Welcome to my ENGLISH WORLD!
Dear ENGLISH lovers all over the WORLD,
Let me introduce myself. My name is Miquette, which I recently figured is actually French for Mickey, as in Mickey Mouse. Although I am not the actual mouse, my name has always been a big issue in my life – you will discover why as you get to know me more. People have been calling me names for…ever. The nicest people I’ve met always chose Mickey as a nickname for me. But others…well….some would actually argue they were trying to be nice but….ended up calling me “cheese”, the Spanish version of course. By the way, didn’t I tell you I am a Spanish speaker? I was born and raised, and taught English in a lovely city, a big city, in South America. So how did my parents pick out this French version of Mickey as my name? I promise we will soon get there. But now let’s move on.
What do I do? I am a really experienced English Teacher. More than….well, almost 30 years of experience is a lot of experience, right? And now you are thinking…If she has this much experience she must be quite old…. People usually ask me, especially young learners, how old are you Miss? To what I just answer: “VERY”
I am also very interested in art in the form of drama, especially theatrical performance. I have been an actress, and tried as a director, and a playwright as well. Well, I guess I still am all of those; art lies within us. It is not something that can fade away. The artistic me may have been taking a nap for a while but I will never stop being an artist. And that is what keeps me alive!
So here are some fun facts about myself:
- My name is VERY unusual.
- How old am I? ¨- VERY old. = experienced 😉
- How much I like English? – VERY much.
- How long have I been planning to start this blog? – for a VERY long time
- Why did I decide to do it? – a VERY complicated answer.
And here comes my first ‘blog’ reflection. So as to answer question #5:
I have been trying to figure out a way to survive without being able to perform at a theater. – As some of you may know, it is not easy to make a living as an actor, but without art some may become insanely desperate. I used to ask ask myself, “How can I handle the nonsense of not having enough time to write plays or direct them because I don’t have the money and so I have to work?” That is what I did at the very beginning, I took a job as an English teacher. But time showed me that my job was not really meant to be that forever. It was just a means to become myself. The key to happiness. This other world in which instead of the need to hide my emotions I feel I can use to BE ME. The answer was always there, I was just an evil coward trying to hide it from my own mirror. Until I finally found myself the guts to reveal the real me. And how did I do it? – VERY EASILY.
I TEACH. I SHARE. I SHOW MYSELF; I AM WHO I AM. I LOVE WHAT I DO. AND EVEN WITHOUT HAVING TO PLAY A SO CALLED ROLE. JOY COMES WITHIN THE SIMPLICITY WHICH IMPLIES BEING MY OWN SELF IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE I MAY NEVER GET TO SEE BUT WHO I WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO INSPIRE.
Welcome to my world =)