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The best Christmas I have ever had
Natal, Noel, Navidad, Christmas. I have celebrated many Christmas eve in my life, sometimes with my family and sometimes with other people’s family. However, I believed that in 2020 I would spend the worst Christmas Eve ever, locked in my room in the university, watching a movie as on an ordinary night. I was entirely wrong. A few weeks after having accepted this sad destiny, my grandmother comes to my mind. She left us this year, this means that I will never see her again, and I will never spend another Christmas with her, but she taught me one thing that I will keep forever. My grandmother was a very…
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La voilà : rapport d’une brésilienne en France !
Je suis arrivée en Rennes début septembre 2019. J’avais hâte de commencer un nouveau départ en découvrant une nouvelle culture et un nouveau style de vie. Je me disais que les français ne font que boire du vin et manger du pain avec du fromage tous les jours, en profitant en permanence de la ‘belle vie’. Cette idée/image, même stéréotypée, est réductrice (inspirée par les films hollywoodiens). Elle a servi quand même pour me convaincre de quitter l’Irlande, à la recherche d’une vie plus tranquille et amusante. Je n’ai jamais été déçue. Depuis mon arrivée, en tant qu’étudiante, j’en ai bien profité pour étudier, apprendre la langue française et m’amuser…
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My 3/30 days Ramadan experience
Since a child, I have learned quite a lot of nonsense about Arabic culture. Now I have been able to realize with my own eyes how misled I have been. In a nutshell, we are used to hearing in the Media and even at school of how backward the Arabic’s are, how they do not respect women, by limiting their freedom, and how dangerous they are to the world. It only by getting out of our comfort zones and getting to know a few of them to start question one thing: who are the backward people? Honestly, I was not far away from thinking that way. Nevertheless, once in France…
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Позитивизъм по време на корона вирус – „Корона вирус търси талант“
“Да бъдеш щастлив не означава, че всичко е перфектно. Това означава, че сте решили да погледнете отвъд несъвършенствата“ Аристотел „Корона вирус търси талант“ Тези няколко месеца са време на санитарно предизвикателство, на равносметка и личностно израстване…а също така дават почва и за развитието на едно ново световно шоу, наречено „Корона вирус търси талант“, в което хората споделят гордо резултата от все по-честите изблици на вътрешните си неосъзнати и креативни сили. Някои завихрят в кухнята все по-успешно всякакви рецепти и то без да изгорят всички тенджери; други са готови да издадат книга „Как да станеш Мистър Мускул в домашни условия“, а за трети талантът може би е просто измислянето на „100…
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Positivism during coronavirus – “Corona Virus Got Talent”
“Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. This means that you have decided to look beyond the imperfections” Aristotle Apart from the fact that these few months are a time of sanitary challenge, social isolation and personal wake up… so it is the perfect time for the start of a new world show called “Corona Virus Got Talent”. People could demonstrate the result of their ever-increasing creative outbursts and hidden skills. Some of the talents might be: being able to follow and experiment with recipes without having the whole kitchen exploded; others are ready to publish a book “How to Become a Mister Muscle at Home”, and for others, the…
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“Positivism during corona virus – opportunities within the challenge”
Corona virus or COVID-19… it is not a new topic. There is so much information about it, so much is written; our attention is still so focused on it – either by following the development of the situation in the news, or the jokes in the social media. Although it is a difficult and challenging time for everyone, I do not think it is so fatal. I don’t even think it will be the last of its kind. Diseases, infections and viruses have been around since the world began. Nevertheless, I believe that we can learn from every situation and we can always find the positive. Some friends have told…
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Little happiness at Covid-times
I have once shared with you my little childhood happiness, those past moments that will no longer come back to me. Nevertheless, we are now living a time that will be marked in history as the time when Covid-19 invaded our lives. So, today I ask you what memories are you building now for the future? I do not know about you, but I am certainly not sat down just waiting for it to pass. I am looking to find ways to fill this period with moments of little happiness and joy. Alike those pleasures we get when we have a hot shower after having getting completely soaked in a…
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Coronavirus: What is in the air?
Regardless what is going on ‘almost’ everywhere in the world, we are all striving to keep on going. Every day, I woke up, brush my teeth, put on clothes, some days make-up, some days, even before combing my hair I move to my office, just beside by bed, to start my online classes. I have lost track of how many cups of coffees and tea I have been taking per day, and how crazy I must look like when singing “All by myself, don`t want to be. All by myself, anymore”. Notice it has been only 3 weeks so far. All this conversation going on made me have a dream…
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On February 15 I was born. And, so the story begins…
Throughout the years I have celebrated many birthdays. When I was a kid, I loved this day as I wasgetting all the attention, I used to organize big parties, invite everybody; getting lots of presents. Allthis commotion and the love and care of my parents made me feel like a real Princess. As I was growing older, the way I celebrated my birthday started to change a little bit. I wanted toadd more “flavor” to it by doing something out of the ordinary so I start my personal year with a thrilland a sense of novelty. For instance, 2 years ago I accepted the invitation of my friend and went…
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La France, un pays qui revendique … ses droits !
Il y a 5 mois que j’habite en France. Vivre ici m’a permis d’apprendre la langue française et un petit plus sur sa culture. Si certains stéréotypes sur les français sont faux, leur réflexe de résister pour défendre leurs droits en est un que je confirme. Cette semaine le sujet de toute l’actualité a été la grève générale du 5 décembre. Lorsque je n’ai pas eu du cours à cause de l’arrêt du transport public, j’ai décidé de suivre la manifestation. Je suis arrivé au centre-ville environ à une heure d’après-midi et j’ai pu vérifier que les Français possèdent vraiment ce qu’il faut pour vivre en démocratie c’est-à-dire le courage…
