that's me playing tennis

jueves, 17 de noviembre de 2011

Introduction


Hello Lourdes,

My name is Yani Genesse and I was born here in Spain (in Figueres if you want to know) but my parents were both born and raisedd in a small village in Wenduine, Belgium. I played tennis so far as I can remember, so that influenced my life a lot. I play a lot of tournaments, mostly in summer. National tournaments such as International tournaments in France or other countries. This sport life I consider I have, implies a lot of important decisions and sacrifices for it, like sometimes my trainer doesn't want me to go out for some matches, but I always loved tennis anyway.
More about my family... We own two companies: a Butterfly Park near our school, in Castelló d'Empúries, where my dad mostly works, and a Minigolf, in Empuriabrava, where my mum and I mostly work. My mum and I work mostly in the Minigolf because it's were we live, our house is together with the company, so it's easier for us to work there.
Then, we have a parrot called Jako, a really nice parrot, we had three parrots in our lives and this one is the best one, he is very playful. And he is THE event of the minigolf for our clients, they all want to see him, or take a picture with him on their shoulder. He was always in the trees of the minigolf, he can't escape because because he never learned it, and, just the part of his wings that makes him fly, is cut. So, one night, three weeks ago, just before I began an International tournament, I was working in the minigolf, it was very busy so I was not even looking after Jako. Two hours later, my mum asked me to look for him, no Jako. We looked for him the whole night, we got up at five o'clock in the morning, when the sun was just getting up. But nothing, we didn't know anything about him, it was horrifying... The next day everyone in Empuriabrava knew he was gone, and I was on the way to France, very upset and sad. At night I almost couldn't sleep, I was thinking what could have happened to him... Every day I called my parents and they had no news. The last day, my dad calls me: I have good news, Jako is back. I said: What?! How?! I just couldn't believe it. After 5 nights away from home, he was back.
Okay, that was my introduction, see you!

NEWS: New titi-monkeys species


Two weeks ago, in Brazil's Amazon, a new species of Titi-Monkey was discovered. They are little monkeys with tails never seen before and rare features on their head. It's an important news because now they'll have to study them all over to see where they came from. It's good to have new species of animals coming out as many animals extinct.

lunes, 14 de noviembre de 2011

Mysterious story...

Hello! Well... yesterday, sunday, I invited a friend (Max) who plays tennis with me to have dinner in my house. My parents had a dinner with some friends in Rosas, so we were alone. After having dinner, we thought about watching Twilight on TV. During the film, I was talking with my tennis-coach on whatsapp. Suddenly, in the middle of the film we heard two doors clapping, we looked outside but we saw no car, nobody. Five minutes after that, we heared like somebody was knocking on the garden window. Quickly I said to my teacher what had happened, he said he was coming in five minutes. Meanwhile, Max and I each took a stick so we felt more secure. When my coach arrived, we went outside to look around and saw a chair that was fallen down against the window. It was very mysterious, we went back inside and locked the door. We don't know what happened that night, and I think I don't want to know...

domingo, 13 de noviembre de 2011

Fairy Tale: Three little pigs


Once upon a time, there were three little pigs, who lived without parents. They were always having fun, climbing in trees and running through the woods. They were welcomed everywhere because of their kindness.
Soon winter arrived and they started to realize they needed a real home, it began to rain so each of them began quickly to build their own home.
The youngest and laziest pig decided he would build a straw hut. The second youngest pig thought that straw was too fragile so he decided to build a wooden hut, a little less fragile. The oldest pig, the most patient and wise pig, decided to build his house with bricks, so he could protect him against the wolf.
One day, when the two youngest pigs were playing, they saw the tracks of a wolf, so they ran to their homes. The wolf went first to the straw hut, he just blew away the hut, but the little wise pig ran to his brother's wooden house. The wolf just did the same, he took a very deep breath and also blew away that hut. Meanwhile, the oldest pig was watching the scene from his window and quickly opened the door for his two brothers. The wolf tried to blew away the brick house several times but he couldn't. So he took a ladder and decided to enter the house through the chimney. The little pig saw it and light up a fire. The wolf went down and burned himself. He never tried to do this again and the three little pigs were very happy with their action.

Comparation 13/Adrian Mole

There are many similarities between Adrian Mole and 13. In the film the main character, who is Tracy, is thirteen years old, and the main character of the book, who is Adrian, is thirteen too. Another similarity is that both parents of both children are separated, and it's hard for the children.
Next, in both stories, the main characters have a best friend, but at the end of the stories, they seem to be bad friends. Then, there is another similarity, I think it's the biggest similarity of all... Both stories talk about sexual life, alcohol and drugs. Adrian, when he meets Pandora, he gets wetdreams and he does sexual things, he thinks sexual too. And Tracy, starts to drink, practise sex, have boyfriends... things she didn't do before.
I think the film is more striking compared to the book.

miércoles, 5 de octubre de 2011

Important tournament


Last sunday, I played the final of a big tournament in Malgrat de Mar, near Barcelona. I had to be there at ten to nine, to start the match at nine o' clock. When I got into the court, there was a referee waiting for me. Near my chair, there were three bags with a lot of presents in it, like tennis t-shirts, caps, balls... They gave me an Aquarius, a big bottle of water and a towel too. I just felt like a professional. I had to play a 18th year old girl, she played very good. Five years ago, she had a professional ranking but she had to stop because she had an injure at her back. I thought I could never win, but my trainer didn't stop believing in me. I won the first set, 6-3... good. The second set, she started playing very well. So, she started to win games. Six-Five for me in the second set, I serve a good ball, and I go to the net, she has difficulty to put it back, and my last smash at the net that decides the match. I won! I couldn't believe it, a nice price-giving award and we could go home.

viernes, 23 de septiembre de 2011

Funny Story

Hey! I thought about posting something, and yesterday something funny happenned to me and my family, so I'm going to explain that.
As you know, my dad is the chief of a Butterfly and Bird Park, so, yesterday, an assistant found a rat in the park. After cacthing it, they released it at the car-park. My dad saw that it went under his car and then, he went back to the park to help the assistants. The next day, my mum sees a rat in our garage! It was the SAME rat, that had entered under my dad's car, in the motor and then came out the car in our garage. Two hours we were trying to catch it, he ran very very fast! So, after cathing it, my dad went to Aiguamolls and released it there, I hope to never see it again.