A regret When I got into college, I didn’t know English very well. At that time, I couldn’t speak English at all. I had been given some advice to take English classes, but I didn’t care. A friend of mine told me that at least I should have taken some private English Classes over Skype. If I had done that, I would have improved my English a lot. Then, I found it difficult to find a scholarship at a multinational company in my country because most of them required fluent English. It is well known that English can boost your career, most of my colleagues were given better opportunities because they could speak English very well. If I had known English very well back then, I could have found a wonderful opportunity for my career. In addition, it might have been easier to understand some books and articles that I had to read in English. They were written in English because it is an international language. Although, I had been told to make an effort to study English, I didn’t take the advice from my friends. I should have listened to them! The reason was that I was more focused on math and chemistry. I should have managed my time better, and I might have learned how to speak English fluently. My course, chemical engineering, was too demanding. I couldn’t have ignored them to study English, because most of my time was spent solving engineering homework and doing projects. At the end I was told that I was a great chemical engineer, but I didn’t get a job at a factory or a multinational company.

Letter Dear Sir/Madam, I have seen your article in the newspaper about children not playing outside these days. I am writing to give my opinion about it. I have been wondering about the topic you wrote. I totally agree with your point of view; It is intriguing for a bunch of reasons. Firstly, my childhood was great, it made me who I am today. I grew up playing outside with other children. The feeling of playing free outside is wonderful. I got the sense of what is to be interacting with other kids. I used to play everything such as soccer, war fights, cards, toys and so on. My favorite was climbing trees and collecting fruits to eat. Secondly, it is a shame that, nowadays, children do not spend much time playing outside. Basically, they stay inside their homes playing online games on their computers. There is interaction indeed, as they talk over headsets or just type instant messages while playing. However, that is not the same as being face to face with other children; Experiencing all the wildness of being outside. On the other hand, we have to keep in mind that these days we are less safe on the streets as we used to be a few decades ago. Parents are more protective now. I would like to add that we, as adults, have the obligation to give what is best to our children. We have the difficult task to show them that is OK to be a kid. In addition, we have to provide them the safeness to experience wonderful moments in their childhood. I look forward to hear from you about my point of view. Yours faithfully, Daniel Pedrosa Lopes.

International travel It is true that international travel rate has increased over the years. We live in globalized world, in which we have access to the internet, social media, tourism programs and so on. We are in contact with people everywhere; we have more apps in our phones that we can count. We are connected! Nowadays we have more reasons to spend some time abroad. Firstly, we are surrounded by the media that influences us to get to know places that makes us feel relaxed and because of their beauty. Daily, we see photos of friends of ours on social media, such as Facebook, and Instagram. Influenced by those, we want to travel right away and show off by posting pictures too. We, humans, sometimes have weird desires. The media uses that as a weapon to catch our full attention. Secondly, nowadays, we have more options to work abroad and spread our business around the world to gain more market. That is called global business. Moreover, most of the companies that are well known internationally have headquarters in other countries. They send their employers abroad to get some more knowledge to develop their product, and to aim in succeeding the competition with other well-known companies. To sum up, we have more reasons than ever to travel abroad. The boundaries do not exist in such modern world. The globe is constantly changing in matters of life and business. We do not want to follow behind, we want to explore and full fill our expectations and personal desires. By Daniel Pedrosa Lopes

Actor’s wife seeks divorce There seems to have some trouble in paradise. According to some people close to the couple, the actor seems to have been in a long affair with one of his friends from college. His wife has noticed a change in his behavior since they moved to Canada. It is thought that he has not dealt very well about being away from his mistress. Apparently, they have a two-years old child. His wife seems to have embraced the idea of divorce since she discovered the whole thing. Although they may get divorced in a couple of days, his wife has not decided if she is staying in Canada or moving back to the U.S. By Daniel Pedrosa Lopes.

Say Goodbye for now: Book Review Say goodbye for now is a novel written by Catherine Ryan Hyde. The story is settled in Texas in 1959. It focuses on friendship, racial prejudice and pure love. The whole story is centered in a ranch filled with life and expectations. The book tells a moving story about a young innocent white boy called Pete. Discovering that keeping a friendship over racial prejudice in his community, is more challenging than anything. He fights over everything and against everyone who would oppose to it. Even against his own father. Initially, he finds a wolf-dog in the middle of a road who is awfully injured. He takes it to a doctor called Dr. Lucy. She is a dedicated doctor. Eventually, Pete meets Justin, a black young boy. They develop a strong friendship, a special bound including the wolf-dog. Unfortunately, Pete is brutally attacked by people against their friendship. Then, Dr. Lucy, takes care of both, the dog and Justin. Dr. Lucy ends up falling in love with Calvin, Justin’s father. The book is well written and entertaining. The book is not centered only in Peter’s life. But Dr. Lucy too. The better parts of the book include the relationship of Pete with his new friend, the wolf-dog and Justin. It is fascinating how the events are set, it is intriguing! While reading the story it is bound to believe it is based on a true story. I would highly recommend this book! It is a wonderful book, full of life. It tells how a friendship can last over the problems and prejudice. If more people in the world could read it, it would definitely transform them in a way they would feel obligated to share its beautiful message. Written by Daniel Pedrosa Lopes.

There are too many reality shows on TV. Do you agree? The reality shows like “Big Brother Brasil”, “A Fazenda”, “Casa dos Artistas” and “Power Couple Brasil” became famous in Brazil a few years ago. Since then they have been appearing on the main Brazilian channels. For sure, if you turn on the television on a specific time of the day, especially at nights, you will find a reality show on one of the channels, but is it really enough? In my opinion, it would have more options on different periods of the day, for the following reasons. Firstly, the reality shows are a way for people to show their abilities and skills and become famous and rich. A non-famous person, for example, have never had the opportunity to show her or his talent to every world at the same moment. They can also get some prizes and earn so much money during the game. Secondly, this kind of TV program brings so much fun and entertainment to the family’s house. I have never seen a reality show that exhibits sad and boring things. That is the reason for the big amount of people who watch this kind of program every year. Brazilian realities are often exciting, thrilling and funny; it holds the people’s attention. Thirdly, Brazilian’s channels have been always showing the same kinds of programs. On weekdays, for example, if you turn on the television at the afternoon, you will probably see the same kinds of programs at the same moment on different channels, like soup operas, the news, sports report, movies, but if you want to watch a reality show, you will have to try it only at nights. Finally, reality shows show the real people’s life, instead of fake people and fiction events. People who participate in realities are often regular people like you and me, and that makes the game more interesting. It is a competition between real people, from different parts of the country that only one can become the winner. People who are watching can choose one of them, usually from the same State, to cheer during all the game, like a soccer world cup. That is the perfect kind of program that we want and need to find more on television. To sum up, I think TV should show fewer programs like soup operas, the news, sports and movies. Instead it should show things that people really want to watch like reality shows. We cannot stand turn on the television and find the same movie, the same soup opera and the same news every day. I think that the TV needs more variety on its channels and nothing better than Reality shows that the only aim is bring entertainment

A Biography She is a British singer-songwriter and a model. She was born in August 22nd, 1995. Her parents are Albanian. They left Albania in 1990 and moved to UK. When she was 13, her family came back to Albania. When she was 15, she decided to come back to London because she wanted to build a music career there. She lived in London with some friends that were living there. In 2011, she started working as a model. She grew up listening her father singing and when she was 14, she started to post some videos at the YouTube singing some famous songs of her favorite singers, like Nelly Furtado and Christina Aguilera. In 2015, she signed a contract with Warner Music. At that same year, she began working in her first album. On August 2015, she released her first single called “New Love”. Her second single called “Be the One” reached the Top 10 in Germany, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. The video clip of “Be the One” has reached over than 70 million views. Since then she has released great successes like IDGAF and New Rules, both are from her first album. Right now, she is working on a new album. She has considered one of the biggest revelation artists of this decade. This piece was written by Felipe, my loved partner.

Escadaria Selaron - Rio de Janeiro Today I visited the Selaron in Rio de Janeiro. I've been living in Rio for 30 years, and it's the first time I went to this unique place. Lot's of people go there to take photos, there's nothing else to do than taking an incredible photo. I saw people from different parts of the world. I'm proud of living in a city with so much to offer in terms of history and culture. Rio de Janeiro is perfect to get to know an exotic and warm atmosphere.