Philadelphia

Philadelphia market East

Summer is one of my favorite seasons, a relaxing season. This summer I went for 1 month to visit my family that lives in New York City and Philadelphia.

I had visited Philadelphia many times but all the times I have been there I usually spend my whole time shopping. Therefore I made this summer a little bit different than the others, something more tourist. 

I took this picture at Philadelphia center city east. I remember that it was an extremely hot day, well, almost the whole trip was very hot.

July 9th at 7:08 pm. A Tuesday late night that it didn´t even seem almost night. 
The features make Philadelphia a peaceful place is the relax, calm and beautiful environment  people can take advantage of; and this picture speaks for itself.

That day I woke up with the biggest weakness of the world, I planned to stay at house watching movies all day but my sister wanted to go out and even that I was stick to my plans she convinced me to go ahead. 

We took a bus that cost 1 dollar to the city center of Philadelphia but we didn´t knew we had to change trains so at first we were lost, then we asked for some help and thanks God that driver help us. 

At second time, when we arrived to the City we saw a lot of malls to do shopping and even that our objective was not shopping WHO CAN DENY THAT??? Moreover I remember that we found a store named "Five below", and indeed, everything cost less than 5 dollars. It was the best idea to shop in that moment but after that we regret us because we spend a LOT of money in useless things. Capitalism winning as always.

Not only the depression and tiredness caused by shopping but also the loss of money made us decide to went out and visit the city. I was very impressed of buildings, they were old and care for by the people, also most of them were painted with Philadelphia history. 

The scene was perfect without too much people, noise and pollution. My sister and I stayed there until 11:00 pm and despite all time we both spend walking we didn´t finished tourist. 

Without thinking twice I´ll be back and I recommend you all to visit this beautiful place. 

Why am I studying English?

Everyone knows that English language is a main universal language. Here in my country, the person who knows more than 2 languages is the one who´s having more opportunities in jobs, talking about a better paid job or also being invited to work or study in another country because of your language skills. 

Since I was a little girl my parents decided to sign me up at private schools because of the bilingual offer, they wanted me to have another way of communicate with other people without using my own language. I am entirely thankful for that.

I remember that the last time I studied English language was my last year of high school at a private school, unfortunately when I entered to UNAM university I realized that English was not a mandatory subject to study, is just an option to take for the student. 

All my life I have been interested on a student exchange program. At first I was hoping to apply for Madrid, Spain but the opportunities are lower than in other places because Spanish language is the only language they ask for, Mexico´s native language. Then I remember that maybe a reason of been studying English my entire life is for having  kind of opportunities, the ones that I could have preferences over other students who apply to countries that require English language.

Currently my objective is to apply for an exchange to Italy country on eight semester, my last semester of studying business administration. They ask me for a special level of English and also a basic level of Italian language, actually I´m coursing both languages on CELE UNAM hoping to receive the scholarship. 

The facilities offered by UNAM are awesome and I think that we should take advantage because a language course here is cheaper than in other places that teach the same. I expect me to improve in English writing and vocabulary to create the abilities of specially obtain total communication with the University of Italy that I want to go to.