Blessings

Blessings,
waking up today
feeling the breeze
taking a walk at the park
being able to see

Blessings,
getting a job in the middle of the crisis
living in a country that have peace
having a roof over my head
learning a new language

Blessings,
having a wonderful wife
talking to my family by skype
receiving a hug from a good friend
having a faith and a hope.

It is a blessing to see you smile even life is not perfect.

LIFE IS HARD SOMETIMES!!!

Hi Ludmilla,I just want to say something about your blog.

I feel litle sad becouse you may have to change the state or go back to Brazil. I enjoy when we share time in class, but in this time life is hard, but it can be good for you may if you switch the state meet more nice people lake me, or if you go back to Brazil when you came back you can bring me a good-looking boy it can be wonderful for me. Well I just try to make your selft feels better. I hope the best in life and I know that you can do anything you want, becouse you are so smart and beautiful. The last thing I want to mention is that you can count with me like your friend and be positive ok.

I don't want say 'goodbye memphis'...

All my friends are writing here about how they are missing their countries. But today i will tell about Memphis. Because it's what i will miss in the next weeks. Will be not easy leave this city. All the time i was thinking how wonderfull could be live in NYC or Chicago, Florida or California, but now i need to leave and this makes me think how much i like being here. The weather those two last weeks it's just PERFECT, i'm loving it. Also i will miss my friends, going out with them, the parties at Carlos and Vaca's home, the au pairs and my host family too. Here i learned that the distance depends how excited you are to do something and driving alone singing can be funny. I have learn so many things, know so many people, had so many fun, and this 'little' things i will never forget!!! I'm sure i will return here some day again, yes i will!!!!

Next summer

Summer is coming.
That's give me nice feelings; sun, friends, relax, and vacation; and what? No more vacation.
This is one of the big cultural differences between USA and the other countries that I have lived in.
In the European countries you have at least two weeks vacation guarantied already from the first year you work. There are also a lot of different holidays, probably at least 10 other day during the year.
USA have only 4 July, Christmas and New Year.
People here go from home to work and from work to home.
I'm missing the small talking with friends and the extra days off with excursion to the beach by car or by train.
This summer will be different; I will spend my time in my office box working at the computer, thinking of the "Bella Italia".

I miss Guadalajara, Mexico.

The most I miss from my home town, is when I west my time with friends and family.
I miss the nice places that I was visited with them. I also miss the food, because there taste delicious. Well I miss to went I was in high school, because I was have fun with my friends and theachers. I almost forget the other important things like nature, and weather.
There in Mexico we can walke if we want to get something from the stors and restaurants also we can walke all the way to the school. But I do not miss politics, or vandalism.

I just miss my country....

Rome

Rome is one of the must city visited in Europe. There you can visit very interesting and historical places like the Coliseum, the Vatican and the catacombs, and many fountains.
There is also god food you can eat, specially pizza and ice-cream. You can meet people from all around the world that want to visit this place that everyone known as “citta’ eterna”. If you have a chance to visit Italy don’t miss Rome.

Paragraph!

I chose an exchange program to USA because has so many positive points. At first is a good choice because it's cheaper than travel by vacation alone, and you can work and pay your own things. You can learn the american way of life and the best thing, learn the language. You can also meet a lot of people from the whole world, have fun, travel and make friends. You have the chance to experience a new life, havinf fun, and making unforgettable memories. Comparing to the anothers countries US has many cultures, and many cities than looks really intresting. So if you are looking for an good year, choose USA and the many positive points that comes with this choice!!

2nd OF NOVEMBER (DIA DE LOS MUERTOS)DAY OF THE DEAD!

The catolic church began whit this tradition many years ago. Consist on two days preparation and one more day celebration, on the first phase, people prepare altars at home, which contain prefer food, pictures, candel, coloring papers and flowers for their love ones.Alsothe people clean tightly packed graves of the dead people. At Octuber 31 tourist walk for all the open houses how has altars, on November 1st and 2nd the stret cover full of flower because families make ornaments for the graves.

November 2nd at the afternoon people went to the cementery, they pray to God for their love ones also sing and spend all day there, but wen the dark comes canle glow all around the place and looks wantherfull because they use incense and flowers whit beautifull odors.

But in the schools the studets write a calaberas is like funny poem with reference of death and they buy or bake delicius bread decorated with sugar bones.

There in Mexico sell sugar skeletons that you can buy them and eat.

Well I think the people from Mexico sow the dead on difrent way at this day, tri to recognizing the cycle of life and death thar is human existence.

Is the end the end?

Last Christmas I went to Uruguay. One day we visited the art museum in Montevideo.
At the entry I saw a big poster that had writing this phrase:
"Remember that you will die".
A friend of m said "wait, I will put this on my agenda".
Even though this argument some time disturb us, it clear that is something that we have to deal with, an existential point.
In some moment we face death in people that are close to us. Sometime it's happen suddenly other times we have time to be prepare, to reflect on it.

I think that each of us live our life according to how we believe on what's happen when we die and after that.
That's why this is an important issue.

On this multicultural world we meet people that have different understanding about it. The most known answer that people believe in are: when you die the soul go back to God or to hell and you can do something to change your fate; there is nothing after you die not hope, and people that believe on incarnation.
There are other angles on all these points of view.

The first experience with death I had close to my life was when I was three and half years old. I don't have a picture on my mind but I have see how much this experience had had a so big impact on my life. It was the death of my father.

For us that are on live, when a person die we miss that person completely, totally.
If we could have only the live body from that person would not be complete; in fact we call this type of situation a person on a "vegetative state". If we have the soul of the person, but we can not hug him or her, look at the person, see his or here expressions, something is missing.

I have think about it for a long time.
I grow up as Christian and I'm still one; I heard different answer about this argument but the idea of separation between body and soul, that some people arrive first to heaven and that the soul go to God after you die never convince me.

Few questions come to my mind.
Why, if God is love as a basic characteristic will leave the human race suffering here and eventually allow the dead people go happy up to heaven and see us from above whit out the possibility to do nothing for us?
If there is a better life after we die why not "kill your self" and go to a better place faster?
If God give us life putting together body and soul to make the existence (this is what we see when a child is born), why he will separate it at the end of life for an other life?
If this is idea is right,where is God justice?

I looked and study the Bible, what for Christians should be the life guide.

There is a lot to talk about but if we just take the best reference experience, I mean Jesus him self there is something interesting from my point of view. When he meet Maria after the resurrection Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' " Jhon 20:7
The text is talking about Jesus him self immediately after he has resurrected and as we notice he had not returned to the Father during the time he was dead (the Father is clearly in heaven); therefor, how could the normal mortal people go immediately to heaven after death if Jesus didn't go?

What Jesus said when he had situations whit people that have died like Lazarus he said; "Our friend has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up." We know that when we sleep there is not comprehension about what's around us; so we presume that this is what's going on wile a person is dead, nothing, no existence, no communication.

So, as I understand in a Bible Christian perspective, after you die nothing happen until Jesus will come back and resurrect the people."For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. (1 chorinthian 15:22,23)

If Jesus resurrected, if he resurrected Lazarus, if he created the word from nothing, he will for sure have the power to recreated the human from the dust and give him the breath of life again.

I found on this answer comfort and hope for us people that are alive. I have a hope that one day I will met the beloved that have died again, soul and body together, completely.

My first day in USA

Hi every one, how are you this monday?
Today I am going to talk about my firs day in USA, it was very hot day, there in Tucson Arizona, I dont remember the grades but it was realy hot becouse I can feel the air coming from the ground direct to my face and my eyes I can not see anything. It was on July is why the weather were so hot, and there are not trees I mean no big and green trees like here in TN, there are just cactus nature so I prefer green and big trees. But when I get in to the apartments, feels good whit the air condition. I saw meny hispanic restaurants, big stors and the shoping centers, like the moll, and also there are montains so you can have a trip whit your family and friends. Well I thing this is my firs impretion in the USA.

NYC at Cristmas' time!

After one year preparing my trip, i was leaving Sao Paulo and flying to Miami...
was a really difficult flight...and i could not visit Miami...just more hours waitting the next flight...
But when i was going to NYC i could see Miami's beaches...and was awesome!!!
After many hours i arrived at NYC...i was sooo excited to the new life...but i was freezing too...
I spent a week at NJ, but everyday we went to NYC to visit Times Square, 5th avenue, Rockfeller Center and all the things that was going on at Cristmas' time. NYC at this time it's just the really means of cristmas, was beautiful, MAGIC!
Was just the best days of my life!!! NYC is the best place in the world...
i could know a looot of girls from another countries...and i had a great time there...
I had never saw the snow before NYC, and was -6 celsius, it was just reaally fun, i took almost 400 pictures in one week, i went shopping on Zara, Gap, Victoris Secret etc (just the best and fashion shopping ever hahahaha)!!
And after this busy week i came to Atoka-TN... ohh my gosh...so many difference...
But here i had the really first idea about the crazy american life =)
I didn't liked the food, fast food is not my favorite kind of food so i had some problems until find somethings that i like it...
The language...the second problem...at NYC everybody talked to me slowly because they know that we are everybody 'non-americans', so i thought i could talk perfect until i arrive here and try to talk on the phone...never was so hard make a conversation before.
After ends my first day here, i was just thinking about how different will be my year, at first time, you can see how safe is here, specially comparing to Brazil, how easy is the live (have a machine to everything!!!!! lol)
I know that i should say here about my first idea about america, but every month here show me more difference... the weather (i love how you can see the seasons changing), the snow was really fun, the music, the language, the clothes, the university, the parties, the law...ohh soo many things to adapt and to learn ...
But i can say that i'm loving live here, all difference makes the days busy, funny, and unforgettable!!!!

When your life changes ( first day)

I have had the opportunity to move from a country to another a few times.
The first time I moved was from my own native country and I was 19.
My heart was full of emotion; I knew that this moment was the end of a chapter of my life. The time when I went to high school lightheartedly was over. I was leaving my culture, my language, my society code, my friends and part of my family.
I still remember how much I cried on the airplane.

13 years have passed and I moved again.
This time was different, even though it was still a challenge.
This time I was not alone and this country was my wife's place.
America!!!! USA or Estados Unidos as I first learn to call this country.
In my mind I had a lot of pictures, some of them controversial.
Growing up in Latin America the USA had been discussed often politically around me.
But, are all the people in this country as I heard?
.......
The airplane landed at Orlando Airport. Europe was behind.
All our baggage arrived and my in law's were waiting for us. It was night and we drove for half an hour. I could see the wide streets, the high buildings light up, and a lot of traffic.
We arrived home and after a wile we were tired and went to sleep.

It's interesting when you sleep; there is not place, and there is not time. You just have not concept of what is going on around you, you are like "non exist", and you don't know where you are.
The light of a new day woke me up. Were am I? The last time I remember I was on bed at Florence. Outside the window it was a beautiful garden whit a tree more than 250 years old. The building that I lived in existed before Columbus discovered America.
Now I look outside the windows and see a young palm tree and all the houses look the same from outside.
I think and I understand.
I'm in a new space, I'm in an other "story".
This is a different county, with a different experience.
I breathe deeply and smile...
Anyhow there are common points as every other place in the world; everyone that live here have a need of joy, peace, love, respect and hope, like me.

Classes!

Hey everybody...
Today will be the second day of classes at the Writting Workshop.
I'm loving go to University of Memphis, it's really cool and i'm loving the classes (im doing the Business classes at saturday too).
I choose this classes because i really need to get better writting, here i learn very much how to talk and some pronunciations, because i allways need to talk to survive lol ...but now im glad im having the opportunity to get better writting too.
My first homework was a little difficult =/ because had so many words that i never listen before the class...but thats ok, i think i got it!!!
Actually, i dont like very much blogs (im not very creative and i allways think that no one will read it...lol)
I hope Caroline don't get mad with me, but thats it today ;)
Bye bye!

first experience

Hi!
how are you doing today?
This is my first experience writing blog! Cool, could you believe that this time would arrive to me?
You, that may never meet me, now have just a chance to here about how I am, what I do and what I think. I's seems incredible!

I'm taking an English class, here at Memphis, the city of Elvis but also the city of M. Luther King.
This is an interesting place there you can met people with different cultures but also a place with lot of challenges. I think that there is still a big problem of integration and segregation. You can see groups people that are not welcome in others; latinos, black or whites. There is a question of codes that you need to know before you can try to be accept or at least have an opportunity to be close to others different on you.
Even if a lot of discussion and fainting has been taked place here to break the walls between the different race, I see that there are sill a lot of racism and discrimination.
There is a lot to do and there is a responsibility of each one of us to do something; you and me have to do a small part, accepting and loving the persons that are around us not mather how they look like.

This is the first place I live in USA; I enjoy to go downtown Memphis and specially walk beside the Mississippi river, listening to the music of the south; blues, jazz or gospel.

There is a lot I have learned since I arrived; maybe the biggest challenges has been to understand the "southern accent" :), and look for a job in a new country with a new language in the middle of the biggest American crisis.
But I got it!
So, do your best, not give up and think possitive!!!
Have fun!

Hey, am new on this. lol

Hi my name is Ana I am from Mexico, I am 25 years old. I like study, dance, work, and be lazy some times too. I just start at the writing class at the university of Memphis, and I hope learn more and more, well I like learn I feel alive, my family live here on USA . Where am work needs to write, speak, and listen all day spanish and english is why am here on this writing class and also comunocation class.

I am very happy to be here, becouse I been withing for this class many years but never give up. Someday I will be better person, and also I will be have ather job. How about study here at the univerity of Memphis and be profetional.

Let me tell you someting about MY HOMETOWN, there on Mexico we are rich on traditions, culture, and nature too, wather is so nice for all people becouse we have hot beaches but on the other side we have difren tempeture on others states. Let me tell you about the good food that we make, like tamales with chicken and green sauce, corn soup (pozole), staek tacos and more. I am hungry now how about you?
Thanks for reed my note.

Brigadier of chocolate

The recipe is very simple and yields 30 servings.

One( 1) Condensed milk .

One (1) tablespoon of butter .

Seven ( 7) tablespoon of chocolate .

Place in a pan melt the condensed milk, butter and chocolate on medium fire and stir continuously with a wooden spoon cook until it begins take off of the pot Let cool and then unte hands with butter and make the balls and involving them in chocolate granules .

It is ready to you and your family delight this tasty dessert.

I hope that you enjoy , because I love it .

What do I think of Memphis?

Well, I think that Memphis is a great city to live, there is many opportunities of employment, I like it because, is not to big I can get almost everything and I don't have to spend a lot of time to find what I need. Rent and utilities are not to expensive. Also my family lives here, that is the most important thing. I think that Memphis is like a big Town.

Mardi Gras in New Orleans

New Orleans is a beautiful city with pretty houses and trees.

We want to the parades and we got a lot of bids, and we want to different parties too!!!

Also, we want to the French quarter is a very nice place. We want to the Cafe du monde is a famous cafe in this city, where you can eat delicious beignets and drink cafe au lait. We want to the French Market, where you can find a lot of staff!!!

New Orleans was awesome, I had a great time in this city.

See you later Alligators!

Joelle

What I think about Memphis .

I like Memphis and I think that the city is really beautiful.

I live in Mississipi and I think that Tennessee is more developed and I prefer go to Memphis to see many different things.

I often go to Memphis in cinemas, university, stores and the shopings.

I believe that have a lot of place to I know yet , and I hope to view all of them during the period that I stay here.

I do not know walking so much in places far from here the that gps that me save me a lot , but any way this apparatus is teaching me a lot.

I have gone to a synagogue in in Memphis and Jewish community are very friendly and cheerful.

In Brazil I go to a jewish synagogue and also thought to try it here and it make so good to me for I have a cycle of friendship and I can develop the learning of English .

Finally I hope that I to know all the interesting places in Memphis and that the city can develop increasingly for that continue atract students of the world.

Why will someone learn English?

In every society communication is necessary. In the human society there is a diversity of languages. The variety of languages is sometimes a big issue. We need to communicate in nowadays world through many ways because countries interact. We travel, our relatives move. These new cultures we move in involve also new languages.
You can probably live in a country without speaking their language,but why will someone learn English when he or she is in USA? The answer to that question will depend on the purpose of the person who came to USA. Not everyone came here to achieve the american dream.

Some people came to USA just because they were brought to. It is like they were forced to. Not that someone put the gun on their head, but they did not really have the choice to disagree. The choices were very limited. For instance a person lived in a refugee camp. He is told that people who do not want to go back to their home countries will be settled to western countries.What choice did they have? They could not go back to their home countries because they fear for their lives. That is the reason they were refugees in that second country. If they had refused to come to the western countries ,they would have been sent even by force to their home country. The second country could not afford anymore to have them in his territory for security and financial issues.

Most of the people who feel like they did not want to come here, especially the more advanced age people do not intend to learn English. They feel like they can not start over.They will find a friend to translate for them wherever they go. This is made possible in USA by the presence of bilingual staff in most of the offices. The factory work can be done also without known the language. Actually you can have your basic needs satisfied in USA without speaking in English.

Ambitious people will need to learn English in order to succeed in USA. Speaking fluent English plus the fact that you already speak another language is a big advantage. It can open you doors to jobs that you never excepted to have. Every time you apply to a job and to your qualifications you add a foreign language spoken is more valuable.

English is not hard to learn.If it was a place where people interact more that will not be an issue.For example in Africa it can take you more than two years to learn a language in a country that you move to. When you wake up, your neighbor greets you. He will talk to you . During the days people talk to each other. Here capitalism is even preseent in families relationship. It is about money. Work , gain some money, and live the american way of life.

It will not make sense to have to pay the language in some countries in Africa. you can learn it a home .English is easy but the american culture is hard. Back then stress is a strange concept. People used it by language misuse.They do not know what they talk about.You have to come here to learn about stress, to feel how important family , friends or people to talk to are.

Each deed you make has consequences. A good act can have a bad consequence and a bad decision can produce a good thing. You have to weigh and if you get what you want. Then you are fine. You have to focus on the positive thing.

Learning English is the only way to accomplish the american dream. Come from nowhere but be someone. It is not a bad thing to start over. It is good to learn something new. We do not lose anything by learning English. On the contrary we gain more than others.

Sorry that I talk to much. To sum up I am learning English because I intend to achieve my american dream. I will be Somebody someday. I will improve my life and get a better job, not to say that my present job is bad. It just that I think I deserve more. English is just a step. I have alot more languages to learn such as spanish, arabic , swahili and chinese. I know people think I dream too much. My dreams brought me here , without them I am no one. What is a life without dreams?

Why I am Studying English?

Well, I am studying English, because:

• I live in the USA, and I would like to communicate better with speakers English.
• I need to get a better job.
• I need to help my kids doing Home work.
• I would like to get a degree in accounting.

Why I am learning English

The teacher did ask Why I'm Learning English .Well I think this language is very important to me .

In Brazil I am studing international business and this language is everything that I need for the job that I want to act in the future .

When I had decided come to United States I planned one-year of apprenticeship and now I see that isn't possible because the language is very hard .

Ok, I will keep trying for 2 years, I believe with a lot of dedication I can get out of here speaking the language.

why learn English?

I want to learn English because I believe that is a important language today in day and because is a dream too.

I don't will used English in my day-by-day in my work, but I recognize that is important speak this language. If you speak this language you can travel for many places in the world that you always will found somebody for understand you.

First I began study English because my boyfriend paid a course for me to study with him, but I confess that i don't study and discourage him. I had difficult in learn this language, then I resolved came from here and try learn this language that is beautiful.

I don't hope learn English in one year because I know that is difficult speak fluently, but I hope to communicate same thing form simple.

Juliana Pacheco.

Why I am learning English???

Good question teacher, but why not!?!

Alright, I tell you guys: I am learning English because is a international language, and I would like to improve more my English, and eventually pass the FCE (First Certificte English) when i come back to my country and find a good job in an international company.

It's very important to speak English in my country (Switzerland) for get a good job.

Also, if you speak English you can go everywhere, and speak English it's fancy for me!!! :)

Joelle

My 1st day in the USA

I came in the USA in Jun 16 2008, and I stayed tree days in New York.

My firsts impressions:

- New York is like in the movies, exactly the same.

- Big city with big rods, and high way and a lot traffic.

- People are crasy ( I mean in New York, the people are so snub and stress and not very nice.

- People eat a lot.

- Every things are big.

But, when I came to Memphis, I think the people were more nice, more polite, and I was glad because in New York The People were very snub.

Joelle

My first day in New York!!!

I don't know if I was happy, worry or despair in my first day. Look what happened with me.

I said before that I came for USA without know nothing the English and i believe that because I don't speak this language all happened with me.



My suffering began in Brazil when my agency's girl said me that my airplane will stop in Miami, and my airplane will stop in Washington. I stayed crazy in Airport Sao Paulo in my country, until I discover that my airplane really will stop in Washington.



After my afraid was the immigration. When the airplane stoped my belly freezed, and i think " Oh my good, what i will do now?". Then I entered in the file for pass emigration the EUA, but had many people and I lost my air plane. In fact I arrived 7:15am and my air plane will go departure for New York 8:30 am. I thougth that will give time, but I was mistake.



I stayed in airport about 7 hours because I only will get another air plane 5:oo pm. Then I arrived in NY almost 7:oo pm end ate my dinner end went sleep. I'm happy because arrived well, relief!!!

My first day was terrible, but my second day was perfect because I Know the Times Square and I stayed enchanted, is the place more beautiful that I know until today. Have many places beautiful here, but Times Square caused more impact in me.

Juliana Pacheco

The first time at United States

I never had gone to before at United States .

The first time that I come to America was Octuber 17th.

When I saw I scared as the people eat a lot .

I been with my friends on Central Park Times Square and major stores.

I realized that the american people expend so much.

There are person in the New York that dress of differently from the others.

On New york I seen people of all origins in the world and I found it so interesting.

I belive that the United States have a lot of place to know yet .

I hope that I can go in the others places here because I think that I have so much to learn .

I hope also be the first of many times that I come here specifically to do a lot of trips .

Hi everybody !!!!

How are you ? I hope that everybody is fine !

Well today I said that will go talk about my friends that I did here . There are two person , Joelle and Juliana, which also participate on this blog. They are person that I have more contact in recent times, because they are Au Pair and they are my classmates. Joelle helps me a lot because I have great difficulty by the little time that I have here. She and very funny, sometimes we can not stay very close in class because we mixed the class of teacher. The Juliana is funny too, she is live in my coutry also and she has spent some good experiences as I in the United States.


I hope that our friendship independent lasts of the end of the exchange. I would send a kiss to them and that we can have a fun time here.

Dear friends Good Morning !!

Today I will tell you about as I am a forgotten person .
In my country the forgotten person are called of heads of wind, Sluggish, headstrong and many others more adjectives not very pleasant.
I do not know if here in the United States the people doing it to , on put names in these forgotten person .
I remember since the child I was always very forgotten, my brother called me dove, that I hated this surname. I think that I don't need explain what is the meaning, he said because the doves fly and I also lived as them.
I remember two times that it is happened, I went to school and I only realized that I forgot my backpack on the school when I returned home. My mother spoke to me that it is impossible to happen and she was very confusing as it happened with .
If anywhere, where would I forgot something.
I think that I already repeated that phrase : I forgot , more than one million of times. It was happening in my entire childhood.
I thought it would pass, but it began to happenworse in my adolescence also and I started to forget things in the places that was of most values, earring, bracelets, rings and bags with my belongings.
When I was in the universty before coming to the United States I lost a calculator 12c hp that in Brazil it is considered expensive.
I had finished making a test and went to the bathroom and left it there. The good that I did passed on the test . We have to be optimistic yet !
The fact that I find so funny when I arrived in the United States . I believe that the life wanted teach me something when my bag losted and I was forgot at this time .
I feel so bad when the others person loses the things of us and I gave more value on my stuff.I don't had clothes more and I had to wait to until they found.
I do not like to forget, but have time that my head is worried about the other things I forgot the other.
But now I'm trying to be more attentive exept what was happened in the last week that I had forgotten to take the gift of my friend joele and give her at school, but she knows now that I am so !I hope that she understands me.
On my next post I will talk about my friends that I made here .

Ops ! On my first text I forgot to say about me !!! Sorry

When I took this picture I forgot to change the date. The correct date is 2008 ok ?
This picture was when I arrived in the United States.The welcoming to the family with me .
In the begin do you realize that I am a bit forgotten.
Do not be scared .On the next post I will talk about the many omissions on the my life . The episodes are very funny.


Dear new friends

My name is Debora and I have 25 years old and I from Brazil and I university student to course of international business, Catholic University.
I speak portuguese and a little french, because I studied a long time the language than more the English the Hebrew because of my parents that are Jews and I'm trying to learn english .
In Brasil the people are so nice .
When I decided to au pair exchange I thought about a great opportunity to learn english while I do something that I like that is care of the children.
My family did'nt gave me much incentive to come to United States, but I thought to grow more.
I have two brothers whose names and ages respectively are Daniel Thiago 28 and 19 years, both are very good friends. My mother is divorced and have a long time that I can not see my dad . Anyway I am happy.
I so glad to coming to United States and I hope that I can leave to here speaking english. I have a dream to learn the language .
I came to the United States to live and to work taking care of 4 kids they are so sweet.
The child that give a lot of job is Katy, she has 2 year and half and had days that I thought come back to my contry . She is so busy !
I had learned to loved she more day by day, she teaches me that I have be patient.I said to her mother that she is my test of au pair if I stay here until to the end I passed as au pair !
The others are David 6 Jonathan 4 years ,and the baby Zoe, 1 year, she is my great love, I can't see my life without she. This baby is very special to me because she is very nice and easy to love.she give love to anyone.
About the parents of children are very good with me, are pleasant and understanding.
Finally, I hope that I explained a little about me, I believe that with time we are more familiar.
Sorry about mistakes !I promise that I will go improve!

Why I am in Memphis!

Hi everyone,

I am Joelle, I come from Switzerland and I live in Geneva. I have one sister and one brother, thet live there too. My parents come from Portugal but they live in Switzerland. I speak French, Portuguese and English (I mean I try to improve a lot because it isn't perfect).

In this moment of my life, I am in USA for one year because I decided to come here for a new experiance and improve my English. Actually, I am living in Memphis with a american family and I take care the two kids every day of the week.

My realy first reason to be here is to be far of my friends, family and my country for a well. Because sometimes we need to see something else, something new, and not always the same things. It was so difficut fo me to leave because I am very close of my family and my friends. When I took the plan for came to the USA, I was so sceared and I cried a lot of! But when I saw New York for my first time, I smiled and I said it's a new life comming soon.

I think comming to the USA it was my best decision ever. Now I have new friends, fun every week and just a wonderful trip and adventures.

So guys, if you would like to know other country, I said let's go don't think two times. It's just a wonderful experience.

Joelle

IN SEARCH OF AN ADVENTURE.

Hi!!! friends.

Because of an adventure I am here in this country, my name is Juliana pacheco, I'm 27 years old, I'm lawyer, I'm from Brasil and currently I live in Germantown, TN.

Here i have on life completely different if i to compare with the life the i has in my country. Here i am Au Pair, for how don't know, is a exchange program that combine work and study. Then I take care two children, Camila that have 3 years old ans Michael that have 6 years old and I'm study English in University of Memphis.

Many peoples asked me why i will want change my life for one year, another persons said that I'm crazy, some friends believed that I don't came, has persons that said that I don't will support live here for more than 7 months. Another persons believed and me and think that this program will bring me great personal growth. Who is correct? I don't know. I think that eveybory, but already explain.

I think that everybory opinion the people is correct about my came for here. How thougth that i'm crazy is correct because I abandoned a good job in my coutry and a live comfortable for live a life very, very simple.

The people that thougth that i don't support live here for more than 7 month is probable that we are correct because live here and don't have TV in badroom, don't have car and live with little money is almost impossible. I believe in God and I'm strong, i want believe that i can more than t months.

Now the people that thougth that this program is a good growth in my life also is correct . I think that this program is making I grow with person, because financially is a desaster (srsrsrsr). Today I'm value more my family and I realized how a mother suffer after that have a child. This experience is very important in my life because i discovered that i don't want children. Is probable that in the future i will change my idea, but today never, never, never. I like take care Camila. She is a nice girl, she is very smart and happy. She is my happy in this country, but is much responsabilite and i don't want to put a child in the world, I'm not feel prepared.

I'm stay here has 5 months, and i belived that my english is each day better, but very bad yet, but i think that is importat don't to desist because I believe that determination today leads sucess to tomorrow. And I think that a person for be happy need make whatever is possible, sometimes some people criticize, but i prefer regret because i did. If one person ask me what the name this moment in my life i will say "In search of an adventure".

Now about my futere...if you want know...continue reading my blog srrssrsr.

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoox Juliana Pacheco.

I am still without inspiration

Hi !
I will go write something in then night. I am still without inspiration
I don't know what happen with me ?
Wait !!!!!!!!!!!

Now it is the night
I will go try now !

Katy the children of 2 years that I take a care is kicking the door wanting to come

in my room.
God is very difficult to write here .

Today I will go say about that happen here on the house , but I think that I can say

about the behavior of human beings that surprises me more , day by day !

And you ask me what ?

I did make an analogy to something happening with the children to the behavior of adults.

Nothing very confusing for today ok?

when Katy ( children ) always go to do something wrong , she tries to hide to me. Or

she hides behind the sofa so I do not see or she stop in one place and thinking a

lot, I imagine planning something out of the situation.

So many adults do it too on the life , they hide behind many things to be omitted.

look that these are called adults.

I believe it is human nature.

I think but I do not know nothing!

Debora Guimaraes

What love is about ?

Love is like life. There are two things ,we have but we do not really have a power on them. We are somehow out of control when it comes to those two. Love happens when you do not even know. The real one happens once in a life. It is not like some people say they meet their real love everytime they have a new lover.

We all know that it is not true. We sometimes want to act that way in order to lie to our lovers or to ourselves. Love when is not the true one is also about lies. Lies make love exciting. We feel more loved when we are with good liars. At least when we do not know yet that we are with a liar. Of course there are some people who will let it go even if they know the truth, just because they are somehow not proud of themselves.

At that time Love is a lie to ourselves. You look at yourself , but you do not like it. You feel you are ugly ,stupid,less important ,or uptight. You feel so bad about yourself that your liar lover used your so low self-esteem to control you. This case is mostly true with violent lover. Because you already do not respect yourself , the violent lover makes you believe that it is you the problem . The wiser one will make you believe that you can change him. You know it is not true ,but you want to believe it.

It is the worst thing that can happen to a human being lie to yourself.When some lover come to your life and lies to you ,it is not okay ,but it is understandable.You have been tricked. But lie to yourself is unacceptable! It is a crime!Yes, you are killing a person:YOU. You let your brain focus on something untrue not on some trivial question but about yourself.The solution is there, in us. We have to teach our children and the next generation to love themselves first in oder to dream about a love story.

Did you ever wonder why you do not have a friend , a girlfriend or a boyfriend? You should! Most of the time it is because you dislike something in you. Without knowing it , that thing affects your life so badly. Unconsciously, you do not smile, laugh or simply enjoy good times. You feel sad, tired or need to be alone. You can become agressive verbally even physically. If you fall in the wrong hands of a very good actor. He or she is going to use you so badly that at the end you will be worthless.

Then you want to be loved. You are there going from agencies to others to find a match to yourself. What if you match yourself together first and may be you can except to be loved .Put yourself together! It is obvious when a person is ready for love. Be sure of it , people will notice that you are ready,hopefully and more likely good people. Not only you want to be loved, but also you can love somebody else. Do not look for love if you do not want to love.

Love is not "take" only. Love is "give" and "take".There is a mistake we often make. People go to agencies and say:"I am looking for a woman or a man to love me. I want him or her to be kind, honest ... with me. He or she should be there for me." That is hilarious. What about the person who comes in your life, what are you going to give him or her, what good habits is he or she going to find in you? Will you be there for him or for her. Do not be selfish.Take and give.

Love is not exactly what was in your dream. It is what you got. It is not what you want but it is what is given to you.Take it. Really take it in a good way with no lies , no selfishness.Take it very hard with all your heart,because it is just like a glass once it broke there is no way to fix it.It is gone and it takes a lot of pills to fix your broken heart.

Love is the best thing in the world that ever happen to a person. It gives you energy, happiness and hope. When you are in love you dream. You do not see anything like an obstacle. You are passionate. You are eager to go forward. You succeed because you believe in your success.

(Thanks for reading. Please leave a (bad or good)comment , will be contributing in my future writer career. I am very open-mind person. Tell me if there are mistakes. )