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Are your mind in service of your needs or your amenities?
I read that question from a well-known Latin American speaker, Daniel Habif. He was talking about the loss and gain between lazyness and the power of being persisten. No one was born knowing something and being successful, every single person had to start their path rigth from the start, it's true that some people have had more oportunities than others, but that's not a pretext, because every person who achieved something had to put effort, determine, and discipline on what they did.
Life can be a challenge, and we don't have to stop ourselves from our success because of the lazyness or because it's too difficult. We have to start doing the things and on the way we'll learn to perfect what we do. But we have to start and being at service of our needs not our amenities.
It was mainly a reflection for myself. I needed this to get courage.
Thanks in advance for your corrections
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False cognates - Do you use them wrong?
False cognates or false friends, are words in different languages that appear similar, but don't actually mean the same thing.
I was watching a SuperHolly video about this topic and I found it very interesting, even more when I realize that I was using two words wrong in my own language. Here's her list of words and some more.
1. Realize - Darse cuenta
Realizar - To carry out, to perform
2. Assist - Ayudar
Asistir - To attend, to be present
Note: in Spanish "asistir" also means "ayudar" but it's specially used in the medical context.
Example: La enfermera tendrá que asistir el parto.
3. One billion - 1,000,000,000 (In Spanish: mil millones)
Un billón - 1,000,000,000,000
In Spanish, many people use that word wrong (including me D:), but the official is "mil millones".
4. Record - Grabar
Recordar - To remember, recall
5. Sensible transalted to Spanish is "Sensato"
Sensible transalated to English is "Sensitive"
6. Bizarre - Raro, extraño
Bizarro - Valiente, generoso, espléndido
This word is misused in Spanish, too. Most people think the definition of "Bizarro" is "raro, extraño", but It's not. I'm guilty of using this word wrong, too.
7. Support - Apoyar
Soportar - Put up with, tolerate
8. Actually - En realidad
Actualmente - Currently
9. Advertise - Anunciar
Advertir - To warn
10. Contest - Concurso
Contestar - To answer
11. Fabric - Tela
Fábrica - Factory
12. Form - Formulario
Forma - Shape
13. Involve - Involucrar
Envolver - Wrap
14. Lecture - Conferencia
Lectura - Reading
15. Quit - Dejar, abandonar
Quitar - To remove
There are many False cognates, so you can search them. I hope this has helped you!
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The true cost
When I was a child, my mom told me about the factories where the clothes are produced (in Spanish, these factories are named like "Maquilas"). In these factories, the salary is very low and the work conditions are so bad, also they don´t care where the waste is discarded, which is another problem for the environment. They choose third world countries to take advantage of the lack of resources and labor policies.
The shops I'm talking about are H&M, Zara, F21, among others, and even small clothing companies. They hire factories in these underdeveloped countries, usually in the Middle East, to earn a high percentage of profit.
Some time ago I watched a video on YouTube about this problem and I remembered what my mom said to me.I won't lie, I've got some clothes from shops of my country, but I'm trying to find more alternatives like make thrift shopping so I don't have to buy there. It's a bit bad for me because I'm short and most of the clothes are large, however I've found some stores that I like.
I recommend you the documentary The True Cost. In this film you can know the social and environmental impacts this industry has.
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My cats
I have two cats, Chene and Maku. Chene have been with me for about 8 years. My sister found him in the lane (I mean "en la calle") so he hadn't owners.
She took him to our house but my dad didn't want to adopted him. Anyway, we always receive him while my dad was working, but we have to take the cat out of the house when he came back from work. My dad knew we receive and feed him, and as time passed he accepted the cat. Now, he's a beautiful, chubby cat.
Maku has lived with us for almost 8 months. She is so cute and playful. She runs around the house and she´s very restless.
They both are so cute and I love them very much
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