A letter to a friend

Hi Marcus!

I usually don’t write any letters but it is the only way to talk with you. How is your life going? Mine’s good, I am studying English in the University of Murcia:

I am writing to you because my mother brought your name up the other day, and started thinking “I have to retake the friendship”. So, as I said, I am doing my degree in English Studies and it is very interesting. The course didn’t started as I imagined and I almost gave up, but after some days I got along with everybody in my class and already went to parties with them.

 I am also learning a lot of English outside the university. I usually hang out with native students of my class so I can interact with them in English. Also, I am preparing my C1 exam in an academy and they make me to look up for every new expression so I can remember it. Moreover, I am starting to watch films and series in their original version in order to develop my listening abilities

It has been a lot since we met the last time and we should meet one day. How is your degree doing? Are you working it out? I’m looking forward to seeing you

Luis

Dream job?

There are a lot of jobs that I would deny to do because they are a bit too much for me.

First of all, forced labour is one of the worse kind of jobs from my point of view. They are intended to exploit the worker just like if we were living in the industrial revolution. For me, this is a kind of slavery that exists in our world nowadays: people that work in mines in Africa or cooking drugs for the drug traffickers, or even children in Asia that work in factories as if they were machines. I wouldn’t resist those kinds of job but if it is a matter of life and death, then I would be down to them.

However, the jobs I consider the worst are those in which moral takes a second place in life. Jobs in which you bring disgrace to people without affecting yourself, like a corrupt politician, human trafficker or gun producer. It is true that you see yourself surrounded by large quantities of money, but it is not worth it if your consciousness is against to that injustice

I asked my grandmother about the job she used to have when she was an active employee, and told me that in that epoch, you had to work hard just to win little money. She used to work as a seamstress back in the day, working from 8 am to 4 am almost every day. They even called her in Christmas day!

Apart from all of this, I just wanted to say that I am improving my English abilities thanks to the series I am watching on Netflix, and also thanks to the books I have to read for my subjects of the fourth year. 

In the public eye

Everyone has imagined what if they were famous. Surrounded by luxury, having the attention of the people and doing almost whatever they want. It could be an amazing experience but, is it worth enough?

From my viewpoint, I also have imagined myself if I were a recognized person. All of it is idealized and we do not think how being in the public eye really is. If we take a look to the celebrities of nowadays, we would see that they are happy with all the privileges that are given to them. However, that’s public life; their private life is non-existent for them.

 If I have now to imagine myself as a famous person, I would not look it as something positive. Negative, instead. All the things I would do would be gossip and therefore I wouldn’t have private life. That’s why I appreciate the everyday routine of ourselves because it is private in its own self, and being in the public eye would destroy that state of happiness.

There are things that we ordinary people enjoy in more extent than the famous people, such as going out to have a drink with your friends. If you are famous you can’t go anywhere without drawing the attention of people. The feeling of going out and seeing and meeting new people is better than any other luxury. The same happens with the beach. I love to go to the beach on summer and if I were in the public eye, it would be more difficult: everyone would know where I live, where I go or when I leave my house, and then follow me.