Our Gifts

Is it very commendable to be a prestigious professional and to be part of the cream of society,but really not to know who you are?
Many people lose their way; maybe, they are so immersed in their jobs,relationships and valuables that they forget to be grateful for all the things they have.
I'm reading a book which title is "El mejor regalo",( There's an English version as "The Christmas Sweater"); this book appeared in front of me in a library and it attracted my attention I don't know why.
My mother said me that the book seemed like a storybook for children but I didn't think so.
Finally much to my surprise,she agreed to buy me it; and a few days ago,I started to read it.
I was surprised because there's such sensitivity in this book that while I was reading it I spent most of the time crying.
I'd like to put here its plot summary:

- "If You Could Change Your Life by Reversing Your Biggest Regrets, Sorrows and Mistakes...Would You?
When Eddie was twelve years old, all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. Although his life had gotten harder -- and money tighter -- since his father died and the family bakery closed...Eddie dreamed that "somehow" his mother would find a way to have his dream bike gleaming beside their modest Christmas tree that magical morning.

What he got from her instead was a sweater. ""A stupid, handmade, ugly sweater"" that young Eddie left in a crumpled ball in the corner of his room.

Scarred deeply by the realization that kids don't always get what they want, and too young to understand that he already owned life's most valuable treasures, that Christmas morning was the beginning of Eddie's dark and painful journey on the road to manhood. It will take wrestling with himself, his faith, and his family -- and the guidance of a mysterious neighbor named Russell -- to help Eddie find his path through the storm clouds of life and finally see the real significance of that simple gift his mother had crafted by hand with love in her heart before dying."-


I can't stop thinking about the true meaning of the gifts we give to one another with love.
Next Monday it will be my mother's birthday, so I wish give her sth with such love as this book has brought to me.

The secret.

How do you know where's your place in the world?How do you know which profession is for you? You can dream, but sometimes it's necessary to go down from clouds and to think really what kind of things you can do.
I'm a bit scared of choose something in my life and to discover that I'm not really good enough.
Can you really be whatever you want?
Theory says that all the barriers are in our mind, but is it true?
I really think YES,you could be all you want with effort; but I also think that to be a good professional,it's necessary to have an aptitude.
In my opinion,our destiny is being made for us at every step and all our choices change the turn of our way..

Life is a gift and my mother gave me another gift apart of life:)
She showed me how to live gratefully,BUT it's a "secret" or not..

what I really want.

When did I decide to leave my home to study which I wanted?I don´t know,but I´ve always known that I´m too independent to live with my parents too much time.
I love them, but I need my own freedom,I suppose how all the people:)
I remember when my mother said,-"Don´t you prefer to study English Philology and to stay in Valencia?"- And I answered,-"No mum, I really want to study T&I"-.
Although nowadays,I think what it would have happened if I were in Valencia doing another thing.


A few months ago, I started to imagine my future;what did I want to be in the future,what kind of person will I be..
And to dream is free, so I started to imagine.

I´d like to be a great interpreter,that is my main vision, so I´ve thought what kind of things I have to do to get it.
First of all,I must improve my english level very much,I have no limits in learning languages and I think French is easier to speak than English.
Because of this,I´m hardly sure to go next year, aaaaall the year to England to speak english aaaaaall the day,and one way or another I´ll finish with a perfect English pronunciation!

I´ll continue with my plans..

A day to remember..

Today has been a great day.
An International Symposium on Interpreting Studies has taken place on the university Jaume I, (when I study Translation and Interpretation.. what else?)
My intention was to talk about all the things which did possible in the past that I choose to study T&I in the present.
But today has been a day of strong motivation for me and I couldn´t not to talk about it.
The Conference has been in honour of Brian Harris due to his great task in favour of Translation and Interpretation studies.
Many outstanding figures in Interpretation have been present today.
So a lot of theories, some advice, many questions, many answers.. and the hope and excitation of many young students who hope some day to be like them.
To sum up, the best for me, apart of everything I´ve said before,has been when three former students have talked about their career as interpreters.
I can only say that when the colloquium has ended,I´ve started to cry of emotion.

Definitively, a day to remember..

at that moment.

When we were children, we were used to not taking any decision because our parents took them for us.
BUT, the time come for us to realize that we have to decide some things about our present and our future.
It´s a hard moment, because the human being is lazy by nature, and to realize that we have to spend a lot of time thinking about our options,it´s not easy.
It´s at that moment when we know we are starting to mature.
Despite the fact of we know it´s still so much to be done.