Quarantine 2020

February 29th, 2020 This is the leap year day. It has been months or even years that I don't stop by my blog however I am kinda distant from social media in general anyway. People are not interested in writing much. They care mostly about taking pictures which I have not been into as much. My eyes for photography are still keen. I wander around and I do sense when there is a scene ready to receive a snap. However, I lack of motivation. I have recovered from a deep depression since 2018/19. My lack of motivation pops up from not having good cameras, nor good cell phone lenses. My life is being focused on survival and that is pretty much it. As being Brazilian, I don't get much of a 'see-through' skill. Am I being clear? If not, you are not going to comment here anything about it. I will keep writing my way.

Guess who's back?

Depression has been visiting me again...

So it has been a while that antidepressants are not in my medicine cabinet. They were part of my daily routine for almost four years. They were expensive and they changed my body and personality. I had lost 10 pounds and my moods swings were contant. I am back in the Medium size and I don't spend as much when I go drugstore shopping. I lost all my pants, panties and most of my undies. However, depressed feelings are knocking on my doors. I am bitter. I am unhappy. I feel down in the dumps for no reason whatsoever. I wish I were slimmier. Whereas, I have got tons of real motives to celebrate life - I have got four jobs, a brand-new car, an apartment, 6 cats, and billions of tests/papers to grade. What more do I need? DEPRESSION.

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"A Birthday Workout"

Hike across green Ireland;
Bike the USA;
Backpack through New Zealand,
But don’t call it a day…
Do yoga in lovely Paris;
Jump rope in Katmandu;
Avoid Italian pasta,
(Well, maybe taste, but don’t you chew!)
Climb atop Mt. Everest;
Do aerobics on China’s Wall;
Lift weights on Mexican Beaches;
And honey, that’s not all…
Shake your booty with native dances
In Fiji and Bora Bora;
Move your body and exercise
Like you’ve never done before.
Okay; that’s good; you’re finished;
Now you can take a break;
You’ve finally burned enough calories
To have your birthday cake!

By Joanna Fuchs

Brazilian Education System

A society mostly constituted of poor victims certainly will end up being a failed nation. And as such, these people are heavily dependent upon rulers that control a gigantic state. Those of course, detain not only the political power, but also great economical dominance.

Our educational system, controlled by the state,  through the social constructivist method, and representatives like the genocidal Paulo Freire, who is nothing but a Marxist revolutionary disguised  as a pedagogist, has been very effectively creating an army of brainless functional illiterates easily manipulated and dominated.

The result of Freire's pedagogy of the oppressed is generations of zombies who can't perceive the reality that surrounds them and that function as pieces of a board game played by globalists who have found here a fertile soil to spread their ideas and reach their goals of destroying all of our traditions, values, art, and culture.

The destruction of morals, religion, images of authority, historical heroes and so on is obviously noticed and they have been replaced by histerical feminists, fake prophets, dictators, terrorists, and mediocre artists. Besides these, we still have thieves and vagabonds invading private properties with no consequences. This also applies other types of criminals.

In summary, these "poor victims" who hate or are afraid of success, do not worry about studying or learning a trade because the government will give them money, housing, and healthcare.

If they work, many will quickly sue their employers for some easy money.

Crime is a great deal too, since no one goes to jail and when that happens, it's just for a quick stay with the company of human rights activists making sure they are well treated and their families get everything they need.

People are not even careful when going across streets anymore, because if they get hit by a car, the driver is always the culprit and he or she will be responsible for their treatment and will also have to pay them a good deal of money as compensation.

Why are they going to appreciate art or music that is a bit difficult to understand if there's plenty of "pre-digested" stupidity that is so easy to "consume"? TV sets are like oracles for them. Following fashion and trends is something they can't survive without. These lessons are quickly and easily learned.

One path to freedom may be just going against the flow, using TV sets as computer screens (but using them wisely), reading good books and establishing relationships with smart people. Get to know what happens in other places and how people live abroad. Find good role models.
Process all this information and start thinking for yourself.

For sure you are not going to be the happiest person alive because ignorance is bliss after all, but real freedom does not come without effort and some disappointment.

Having control over your destiny and knowing what takes place around you are the two main things that can make a life really worth living.

B&W

Planning on renovation...

Budapest, Bucarest, Sophia, Vien, Krakow, Berlin...but not in that order.

https://youtu.be/fNbgsL_lrZE

Learn Hungarian 1x11 - I am Chris and I am from Hungary.

Hope Burden Project

I am reopening my Hope Burden fashion project. I am working on an online Brecho Etsy store and later on, really later on I am going to show you my jewelry making line. I love street ready-to-wear fashion looks.

Magyaróra - quite an adventure!

Elkezdtem tanulni magyarul. Beszélek angolul, portugálul, spanyolul, németül, és most megpróbálom magyarul megérteni. Bevallom, hogy az általam megpróbált nyelvek közül ez a legnehezebb. Én Laila vagyok. Szia.

Good days... old times!

Hoy, yo he hecho mi según examen internacional de alemán. No lo sé hablar alemán con fluidez pero domino un poco de la gramatica. Me pongo contenta pues no fue tan trágico. Es un idioma facil si tu ya sabes inglés. Conocer más lénguas és una habilidad más valorada y demandada profesionalmente (lo siento, hablar emoji con fluidez no cuenta). La capacidad para comunicarse con la gente siempre será importante y sea español, inglés o alemán; lo que impuerta es ser poliglota. Es un hecho saber más que trés lenguas. Pero el inglés es demasiado importante.  Él tiene unas 750 000 palabras, y el japonés y el chino ni siquiera utilizan los mismos caracteres que los idiomas europeos. Entonces hay un vantaje en saber los idiomas del ocidente. Aprender a hablar otro idioma requiere mucho esfuerzo y, elijas el que elijas, tienes que tomártelo en serio. Estoy aprendendo húngaro ahora y estoy sufriendo pues es muy diferente: hay más de 40 letras y los sustantivos cargan anejos muy complicados.  Sin embargo, hay algunas estrategias y trucos que pueden ayudarte a acelerar tu aprendizaje de qualquier idioma, sea español, francés o italiano; es que por saber portugués como primer lengua, tenemos vantajes. Brasileños de mi corazón, habla español, alemán, inglés, el que queira, empieza ahorita mismo. ¿Vamos a empezar?

languagecorner@gmail.com

55-18-3272.1187

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How long would I keep teaching?

My office is a "Horder's Shrine"

...and I am so proud of it!
Ha.🎉🎉🎉

May 31st Holiday

Early in the morning, I got up, went to the computer and made 2 High School quizzes and emailed them through. I put make-up on and was ready to get nee tats. I love/hate getting inks done. They look pretty on people's skin however they hurt so bad. Whenever they heal, I'll show them over here.
XOXO

Pink and Blue Hair - long time no see

                My old college friend Silvia and her adorable daughter Laura.... plus my P&B Hair.

Eu não me encontro no momento. Favor deixar recado depois do 'beep'

Eu dou aula de inglês. Já estudei alemão (Wie heiSSen Sie?), espanhol (Hola, Qué tal?), francês (Commant ca vá?), Chinês (Ni Hao ma?) e atualmente, estudo Romeno (Ce mai faci?). Deu para notar que tenho uma queda para a coisa. Coisa essa que chamamos IDIOMAS. Quanto mais estudo idiomas e suas implicações, mais fico admirada com a minha própria língua: a portuguesa.

Ela é a quinta mais falada no mundo e a terceira no mundo ocidental. Além do Brasil e Portugal, o português também é falado em Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Macau, Moçambique, São Tomé e Príncipe e Timor-Leste. Há pequenas coisas dessa língua que me fazem adorar ser uma 'Portuguese speaker and writer'. O uso das tremas e acentos são um charme. Pena que nem todo mundo se importa com os pobres coitados. 

Sempre quis saber como nossa língua soa aos ouvidos estrangeiros. Sei que nossos diminutivos cheios de 'inhos' e fonemas nasalisados tornam nosso português bastante musical. Acho que mais musical que o espanhol. Isso é outra coisa fascinante dele. 

Nem tudo são flores em nosso idioma. Concordo que temos regência verbais complicadíssimas e que nosso vocabulário ortográfico é extremamente vasto. Entendo que nos expressamos numa língua nada fácil de dominar. Mas isso em nada justifica os vícios de linguagem.

Vícios de linguagem são, segundo Napoleão Mendes de Almeida, "palavras ou construções que deturpam, desvirtuam ou dificultam a manifestação do pensamento". De acordo com o autor, há diversos tipos de vícios: ambigüidade('Vou viajar pra lá como você'), pleonasmo ('a grande maioria'), cacofonia ('será $10 por cada convite'), entre outros. 

Para mim, o pior dos vícios de linguagem é o solecismo. Eles são muitos, como os de concordância: 'a nível de' ou 'ela namora com Paulo'... Para mim, um vício de linguagem também é reproduzir as mesmas expressões, os mesmos adjetivos, tornando clichês quase tudo o que ouvimos na mídia. Ou seria que tudo o que está na mídia é para ser clichê mesmo? 

Explico melhor. 

Eu não assisto muito TV, mas quando não estou dormindo no domingo de tarde, gosto de assistir as entrevistas do SEM CENSURA que passa na TVE, apresentado pela brilhante jornalista Leda Nagle. É um programa interessante porque boa parte dos entrevistados não é de pessoas tão famosas assim. Eles são muitas vezes artistas plásticos, ou de teatro, e até mesmo escritores com pouca expressividade. 

Noto que são pessoas letradas, informadas, que devam ler regularmente... e mesmo assim... só conseguem adjetivar de uma única forma, como um vício. Leiam esses exemplos: "Esse livro é baseado numa proposta 'bacana'...", "... é que esse projeto é algo 'super legal' que partiu de uma idéia 'bacana', ou "este show foi dirigido por um artista muito 'bacana'"... Sim. Tudo no mundo da intelectualidade agora é bacana,"lacrador", super legal, ou bacana e super legal... Sério mesmo. Os caras não conseguem mais assimilar outros adjetivos. Bem. Pelo menos prefiro que usem o termo "bacana" ao termo "tudo de bom" ou a sigla do internetês TDB.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh! 

Por que existe essa tal 'fraqueza' no uso da língua falada? Sério mesmo, gente! As pessoas têm medo de usar palavras rebuscadas. Eu, no entanto, admiro os mais complexos e belos termos de nossa língua portuguesa. E como ela é rica nisso! Ao invés de dizer: 'Gosto disso', prefiro dizer, 'Isso me apetece'; no lugar de: 'Não entendi', eu sempre digo: 'Isso, não concatenei'.

Serei eu um ser de outro planeta? Devo eu me matar e deixar as pessoas falarem como bem entendam? Não respondam! Já entendi. 

Vou ver se Eu estou na esquina. Enquanto isso, deixem recado depois do “beep”, afinal de contas, Secretária Eletrônicas são Tudo De Bom!

5 days late...