Cold day

By: Gabriela Yareliz Okay, so don’t quit your day job, but do buy a ticket, get a tan and fall in love. Today, the weather channel said it felt like 8F degrees. Personally… I don’t know what it felt like. Dante’s inferno with ice? Just kidding. In my mind, the perfect world has the colorContinue reading “Cold day”

Echa pa’lla

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, it looked like sunset all day in NYC. Not a pretty sunset, but darkness. The positive was it was 50 degrees. School starts tomorrow; some things have gone amazingly; other things haven’t exactly gone as planned, it doesn’t mean they aren’t working out but it isn’t what I had in mind…Continue reading “Echa pa’lla”

Madness!

By: Gabriela Yareliz The more I see of this city, it still amazes me that we humans are willing to live in certain conditions…especially when other places have a lower cost of living and better lifestyles to offer. Like, there are places where you don’t pay $7 for a loaf of bread and $12 forContinue reading “Madness!”

The best and worst of 2012

By: Gabriela Yareliz The following list was compiled from notebooks where I did my articles, class journals, news outlets, etc. 2012 was great, 2013 will be just as wonderful I hope. Like every year, it had its ups and downs. The Best of 2012 Cricket: In January of 2012, I walked onto the field byContinue reading “The best and worst of 2012”

Study break: Bollywood style

By: Gabriela Yareliz After Barbri… some entertainment…real people, dancing. I love it. The first one if from a British TV Show…Britain’s Got Talent? Maybe… I don’t know; I don’t watch TV. It is brilliant though. Staff at an Adventist College (Flaiz), I believe, in Narsapur, India. Get it guys! Meanwhile, elves, Santa Clause and allContinue reading “Study break: Bollywood style”

Some study stress relief with good Bollywood scenes

STUDY BREAKKKKKK by Gabriela Yareliz (wink) A dose from Dil Bole Hadippa: YOU FROM ENGLISH scene, hilarious. Perfectly ESOL. A dose from Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. One of the best scenes from Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. Ali Zafar, his voice changes in this scene and throughout the movie kill me, but he is an AMAZING singer. HeContinue reading “Some study stress relief with good Bollywood scenes”

Leila Bekhti

By: Gabriela Yareliz I spotted her in Paris, Je t’aime… She was Zarka, my favorite character in the whole film, and she did my favorite scene at le quais du seine. I even used her photo in a linguistics project I did for one of the graduate linguistics courses. She is amazing, and I really identify with herContinue reading “Leila Bekhti”