Travyn Cruz and Kaidyn Cruz

My Kind of sorta of step nephew is Travyn. His dad, Robert, my step sisters boyfriend, is half mexican, and Robert's mom and her family are very strong in their mexican culture and speak spanish all the time. so she teaches Travyn spanish words to say all the time. If you do something that Travyn doesn't approve of he doesn't call you crazy he calls you loco. and he never will say underwear he only says chonas. My step Nephew, Kaidyn, my step sisters son, cant talk yet but i know that when he can he will be speaking some Spanish like his brother. And I can't wait because I think it's cute. and it's nice for them to know about their culture and their language.

Spanish Phone

So Last night I was really bored and I decided to put my phone in spanish. It was actually really cool to see some of the words we know being used in different ways. Like my camera was now labeled tomar foto in my multimedia instead of take a photo. My inbox was endtrada. but things like mulitmedia didn't change like I thought it would. It was fun to look at all the different words and think what it was in english and see if I was right

My parents when to mexico for there vacation and they told me that when they were there if you when to a store and you wanted something and walked out that they would kinda chase you to try to make a sale. They also said that the service they always had was amazing. Mom really liked the authenticness of the spanish foods. Mom bought me a new york jets pancho that I really like

tacos and other mexican food

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tacos and other mexican food

Today me and my mom we debating abut who has the best tortilla chips. So me and mom made a a taco dip out of Ol El paso taco seasoning and hamburger tomatoes. and green peppers. After we got that made we tryed all of these tortilla chips and we determined that carlos o kellys had the best ones, but for the price there were expensive. We tried letting mitch cook tacos and mitch added two packets of seasoning instead of one so the hamburger was super spice and was nasty. After that we decied to never let mitch make tacos again.

tacos and other mexican food

Today me and my mom we debating abut who has the best tortilla chips. So me and mom made a a taco dip out of Ol El paso taco seasoning and hamburger tomatoes. and green peppers. After we got that made we tryed all of these tortilla chips and we determined that carlos o kellys had the best ones, but for the price there were expensive. We tried letting mitch cook tacos and mitch added two packets of seasoning instead of one so the hamburger was super spice and was nasty. After that we decied to never let mitch make tacos again.

tacos and other mexican food

Today me and my mom we debating abut who has the best tortilla chips. So me and mom made a a taco dip out of Ol El paso taco seasoning and hamburger tomatoes. and green peppers. After we got that made we tryed all of these tortilla chips and we determined that carlos o kellys had the best ones, but for the price there were expensive. We tried letting mitch cook tacos and mitch added two packets of seasoning instead of one so the hamburger was super spice and was nasty. After that we decied to never let mitch make tacos again.

Beia's Carr

If I ever need a ride to school for some reason I always txt Beia Wooten quick, and ask her she always says yes! When I'm walking out to her car I always think to my self what Spanish songs am I going to have to listen to today? When I get in there is usually a song on, When Beia is driving I'm sitting shotgun trying to figure out what the people are saying. Its very very hard because they are singing so fast, but I do pick up on some words!

Texas Roadhouse

While my family was at Texas Road House we were all waiting to be seated when my cousin looks at me and says 'Madi you're in Spanish right?' and I say 'Yeah' and then he said that there was a bunch of people speaking Spanish next to us and he was wondering what they were saying. So I started listening and I could make out exactly what they were saying but I could tell that they were talking about going to the bath room, because I heard bano a lot! They were also at one point talking about meat, most likely what they were going to eat. I love that I can pick up on these things, two years ago I would have looked at them like they were a bunch of freaks.

Telemarketer

We've all had those annoying phone calls that wake you out of bed or disrupt family time. You pick up the phone expecting a friend or family member, but you thought wrong. You say, "Hello," and there is a short pause before you here a recording or a cheerful voice that is only there to waste your time. Everyone's reactions are probably different. Some of you may be respectful and say, "Please take me off your list." While some of you may get angry and yell threw the phone at a person, who is just doing their jobs. Well what if you took a different approach?

Early one morning, as I'm just waking up, I get this phone call. Not thinking, I walk down stairs and rudely say, "Hello," into the phone. A lady's voice replies, "Hello Mrs. Sternhagen, we would like you to take part in a twenty minute survey on how you think Barack Obama is doing in office." Now I'm usually one of those people who freak out and hang up the phone, but I decided to take a different approach. I politely said, "No hablo ingles." Then I heard the lady shuffling things around and then a man takes the phone. He starts rambling off a bunch of spanish words so fast, that even if I wanted to digest the sentences, I wouldn't be able too.

In the end when I tell the story, I always laugh knowing no one else would of probably tried something like that. So, in the end if you take a different approach you will end up with a different conclusion.

Spanish at the World Dairy Expo

This year when the FFA traveled to the World Dairy Expo, I realized something, I could understand what more people were saying. People from all around the world come to this show and you are exposed to many nationalities. This year I heard a lot of Spanish. I could understand some of what they were saying too! I was able to understand certain words and phrases, even though I would have liked them to slow down a bit! It was interesting to actually be able to comprehend what they were saying and not feel like they were possible talking about me! I had fun, trying to translate what they were saying!

A few years ago I used to work with a mexican guy named Geno. He was actually from New Mexico but his family originated from Mexico. I worked with him for 2 years and he tried to teach me how to speak spanish but I really didn't pay attention. We worked every day together during the summer and most days we would go back to his house and hang out and play video games until until 10 o clock usually. After our work closed Geno moved away and I haven't seen him for a year and a half. My step brothers are friends with his little brother Noah. So that is my story about my New Mexican friend Geno.

Domincan Republic

So, during the summer, I went on vacation to the Dominican Republic. One day I was in the pool, and one of the Dominicans started speaking Spanish really fast. He was about 17 or 18. I gave him a confused look, and in English he asked, "Do you speak spanish?" and I said I know a little bit. He asked if I was American, and I said yes. So, for some reason he smiled and was like, "What's up bro?" and I said not much and that was pretty much the end of our conversation. It was quite wierd.

mark sanchez

So I was watching football last night a the ravens beat the Jets 34-17. The big reason for the jets loosing was because of Mark Sanchez their QB. Mark Sanchez threw 1 interception and fumbled the ball 4 times. For me being a New England Patriots fan it was fun watching the Jets get pounded and even more fun watching Mark Sanchez loose. Mark Sanchez is the Starting quarterback for the New York Jets. He attended college at USC and was drafted by the Jets in the NFL draft. I dont like Mark Sanchez and it was fun watching him and the Jets loose.

José Antonio Camacho

José Antonio Camacho was a soccer player born in the village of Cieza in 1955. He joined the team Real Madrid when he was 18. He played left defence between 1973 and 1989, and then had a knee injury that put his soccer career on hold for two years. He also played in two World Cups. In 1998, he was a one time player for the Real Madrid soccer club, and took over from Javier Clemente as the coach for Spain's national football team. He was a refreshing change for them. After his retirement as a player in 1989, he was part of the Real Madrid coaching team. He went on to coach three more Spanish teams, he took two of them into the First Division. He also coached Real Madrid for about 22 days in 1998, but made disagreements with the club's management.

Victor Martinez is a baseball player who plays for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers are currently in the ALCS. If they beat out the Texas Rangers then they will go to the World Series. That is a major accomplsihment for anyone who plays the game of baseball. Victor was born in Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela. He is a switch hitter, which means he can bat either right handed or left handed. He has been a All-Star in 2004, 2007, 2009, and 2010. He is a great baseball player and I hope he and Detroit make it to the World Series!

Spanish At Work

About three weeks ago I had to go to the doctor in Manchester so I stopped where my mom works. She works at the courthouse. While I was waiting for my appointment my mom was talking to another person she works with about school and I started talking about it too. Then we got on the subject of Spanish. The girl my mom works with said that she took it for two years and only used it once but it was in the strangest place. It was about ten years ago and she was the manager of a tool store and she was walking around door to door handing out fliers or something. She stopped at one persons house and the girl there only spoke Spanish, and they lived in Manchester! She stood there and tried to think of some words to say, because she hasn't talked in Spanish for about 15 years. She thought of enough words to hold a conversation. That proves Spanish is still important and it can be in any job. she was a tool store manager and she still had to speak Spanish and it was in Manchester, so Spanish is used everywhere even here.

Victoria Dawn Justice was born on February 19, 1993, in Hollywood, Florida. Even though she was not born in a Spanish country, her mother and father are both part Puerto Rican. Victoria is a very fluent Spanish speaker. She was hired in 2005 for Nickelodeon, on the show, Zoey 101. She now stars on the show, Victorious. Victorious is a very popular show. I really like Victoria. She is truly talented. Even though she is famous, she seems vey down-to-earth.

Jennifer Lopez was born on July 24, 1964 in New York. She began her career appearing in stage musicals and some music videos. She won a national competition and earned a spot dancing on a Fox comedy t.v. series "In Living Color" as one of the fly girls. She then appeared in a series of small acting jobs. Her first big break was in 1997, when she was chosen to play Selena. She got a Golden Globe nomination and became the highest-paid actress in the history with her paycheck of one million dollars.

She started her music career in June 1999. Her album "If You Had My Love" went platinum within two weeks. She is an actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, fashion designer, and television producer. She is overall a good person! She is capable of doing so much and she has done so much for the world. To this day Jennifer has sold over 25 million albums worldwide! in 2007, Lopez released her first Spanish language album, "Como Ama una Mujer" whichalso did good on the Latin and pop charts! I really like Jennifer Lopez and how she is an actress. She is very good in movies and when I thought of doing our blog she is the first person that I thought of doing.

Los Lonely Boys

Los Lonely Boys

The other day I was at home watching the Country Network Station, when the Los Lonely Boys came on. They sang the song Heaven, I thought wow this song is really good. Then about their last versus they sang it in Spanish, it went by so fast that I couldn't even comprehend what they just sang, and I just heard that versus early. They are most well known for their songs Heaven and Feliz Navidad. Though they have been around for a long time I have never heard them before and hearing their song I thought that this was pretty cool to have a Spanish band in the Country singing world.

Specking Spanish

My dad works at Theisens and he see a lot of Mexicans that come in and will only speak spanish when they know English. He said that one day they were sitting there talking in spanish and somebody understood what they were saying and they were making fun of someone. So dad went towards them and they all of a sudden they stopped talking and turned around. Then one day I was in there and seen a couple Mexicans. I went in the next aisle and tried to listen to what they were saying but they went way to fast. You could still here what they were trying to like, express, in their tone of voice. Then I could tell if they were confused trying to look for something or actually talking about someone. All they would speak was in spanish when they could easily spoke English. They only spoke English when they went up to the counter and had to, but thats probably also what we would do to. If we were in a spanish speaking country.

T.V.

We just got Direct TV so I was looking around in the movie channels when I found a movie that I really wanted to see. I clicked on it and for some reason it was all in spanish. I tried changing the subtitles to english but it just stayed in spanish so I started watching the movie with spanish subtitles and could understand bits and pieces of the story line. About half way through the movie though I started to get a headache so I changed the channel. It seems more and more of the world is introducing spanish to Americans.

Okay so in studay hall i always here the freshman talking about Spanish. They are always studying. Hearing them talk seems so weird because they don't know all the words that we do and all the tenses. It seems like it has been forever sence Spanish 1. Now this year we learn 10 verb tenses!! This year has been fun so far but then again we have not done a nything but review so it has seemed easy i guess. The freshman looked at our review vocabulary packet and freeked out because they thought that we had to do all of that for vacb man. It seemed a lot to them but that wasn't even all of them. We now so much compraed to last year at this time. I thought over the summer i would forget everything but i didn't. I forgot alot but it comees back to after reviewing. I'm glad we spent all the time reviewing that we did. It helped me a lot!

Mark Sanchez is one of the uprising quarterbacks in the NFL. Many people don't know much about him but he is mexican-american. Mark was raised by his father since he was 4 years old because his parents filled a devorce. He played High School football at Santa Margarita. People knew from the start they had a star because on Mark's first pass it was a 55 yard touchdown bomb. Sanchez then after high school went and played college ball at USC and ended his college career with being drafted to the pros by the New York Jets with the fifth pick in the 2009 NFL draft. He is still in the learning process of becoming a pro but with almost getting a Super Bowl ring he is bound to carry his team to a title in time.

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authentic mexican food

I get really irritated when ever i hear people talking about how they just went and had authentic Mexican food. I get this way because i have yet to go to a Mexican restaurant that actually serves authentic mexican food. The number one way i judge wither or not the place does serve authentic Mexican food is by their enchiladas if they use flour shells they aren't authentic. They would need to have a corn shell to be authentic. I know this because I was raised around a bunch of Hispanics. My dads best friend is a mexican and my friend growing up moved here from Mexico.

Home Depot

Me and my dad were in Home Depot when we walked by some mexicans who were speaking spanish. I told my dad to go on I was going to try to talk to them. I approached them and said ahola me llamo curtis. They began to talk extremely fast so I said goodbye and walked off. They probably thought I was really weird, but I couldn't understand anything they were saying.

Spanish Songs

Almost every Tuesday and Thursday we have a volleyball game. On the bus or just before our games I listen to Beia's ipod with her. On her ipod she has spanish songs that we listen to. Before this I never listened to spanish music all that much. The only time that I had ever listened to it was in class when Senorita would play it in class or when Beia's sister would sing them last year out loud. I think that spanish songs are fun to listen to because they are upbeat and I like to see what phrases I understand throughout the song.

Biology

When I use my textbooks at school I hardly ever pay attention to all the stuff in the back. So the other day when I went to use the glossary in the back of my biology book I discovered a Spanish glossary. It was kind of cool to try to pronounce the words and see what they are. Even though I really don't remember the words that I read it was awesome just to take time to look at it.

Claudia

When I went to homecomming in Monticello we went with a group with some couples. One of the other girls was a mexican. what was really cool about her was that she was proud to be mexican. If someone ever talks bad about mexicans she stands up for mexicans. One time I know for instance she put her Facebook status to something along the lines of I cant change who I am or what I have come from so if you cant handle it then thats that because I love being a mexican and I wouldn't want to be anything else. i think it's really cool that she stands up for herself and her culture when everyone tries to put it down.

My blog is about Oscar de la Hoya. He is one of the greatest boxers ever known. Hoya's parents are from Mexico where boxing ran in the family. Both De La Hoya's father and grandfather were boxers. De la Hoya was born in L.A. De La Hoya himself started boxing at the age of six. He won many junior championships when he was young. He was the only U.S. boxer to win the 1992 gold medal in the olympics. He won four different weight titles. that is very good! He retired from boxing in 2009. He now is a boxing promoter

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez is a very talented musicion. She was born on July 22, 1992. Selena was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. Her mother is Mexican and her father is Italian so she has a mixed heritage. Selena is known for many things. She has been an actor since she was little. She has been in various movies and has her own television show. She also has her own album. When she was little she stared in the show Barney and Friends. She also started in The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, and Hannah Montana. But now she is the lead roll in Wizards of Waverly Place. At this time she is dating the one and only Justin Bieber. They have been dating for a few months now. She is a very talented person and will continue to be throughout her busy life!

Euduardo Najera

Euduardo Najera is a NBA basketball player. He plays for the Denver Nuggets. Eduardo is the second Mexican born player to ever play in the NBA. He is a 6'8 power forward and his coach says he is one of the hardest working players in the league. His coach said that his intensity is the reason why he is so good at rebounding and being a defender. In college ball he played at the Unniversity of Oklahoma. Euduardo is always giving back to his people back home. In 2004 he founded the Euduardo Najera Foundation for Lation Achievement. This provides schoolarships for outstanding Lation students. He is a role model for many kids back home because of all of his success.

Spanish Wedding

I went to Texas last summer for my cousins wedding. Her fiance's name is Xavier. He is Mexican. I was really excited to go to the wedding because there was going to be Spanish traditions in it. The wedding programs were made in English and Spanish. The first reading at mass was read in English, and a Spanish translation was in the program. The second reading was read in Spanish, and there was an English translation in the program. Most of Xavier's relatives spoke English, but some didn't, and some only knew a few words. At the mass, there was a lasso tradition. A big lasso/rosary was put around both my cousin and Xavier and they said their vows tied together.
The reception was very fun. I tried dancing to the music but i couldn't keep up with everyone. The dances they all did were really fast and had a lot of hip movements in them. I can't wait to go back next summer and practice speaking Spanish with my new relatives.

Adrian Gonzalez is one of the most popular Mexican athletes. He plays baseball for the Boston Red Sox. He was the number one pick in the major league draft by the Florida Marlins. He has been in the all star game 3 times. He has won the MVP too. Adrian was asked to represent the Red Sox at the 2011 home run derby.

Adrian has one of the best batting avg in the MLB. Adrian is very rich in his heritage. In his last season he hit 27 home runs! He also had 117 RBI's. http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=408236

Spanish Songs :)

So my sister really got my hooked on listening and singing to Spanish songs. Last year I found it very annoying of her to continuously listen to them. But now that she has updated my iPod, i listen to them nonstop. They even have their own playlist, "Spanish Songs <3'' I probably have about 10 songs, and now, in my car, I no longer listen to Britney Spears. :) Spanish songs are very upbeat and entertaining. I can alomst sing the song, "Tu Eres Mi Cancion.'' I don't think people realize how fun and educational these songs are.

Mexican food

One day my family and I went to the mexican restaurant. My family and I love eating there and I always try to see if I can understand what they say and tell my parents what they are saying. I had a short conversation with one of our waiters. When I ordered I said it in spanish well tried to any way. But then we ate and left so that was the time I ate at the mexican restaurant.

Shopping

During the summer my mom and I went shopping. There was some Mexican people shopping near us and they were chatting up a storm. My mom thought that they were talking about her because they know that she wont understand. I think it's kind of funny because she's just paranoid. I tried to understand what they were saying and i just got out of it that they were talking about the clothes. So she was worried about nothing.

Seventh Hour Study Hall

Seventh hour I have study hall, and whenever I hear freshmen talking about spanish, it reminds me of last year, spanish one. Some days I will hear complaints about vocab man, and think of how much it helped me to study. Sometimes I also hear them talking about other homework, and think of how easy it sounds now, but how hard it was last year. Seventh hour study hall brings back a lot of spanish memories.

spanish in the car xD

last night I was watching a movie with my girl friend and it go boring so we went for a drive and we were listening to the radio and all of the sudden the radio went from english to spanish and we both started laughing because we had no idea what was going on so then we changed the radio station and the next station was spanish too, I then asked her if she bumped a button or something to make it all in spanish, she said no, it was wierd that the radio just switched from english to spanish randomly like it did but it was kinda fun listening to that spanish stuff outside of school so then i sat there listening to it trying to see how many of these spanish words I new. I just thought that was cool that the radio changed to spanish and me and my girl friend both noticed it and it was kind of cool even though we could not really understand the spanish music all that well when we have only taken a couple years of spanish.

Spanish Racism...

My mom was helping me figure out what to write my blog about. She mentioned that she had a Mexican woman apply with her. The lady told her that at another nursing home, some of the residents wouldn't allow her into their rooms because she was "one on them." I never realized that there was that kind of racism toward Mexican people. I think that it's sad that people think that way. There shouldn't be those kinds of feelings towards them. When my mom said this i was shocked because my mom works with many women from Mexico and so does my dad. There is nothing different about them and anyone else other than their origin. This was shocking because this lady was very fluent in English and the only way you would know she was Mexican was by her looks. I could see not wanting to try to communicate with her if she was not fluent in English because it would be hard but there really is no reason of that.

Mexican Restaurant

Before our first football game this year at Ed-Co, Jesse Smith went out to eat at Las Floras. To start we had chis and salsa. The salsa was very spicy. We had enchiladas which were also very spicy and came with guacamole. Our waiter was Mexican and he was very nice. He didn't speak fluent English but we could still understand him because we knew Spanish well enough. We were going to order in Spanish but we didn't want him to think we were making fun of him or mocking him and we were a little nervous about saying the wrong thing.

Hamilton Beach Crock Pot

My mom got this new crock pot a while back. And I was cleaning the house this weekend and found the box. So I looked at it and..... it had Spanish on it. I knew some of the words. On one side of the box it said, "Viaje y Sirva sin derrames" Which means "Travel and Serve with no mess." It also said "Olla de coccion de 7 cuartos de galon." The pot of cooking or baking of 7 quarts. So in "regular" English it means "the crock pot holds 7 qts." There was two sides of the box that had Spanish on them and I was suprised how many words I didn't know. We learn a bunch of words in Spanish 1. But there was about 50 words on that box that I didn't know.

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