My biggest hobby

 From a very young age, music has been part of my family and my life. My grandmother, my aunt and my father play the piano since they were very young, my vis-grandmother and my mother sing and my father also plays the guitar. What started as a hobby has become my future, the profession I want to dedicate myself to in my day to day life.

    Since I can remember, I have been playing the piano and singing. At the age of 10, I decided to enroll in the conservatory of my municipality to train professionally, and I am currently finishing one of the longest-lived careers that exist. The piano, the violin, the guitar and the voice have become fundamental elements to which I dedicate hours and hours. From a very young age, my main vision was music, and I am very proud of the steps I have taken so far.

When I finished selective, I decided to study Primary Education to be able to choose the branch of music in the third year. Unfortunately, it has not been possible due to lack of vacancies, but in the not too distant future, when I finish my degree I will spend half a year in Pontevedra to be able to carry it out.

Music fulfills various functions, it helps us dream, keeps us company, relieves our worries, brightens our spirits, allows us to feel part of a social group and frees us.

    

A hobby that can turn into a job

Throughout my life I have played many sports, such as football, swimming, kickboxing, athletics, canoeing and acrobatic gymnastics among others.

At the age of 14 I started my career in the world of refereeing. At the beginning I took it as a hobby, a way of not getting bored at weekends, but the truth is that I liked it more and more.

Refereeing has not only helped me to do sport and not get bored at weekends. I've made friends, I've gone out partying, I've travelled all over Galicia and it has made me improve as person. Best of all, I get paid for it.

In order to be promoted, not only do you have to take exams and physical tests, but also the way you referee is taken into account.

And the hardest thing of all is that you compete against people who also want to be promoted.

At the moment I referee in the Preferente Galicia category and who knows if I'll be in the Tercera División category next year, it will all depend on my desire and effort.

 

The ease of being happy

What is happiness? how do you get to it?  Of course, these are questions that many people ask themselves almost every day. Is it really so complex to understand this emotion?

In my humble opinion, I think that all people are different. Yet, we should all have several things in common. One of these things should clearly be to appreciate the little things. That is, to know what is really important.

From a personal point of view, for me happiness is everything that fills you up inside. It is that which brings a smile to your face when you least expect it. Or as simple as being at ease with yourself. It is values, friendships, moments, facts, looks or smiles. Simple things like these are what make me happy.

However, there is one thing that has made me who I am at present. Sport. Sport has given me everything I know and am, which is why I would like to talk a little bit about it and my experience.

Triathlon is a multi-sport that includes swimming, cycling and running.It is such a dynamic sport that there isn't reason for boring. So much that I have been doing it for 15 years now. So much that I want to dedicate my life to it. I want to have the possibility as a personal trainer to transmit the happiness that this magnificent sport can bring you.  From friendships, new places, or values such as sacrifice, solidarity, companionship, equality, perseverance or responsibility.

A little more than 2 years ago I got to know another sport. Unlike triathlon, this one is collective and not so popular. But that doesn't mean it can't bring you even more. I am talking about canicross, a sport in which you team up with your most faithful companion. It consists of completing a foot race with your dog pulling you in the shortest possible time. On the other hand, I think it is so special because the bond that is created with this animal is totally indescribable. It is a source of motivation to stand at the start line and see your dog barking, jumping and bursting with energy as you share the effort that you both want to agonise over. Clearly, and I say this loud, I am going to try my best to popularise this sport. I would like people to be able to feel this sensation.

So, without further ado, here are a couple of pictures to show you what I'm talking about. I don't exaggerate. 

A little video doing bikejoring

 

This my friends, is the purity of happiness. It is the simplest things that sometimes become the most complex. Happiness does not depend on anything or anyone, but on the way you look at things.

Thank you very much for reading this article and, as you know, let's be happy! it doesn't cost that much!😁

 

Antoni.

My trip to Italy

Hello, everyone!! In this post, I will be talking about the amazing trip I made to Italy some years ago.

I went there with my school classmates five years ago. We decided, as it was out last trip together, that we would make the best of it so we thought about going on a cruise for six days and visit Italy. There we visited Rome, Pompeii, Naples and finally the island of Sardinia. I can assure you it was the best trip of my life.

As we had to get the ship, we went to Valencia by bus first. It was really tiring due to its eleven hours of journey. We arrived there at lunchtime, so after we had eaten, we went to visit the most important places in Valencia such as the Oceanographic and the ‘Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias’. We only stayed in Valencia for the afternoon, so unfortunately we couldn’t see much of it. At six o’clock it was time to take our ship and we were all really nervous and that only got worse when we saw that giant ship in front of us. It was amazing! The cruise had everything you can imagine: it had pools, jacuzzi, a disco, a really good buffet, a gym, and some areas where you could go to relax. It was really nice. And so were the rooms we had. They were a bit little but comfortable enough for us to sleep.

Our first day in Italy, we saw Rome and the most important places, like the Fontana di Trevi or the Coliseum, I really enjoyed being there! But the place I liked the most was Pompeii, which we visited on the second day. As I am a fan of archeology, that place was like a dream for me and I was thrilled when the tourist guides were telling us everything about the city, and how it was destructed by the volcano. They even showed us some photos of the bodies. As you can imagine, that was somehow creepy, but I still enjoyed my visit.

The third and fourth day we visited Naples and the island of Sardinia and I also liked the cities a lot but it was really hot so we couldn’t enjoy it as much as we wanted to! It was a pity, but it still was fun to visit them.

The fifth consisted in travelling back to Valencia and one thing I can remember perfectly is how the cruise moved when we were near the Baleares Islands! It was a bit scary and a lot of people got sick. Nothing happened but it still was something to remember. We got to Valencia at six o’clock in the morning. There was a bus waiting for us and we drove back to Ourense.

It was a really nice trip, but take my advice: If you go to Rome, be careful with the cars! They won’t stop even if you are crossing the street!

Hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know in the comments