Acknowledgements

Hi folks!! One more semester has gone and now I want to thank the ones who helped me when I needed, who said comfortable words when I was down, who made me laugh after a difficult test, who realized my sadness and tried to help me somehow. This is for almost all of you guys…

I know it’s difficult to see each other every day and do not get stressed but most of you could do it very well.

I think we all improved this semester and I’m very proud of us. We became more responsible and we are already veteranos!! Hehe

So, congratulations for us because I think even having difficulties we did make the most of our semester.

And, if some weeks ago I criticized Rafael, now I’m saying: Congratulations for you too! For me you are a very good teacher and I feel quite of sad knowing that you are not going to be our teacher again next semester. But I feel just quite of sad because we are going to have Janie as our teacher so we will lose a good teacher to get another good professional.

And just finishing to talk about Rafael, I have already said it for him but I`ll say it here now: the last listening was very good. Having said that, I`m not saying that it was easy, good and easy are different things! I think it was good because it was clear, it wasn’t a complex topic and now for sure, if I fail in this test it`s because my listening skills is not good enough yet, and not because the listening test was a bad choice, it wasn’t the case!

Ah, and Rafael: in my view, for these tests, the time was very well set up =)

Well, talking like this seems that I’m not going to see you in 1 or 2 weeks (hehehe) but anyway, thank you again!

Aline made a “special” comment about me in her last post and I appreciated it a lot. So, Aline, I’ll just say one thing: special people deserves special treatments! ;)

I have been learning a lot with you and I feel really happy for it, I just hope that I could be as good for you as you were for me!

In the last 2 weeks I have been too stressed because I started doing a hard professional work and when I wasn’t at University or studying at home I was working. So I would like to say that I’m so sorry if I wasn’t much talkative or kind of laughing all the time. When you sleep 2 hours at night during 1 whole week you can’t pretend that you’re ok. I know that it’s not your problem and for this reason I’m very glad for the ones who understood me and helped me in this stressed period.

So, it’s a kind of “good-bye” but I still don’t know if I past in all the subjects, so, forget it!!

Hehehe.. I’m kidding!

Kisses for you! Enjoy your vacations!!! And please, do not delete your blogs :)

Have you already stopped doing something you really liked?

Have you already stopped doing something you really liked?

A few weeks ago I was involved in a situation in which I had to stop doing something I really liked.

Everything started when we, my friends and I, decided to meet ourselves and to make a barbecue. At the beginning the meetings were just dinners, but along the meetings we had the idea of bringing some instruments to play and, consequently, to cheer up the people. We drank while we ate and played at the same time. It was a mess and we were awful.
The first meetings there were only few people. However a lot of guys discovered the “meeting party” and they were responsible for spreading the news. So the meeting was becoming a party, because there were people who we really didn’t know. That people started to invite us to play in others meetings, in graduation parties…

At this time we decided to improve our knowledge about playing instruments, including percussion, guitar, and something else. Some of us already knew how to play, but other guys didn’t. Because of this we began to help ourselves to play better. We learned while we played, and the best way to learn to play is playing. It was a gradual and continue growth.
We became a band! Then we went to play in several places!


The biggest problem was I created so much affection for the band and my friends, because we were together in that. We really liked what we did and we had a lot of fun in that time. The band “grew up” with us. And a few weeks ago I had to stop playing with them. Because I live in Pelotas and they live in Rio Grande. I mean it was so difficult to me to go to Rio Grande and to come back at the same night! It was the main reason. It makes me feel so much sad. The feeling was, as painful as to lose somebody you like a lot! I have never thought I would feel that! It was awful! But I’m becoming accustomed to this! :/

Thank you very much!!!

Today: Grandparents' Day!!

Hii everybody!!
Today is a special day but lots of people don't know: Today is the grandparents' day!!!

Yeah! But, why?

I searched in the internet and I discovered the story of this day:

This day was chosen because it is the day of Santa Ana and São Joaquim who are Maria's parents and grandparents of Jesus Cristo.

The story tells us that Santa Ana and São Joaquim didn't have children and they really wanted to have. So one day, even the couple being old, an angel came and comunicated that Ana was pregnant and then Ana had Maria. Ana died when Maria was 3 years old and for her story she is considered the patron saint of pregnant women.

Now, forgetting this religious view, I think grandparents deserv having a special day!

For this reason, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about my grandparents.

Their names are Sady and Nahyr and they are just like angels! They are 77 and 82 years old, respectivelly.

They are just great, perfects, wonderful, everything you can think about good people!

I start crying just thinking about the day in which they will die.. I won't put up with the sadness. I'm sure I will topple! And it is terrible..

My grandparents are always ready to help everybody.

Most of you know that when I start studying in the University I was living with them, in their house, eating their food, living with their money and, what is incredible in this history, they live with R$ 530,00 by month. And even receiving this small salary, they accepted me to live with them, without any problems!!

The two years I lived there were great. Of course, I had problems, but particular problems, because of my phobia about insects... (I'm not going to talk about bad things, I'll just say one thing about my phobia: Living with them was so great that I "overcame" - just in that time - my phobia to live with them!)

In that time I used to work during the day and study and work at Michigan at night so I was always exhausted. Knowing about my tiredness my grandmother always prepared everything for me: my clothes, my meals, etc. And just to make and observation, she was 80 years old and she still washed the clothes on the sink, so I saved some money and gave her a small washing machine.

Oh my God, I really want to live with them again, I would love it because they're rare, extraordinary!!

Well, I had to leave them because it was getting hard for me to go to University by bicycle and to study without having a computer at home, you know, confort is quite a need when you're studying.

The goodbye was really awful. I got in the car crying and I arrived at my mother's house crying. My grandfather couldn't say anything more than "Bye", his eyes were full of water, he was almost crying. And my grandmother? When I started saying "thank you so much for what you did for me, I love you so much, etc." she just changed the subject, avoiding tears.

Today I called them to congrat them for their day and to say how much I love them. My grandmother asked me to sleep there on Wednesday because she has to go to the doctor on Friday morning and she wants me to go with her. As you know, I am full of things to do, but, of course, I said: "Yeah grandma, it is going to be very good, I'm very busy but I'll always have time for you!" =)
Grandparents are angels without wings! I don't know how I would be without them in my life!

Here you have a picture of them on my last grandma's birthday:

And what about your grandparents guys?

xxx

I'm getting crazy!!

Hi people! How are you?

No.. I'm not asking it just to start a conversation being polite. I really want to hear you! I want to know how you are, how your lives are, because I'm not as well as I would like to be! Yeah, it is true... =/

From some weeks ago until now I've been crazy and depressive!
I think I'm getting like that because I have lots of things to do and I can't. I try, I ave been studying hard but that's not enough yet. I need to be better and do more, I really have to do what I'm supposed to do and I have it very clear in my mind. The problem is that everything I've been doing is focused on study and that's not enough at all. The other problem is that my ID (the part of the mind which is responsible for the human's pleasure) is constantly asking me to have some fun and my Superego (the part of the mind which is responsible for make the human act using the reason) is constantly remembering me that I have a lot of things to do and so I can't spend my short and precious time having fun. This is the reason for why I'm getting depressive.
So, as I said, I'm not just getting depressive, I'm getting crazy too, and I'm not turning things bigger than they are!
As some of you already know on Thursday I saw myself in a bizarre situation:

I talked with a book!

Oh my God, that's so shameful!
I wouldn't tell it to you but I don't care because I think you will not have a bad reaction, instead of that I hope that you can try to help in any way a crazy colleague.
Well, you probably are curious about what I said to the book and what book was that.
I was studying morfology on my desk at about 1 a.m. when suddenly I saw the book "A carne" written by Júlio Ribeiro. This book was on my shelf, so I took the book and I said:
-"Bah! Que massa!! Vou ler esse livro! Eu quero ler esse livro!"
And after I said:
-"Ah! Não posso ler, não tenho tempo!"
So I opened the book, approximated my mouth of its pages and whispered:
-"Eu vou te ler depois, agora eu não tenho tempo, mas depois eu te leio! Tá?"
Then I closed the book, looked at it and saved it on its place.
Now I ask you: Am I already crazy? Or I'm just getting crazy and I'm not crazy yet? I'm worried about it! =(
On Friday morning I saw myself practicing my speaking with my godson, who is a 4 months-old baby!!!
So, what do you think about my situation? Are you like I am? Do you think what I have is serious? Have you already felt like that?

3G INTERNET

The week before the last week I bought a 3G modem, so I can’t to come up with an excuse to don’t to post in our blog!OK?!=P

I’m going to talk about the 3G internet. The 3G is the third generation standards and technologies for mobile telephony. This technology doesn’t works by satellite. Although there are identified satellite frequencies to this, today the 3G’s are Earth frequencies, in other words it occurs between the apparatus and a radio base station on Earth. Today is useful to have a 3G Internet because you can to connect in any place you are, since there is in your city a 3G support.

But, pay attention it isn’t a great acquisition!

About the velocities. The velocities are a majestic lie, even there isn’t a nomenclature, nominal velocity is the name used to define the highest velocity and not the real velocity, which is “a bit” lower. They should to announce the minimal velocity but it not occurs and you buy a product that isn’t what you really want. You realize this when you begin to use the Internet and it takes several minutes to load your pages. It occurred with me, and I needed to return to the establishment and I changed the velocity to another more powerful.

My internet is from Claro and it works better here in Pelotas than Rio Grande because the antennas, but nevertheless when it’s raining or the sky is so much cloudy is so difficult to surf quickly. I mean, if you don’t need to connect in different places, it’s better to buy another kind of internet like cable or ADSL because they are cheaper and work much better!

See you!!!

What do you think about drink and drive?

Hey guys! Today I start with a question:
What do you think about drink and drive?
I can imagine that all of you are against this. Do you have any reason to think like that?
So, I just hate this habbit that a lot of people have and I have a reason for this. Just watch the following video:

This history is just terrible!! Compare the girl's pictures before and after the accident, she obviously isn't the same person, neither inside or outside, she changed completely and why?
Because an inconsequent boy decided to drink and drive! This is CAOS theory acting! A small decision changed a lot of lives!
Jacqueline Saburido was very young, just like her friends that were in the car with her. Then, that boy drank, drove and, of course, hit Jackie's car! Because of the crash Jackie was trapped inside the car while the car was on fire. Her friends died and she and Reggie (the boy who caused the accident) could survive but we can say that Jackie and Reggie died in that accident too because Jackie received 3rd degree burns to 60% of her body and Reggie will never be happy again, he certainly will carry the guilt for the rest of his life!
As you could see in the video, Jackie has undergone over 40 operations and is in constant pain. She will never have her life again too. And what about the families? Can you imagine the suffering of the victims' families?
So, I don't have much to say, this isn't a big post in size, but it is big in depth! And I don't have much to say because I don't need to say more, everything that I can say is obvious! Just like:
People can't be inconsequent and do what they want without thinking if it isn't going to damage other people! If somebody wants to run the risk of die, ok, it is his problem, BUT he has to pay attention and think if it isn't going to kill another person, to generate another victims, to kill an innocent person!!!
I think we all have to remember Jacqueline's case when we are going do to inconsequent things.
I'm very sad for what happened to her, but I thank her because she is saving many lives, at least that's what I hope!
And I ask you to warn people you know not to do what Reggie did.

Yes Man!

Yes Man is a movie which I watched last night! The movie is a romantic comedy directed by Peyton Reed and it was released in 2008 (2009 in Brazil).
This movie tells us the story of Carl Allen (Jim Carrey), a man who was used to say NO to everything. He was always giving excuses to his friends, her girlfriend broke with him, he has been in the same post in his work for 5 years and his life is a terrible rotine!
One day an old friend of Carl meet him and tells him about his new life! Carl's friend learnt to say "Yes" to the life and now he is completely happy! This friend asks Carl to go to a self-help meeting where he will learn to say YES!
Then Carl goes to this meeting and after that his life has an incredible change!
I liked this movie a lot so I suggest you to watch it!
If you want, here you have two trailers (one in Portuguese and the other in English) to watch and have a better idea about the film.
I'm not that kind of people that is used to say NO to the life! I guess I usually enjoy the opportunities. And what about you guys? Do you enjoy the opportunities you have? Do you usually say "yes" or "no" to life? And do you remember any ocasion in which you said "no" and after you regretted?

Share your experiences with us! ;)

Detail: I put a term in italic, does somebody know if that is correct?

Kisses guys! Have a good week!

Trio Maravilhoso Regina

According to the professor Nóris, as you know, Alejandro, Bianca and I are the "Trio Regina"! So, today, I will talk about us! ;)

First of all, I looked for the famous "Trio Regina" and I found out that its real name was "Trio Maravilhoso Regina" and it was on TV in 1956. As Nóris said, it was composed of perfume, talcum powder and toilet soap and its trade name was Regina. I read in a site that it is one of the classic greaters of the past and that Antonio Maria composed its single:

"Eu sou a água de cheiro Regina

Eu sou o talco Regina

Eu sou o sabonete Regina

Nós três, o Trio Maravilhoso Regina

Quer no calor e no frio

Com o tempo bom ou chuvoso

Somos o Trio Regina."

So, since we are "Trio Regina" we didn't forget of classify each one of us according to the products: I'm the perfume, Bianca is the talcum powder and Alejandro is the toilet soap, we had a reason to do this classification, but this is a secret! :D~ hehehe

Well, now talking about us and forgetting about "Trio Regina"...

First semester of 2008 Bianca added me on Orkut before the registration day of UFPEL. On the registration day I was lost in the hall of FAEM when Bianca asked me: "Are you Nairana?" and I said: "Yes!!!" so we stayed together on that day and we combined of going together on the first day of class. On this day we didn't have one class so some colleagues went together to the gas station, the famous gas station., and there we started talking, so that on the second day we sat near to each other. From this day on we started to be more friends and started to be closer to each other. Since first semester of 2008 until now we did a lot of things together and I even was distant of them for a time, but then everything was decided!

Trio Regina goes and comes back because we love each other and we respect the defects of each other.

So, Alezito and Bibi, this is for you to know that my days in the college are better with you, thank you so much for support me and accept me how I am!

Thank you for all laughs you made me give and for the hugs you gave me when I needed, you're great! \o/

Parties, classes, works in my house, chimarrão, CELSUL, gas station, trots and the last one: the caipira party for our novices! Everything we made and we make together was/is very good! Even a poor hotel's bedroom becomes good with you! =D

So, talcum powder and toilet soap, here goes some pictures for you to remember the best moments we had together! Thank you for everything!

Trio Regina at gas station after the trot!
Trio Regina already sat near to each other!
Bibi and I

Alê and Bibi

Our first presentation in class!

Our first party together, the party with our "veteranos"!

The same party!

Bianca and I at Observatório (Alejandro arrived later) commemorating Leandro's birthday and mine too!

Bianca and I doing a literature work in my house (we went doing that until 7:30 in the morning)!

Alejandro and I doing the same literature work in my house (but we did it just until 03:30 in the morning)!

Trio Regina (doing a work)!

Again!

Trio Regina at CELSUL!
Trio Regina at CELSUL!
Trio Regina at CELSUL!
Trio Regina at CELSUL!
Trio Regina at UFPEL's cocktail welcome!
Bianca and I at "Línguas em contato" party!
Alejandro and I at "Línguas em contato" party!
Trio Regina at Festa Junina party (20.06)!
The classical picture! ;)

So, this is Trio Regina!

Just a comment: colleagues, I like you too, but as we all know, each one has more affinity with determined person, and this is our case! ;)

Kisses for you all!

Constructive criticism

Hi you all! Today my post is quite different from the others. Today I decided to make a constructive coment/criticism about Rafael's avaliation.

Professor, don't be upset with me. I would not talk about this if I thought that you would not accept my coment as a good thing.
I think that about the writing test there wasn't big problems even because we already knew your type of tests, altought I think the first question will bring problems, but we talk about that later.
The points are: the listening test, the speaking test and the organization of time!
First, as Rafael knows, I didn't like the listening test because I think that we usually listen to audios clearer and easier than the one that we listened for the test. Of course I know that tests tend to be more difficult than classes, but I think if Rafael is working with us using a certain level of audios to practice our listening, he can't take a leap on the test's days and ask us to understand something strongly different of what we are accustomed. Other problem that I (and other colleagues) had in the speaking test was the street noises, I suggest to Rafael that our next listening test be in LAAC (at University building at Avenue), so we won't have problems at listen to the audio.
About the speaking and the organization of time, I want to say that in my opinion the time was poorly organized. I say this because on Monday Rafael said that should go class Wednesday just the ones who had doubts about the writing test and the ones who combined with him to talk about the speaking test. I went to class with doubts about the writing test and I left the class with the same doubts! I saw that Rafael had no time for that and for this reason I think that the time was poorly organized. Maybe Rafael thought that the time he planned was suficient to what he proposed, but in fact it wasn't. I think isn't fair that some colleagues could spent 1 hour talking with Rafael about the speaking test and Juliana and I could have just 10 minutes with the professor. I think the best Rafael could have done was use the Wednesday to take off our doubts about the writing test and postpone the speaking test to next Wednesday so that he could use the Monday to take off the latest doubts about the speaking test. I know that I'm going to disappoint you Rafael with my speaking test, not for my speaking in itself, but for the understanding of reading (and it's not your fault neither mine, its just because I don't have the knowledge enough to understand that).
Well, that's it! I hope Rafael understands that I'm just pointing some things that I think wasn't so good in his avaliations, and may have impaired our perfomance in the tests.
Now I want to know your opinion guys, so that I can realize if I'm right in what I said or if I am the problem!
Hugs! And don't forget to comment about my mistakes!

My godson!

Hi!! I was in doubt about what I was going to post today and I decided to tell you about my godson!
His name is Rafael but I call him of Rafinha!
He born in april the 19th, 2009 so now he is 2 months old! When he born he was 1,57 ft and his weight was 7,21 lbs!
My boyfriend and I are the godparents because Rafael's mother (Rúbia) has been working in my boyfriend's house for more or less 5 years and she is really kind!
Since I started dating Diogo I used to say to Rúbia that I would like to be her bedpan if she had a child and so, when she had it, she didn't think twice! hehehe
We really get a long well! I like her so much and I know that this is reciprocal =)
Rúbia is 34 years old and she already has a daughter but she is adopted so Rafael is her first biological child! Rúbia isn't married but she and her boyfriend (Adelar) have been together for 8 years, they are almost married!
Rúbia came back to work one month ago and she carries Rafael with her to her service!
She is poor and finished school last year! I admire her a lot because she is a very hard-working woman. She is worthy, polite and very friendly!
I know that she is going to be a great mother! And I hope that Rafael will be a good son!
My godson is very beloved, he is really calm and doesn't disturb anyone!
Because of the university I can't see Rafael as often as I would like to but at least I see him all Saturdays!
I got emotional two Saturdays ago because I woke up in the morning and Rúbia was holding my godson, so I said "Rafinhaa you're already woke up" (with a happy voice) and then Rúbia showed me to Rafael and said "Look Rafael, is your godmother!" and I said "Hiii Rafinha, my dear!! I missed you so much!" so Rafael openned his arms in my direction and gave a huge laugh! Oh my God! I just held him in my arms and started to cry! His laugh was so pure and so moving that I couldn't control myself!
Ahh only talking about him and remembering his smooth face I'm already missing him! =(
Well, that's it!
Please talk about all my mistakes, ok?
Kisses for you all and have a good week!

I with Rafael on his first day of life!

Diogo and I with Rafael on his second day of life!

Rafael holding my thumb!

Rúbia and Adelar with their child!

Rafinha sleeping on my chest (03.22.09)

Rafinha learning to smile (05.02.09)

How fortunate we are!

Hi guys! This week my post is not going to be a completely happy post as the others! But if you stop to think you'll realize that we must be happy for ourselves after seeing this post! Do you usually thank God for your life? You should! We should! Guys, I received an e-mail last week talking just about this and from then on I started to thank God all the days! This photos which I put here were in the e-mail! I'm sure you'll be shocked! And please, don't be angry with me for my sad post, sometimes it's necessary. And I think that this is more important than talk about music!
So...let's consider that you all thank God everydays. For what do you thank? For your life as a general idea, probably. And... what about your food? Ahh probably you thank for it too. But, what about the water? Yes, the water! It's starting to be rare, isn't it? And even knowing this detail, do you thank for the water that you have? I confess that I don't remember of have already thanked for having water! Do you usually waste food? If you do, I think that you should think twice before doing it! If we add the food that we all waste, certainly everybody in the world would have something to eat! Can you imagine how many people die of hunger everyday in the world? Just talking about children the numbers are already terrible! According to FAO's information (in 2002), anually at least 5 million children die of hunger in all the world, which is more or less a death every 5 seconds!!!(here you can see more details)
And talking about general people (not only children), according to ONU, in 2003 841 million people died by hunger, which means that more than two million people dies of hunger every day, more than malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis kill together! (more information here) Could you imagine these numbers? I couldn't! This is really awful!
We have to be glad for live in this part of the world! And I'll not talk about the other things that we should be glad because they become nothing compared to food and water!
Take a look at the pictures and have a reflection moment about them!

"The photo was the 'Pulitzer prize' winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The picture depicts a famine stricken child crawling towards and United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat it. This picture shocked the whole world. No one know what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. Three months later he committed suicide due to depression." (Paragraph took from the e-mail that I talked about)

Now I ask you: won't you give more value for everything you have?

In the e-mail that I received was wrote:
"This is one more reason why we have to thank God for the food that we can have easily...
But in the other hand... ironically, we still waste the food that we buy.
I feel very grateful for what I have today...
We are so blessed for the wonderful works of God's hand in our life today, just think of this...
I feel very fortunate to live in this part of the world.
I promise I will never waste my food no matter how bad it can taste and how full I may be.
I promise not to waste water.
I pray that this little boy be alleviated from his suffering.
I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the suffering in the world around us and not be blinded by our own selfish nature and interests.
I hope these pictures will always serve as a reminder to us about how fortunate we are and that we must never take things for granted.
Think and look at this... when you complain about your food and the food we waste daily..."

Think about it!
Please, leave your comment about the text and the pictures and about my mistakes too!
Thank you! Have a good week!

Music: Everything is possible!

Hii! Today I'm going to present you an incredible video! I hope that you haven't watched yet!!

This video show us that everything is possible.Not just in music but in the life too. Try to watch all the video because it's very good:

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7h8qkMBE_E

Isn't fantastic what they do with simple things in an apartment? They are really very good in what they do. They have rythim, harmony, criativity and talent!
I think that the soul's music is what I mentionned above. If you have this 4 aspects so you will be a musician! You don't need to study but you have to like of what you do and be perseverant!

As I said, watching this video we can realize that everything is possible. They did music with books, bed, toothbrush, toilet, medicine, etc. (Sincerely I didn't like what they did with the books. The sound was great but poor books!) And from this video we can use the same thought for our lives. With little things we can do much! If we want, everything is possible! We just have to be perseverant. Having effort you can go for anywhere you want and get everything you wish!

Music: Susan Boyle

Hii guys! Thank you for the visit!! Well, keeping my "music topics", today I'm going to talk about Susan Boyle! Maybe you've already heard about her on TV and maybe you didn't. Watch to this video and after I'll talk about that:

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZCFFfBrPE

In my opinion she's really incredible!! She is like an angel! Her voice makes us feel wonder! When I looked at her I thought "Oh my God... what fuck is that? Well, at least I am going to have good laughs!" and when she opened her mouth: I had a VERY BIG SURPRISE!! I felt so bad after watch her presentation! We are so bad, so prejudiced... Why can't an "ugly person" sing well and have talent?? Why we tend to laugh when she says that she wants to be a professional singer? Why a professional singer must have an appearance as Madonna and Britney Spears have? Why we underestimate people? Our society is rigid, it doesn't accept ugly people, poor people, fat people, strange people, disabled people, sick people, black people and it almost doesn't accept "good people". Our society is cruel! People have to be really good to be recognized. People can't be a simple "Maria" or "João". They must have power and must be IN the society!!! I want to say that you can be ugly if you are rich for example! You can be poor, if your father was very considerated by the society! And so on...

Susan did the right thing! She got what she wants by herself, by her own talent and even being poor, ugly and strange now she is recognized by all the society!

After knowing her, I'm a Susan Boyle's fan! Not just for her talent, but for her honor too!

I saw a documentary in which they talk about Susan. In this documentary Susan says that she is unemployed, single and lives just with a cat. She is already changing her mode of dress and worrying about her own appearance! It is good and one more time the society is acting to change a person! Sometimes it changes for the better and sometimes it changes for the worse!

Good luck Susan! I'm sure that you deserv all the success you are going to have!

Music!!

Hii guys!!

I wrote my text talking about music because this is a topic that I appreciate a lot and I think the majority of people appreciate too.

Music is used for lot of things like, for example, to relax, to dance, to flirt, to get money, to study, etc…

The music consist basically in a sequence of sounds and silence organized along the time.

Nowadays there is no group or civilization that don't have musical events made by themselves.

There are evidences that music is know and practiced since the prehistory. Just through the archaeological sites’ study we can have an idea of music’s development in the first human groups. The rock art found in caves gives a vague idea of this development when it presents figures that seem to be singing, dancing or playing instruments.

This image was found in Cogul, Spain. It shows the women’s dance around a naked man.

Probably the observation of the nature’s sounds awakened in man, by the listening, the need or the will of an activity which is based in the sound’s organization.

Actually the music has various uses, not just like art, but either like military, educational or therapeutic use.

It also has presence in several central collective activities such as religious rituals, festivals and funerals.

So, the music can be used to represents happy and sad moments.

In my case, I use music to relax and to study. Currently I have heard Maroon 5, both to study and to relax. And what about you guys? For what do you use music and which band have you heard?

What I expect for this semester?!

It’s difficult to be in public writing in English but…

One more semester of English lessons similar to the last semester when Rafael arrived, in which we had less time than the normal semesters.

Last semester I think the tests were a little bit complicated by the evaluation. I didn’t understand very well the particularities of each test.

For this semester I intend to improve my listening because last semester I had a lot of problems with this, I don’t know if the problem is the accent or my knowledge about English words, may be this! I’m sure this semester I’ll be persistent to become me better in my listening.

To finish, I have a characteristic when I read something in loud, I generally don’t understand what I’m reading. I would like to know why it happens with me. I guess I pay the most of attention in the speech and I forget the meaning!

Good English for us!!!

Gustavo

What do I expect about this semester?

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Well, I think that this is a good point to be talked about because is a nice oportunity to think about this semester.

This semester is not going to be very long if we are talking about time, but it is going to be a very tiring semester for each one of us. About English semester I really hope that I can improve my English. I see that I need to be much better of what I'm now about English. I think that my last semester was good and I could improve mainly my write hability because of the learning logs.

But I feel that I need to get a bigger vocabulary because sometimes I want to say something and I just don't have the right words to say that, or I am reading an English text and I have to stop all the time to search a word in the dictionary! This is awful to me, it makes me feel shy and fearful for write a text (like this one).

Another problem in my English is my speaking. Sometimes I feel very bad because I speak something in English and nobody understand, people just say that "ãh?" or ask "what?" and it makes me stop speaking in English. I don't know, maybe when I speak I do it very low and people don't listen to me, but I can't keep talking anyway.

I don't found problems in the listening, in Rafael's classes I just understand "everything" he speaks, sometimes there is a word which I have never listened to, but I can understand the sentence anyway, so this isn't a problem.

I think that is it. I will study to be better and I will dedicate myself to the research group too.

Kisses for you all!

Nairana Sedrez.