Finally Decided Where to Move

Hello, how are you everyone?
This blog has been quiet for a while. It's only been a week since our class was over, but I feel like it's more than a week. I guess it's because, for the whole semester, the class really kept me busy and took the large part of my daily life.

Anyway, I had a busy week with house searching, and last Thurday, we finally made a contract. I'll be moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, 10 minutes path from 34th St. of Manhattan. Well, it's kind of sad that I have to leave Manhattan, but I can't afford to 2 bedroom apartment in Manhattan. That's the reality. I still have one more month to live here in the city, so I'm going to make the most of it. Now my biggest worry - "I'll be kicked out of my home, and there's no place to go." - was gone. I feel much relieved. :)

When is our book club going to be? Next Friday works for everyone?

The group picture was missing someone...

Now, don't make fun of my Photoshop skills (or lack thereof...) Great job last week! I am sad class has finished!

Beautiful Sun...and me in the library!!!

Hola guapas!! Hi beautiful!

I am still working on that damned paper, locked in the library while the sun is finally shining, warm as never before!!

I was on the msn and met Pilar who was going for a pic-nic in Central Park! we thought that would be a great idea to go all together for another pic-nic one of these days as it seems that the sun will last for a while...! we could all bring some food and enjoy the beautiful weather!!

let's do it!

Hey sue, you scared me to death with the story of the raper...let's all watch out!

hugs!!!

Finally Spring?

Look at this weather! Now I can say that the notorious winter is officially over. Today I am only putting on a short-sleeve shirt and a light leather jacket, but it still seems like I'm way over dressed. This pleasant sunny weather reminds me of my lost camera. :(

By the way, have you guys heard about the terrible assault happened to a Columbia graduate student in Hamilton Heights? It was so vicious that I just couldn't believe it was actullay committed by a human. It was reported yesterday that the attacker was witnessed around Hamilton Heights again, so anyone living near Columbia University where is close to Hamilton Heights, be extremely careful. Hope you all have a great day.

Would you have i-phone or not? About 600 Bucks

AT&T COO Sees IPhone Launching On Schedule At End Of June
9:39 AM ET - Dow Jones News
By Roger Cheng
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AT&T Inc. (T) is on schedule to launch Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) much-hyped iPhone at the end of June, according to AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson.
The affirmation comes amid speculation Apple would have to delay the launch for further testing of the mobile device. Last week, the company said it would delay the release of Leopard, the next upgrade of its operating system, to devote more resources to the iPhone.
It's a testament to the importance of the iPhone to both Apple and AT&T, as the device is poised to potentially shake up the handset industry. While it didn't make an appearance at last month's CTIA Wireless trade show, it still was widely discussed.
AT&T's wireless arm is the only carrier that will sell the device in conjunction with its service. Stephenson reiterated comments made at the trade show when he said more than 1 million customers have signed up on the Web site expressing interest for the phone.
Stephenson made the comments at a Boston College Chief Executives' Club luncheon. Those comments were confirmed by spokesman Michael Coe.
While the launch time frame of June is widely known, it's still unclear what the pricing plan will be. Apple and AT&T said the price will be $499 to $599, depending on the memory of the device, but they have yet to comment on any potential rebates. Discounts are common for customers who sign a long-term contract with a carrier.
AT&t was up 4 cents in recent premarket activity, to $39.01, while Apple was down 26 cents to $90.14.
-By Roger Cheng, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-2020; roger.cheng@dowjones.com

> Dow Jones Newswires
04-19-07 0939ET
Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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Free dictionary

As I promised, I am sending you the website where you can find many idioms. You just have to try with any word you on the search bar and that's it!!

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/

TRIBECA

hey!! want to share with you a beautiful news: I will be volunteering at the tribeca in the filmakers department. This is such good news for me, I will experience the festival from inside, have free tickets(!!) and hope lot of fun!

I will update you on how it is going!!

after the presentation of today I can do everything!!!

We did it

Time out cep editors rock!! Hi everybody!! It was a lot of fun today, wasn't it? Despite the nervous we were at the beginning I think the presentation was great, I could feel we were enjoying it while doing it. The commercials are great, so please, try to post them asap. Thank you very much to our teachers for making us work hard, for the great assignments you've prepared, and everything...We all had fun, we've learned, but also we went to class because we felt like going, because every time we missed it, we felt like we were really losing a great time. I also want to thank the rest of the class, you girls are amazing and I've learned a lot from you, I don't know if you could learn from me, but I least I think I made you laugh!!!
You are always welcome to Argentina!! See you tomorrow!!! Keep in touch!!
Pili :P

BOOK CLUB?!

Hi girls!! Here I am talking again about the Book Club...

what you think, are we going to have the Book Club on Thursday after our last class???!!! (sigh sigh...:(((()
Let me know what you think about that. I have time so for me it is fine. May be we can read the story that Yoko was suggesting for last time...

Back in Town

Hello, class. I am just back in New York City from Washington D.C.
Totally exhausted, so I just feel like jumping into the bed. 6-hour driving in this awful weather was never fun to do. (I didn't drive, of course. But being a backseat driver for 6 hours was not an easy job, either. Haha)
Let me just get some sleep first, then I have to catch up all the blog posts and emails.
See you guys tomorrow.

No, it can't be!

Hi guys,

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! I'm working today, but I took a break and I decided to post something on the blog. I can't believe we're almost done with our classes:'( It makes me really sad because I have not only enjoyed every class so far, but also met awesome people and I know I'll miss you. Wow, time really flies! I remember our first class; I was so nervous hahahaha...And now, it's almost over. Boohoohoo...See you on Mon!

Hey teachers!!

Thanks for coming to the party yesterday night, was really much fun to have you there. I hope you enjoyed as much as me!!

Girls, was cool if you all were there, we should definetely find some time to go out all together.

Have a nice week-end all!!

Slang & Phrasal Verbs

I know some of you mentioned this past week that you couldn't find the links to the slang/idioms websites that I'd sent you by e-mail, so I wanted to post them here for you:

Urban Dictionary
This one has a lot of very recent slang. In fact, much of it is so new that I've never even heard it before. It might be a good idea to google a word before using it so that you can see if it's common and how it's actually used.

Slang City
Some of the words on this site are kind of vulgar, but you can find a lot of useful slang if you look under "movies" and "music."

English Phrasal Verbs
One of the students whom I tutor privately has been using this website to study phrasal verbs. She finds it very comprehensive, so I thought I would share it with all of you.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Book Club!

Hey chicas!!!

I am sorry but I won't be able to stay after class for the Book Club tomorrow...I just discovered that by Tuesday I have to send to my professor a draft of my paper project which...I barely started!!! so I need some of the afternoon tomorrow to work on it....I will lock myself in the library!!!
If this week the Book Club doesn't work out I will be there next Thursday for sure!!!

Name: The Hills

Country: Jamaica

What's brought you to NYC?: definitely, not the weather.

Interests/Hobbies: Reggae

What's it been like being an editor of Time Out CEP?: Awesome

Spring has come?

Good Morning, girls;

I was walking on the West Village yesterday. It had still cold breeze in Manhattan.
I found a famous bakery in the area, "Magnolia Bakery". It's well-known for original cupcakes and Sex & city's Carrie's destination. It's a tiny store, and self service if you would like to buy cupcakes. There are different colors of decoration of the frost on the sugar top. Pink, lime, chocolate, yellow, and some pastel color. But they are toooooooo sweet. Location is 401 Bleecker street.( cross street of Bleeker & W 11th St.) Price of cupcake is about $2 each. The birthday cakes, and other cakes are handmade here and sold.
I'm sick this morning, Sorry I cannot attend the class today. But I'll try going tomorrow. I'll post the comments in TimeOut CEP Blog.

Inspiration for MS Paint Users

Don't feel limited by Microsoft Paint. Yes, you can create a masterpiece!

being a good story teller..how cool!

I was thinking about the lesson today on how to tell a good story....it is such a wonderful gift when people can be entertaining while they tell you a story. It's a kind of magic. Would be great if we all can learn how to become good story tellers...in English! I think the Book Club could help us, it is a good exercise to read a story and try to tell it to others!! so, I am looking forward to our Book Club on Thursday, we are doing it, right??!! also, the story that Yoko choose has something to do with good story tellers, check it out...

Parents' Visit

Hello, class! Did you all have a happy easter?
I am very sorry to say that I can't make it to the class this week because my parents are visiting New York right now. I picked them up at the airport on Saturday, and we altogether had pretty hectic 2 days since arrival.
While they are staying with me for about a week, I'd like to spend as much time as possible, and at the same time, I sadly have to say that I'll miss the whole week. (I even have a great eavesdropping index card!!!) Anyway, please keep me posted what's happing in the class, what I should do for the final project and etc.
By the way, did you see snowing yesterday? It's April! How could it be possible!!!
See you all next week!

School's out...

Hey you all
I took my Mum back to the airport today :-( It was fun, event though the weather was awful. I'm glad she came, because she left this afternoon with 2 more suitcases full of my stuff !!!
I'll have more time this week for class and assignements, I promise, I should see you all on Wednesday morning.
I'm working on my advice column, but somebody needs to tell me if we have to publish it on the blog and what format it should have. I'm also planning to review 2 concerts I'm going to this week (one yesterday and one next wednesday) for our free assignement we have to do before the end of class.
See you soon !!

Time Out CEP

Hi all!!

I introduced a section in the magazine about cinema and Tv if you don't like we can change!! we can talk about it in class, I thought it was cool if we had some films reviewed!!

see you on Monday!!!

PARTY!!!!

Hi girls!!

You are all (teachers and husbands or boyfriends included!) invited to a party that a friend of Lev is throwing Friday the 13th at his house! The address is: 201 W 105th st. (just off of Amsterdam Ave.) Apt # 33. The Party will start around 10pm!

Let me know if you think you are coming!!!

Could be really a lot of fun!!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY EASTER!

Magda:)

google scholar...

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I memorize the basics...and feel warm:)

I was searching for some videos on YouTube yesterday and I came across 'Little Things' by Bush. It used to be one of my favorite bands when I was a teenager...Although I'm more into punk rock nowadays, I think this song still rocks! Check it out! Even if you don't like the music, you may find the video interesting;)

Around the city with the Folks!!!

Hi all!!!

I am sorry I missed class today, but I am being very busy with my parents, showing them around the city, and I couldn't do any work...It is being very nice to have them here, everyday I want to show them as much as possible because we don't know when is it going to be possible for them to be in NY again!! yesterday we spent all day in Ellis Island, visiting the museum of immigration. It is a very beautiful experience. Basically the museum is set in the place where all the immigrants arrived and where they had to go through all the process to be admitted in the States, like medical visits and psycological and language tests. If you go take the audio guide, it is really well done!!! at night I went with my parents in Harlem, in a very nice tea place which I will review for the magazine!!!
Yoko, thanks for choosing the next short story, sounds exciting!!
hey Tara, was nice to see you in the subway on saturday!! didn't know teachers have a private life as well!!!!! hope your dinner was fun...!!