Day 7: The day I visited Malaysia In 2014, I was supposed to travel to Malaysia with my friends, but I couldn't go with them. I met them 4 days later in Kuala Lumpur, but it was not very simple. I had never traveled before by myself to another country, that's why I was a little worried. In the airport I asked for a taxi. I gave my address to the taxi driver and I thought I was fine. But I wasn't. The taxi driver couldn't find the place I was going, but he said I was in the right street, so I got off and I looked for the number. I asked for help because I couldn't find the place. A guy who was in a hurry answered me, but I almost didn't understand. He said I was in the wrong place. My battery was running out and I had to send to my friends my location. Before I met this guy, I asked information for other people, but we couldn't understand each other. That's why, when I found this one, I couldn't leave him before I get the information I needed. As the guy was in a hurry, I had to follow him. I was paying attention in the area while I was following him to understand where I was, because I wanted to guarantee my safety. I asked him for directions to get to a Seven Eleven store, so I could charge my cell phone. Thank God, I got the information and I could find the Seven Eleven in a tourist area. When I arrived in this place I sent my location and my cell phone died. I was very lucky! Some hours later my friends arrived there and they said I was in the other side of the city. How that was possible? So, this confusion occured because the taxi driver didn't read the whole address, there was a last word that he didn't read and because of this he dropped me in the wrong place.

Day 6: The expected trip I was planning to go to Chile to visit Atacama desert in May. Unfortunately, something very bad happened, corona virus came, and I had to postpone this trip. Some people have asked me why Chile and I say that I am very interested to know a place so unique as a desert and because I like mountains. Six years ago I went to New Zealand and because of my pictures a friend mine told me that probably I would like Chile. Since then, this country didn't leave my mind. I am going to stay two days in Santiago and then I will go to San Pedro de Atacama. Before changing my plan, I reviewed my itinerary 5 times. I was so exciting, I have bought my ticket, planning everything to save money. I still dont know when this dream is coming true, I wanted to be free again to do whatever I want without fear. The situation created by corona virus, I mean the quarentine, is making me more exciting and desperate for this trip.

Day 5: A different experience Once upon a time, there was a girl (me) who spoke and wrote English much better than today and lived in Australia. That girl was doing exchange program in Melbourne and before come back to her country, she would like to have a radical experience. So, she thought why not do skydiving?? What a experience! But she didn't want to do that in Australia, she would like to have this experience in Queenstown, New Zealand. Here I had a tip for you when you go travelling. If you arrive in the city and the day is perfect even if you are tired, take pictures, take a lot of pictures, because the other day can be very horrible, you know, it can be rainning. This happend to me. :( Luckly I took some pictures when I got there. :) I was worried about that rain because after somedays I was going to another city and my skydiving was scheduled. When the big day came, it was not raining, it was a sunny day, but very windy. Of course, they had to cancel my skydiving. As I said before, I really wanted to do something remarkable, so when I came back to Australia I scheduled another skydiving. Guess what happened? Again, the big day came and the weather was not helping. I was thinking that maybe it was a sign to give up, but before, I called the agency and they said to go because the weather would be ok. So, I trusted them and I went with my friend, I was very afraid in that time. When I got in the place, for my surprise, the weather was beautiful! It was Valentine's Day in Australia and there was a couple with me in the airplane. I jumped first, I didn't want that, it was so fast, I didn't have time to think. It was like, "it is your turn now, go" hahahah It was cool, really nice. It can be surprise for you, but when I was in the plane my fear disappeared and I really wanted to jump, the view was amazing, I have no words to describe. It was so nice, but I didn't want to do it again, the pictures and the video to remember that was enough for me. I was happy until the guy tell me that my camera DID NOT WORK, can you believe that??? I got sad, I was happy because the experience, I was alive, but I wanted my pictures and video. :( And one week later I would be back in Brazil. My friend tried to comfort me, but I just said "I am happy, but I could be happier." My luck is that the guy who worked in the agency overheard me and had a good heart. So, he just said "you can jump again if you like and have your photos and video". I didn't think twice, for sure, so I did it again! :P

Day 4: A big change I grew up in a really small town. I think there is about 3,000 people living there. I lived in this place for 14 years, then I moved to the big city, with 10,000 people. :) That change was not easy for me, to be honest was horrible. I was in my 14 years old, finishing middle school, I didn't know anyone and they had some prejudice with my town. : / But I overcame and I met some nice people. One year and half later, I started to study in a school in another city, because the education there was so far better. It was a public school, however to study there it was necessary to take an exam. I really wanted to study in that place, so I worked hard and I was approved there. That was my high school, but it was also a technical school in electricity, it was a mix. Thank to that place I ended up studying Electrical Engineering, so that choice is responsible to everything that happened to me since then. Today I live in the biggest city in Brazil. What a change!

Day 3: Experiences This is the third day that I follow my plan and write here. Thank you for your help! :) I was thinking that when you make up a story here you practice English but also work on in your creativity and it is hard, no? At least, for me it is. When I was a child we had to frequently write short stories and in that time it looked easier maybe because we did not think too much about someone else opinions. So, let me try again ... Once upon a time, there was a place where people did not judge anyone (when I say judge, I mean judge your sexuality, your physical appearance, professional choices and etc), did not worry about wars and really cared about things that really matter, for example, having good friends, food and a place to live, time to spend with their love ones and theirselves. Those people were so aware that we have just one life that they wanted to live in the best way possible. I was thinking in this story and for me it is so obvious that this is what matters that I can not understand why there are some people desperate to prove they are right, they deserve power, how they can be so happy to make others miserable. Of course that this kind of person do not have people around who really care about them, because you attract the type of person you are. So, if you are selfish, dishonest and false, for sure, you are going to attract this kind of person. It is too much for me to understand how this can be good. It is like those people are sick or they have a problem that make they see the world from another perspective. I do not know, maybe I am wrong and they are right. So, in my opinion we should live in harmony, avoid destruction, do things to preserve this harmony, I think if everybody acted in this way everybody could have a better life, you know? It is simple to think like this, I know. In reality, we have a lot of problems in our world and it is true people are sick (phsysical and mental), everybody has a different experience, in consequence, we have different values ​​and this make our personality. But if experiences can change us I think we should expose ourselves to more different type of experiences, I think maybe in this way we could feel better the real problems, we would have more knowledge to do better decisions in a way that we become the place we live more harmonious.

Day 2: Make the difference This is another simple text that I am writing here because I want to practice English everyday, so do not judge it. Thank you for your correction! :) ~~ Make the Difference ~~ Sometimes we think that we cannot help anyone, because we do not have money or talent enough. We think that to make difference is necessary to have power, but it is not like that. In fact, we do not need much to help others. For example, today I was wondering myself which course I would take to complement my degree. I finished my Degree 2 years ago and now I am planning to take another course. I was so confuse, because there was a lot of options and I do not know any profesor in the city that I am currently living. This is a problem, because I need a mentor for this new course. That's why I started a research that helped me a lot. But I still had 3 options, so I talked to a friend that knew about those things and everything became more clear. So, see, this talking was a big help for me. As I said we do not need much for helping each other, because what is meaningless for you can be very helpful to some else.

Day 1: The Start Today I was thinking about things that I would like to be good but I was not dedicating enough time. So I decided to write down some actions that I think are important for my goals such as to write in English here and talk to some people in Telegram in English. It is simple, but I think this is better than not practicing English at all. I would like to thank the person is going to correct my short simple story :) Once upon a time, a girl, her name was Mary. Mary was a girl very shy and smart. She wanted to become an artist when grow up, because she was good at paiting. What Mary did not know is that we can become good at a lot of things. As she grow up she took part in so many different activities that she became good in communication, negotiation, financial things and was not shy anymore. In the end, that Mary who wanted to become an artist, became teacher and opened her own paiting school. I told you, it is very simple! hahahha Thank you! :)

Free and Captive Consumers I studied Electrical Engineering and I am working as an Analyst in a Consultancy company in this area. That is why today I would like to talk about the electrical sector in Brazil. The Brazilian electrical system is based on hydropower and thermoelectric. To give you an idea, at this moment, the hydroelectric power station represents 56.4%, thermo plants 21.9%, wind plants 17.5%, nuclear plants 3.6% and solar plants 0.7% of total generation . In Brazil according to the load the consumers can choose their suppliers. For example, consumer with a charge from 500 kW can decide who is going to provide their energy. We call those consumers "free consumers". On the other hand, those who cannot choose are called "captive consumers". The Brazilian Electrical System (SEB) connects almost every state to each other. So, the energy generated in South can be transmitted to Northeast through this big network. There is an operator called ONS that dispatches which plant is going to produce energy according to the result of a computer model. This model calculates the marginal cost of each plant to generate energy and the plants with a low cost are dispatched. As I was saying the captive consumers can't choose their provider, so you could ask who provides their energy? The distribution company. The CCEE organizes auctions to buy energy that guarantee the energy supply of the country. The winner of this auction is the one who offers the smallest possible price. Hence, the energy prices paid by the captive consumers are regulated.The consumers not only pay the energy price, of course, there are others costs included. To sum up the captive consumers cannot negotiate the energy price as free consumers. Currently, the government has been discussing the opening of the energy market. They already published a document with some forecast to open it. If the market opens it will be more competition and the consumers may pay less than today.