I have and I do have Hi everybody! I have a doubt. What's the difference between these two sentences? 1) I have something; and 2) I do have something.

What is your strategy to get fluency? Hi there! What is your strategy to get fluency? How was your progress? I want to know how learners are studying. Many people maybe will answer that talking a lot is the key. Yes, I agree, the learner must to talk. But I want to know more deeply how was your studying methods. I think that correct pronunciation is important for beginners, mainly when talking to natives. I consider myself as an intermediate reader and writer. On the other hand, I have very few experience in talking. I think that I should establish certain focus on pronunciation to make me feel more secure to talk. I'm thinking in train myself by making phrases about anything that comes into my mind and then pronouncing them. What do you think about?

My last Saturday On last Saturday I went to a party in my friend's farm. We calebrated her birthday. However, this party was prepared in a unusual way. Its theme was a traditional brazilian celebration called "festa junina", which occurs on June, every year. It celebrates the Saint John's day and is known by its traditional foods, dance and vestiment. It is generally performed by catholic churches. One of these foods has been taken to the party by a friend. It is called canjica, which is a specific kind of corn cooked in milk with sugar and cinnamon. There are two types of canjica: with crushed peanuts or with grated coconut. In the party there was canjica with coconut, my favorite one. I'm a canjica lover. Every year I go to many "festas juninas" just to eat canjica. When June arrives, I feel happy. In the farm there is a oven that works with firewoods. Some friends and me took wood in the bush and then we burn some woods in the oven to cook. I made a fire pit with the remaining woods. The people was sitting around it at night. One friend was playing guitar while others were singing. The sky was clear and the moon shining. The party itself was perfect. However, I was lethargic because last week I didn't sleep very well. It was difficult to interact with people due to my tiredness. In fact I should have stayed home resting and recovering my energy.

The last night was the night The last night was the night. I went to a bar that I did not know to meet some friends. One of them have played piano and sung brazilian musics. There I have known a friend of one of my friends with who I talked a lot. He is a nice guy and certainly we'll be good friends. The music was quit amazing, my pianist friend is a great musician and singer. For those who have interest in brazilian music, I recommend to look for the genres MPB (brazilian popular music) and Bossa Nova, the musical content is very rich. There I drank a few beers and didn't eat anything. Yesterday my only meal was lunch. And if I tell you that until now, at 12:45 o'clock, I ate no food? Someone certainly will be amazed. The ambient of the bar is very cool and cozy. I think that it is perfect to take a girlfriend ou meet someone. The last night was so good that I have arrived at home and slept at 2 o'clock (AM). But now I'm at work too lazy and sleepy. Fortunately today is friday.

Learning from notebooks I have been reading many notebook entries of the italki's users. I'm enyoing it because some doubts that I had were solved by reading notebook corrections. Sometimes I wish to write one note but, in some cases, I think that I have no subject for such. Finally I decided to write something. Well, now I'm getting out of my work and I'm going to a bar to meet some friends. Another friend will play piano there. So, drinking a beer with friends and listening a piano sound will be a great way to relax.

My boring course Since the last month I have taken a course about IT hiring in public instituitions. This course is mandatory to new employees of my work. I have working on mornings and at the afternoons I'm taking the classes. To me it has been difficult to bear this course because it's too dense and theoric. Plus, I have returned to my work and my classes only yesterday because here, at Brazil, was Carnaval since saturday. Added to laziness due to the days off, I didn't sleep very well this night. Even the teacher is somewhat lazy today, which is making the class more boring than usual. The only thing I want now is to get out to my home, sleep a bit and soon do some physical workout.

My day today Today I woke up at 7:45 AM. After wearing a suit, I went to my job with my car. Unfortunately some employees must wear suit in my job. It's uncomfortable but I'm adapted. I didn't ate a breakfast but I'm not hungry anymore.