Brazilian elections are coming They will happen in October 2nd, 2016 and I have already prepared for them. After all, I will work as a volunteer these elections. I will be a poll worker, one of the officials responsible for the proper and ordely voting in local precints. Actually, for many people it will be a time for changes because lots of them are very disappointed with the politicians. This time, we will choose new mayors and counsilmen in all brazilian cities. But, on the other hand, if people will really finding it difficult to engage with the political process, they can always spoil their ballot. But there is also another possibility: people would prefer to cast a blank vote. Some people are urging voter to do that. Besides, the candidates are focusing all their attention on the swing voters. The Brazilian eletronic ballot box was created in the 1990s. It nowadays covers approximately on hundred percent of the Brazilian territory. It´s very modern and keeps the vote safe by having an efficient software. Voting is obligatory in Brazil for 18 year-old people and facultative for 16 years old, if you take your voter card. It´s very simple to vote: all you need to do is type the candidate number at the keyboard. Then you will see his ( or her ) photo, name and party. If that´s ok, just press the "confirm" button and your vote is registered. We will expect everything works well next elections here in Brazil and I hope people honor our national flag slogan 'Order and Progress'.

Talking about family Well, what could I really say about my family? I guess mine is not worse and not much better than the average one. Of course, I have a father and a mother and I also have a younger brother. Besides, my niece lives with me at the same house. She is 11 and she is a student. I´ll start with my father because I have less contact with him. Even though he is already retired, he works very much and he is usually out of house talking with his friends and neighbours. He likes to have almost everything running very smoothly at home. No arguments between us. The television set and the stereo not too much loud, and we must to obey when he says something, which is not too often. You might call him as a benevolent dictator: 'doas I say and everything will be okay'. It´s a fact. My Dad, who has a tendence to put on weight, needs a big, hearthy breakfast all mornings. So my Mom is always trying to get him to cut down on his food. Now my mother is quite different. I love her too much, but sometimes she can be exasperating. She has just to run everybody´s life down to the smallest details. She starts to mutter and fuss as soon as she gets up. Since I don´t even like to talk when I first get up I try to do everything to Mom is liking so that there won´t be any arguments. Currently, my brother doesn´t live in my city. When he is at home, he is often slow in the bathdroom and sometimes he doesn´t want to eat anything. So, this is a subject of discussion almost every day. Anyone understand his attitude. Actually, my brother and I don´t get along so well. We have to share a room because we can´t afford a more bigger house. This is the source of problems with my brother. I wish he was more cooperative. I have a very close friend of me. His name is Fernando and his family has six members: his mother, his father, his brother and his two sisters. I suppose he is rich but I don´t know if he does. Like my situation, he doesn´t also get along fine with his brother. Whenever Fernando wants to study, his brother says he need to study or he says he wants to read a book. Fernando´s Dad is a quiet man and he likes to stay at home. He works as a civil engineer in a company quite nearby his house. Fernando´s Mom is a very experencied nurse. She takes care of tons of pacients at a hospital in downtown. She is also the one who goes to shopping when the family needs to get something. I think my family is not the best of the world, but I like it too much because we love each other.

Healthy benefits of stop smoking Here in Brazil, the beginning of the new year is usually a time for new years resolutions. On of them, and maybe the most important, is to stop smoking. Medical studies show as earlier you quit smoking, your body begins to repair itself. In just one no-smoking day, almost all the nicotine is out of the bloodstream. After only a week, your taste and smell senses increase a lot and your lungs remove the mucus more easily. Here are at least three healthy benefits for quit smoking: your breathing will improve, you will be sick less often and you will find your favourite phisical activity much easier. I asked for my mother´s opinion and she said me: " I smoked for around twenty years and nowadays when I look back, I truly believe and understand I would not be a smoker today, and I completely feel how good my health is now". The Brazilian Public Health Service had been provided smokers groups to discuss the matter and help each other. They support in how to stop smoking and how to use some products, like the nicotine replacement therapy. Also, another services are available in some places such as pharmacies and chemist-shops. On the other hand, if you can´t stop smoking, try to remember the times you usually have not smoked in the past. What did you do to not smoke? What and how did you feel? What that past experience could help you give up the cigarettes in the future? Actually, you can use (and save up) your money to get something special for you. It´s a proved fact a person who smokes a packet of twenty cigarettes per day will smoke seventy thousands and three hundreds cigarettes per year. This total represents an annual cost of $ 1825.00 (Brazilian currency), that could be the cost of a very good holiday on the beach, for example. Afterwards, it´s very interesting for you make your own list of reasons for quiting. Put it on the refrigerator, beside your bed, near your cell phone or until inside your car. So, you can always remember them at once you think in taking a new cigarette on hand. Opt for more healthy habits and live better, your lungs thank you.