When I arrived in USA - Could you please correct it? Thank you! :) There were a lot of things that I needed to learn when I first moved to The United States. Those things were not easy, especially if you have to learn them in New York City. The first thing I had to learn was where I could find important place like supermarkets, drugstores, and subways. Secondly, I had to learn a little English, then I would be able to ask informations. At last, with a very hard time, I had to learn how to rent an apartment. In my first month in NY, I could stay in a temporary house at midtown, Manhattan. It was pretty frightening to see all that craziness. People always busy and running, lights, stores, car and too much noisy. At this time, I was in charge to take care of my temporary home and do all the regular chores. Simple things like go to the market turned complex. Once, I went to the supermarket and asked to an employee where I could find shoyu, and nobody could answer it. Then, I figured that in America shoyu is called soy sauce. It was funny. At that time, I could figure also that drugstores don't sell any kind of medicines with no prescriptions. But this was a minor problem since I had brought my own medicines from my country. The biggest problem was with the subways. I got lost so many times. Sometimes I took the right train but the wrong direction. Other times, I took the right line, but the local train instead the express train. It was really difficult when I had to speak English at the begining. A lot of times, I wrote in a tiny notebook basic and useful sentences. I could use them in a emergency situations like when I got lost at the subway, or got confused with the streets. Finding a place to live in NYC was a big problem as well. I did not know the neighborhoods, either its costs. For our lucky, my brazilians friends helped my husband and I to choose the best place we could. We tried to get a good place with a fair price and nearby subways stations. And we thought that it would be impossible. But it did not. We got it at the last weekend in the temporary house. I think that all those problems was important to us, because we could improve our abilities, to get more self confidence and learn new things. You can look at your problems as they are scary as a storm, or you can look them like a big challenging that will make you a better person.

What is that question that americans use? Imagine the scene: Two people talking... the 1first one say something, the second doesn't understand and ask a question like: -Was that? Is that the correct? Am I listening it correctly? Is it the same as "What?" Thank you very much!

Does someone help me with it? - my english homework My homework about my pastimes and hobbies (informal style). Please feel free to correct me. I really appreciate that. As you know, being an student looking for all kind of free things in the city is not easy, it is "being broken". So, I have much more pastimes than hobbies. I wish I could have one. Anyways, at this moment I can not work then I have plenty of time. And every day I have to find out what to do with it. It can be a challenge if you are living in a foreign country. Nowadays I like watching TV, studying English, hanging out with friends and talking to my family on the internet. Sometimes, when I get creative I try to do some sort of craftwork like knitting, drawing and sewing. I enjoy doing it and learning about these things. But those moments are rare. If I had more money, I would like to have some hobbies such as ballet, martial arts, fashion and art courses. Those things are pretty expensive, mainly if you live in New York city. My goal has been to increase my hobbies and filling my leisure time with quality. Although I am not able to do certain things right now, I believe that with baby steps and hard work I am going to beat it. Thank you guys.

2011 is ending This year is ending. With it some of our plans from the last year were left behind. Now, we start to think about new plans, new goals and new hopes. Every single year is that same thing. We get in a new year with our full tanks and day by day we getting tired, giving up of our dreams. It can't be happen with you as far as you are a very focused person. I think most of people aren't like this. But, I wish I was. I wish I was determined enough to had learned English or had gotten a job or made americans friends who could help me to assimilate to live at a new country. Fortunately, I have hope that the next year I can be stronger and more courageous to get my goals. And I wish the same to you guys. Be strong Be focused Be hopeful and never let something or somebody to give up of your dreams. Happy holidays!