My space

Do you like to be alone?
If I had to answer this question, I would say that it depends on many factors.
When I travel or do something fun, I love being among people, specially friends. If I need to go to somewhere, as an appointment, or to pay a bill, or go shopping, for example, I prefer to be in company. However, sometimes we just need some space, some privacy, and a couple of hours to recover ourselves from our busy life, and think about everything, or even do not think about anything. I like to stay home by myself, so I am free to do whatever I want without worrying about what to wear, what to say, or what to do. When I do it, I like to listen to my favorit songs, wear some very comfortable clothes, eat the things that I love to eat, like chocolate, and spend time doing nothing... It is so good!

Home Sweet Home

When I was teenager, I used to think that it was really boring to live in my home town, specially because it is such a small and quiet town. In contrast, now I miss that place so much!
I miss that "nothing-to-do" kind of place, with my friends living all around me, with all my family, my house, my comfortable room, my dog, my mom's food!
I live well here: I have a nice room, I work for a good family, I can eat anything I want, but I miss to be in a place that I can tell that is mine, where I really feel at home.
It is amazing to have the opportunity to travel abroad, to meet people and new places, to learn a new culture and a new language, but as Dorothy from the Wizar of Oz says, "there is no place like home."

Hawai'i

One of the most beautiful places I have ever been is Hawaii. The views and landscapes are simply amazing!!!
The water is so blue, so blue... it is transparent, and I could even see the dolphins and whale from a boat. When I went snorkling, I could see and swim by the sea turtles and many kinds of colorful fish, and that was a unique moment. I will always keep it in my mind.
The big island, Honolulu, is pretty cool, and you can find various activities to do there, during the day or at night. I went walking to Diamod Head, and when I finished the tiring climb, the prize was the beautiful view from the top of the mountain. At night, I walked around the blocks downtown, I saw the shops and restaurants, and I went to a Luau.
The "hula-hula" dance is very nice to be watched; they do a smooth movement, and each one of them has a different meaning, such as "sea", "waves," "sun," "fish," "sky," and etc.
I loved my trip to Hawaii, and I hope I can go back there some day!

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I never knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I already thought about being a gymnast, an astronomer, an actress, a teacher, a business woman, and many other professions...
Now that I am a "grown up," I am still not sure about what I am going to be, that is, which field I am going to follow. I know that I like things within humanities, I love dealing with people, and I love English. So what can I do or be? Well, I'll keep studying and I'm directing myself to be an English teacher. Let's see if it works!
I admire those people who know what they want to be since they were a child. It is fascinating when you have a big dream to become something in the future, and I also used to have one (it has to do with theater). Nowadays I don't know if this dream is still alive, or if it has the same intensity, but the possibility of coming true is really small, but not impossible. I wanna wait and watch what future holds for me.

thought_full

Do you know those days in which you stop and think about life? yeah... today is one of them for me. I asked my self: Why am I here? What have I been born for? What is my gift? However, it doesn't matter the answer of those questions, I just would like to be and to do something else for the world, and not to be only "one more", if you know what I mean...
Maybe the best way to deal with these situations is to let God to lead ourselves and see whas He's got for us... I believe He knows what is the best for us, better than my own self.

Well, I'm just thoughtful today, as I said before...
enjoy your week, your good times, and your life! ;)

Colors

If you could choose to be a color, which color would you be?
Colors say a lot about our mood, our state of mind, and our personality too. You can guess something about a person by just looking at the colors that he or she is wearing.
I think I do not have a specific favorite color because I always change my favorite one depending on my mood. For example, if I am very happy I prefer to wear colorful clothes, but if I am without any inspiration, I just wear black; it is easier. If I am looking for decoration for my room, I prefer light colors, like pink and light blue because they transmit calm.
When you go to an interview for a job, they usually observe the colors you are wearing and judge your behavior. Light colors transmit lack of self-confidence, and dark colors transmit the opposite.
There are some colors that together get our attention better than others, like the combination yellow-blue-red gets kids' attention. Advertisers use this technique to make products' packages and commercials, and they study each kind of public they intend to reach to know which color is the best to catch their eyes.
So, colors are more than different tones that we see, but they are signs that transmit information about a person or thing. If I had to choose to be one color, I don't know which I'd be, but maybe I would choose to be a rainbow!

Crickets

In Brazil, when have a problem or paranoia about a certain thing, we usually say the idiom "estou com grilo," that is, translated into English it would be "I am with cricket". Yes, that's it: "Cricket," the bug. I don't know how or when they created this idiom, but it makes sense. "Grilos," how it's called in Portuguese, the small green animal, makes a kind of nonstop noise "cri cri cri" just like the problem in our head. When you have a real trouble in you mind, you can't stop thinking about it. Trying to get rid of that thought and making an effort to forget it, in most of the times, seems to make you think even more. It's so weird! So what can we do? If there was a way to organize thoughts as to put things in order like we do, for exemple, with papers, clothes, boxes, and etc, it would be much easier. However, it ins't possible.
What do I do now? I just don't think about. Ok, one more cricket for me to think about. If I find a solution, I will let you know.

Sweet World

It's so good to be a child. Every thing is so new, magic and fun! It's funny how kids see the world; they become happy with such simple details, as watching an ant moving in the garden or catching shells at the beach. They are fulfilled of wonder and they do not keep any hurt or sorrow from those who fight with them. I wish I could be like a child during my whole life, so if I had any problem I could become sad for a moment, but then, after about five minutes or one day, I would be laughing about another thing. I would easily forgive anyone that hurts me, and I would be much more creative. Kids are wiser than adults sometimes, and our role is to learn from them.

Goes around, comes around

Once upon a time, a guy called Newton discovered one very important thing by watching an apple falling down from a tree. Through this simple fact, he created the gravitational theory, which is about the attraction between two objects. As a result, he found out that every thing that goes up, comes down.
Newton's law of gravitation says that every action has a reaction. Therefore, as the same way, every choice you make in your life will have a consequence. Some people believe we pay for any action we do in this life; others think that we still have another life to pay for that, or to have a second chance. Religions dictate different ideas about it, but I particularly believe that all the things happen in only one life.
By talking about "goes around, comes around" I mean that we reap every thing we sow, and I am not talking about revenge, but about consequences. So if we "plant" good things, we will probably "harvest" good things. That's why all the efforts we do in life are worthy: sooner or later, the reward will come, even if it happens in a long run. Very often people do not honor good actions, so we need to do them without expecting prize in return. Then, when the good result comes, we'll be taken by surprise, and this will remind us that it was really worthy to sow those good actions.

Friends' Day

Today we celelbrate Friends' Day. There is nothing astounding or abnormal happening, but it's just a good day to remember and think about our dear friends. I have many friends in Brazil, so when I arrived in the US, I felt like lost because I didn't know anybody. Now I can say that I have some here, and they contribute a big deal to my life. It is really important to have friends: they are our budies, our company, and we can share secrets, feelings and moments; we can spend time together and have fun, even if we are doing nothing.
They say that we cannot choose our family and relatives, but friends are the family that we can choose. I love meeting people and making new friends, they can add a lot of good things to our lives and I can learn with them. I am grateful to God because He has given me friends.
Happy friends' day!

Murphy's Law

Have you heard about Murphy's Law? Actually, it is not a real law, but it is a kind of myth, wich consists of the idea that "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". Do you know when you butter your bread and then, when you are about to give a bite, it falls on the ground with the butter facing down - and never up, just to make a bigger mess...
Or, when you are late for an appointment and then, you get stuck in the traffic, or all the traffic lights turn red, just to make you even later. Another one: when you really really need your cell phone to talk to someone, or to check something, the battery is low, and it turns off - why? Just to put you in trouble.
In my case, I was in a hurry these last weeks with many things, and I got late with my homework and my blog, and then, every time I tried to post here, the page got all white, and the internet program was closed. So I was not able to post my texts, and now I am even worse than before.
This is how the Murphy's Law works and follows our lives!
It always happens to me, and I bet that it happens to you too. If it doesn't, it will; just wait and see...

A New Song

I usually like to sing and to listen to old songs because I already know their melody and letter, so I feel comfortable doing it. However, when I listen to a new song, I don't like it very much at the beginning, but as I start to listen to it again, I get used to that and learn how to sing it, and then I enjoy it.
The same is with our lives when something new is about to happen. It is natural from human being to feel better on the safe side, that is, in a comfort zone. A new job, a new course or school, a new house in a new town can be scary at the very first impression, but once you get familiar with that, it can become exciting.
Changes are an essential part of life; they renew us and our expactations, and they bring us a feeling of challenge. We just need to be flexible and try to deal with them the best as possible in order to learn things from them. By doing so, we can leave the old bad things behind, and replace them with the new good ones.

The "getting-older" day

I never liked my birthdays. I mean, I always liked the parties, but not the fact of getting older. When we are kids, we use to think about age as a thing that gives us power: "when I become 18, I will be so big, and cool, and I'll go out with my friends, and I'll be adult..." and so on... But when we become adults, we usually wish we could be a child again.
Actually, as a child, I never had the feeling of hurrying to grow up. I also remeber that on my 15th birthday I cryed because everybody was telling me that from that date, the years were likely to pass too fast, and I didn't want to lose my childhood. It was so good, and I can say that I did have a great playful childhood!
Now, I still don't like my birthdays very much, but I can't help them and just run away from them, that is, they are inevitably part of life. So all I can do is to keep the sweet memories from the past, enjoy and celebrate my day, and receive the good wishes from people around me as my best gift.

Living or surviving?

Wow! I am so impressed about how time is going by so fast!
Today is monday, and then we blink and it's already Sunday! Does it happen with you too?
We have so many things to do, so many works to achieve that we don't even feel the time passing. Every thing has to be done in a hurry; however, when we hurry to much, we are not able to reach the perfection.
Are we living or surviving?
We deserve to live with quality, but for that we need to spend time, money, attention, and make some efforts to really enjoy our life. This can be applied in any field of our lives, I am talking in a general sense.
I wish I could stop the earth sometimes, "freeze" that special time, and just relax and enjoy the moment without thinking about anything else.

Writing

Do you enjoy writing? In my case, I can tell that I do. But it's not that simple.
I mean, I started writing when I was 4 or 5, when my sister taught me how to do it spelling my name. Then, I went to school, and always had to write dictations and essays about summer vacations. By the way, I think everybody had to do it as kid.
When I went to high school, I found some issues with writing, because my essays used to be too long, and I didn't know how to finish them. It was funny how I used to write so many endless stories... But despite of my issue, my language use was very good; I always liked Portuguese classes, including grammar. I started learning English when I was around 12, and fell in love with the new language.
Continuing, when I get into college, my writing was much better, but sometimes I felt like I was using a lot of words to express a simple idea. At least my language use and my vocabulary were not so bad!
Now, I find myself in a new situation: trying to improve my writing not only in my own language, but in English as well. I enjoy writing; however, it is something that requires inspiration, and this doesn't come so easily. I appreciate people who find some time to write among the various tasks in their routine, get this inspiration, and spend some of this rare moment expressing themselves with letters and words. I still find some difficulty in organizing my ideas on a paper, but I hope that with practice the improvement will come.