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I can not remember too much from my young childhood, but some of my favorites memories that I could remember are, when my dad taught me how to ride a bike, and the days my mom would pick me up from school, during the school time I used to get up at 6:40 because I lived near, but now I must get up at 5:00 am. I would come very fast to get home from school, in order to help my mother with some chores, so I knew the whole evening was for me to play soccer with some friends. And I can remember one vacation with my family, it was the first time that I got to the beach, it´s unforgettable I just was admiring the ocean, while my brothers and sisters got into the water All of these memories leave me with happy, warm feelings about my childhood. I also remember playing with my brothers and some other minor incidents with them due I was the youngest

Simple Present Vs Present Continuos

My name is Jonssin Soto, I´m from China but, I live in Costa Rica. I´m studying Spanish because I need to understand what people are talking about, and of course how may I asked something. At this time I´m taking six courses, those are really complicated, mostly the grammar rules, sometimes I feel bad because many classmates are trying to get a conversation, so I do not understand very clear. It´s really hard for me getting a new language, but I love it. I really miss my family, it´s so difficult to visit them regularly, because I go to the University from Monday to Saturday, and Sundays I´m taking piano lessons four hours, them a friend of mine, Usatto Ukillama gets with me to do some exercises, as a result of that, I have no time available