The E-Factor

Some people look like they are always happy and that all good happens to them, while others have a great difficulty in seeing things in a good perspective, but is possible to become a happier and enthusiastic person. Enthusiasm can be inherited, but if you were not born enthusiastic, you can develop or increase your level of enthusiasm, as follow: positive thoughts (think good things and good things will happen to you), you can read books and tapes by motivational speakers (and repeat this things to yourself each morning or each time that you need) and be grateful for the things that you have (when you give thanks for the things you have, the more good things will happen to you), this things will help you to improve the way you see life and thus cause you to be more enthusiastic. For some people is more easy to be enthusiastic, they follow the above examples. To other people who didn’t born with the level good of enthusiastic, their focus is all the bad things, and some not even try, this people just think that everything is bad: job, relationship, social life, their body. The love of their lives will never show up because they do not deserve it and they think the universe is conspiring against them. Some time ago I was not very enthusiastic, I also thought that good things did not happen to me, but after some time I managed to get a high level of enthusiasm. This is because I am a very optimistic person and positivist, I believe there is always a chance to improve and even though things seem bad, I know it will get better sooner or later. I am very excited and enthusiastic when I do something, like traveling and I also believe that my excitement level increases when someone I like or that I care about winning something. For all that, I believe there is no excuse not to be an enthusiastic person, everything can be improved if you wish.

Expensive Halloween

When we think of Halloween we think of costumes and the creativity of some people in creating these costumes, but even with a lot of creativity you do not spend much money, at least not over a million dollars, or you spend? If you want to surprise this Halloween with a costume that no one has, the company MorphCostumes has the solution. The company has created a fantasy with about 70,000 diamonds, for the paltry sum of $1.6 million. At the time, the fantasy is in London. Gregor Lawson, co-founder of MorphCostumes says the costume is heavy and covers about 90% of the body of the person to wear. But if you do not want to spend that much into a costume, the MorphCostumes has the solution too. the company has created other costumes that are more "accessible" as Overkill, The Giant Zombie-Killing Robot which is sold at a price of $ 25,000. This costume comes with extras such as: laser effects, stilts and legs with a controllable finger sheaths and a giant headpiece. It's Also equipped with a fan. Other option is the Invisible Cowboy Costume Premium that has the head can move in all directions, costing about $ 2,500. The company also focuses on more accessible fantasies, having options ranging from $ 30- $ 45 per costume. Options abound for you to go on Halloween, some costumes will depend on how much you want to spend, but what really matters is to have fun, either with a fantasy with 70,000 diamonds or one that you made at home.

The complete news:

http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/22/luxury/million-dollar-halloween-costume/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

Funny and Wise Reasons Why a Panda Faking a Pregnancy

We have heard many stories of women who forged a pregnancy and also we know that some animals may develop psychological pregnancy, but a fluffy giant panda fakes pregnancy for gain more privileges and perks is not normal. The last Friday (August 27th) the cute giant panda bear called Ai Hin, age 6, faked a pregnancy to have some perks and preferential treatment that only pregnant giant pandas have. One of the privileges is to moved to a single room with air conditioning and around-clock care, besides having more space in a big room with a cooler environment, Ai Hun receive more food too, as more buns, bamboo and fruits. As she had already received this treatment before, zookeepers investigated the possibility that she actually faked pregnancy because she got to present all the signs that lead you to believe that she really was pregnant like the increase of hormones, change in appetite and moving less, but at the end of it all, they found that she was not really pregnant because these signs disappeared two months after she have privileged treatment. Giant pandas are endangered animals, in China only 1.600 giant pandas survive  in the mountain forest. Even the babies pandas don’t have a big survival rates and the limited number of annual fertilization in each giant panda coupled and the time span for a pregnancy is from 80 to 200 days, still their preservation is very important  and there is always hope when a female panda gets pregnant, as this increases the chance of preserving the species.

The complete news:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/world/asia/china-panda-pregnancy/index.html?iref=allsearch

Why is English difficult for me?

English has been a second language in my life for about two years and all this time I felt there are some barriers between me and the this language. I think study another language can be very hard to many people. For me one of the worst things is the pronunciation, I have several problems about how is correct spell and speak some words and this makes me very uncomfortable, because somethings I think that I can speak the word correctly, but when I say the reality is different, like for example the words: rough, desert (verb and adjective), dictionary. May seem easy words, but who is not accustomed with them is too complicated. Other problem is the difficult to talk to someone that is fluent in English or is American, this is because I know that person knows more than me and with this I don’t say everything that I want or I can with fear of making mistakes. So, in many situations I just say the easy things, like: This is true or It’s the same thing. I have noticed that I don’t think much before speaking, I just say, what makes me confused and talk things wrong. In my point of view I have another important weakness, which is the grammar. In general English grammar is similar with the Portuguese, but some rules are hard to me. I need to be very careful to don’t make mistakes, but is difficult when I’m nervous or when I need talk to another person with English better than mine. I always make confusion with very simple things: change the DOES for DO or DO for DOES (he DO the homework), I put the verb in the wrong time, for example: I was studied yesterday. I have some doubts about the sequence of sentence, put all together (verb, noun, adjective, adverb) is a little problematic to me. How I’m learning about this things I always think that is not correct even if it is. Learn another language requires time and dedication, no one can learn without trying and challenges will always appear, but I must be prepared, as this is part of learning.

Introduction

I'm from Brazil and I'm living here in Tempe with my husband since September 3th. When I came to here I wanted study English and the ASU was the best option. So, one month later here I am. I'm a nurse and next year I'll try to validate my graduate here in ASU. I just have one sister, who is married and has a son, the little and handsome Gabriel. I like to watch movies and series, I really love travel and I do exercises too. How I live around the lake I prefer run and ride a bike there, is an incredible and beautiful place. I think that the most interesting characteristic that I have is the always be positive: new day, new opportunity!