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Luan santana Nx ZeroSelena Gomes Justin Bieber Vida De Garoto Gente Mil desculpa por ter abandonado o blog, So nao tava colocando mais postagem, porque eu tome esforcando pra fazer um blog legal, mais quase ninguem comenta ou segue aii decidi nao postar mais porque nao to postando para fantasma entao Gente ajuda aee nao custa nada comentaralguma coisa, e e isso..... Ache o meio-termo entre seus objetivos e aquela preguicinha.Voce faz mil planos para estudar e melhorar as notas, para perder aqueles quilinhos indesejados, enfim: mudar tudo que nao esta legal. Na cabeca, tudo e facil, ne? Mas, na hora de fazer as coisas acontecerem, fica claro que nao ha forca de que conta da sua vontade de fazer justamente o contrario: bater papo no MSN em vez de estudar, comer um doce enorme e deixar a dieta de lado. Ai, seus planos vao ficnado em... segundo plano! Mas vc pode juntar a forca com a vontade para melhorar o que quiser. Se ligue ! Reconheco a forca do desejo A briga vontade x desejo e uma batalha perdida. E simples: a vontade e limitada e o desejo (ficar no MSN na hora de estudar, ver TV em vez de ir para a academia...) e limitado, infinito. Por isso, se vc simplesmente tentar ignora-lo, pode ate funcionar por um tempo - mas o risco maior e que o desejo volte, provavelmente, ainda mais poderoso. Entao, o melhor a fazer e conhece-lo e reconhece-lo. Esse e o primeiro passo para aprender a lidar com ele. Use o jeitinho (e nao a forca) Uma das formas mais eficazes para driblar o desejo e fazer um acordo entre ele e o que vc precisa fazer. Em vez de desligar o micro na vespera da prova, por exemplo, estabeleca um tempo de MSN antes de comecar a estudar. Essa convivencia entre o que quer e o que tem que fazer faz com que as mudancas sejam graduais. Assim, fica mais facil para vc conhecer seus limites e te da tempo de aprender a lidar com a frustacao da sua vontade - sem correr o risco de viver sonhando com ela. Proibir tudo de vez so ia aumentar o desejo, certo? Avalie seus objetivos Ja parou para pensar se seu objetivo e mesmo possivel? As vezes, a gente desiste no meio do caminho nao pq n tem forca de vontade, mas pq fixou uma meta impossivel!Ai, todo seu sacrificio acaba virando uma grande frustacao e sua autoestima vai la embaixo. Entao, se tem um objetivo que vive tentando alcancar sem sucesso, reavalie. Isso so e legal se te faz crescer e te ajuda a gostar mais de si mesma. Tirado da revista Capricho Comentem Por Favor..... A saudade "Saudade" Te todas as dores do mundo, a pior e a saudade, Em saber que vc ama uma pessoa, tipo um amigo(a), que nao possa abraca-lo(a), que nao possa ouvi-lo(a), que nao possa contar coisas novas que acontece com vc no seu dia a dia . Principalmente quando e um namorado(a), em pensar que vc esta em algum
lugar e ele(a) em outro, sem senti-lo(a) , sem beija-lo(a), E ficar so no pensamento "Sera que ele(a) ira volta ?" So uma dica, quando vc estiver com essa pessoa que vc gosta, e saber que so pode estar com ele(a) por uma semana, aproveite tudo e muitooo, porque nunca poderemos volta no tempo pra ficar com essa pessoa novamente.. "O tempo nao para! So a saudade e que faz as coisas pararem no tempo..."
A falsidade Para Todas falsas que se dizem que sao "Amigas" Em Todos os meios e em Todo lugar do mundo, Existem aquelas Pessoas Falsas que dizem q sao Amigas, Bem e muito dificil lidar com gente falsa,pois se prevalecem de uma amizade,para por traz, fazer o inferno na vida de alguem. E como lidar com os amigos falsos, e saber Quem sao eles, e no momento exato desmascara-los dando o desprezo q merecem.Sim, so assim estarem calcados contra essas pessoas falsas, sem carater,covardes q so sabe trazer a discordia.aprendi na vida q amigo e dinheiro no "bolso";E sentar num bar nesse momento, e nesse momento varios "amigos", mais de poder a eles p ver quem sao;Fique doente, q veras qtos amigos vc tem;Fique sem dinheiro, q todos os amigos q se sentaram com vc no bar, desaparecerao.Voce tem o poder de escolher seus amigos,de levar p sua casa somente aqueles em quem vc confia,que tera carinho,respeito, e o principal, cumplicidade.Se conhece os verdadeiros amigos nas horas dificeis,nesse voce pode e deve confiarAmigos Verdadeiros sao aqueles que quando vc esta triste a e vai la e te alegraAqueles que fazem de tudo pra te ver faliz que se preocupam com voce Nao aqueles que dizem ser seu amiga e quando vc esta longe fala mal de voceA unica amiga verdadeira que voce pode ter com certeza e nossas maes. Em breve novidades, aguardem.... Reparem no detalhe: uma grande dalia de feltro... Good evening, my name is Luiz and these are my classmates. Were here today to make an interview with a foreigner who is currently studying and living here in Brazil. First of all we thank you for your time and the chance to interact with.So, lets begin!Can you tell us about the main reasons behind you coming to Brazil? Please tell us some of your motivations.Well, one side of my family is all Portuguese, so I thought about taking Portuguese classes at my school. When I took the classes, one year ago, it was very easy, felt similar to Spanish. My professor told me about Brazil and the exchange program down here. I took another semester of Portuguese, and still needed two more in order to come. I like here a lot, I wanted to know the culture.Did you had any difficulties with the local culture and customs?Well, culture shock hit me right when I arrived. It was weird because in my neighborhood there is like, these iron fences. I arrived at night so, it was scary, and I was getting homesick right away. It was bit weird. I even lost some weight here, because Brazilians have a big lunch and a light dinner, and in America we have a big lunch AND a big dinner, so thats way people thing were a fat country. Im still getting used to.. well, in America, you have to be on time for everything, 5 or 10 minutes earlier into class, classes here dont start like 10 or 15 minutes after time. So, Im still getting used to this lazy thing. But I do
like here a lot.Im just curious, because Brazil has two big cities which are Sao Paulo and Rio. Why did you choose Belo Horizonte?Actually I didnt get to choose. Like I said earlier, my professor went here, my Portuguese professor went here it was fifteen years ago or something. He set up the program between my school and UFMG. So I didnt really got the chance to choose Brazil or anywhere else. And not to be conservative, but Brazil was the one of the cheaper places to come to. If I wanted to study abroad: England or Italy is more expensive and a lot of more students were applying and you have to compete with all these within fifteenth or tenth position to go and I dont have that high GPA and I heard about Brazil and as I was taking Portuguese and I really want from my school to come here in past five years. There were a lot of UFMG students to go to my school, but there werent a lot of student to come here.Ok and my last question: When you go back to US what you will say about Brazil? What the most interesting thing that happened to you here?Its hard to say.Tell us about something you found interesting or weird, anything.You better know the language, because on my first day here I got lost and I didnt go to my class. I forgot to get off on the right bus stop and in America usually the buses come around in a circle. Well, I didnt get off on the right bus stop and I ended up in Santa Monica and they told Id to get off of the bus and walk, so a walked from Santa Monica to Santa Amelia and it was really hot and I didnt have a good sense of my Portuguese, so I was too shy to go and ask someone: Onde esta Santa Amelia? and I finally got the courage after like one hour and half of walking aimlessly nowhere. So I asked someone in a gas station and he told me which direction to and I live close to the airport and the planes actually fly over my apartment, so I thought: Ok, Im in the right position.Thats a good signal. Ok, then.
Interview with a person who has been abroad FlaviaFlavia studies Modern Languages at UFMG. She studied English, and went to Texas, USA to study abroad. She told us about her experience and how her time at an American university changed her professional life.1. Hi Flavia, could you tell me why you decided to go abroad?I wanted to have an academic experience abroad. I had lived in England before, but just to learn the language. So it was different, because I used to study with international students; and this time it was only academic students and English native speakers. That is why I decided to go.2. What did you do there? In which university did you study?I studied at Baylor University, in Texas. It is located in Wacco, about one hour and a half from Dallas, and a little bit far from Houston. I guess it is about three hours from Houston. It is a very small town, and the whole town is involved with the university. It is the only thing there, is the university, you know. That is where I studied for six months.3. What did you find most difficult there?I guess it is like when you are studying with native speakers, the professors, they speak at a very high speed. At first, during the first month, you are still adapting your listening and it is difficult, but then it gets normal. And I guess the worst part was to understand everything, all the classes; but only at the beginning.4. What did you like most there?What I liked the most? The people are very polite. It does not matter if they are Americans or the international students or people from the international department; everybody is very polite. And the classes are very good. I took three classes in Literature, the others in Grammar and Writing, and they were very helpful with improving my English and get to know literature a little better. But the people were the best part.5. Did you travel around the country and where did you go if you did?First, I went to one side of the coast. I went to Los Angeles, because we had some holidays. So every time we had holidays, all the students would gather and travel a little bit. So I went to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and New Orleans, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., and Texas. I went to the most important cities.6. Do you maintain contact with people you met there?Yes, I keep contact with most of the people there through Facebook and Skype. I really think it is important to keep this contact, because we had a very close relationship - all those students who were there during the exchange program or even the students that I met there.7. In your opinion, how did this experience help you, and still help you nowadays?When I went there, I had been working with human resources, and then when I came back, because I had this experience abroad, I was employed in the international commerce area, because of the
English and everything. It is not still in my university course area, but it helped to get this position in the company where I was working. So that was very good, and now, in the university, I can better see what I want to do when I finish my paper and if I decide to take a master degree. It helps a lot when you have this academic experience abroad and you see what it is like to study in a place like the U.S.Ok, Flavia, thanks for the interview.
All of the students from the Integrated Skills III class were excited about interviewing Brazilian people who had already been in an exchange program. Luciano, who is 43 and spent nine months in London ten years ago, was introduced to our group by our professor Deise Dutra last Thursday - April 14th. He seemed to be very happy to have the opportunity to share his experience with us in order to help us with our project. The conversation lasted about 12 minutes and we can say we learned a lot from it. Now all of us are willing to travel abroad too, so next time we will be the ones to tell stories!Why did you go to London?First, I went to study English, and second, because I thought London would be a more interesting place to do that.Did you stay in a hotel?First, I stayed in a hostel. It was a very good experience. I think I planned to stay there for two weeks, but then, I stayed for just one week because, after that, a family invited me to stay with them. It was a good surprise. But the hostel was very nice too because although I had to sleep, for example, in a dormitory with a lot of strange people, most of them were very friendly. You make friends easily there, so I had a very nice time.What were the main cultural differences between Brazil and England?I didnt see many differences. Probably, it is because I had internalized most of their habits. For example, Im very strict about time, so I always follow my schedule and I like to arrive on the right time or even before the right time to my appointments. It was ok for me because I liked that. The cultural difference that I noticed was that they are not so opened when you first meet them. They seem to be very formal. They dont hug you, they dont touch you, touching is not something they think it is natural like we do in Brazil. But apart from that, everything was nice to me because somehow I think I was expecting that, so I didnt mind.You said that not being open is something you expected, right? What else were your expectations for this trip?Well, most of my expectations, of course, were to speak the language, to use the language, to learn and to practice it, but of course I had this great interest in visiting, seeing the castles, the palaces and the gardens, because London is full of gardens, full of parks. Every day I went to see places in London and I found out maybe this something different from us, because the parks there are very important for them, so they go to the park every time they can, even during the week. On Monday afternoon, for example, I went to the park and the park was full of people. And I thought: That is something different. In Brazil, if you go to Municipal park or Mangabeiras park, even on weekends, you dont see many people
there, right? So, that was, I think, one of the cultural differences that I noticed. They enjoy these parks very much and, of course, their old buildings.So, did you prepare yourself before going abroad? Did you study English before going?Yes, actually I was already a teacher before, I was teaching English for about ten years, because when I started I was about 20 years old, and I was always interested not only in the language, but in the culture as well.Was it difficult to come back?Yes, because after some time there, you get used to their habits and to the places, to their living standard and then when I thought I had to come back to Brazil, I thought: Maybe I should stay here. The shocking experience was...actually when I left the airport here because then, I realized I was in a completely different place, and I didnt see the old and beautiful buildings, the clean streets, but I saw, for example, some favelas and I was shocked. Actually, in that moment I felt I should go back to the airport and take another plane back there. It was very funny. I thought that would not happen to me because I have always loved Brazil and the way we are, but it happened. For the first couple of days, I was a little bit depressed here because I missed everything there and the way of living.Do you think this experience changed your life?Yes, it did because I saw we can have a better life, a better country, everything better if we want to, because what I saw was: yes, they are really serious people, they really believe in working, for example. For them, working is really important. Its not like here because I always had this impression that we somehow think working is not important. There, for example, they dont go out so often as we do here. So, they stay working all day and most of the time they just go home, but here we see people working for very little but then they always go out and I think: "yes, its different".Did you work there or you just studied?No, I didnt work. That was something that I did on purpose because I planned my trip and I said I will take extra money because I dont want to work, I want to experience the language and their culture. I wanted to live as if I were on vacation, but at the same time taking advantage of everything I could.Where did you study? In a university?No. I was in an English school or institute called International House. Actually, I think this school is different from the others because they always have courses for English teachers from around the world, and they have even some connections to Cambridge University. So, some of the professors and teachers came from Cambridge University. It was a very nice school and the location was perfect because it was London, downtown, just opposite to Green Park which in this case is where the Buckingham Palace is. So,
this school was perfect for me and I think the courses were very good. I took two courses there: one was improving language in general, I think like the subject you are taking here, but for teachers, and the other was teaching through literature. They gave us an introduction about how to use literature in the classroom, which was good for me too because I always felt that I didnt know how to use literature in classroom. Actually, I didnt. Although I used to read a lot English literature, I used to think "how Im going to use this?", because the stories are usually too long and how are you going to use these stories, for example for people that are learning the language. Then, they showed us many techniques, and the classes were only teachers of English. So, I enjoyed it very much.Although you had already studied the language before, did you face any difficulties in understanding them, for example, in idiomatic expressions, accents?Yes, of course because...actually, although I thought I was very well prepared, the fact is that here in Brazil, we are exposed much more to the American pattern or standard pronunciation. So, I had this great influence from American materials and teachers that I studied with.We would like to thank you for your help on this project. We appreciate it.Oh, you are welcome.
Exchanging CulturesAlison is an American girl, from Ohio US. She is studying here in Brazil, at UFMG, trough an exchanging program called Fulbright. During our interview, we talked about her expectations, how is doing her adaptation with cultural differences, and she told me a little bit about her life in Ohio. Do an exchange programs is not a big deal for Alison, whereas she growing up doing exchanging programs, she said. Check below more information about Alisons exchanging program, here in Brazil.Bruna: Why did you choose Brazil to do your Exchange program?Alison: I wanted to come to Latin America, because I love Latin America and I am particularly passionate about economic development. So, Fulbright had a special opportunity, and I took it. Other really important features were my carrier goals, my passions and some practical things that led me to Brazil instead of South Korea or Germany or another place.B: Which were your expectations about here? What do you expected for?A: I always say that: I always try not to have expectations, to not be disappointed. For example, I had no idea how to pack. When I got here was goanna be winter, and my idea of winter was complete different. Right now, this is summer, and in Ohio this is best weather we can ever hope for.B: I think now its fall here.A: I know. And a funny thing is, in United States, when spring and summer comes you have to wear white pants. I have a felling that is its fall here, but in my head its spring, because it is warm enough. So, in my soul is spring and I will wear my white pants.B: When get the winter you goanna see the difference, because is not too cold.A: When I landed at the airport, one of the professors told me that with the winter would be like here, in my head I seriously thought about moving here. I hate winter, specially the winter in Ohio. I dont feel well with cold weather, because I spend so many years as freezing. I am done.B How has being your adaptation with the culture and the language?A: I think in the first month and a half I adapted very well but when the second month and a half started, was a lot more challenging. It could be because I moved, since I was so used to live where I was living, and then I moved. So I went from a big house, with a pool, a lot of space, my own bathroom, to a small apartment, down town, sleeping on the floor and a lot of noisy. Speaking of this, I think one big culture difference between United States and Brazil is the amount of noise that is socially acceptable to make at certain time. In the US its awful plays a loud music or make a lot of noise after 10 p.m. at night. It is like you can call the police and people can get in trouble, for play music too loud at 1 of the morning. Here thats
not the case. This is a big difference and a challenge for me.B: Are you bothered?A: I used to be really bothered. When I movie to the city, there was a bar that every night play music very loud, so I had moved again. Right now, my new apartment is really quiet. It is so high up in the air that the only sound that I hear at night is the street cleaners, and that is acceptable. Another culture difference that here things start a lot earlier. In US if call anybody before 9 in the morning is almost rude, here at 7 in the morning people are living their houses. B: How was the process to you getting a scholarship, in you country? I mean, because here in Brazil is very difficult.A: It depend witch program you do, some are more competitive than other. It could be as easy as you go on a website, you find a language school, they find you a host family, and you just pay the money and come. I have been done that for Costa Rica, Spain and France. I would be able to do it with Brazil as well, but my program is not idiom. So, the process wasnt that demanding, but actually it is very competitive. In the process there are two essays, three recommendations, a language evaluation, and then an application form, which is a kind of essay. After that, people in New York read the application, and if they approved, they send it to Brazil. Then people in Brazil decide if you can go to the country. So, Im doing is a big exchange program between governments, which makes it different the other ones. B: So, this is not your first exchange program?A: No, is not I was grow up doing exchange programs. I was in Ohio and theres not much to do in the summer, and I didnt have much contacts with sports. The only thing to do is play softball and I probably was the only girl in my town that was not in a Softball team. So, I went in exchanging programs. It did not exactly make me fit in, but it make me stronger and better, more educated and more open mind.B: How is your contact with Brazilian people?A: I was living in house with other exchange students, and then I went to live with the Brazilians, then I back to live with the Americans. So, sometimes I really spend time with Brazilian and sometimes do it with the intercambistas. For example, all the weekend long I spend a lot of time with Brazilian people and their friends, and I feel like I am part of their group of friends. I mean, I hope I am, because I like them and I am the only American. I can say, as much as I spend time with the Americans, I do my part to get in on my Brazilian friends groups.Thats it, thank you so much Allison to help me, with my assignment!!!!!