A Celebrity: Carles Puyol

This week the theme is “A Celebrity” and I’m going to talk about my favorite soccer player, Carles Puyol. His full name is Carles Puyol Saforcada, he was born in Pobla de Segur, Spain on April 13, 1978. His nickname is “Tiburon”, he played on the defense and his number was number 5. When Puyol signed with Barcelona B in 1995 he started his schooling at La Masia, the club’s academy and debuted with FC Barcelona pro on October 2, 1999 under Coach Louis van Gaal and with the national team (Spain) in 2000 under Coach Jose Antonio Camacho. He was very intelligent playing on the field and able to anticipate the plays, due to that he became one of the most skilled and important defenders on Europe.

Carles Puyol is retired now but a real Barca’s fan is never going to forget him. He was the Barcelona’s captain, also he was the captain of the national team of Spain. Puyol got almost forty injuries but those injuries never stopped him. He won 21 major titles with FC Barcelona and scored 18 goals in 593 games with FC Barcelona team. Puyol said: “After my last two major operations, I find it is taking me a lot of effort to reach the level required here, even more of an effort than myself and the surgeons thought necessary. That's the reason I have reached this decision.” That decision he’s talking about is the decision of retirement from professional soccer. It’s hard to realize that he is leaving professional soccer because seeing him playing was amazing but every player gets old and need to retire so this years that Puyol played were days of glory for professional football.

Media

Media means mass of communication. Media is everywhere, the most common communication channels are TV, internet, news, radio, commercials and newspaper. Thanks to media we know all the things that is happening in the world. But nowadays we have been experiencing some troubles with media. Media is good but… is it good at all?

            I’m going to focus on the problem that the society don’t see at all. Media is trying to blind us, the corporations are trying to take control over the world. Media is controlling us and people don’t know yet. They want us to believe only what they tell us and only that. They don’t want us to open our eyes and see the reality, they won’t let us open our minds to go beyond of what’s in front of us and surely they don’t want us to raise our voices and speak our opinions. But, do we want to continue like this? I don’t, let’s open our eyes and minds to go beyond from what the media wants us to believe.

Marriage, more than a paper?

Let's start with the fact that not everyone believes in marriage. Some people say that they don't need a paper to say that they love each other and that's why they don't believe in it. Those people think that they don't need to prove to the government or church that they are in love. If that is what they state, they are saying that marriage is just a piece of paper. Marriage is more than just a paper and now I'll tell you why. 

In my opinion, getting to marriage is a life goal as to others. Finding that person that will spend the rest of your life by your side. Don't you think it would be nice to have someone by your side to love, consent, take care of and trust? Marriage is important, it makes you love someone you get to share your goals. Marriage is more than just a piece of paper, it's much, much more. 

Christianity and Religion

Religion is a very broad theme that puts its focus on acts and rituals. Throughout history religion has become a weight for humans. In fact many battles have occurred because of religion. However, Christianity in essence, can be considered a religion but it focuses more in a relationship. An authentic relationship with Jesus Christ, our savior.

            Christianity is a religion but in this religion we don’t follow the empty rituals of a religion because Christianity is about a living God, a God that sees, speaks and is able to do everything. This makes it a religion that works in both ways… It’s about continuous experiences and dependences. In a religion, like I said before, all that exists are empty rituals. This includes vain repetitions, learned behavior and unreal experiences unlike the ones that you receive when you get to know the Christ of Christianity.