Let's do the shopping!!!

Hi there,

I'm about to do the shopping. I've already prepared my shopping list, just to avoid buying unnecessary things or those products I would only eat for pleasure instead of fuel. ;-) I've taken my cloth bag, - I'm trying not to use those plastic bags any more and obviously a bit of cash. 

I enjoy doing the shopping, walking the aisles in the local supermarket and visiting the small shops such as the butcher's, the fishmonger's or the greengrocer's where the human contact is still alive and you can chat to the owner while looking at a great display of goods.

But before continuing, let's practise our listening skills.Click here and you'll listen to a conversation about grocery shopping at the supermarket.

Now it's time to leave your comments. How often do you do the shopping? Do you fancy doing it today? What kind of food do you usually buy at the local shops? Do you like supermarkets or hypermarkets?

When you are writing your shopping list, do you consider buying food for pleasure or just for fuel?

You decide :):

Back once again!!! This time just to spend much more time together at least this new academic year which I hope it will be as awesome as the previous ones. ;-)

Well, as you may know, last week it was another "must" on this blog the International or World Smile Day. I bet you smile every day but have you ever stopped your daily life and activities and thought about what things and what kind of people make you smile? That's what I suggest we all could do now.

First of all, I have to say that I like smiling and that I try hard to find situations which can help me do it every single hour of the day. I have lots of reasons for it and I guess you all, too. It can be at work, at home, in the street, when you are alone, a whatsapp or message from a friend, a colleague or an acquaintance or even you can smile while dreaming. 

According to experts, smiling and laughing can prevent a lot of diseases apart from improving our self-image towards other people and make our social life much more rewarding. The thing is that sometimes we don't realise how important a smile can be to change other people's hard day into a warmer one. The power is ours, it's simple; the only thing we have to do is to bring a smile to our lips and wait for a happy face in exchange. Nobody regrets smiling so that's why we all should do it. Time starting now ...

I must admit that you, my pupils, make me smile and laugh my head off most of the times, not only when you are afraid of mispronouncing a word or using new words or expressions but also when you arrive at or leave school and you say "hello" or "bye-bye" to your classmates and me.

Looking at my little nieces playing or listening to them talking or baby-talking is another smiling situation for me. And I could name many other ones such as going to the shops, meeting people in the street, watching a funny sitcom on TV, looking at a billboard near a road, ... look around you and name them.

So, what things make you smile? Who do you usually smile at? Do you enjoy smiling? How often do you do it? Leave your comments -they'll be welcome.

Don't forget to smile. You decide :):