When walking gets boring

DOMINGO, 29 DE MAIO DE 2011

You know when your English has improved when:

- Someone who doesn't shut up just talk with you for at least 30 min (as fast she could do it) without a paused dipped breath.

- When you get lost

- When you have to do something difficult as order food at Mc Donalds, just because their employees are a pain in a neck

- When you spend 2 hours on the phone trying to planning your trip with a girl with that "cute" British accent;

- When your bank account has been cloned, and you gotta send application forms as faster as you can, or you gotta lose your money;

- Someone tells you "oooooo look how improved your English got since you came here"

- When you have a conversation with a redneck, and you guys are able to communicate as well =z

- When you are hanging out with your foreign friends.. you always learn or teach something different

- When you can read a book, paper, magazines, tv news without a dictionary help

I am not gonna talk about movies, shows, cartoons and those kind of stuff.

Well, I am always concerned about things I haven't done, places I haven't gone, money I haven't made, things I couldn't see... opportunities I loose, people I just knocked out of my life... and time I spent doing anything.

As well I did good at the last 10 months (I do think so). I've learned how to fly, and as the people always says, when you learn it, to walk gets to boring.. and I am afraid.

I have no idea in what my life is gonna turn in the next 2 months. How's gonna be my experience of going back home after a shorter while away, but it makes me feel happy anyway!

One thing that I am sure is that I have made a change going on inside me, and I didn't do it by myself. I believe that ALL things works for our good, and those moments here in the US, was a special gift from God to my life.

=)

Still believe.. nothing is impossible

I wrote this text in 2th January, 2011 at CNN studios..

Dreams is one of my favorite subjects, just because some of us have forgotten to believe in it when the world shows us the impossibilities to get it come true. I don´t remember if I wrote something about it before, probably yes, because how I've told you guys, this is my favorite thing to write and think about.

Today was a special day in my life, I went to CNN tour with my friend Lidiane who studied Journalism with me in the College when we were in Brazil. We'd gotten so excited with everything that we had seen there. We could watch journalists making television news happen inside the CNN Studios, and we also had seen the breaknews equipments. They all have the perfect television equipments that I've seen in my whole life, so I confessed that I was jealousy to be JUST watching them with a glass in front of my face. I made a question to myself “why can't I to be inside making the news in the real time with them? I've my answer now: because this is not time to work with, it's just MY time to learn with.

That building is really big and awesome, there was some rooms of International News, Radio, CNN in Spanish and some restaurants inside. For now I am think about to follow my career in Journalism and make sure that my resume is really better than when I came here. Maybe I will go ahead to book some Spanish classes on the college close to my home this year. I think I will need to learn my third language while I am living in the US. Maybe when I have my vacations, I will go ahead to know more about the world. Yes, I am planning to go to Europe.. I already know that just English is not good enough to follow my career. I need to enjoy the time while I've been here to get some more cultural experience, and just to be ready to be a good journalist when I get back to my country.

The year of 2011 will be a good year in my life ( my wish list is already done.. hahah). I know that God has big surprises to me and He gave me the first one when this year began. I really deserve you all were there with me to see my happy face and my big smile.

I am so thankful for all the things that Lord have done, and my question to you all is: Is something impossible to Lord? Not, nothing is impossible. If you just believe in his power, He can make his way in your life and make his dreams (that is better than yours) came true.

Just believe!

Glasses, coffee and words

A white page is open in front of my face. I don't know how to write. I don't even know how to talk and I fell like I am a 5 months old baby trying to speak something in this new language.

I will gotta go talk to you about the babies mind.

What happened when you are a baby? you just cry, eat and go to sleep? no. That's not just it. When you are a baby you get some listening skills, even when you don't know what is going on around you, and what the words mean. So, when the babies are growing up they all start to get skills in their first language and then, they start to say some words.

What are you talking about Mayra? Are you drunk?

I want to say that to learn a new language it's not easy for anyone, because the first step is to get your listening better, after that you must try to speak. So, I think that the reading and writing also came together. But, to improve all this things in the same time are not easy at all.

When you are a baby is easier. The only thing in your brain is to learn how to get a communication, when it's not happening you just cry. Good way! Maybe someone will care about you =)

When you are a grow up person living in a country for to learn a second language, to cry it is not the better way to solution your communication skill problems. By the way, put your face on the books and go ahead to STUDY.

During my days I am just trying to get this kind of skills, but I don't know if I am doing good or bad. To me, it's still bad.. but better than it was when I were in Brazil. So.. I think I still have time to get it better..

I need to do it.. =)

Haiti don`t have a break

By Mayra Feitosa

I've told you I have been in College about 4 years. I graduated in Journalism and I made this blog because I just had some thing s on my mind, kind of like ants, and they can`t stop to eating my brain. They are making me crazy and worried about various world situations. But today I want to talk to you guys about Haiti.

I have read the New York Times for several weeks, and the international page is really making me think about the world.

In January 2010 a big earthquake killed a lot of people in Haiti and it was a sad moment for them, because in Haiti's history they have had some natural disasters that made the country poor and dependent on the world`s help. After January 2010 the situation is getting worse day by day, as most of the population have lost family members and the children really need care.

While I was reading the newspaper today I read another situation about Haiti that made me think. It was about a Cholera epidemic in St. Marc city, there was a zone almost untouched by the earthquake in January 12, but then, the water of Artiboniti River is contaminated with Cholera`s bacteria, so most part of population got the disease.

The problem is that Haiti doesn`t have structure to support it, because the hospitals don`t have adequate medical equipment. In an interview in the New York Times, Nigel Fisher, a humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations said: "It`s virulent and it can travel (...) but at the least here, we have been able case by case, to somewhat stabilize the situation." This country hasn't had a break of natural disasters this year. Ms. Imogen Wall, a spokeswoman who accompaned Mr. Fish in the operation, finished the interview with this question: "Cant this country take a break?"

The only part that make me feel better is to know that some nations have been helping Haiti. Cuba sent them 28 doctors and nurses, and Bolivian sent 100 beds for the hospitals.

So.. that`s all today.

See you later and I hope you like and correct my English.. =D

New life..

Bye the way.. be WELCOME.

I am Mayra Feitosa, I am 22 years old (almost 23.. yes, I`m getting old).. I graduated in Journalism last year in Sao Paulo - Brazil, and I made this blog because I am trying to practice my English write skills.

I have been in the United States almost 3 months for to learn the language and care about kids. I have a challenge in my way and I have a lot of things to tell you guys...

There we go!

How GOD changed my life! Sometimes is hard to me to believe that I am living here. Sometimes I just wanna my life back, for lie down in my moms leg and talk to her as the big friends we are... I miss her a lot. I miss my home, my town, I miss everything that I had there... BUT, I am also happy for to be here, just because I know that I will have my brazilian life back as soon I imagine. So I really need to enjoy this time. AND.. I am doing it =)

My life in Brazil was not easy. I had to work so hard to pay my college, I had to study a lot to had my degree, and I also had to save money for to be here today.. BUT all those of things that happened with me was so important and then, I can say that I am "big girl".

I am enjoying this time that God made to me. I know his ways to my life, I know his promises and I still believe in his power. I have faith and I know that doesn`t exist nothing impossible to him.

I gave my life in his hands before to go to the USA and I said: Jesus, I am yours.. please, do whatever you want to do.

He is doing.

If you are in a difficult place, living difficult situations that you can`t see the end, my advice for you: just believe in God`s power. He can do impossible things came true for you. He made it to me... I am here now.