Translation of alfiler

Your surroundings will ask a lot of questions and will try to find out more about your financial situation. They are all cowards and I would not listen to them. Listen to people that you really trust.
Did you hear about the earthquake this morning in Greece. This is really terrible, I think that quite a few viligars lost their lifes and many more lost their homes. I am really sad for all of them.
I visited the Hurricane watch center's website on a hourly basis hoping it would just go away, bt hurricane Ivan was on a direct path to Havana. It did not stop my vacation plans and I left the office.