Meet Marina
Hello everybody!
I am very happy to join the webheads eclass.
My name is Marina. I am 34 years old. I live with my family in Rome,
Italy and I work as a teacher in a Primary School. Besides other subjects I can
teach English and French. I like studying foreign languages, especially English
and I like travelling very much. At this time I'm very busy at home as I have a
little child of 18 months. He's running all the time and he doesn't want me to
stay in front of a computer, to read a book or to write, so I can do all these
things only when he's sleeping.
It's very important for me to participate in an English course online.
First of all I can practice the language. Then I can meet people for a friendly
conversation, and finally I can improve my computer skills.
I've already met Vance, Michael, MAD and some of the students during
the pleasant chat sessions on Sundays and I hope to meet other webheads in the
future.
CIAO
Marina, August 31, 2000
Antonio wrote, 31 August, 2000:
Welcome Marina!
My name is Antonio and I am from Mexico City. I am 16 years old and if
we meet online you can talk with me!
And Mari wrote, 1 September, 2000:
Hello, Marina
My name is Mari. It is similar to your name. Welcome to this website.
I'm glad to talk with you. Last Saturday my computer was broken at home! It is
very inconvenient. Now I'm writing this mail at my office and today I have to
change the HDD my computer. If not, I can not enjoy writing email this weekend.
Marina, let's talk about many things through this ML !
Faithfully Yours,
Mari
Marina writes back, 01 Sep 2000
Dear friends,
I would like to thank you for your emails.
To Vance: I saw my web page on the webheads site, I will try to add
more information and maybe a photo ( I have to choose a nice one).You have done
a very quick job!!
To Mari: You are right, our names sound very similar. Is your name a
common one in Japan? My name was very popular in the sixties in Italy.
To Antonio: hasta la vista !
Ciao
Marina
From Marina, November 8, 2000
Dear friends,
I'm very happy to be a webhead not only because I'm improving my
English, but also because I've met such nice and dedicated people on the
Internet.
I have to confess that in the last years I have found it increasingly
difficult to communicate with people, especially at work. I have been working
in Italian public schools for three years and I'm starting to get tired of the
continuing opposition to new and innovative projects. After the last Sunday chat I was happy to start an
email project between my two classes and two other classes abroad, but as soon
as I tried to explain the project to my colleagues, they started to act against
my intention using deceitful ways so that now for my tranquillity I've been
forced to stop this project, and I think I'll stop this work too because I'm so
angry with the school system.
A special thank you to Vance and Maggi who several times have tried to
cheer me about life's problems.
I hope to meet you online soon,
Ciao
Marina
Vance Responds
Hi Marina,
Thanks for your kind message. I'm glad we're encouraging your use of
Internet with your classes, though I can't believe you would find opposition to
such practices at work. At most places, Internet is encouraged, and there are a
lot of email projects these days, as you can see from the urls I provided you.
Maybe your colleagues could be persuaded if you were able to model
beneficial outcomes for them, but it seems you have decided that this is not
the time for that. I hope you are able to resume your projects soon.
From Marina, November 11, 2000
I sent my last message three days ago and, after that, there's been a
little improvement at work. I am lucky because the Principal of the school
understands the importance of my project. Unfortunately, my colleagues (who are
people of the old generation linked to old methods and with a strong will-power
because they've been working in that school for twenty years) don't want me to
start the project. I explained to them the good outcomes for the school and for
them but they are too envious of me . So, in accordance with the Principal, I
decided to stay away from the school for five months. In this way she'll have
the time to find more suitable colleagues for me and I'll be able to go on with
my project. As I am very nervous, I decided with my husband to go abroad on
holiday . We'll go to Paris. I like this city very much because I worked there
for one year in the past. I don't think I'll be able to see you this Sunday and
next Sunday, but I'll try to stay in touch from Paris.
Thanks for all.
Ciao
Marina
Marina sent us this recipe from her New Years
dinner, 2001 ...
I hope you enjoyed your New Years Eve, wherever you were.
For me it has been a family dinner with my parents, my brother, my
sister, my aunt, my husband, and our son. I cooked for them with my mother's
help.
Now I send you the recipe of the dish I told you during our last chat.
I've traslated it from italian so, excuse me if you find any mistakes.
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Sformato alle zucchine e asparagi
Courgettes and asparagus
flan
(serves 8)
INGREDIENTS
2 large courgettes (about 250gr.) (courgettes are also called
zuccini, a kind of green squash - Vance)
250gr.asparagus
4 eggs
4dl. milk
3 shallots (little French onions)
radicchio or chicory
butter
olive oil
salt
pepper
DIRECTIONS
- Cut one courgette into long and thin slices.
- Put them together with the asparagus in boiling salted water for one
minute.
- Skin and slice the shallots, chop the other courgette, cut the
asparagus in two parts, chop the bottoms and put aside the tops (about
6cm.)
- Place the shallots, the chopped vegetables, olive oil, salt, pepper
in a saucepan.Cook for 7-8 minutes.
- You can cook the flan in two different ways: 1) Put it in a mould and
cook it in bain-marie in the oven for about 50 minutes at 180°C. 2) Put it
in a closed basket for the steam cooking, then put the basket in the pressure
cooker with about 200ml of water; wait for the whistle and cook over a moderate
heat for 20 minutes. I choose the second one because it's faster and
easier.
- Grease the basket with butter, put the courgette thin slices all
around the border to completely cover the inside of the basket alternating with
the asparagus tops, then, after, add the cooked vegetables.
- Beat eggs, milk,salt, pepper in a bowl and pour the mixture in the
basket over the vegetables.
- Close the basket and put it in the pressure cooker.
- After cooking (see n.2 above), leave the flan in the basket at
ambient temperature for at least two hours then turn it upside-down in a dish
gently.
Serve it tepid with a finely chopped chicory salad around.
You can see a picture of Marina and her son at
the Vatican on our Webheads greeting card, here <--
Marina and Vance found each other on ICQ, August 9,
2001:
Vance: (6:28 PM) Hello Marina. I'm
just sitting at home meeting all kinds of people here on ICQ. How have you
been?
marina: (6:33 PM) Hi Vance,
I'm very well.
I couldn't
participate in webheads online chats because there's been a lot of changes in
my life.
But I'm always having a look at the mailing list.
How are
you?
Vance: (6:35 PM) I'm glad you're keeping track of us. I just got back
from seeing my wife and kids in the states, and now I'm working on web pages
here in Abu Dhabi. Going diving tomorrow.
Vance: (6:36 PM) So bring us up to date ... are you still teaching?
marina: (6:39 PM) Yes, I'm still a teacher for the moment.
But from September I hope i'll work in a new school.
I moved from Rome
with my family and now I live near Milan.
What a big change!!
Vance: (6:40 PM) My wife will be in Milan in a few days. She's with
Dusty my 16 year-old and they plan to go from the airport to Firenze and
Pisa
Vance: (6:41 PM) Alitalia has good prices on flights from the UAE so we
occasionally touch down in Milan. Do you like Milan, compared to Rome?
marina: (6:42 PM) It has a different style of living, maybe there's
less confusion.
But Rome is more beautiful.
Vance: (6:45 PM) I agree. Milan is much more European. But you're closer
to the mountains. I was just in Scuol, Switzerland, and was walking within
kilometers of the Italian border.
marina: (6:48 PM) That's true!!
I've been in Switzerland
recently.I'm living less then one hour by car from the Swiss border. I've been
to St.Moritz.
It's a pity we can't talk anymore on the internet. It was
very fun!
Do you think we'll be able to do it again?
Vance: (6:50 PM) St. Moritz is in the same area as Scuol, where I was.
We were talking last week using Yahoo Messenger's voice chat. Do you have Yahoo
Messenger?
marina: (6:58 PM) No, I haven't.
But I can manage to download
it.
So you were near St Moritz? Maybe we could have met there!
Vance: (6:59 PM) It is indeed a small world. We have friends in Scuol.
My 23-year old son and I made some walks in the area. We'll probably be back.
We use Malpensa a lot.
marina: (7:04 PM) I was cut off by the provider!
Vance: (7:04 PM) Yeah, I saw you disappear and come back
marina: (7:12 PM) Anyway, Vance I'll try to join the sunday chat ,
but I'm not sure I'll be able to be there like before. Unfortunately now I have
less time to dedicate to web chats, I'm very busy with my child, more then
before.Now he's more fast and he's always running and breaking things!
Vance: (7:14 PM) How old is he?
Vance: (7:14 PM) Must be about 18 months or 2 years?
marina: (7:15 PM) Now He's 29 months and he's talking all the
time.
Vance: (7:17 PM) mine are well past that stage but I remember the time.
Where is he now? Asleep?
marina: (7:21 PM) No, He's playing with his father.
Usually I
can do something for myself in the afternoon when he's sleeping.
On Sundays
we usually go away for little trips in the region. We feel like tourists for
now.
Vance: (7:22 PM) Write and tell us about one of your trips. Did you see
Antonio's message?
marina: (7:24 PM) Yes I did.
I'll try to send you something.
Now I have to leave you, Vance.
Have a good day tomorrow!!
Vance: (7:26 PM) ok, you too. Enjoy life and the wines and mountains ...
marina: (7:26 PM) Sure....Bye :-)
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