The Intrinsic Value of Outdoor Recreation For Society. One of the most significant sports event coming to an end, FIFA World Cup, and another one about to begin within two years, Olympics, we are in perfect timing to speech on the importance of outdoor activities regarding the beneficial use to the physical and social skills. Such as sports, famous worldwide and running, for example, mostly activities practiced in natural or semi-natural settings. Latin American and Caribbean countries spend about one-third as much as European nations watching sports on TV. Besides, it’s important to consider that games are not only a significant form of entertainment but also a way to integrate children and youth of their communities and reduce prejudices and stereotypes. Modern life is turning our kids into tech-savvy, which is causing physical strength declining, making our new generation less muscular, and unable to do physical tasks that previous generations found simple, an article published in the journal Acta Paediatrica. Promoting active lifestyles among young, alongside a sustainable investment on urban green spaces like public gardens, for instance, it could be a better viable form of education and an area into the growth of equal and vital respect for nature itself. To sum up, it’s not new that nowadays the system as its own makes people stress more on their mental development and ultimately rejects the physical activities. By realizing it, it’s no illusion that the local authorities should preoccupy in encouraging the young generation to pursue the sport as a complement for the academic life and inevitably, develop physical health education for the all-round development of the society.

The non-excitement of a traveler. People often say that if you want to find a purpose in life, you should travel. Besides, if you're going to collect somewhat new memories, you should fly abroad, or somewhere your pocket allows you to. However, nobody says that how this experience can turn you into a good-bye person, which means, before my traveling experience, speaking good-bye was quite a painful moment in my life, by all means, the worst sometimes. Nowadays, I'm aware that people have their limited time and they will stay as long as they need to wait until they complete a circle in your life. Although I'm sure that traveling can be a fantastic experience, it made me realize that I'm more used to letting people go and not feeling so empty inside anymore. It made me wonder last night, and a question popped up in my head: does it mean I'm a cold person? If saying goodbye doesn't affect me anymore, what will? How can I gain that emotional way of living again? Traveling is pleasant, but it makes you get used to limited time, and you don't worry anymore if you never see someone again because you've turned yourself into a harbor.

Writing is a reflexive process Writing, why did it come to my mind? Well, I was attending a lecture today mostly about techniques to help students in their writing progress. And what I found most amusing  and that caught my mind is the slight difference between "want to" and " have to".  How many times have we done things because we had to and not because we wanted to? I know, we are adults. We'll do unpleasant things and come across unpleasant situations eventually and that fact worried me back then and still does. Why am I so frustated? You know, I have everything that lots of people would die for, a roof under my head, food three times a day, a great income and health insurance, a mother who does not judge my actions, so why God? Why am I so unsatisfied?  I have put a deep thought over it and here it's my conclusion: I'm doing more "have to" than "want to". If you asked me "what on earth would you be doing right now?", I would reply " I would be in Thailand teaching and helping the poorest". And what am I doing? Working on an accounting company.  And the question everybody asks me: why don't you quit your job if you're not happy? - here it's a damn harsh truth - I'm used to the comfort zone. It's painful to destroy all I've built and leave it all behind.  A step back in life is the hardest thing you could do and yet, what the most worth doing so.

Desarrollo de una reflexón. Una vez me preguntaron que pensaba yo sobre la muerte o lo que creía que pasaría a nosotros después que dejaramos este mundo. La preocupación por lo que ocurrirá, la tristeza de los que se quedan mientras los que dejan este mundo y parten para un desconocimiento y la gran cantidad de tradiciones festivas que se celebra y se trasmite por siglos. Incluso en esta fecha veía un anime llamado Inuyasha, mi favorito. Se cuenta la história de una chica que viaja através del tiempo y que es la reencarnación de la antígua sacerdotiza que vívia en aquella aldea. En uno de los episódios se roban sus restos mortales y por causa de eso, esta chica, un hombre mitad bestia (que se enamoró de ella en el pasado) y la hermana de la sacerdotiza van a buscar quien le robó sus restos mortales y la razón por la cual lo hizo. Mientras tanto, la hermana le explicó al hombre mitad bestia lo que significaba una tumba: No es solamente una tumba, sino también un hogar dónde representa los recuerdos y sentimentos que tenemos por esta persona. Mi curiosidad no me dejó descansar de este asunto y entonces me fui a buscar en la internet las tradiciones en América Latina sobre el culto a muerte y por supuesto encontré un montón de información y las que más me colocaron sorprendida fueron las tradiciones del Día de Los Muertos y El Ritual de El Angelito. El Día de Los Muertos se mezclan los ritos católicos con las tradiciones precolombinas. Al lugar que a uno vaya después de la muerte tiene mucho que ver con la manera que murió y no con la manera que vivió, según el catolicismo. Por ejemplo, a las mujeres que hubieran muerto en el parto llegaban hacia el dios Omeyocan, dios de la guerra. Hoy día, aunque que muchos todavía siguen siendo religiosos, los jóvenes buscan más conocer a otros tipos de religiones y no sólo pertenecer a uno, sino también respetar y además hacer parte de las religiones que les guste y que creen ser lo mejor para ellos. Y en qué todos tienen algo de común? Esa constante en querer comunicarse con los muertos através de las fiestas, ritos tradiciones y todo lo más que les haga a las personas recordar aquellos que ya se fueron.

Mi viaje. Saludos de Brasil. Me llamo Priscila y tengo 21 años. Voy a hacer mi primero intercambio en enero. Lo mas probable es que viaje hasta Peru y Chile, pero Colômbia también esta en mi sueño. Así que me gustaría aprender acerca de su cultura y su pueblo. Espero hacer muchos amigos en cualquiera ciudad que estaré. La mayoría de las personas, al menos ahí en Brasil, hacen el primero intercambio para un país en que la lengua nativa sea el inglés, pero como sempre he querido saber más de la cultura de la gente que está cerca de mí en Latina América y todavía, para mi, el español sea la lengua más hermosa y romantica que conozco, yo creo que será inovidable. (Aun así, creo que después de mi intercambio, me quedaré un tiempo en algun lugar para practicar el inglés) Espero que sea un sueño así como he imaginado y he esperado hasta ahora!

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? This phrase was taken from the best animation movie ever made called Pocahontas. It turned out that now I know why I watched that movie so many times when I was a kid, it’s because of the fascination of culture and knowledge that grow up after you put yourself into an unusual and unknown situation, which means when you keep in touch with someone who is not from your same country and not from the same culture of yours. The most fascinating scene of the movie for me is when Pocahontas and John Smith see each other for the first time and you can feel what they are feeling, you know, they are threatened and curious and fascinated to each other and all of this surrounded by stressfulness. Well, I’m not here to give any splot of the movie but if you haven’t watched it yet, you should and after that, add this movie to your list of tastes. I’ve been thoughtful and wondering how many relationships of love were created at that time in this same case of Pocahontas and John Smith? If you think about it, we are all sons and daughters of a forbidden love between cases like that couple. Moreover, from that decade forward, I emphatize that this case is not an exception but one where it’s been much more common and what do I think? It sounds lovely because how many things could you learn with someone else who is not grown up with the same values, principles and mindset of yours? Secondly, I guess it is an extra ingredient for a little bit more of motivation and work hard to learn a language, don’t you think so? However, I’d also add some commas or even end points. First of all, thinking about it is leading myself to two quite different paths, weather I like it or not, which are: Stay in your home town or get away. Of course, I’m just fancing that, it has never happened to me before and I’m glad for this because I wouldn’t know what to do but I do know what Pocahontas did, anyhow, she chose to stay because she was needed in her land, in her village, in her family. To sum up, the World is all what it is like because of those relationships between two different people in all ways you could fancy and being a bit physicologic here, World is mess up and broken by many ways and all of good stuff taken apart, but afterward, we are still the sons and daughters of a hopeless relationship which was surrounded by war, blood and love and I guess that is why we don’t want to pass away even when the life take us down because we still want to see what's around the riverbend

Buon pomeriggio! Mi chiamo Priscila e sono brasiliana. Ho venti anni. Abito a São Paulo. E' una città grande e bella. Di dove sei? Mi piace molto l' apprendimento delle lingue, soprattutto nei giorni di pioggia. Ho bisogno di praticare il mio italiano e la mia pronuncia bisogno di pratica anche. Stai imparando anche l'italiano? Ancorda di più!

Has a new language changed your life or behavior?

 Well, I've read some scientific researches about learning a new language and one of the interesting things was that the behavior of people who are trying to learn or even have learnt it change in a good way. 

Do you think it's true? How have you started to be interested in learning a new language?

I've started learning Italian and Spanish because of the songs that I like. It means that I want to understand what the songs are talking about without English subtitle. Of course, English's been my true love because I think that the way you express your feelings sounds much better in English ( One day, hopefully, I'm going to be able to talk like a native speaker ahah)

 Tell me about it too! ????

Ceremony of World Cup in Brazil. World Cup has commented since yesterday, right? So, I'm going to write about it again. In my opinion, the ceremony was simple but beautiful. Brazil wasn't introduced for all world properly because many important things in my country wasn't there at that choreography but, anyway, the most important thing was there which it's the people and all their habits and cultures that complete my country. I feel proud from my country and from the people here. Everybody knows that the players must sing the anthem and what made me feel emotional were the fans sang the entire anthem in unison after the music stop. That part of the ceremony I think that all Brazilian people forgot about their bad opinion from World Cup and started to enjoy what it can afford for us. Most fans soccer can have a different perspective on my country which means that Brazil is more than Carnaval, and naked women and also, HERE ISN'T A JUNGLE. I decided to leave the best part of all ceremony at the end. The boy who doesn't have movements in all his body took a kick on Brazuca ball with a technology created by Brazilian scientist. It made me feel excited because all people can benefit themselves and because it was created by someone who is from my country. Did u see that part of ceremony? I hope so. GOOD LUCKY!