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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

An accident in the shopping centre by David Pascual

 
It was one day of Christmas , my mum got a lot of money to go to the shopping center with my friend Alex.

I went to El Corte Ingles by bus.

I saw lots of games, books and clothes. but I only bought a book, then I went down the stairs, and a lady pushed me and I fell down.

Luckily I only twisted my ankle , my friend helped to go home, then I put some cream on it. I didn't have to go to the school either, but I had to rest.

What about you ?
Write soon.
David Pascual.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Black Friday: The Shooping Sale in the USA before Christmas


Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. The term dates back to at least 1966, although its usage was primarily on the East coast. The term has become more common in other parts of the country since 2000. Because Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday occurs between the 23rd and the 29th of November. According to Reuters, in 2007 135 million people participated in the Black Friday shopping rush.

Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employees have the day off as part of the Thanksgiving holiday (with the exceptions of those employed in retailing, health care, and banking), which increases the number of potential shoppers. Retailers often decorate for the Christmas and holiday season weeks beforehand. Many retailers open extremely early, with most of the retailers typically opening at 5AM or even earlier. Some of the larger retailers (depending on the location) such as Sears, Best Buy, Macy's, Toys "R" Us, and Walmart have been reported to open as early as midnight on the start of Black Friday in localized areas and remain open for 24 hours throughout the day until midnight the following Saturday. Upon opening, retailers offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday, as the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season at least since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1960s.

The term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day (see Origin of the name "Black Friday" below). More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers go from being in the red (i.e., posting a loss on the books) to being in the black (i.e., turning a profit).

Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. The term dates back to at least 1966, although its usage was primarily on the East coast. The term has become more common in other parts of the country since 2000. Because Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday occurs between the 23rd and the 29th of November. According to Reuters, in 2007 135 million people participated in the Black Friday shopping rush.

Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many employees have the day off as part of the Thanksgiving holiday (with the exceptions of those employed in retailing, health care, and banking), which increases the number of potential shoppers. Retailers often decorate for the Christmas and holiday season weeks beforehand. Many retailers open extremely early, with most of the retailers typically opening at 5AM or even earlier. Some of the larger retailers (depending on the location) such as Sears, Best Buy, Macy's, Toys "R" Us, and Walmart have been reported to open as early as midnight on the start of Black Friday in localized areas and remain open for 24 hours throughout the day until midnight the following Saturday. Upon opening, retailers offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday, as the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season at least since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1960s.

The term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day. More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers go from being in the red (i.e., posting a loss on the books) to being in the black (i.e., turning a profit).

Saturday, February 14, 2009

SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY



STRAWBERRY KISSES
SURVEY ABOUT OUR FAVOURITE KISSES

ON OUR LIPS OR ON OUR NECK, IN THE RAIN OR ON THE BEACH,WITH STRAWBERRY FLAVOUR OR CHAMPAGNE AND WITH ROMANTIC MUSIC AT THE BACK. THESE ARE THE MOST DESIRED KISSES BY SPANISH COUPLES .


Spanish couples prefer kisses on our lips, on our neck, with strawberry flavour and if possible in the rain or on the beach, according to a survey made on Saint Valentin Day, a date that thousand couples will celebrate with romantic dinners and gifts.

The survey, made by the publisher of Romantic novels Harlequin Iberica, interviewed 4,000 people in 18 countries, and it also says that more than half Spanish men are satisfied with their way of kissing; one of the highest percentage of the survey.

The self-content in this field is, however, overcome by Italians ( 72% are happy with their way of kissing ), Norwegians ( 68% ) and Mexicans ( 57% ).

The survey reflects something else than our preferences about kisses. It also talks about the war of sex, the differences between men and women in most countries. In that way, men prefer natural lips, especially the sensual and a bit thick, and women like strong and thin ones.
Besides in the mouth, the key answer for the question “Where do you prefer to be kissed on?” is our neck, with an average of 44.8% in the survey, though that percentage goes up to 48% among women ( 27% among men ) in Spain. In the rest, it’s shocking those 29% of Finnish people who answered they like to be kissed on their navel.

When they were questioned for the taste of the kisses, the likes seem to match with some boleros or other romantic sounds and so strawberry, champagne and mint are the most preferred flavours in most of the countries.

The place is not essential either for 53% people questioned provided that you kiss the right person. However, the most romantic places to kiss, for Spaniards, are “in the rain”, as their first choice, and “on the beach”, their second one.
Anyway, millions of kisses will be given away tomorrow, St. Valentin’s Day, a priest who was born in Rome in mid IIIth century and who was martyred after it was revealed he married couples in secret.
Apart from the kisses, several men will choose to take out their couple for a meal in those restaurants which make special offers for lovers. About gifts, the offers are a lot, but the traditional chocolate is the star, according to the Cacao and Chocolate Institute.

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