The So Dreamed Age in the US

One of biggest drama about teenagers living in the US is to turn 21.  Reasons are many things you can do after  this age such as  buy cars, buy home and the most important being able to legally drink alcohol.  Teenagens get so exiceted because they know they can get to any club and drink watever they want. Theire is no more need to ask someone to get it for you and miss having fun with their older friends.  I experience this situation of being unable to hang out at clubs when I moved here because I was under 21. In contrast to my country where you are allowed to drink and go out with age of eighteen. 

Differences Between Brazil and the United States

Brazil and the United States have a number of differences and similiarities.  The culture in these two big countries is the main contrast between them.  People from both countries may like or dislike their own country or other, but is difficult to say which is better because it varies  from person to person.  However, it is difficulto to not realize the big differences in the culture of Brazil and the US. Life style for instance is an good example.  While in the United States people have good wage and salaries; in Brazil most of people pray to have a job that pays you well. Another contrast is conversation style.  In my country usually conversation is very dynamic and considered very noisy. It seems that everyone is talking at once while here there is a quitier way to talk and I belive they consider to be rude this noisy conversation. 

Rio The Movie

http://www.rio-themovie.com/

Rio is a 2011 3D computer animated film based on the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is directed by Carlos Saldanha.A misfit macaw named Blu  heads to Rio de Janeiro, embarks on a magnificent journey, and makes some loyal new friends in this animated adventure for the entire family. Domesticated from the time he was just a hatchling, Blu traded a life in the clouds for a contented existence in Moose Lake with his doting owner, Linda.They live under the impression that Blu is the last of his kind, but upon receiving word that a female macaw named Jewel  has been discovered in Rio de Janeiro, Linda and Blu set their sights on South America on a mission to replenish the species. Shortly after their arrival in the Brazilian capitol, however, the two rare birds fall victim to a gang of greedy animal smugglers intent on making a mint by selling Blu and Jewel to the highest bidder. But the headstrong Jewel isn't about to be locked in a cage and put on display, so when the opportunity arises she stages a daring escape with the help of some wisecracking local birds, and takes her new friend Blu along for the ride. With the bumbling birdnappers fast closing in, Blu realizes that his only hope for making a clean getaway and reuniting with Linda is to finally summon the courage he needs to take flight.

The movie opens Friday 15, March and its a great movie for family/kids do watch. I will be there =]

Family Sundays

" Family Sundays" is one of the things that i most miss from my country Brazil. It is a day when all the family would get together to talk about their week and projects, have fun, eat  and drink a good bear.. I miss this a lot because here I dont have any family member. I can remeber all the times that we spent together during those Sundays. I used to make everyone laugh and everyone used to give advice and help each other it they needed something. I miss this so much!!

The most popular food in Brazil

When people ask me about a typical  food in my country the first meal that comes to my mind is Feijoada. Hummm.. it is really good. Feijoada is prepared with black turtle beans and a variety of salted pork and beef products, such as pork ears, tail, feet, bacon, and some smoke sausage. This stew is best prepared over slow fire in a thick clay pot. It taste strong so I recommend to eat at lunch time.  It is traditionally served with white rice, and accompanied by chopped fried collard greens, and peeled and sliced orange.  Believe me it is really good =]

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004. As of January 2011, Facebook has more than 600 million active users.  Users may create a personal profile, add other users friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.  Additionally, user may join common interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college or other characteristics. Facebook allows anyone who declares themselves to be at least 13 years old to become a registered user of the website.  It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his collegue roomates and fellow computer scients students Eduardo Saverin who is from Brazil, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.  The website was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League and Stanford University.  It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students and finally to anyone with 13 year old and over.  Facebook does sounds good right? Well, I already have one how about you?