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Board games
My name is Renato and I'm a board game enthusiast.
I play board games since 00's and in nowadays I watch a new video about board games and/or a new gameplays every week.
My favorite games are Azul, Potion Explosion and Bärenpark
Today I played Bärenpark with a colleague and I won with 5 points of advantage, now I have 2 victories against 1 of him.
February 13, 2020
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Cambio de temperatura en São Paulo
Yo vivo en São Paulo en Brasil y en los últimos días la temperatura tiene cambiado mucho, por ejemplo, el lunes tuvimos un día muy fio y hoy (viernes) tenemos un día con la temperatura máxima de 35º C.
Muchas personas están muy males con ese cambio de temperatura, sintiendo dolores de cabeza y malestar, además el aire de São Paulo es mucho contaminado, empeorando la situación.
Creo que este sea el invierno con más y mayores cambios de temperatura en los útimos años.
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What's the correct sentence:
a) Changes are needed
b) Changes are necessary
I started a discussion with a colleague of mine, and I can't guarantee that I was right about the right sentence. :)
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begging for money in a bus
Today, during my way to home, I saw a man begging for alms in the same bus that I was. He said he saw a man robing some food and milf from a supermarket, and he was begging to don't need to do that.
I became sad because there are so many poor people in Brazil, and these people don't have much assistance from the government.
It's usual people beg for alms inside the buses in your country? Please, comment below. :)
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Boring job
Last year I've been caught by the Brazilian crises and became unemployed for few months. In March of this year I started to work in my current job. I got so sad because I had to reduce my lifestyle and sell my car because my current salary is less than a half of my last salary, but I needed to accept because I've a 6 years old son, and I haven't another source of receipt.
So, how long I still here, I become more and more unmotivated to continue.
Today my director made a joke with me in the front of my colleagues, and I didn't like it.
So, I hope to find a new job soon, otherwise I'll get mad.
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Relationship apps
I noticed that relationship apps usage is increasing day by day, like Tinder, Happn and others.
Relationship apps have some pros and cons because they make easier to meet somebody like you that's not in your social circle, but in other hand, some people cheat or fool just to have a night of sex. I'm not saying that those cases don't happen if you meet some people not using an app, but, when you meet a person, you usually know the character and if this person is in a relationship or not.
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Language for foreigners
I'm a Brazilian and a have a lot of friends that studied in standard English schools, as I also did.
So, I realized that the first thing they want is to teach grammar, but I disagree with this method, mainly because when I was a kid and started to learn Portuguese I didn't know grammar or to read.
Many people here in Brazil, studied for years in standard English schools, but they don't know to make a sentence or they don't feel confident to talk in English with a foreigner.
I think the most effective method to learn a new language is to study how to pronounce the words and to make some sentences using the easier verb tenses.
Some days ago I started to help an Iranian to learn Portuguese and I asked him to start speaking only the easier tenses, and it's working. I hope he starts to speak Portuguese soon.
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My saturday
My Saturday started early, about 6:30 AM then, lying in my bed, I started to watch some videos on YouTube. I like to watch some channels who have English tips, like Tim Explica, Small Advantages and Amigo Gringo.
After watching something like 10 videos, I went to the kitchen to take my breakfast and I ate 2 breads with 2 eggs (I love to eat it) and talk to my mom.
Then, 12:00 AM I started to play League of Legends for 2 hours, I loss some matches but having fun. After playing I ate my lunch and I started to study English again, reading a book.
What do you like to eat in your breakfast?
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What I'm reading
Some months ago, I started to read the book series The Saxon Stories, this book series is about an English man captured as a kid by some Danes (Vikings), that assaulted his Saxon reign named Northumbria and his name is Uthred.
I already read the first and the second book and I love these books, but in Brazil, the book series and TV show adaptation "The last kingdom" is not very popular as is the TV show Vikings, that tells a very similar story but in a different point of view.
Today I'm reading "The lost world" from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I started to read this book mainly because it's in intermediate English and because I love the Sherlock Holmes book series.
I'm heading to start the third book of the book series "The Saxon Stories" in the next week.
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Don Quixote - Ebook
Yesterday I read the Don Quixote's book, and I enjoyed so much.
I didn't think it was a so fascinating story. I already had seen his story in Chapolin Colorado (a Mexican TV show) but as it was a satire of the story I though that is was a quite different.
Could anyone suggest me a new short book to read? Now I'm thinking about to read Little Prince.
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