Ordinary Thing: Cleaning Diego Forlan`s face.

Having a Poster
by Sofia Lopez

of someone you like
is part of your childhood
I have one

It`s amazing
when I look at it,
I feel the same
as eating chocolate
Is the same feeling
as when you put
that brown piece
in your mouth

I`m a maniatic of cleaning
I can`t see his face
with that little pieces of dust

Washing my hands
with that soft soap,
only for one purpose
celaning his face.

I start with his eyes,
then with his mouth
and I end with all the other parts

That`s a thing
that I only do,
Tuesday and Thursdays night,
I have fun doing it,
and I like it.

My obsession with Baby-G watches.

 I wanted it more than anything. I love it. Most of my friends had one, but my parents couldn’t afford it because at that time was very expensive.

In Uruguay there’s a holiday called Children Day. On those days, parents give presents to their children.

When children days came, I wasn’t sure what my present would be, so I asked them. They told me lies because every time I asked they changed the present. I was very mad at them. I thought that they were unfair.

The time to open our presents came. I was confused, and at the same time, mad. My parents gave me a little bag. When I opened it I saw a box and I grabbed it. I started to take the wrapping paper off and on the little box it said “Baby-G”, my heart started beating very fast and my face changed from being sad to being VERY happy. I almost started crying. My happiness was bigger than you can imagine. I couldn’t believe it.

I love my watch. It is precious to me. I take care of it with my own life. I have emotional feelings towards it.     

Here it goes my confession: I love my Baby-G watch (believe me) I have an obsession with it.

                           

Because it was hurting my wrist, my parents told me to take it off. When I couldn’t wear it, I almost died of despair. 

English, my mortal enemy!

When I was little, my mom sent me to a bilingual school. I grew up there, and every year I was learning a little bit more of English. When 6th grade came, I had to do an International English Test (PET). I wasn´t sure if I could make it, so I studied a lot. I passed the test.

When I finished 7th grade, I moved to Panamá. I entered a school named, Balboa Academy. I was very excited, except for the detail that everything was in English. That was very difficult to me, because in that time I only knew a little of English, enough to communicate with some people and some other stuff.


It was very difficult to me, this was new to me. Everything was different, I was used to have 15 teachers, and now I have only 8, the same with my classes. In my old school, I had 16 subjects, and all different days and now 8 and all the same day. It was a big change. I couldn´t understand even half of what they told me… Now I can. Now I improved my English. Now I’m learning more things to be better. Now I know that English is very important.

This Year I hope...

My mom left me in the office
I saw happy faces going around me
Those were my new friends
I said my name, and then I went to my first class
Everything was right
But then tears started going out of my eyes
I was sure of something
That school wasn´t for me
Seven month later I changed my mind
Although I sometimes cry
This year I hope being stronger
Books all around me
All start with a word and ends with nothing,
It´s always the same,
This is a story without end,
This year I hope to finish the books I start reading