Friendship

Hello my name is Joel Vilarnau and I would like to talk you about my friend Dani Salas who I haven’t seen for 2 years, but I know he will always be my friend.

I haven’t seen my friend Dani in all this time because he moved to Bolivia to live. Nor him neither his friends wanted that Dani left Menorca for ever. However, his mother forced Dani because she found a job and she think that her son would study more in Bolivia when Dani wouldn’t have distractions.

In these two years I have spoken to him sometimes due to being a different continents. When we talk, he says me that he misses us and he would like staying with us. The truth is that we also. I knew Dani 8 years ago and I haven’t forgotten it yet and I don’t think that I will do it.

However, now and I hope that always, we will speak to much more as he has downloaded whatsapp. I believed that speaking to people from another country by whatsapp cost money but no. I have been very happy since Dani contacted with me by whatsapp. 

I can still recall the holidays I spent in America when I was young. After working very hard for a long time, I finally managed to earn enough money to spend a few months in America, which was the thing I wanted the most since I was a child. Then, I flew alone to New York, looking forward to seeing new places and meeting interesting people.

When I arrived there, I was impressed by the enormous dimensions of the city. I walked and walked around the city for a few days, visiting some of the most important places in the city such as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. One day, while I was walking on the street, I saw a child crying next to a basketball court. He was about 15 years old, black-skinned and very tall. His name was Michael and, when I asked him why he was crying, he answered me that his basketball shoes had just broken and that he didn’t have enough money to buy a new pair, so he couldn’t play anymore. I felt  very sorry and I decided to give him money to get a new pair. He was very happy and he promised to me that he would reward me some day. From then, we got on very well and started being good friends, but I had to return to my country, so we had to separate.

It was about 20 years since I last saw Michael. I had no news from him and I hadn’t seen him for ages, but I knew that he would always be my friend. Nevertheless, one day, while I was watching a sports program on television, I saw a report that made me smile: a young basketball genius called Michael Jordan had just won his first ring as an NBA champion. 

An amazing adventure

That’s an adventure that I had when I was living in Cairo, Egypt. I had arrived there two months ago and I loved Egypt and the pyramids. The first day of the holidays I took the day to visit the pyramids.

At ten o’clock every day many buses left the city and went to the pyramids full of tourists. After three pyramids, the bus stopped in the last one, small and discarded. I entered with a family and a girl. The family turn left to a corridor and me and the girl watched the hieroglyphics. Without realising I pressed a picture of a bird and the brick went inside the wall. A door appeared in front of me. I didn’t know what had happened. The girl looked at me surprised and she introduced herself. Her name was Lisa and she was from London. After a short conversation we entered on the door. There was a tunnel after the door. We continued walking and then we entered in a room. Suddenly, the walls began to move and the room was becoming smaller. Luckily there was a small door on the floor and we appeared in other room, which was very big and plenty of things. It was the treasure of a pharaoh.

Ten minutes later, many people were around the pyramid. Before many questions of newspapermen, the moment to return to my house had arrived so I said goodbye to her. I haven’t seen her for ages, but I know she will always be my friend because of that day.

Javi Melia Lafuente

2nd Batx-C

My friend

A few years ago a French boy lived in Sa Mesquida, where I spend all my summers. He has been living in France for eight years and for this reason I haven’t seen him for ages, but I know he will always be my friend. This summer to my surprise he came again and he has shown me that in fact he is one of my best friends.

When he lived in Sa Mesquida we were always together and with other summer friends we went to swim, to play, to have dinner together, to the beach, on excursions, etc. He was very friendly and he was always hilarious. But one day he was very sad and we want to know what had happened. After that, he told us that his father had to return to France because of his job.

This year he was back to Menorca and we were together for one week and we found out that our friendship was the same as when we were children and he lived in Sa Mesquida. I’m very happy to have seen him again.

MY NEW TOWN

When my family had got to the town they received us very well. For this reason we were very comfortable. And everybody wanted to help us for settle.

When I had to go to school I had to meet new people and to adapt. One day I was very sad and one day my new friend asked me what had happened I told him. I met my best friend who was my first friend ever time. Nevertheless, my best friend, whose name was Anthony, and me had a fights. Because of a girl. One day I had to go to another city. Since them we haven't seen each other. So I haven't seem him for ages, although I know he will always be my friend. In spite fighting I wanted him to try to reconcile. Nevertheless, one day we met again. At that moment we didn't remember what had happened when we were young.

When we remember the fight, we become be best friend. Because we know that was nothing. And now we are old and we have a family and we accepted that was nothing.

My trip to New York

Ten years ago I went to New York alone for a job interview at a multinational headquarters. One day I was walking in New York searching for the headquarters when suddenly, I crashed head-on into a girl who was drinking coffee and she spilt some on her dress. I was so sorry. In spite of having gotten her dress dirty, she forgave me. I was speaking to her about buying her a new dress but she refused instead I invited her fot a coffee the next day.I arranged to meet her the next day to have a coffee. We went to have a coffee in an awesome snack bar. I explained to her what I was doing in New York and she explained to me that she was working in a similar place. We saw each other often during my stay in New York and we became close friends. On the day of my return home, she came to say goodbye at the airport, which was sad, but I had to go back because my contract was over. We said goodbye and I left although I wanted to stay there.
After ten years, I haven’t seen her, but I know she will always be my friend.

Joel Pampillón 2 BAT B

Love story

One morning Marine was near her little house thinking about her future plans.

She wanted to be a famous star and travel around the world but she hadn't enough money for that. She loved singing, dancing and obviously, she loved to be the center of everything.

That day a young man was walking near her house, because he was hunting hares. He had a crush on her immediately. But there was a problem: she didn’t believe in love. She believed fall in love with somebody was so stupid.

He introduced himself to her and they became friends. They got on well but he needed to tell her about his felling. He loved her more and more, but he didn't have the courage.

One day they are playing with Marine’s dog. He had the courage to tell her that he was in love with her. Although they moved away for a long time, he was always thinking of her.

A rainy day she went to take fruits near her house, suddenly when she was taking one she fell and he arrived in time to catch her. She realized that she really loved him. She decided to give him a chance and she didn’t regret it.

FRIEND FOREVER

I am going to tell you about six girl friends of mine. One of them is the most important because we have knownn each other for ages. We have grown up in the same town, and when we were children we used to go to the same school.
But, unfortunately, we have had to get separated since we will study abroad. I also have a boyfriend called Arnau.


What about the five other friends of mine? They are also very close friends. We met three years ago and we have been studying together at the same school.
When my best friend Aurora travelled to Rome I went to London. For this reason we have lost contact with our four friends since they have remained in Spain. Although Aurora and I keep in touch, it’s only by email.
However, my boyfriend is still in Menorca so he is looking forward to coming London to join me, which causes thrills me much emotion.
My love affair with Arnau upsets Aurora, she feels a little bit jealous. Consequently, she stopped sending me emails for few weeks, which makes me very sad.


After two months without any news from Aurora, I decided to call her. We had a very long conversation, we explained our arguments and we felt that our friendship was very strong and reliable.

Finally, my boyfriend arrived in London. We are both studying at the University. Aurora, in Rome, is very happy too, she met many foreign students. We are in touch with her.
Although I haven’t seen her for ages, I know she will always be my friend.

GLORIA MARTÍ AINSA 

2N BATX C

Alfonsito my imaginary friend.

Come here my little granddaughter, I am going to tell you a tale, which is a real tale.

When I was 8 I met Alfonsito, my imaginary friend, he was a little boy, who I saw him all nights, when he came my room, then he told me stories of his life, However, he never told me how he died.
One day, he told me, he died in a car accident when he was 7.
Every year he turnd more trasparent, finally he disappeared on my 18 birthday. Although I knew that would happen, I wasn't prepared.
But, even though  I haven’t seen him for ages, I know he will always be my friend, and although I don't see him, I know he is with me.

I am 88 years old, I know when I die, I will see him, also the day before of his disappearence, he said to me where I could find him.

When I was young

Years ago I to leave of my village that is lost in the mountains. I remembering the snow and coffee shops full of people drinking hot chocolate in the winter. But one thing I will never forget…Paula. She was my best friend. I remember that she was extroverted and dreamed of becoming an actress and who laugh is contagious.


We always went everywhere together, we lived thousands of adventures, however I remember one with most excitation is when we went to pick mushrooms so we hadn't realized that it was got dark ant we lost, until a man who has been living in the mountain found us and he took us his home. He was 50 years old and his name was Bernart. He told us many stories of when he was young. When we had warmed up he approaching at the village and our mothers quarreled us, but we only remember the stories we had told Bernart.


Paula and I went to seen him twice a week, until I left to study in the city, since then I haven’t seen them for ages, but I know them will always be my friend…

MY FRIEND KIDNAPPED

For the last few years, Fran has been missing and no one knows where he is. The police of the city think that he was raptured. The first two years, the people of the town had a little hope that Fran returned, but it was not. Gradually, this hope vanished.

Fran and I were good friends and we always passed our free time together. I met him when I was five years old. When I was younger I live in another city and when we moved to Mahón, we started to live next to Fran’s house, since there we became friends, because he helped me to feel better when I had no friends, and we began to do everything together, when I was with him I felt happier than ever, because he always made ​​me laugh and made me forget about everything.

During the last years, I have not lost hope of seeing him again, because I know that he is a person with a strong personality and he would get back. Although he has been missing for ten years and I haven’t seen him for ages, I know he will always be my friend, and he always be in my heart.

A friendship that will last forever

I'll always remember my best friend, he's a short, smart and kind boy, named Nicolas, from Argentina. The first time we met was when we were four years old in kindergarten, but the unusual about that was that we were neighbours and we'd never met before!

Afer two years of friendship, my parents decided to move to Spain in order to find a better job. I was very sad and I barely remember our childhood together because of the ages, but two years ago we started ti chat by Facebook and e-mail. At first, it was very strange for me and I couldn't get used to getting in touch with him by Internet, but I realised it was more practical tahn phoning each other because of the time difference. After that, I went to Argentina for two weeks and we met a few times. When I had to come back, we agreed to get in touch.

I haven't seen him for ages, but I know he'll always be my friend and we can count on each other. I hope one day we have the chance to meet again and have a great time together.

The power of friendship

When I was a child I met a girl who lived one street down from mine. Our parents were friends and we saw each other very often so we soon became friends. We always spent good times together. We gradually grew and became best friends. We shared secrets, confessions, adventures and many experiences.

One day she called me and told me that she had something very important to tell me. I realised that she was very sad so I went quickly to her house. When I arrived I saw a lot of boxes and she told me that her father had a new job and they had to move immediately to another city. We were both very sad but we promised that we would call each other very often. We did but as we grew up it was difficult to keep the same contact as before.

Now, many years later, we call each other twice a year to see how we are. Although I haven’t seen her for ages I know she will always be my friend for all the moments we lived together.

THROUGH THICK AND THIN (CORRECTED)

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a tinny fish living in the huge ocean. His name was Freddy fish. He didn’t have many friends because he didn’t like to speak much. However, he had me, an obese and coward shark but with a gigantic heart.


We used to spend all day long playing wii and having a lot of fun with the hilarious jellyfish. Everybody knew we were best friends for life. However, not everything in this story is happiness. One day after work, Freddy and I were having tea when a group of mermaids (the rulers of the sea) came to visit my friend. I was terrified, their visits never happened for a good reason. I stayed calm. They came, took Freddy and went away. I could not believe what just had happened! They had taken my soul mate away! I worked up the courage and went to the cave where the mermaids had Freddy. I was so furious, I wanted to screw them up, but I didn’t know how. I had only one possibility: go inside the cave and fight for my friend. So I did, yet to my surprise, Freddy was playing wii and having fun with the mermaids like we used to do! He betrayed me; he preferred to play with them only because they had the new wii 2. I was absolutely heartbroken. Suddenly, Freddy saw me. I was so devastated that he came to see what was going on with me. After a few talking, we cleared the air (in this case the water) and tried to be friends again. After that, we fell apart. I haven’t seen him for ages, but I know he will always be my friend, no matter where he is right now I will not forget all the things we have gone through.

A really good friend

It was two years ago when I met one of the most important persons of my life. I met her by mutual friends in Sant Joan . She was very cheerful and extroverted and soon we became great friends.

In a short time she became my confident and my close friend, she was always there when I needed her and she made me smile when no one could. We spent all the summer together: we went to the beach every afternoon and we spent hours and hours talking and laughing.

One day, she told me that she had something very important to tell me. I was very nervous because I had no idea what was happening. My friend had to go to Barcelona to study. I was very sad because thought we would lose our friendship and in  these moments I needed more than ever.

Nowadays we have the same relationship or even better, every day we phone each other and spend a lot of time speaking at the phone and every time she comes to Menorca or I go to Barcelona we see us..

                                             

Travel abroad



Nowadays, many people travel to find a better job or to study abroad. This would be my case because I’m from Morocco and I came Minorca and left my friends there.



When I was 8 years old, my parents told me that we would travel abroad because there they hadn’t a job, so I started to convince myself because this decision was very difficult for me as I had to leave all my friends there. So when I told my best friend about this topic, she was sad like me. However, we promised to call each other constantly.

Then the moment arrived to say goodbye so I said goodbye to all my friends and I travelled to Spain. At the beginning everything was difficult for me because on the one hand I didn’t speak very well the language and on the other hand I didn’t know anyone .Nevertheless, I phoned my best friend every day because I felt lonely here.



Afterwards, I adapted to the new culture and lived without my friends as I met many very interesting people also I continued phoning my best friend from morocco until now.

That’s why I haven’t seen her for ages, but I know she will always be my friend so I hope go and visit her this summer.

My Trip to London

I will always remember the summer of 2009. I was determined to do something different; however I wasn’t sure of what I wanted to do. Finally, I decided to go to London with my cousin and as we didn’t have too much money we decided to go to a hostel and share a room with someone we didn’t know. Our roommate was Katherine, a very funny and nice girl. That was the third time that Katherine had been in London and she offered us to be our guide.

The first day we visited  Big Ben and then we went to Oxford St to spend the afternoon around there. During those two weeks we visited a lot of places and museums. We also went to Greenwich to see the meridian. Moreover, we talked a lot so we could get to know each other well and we realized that we had a lot of things in common so we became very close friends.

The last day we stayed there we made a farewell party and it was very emotional. We exchanged our e-mails and telephone numbers so we keep in touch. I haven’t seen her for ages, but I know she will always be my friend.

THE MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT

Pedro has been my friend since I was a child. I remember him every day and he was a very important person in my life, but one day he was a terrible accident with his motorbike. 

He woke up late because he had been studying for his English exam until 2 o’clock morning. He go out of bed, got dressed, got his bag and went out on his motorbike to arrive at school in time for the exam. 

It had been raining all night and the roads were wet and slippery. He was in a hurry and going too fast. He approached the roundabouts and began to turn, but slipped on the wet road and fell off the motorbike and went under the car. The driver stopped his car and tried to help Pedro. There was a lot of blood on the road, the man called an ambulance and waited with Pedro. 

Pedro spent a long time in hospital, but the doctors couldn’t do anything to save his life. That’s the reason why I haven’t seen him for ages, but I know he will always be my friend though he is dead.

MEMORIES

Last year my  friends and I went to Belgium on 1st August. When we arrived in Brussels it was raining and the weather was too cold, but it didn't matter because we were so happy to be travelling together around Europe.

The second day, my best friend Mary and I took a train to Gant, a university town, although the others stood in the capital city. I didn't know what was waiting for me in Gant. When we were having a drink in a modern pub a beautiful girl asked me: "what time is it?"

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The girl who was asking me was Sara, a Spanish childhood friend. I hadn't seen him for ages but I knew that she would always be my friend. In spite of the fact that we had changed  we still recognised each other. Thanks to our meeting we spent a lot of time together and we visited lots of places in Gant. As we walked for hours we were very tired, so we went to have lunch in my hotel.

Although Sara and Mary  didn't know each other they had a good time together. It was a great experience.

Halloween in Port Aventura

At the end of October in 2010, we went to Port Aventura, the theme park in Salou (Tarragona). When we went it was Halloween. We spent four days there, but we only spent two days at the park. There I met a boy and we became friends. We went everywhere together.

We got on at all rides; such as “Furious Baco”, “Port de la Drassana” “Dragon Khan”, “Hurakan Condor” or “Stampida”. In addition, we enjoyed these two days at the park. Besides, we saw lots of shows; for instance “bubblebou”, “Templo del fuego Halloween” or “Bang Bang Halloween”. There were some people who were disguised as Freddy Krüger, Adams Family, vampires and many others. We got on “Hurakan Condor” and while the attraction was going up, suddenly it stopped. We were hung there for over an hour, and we were terrified. The mechanic repaired it, and we could enjoy the attraction. When we returned to Menorca, We kept seeing each other but not anymore. I haven’t seen him for ages, but I know he will always be my friend.

I had fun, enjoyed myself and laugh with him. This was one of the best trips that I have ever done. The experience was hilarious and fascinating.

                                                                                  Carolina Melià Camps                   2n C