuera de Inglaterra, y que le impresionó bastante. También me comentó que cree que el hecho de estar aqui le ha hecho cambiar un poco la mentalidad... Pero sí, definitivamente este foro le ha cambiado la vida. Bueno, por lo menos si puedes ir al concierto con tus amigos de Erasmus y algunos miembros del foro que comentaste también pues genial!! :D

sí, la verdad es que está muy bien haber conocido a alguien de este foro después de que haga tanto tiempo que estoy por aqui... Pero me gustaría conocer a más miembros!!! Qué va. A mi novio le conocí por internet cuando yo tenía 15 años y el tenía 20 por entonces y lo que él ha estudiado no tiene nada que ver con mi carrera, hehe. vaya, caray! Así que un día productivo!? Me alegro por ti!! Sí, quizás es mejor que vayas la semana que viene con más gente, así seguro que te sentirás más tranquila que si fueras con él a solas.

haha, yo también tengo estas manías de no dar las cosas por seguras por si acaso se acaban torciendo, por ejemplo lo hago en los exámenes. sí, estuvo bien!! No nos vemos muy a menudo tampoco, tan solo de vez en cuando... aunque la verdad es que nos podríamos vernos más frecuentemente de lo que hacemos. El dia ha ido bien - esta tarde la he pasado con mi novio y hemos ido a dar una vuelta y poca cosa más... Y tú que tal, ya estás mejor?

Since I'm from Catalonia I can tell you the way we celebrate the St George's day (here it's called Sant Jordi). It's basically focused on the couples (in my opinion). The girls give a book to their partner, and the boys who've got a gf give them a rose (traditionally a red one).

No te preocupes Ari, a veces la connexión a internet me falla también y es super molesto... pero por suerte no pasa muchas veces.

hahaha, Daryl, I look somehow chubby when I am not!! :lol: oh, and I'm still fine. Everything's going well in my life (so far). Ari. We actually arranged some stuff about the appointment on this thread!! So, you see? The fact of him having a gf is another reason that should help you not to feel worried about his intentions with you. Well, you already know my opinion. You should go there because afterwards you'll feel you've lost a good opportunity and you're going to regret it. And this is very likely to happen. It's good to see that now you can think straightest than you did before.

yeah, my day has been nice, actually. This morning a teacher (a quite demanding one) told me that I had done a good work and that I had to maintain the level and I was like WOW :stunned: I'd have never expected him to tell me so. And this afternoon I've met Daryl, so yeah, things are fine for me. Yes, I have checked that thread and - oh my god. I'm really sorry for you. I mean I know how you feel. I tell you, it has happened to me so many times that when a guy is TOO kind with me I start to feel he's got some hidden interest in me, but I suppose it's my imagination and I try not to give many importance to these deceptive thoughts. Tell me: would have you felt better if you had found out he doesn't have a girlfriend? Honestly, I don't think so. Then you'd have been afraid of him wanting to have an affair with you. BUT hang on. You presume they're dating each other but you don't that for sure!!! I definitely think you should go to that gig and meet him. Look at it as a challenge, and take it up. I reckon that things will go fine in the end. Anyway, I'm glad to see that you're feeling a bit better. That state of anxiety is no good for anyone.

Hey there Ari! :D I'm sorry, I didn't mean to leave you that way but honestly, it looks like you're afraid of yourself, of the way that you might act if you were with him. I suppose that you're not used to boys treating you that well (I am not, in general) and that's why you're somewhat confused.

so it's actually about you. You're scared about your own reaction, not his! That's quite... surprising, at the least. niight, Ive got to go!!!

yeah, this one! So you have seen it, actually! :D Okay. Now let's think about the worst thing that could happen to you. What is it what worries you the most about going to the gig with this guy? The fact of taking the car? The fact that he might want something with you? edit: I'm gonna go to sleep!! night night! :kiss:

No, American Pie 3 exists - I watched it on the cinema! Yeah, but those trouble I have had in being accepted have only helped to make me feel more insecure. I'm an insecure person, but anyway, my teacher told me that I can take the exam and I trust her, so if she said so it's because she really thinks it. Oh, but that's so sad! You might be missing a good opportunity but this fear you've got doesn't lead you to act the way that you would like to. You should definitely go there. You shouldn't be afraid of being on the street at 3am (I am not!) and what's more, this guy could come with you to your Residence. Let me tell you about a quote: "And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more." Daryl: yes, besides the Cafe Zurich!!

Cheers, I wish you were right but I don't want you to think that it has been easy for me. I remember I had some problem in being accepted to do this training course because they said I didn't have a proper level to do it (This happened in September). I was accepted eventually, though. Anyway, about a couple of months ago we took an exam to see if we were really ready to do the real papers and I passed it, so... yeah, I'm taking this exam on June. I get your problem. You don't have time - I don't know what to tell you to do in this situation. It's up to you. If you decided to go with him and things went wrong, you could always give a lame apology to him and leave - at least you would have tried to attend this gig. I perfectly understand it when you say that you don't know his intentions. He might want "something" with you and this thought scares the hell out of you. Look, I've got to tell you something about this, which is a bit similar. I'd love to go to the Summercase festival, which lasts only 2 days and there's no camping area (this means I could go to sleep at my home). Since I wanted to go there so badly but I had no-one to go with, I wrote a comment on the official forum of this festival saying: "Contact me if you want to go to this festival and you've got no-one to go with". A few days later I got a pm of a guy, who's from Barcelona and is 23 and is in the same situation than me: he doesn't know anyone to go with. So we have been pm-ing each other these days, but the thought of him wanting more from me scares me... I just need company, someone with who I could share the experience, but not an affair or whatever else. Oh, yeah, easier said than done, Daryl. Thanks for the explanation, I didn't know that meaning! EDIT: 4:30 outside Fnac, the gate which is closer to the beginning of Les Rambles, okay?

Daryl! Sí, tot bé també! What're you talking about? Well, I don't know if I got your question but you actually were saying that you have ordered a cup of tea (in a bar) but it wasn't correctly made and they served you another one?! mmm. Is what I said above what you meant? back in a second! (let's be honest, a bit more than that).

yeah, the academy where I'm given these lectures belongs to my University and my teacher is preparing us for that certificate. Not all of my classmates will take that exam, though, because some of them still feel they aren't ready for it. well, at least you've got someone to go with - Why don't you make an appointment with this guy (an afternoon, for example) to see if you get on well? And if you do, then you could go with him to go to the D.Fonseca's gig, because you're dying to see this musician live, aren't you?