WHAT I LIKE SINCE I WAS A CHILD

08/01/2014 12:04

 

MUSIC

 

Music is so important to me! I can't even explain what it means to me...it is like a parallel reality which can make me feel safer, better and which can make me dream.

When I was a child, I liked many boy-bands as Backstreet Boys, 'N Synk, Blue, Five, Spice Girls and the italian band 883.
Growing up a bit, I was into Bon Jovi and the Ark and I was obsessed with Lenny Kravitz, who I still like a lot. At the age of 16-17, I had a hip-hop/rap period and then I started to like dance, 90's and electronic music.
I started to go to discos very often. I still go there sometimes, but not so often as I did years ago.
I have always liked to go there to spend time with my friends, meet new people, party, dance... But most of all, I like to go to clubs, gigs and big festivals to listen to music! Electronic, deep, house and techno music can really cheer me up in a unique way.  I also like other kinds of music, as rock, pop or slower music which I can listen to when I want to relax, but I am a quite "musicpathic" person, so some songs could also get me a bit sad.                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 About three years and a half ago, I was at a small festival near my town and I met a blond mysterious english dj and producer for the first time. I had no idea of who he was, but I literally felt in love of his music!! 
 Then, I found out that he is a very  internationally famous dj. 
 Later, I could go to some of his gigs in  northern Italy and I really couldn't stop. His  music is deep and emotional, but also cheerful  and trippy at the same time. 
 He seemed to me a very singular person, so  passionate and natural. His quite shy but warm  smile stroke me. 
 I also went to two big festivals in Belgium and in  Austria to listen to him  and  2/3 times to London and I could go to many of his gigs in Ibiza last  summer.
 I recently had the opportunity to know him a  little and his music probably well reflects the  way he is: an easy going, modest and sensitive  person.
I think You have to be very receptive to make good music.
Everyone says my eyes shine when I see him playing or when I talk about him.
 
 

TRAVELLING

 
 
 
 
Travelling is something so intense. 
I enjoy short trips and vacations as well as longer journeys abraod, but of course the latter ones can enrich you more.
 
While travelling, it is possible discover natural and architectural beauties, new and different habits, traditions and cultures. You become aware of the fact that the world is very varied; you bacome able to compare all the different aspects and characteristics and you become more open-minded and maybe even less shy.
I think travelling a lot helps to ignore prejudices and to appreciate important values.
 
Personally, I keep in my heart many positive experiences:
  • My first experience abroad: my three weeks study holiday in California when I was 16. I was hosted by an energic and special American family and I still have that place in my mind as a happy postcard. The following year, I came back there hosted by the same family and they also enrolled me in a lifeguard beach course which was amazing and so much fun!
  • When I was 18/19 years old I went to Malta for one month and half for another study holiday (Yes, in that period my parents fortunately wanted me to well learn English!). I was hosted by a local family. At the beginning I was a little bit hesitant, but I met many foreign people and the experience was great.
  • During the second year of University, I went to southern Finland as Erasmus student for 5 months. Thanks to this study programme, I met some real foreign friends who I am still missing a lot. I had the opportunity to see a very different reality, simpler and less based on appearence.
  • I have such a nice memory of my summer trip to Sardinia, Italy with 15 good friends of mine. Some of them still are my best friends. It was an organized trip for students from all over Italy. I can say this was the most crazy and fun holiday ever, together with my trip to Ibiza with two good friends the following year. 
  • Last year, I went to London two or three times to visit the city and to go to my favourite dj's gigs. I went there on my own and I met some fun and nice people.
  • Last summer I spent four months and a half in Ibiza. I decided to leave and to go adventuring some days before. I went there on my own and without many approvals. At the beginning it was not easy, since I had to find a job and a flat and I didn't know anyone. Ibiza is quite a "jungle" and there are also many people who can't wait to cheat on you. Anyway, after some time, it turned to be a so good decision! I found my self in the heart of my beloved electronic music, I could work for some of the best clubs and labels, while enjoying the sun, the sea and some nice new friends. I could go to many gigs with so many good and famous djs and artists and also my favourite dj often came to light up the crazy island. Thanks to this journey, I better understood that there are so many mean poeple around us who disguise themselves as respectable persons. On the contrary, there are many others who are sometimes discriminated, but who are actually very reliable and good people.

I still would like to visit so many places in the world! 

But a place I would really love to visit is New York! I could already imagine myself walking down the streets of this magical place with huge buildings and a movie atmosphere. Skyscrapers, buildings, malls, iceskating, american sweets, american accent, people with eccentric looks...

 

ENGLISH

 
English has always fascinated me more than any other language I have studied.
I think it has cool sounds and expressions and it gives me the idea of a modern language which is in line with the times.
English is the most spoken language in the world and it is the powerful means which enables to talk with any foreign person anywhere. 
 
 

SWIMMING

 
 
 
I have been swimming for almost all my life. I started at the age of 3 and I practised many years of competitive swimming. 
My favourite stroke was breast-stroke, then at about the age of 17 I started practising rescue swimming with phins, dummies, hedges etc.
 
Swimming, as all the sports, can teach you perseverance and determination and it is good for health and socialization.
 
At the moment, I can't still swim because of my recent hand surgery, but I am in a master rescue team. This is a video which well shows our discipline.
 
 
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