Mi casa y mi familia Hoy quiero hablar un poco sobre mi casa y mi familia, así puedo practicar el vocabulario nuevo. Vivo en una casa pequeña. Mi casa tiene dos dormitorios, dos baños, una cocina, una sala de estar y una garaje. No hay un comedor en mi casa porque tenemos una cocina americana. También tengo un patio grande dónde mis perros pueden correr y jugar. Además, hay una árbol atrás de mi casa, esta árbol es de mi vicino, pero puedo verla porque es muy grande. Ella también atrae muchos pájaros. Entonces, todos los dias por la mañana escucho pajatitos cantando. Mi familia no es grande también. Son solamente yo, mi madre, mi padre y mi hermana. Apenas la familia de mi padre viven en Brasília, en la miesma ciudad que nosotros. Ya la familia de mi madre vive en otro estado que está lejos de aquí, entonces solo puedo verlos pocas veces, pero hablo con ellos dos veces por mes. Mis abuelos, padres de mi padre, ya falleceran. Por tanto, solo tengo mis abuelos, padres de mi madre, pero viven lejos de me y siento mucha falta de ellos, apesar de hablar con ellos cada mes.

Hermosa melodía A cada día que pasa estoy más y más enamorada por el español! Semana pasada recebí muchas recomendaciones sobre cantantes y canciones en español. Escuché todas las recomendaciones y también yo miesma encontré otros cantantes que a me gustó mucho enquanto escuchava las conciones en YouTube. No puedo explicar lo hermosa que son las canciones en español porqué no tengo palabras para describirlas. Español es una lengua muy hermosa y quando escucho canciones sona más hermosa todavía. Cuándo era una niña las únicas canciones en español que escuchava era las del grupo Rebelde, pues hacía un grande éxito en Brasil. Además, recuerdo que ha gustado mucho de la melodía, apesar de no entender mucho las canciones. Ahora que conocí más sobre canciones en español, pretendo conocer más cantantes y también assisti películas en español. Las únicas películas en español que recuerdo haber visto fueron El Laberinto Del Fauno y REC. Además, me gusta mucho las series de TV, assisto muchas series americanas, entonces pretendo asistir algunas en español también. Hay dos que me gustán mucho y quiero asistirlas de nuevo: El Chavo Del Ocho y Chapolin, porque las asistí doblada.

¿Ustedes podrian recomendarme Canciones en español?

I'd appreciate if you guys recommended singers or songs in Spanish to me. I'd love to get to know more about Spanish speaking countries music. One of the best ways to practice new languages is by listening to songs of the target language, right? Thanks!

My Spanish is still very basic level, so I had to write it in English to avoid writing "portunhol" lol

Palabras nuevas Voy a escrebir algunas frases con las palabras que aprendí durante esta semana para practicalas (?) en un contexto. 1)Tengo cinco perros y un gato. 2)Mí aniversario es en abril. Voy a completar (¿o hacer?) diecinueve años. [I meant to say "I'm going to turn 19", is it like in Portuguese? Do you guys use the verbes "to make" and "to complete" like we do in this context?] 3)Mí gusta leer libros y periódicos, pero solamente leo los artículos que mí interesa. 4)No sé cocinar muy buen, todavía pretendo aprender a cocinar mejor. 5)Como pan casi todos los días en el desayuno. 6)Cuando yo era una niña comía muchas manzanas, por esono como tantas actualmente. [Here, I meant to say "When I was a kid..." I really don't know how to say this in Spanish haha] 7)Bebo leche cada semana, pero no bebo café desde los diez años. 8)Siempre perdía mis bolígrafos en la escuela. 9)Prefiero comer huevo cocido que frito. 10)Mí gusta mucho pescado frito. 11)Tenía um pez muy hermoso cuando yo era una niña. 12)Quiero aprender a manejar (¿o conducir?) un carro (¿o coche?) ***If you guys gave some tips on how to improve my sentences so they can sound more natural I'd be very grateful!***

Aprendiendo un nuevo idioma Estoy aprendiendo español hace unos cuatro días, entonces no sé muchas palabras, solamente las que yo aprendí en el Enseñanza Media y las que aprendí durante eses cuatro días. Mi língua materna es portugués, pero hablo inglés también y decidí aprender español porque pienso que es una língua muy hermosa y también voy a necesitar de inglés y español para conseguir un buen trabajor en el futuro. Además, aprendo línguas porque tengo voluntad de viajar a otros países y conocer personas y culturas diferentes. Deseo aprender francés y alemán. Por ahora es esto.

Untitled for lack of criativity It's been a while since I wrote anything on here. So much has happened this past few months that I never had time to write texts anymore. However, I've kept studying and practicing English everyday by watching movies and TV series, reading newspapers' articles and books, although in small quantities because studying for a university entrance exam took a lot of my time. Recently, I've finished an interesting book by John Steinbeck, named The Pearl, which is the story of a fisherman and his family and how their lives changed after they found a great pearl, I loved the book and recommend it to anyone! I also graduated fom my English course last year, but I'm going to keep studying this beautiful language that is English because I still think I have lots of things to learn. Furthermore, four days ago, I decided to learn Spanish, why not?, it's so similar to my language. So far I haven't had a hard time with it. I used to dislike Spanish when I was in high school, I guess back then I wasn't as interested in it as I am now. However, learning Spanish is one of my New Year's resolution, one that I intend to keep. Now I'm learning it because I want to, I'm determined to do this.

What does it take for a planet to sustain life? I watched this incredible presentation on TEDTalks the other day about what a planet needs to be habitable. The presentation is hosted by Dave Brain, an assistant professor of astrophysics and planetary science at the University of Colorado. Dave is pretty good at telling a story and he knows how to captive an audience! So if you are interested in this kind of subject, I highly recommend you to watch it. First he explained that life on Earth requires basically three things: energy, food or nourishment and liquid water. Energy and nourishment are not that hard to find, since every planet in our solar system has countless energy sources and also all the six elements the Earth derives its nutrients from. However, the hardest thing to find is liquid water. There are planets that might even have more water than the Earth, but it is usually under ice layers, frozen or in the gaseous state. Now, if we think about our solar system and planets with liquid water on their surface, we have three: Mars, Venus and Earth. The things is that Mars is too cold and Venus too hot, but Earth is perfect. So the question is: could have Mars, for example, been livable at some point in the past? Dave showed a picture of Mars that shows riverbeds cut into its surface; riverbeds carved by flowing, liquid water. Nevertheless, given the atmosphere of Mars nowadays, this is no longer possible. So planets change and evolve. The answer for the atmosphere changing, according to scientists, is that it scaped to space because of the lack of a magnetic field on planets like Mars and Venus. Also, he explained how atmosphere scapes from these planets and a lot more. Anyway, I really enjoyed watching this interesting presentation and, in my opinion, we are closer to find another planet like Earth soon, it's just a matter of time. https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_brain_what_a_planet_needs_to_sustain_life?language=en

SONS OF ANARCHY Today I want to talk about this amazing American TV show that I finished watching yesterday. The series finale was touching, I would have never guessed it. So if you are wondering whether you should watch it or not, if I were you, I would start it right now! Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil the show for people who haven't seen it yet. So, the plot takes place in Charming, a fictitious city in the northern of California. Sons of anarchy, also known as SAMCRO, is an outlaw motorcycle club that is involved with gun-running throughout the western of the United States and they also have to deal with rival gangs, politicians and authorities. Besides all that, they still have to deal with internal problems and also their own lives. Now, the thing you need to know about SOA is that happy endings are unlikely. There are moments of joy, but bad things keep happening one after another, we never know what is going to happen next; I think that is one of the reasons why I love this show so much, every episode is full of surprises. Moreover, the characters are very well-developed, they have their life outside the main story, their own problems to deal with, in general, they are complex and that's what makes a good character in my opinion. Additionally, this show has the best soundtrack ever! I love how they chose just the right song for each moment. "Day Is Gone" by Noah Gundersen is one of my favorites, seriously this song is so deep and beautiful. "Come Join The Murder" by The White Buffalo, played on the last episode of the show is another great song. The white Buffalo also made a special cover of The Animals' song "The House Of The Rising Sun" for the show, which I think is the best cover of this incredible song.

Nature Is All Around Us A couple of days ago, I watched an interesting presentation on TEDTalks about how people usually define nature. I've realized that some of us have forgotten how to see nature, especially the one right outside our houses. This presentation is not about how humans are constantly damaging the environment, but how we may be stealing nature that we still have from kids due to the strict definition we have about it. Sometimes we think of nature as something untouched by humans, however nature hasn't been untouched by humanity for a long time ago. Even these less-impacted places such as national parks that seem to remind us of an era before human beings, are deeply influenced by us. Furthermore, these national parks are heavily managed and most of the time people can't even interact with nature, because of the many restrictions that exist. That's the worst nature ever from a child's perspective because they can't do anything besides looking at the landscape. So what is nature? Nature is all around us, where there is green and blue and life growing there is nature. An empty lot is likely to be more wild than a national park because it is completely unmanaged. We should pay more attention to these other natures rather than thinking of them as trash. Nature is everywhere we just need to learn how to see it. When I saw this presentation, I instantly thought of an empty lot nearby, that judging by the overgrown grass, there must be lots of different plant species and living beings there. However, most people around here don't even notice that they have nature right under their noses! And these natures, that some people take for granted, is free and deserve to be appreciated just like any other. In conclusion, we should appreciate any kind of nature and let children touch it, otherwise they will grow up without caring about nature at all. "What is untouched is unloved" that's what the panelist said and I couldn't agree more!