tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48008945844105368212024-03-05T18:43:22.559-08:00VIAJEI NUM SONHOUm blog sobre o meu sonho: Estudar e trabalhar na Irlanda! (vulgo intercâmbio)Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-37640889681221092732012-10-17T13:54:00.001-07:002012-10-17T13:58:15.317-07:00P.S. Eu te amo [P.S. I love you]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quem ainda não assistiu esse filme? É simplesmente tocante. E o melhor, é filmado na Irlanda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quem pensa ou já pensou em fazer intercâmbio lá, com certeza já escutou a música Galway Girl, já sonhou em passear por aquele parque... Enfim, é realmente muito bonito.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas sabe o que é ainda melhor? É quando tu vai lá. É poder ir naquele mesmo parque, passar por aquele mesmo pub, escutar essa música em todos os lugares e eu posso garantir: Todos os lugares legais tocam essa música, e é realmente emocionante como é no filme, todos dançando, cantando e se divertindo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pra quem ainda não sabe, esse filme foi baseado (não adaptado, mas baseado apenas) no livro de mesmo nome e o que eu posso dizer é: É muito engraçado. O filme foi bem mais romântico, tenho que admitir, mas o livro é mil vezes mais engraçado. E o melhor, se passa todo na Irlanda. Não como no filme, que metade é nos E.U.A e a outra metade em Galway. É todo o livro. Então pra quem pretende estudar, trabalhar, viajar, fazer intercâmbio ou qualquer coisa em Dublin ou outro lugar da Irlanda, ou já foi, vale muito a pena ler este livro.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tu reconhece vários lugares, várias gírias, enfim... é de deixar qualquer um com gostinho de quero mais e alimentar aquela expectativa de, por que não, viver um romance como o da Holy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[Who has not watched this movie yet? It's simply outstanding. And the best part: It was filmed in Ireland.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Who thinks or already thought about make an interchange there, surely already heard the song Galway Girl and dreamed of walking through that park... Anyway, it's really beautiful.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But do you know what's even better? It is when YOU GO there! It's to be able to go to that same park, the same pub, listening to that song and I can assure you: All the cool places play that song. And it's really exciting, as in the movie, with everybody dancing, singing and having fun.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Fot those who don't know yet, this movie was based on (just based, not adapted) from the book with the same name and what I can say is: It's really funny. The movie was far more romantic, I must admit, but the book a thousand times funier. And the best part: The story's all in Ireland. Not like in the movie, with some parts in U.S.A and some parts in Galway. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So, for those who want to study, work, travel, make an interchange or anything in Dublin or another place of Ireland, or if you already went, it's really worth it to read this book.</i></span></div>
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Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-23713566815381982782012-10-08T10:51:00.000-07:002012-10-08T11:03:18.222-07:00Melhorando seu inglês [Improving your English]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deixa eu contar um segredinho pra vocês: Não importa o quão cara, conceituada e bem avaliada a escola e/ou agência que tu escolheu é... Se tu não te dedicar além da escola, o inglês NÃO VAI MELHORAR. Não adianta nem tentar, porque não vai! Simples assim.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Óbvio que uma escola boa, bem estruturada, com professores qualificados e empregados bem informados faz toda a diferença na hora de estudar, mas não é isso que faz o teu inglês melhorar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">É como eu já disse antes: Tem que ter atitude.<br />Tem que falar inglês o TEMPO TODO e COM TODOS. Ah, mas o fulano é brasileiro e não gosta de falar inglês... Bom, azar do fulano que veio pra Dublin né... Idioma oficial: Inglês.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Assista TV em inglês (mesmo que isso signifique não entender nada)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ouça o rádio (entre uma música e outra, tem propaganda e notícias)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Veja filmes (pode ser com legenda em inglês no começo, é mais fácil, eu sei - Mesmo que você não entenda muito a princípio, assista de novo, e de novo... até compreender tudo)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leia livros (uma dica: comece lendo um livro que tu já leu no Brasil, de preferência uma linguagem mais infantil ou infanto-juvenil) aos poucos tu vai adquirindo vocabulário, fluência e vendo que teu inglês vai muito além do "I'm fine, thank you".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vá a entrevistas, mesmo que peçam um inglês fluente, a gente nunca sabe o que as pessoas esperam. Um bom sorriso no rosto e força de vontade podem mudar muitas atitudes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E o mais importante de tudo (e talvez o mais difícil para algumas pessoas): CONVERSE. Converse com todo mundo, o tempo todo. Quando for comprar uma roupa, peça uma ajuda para a atendente (mesmo que tu não precises de ajuda, só para ouvir ela falar, e tentar conversar). Peça dicas de sanduiches no Subway, pergunte sobre as promoções do Tesco... Faça qualquer coisa para trocar algumas palavras com outras pessoas. Não tenha vergonha de falar errado, de não conjugar um verbo muito bem. Quem é nativo vai adorar saber que tu estás aprendendo, e quem não é vai entender o teu empenho! Pegue o jornal e leia ele todinho, todos os dias. Não tem nem desculpas sobre o preço, tem Metro Herald de graça, que eu sei!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vale a pena ler as notícias ali, sublinha o que tu não entendeu, pergunta ao professor, ao idoso do ônibus e até mesmo a outro brasileiro... O importante é interagir com o inglês... Pensa bem, tu aprendeu português escutando e repetindo e é o jeito mais fácil de aprender!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Não dê aquela famosa desculpa: Ah, a gente vai pra Irlanda e só convive com brasileiros, a escola é uma bosta nem deu pra falar inglês. Isso é mentira e só quem não se dedica de verdade usa essa desculpa esfarrapada!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Resumindo: Vá a luta! Corra atrás dos seus objetivos, não deixe o seu futuro na mão de ninguém, nem da escola, nem da agência, nem dos amigos... Faça você a sua caminhada para o sucesso!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[Let me tell you a little secret: It doesn't matter how expensive, reputable and well rated the school and/or agency you choose is...If you don't dedicate besides school your English is NOT GOING TO IMPROVE. There's no point even trying, it just won't. Simple like that.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Of course that a good school, well structured, with qualified teachers and good staff makes all the difference at studying time. But it isn't that what makes your English improves so much.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As I said before: You must have attitude.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>You must speak English ALL THE TIME with EVERYONE.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Oh, but the fellow's brazilian and doesn't like to speak in English. Well, bad luck for this guy, who came to Dublin... Official language: English.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Watch TV in English (even if this means you not understanding nothing)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Listen to the radio (between a song and another, there's advertisement and news)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Watch movies (with subtitles in English, it's easier at first, I know - Even if you don't understand, watch it again, and again until you get everything.)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Read books (A tip: Start with a book you already knew in Brazil, rather with child or teen language) bit by bit you get vocabulary, fluency and seeing that your English goes far beyond: "I'm fine, thank you"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Go to interviews, even if they're asking for a advanced speaker, we never know what people expect... A good smile and willpower can make everything change.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And the most important (and maybe the most difficult for some people): TALK</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Talk to everyone all the time.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>When you go shopping, ask for the attendant's help. Even if you don't need to, just to listen and try a conversation. Ask for sandwichs' tips at Subway, ask about sales on Téscos. Do everything to change some words with another person.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Don't be ashamed to speak wrong, or not conjugate a verb very well. Who's native will love that you're learning and who's not knows everything you're going through.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Get the newspaper and read it all. Even if you don't understand, underline the words and ask your teacher, the elderly on the bus, your brazilian friend...There's no excuses about the price, Metro Herald is free, I know.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The thing is interact with the English language. Think about it: You learned portuguese listening and repeating, and it is the best way to learn.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Don't give that famous excuse: We go to Ireland and live just with brazilians, school's sucks, we couldn't speak in English. This is a lie and just those who don't truly engage give this lame excuse.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To sum up: Fight. Chase you goals. Don't leave your future in anyone's hands... Neither the school, agency nor your friends. Write your hike to your success.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The pic today is my google homepage:]</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-14247765150176666352012-10-04T05:58:00.000-07:002012-10-04T05:58:28.102-07:00Curiosidades [Curiosities]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Passei oito meses em Dublin, e costumo dizer que cada mês lá era um ano de aprendizado aqui. Quem faz um intercâmbio amadurece muito, aprende muito além do inglês... é aprendizado pra vida!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Se dirige do lado direito do carro (que pra mim é o lado errado)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Os ônibus são de dois andares, e na sua maioria tem espaço para colocar malas, mochilas, carrinhos de bebê... E todo mundo larga lá, ninguém tem medo de que saiam correndo com a sua mochila, hehehe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- O motorista de ônibus (que também é o cobrador) só aceita moedas, e não dá troco. Se tu colocares dinheiro a mais, ele vai imprimir um papelzinho que tu só podes trocar no departamento de transporte (eu sempre juntei todos e na hora de vir embora troquei, deu pra juntar uns 12 euros)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Para andar em Dublin tu podes usar carro, ônibus, táxi, DART (trem), LUAS (tipo um metrô que não é subterrâneo), bicicleta, rickshaw (umas bicicletas pra carregar passageiros) e a pé. Dá pra atravessar a cidade a pé, e é bom demais caminhar lá!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Na sua maioria, as cozinhas possuem fogões com chapas de metal que esquentam (ou seja, nada de chamas)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Os banheiros não possuem tomadas elétricas, e é preciso ligar a luz antes de entrar, pois o interruptor fica do lado de fora (altas risadas quando apagavam a luz e tu estavas dentro do banheiro)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Não se paga conta de água (mas a água tem um gosto diferente, e faz a barriga da gente emitir sons estranhos)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- A maioria dos pubs não cobra entrada, apenas o consumo. E também geralmente toca uma música ao vivo. (Tudo de bom, né?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- A cerveja é vendida em copos ou canecos (chamados de pint ou half-pint) e nem é muito gelada.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- O café da manhã tradicional tem linguiça, bacon e tudo mais (light, né?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- As crianças estudam o dia inteiro. E a maioria dos empregos é bem flexível com as pessoas que tem filhos (na questão do horário, folgas e etc)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Na Irlanda não tem hospitais gratuitos como temos no Brasil, e até pra pegar uma ambulância é preciso pagar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Se toma mais chá na Irlanda do que na Inglaterra. (Essa foi surpresa, né?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Dublin é cortada por um rio, o rio Liffey, dividindo a cidade em números, que são como códigos postais... E vai de 01 a 24 (mas no total são 25, pois tem o Dublin 6 e o Dublin 6w). Os números pares ficam de um lado do rio e os números impares no outro lado.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- No supermercado tem um caixa automático, nós mesmos passamos os produtos, pagamos para a máquina, ensacolamos e vamos embora. Detalhe: Sacolinhas plásticas por lá são pagas, então evite gastos e leve sempre uma mochila ou sacola reciclável de casa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[I lived in Dublin for eight months and I used to say that each month that I spent there, was equivalent to one year in Brasil. Who makes an interchange matures a lot and learn so much, besides the English, is a learning for life.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- People drive on the right side of the car (that in my opinion is the wrong side).</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The buses are double decker and mostly have space for bags, backpacks, prams, and nobody is afraid to leave they things there, that someone would steal or anything like that.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The bus driver (who's also the collector) accept only coins, and doesn't give change. If you put more money thant the exact ammount, he just prints a little paper and you can change it at the bus department, in town. (I collected all the papers and at the end of my exchange, I change it for money, I raised about 12 euros)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- To walk around Dublin you can use car, bus, taxi, DART (train), LUAS (like a subway that's not underground), bike, rickshaw (some kind of bikes to carry passengers) and walking. You can cross the city walking, and is so good to walk there.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Most of the kitchens have stoves with metal plates that heat up (ie, no flames)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The bathrooms don't have electrical outlets, and one must turn on the lights before entering, because the switch is on the outside</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- You don't pay water bill (but the water tastes different and does the people's belly sounds weird.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Most pubs don't charge entry, just drinks. And generally play live songs (All the best, right?)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Beer is sold in cups and tankards (called pint of half-pint) and it's not too cold.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The tradicional breakfest has sausage, bacon and everything (light, huh?)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Children study the whole day, and most of the jobs are flexible with parents (in the matter of hours, days off, etc)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- There's no public hospitals in Ireland, as we have in Brazil, and even to get an ambulance, you must pay.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Irish drinks more tea than English. (This was a surprise, huh?)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Dublin is divided by a river, river Liffey, dividing the city in number, wich are postcodes. There're from 1 to 24 (but there're 25, it has Dublin 6 and Dublin 6w). The even number are on one side of the river, and the odd numbers on the other side.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The supermarkets have a cash machine, where we pass the products, pay to the machines, pack and etc... all by ourselves. Detail: Plastic bags there are paid, so avoid spending and bring you own backpack or recyclable bag.</i></span></div>
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Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-20963539952660251312012-10-01T08:15:00.002-07:002012-10-01T08:19:58.615-07:00Para o Blog do Mario [For Mario's blog]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eis que eu, blogueira que sou (mentira) vivo futricando nos blogs alheios (verdade) e foi curtindo um post no <a href="https://www.facebook.com/masquemario?fref=ts">Facebook</a>, que o Mário, <a href="http://www.marionaeuropa.com/">aquele Mário</a>, pediu pra eu escrever um texto pro blog dele, que fala sobre as experiências dele na Europa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eu escrevi, e quem quiser dar uma olhada, acessa lá e já aproveita e segue o Mário no <a href="https://twitter.com/marionaeuropa">twitter</a>;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[Then, there was me, a blogger person (lie), reading unrelated blogs (true) and linkig a post on Facebook, Mario (that Mario) asked me to write an article to his blog, about his experiences in Europe. I wrote it, and decided to post it on my blog as well, about studying and working in Ireland:</i></span><br />
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Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-46384100142684818262012-09-27T06:01:00.000-07:002012-09-27T06:01:00.171-07:00Eu ainda não estou pronta [I'm not ready yet]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pra largar meu blog de lado. Ele tem um resumo das melhores histórias da melhor época da minha vida.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">É por essas e outras que pretendo continuar postando algumas coisas, por um tempo ainda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pequenos acontecimentos, coisas comuns de intercâmbio, sobre meus empregos, meus amigos, minhas saídas... Simplesmente não posso parar agora, porque escrever foi, é e sempre será a única maneira em que me encontro comigo mesma, onde posso dar vazão ao meu amor imenso pela Ilha Esmeralda, sem ninguém ter que ouvir o tempo todo (só lê quem quer, certo?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">É isso, só queria desabafar, e dizer que eu saí da Irlanda, mas a Irlanda não saiu de mim, e no que depender, nunca sairá.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[To let go my blog. It has a summary of top stories in the best time of my life.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It's because of these and others, that I intend continue posting some things, for a while yet.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Little events, ordinary things about studying abroad, about my jobs, my friends, my tours... I just can't stop right now, beucase writing was, is and will always be the only way I find myself, where I can give vent to my immense love for the Emerald Island, without anyone having to listen to it all the time (You read it if you want it, right?)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>That's it! I just wanted to vent, and say that I left Ireland, but Ireland has not left me, and will never leave.]</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje também completo 3 meses em casa, no Brasil. Ainda é difícil crer que voltei, mas foi uma decisão minha e não me arrependo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Porém, assim como não me arrependi de ir pra Irlanda e continuei sentindo saudades do Brasil h</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">oje é o contrário, a Irlanda resiste em sair do meu coração, e eu resisto em tirá-la. Cada música me faz lembrar um momento especial que passei lá, uma pessoa especial que conheci lá.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ter voltado só serviu pra me provar que não importa onde nascemos, mas onde nosso coração escolhe morar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E só posso dizer a mim mesma que um dia (e que seja logo) eu vou voltar, seja visitando, seja de mala e cuia novamente...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas uma coisa é certa, a magia dos leprecháuns dividiu meu coração para sempre. Serei eternamente BrasilEire.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Não sei se tive a chance de dizer um enorme obrigado a todas as pessoas que fizeram parte daqueles momentos tão maravilhosos vivi! Mas todas elas, sem exceção, sabem o quanto foram e ainda são, muitos especiais na minha vida.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">De agora em diante, é bola pra frente que a vida continua. E se eu pudesse resumir toda a minha experiência em um único pensamento, seria este:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>"A mente que se abre a uma nova ideia, jamais retorna ao seu tamanho original"</i></b> Albert Einstein</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[ A year ago, I took one of the biggest (maybe the biggest) step of my life. I choose Ireland to be my new home for a couple of months. I went with no expectations, lots of dreams and a need to prove myself.</i></span></div>
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Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-30741390682010562412012-09-04T08:58:00.001-07:002012-09-04T08:58:18.903-07:00O meu maior tesouro! [My biggest treasure]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depois de muita reflexão, lágrimas e pesquisas, decidi voltar para o Brasil, mais precisamente no dia 22 de junho de 2012 (eu tenho certeza que jamais esquecerei esta data), após 8 meses morando aqui, eu vou voltar a patria amada, idolatrada Brasil!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foram muitas as razões para eu decidir voltar, foram muitas as razões para eu querer ficar, mas a razão venceu o coração e chegou a hora!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Não tenho arrependimentos, não guardo mágoas, não deixo dívidas nem levo comigo nada além de bagagem. Muita bagagem, bagagem emocional. Levo comigo amigos que vão ficar para sempre no meu coração, pessoas maravilhosas que fazem com que nossa caminhada valha muito mais a pena do que a chegada. Pessoas que me mostraram o caminho, que me ajudaram a enfrentar a saudade da família, amigos que estiveram comigo no meu primeiro Natal longe de casa, no meu primeiro dia de aula, e até mesmo na primeira briga entre flatmates. AMIZADE, esse é o maior tesouro! Muita gente vai me perguntar o que eu fiz na Irlanda, e eu posso estufar o peito e dizer: Fiz amigos, eu fiz muitos amigos na Irlanda. Muita gente vai me perguntar o que eu trouxe da Irlanda, e eu direi: Lembranças, eu trago lembranças maravilhosas do tempo que passei lá. Muitos vão me perguntar: O que tu ganhou indo para lá? E eu responderei: Eu descobri a mim mesma, descobri como ser feliz, como viver a minha vida e o mais importante: O mundo é pequeno demais para se nascer e morrer no mesmo lugar!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje eu voltei pra casa, muitas lágrimas na hora de embarcar. Embarquei sozinha, não quis ninguém comigo, testemunhando a tristeza que foi deixar essa Ilha que por oito meses foi minha morada, minha família, mas que será para sempre o meu lar!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Agora é foco no futuro, continuar estudando sempre, colocar em prática tudo que aprendi em Dublin e seguir a vida!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Um MUITO OBRIGADA a todas as pessoas maravilhosas que cruzaram o meu caminho e fizeram desta experiência a mais incrível do mundo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[After much reflection, tears and research, I decided to return to Brazil, more precisely on June 22, 2012 (I'm sure I'll never forget this date), after 8 months living here, I'll go back to this loved, idolized country, Brazil !</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>There were many reasons I decided to come back, there were many reasons I want to stay, but reason won the heart and it's time!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I have no regrets, I don't keep hurts, don't leave debts or anything other than baggage. Too much baggage, emotional baggage. I take with me friends who will stay forever in my heart, wonderful people that make our journey worth much more worthwhile than the arrival. People who showed me the way, that helped me cope with missing family, friends who were with me on my first Christmas away from home, on my first day of school, and even in the first fight between flatmates. FRIENDSHIP, this is the greatest treasure! Many people will ask me what I did in Ireland, and I can puff my chest and say I made friends, I made many friends in Ireland. Many people will ask me what I brought from Ireland, and I'll say: Mem, I bring wonderful memories of time spent there. Many will ask me: What you got going there? And I will answer: I found myself, I discovered how to be happy, how to live my life and the most important: The world is too small to be born and die in the same place!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today I came home, many tears in time to board. Embarked alone, I didn't want no one with me, witnessing the sorrow that was to leave this island for eight months was my home, my family, but it will forever be my home!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Now is focus on the future, always keep studying, to put into practice everything I learned in Dublin and then life!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A THANK YOU to all the wonderful people who have crossed my path and made it the most amazing experience in the world!]</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Levando a boiada</i></span></div>
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Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-21024607852460670622012-08-31T07:13:00.000-07:002012-08-31T07:13:05.595-07:00Viajando pela Europa: Inglaterra [Traveling around Europe: England]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preciso dizer que minha primeira impressão de Londres não foi das mais elaboradas. Já cheguei pegando o trem errado para Victoria Station, pagando multa e pegando chuva, mas muita chuva!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chegando lá, é realmente como nos filmes. Todo mundo vestido sobretudos pretos, ônibus vermelho de dois andares, cabine telefônica e caixas de correio vermelhos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Passei 3 dias lindos lá, peguei muita chuva, mas ainda sim, dias lindos! O que eu conheci?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviamente que minha primeira parada foi a estação de King's Cross, usada nas filmagens de Harry Potter, onde orgulhosamente tirei minha fotinho na plataforma 9 3/4. Felicidade maior não há!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Infelizmente, por uma falta de organização minha mesmo, não consegui ingressos para os Estúdios da Warner Bros, Harry Potter. Vai ficar para a próxima.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depois de um sonho realizado, me dirigi para os outros pontos todos:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Buckingham Pallace, Loja da M&Ms, St James Park, Big Ben e o majestoso museu da madame Tussauds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As fotos vão falar por si! Eu adorei Londres, é tudo aquilo que dizem e mais um pouco.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas não troco por Edimburgo e MUITO MENOS por Dublin, minha ilha amada! Achei Londres grande e cinza demais pra mim, hehehe! Prefiro lugares mais verdes!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas tirar foto com as estátuas de Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise e até com o Shrek não tem preço, né??</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olha eu aí gente:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[I need to tell you that my first impression of London it wasn't a more elaborated one. I'd already arrived getting on the wrong train to Victoria Station, paying a fine and rain, lots of rain!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Getting there, is really like the movies! Everybody wearing black overcoats, red buses, red telephone cabins and posts.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I spent three beautiful days there, got lots of rain, but still beautiful days. What did I visit?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Obviously that my first stop was King's Cross' station, used in Harry Potter's movies, where proudly I took my picture an Plataform 9 3/4. There's no bigger happyness!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Unfortunately, a lack of organization of my own, I couldn't get tickets for Warner Bros Studios, Harry Potter. Maybe the next time.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>After one dream realized, I headed to others sights:</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Buckingham Pallace, M&Ms' store, St James Park, Big Ben and the majestic museum of Madame Tussauds.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The pictures will say by itselves. I loved London, it's everything that everybody says and a little more.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But I wouldn't change it for Edinburgh MUCH LESS for Dublin, my beloved Island. I found London big, to grey for me, heeheh! I prefere greener places!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But take pictures with statues of Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and even with Shrek there's no price, right?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-85905013793040142192012-08-22T07:43:00.000-07:002012-08-22T07:49:41.151-07:00Viajando pela Europa: Escócia [Travelling around Europe: Scotland]<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Depois de seis meses de trabalho honesto, nesta vida incerta de au pair, consegui um tempo para viajar...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dois destinos, um atrás do outro: Três dias na Escócia e mais três na Inglaterra.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Vou começar pela Escócia:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Eu simplesmente AMEI. Do início ao fim, do aeroporto ao McDonalds, dos castelos aos museus.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Edimburgo é uma cidade apaixonante. Medieval seria a plavra perfeita para descrevê-la.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Se tu vais viajar com amigos, eu recomendaria 3 dias lá. Mas se for sozinha, como eu fui, e for organizada, como eu não fui, dá pra conhecer bem em 2 dias.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Por que?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Porque com os amigos a gente passa uma tarde apreciando um parque bonito, tomando um refresco, tirando fotos engraçadas. Quando a gente viaja sozinho, é só ir, olhar, tirar uma foto, no máximo ler sobre o lugar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">O que eu conheci de lá: Tudo que gira em torno do castelo de Edimburgo, hahaha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gente, sério! Foi muito engraçado, eu dava voltas, entrava e saía de ruas, e toda hora, eu via um ângulo diferente do castelo, ele nunca saía de vista, hahaha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">No segundo dia fui com um tour para o castelo onde filmaram Hogwarts. Nem preciso dizer que pirei, né?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">É simplesmente perfeito lá! O pátio, onde o Harry teve a sua primeira aula de vôo de vassoura... Enfim, tudo lá é maravilhoso e merece ser visto... Só que já fica um pouco fora da Escócia, é mais pra Inglaterra, na cidade de Northumberland. Também visitei o castelo de Bamburgh e o castelo de Lindisfarn na Holy Island (tradução livre: Ilha santa)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Não tem como descrever a Escócia, eu só posso dizer que vale muito a pena a visita!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Seguem fotos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>[After 6 months of honest work, in this uncertain Au pair's life I've got a little time to travel...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Two destinies, one after another. Three days in Scotland and three days in England.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>I'll start with Scotland.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>I simply LOVED it. From the beggining to the end, from the airport to McDonalds, from castles to museums.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Edinburgh is a captivating city. Medieval, gothic would be the perfect words to describe it.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>If you're going to travel with friends, I'd recommend spend three days there. But if you're going alone, as I did, and you're going to be organized, as I didn't, you can see it in two days, for sure.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Why?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Because when you're with your friends, you can spend a sunny afternoon in a beautiful park, drinking some refresment, taking funny pictures, but when we travel alone, it's just go there, see, take a picture, at most read about the place.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>What I saw there: Everything that goes around Edinburgh Castle, hahaha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Guys, seriously! It was pretty funny, I went round, in and out of streets, and every time I saw a different angle of the castle, hahaha! It never went out of sight.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>On the second day I went with a tour to the castle where they filmed Hogwarts. I don't even need to say I went crazy, right? It's simply perfect there! The courtyard where Harry had his first flying broom lesson! At last, everything there is wonderful and deserve to be seen. It's just kind of out of Scotland, rsrsrs! It's in Northumberland, England. I also visited Bamburgh Castle and Lindisfarn Castle, on Holy Island.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>There's no way to describe Scotland, I can only say that is well worth the visit!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-56002331791914471072012-06-27T07:53:00.001-07:002012-06-27T07:53:38.719-07:00Viajando pela Europa: Ilhas Canárias [Traveling around Europe: Canary Islands]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O que eu posso dizer das Ilhas Canárias? Foi minha primeira viagem fora da Irlanda. Eu fui com a família que eu trabalhava, passar as férias de Páscoa, 8 dias mais precisamente.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foram as melhores férias da minha vida. Fomos para Santa Cruz de Tenerife e fomos abençoados com muito sol e calor. Ficar num apartamento no topo de uma montanha, com uma vista magnífica para o oceano azul que banha a Espanha não tem preço, mas não tem preço MESMO!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O que eu fiz lá?? Tudo que todo mundo já sonhou em fazer numa ilha paradisíaca! Íamos a piscina todos os dias, parques aquáticos, almoço e janta em restaurantes tradicionais, saboreando o melhor da comida local, fomos ao maior parque aquático infantil da Europa, realizei um sonho antigo de ver um show de golfinhos, tomei muito vinho, cantei em karaokê... Enfim, foi realmente maravilhoso. Eu serei eternamente grata pela família maravilhosa que me acolheu como filha e me fez me sentir em casa sempre!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aí vão algumas fotos para vocês babarem:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[What can I say about Canary Islands? It was my first trip outside Ireland. I went with the family I worked for, spend the Easter Holidays, eight days more precisely.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It was the best holiday of my life. We went to <span style="background-color: white;">Santa Cruz de Tenerife</span><span style="background-color: white;"> and we were blessed with sunshine and hot weather. There's no price for staying in an apartment on the top of a hill, with a wonderful view to the blue ocean that bathes Spain. There's really NO PRICE!</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What did I do there? Everything that everybody have already dreamed of doing in a paradise island. We used to go to the pool every day, and water parks, lunch and dinner in traditional restaurants, savouring the best of local food, we went to the biggest water park in Europe for kids, I realized a childhood dream: See the dolphin's show, I drunk a lot of wine, I sang on a karaoke machine... Anyway, it was really fantastic. I'll be eternally grateful to this amazing family that welcomed me as a daughter and always made me feel at home.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Here some pictures so you can be jealous of me:]</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-82463727327638565862012-06-16T14:34:00.000-07:002012-06-16T14:37:27.820-07:00Manutenção de amizades [Maintaining friendships]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uma das coisas que mais muda (e assusta) na vida de um intercambista é a mudança de casa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Logo que chegamos é uma reviravolta, residência estudantil, casa de família, hostel que nem dá tempo de parar pra pensar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depois de documentação organizada, escola agendada, é a hora de arrumar acomodação. E com os amigos de poucos dias, geralmente resolvemos dividir um apartamento, a vida e a máquina de lavar roupas, hahaah!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E é aí que os problemas começam, ou não, se você seguir algumas dicas que esta pessoa que vos fala (ou escreve?) dará:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Faça regras para a limpeza da sua casa (regras mesmo, regras sérias, regras para serem seguidas)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pode parecer cliché, e muita gente vai dizer: Eu já saí da casa pra não ouvir minha mãe dizer para arrumar meu quarto. Mas a verdade é: Se você quer se seus colegas de casa sejam também seus amigos, tenha regras de limpeza.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Porque uma coisa que pode não parecer nada para uns (como deixar calçados em áreas comuns) pode realmente deixar outros enraivecidos. E justamente pelo amor a amizade, pela parceria as coisas ficam sem ser faladas, e uma hora ou outra você vai perceber que seus colegas de casa estão te tratando diferente, estão mais sérios ou até mesmo mau-humorados.<br />Acredite em mim, é culpa da limpeza (ou falta dela)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aí vão algumas cenas que se repetem bastante por aqui e gostaria de compartilhar:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banheiro:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Se o papel higiênico acabou na sua vez de usar, não é justo que outra pessoa troque o rolinho. É algo bem simples, eu sei, mas irrita demais algumas pessoas (tipo eu)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Se o seu banho molhou o banheiro todo, não é justo outra pessoa secar, ou pior, esperar que o maravilhoso e constante sol de Dublin seque-o, certo?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Lugar de roupa suja é no cesto, e se está limpa, deveria estar no seu quarto e não no banheiro. (Meninas e meninos, se gostam de lavar roupas de baixo no banho, eu super compreendo, mas pendurem no varal, e não na torneira da banheira). Já pensou a cena, chega um amigo e vai usar o banheiro e tem uma calcinha pendurada lá?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Detalhe: Se você não sabe lavar roupa, PEÇA AJUDA A QUEM SABE, já tive meias brancas que se tornaram rosas, e não é legal!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- E muito importante: Se na sua casa, é preciso esquentar a água antes do banho, sempre, eu disse SEMPRE verifique se alguém já não colocou a água para esquentar antes, e se você não está furando a fila!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banho é algo que mexe com os nervos de todo mundo, hahaha. Ainda mais no inverno, ou em dias de festa!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cozinha:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Essencial, rápido e comumente esquecido: Use, lave, seque e guarde! Pode parecer piada meus amigos, mas tem gente que não faz isso! E ainda deixa o copo sujo em cima da mesa. Ou, quando lava, deixa na pia acumulando até não ter mais nenhum copo no armário.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Quando alguém cozinha, é gentileza outra pessoa lavar a louça do cozinheiro (lembre-se: Gentileza gera gentileza)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Panelas tem tampas, e tampas devem ser lavadas também.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Fogão, microondas e balcão fazem parte da cozinha, e merecem uma limpeza, principalmente após fazer a tradicional torrada!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Geladeira autolimpante ainda não existe, então é bom limpá-la, às vezes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- A mesa é uma parte importante da cozinha, é onde comemos, às vezes estudamos, e principalmente: Tomamos um chá com aquela visitinha especial, vale a pena deixar ela sempre limpa e VAZIA!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quartos:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Meu conselho aqui é: Se você não divide o quarto com ninguém, vai da sua própria consciência como cuidar dele. Agora, se o quarto é compartilhado... REGRAS! Uma cama bagunçada pode não ser nada pra uns, pra outros pode ser a desgraça. Roupas pelo chão, calçados e etc não ajudam em nada a amizade entre vocês a crescer!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Outros cômodos:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cômodos como a sala, o corredor, a varanda: Eles são exatamente isso: Cômodos, não são despensa, não são guarda-roupa extra e muito menos depósito de lixo. Falando em lixo: Esvazie as lixeiras sempre que encherem, mas por favor, coloque outro saquinho dentro, senão vem um desavisado e joga leite dentro da lixeira. E se isso acontecer, não esqueça de dar aquela lavada básica na coitada, pois lixo fede! E fede muito!<br />Varrer (ou em casos comuns de carpete na Irlanda: aspirar) cômodos em comum deve ser tarefa constante. Sim, tudo que você limpar vai ser sujo em poucas horas... Mas é pra isso que limpamos: Não para deixar sempre limpo, mas para não deixar sempre sujo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">É isso aí pessoal, espero que depois de um tempinho de intercâmbio vocês entendam a importância que é a limpeza para a manutenção das amizades! Já vi muita gente brigando, discutindo e até mesmo mudando de apartamento por coisas simples, que poderiam ser resolvidas com regras claras e conversa aberta!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[One thing that changes a lot (and scares) an exchange student's life is accommodation.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As soon as we arrive it's a mess all over. Student's house, host families, hostels... It's so many things to worry that we even have time to think about it.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>After documentation's ready, school's planned, it's time to find an accommodation. And with recent friends, we usually decide to share an apartment, a life and the washing machine! hahaha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And it's in that moment problems happen, or not, if you follow some advices from this person who speaks to you (or write?):</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>MAKE RULES OF CLEANING FOR YOUR HOUSE. Real rules, serious rules, rules to be followed.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It may sounds cliché and people may say: I've already left home to not be bothered by my mom saying that I need to tidy my room.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But the truth is: If you want your flatmates being your friends as well, make rules of cleaning.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Beucause one thing can be nothing to worry about in your opinion (like, let's say: leave shoes in common areas), but can really annoy your flatmates.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And justly for sake of friendship, we don't talk about it, and one time or another, you'll notice your flatmates acting differently with you, maybe more serious or even in a bad mood.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Believe me, it's cleaning fault (or its abscence).</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Here are some scenes that frequently repeat here and I'd like to share with you:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Toilets:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- If the toilet paper finished in your turn, it's not fair that other people need to change the roll of paper. It's quite simple, I know, but can really annoy some people (people let's say, like me)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- If your shower watered the entire toilet, it's not fair that other people need to dry it, or even worse: Wait for the wonderful and constant sun of Dublin to do it, right?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The place for dirty clothes is the washing basket, and if the clothe is clean, it should be in your bedroom, not in the toilet. (Girls and boys who like to wash your underwears during your showers, I super understand you, but hang it on the line, ok? Not on the bath's tap)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Can you imagine the scene: A friend of your goes to your toilet and there's a underwear hanging on the tap? Not cool!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Detail: If you don't know how to use the washing machine, ASK SOMEONE'S HELP, I had cases of white socks that turned into pink socks, and it's not nice!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- And very important: If in your place you need to use boilers before your showers, always, I said ALWAYS verify if someone have already turned it on, and avoid jump the queue.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Shower is something that really messes with people's nerves, especially in winter or on party days.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Kitchen:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Essential, quick and often forgotten: Use it, wash it, dry it and put it away. It may sounds like a joke, but there're people who really don't do these things.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And even worse: They leave the dirty dishes on the table. Or WHEN they wash them, they leave them there, on the sink until there's no more dishes on the press.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- When someone cooks, it's kindness if you wash their dishes (Remember: Kindness produces kindness)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Pans have lids, you know, and lids must be washed too.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Cooker, oven, microwave and counter are part of the kitchen and deserve a good clean, mainly after the traditional toast and its breadcrumbs</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Self-cleaning fridge does not exist yet, so it's good to clean it sometimes.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- The table is an important part of the kitchen, it's where we eat, study and sometimes bring our guests to have some tea or coffee. It's nice to keep it clean and EMPTY.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Bedrooms:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- My advice here is: If you don't share your bedroom, it depends on your consience how you're going to keep it.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Now, if the bedroom is shared... RULES!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A messy bed may be nothing for you, but for your roomate it could be a disaster. <i></i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><i>Clothes on the floor, shoes and etc... don't help too much with your friendship.</i></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Other rooms:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Rooms like TV room, hall and balcony are exactly this: Commom rooms, not storerooms, not extra wardrobes or bin deposit. Speaking of bin, empty them everytime they get full, but please put another bin bag in it, otherwise some unaware could throw a milk bottle there, for example. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And if this really happen, don't forget to give that basic washed on it, because bins stink, and they stink a lot.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Brush (or in common cases of carpet in Ireland: hoover) the floor in common areas must be an constant duty.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Yes, everything that you clean, will be dirty again soon. But it's for that reason that we clean things. Not to keep them cleaned all the time, but to not keep them dirty all the time.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And this is it, people, I hope after a little while of studying abroad you can understand the importance of cleanliness in maintaining friendships.</i></span><br />
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Que a Irlanda está
cheia de brasileiros, todo mundo sabe! Mas o que o povo as vezes não
sabe é que a Irlanda está cheia de gaúchos! Muitos gaúchos!</div>
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E como todo bom gaúcho, trazemos nossos apetrechos, cuia, erva mate e tudo mais! </div>
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No
último final de semana participei da III Mateada em Dublin, um evento
tri legal pra reunir a gauchada, tomando um chimas, curtindo um parque e
fazendo novas amizades.</div>
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Seguem umas fotos do evento, todas tiradas pela linda (e minha amiga) Daniela Arenhardt (Contato: <span class="hasCaption">daniardt@hotmail.com)</span></div>
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<i><span class="hasCaption">[That
Ireland is full of Brazilians, everybody knows. But what people doesn't
know is that Ireland is full of gaúchos! Lots of gaúchos!</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="hasCaption">And as any good gaúchos, we bring our devices, cuia, mate and everything!</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="hasCaption">Last
weekend I attended the III Mateada in Dublin, a TRI nice event to bring
together the gauchada, drinking chimarrão, enjoying the park and making
new friendships.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="hasCaption">Bellow
some pictures from the event, all of them taken by the gorgeous (and my
friend) Daniela Arenhardt (Contact: daniardt@hotmail.com)]</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">E aí que ontem completei 8 mesinhos :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Já não posso mais dizer completamos, pois todas as minhas companheiras de aventuras já voltaram pra casa, dando continuidade ao seus projetos de vida... E eu também vou... Demorou mas finalmente tomei minha decisão! E como postagem de hoje, vou deixar um texto que escrevi para uma competição na escola SEDA, onde estudei por 6 ótimos meses e agora estou de férias.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Qual a minha primeira impressão da Irlanda?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eu tenho que dizer que a Irlanda não era minha primeira escolha, definitivamente. Eu escolhi a Inglaterra, há dois anos atrás.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Então lá estava eu, pesquisando sobre intercâmbio, quando uma amiga minha me fez essa pergunta mágica:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Porque tu não vais pra Dublin? É mais barato, é mais fácil, é velha e tem castelos (Sim, eu sou apaixonada por castelos a antigas civilizações)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">E eu respondi:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dublin, onde exatamente fica Dublin??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">E ela disse:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Na Irlanda, claro!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">E então eu pesquisei no Google: Castelos na Irlanda e todas aquelas imagens lindas começaram a aparecer na minha frente, uma em particular me chamou a atenção: Kylemore Abbey (Connemara, lugar onde eu fui na minha primeira viagem, que poderia também ser a última de tão bonito que é)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">E naquele momento, naquele dia eu decidi: Vou estudar inglês em Dublin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mas ao contrário da maioria das pessoas, eu não vim porque era barato e etc..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eu era, na verdade, eu SOU tão apaixonada por este país que foi impossível pensar em outras opções.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Daquele dia em diante foi só uma questão de tempo. 22 de setembro de 2012: Eu deixei pra trás minha família, meus amigos, meu cachorro, minha vida fácil e desembarquei na Irlanda, no aeroporto de Dublin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Comigo? Apenas uma bagagem, um pouco de dinheiro, muitos sonhos e muita força de vontade para ultrapassar os obstáculos que vinham pela frente.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tinha chegado a hora! Eu estava na Ilha Esmeralda, que por dois anos eu pude apenas sonhar e agora eu via com meus próprios olhos, e sentir aquela maravilhosa brisa de Dublin, e dizer bom dia para todas as pessoas que eu via na rua...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">O que posso dizer sobre minha primeira impressão? Claro que todo mundo tem uma diferente, mas eu não poderia falar da minha sem dizer o quanto eu já amava este lugar antes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Após 8 meses aqui eu decidi voltar para o Brasil e vou embora com a mesma impressão de quando cheguei:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">É o lugar mais incrível para se estar! As ruas são limpas, as pessoas são amigáveis, as crianças um amor... Eu me sinto tão feliz vendo aquelas pessoas ocupadas da O'Connel Street, ou sentar no Bewley's Café e ficar olhando os artistas de rua pela janela, entretendo a todos, desfrutar de um lindo e ensolarado (e raro) dia no St. Stephen's Green Park e da paisagem... ah a paisagem é simplesmente deslumbrante!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">[And yesterday I completed 8 months in Ireland. =D</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">I can no longer say WE COMPLETED because all my partners of adventures have returned home continuing their lives. And I will do so, also!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">It took a long time, but I finally made up my mind!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">As a post for today, I'll leave a text I wrote for a competition at SEDA, where I studied for 6 great months and now I'm on holidays. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have to tell that Ireland was not my first choice, at all. I've chosen England, two years ago.<br />Then there I was, searching about studying abroad in England, London when a friend of mine said this magical sentence:<br />Why don't you go to Dublin? It's cheaper, it's easier and it's old and they have castles as well (Yes, I really love castles and old civilizations). I just answered: Where exactly is Dublin? And she said: Ireland, of course!<br />And then I googled it: Castles in Ireland and all that wonderful images started to appear in front of me, one in particular caught my eyes: Kylemore Abbey (Connemara, where I went in my first trip and could have been the last, so beautiful it is).<br />And that day at that moment I decided: I'm going to study English in Dublin.<br />But unlike most of people, I wasn't coming because it was cheap or whatever they said... I was, actually I am, just so in love with this country that it was impossible even think about another options.<br />From that day on it was just a matter of time... 22 of Setember 2011: I left behind my family, my friends, my dog, my house, my easy life and landed in Ireland, at Dublin airport.<br />With me? Just some luggage, some money and lots of dreams and willpower to overcome all the obstacles that lay ahead!<br />The time had come! I was on the Emerald Island, that for two years I could just dream about, and I now I could see with my own eyes, and feel that amazing breeze and say good morning for every single people I saw on the streets.<br />What can I say about the first impression?? Of course everyone has a different one, but I couldn't talk about MY one without talk about how much I already loved this place before.<br />After 8 months here, I'm going back to Brazil to give continuity to my studies but since I arrived, my first impression has never changed: It's just the most amazing place to be in! Streets are clean, people are friendly, kids are lovely, I feel so happy watching those busy people on O'Connel Street, sit at the Bewley's Café and overlook the buskers on Grafton street, trying to entertain everyone, enjoy a sunny (and rare) day at St. Stephen's Green Park and the landscape, aah the landscape is just wonderful!]</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bewley's Café and watch the buskers entertaining everyone on Grafton, enjoy a sunny (and rare) day at Stephen's Green park...and the landscape, aah the landscape is just breathtaking!</span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-69771143189512153692012-04-28T15:03:00.005-07:002012-05-17T06:10:32.154-07:007 meses em solo irlandês [7 months in Ireland]<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E hoje estou triste. Triste porque a vida não é cor de rosa, hahaha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aos poucos o pessoal vai voltando pra casa, seguindo cada um o seu caminho e a saudade vai aumentando.<br />Meu coração sempre dividido: Metade quer ficar na Irlanda pra sempre, e metade quer ir embora. A família faz muita falta, mas eu sei que meu lugar é aqui, meu coração ama essa ilha demais!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Desisti de pensar, e resolvi postar este texto, não sei quem é o autor!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"Sou pessoa de dentro pra fora. Minha beleza está na minha essência e no meu caráter. Acredito em sonhos, não em utopia. Mas quando sonho, sonho alto. Estou aqui é pra viver, cair, aprender, levantar e seguir em frente.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Sou isso hoje…</span></i></span></div>
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Reinvento-me sempre que a vida pede um pouco mais de mim.</div>
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Sou complexa, sou mistura, sou mulher com cara de me<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">nina… E vice-versa. Me perco, me procuro e me acho. E quando necessário, enlouqueço e deixo rolar…</span></div>
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Não me dôo pela metade, não sou tua meio amiga nem teu quase amor. Ou sou tudo ou sou nada. Não suporto meio termos. Sou boba, mas não sou burra. Ingênua, mas não santa. Sou pessoa de riso fácil…e choro também!"</div>
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[And today I am sad. Sad because life is not pink, hahaha!Gradually people will return home, each following its way and nostalgia grows.My heart always divided: half want to stay in Ireland forever, and half want to go. The family is very much needed, but I know my place is here, my heart loves the island!I gave up thinking, and decided to post this text, I do not know who the author!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"I am a person from the inside out. My beauty is in my heart and in my character. I believe in dreams, not utopia. But when I dream, dream high. I am here is to live, fall, learn, get up and move on.I'm this today ...Tomorrow, I've reinvented.Reinventing myself whenever life calls for a little more of me.I'm complex, I'm mixing, I am a woman looking like a girl ... and vice versa. I lose myself, I seek and I find myself. And when necessary, go crazy and let it roll ...I do not donate half, I'm not your "half friend" or your "almost love". Or I'm all or nothing. I can not stand the middle terms. I'm silly, but I'm not stupid. Naive, but not holy. I am a person of easy laugh and cry too! "]</span></div>
</span></i></span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-91418961081315366422012-04-28T14:55:00.003-07:002012-05-17T06:09:40.764-07:00St. Patricks Day<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">E o que era pra ser o feriado mais esperado do ano, o mais comemorado, o mais divertido: Realmente foi, tudo e mais um pouco! Um sonho se tornando realidade! Eu cada vez mais laranja, branco e verde, cada vez mais Leprecháun, cada dia mais apaixonada por esta terrinha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Só posso dizer que o St. Patrick's Parade foi o máximo e eu curti cada pedacinho!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Para quem não sabe, o St. Patrick é o santo padroeiro da Irlanda, foi quem trouxe o catolicismo pra cá (ou sei lá qual religião, e utilizou um trevo de 3 folhas (shamrock) para explicar a Santíssima Trindade para o povo, daí surgiu o trevo como símbolo característico da Irlanda)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Daonde vem o Leprecháun, eu não sei! Só sei que no dia de St. Patrick, todo mundo é um!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>[And what was to be the most expected holiday of the year, the most celebrated, the most fun: It really was everything and a little more! A dream coming true! I more and more orange, white and green, more and more Leprechaun, each day more in love with this island!I can only say that St. Patrick's Parade it was great and I enjoyed every bit!For those who do not know, St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, was the one who brought Catholicism back here (or I do not know what religion, and used a 3 leaf clover (shamrock) to explain the Trinity to the people, then appeared the characteristic clover as a symbol of Ireland)From where comes the Leprechaun, I do not know! Just know that the St. Patrick's Day, everyone is one! Here are some pictures of the event]</i></span></div>
Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-78088797398297761432012-04-28T14:44:00.001-07:002012-05-17T06:07:05.288-07:00Primavera na Irlanda [Spring in Ireland]<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">É simplesmente a reafirmação do meu amor por essa terra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>[It's simply the reaffirmation of my love for this land.</i></span></div>
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<br />Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-24889528149741233802012-03-22T15:12:00.000-07:002012-03-22T15:12:14.070-07:006 meses em solo irlandês [6 months in Ireland]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje não tenho muito o que dizer!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">É, eu sei que com 6 meses deveria estar escrevendo trilhões de coisas aqui, mas estou sem inspiração, hahaha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O que eu posso dizer é que tem sido os 6 meses mais maravilhosos da minha vida, eu tenho ultrapassado barreiras que jamais imaginei ultrapassar! Meu inglês evoluiu de pré-intermediário para avançado, eu entendo tudo de desenho animado e livros de colorir, hahaha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eu gostaria de poder explicar estes sentimentos controvérsios que tenho. Eu amo estar aqui! E amaria estar no Brasil. É muito difícil aceitar que a gente já não faz mais parte da vida de algumas pessoas como nós fazíamos antes, mas ao mesmo tempo nós queremos pensar em nós mesmos, no nosso futuro e no que é melhor para nós.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neste momento, eu acho que o melhor para mim é ficar aqui, e é o que venho fazendo!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Se amanhã eu mudar de idéia, bom, amanhã é amanhã, não é mesmo?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fica aqui um ótimo texto do Wikipédia:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Saudade é uma palavra Galego-Portuguesa que não tem tradução imediata no inglês. Saudade descreve um profundo estado emocional de saudade de uma coisa ausente ou alguém que se ama. Ela está relacionada com sentimentos de anseio, desejo.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saudade tem sido descrito como "... desejo, vago e constante por algo que não existe e não pode existir, uma virada para o passado ou para o futuro."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saudade já foi descrita como "o amor que permanece" depois que alguém amado vai embora.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saudade é a lembrança dos sentimentos, experiências, lugares ou eventos que uma vez trouxe emoção, prazer, bem-estar e agora provoca os sentidos e faz viver de novo.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pode ser descrito como um vazio, como alguém que deveria estar lá, em determinado momento mas não está e o indivíduo sente esta ausência"</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[</i><i>Today I don't have too much to say.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Yeah, I know that with 6 months I should be writing trillions of things here, but I'm uninspired, hahahah</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What I can say is that six months have been the most wonderful of my life, I have exceeded obstacles that I never imagined I would exceed! My English has evolved from pre-intermediate to advanced, I understand all about cartoon and coloring books, hahaha!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I wish I could explain these feelings that I'm controversial. I love being here! And would love to be in Brazil. It is very difficult to accept that we have no longer part of life for some people as we did before, but at the same time we want to think of ourselves, in our future and what is best for us.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Right now, I think the best for me is to stay here, and that is what I am doing!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>If I change my mind tomorrow, well tomorrow is tomorrow, is not it?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Here is a great text of Wikipedia</i></span><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Saudade is a unique Galician-Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It's related to the feelings of longing, yearning.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saudade has been described as a "...vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist ... a turning towards the past or towards the future.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. In Portuguese, 'tenho saudades tuas', translates as 'I have saudades of you' meaning 'I miss you']</span></i></span></blockquote>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-35343939432576156512012-03-10T15:31:00.000-08:002012-03-10T15:31:22.301-08:00Tchaus [Goodbyes]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uma das coisas que a gente mais se acostuma quando faz um intercâmbio é ver gente chegando! Gente procurando casa, procurando emprego, pedindo dicas... E se torna algo tão rotineiro que nem reparamos tanto.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas quando o povo começa a ir embora, aí a situação muda de figura.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quem decide ficar, (tipo eu) aceita o fato de que vai ver muitos amigos indo embora... E mesmo sabendo disso desde o início, não muda o fato de que dói. Dói muito!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Algumas pessoas estão indo porque querem, outras porque precisam, outras porque não tem outra opção.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O que fica é o vazio. Estou para completar 6 meses aqui, e 3 amigas estão voltando :(</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amigas essas que chegaram junto comigo, que fizeram os mesmos planos, tiveram as mesmas esperanças e vontades. Cada uma, de alguma maneira realizou grandes feitos, fez lindas viagens e aprendeu muito.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ao mesmo tempo que desejo o melhor para todas, queria muito poder manter elas aqui comigo! As vezes também gostaria de me enfiar na mala delas e voltar pro Brasil, abraçar minha mãe e meu pai, jogar os sobrinhos pra cima e ir pra uma festa com as amigas.<br />
Mas a decisão foi tomada e as consequências são estas: Viver na incerteza do amanhã, ver novos amigos chegando e bons amigos indo embora :S</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dizem que é um aprendizado para a minha vida, e que tudo é útil. Eu espero que seja mesmo, pois no momento só consigo enxergar a parte dolorosa disso tudo :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Momento desabafo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">xxx</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cari</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[One of the things we most get used when making a interchange is to see people arriving. People looking for houses, for jobs, asking for tips... And this becomes so routine that we don't notice much.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But when people starts to leave, then the picture changes.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Who decides to stay (like me) accept the fact the you'll see louds of friends leaving. And even knowing it from the beggining, not change the fact that it hurts. And a lot!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Some people are leaving beucase they want to, some because they need to and some because they don't have another choice.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What is left is emptiness. I'm going to complete 6 months here and three friends are coming back to Brazil.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Friends that arrive with me here, in Dublin! Friends that made the same plans, had the same hopes and wishes... Each one, in somehow made great things, beautiful trips and learned a lot.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>At the same time I wish the best for them, I wanted to be able to keep them here with me. Sometimes I would also like to put me in their luggage and go to Brazil, hug my mum and dad.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But the decision was made and the consequences are these: Living in the uncertainty of tomorrow, to see new friends coming and good friends going :S</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>They say it's a learning experience ofr my life and everything is useful. I really hope so, but in this moment I can only see the painful part of this all :(</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>#moment out of my chest]</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>xx Cari</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Não desmerecendo o zoológico do Rio Grande do Sul (muito pelo contrário, acho que cada um faz o que pode com o que tem) mas o zoológico de Dublin é algo fora deste mundo! Completamente tematizado, com savanas, florestas e tudo mais! Tem desde área tematizada com fazendas, casa dos répteis até centros de aprendizado. Simplesmente demais!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Realizamos o sonho da Maiara de ver os pinguins e eu vi o Rei da Selva (ok, ao vivo só vi a Rainha, o rei estava empalhado, hahaha)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foi realmente um dia para ficar na memória... E depois ainda passamos na lojinha de presentes :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[One of the most incredible days I've had in Dublin! Anyone who knows me knows that I love a "sunday programming" and with a sunny and warm day like today, my friend Maiara and me enjoyed a lot!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Not downgrading the zoo of Rio Grande do Sul but the Dublin zoo is out of this world! Completely themed, with savannas, forests and everything! It has since themed areas such as little farm, reptile house untill learning centres!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Simply awesome!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We realize the dream of Maiara to see the penguins and I saw the Lion King (ok, I only saw live the Queen, the King was stuffed, hahaha)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It was really a day to keep in memory... And after we went to the gift sorte :D </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje eu completo cinco meses longe daqueles que amo!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eu sinto falta do cheirinho da minha casa, do feijão da minha mãe, do churrasco do meu pai! Sinto falta do abraço de urso da minha irmã mais velha, e das manhas da minha irmã mais nova! Sinto falta das loucuras da minha irmã do meio!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sinto falta dos gritos, choros e risadas dos meus sobrinhos...</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sinto falta do riso fácil das minhas amigas, sinto falta da estabilidade da minha antiga vida.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eu não sinto saudade do verão. Eu não sinto falta do Carnaval, samba ou caipirinha. Não sinto falta das festas nem nada disso. Eu sinto falta do essencial, o resto é só plano de fundo de uma história antiga. Cinco meses atrás eu não virei uma página, mas abri um novo livro! Onde a história sou eu quem conta! Eu escrevo, apago, reviso, escrevo novamente e assim eu vou indo! Errando às vezes, tentando acertar sempre!</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Que Deus continue me dando forças pra atingir meus objetivos, proteja a minha família e vamos que vamos!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Today I completed five months away from those I love!</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I miss the smell of my house, the beans of my mother, my father's barbecue! I miss the bear hug from my older sister, and the tricks of my younger sister! I miss the craziness of my middle sister!</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I miss the screams, cries and laughter of my nephews ...</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I miss the easy laughter of my friends, I miss my old life stability.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do not miss the summer. I do not miss the carnival, samba and caipirinha. Do not miss the parties or anything. I miss the essential, the rest is just background of ancient history. Five months ago I have not turned a page, but open a new book! Where the story I who count! I write, delete, revise, write again and so I'm going! Sometimes wrong, always trying to hit!</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May God continue giving me the strength to achieve my goals, protect my family and let it go!]</span></i>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-8831791982651560352012-02-16T08:57:00.000-08:002012-02-16T16:00:34.707-08:00Um feliz aniversário de longe! [A Happy birthday from far, far away]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neste dia mais do que especial, não podia deixar de passar por aqui e registrar a saudade enorme que sinto da minha irmã Carol, minha melhor amiga, companheira para todas as horas!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje ela está completando 31 aninhos, mas parece 21 (viu, mana?, rsrsrs)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E não existe dor maior do que estar longe daqueles que a gente ama! E que dor!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Carol foi uma das pessoas que mais me apoiou, me deu forças para estar aqui hoje, mesmo sabendo que iria sofrer com a minha ausência e eu com a dela!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mana, hoje mais do que nunca, quero te dizer o quanto te amo, admiro! O quanto tu és importante na minha vida!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nós somos amigas, irmãs, almas companheiras de outras vidas! Nem o tempo, nem a distância seriam capazes de diminuir esse amor! Um amor que é puro, é ingênuo, é verdadeiro!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje escolhi uma música bem chorona, rsrsrsrs!</span><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>E talvez, eu descobrirei</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Uma forma de trazer tudo de volta algum dia</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Para observá-la, para guiá-la, através do mais escuro dos seus dias</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Se uma onda enorme cair, e cair sobre todos nós</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Então eu espero que haja alguém</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Que possa me trazer de volta para você</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[On this extra special day I couldn't fail to come here today and registrate the nostalgia I feel for my sister Carol, my best friend, fellow for all hours!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today she is celebrating 31 years old, but looks 21 (see, Sis? lol)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And there's no greater pain than being away from those we love! And what a pain!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Carol was on of the people who supported me, gave me strenght to be here today, even knowing that she would suffer from my abscence and I with her's!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Sis, now more than ever, I want to tell you how much I love you, admire! How much you're important in my life!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We are friends, sisters, soul mates of other lives!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Neither time nor distance would be able to diminish that love! A love that is pure, naive! It's true!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today I chose a song, and a crybaby one:]</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And maybe, I'll find out</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A way to make it back someday</span></div><div style="background-color: white; height: 42px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To watch you, to guide you, through the darkest of your days</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If a great wave shall fall and fall upon us all</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then I hope there's someone out there</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Who can bring me back to you</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If I could, then I would</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'll go wherever you will go</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Way up high or down low</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'll go wherever you will go</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If I could turn back time</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'll go wherever you will go</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If I could make you mine</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 3px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'll go wherever you will go</span></div>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-44757696410991498102012-02-09T14:04:00.000-08:002012-02-09T14:04:11.475-08:00Faça sua vida valer a pena [Make your life worth it!]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muitas coisas tem passado pela minha cabeça ultimamente... Mas a principal é: O tempo passa voando...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As vezes deixamos de fazer alguma coisa, simplesmente porque vamos ter tempo para fazer depois, ou não queremos estar envolvidos em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. Mas a verdade é que a gente fazendo alguma coisa ou não, este tempo vai passar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Então vai de cada um, depois de 1 mês, dia ou ano ter feito várias coisas legais ou não ter feito nada.<br />
A mensagem que quero passar é: Faça seu intercâmbio, seu tempo, sua vida valer a pena!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antes que você acorde e se dê por conta que se passaram anos e não fizestes nada!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Um texto muito lindo, do Chico Xavier (quem me conhece, sabe como sou fã dele):</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">"A gente pode morar numa casa mais ou menos, numa rua mais ou menos, numa cidade mais ou menos, e até ter um governo mais ou menos. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">A gente pode dormir numa cama mais ou menos, comer um feijão mais ou menos, ter um transporte mais ou menos, e até ser obrigado a acreditar mais ou menos no futuro. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">A gente pode olhar em volta e sentir que tudo está mais ou menos... </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">TUDO BEM!</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">O que a gente não pode mesmo, nunca, de jeito nenhum... </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">é amar mais ou menos, sonhar mais ou menos, ser amigo mais ou menos, namorar mais ou menos, ter fé mais ou menos, e acreditar mais ou menos. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Senão a gente corre o risco de se tornar uma pessoa mais ou menos."</span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chico Xavier </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[Many things have crossed my mind lately.... but the main thing is: Time flies.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Sometimes we don't do something simply because we've time to do later, or we don't want to be involved in many thing at once... But the truth is that people doing something OR not, this time will pass...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So is the choice of each one, after one month, days or years have done many nice things or not...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The message I want to go through is: Make your exchange, your time, your life worth!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Before you wake up and realize that years have passed and you've made nothing!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A very beautiful text by Chico Xavier (who knows me knows how I'm a big fan of him):</i></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"We can live in a more or less house, more or less street, more or less city and even have a more or less government.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We can sleep in a more or less bed, have a more or less transport and even to be forced to believe in a more or less future...We can look around and feel that evertything is more or less.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>OKAY!</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What we can't not even, never no way to do is: Love more or less, be more or less friends, dating more or less, having more or less faith and believe more or less...</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Otherwise we run the risk of becoming a more or less person!"</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Chico Xavier]</i></span></span></blockquote><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-91239643533535157502012-01-27T08:46:00.000-08:002012-02-21T14:43:54.722-08:004 meses em solo irlandês [4 months in Ireland]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No último dia 22 completei quatro meses aqui em Dublin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O que eu posso dizer?? É tanta coisa que passa pela minha cabeça neste momento, que chega a doer, rsrsrs!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tenho tido crises muito fortes de saudade... E cada dia que passa quero mais e mais ficar aqui. Como isso é possível?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O meu inglês tem evoluído... Não tanto quanto eu gostaria, mas eu não tenho me dedicado tanto quando deveria!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Na escola está tudo bem... As primeiras aulas continuam sendo de Business, mas melhorou bastante o ânimo da aula, acho que foi pela troca de professores... Agora quem dá aula é a Margaret</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A segunda aula continua sendo maravilhosa, só que agora não é mais com a Jane, e sim com a Emma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">O meu trabalho é legal, trabalho pouco, tenho bastante tempo livre e PRETENDO usar este tempo para estudar um pouco mais!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meus chefes tem me apoiado muito, sempre conversando bastante comigo, me corrigindo! E as meninas uns amores sempre!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sinto falta de casa, sinto falta da minha família, mas sinto ainda mais falta neste momento, das minhas amigas! Chega no final de semana e não posso sair com as gurias as vezes, ou porque eu estou trabalhando, ou porque elas não tem dinheiro :s</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saudade de quando eu tinha tudo organizado, minha rotina, meus horários de trabalho e minhas amigas sempre ali, a toda a hora, a todo o momento!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Momento desabafo no blog, hehehheeh</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aqui vamos nós, a foto de hoje é em homenagem as minhas amigas do Brasil:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[In the last 22 I completed four months in Dublin.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What can I say?? It is so much onmy mind right now that hurts me!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I've had severe crises of homesickness... And every day more and more I want to stay here... How is this possible??</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>My English ahs envolved... Not as much as I would like but I haven't devoted as much as I should!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>At school it's evertything okay... The first classes are still in busines, but greatly improved the mood of the class, I think it was the exchange of teachers... Now Margaret is the one who teaches.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The second clas is still wonderful, but now is no longer with Jane, but with Emma (that is no comments, right?)<br />
My job is cool, I've enough free time and INTEND to use this time to study a litte bit more ;)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>My bosses have supported me a lot, always talking a lot with me, correcting me! And the are lovely ♥</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I miss my home, my family bt I feel even more missing in theses moments, MY FRIENDS! Comes the weekend and I cant go out with the girls sometimes... Or because I'm working or they don't have money!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I miss when I had everything organized, my routine, my schedule, and my girls were always there, all the time, any moment :)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Okay, a moment's off my chest on the blog, hehehehe</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Here we go, the picture today is in honor of my friends in Brazil:]</i></span><br />
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</i></span>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-65028189856320893922012-01-07T16:08:00.000-08:002012-01-07T16:08:31.964-08:00Consegui outro emprego! [I've got another job]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olá pessoas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eu não vou entrar em muitos detalhes do porquê eu não estava feliz com meu outro emprego, mas digamos apenas que eu não posso ver criança infeliz... Criança que tem dinheiro e não tem atenção dos pais. Também não gosto de trabalhar para pessoas que te tratam como um ser inferior e acham que podem tudo porque tem dinheiro. Pronto falei!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E aí que eu já falo um inglês acima do intermediário, apesar de entender mais do que falo e também tenho experiência com crianças e fui a luta!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Achei outro emprego antes de completar um mês no antigo!<br />
O novo emprego tem a metade das crianças pelo mesmo preço: Promoção imperdível, huh?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No meu novo emprego eu cuido de 3 meninas: Danielle (7), Juliette (5) e Charlotte (3). A mãe trabalha uns dias sim, outros não. Também preciso fazer alguns serviços domésticos, mas nada que eu não aguente (eu acho).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje foi meu primeiro dia, então assim que as coisas estiverem mais rotineiras eu posto de novo.<br />
Não vejo a hora de chegar segunda-feira: Começam as aulas novamente, ver meus amigos, professores e estudar muito!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Segue uma fotinho das meninas:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abraços.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>[I'll not to go into much details about why I wasn't happy with my old job. Let's just say that I can see unhappy child. Child who has money and no parental attention. I don't like to work for people that treat you as an inferior being, who thinks that they can more, just because they've money.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>There, I said.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I already speak an intermediate English, although I understand more than I talk and I've experience with children and I went to fight!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I found another job before completing 1 month in the old job. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>In the new job I'll take care of half of the kids at the same price: An offer to be not missed, huh?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I need take care of 3 girls: Danielle (7), Juliette (5) and Charlotte (3). The mother works a few days yes, some don't. I also need to do some housework, but it's nothing that I can't hold up (I guess)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today was my first day, then so thing are more routine I post again.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I can't wait for Monday: Star classes again, see my friends, my teachers and study hard.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Here is a picture of the girls.</i></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhoEISBDPzeLh8TztIaoebkcBB0hlTu89XiKuriuFH5oWSW_WzIBqfGL1hXZCc7WJm0cbakdhJxfj_ggI4k-npdkP_3_RxETib3vtFm-TYU9I7o1emJEp-ZzIwUCo6I-bpXmICkmIsHc/s1600/3girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhoEISBDPzeLh8TztIaoebkcBB0hlTu89XiKuriuFH5oWSW_WzIBqfGL1hXZCc7WJm0cbakdhJxfj_ggI4k-npdkP_3_RxETib3vtFm-TYU9I7o1emJEp-ZzIwUCo6I-bpXmICkmIsHc/s320/3girls.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Charlotte, Juliette and Danielle</i></span></div>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800894584410536821.post-55596856476074032622011-12-30T17:59:00.000-08:002011-12-30T17:59:23.052-08:00Feliz Ano Novo [Happy New Year]<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Então pessoal... Chegou o fim de mais um ano.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Não tenho nada pra reclamar de 2011 apenas para agradecer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2011 foi o ano da realização do meu sonho: Estudar e trabalhar na Irlanda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje fazem pouco mais de 3 meses que estou aqui, e posso dizer que a evolução não para nunca.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoje sou uma pessoa melhor, mais madura, que valoriza mais a família, os amigos mas principalmente: Eu sei quem eu sou. Eu sei do que eu gosto e eu sei o que eu quero.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2011 foi o ano em que descobri o mundo e a mim mesma.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E de 2012 o que eu espero? Sucesso. Que eu possa dar continuidade as minhas metas... Se eu tenho metas novas para 2012?? Não. 2012 (conforme meus planos) vai ser o ano de apenas concluir tudo que eu deixei pendente. Não como algo que não deu certo, ou que precise ser consertado, mas apenas que são planos de longo prazo e preciso terminá-los.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Espero que no ano de 2012 Deus abençoe mais uma vez a minha vida, trazendo saúde, paz e harmonia para mim e para toda a minha família, que o mundo se torne um lugar um pouquinho melhor para se viver, e que a bondade seja espalhada no coração de todos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Um brinde ao recomeço, à segunda chance... Um brinde a vida! E eu tenho certeza de que minha intuição não está errada: 2012 vai ser o ano das nossas vidas!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E uma fotinho do Natal para alegrar as visitas:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[So folks... Reached end of another year</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I don't have nothing to complain about 2011 just to thank.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>2011 was the year of my dream's realization: Studying and working in Ireland.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today I'm here more than 3 months and that evolution never stops.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today I'm a better person, more mature, a person who values more the family, friends but mainly: I know who I am.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>2011 was the year I discovered the world and myself.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And what I expect for 2012?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Success. May I continue my goal. If I have new goals for 2012? No. 2012 (according to my plans) will be the year of only conclude all the things I have left pending. Not as something that didn't work or needs to be fixed, they are just plans that are long term and I need to finish.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I hope that in 2012 God bless my life again, bringing health, peace and harmony for me and all my family, I hope the world become in a better place to live, and the goodness is spread in everybody's heart.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A toast to the restart, the second chance. A toast to life.! And I'm sure my intuition is not wrong: 2012 will be the year of our lives!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And a little picture from Xmas to make the visits happy:]</i></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17DCDOh8akoROSYH-me2-88mP_UzFl0eWB6f2UdovWvghyphenhyphenyXMXmO-xDSgmcNwG-Th8B4o96HaHaJqKYsPqn4h2KdTUH0PIvTg0PWG8PgUUcZHQ6WbRtr4xdiHRu_aRqECCVVyRQT2E6k/s1600/AndresasHouse03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17DCDOh8akoROSYH-me2-88mP_UzFl0eWB6f2UdovWvghyphenhyphenyXMXmO-xDSgmcNwG-Th8B4o96HaHaJqKYsPqn4h2KdTUH0PIvTg0PWG8PgUUcZHQ6WbRtr4xdiHRu_aRqECCVVyRQT2E6k/s320/AndresasHouse03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Christmas party at Andressa's house</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Laís, Luciana, Cíntia, Maiara, Me, Andressa and Paula)</i></span></div>Carina Portalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13344159684181352855noreply@blogger.com0