Living in the United States

I have been living here for a year and half. Before that I came here, I was studying in Argentina for almost three years. Even though I was not living in my house, live in the United States has been a huge change. I haven’t figurate yet how different is life here. First at all, the time past so fast that it seems to be another world. In Argentina I used to live in Buenos Aires that it’s like New York and people are really active; however, I used to feel the hours past, here I cannot, and I see my watch and passed 3 hours already. In this country, if I had not learned to make a list for earns during the day I wouldn’t have been able to take advantage of my day. In addition, everybody work, and I am not saying it’s wrong but people do not have time to have social life. It is like a routine, people wake up, go to work until at 5pm, on Thursday they going for a beer, and then they going home. In Connecticut there are not too many things to do as in New York and the winter doesn’t help too much. In any case, I see myself more responsible since I work I am going to school, I have some bills to pay, and the time fly. Even though my life has changed a lot, I don’t mind I think it is a good experience.

One of the things that I hate...

Cook is one of the things that I hate to do it. I don’t know why but I don’t like and I don’t enjoy do it. There are a lot of people that love to cook and at first I though that I didn’t like because I didn’t know how to cook. Then, when I learned something about cuisine I realized that I don’t like. I always try to cook something new and something you don’t eat everyday; however I just realized I don’t like to cook. Since three months ago I have been cooking constantly and people say that I cook well but for me is a punishment. Something funny that most of the time happen is that after I finish cooking I don’t want to eat my own food. I feel full just with the smell. I still cooking and I am trying to improve everyday, I hope some day I will enjoy it

Maria Cristina

Maria Cristina is my younger sister. She is 19 and it is my consent. My older sister and I give her everything she wants. Even though she is only 19, she is a wisdom person. We are totally different but we have a nice relationship. We spend a lot of time together and we talk a lot. She loves to the right things and she is really honest, sometimes she gets in trouble because she always says the true no matter what. She has a stronger temper but sometimes she is really sweet. She always takes care of me and helps me in everything even though I have more responsibilities. You have to spend time with her in order to make her talk if not she is kind of shy. In any case, she is really nice and a good person; I am so glad to have her like sister and friend.

Christmas

I love Christmas time. First at all I like the decoration that you can see all over the places. Even we waste lost of energy L I will lie saying that I don’t like to see the trees with those different colors of lights. Second, I think people become kindness than usual and everybody has a feeling to do good things for others. The environment has love and laughs all around. Even it is really cold I love to go for a short walk. Finally Christmas night is my favorite. Being with your family, help cooking and playing some games make that day a warm and comfortable night. Since three year ago my family has been growing up. We have almost four kids and they are the best part of Christmas. They enjoy a lot during that night, they sing, they dance and they play. Next day, they open the gifts and they show everybody the gifts that Jesus Christ brought to them because they “behave well”

Yellow and Green

Yellow and Green are my favorite colors. I think these colors are bright and transmit a lot of good energy, peaceful and happiness. I like to see this color and some sweaters, t-shirts and bags. Also I like the color to be paint in bedrooms and kitchen. When I have to buy a gift I always try to find something with these colors in. Also, I was reading an article which it said that the green color transmits peaceful; it is good to have some lemon color in the room because it will help you to sleep better and it will keep you in a good mood. On the other hand, the yellow transmits happiness. Besides, a yellow chicken color is good for children because this color help them to be stimulated. They feel an attraction for this color that’s why it is easy for them to remember things that have this color in it. I always try to be I a good mood. May be that’s why I love these colors.

Famous People

I have never met too many famous people as I did this year. First I met Robin Williams when I was at UCCON waiting for a teacher. He was filming a scene for his resent movie. I did not even realized he was there until he finished filming and he come out to greet few people that was there. Then, for four of July my friends and I went to New York City. When we were eating dinner in a restaurant we saw a Spanish singer; it was funny because no one seems to realize he was there or they did not know him. At first we were unsure, then we just decided go there and ask him. It was the person we were thinking, he was really nice we took some picture and he invited to get a desert with him. Later, we went to a concern at Madison Square Garden. At the same time there was a baseball game going on, that’s why there was only one door to get into the concern. When we were there trying to get in showed up probably seven bouncers try to move people so they can get in. There were so many people and they were just pushing everybody that they not realized they have pulled my two friends and I inside. Finally we could see who they were taking care; it was Mark Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. We were extremely excited, both of they were really nice with us. Finally, I was at work when there was a couple asking me for help. I did not realize who the guy was but I knew his wife, then I knew who the guy was. He was Tommy Motola and his wife. They are really nice people, besides I still working with them sometimes.

Frontier

Every day thousands of people arrive to U.S to visit New York, known as the capital of the world as well. Everybody has different reasons but I think everybody agrees that is a beautiful city. I enjoy walking in the street, taking pictures, being around so many people from all over the world and being in a place where the time does not stop. The difference that exists between Stamford, where I live, and New York is huge. When I take the train to New York the change that I can see is big. It seems as if you arrive to a different place. Here around 10pm everything starts to calm down; in New York no one sleeps, everybody is doing something. Besides you can do many things there. You can go to see a movie even if it is midnight, or skate, ride bicycle, visit a museum or do some shopping. Also you can visit many touristic places such as: The Empire State, The Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller building or walk in the train station that is big. You can do all these things and find this world in 45 minutes difference from here. However, I do not think I will able to live there; sometimes it gets really annoying. It feels strange when I get to New York because like I said is another world. May be, it is because every place has something unique.

Did you know…

Did you know that the fruit most eaten in the world is the banana? Did you know that everybody at least smiles 13 times a day? Did you know that the anti-age cream does not work? Did you know that the city with most population is Tokyo with more than 26.4 millions of habitants? Did you know that the taller man used to be 2.72m? Did you know that the butterflies have the taste sense in their paws? Did you know that the giraffes can clean their ears with their tongues? Did you know that a cigar steals five minutes of the person’s life? Did you know that in Finland the Donald duck was prohibited because it does not use pants? Did you know that the first word more spoke in the world is OK and the second one is COCA COLA?
I got this an email and I enjoy a lot knowing about this, there were many things I did not knot. I hope you enjoy it as I did.

Winter Vacation

I have been in U.S for a year and almost five months. Finally my sister and I are going to spend winter break in my country. I am so excited about my trip that I am counting my days. We are going for five weeks, this means I am going to miss part of this winter, by the way, it seems it is going to be really cold. And I am going to be in a warm weather. The best thing is that I will spend a lot of time with my nephews. I am excited because I am going to be there during Christmas and New Year’s. My family and I will spend Christmas in my grandparents’ house and we spend New Year’s in my dad’s family house. My dad’s family makes a big party and they cook delicious; at midnight we do many things like eating grapes with 12 wishes and burn the wishes so they’ll become true and other fun things. As you can see I am really happy to go there, like I said I am counting the days and there is only 31 days left.

Winter

I come from a city where the weather is warm all the time. That’s the reason why if the temperatures during the summer are high I don’t enjoy it too much. I think when it is really hot you cannot even be in the beach because it could be dangerous for you. Also you cannot stand outside it seems as if you cannot breathe. This is going to be my second winter and I just realized that I do not like it anymore. First at all, these last days have been really cold. I do not want to do anything, I just want to stay at home and keep myself warm. I hate to go out with a sweater, gloves, scarf, boots and a coat; when you get to the place you have to carry all these in your arms. Besides you cannot do too many things. You can’t go to the movies, play bowling, visit a museum, or eat in a restaurant. I am really disappointed about the winter, not because is rally cold but because it’s kind of depressive. Now, I can say that I am a summer person. This summer I promise I will enjoy every day and I am not going to complain too much about days over 90 degrees.

Museum

People say that everybody has a kid inside of us and I think that’s true, by the way I love kids. I enjoy a lot being around them and they do not get me tired, either drive me crazy. Today I went to visit my cousin, Luis Esteban; he is 15 months and he is really sweet. His parents were fixing their kitchen so I decided to take my cousin to the museum. We had a lot of fun, it was amazing. First there are thousands of children all ages. There are different rooms to visit, such us: rainforest, water gallery, age of reasons, in the works, music, paint, etc. We were at the water gallery; I was having too much fun that other kids joined us because we were playing, dancing and singing. After a while a Miss asked me what my schedules of work are, I told her that I do not work there that I was just having fun. She said to me that she thought I was working there entertaining children and she wanted to bring her children next time. Then we went to the paint room. My cousin was really excited to see all the colors and in the same way we try to be with other kids painting together. I made a lot of new mother friends. When I got home I asked Luis Esteban’s dad if I can take him to his play days with my new friends, he said that it’s fine. He thinks that I will enjoy it more than Luis Esteban.

Anecdote

When I was 5 or 6 years old, I was playing in the park with my cousin. We were playing with a hula trying to make my puppy jumped inside of it. My neighbor had a farm and he had bought a goat for his farm. He had tied the goat to a stick and left it in the park. When we saw the goat, we decided to change my puppy for the goat. We were challenging the goat, we wanted it to jump. My mom was watching us from the door of my house with my younger sister who was only 13 months; she had just learned how to walk. My mom was yelling to us but we did not listen to her. She was calling me but I did not want to pay attention to her. Suddenly the goat got lose from the stick and started to follow us. We were running because the goat seemed to be upset. We were trying to get to my house and the goat didn't stop chasing us; at my home's door, the goat made my sister flip with its horns. We ran until my room and we were on top of my bed; the goat was trying to get on the bed. We were really scared and we were crying. My neighbor came to my house to get his goat. While we were still crying my mom, dad, sister, grandparents, and the others were laughing. All the time that we remember that anecdote I laugh as well.

Free Afternoon

During summer, my family went away. My sister sometimes was taking summer school so we could not spend time together. During week days most of my friends were working, I did not like to be at home, because I felt that I was loosing the day. I don’t like to do things alone. One afternoon it was not so hot and my sister went to visit her friend in Philadelphia; I was alone. I decided to go to the beach. I wrapped some fruits and a book. I went there at around 3. I read like for two hours I ate all my fruits and then I felt asleep. At around 8 I woke up and I started thinking in everything. It was so nice, I was so quite and everything was calm. I enjoyed that afternoon as much as I could. I repeated that so many times during summer. That’s the reason why I feel sad because now with the winter I cannot do that anymore. In any case that’s how I would like to spend one of my free afternoons.

24 hours to live

If today would be my last day in this world I would do many things. First at all I would go back home, with my parents and family. I would go to visit my grand parents and I would talk to my grandpa for an hour. I would go back home and I would let my parents know how much I love them, how proud I have felt to be their daughter and the lucky person that I am to have them in my life. At noon I would pick up my nephew from school; I would take him to the park and we would play until he would say “Nina I want to go home”. I would have lunch with my family and I would talk about the best moments in our lives. In the afternoon I would spend time with my best friends; likewise I would remember them all the things we have done together. I would thank them for being such as good friends and be with me all the time no matter what. Before dinner, I would call the people some day I hurt and never said sorry. I would also call the people who deserve an “I love you” but I could not say it before. During my dinner I would let my family and friends know that I was really happy to have them in my life. I would let them know that they made my life complete.

If i could improve my personality

Most of people of around 20 years old already have a formed personality. This does not mean we’ve formed a good or bad personality. We know ourselves very good; sometimes we try to hide or pretend not to understand some of our own actions. I am that kind of person who knows what I want. However, I think more than three times before acting. Besides sometimes I don not like to cross the bridge because I am scare to fail or to see what would be in the other side. I have lost many things and people just for this. If I could change one thing about my personality it would be my insecurities. I would like to be a person with more confidence in myself, a person who can take any risk and be willing to fail and suffer. In that case, I won’t have to regret about my actions, at least I took that chance. In addition I would like to be more determinate in my decisions, in order to do not change my mind just because someone said something different from what I was thinking.

How would I like people to remember me when I die...

Everybody has to die some day; and next day people would be talking about him or her. I have been in a few funerals and people tell stories about that person; sometimes theses stories are good and others not so good. That’s the reason why we have to give the best from ourselves everyday. We have to try to do things with a positive attitude, and try to be happy all the time. Try to help people as much as we can, because in some point everything will come back. There are many days when we are not in the mood to be happy, and sometimes it seems like everything goes wrong. We cannot give up so easily and we have to keep trying until the end. When I will die I want people to remember as someone who was laughing all the time. Someone, who never gave up and tried to do her best in order to get what she wanted, also I want people to remember me as someone who they could spend time with. Someone, who was there all the time when the family or friends needed her. I want people to remember me as someone who could transmit good emotions, good feelings and good attitudes to others. It is sad to know that everybody has to get to that point; however, it is nice to know you can make things so that people would have a good memory about you.

The person I would like to marry...

Finding the right person to spend your life with, I think is hard. I am the kind of person that most of the time is happy; however, when something or someone makes me upset I can be really mean. Sometimes, I expect lots of thing from people; suddenly I realized that I am not perfect either. I have on mind an ideal person to spend my life with. I do not want a Brat Pitt, but I want someone who can smile all the time. I do not want a Jim Carry but I do need someone who can make me laugh every minute. I do not want to be a millionaire but I need someone who can visualize lots of expectations. I want someone who can be next to me but not in front or behind me. There are two things really important. First, I want someone romantic not like William Shakespeare but someone who can buy flowers for me without a reason, sent emails to me even when he know I will see him later, and try to do fun things like writing a “happy b-day” in a mountain. Second, I would like to find, someone who can enjoy talking as I do and listen as well. In addition, I need someone who can love my family as I do, in that way he will understand the reason why there are some dates that I have to be with them. May be I am asking for many qualities but I do not think it is impossible to find someone like that.

Honky

I just finished reading the book. At first I did not like it at all; however the last chapter and the epilogue made me change my mind, I was almost to cry. I learned a lot from him. First, the attitude from Jerome encouraged me to think about my problems; sometime we make a big deal for things that we can change, probably we just need time. Nerveless, I did not like too much the fact Jerome was not longer in Dalton’s life. Second, it was interesting Dalton’s point of view about his own mistake. He realized that maybe were not race either his class it was him. I think that happened to all of us. Most of the time we are trying to blame something or someone else for our mistakes or actions. We also see the world in our way instead of seeing the world in the way it is. It is easy for us to blame others, for our own frustrations; in this case, he could not socialize. Sometimes he had a negative attitude about the way people treated him, not always. As a result, he tried to overcome his problem and he succeeded. Now he is a sociology professor in a recognized University, Yale. This does not mean he knows how to handle his life, he is still having lots of questions about the people’s behavior but at least he perceived that in another way. As a human being, sometimes he feels the freedom and other times he feels the frustration for which everybody goes trough.

Matias

Matias is almost 4 years old. He is my fist and only nephew at the moment. In my house we are three daughters no boys. He is the first boy at home and my dad. When my sister was ready to give bird we were at the hospital for almost 4 hours waiting for the doctor. When he came out and told us that we can see him I felt like a hole in my stomach. I was so excited that day that I still feel that sensation; it seems as if it was yesterday. He was really tiny and long as soon as we saw him we started crying. When he was 8 months he started saying some words and before Christmas he learned to walk. He is the smartest kid I ever met… of course he is my nephew. He loves to play the guitar in a Metallica way. He does not play professionally yet but he would start practicing. He is hyperactive; you can be exhausted after spending a day with him. He loves to talk and create stories for you. He is a social kid, and he is smiling all the time. Her mom, my older sister says that we spoil at him too much; actually she is right but she does not understand that he is the only one and he is not only her baby but ours as well. Matias is one of the persons I missed the most, and one of the persons because I’m really excited to go there and spend time with. In fact, he is just the best.

To take decisions

Since we are kids we start taking decisions. Sometimes it was easy because you used to decide what kind of game you prefer to play. While, time goes by decisions become more interesting and you are not feeling so confident anymore. Some decisions implicate leaving other things or carry out sacrifices. At the same time, when we decided something we have to be prepare for some consequences. To decide coming here it was a huge change. I had to leave many things I have already started; as my family and friends. Like I was saying we have to be prepare for the consequences, in my case it was to get use to this new life and country. Now, to finish my college it would take me more time and sometimes I feel I don’t belong here. Sometimes, I feel homesick and I would like to leave everything and go back home. When I feel like that before calling my mom I always call my sister. I know she will say the perfect words that I need in that moment. One of the things she will say is “sistersita all the sacrifices you are doing today you will see those reflects tomorrow”. After she says that and even I had heard that many times is still being very helpful. Every time, it sounds like if it was the first time she ever says that to me. This is something I decided; for the moment there are not change of plans. I am going to stay here, keep going with my studies and trying to adapt to this country. All the consequences that had showed up and the ones that would show up in future I will take in an easy way. May be they would be nice things and others not so good. I will pass through nice experiences and other ones probably really bad. In any case, I’m going to try to keep a positive attitude and just thinking that someday I would be thinking “it was one of the best experiences”.

Lujan Zoo

If you have a chance to travel to Argentina you might visit the Lujan Zoo. It is famous because you are allowed to touch the animals. However, it has something particular; there are not any animals such us: dogs, giraffes, horses, snakes, monkeys or others. The animals you would have the chance to touch are felines. Yes, you are not wrong you can touch and take pictures with lions, tigers, pumas and others like elephants. It is amazing to have those animals in front of you. They are huge, and titanic. At the same time, you feel scare because you never know how they can react. Even thought, the trainers were explaining that they won't do anything to us because they were well trained they still are wild animals. It was a nice experience and I’m still laughing when people ask me if they are true pictures. When I told my mom, she almost cried because she said it was foolish from me. On the contrary, my dad said that it was something you have to do before you die. In any case, it was something I would remember forever.

Music

I cannot play any musical instrument; however, I love to listen to music all the time. I think music is one of the best things in the world. It does not matter your mood because you can find the right music to listen to according to how you feel. At the same time, you can dance, sing and be happy everything at once. I need music, to do homework, to drive, to do laundry, to sleep, to work out, to clean up, or just to be at home. I like all kinds of music, currently someone gave me a cd with Brazilian music in it. I do not know how to speak Portuguese but I can sing some songs and moreover I can understand them. Sometimes I feel like being alone but I need to have music to think or to be with myself. I cannot imagine the world without music. I think it would be really sad. By the way, I can accept your music I will enjoy listening to the music you have in your country.

Boston Weekend

This weekend I went to Boston to visit a friend. Boston is a city that has lots of history and most of its buildings are contemporaneous. I visited many places, and the weather was extremely good. There were many people may be it was for Columbus Day; that made the environment more fun. I took the Duck Tour which goes around the city telling you the history of the same. It takes more than an hour. The best part of the Duck Tour is that it goes inside the water like a boat. Right there you can see the whole city, in a panoramic view. You can take thousands of pictures because it has beautiful views. People is really friendly at leas my friend's friends were nice. One of them has a penthouse where we made a bbq and we were able to see the sunset. Boston is a walking city; it is difficult to find parking there. There are a lot of people walking like in New York City. Actually you will enjoy much better if you walk because you can take pictures get inside of the stores and eat, they have good restaurants everything in once. Sunday I went to Harvard University, it is amazing. For Columbus Day, they have a parade like carnival. Everybody were using costumes and playing all kinds of music. People were dancing in the streets and there was all kinds of food. I had a lot of fun; I haven't seen my friend for five years. I was really sad when I was ready to come back home. I hope, I will be able to go there soon. If you have the chance to go there just go you won't regret.

Great-Grandpa

Did you know that my great-grandfather is 103 years old? Yes, my great-grandfather is over 100. He is really sweet and a funny person. He has difficulty to hear others but he is still being conscious. He cannot see so well anymore but you can talk to him because he will answer you effectively. My family and I celebrate his birthday, he loves to dance and that’s the only day he can drink a glass of whisky and he can get a cigar. His birthdays are the best. All the family comes to share with him. That day you can see relatives you haven't seen for a while. That day, you can see how people has changed, how big the kids are. That day, your aunts and uncles let you know if you have gotten fat or you have lost weight. My dad makes me dance with him, because he is not a good dancer and he doesn’t like to dance with my mom’s sisters. My grandpa’s brother loves to play the piano. He divided women from men and makes us sing. Then he starts playing music to dance and everybody jumps on to the dance floor. My great-grandpa is not dancing anymore but he is at the table smiling all the time. He says he enjoys watching all of us together. Everybody wants to take a picture with him. Everybody is around him hugging him, talking to him or just being with him. The doctor says that’s the best medicine he has, it makes his heart happy. That’s why he is strong, and really wise as well. He loves to tell anecdotes; my favorite is when he relates about how he kidnapped my great-grandma. May be, he doesn’t pronounce the words so clear anymore, but his laugh is amazing. His laugh is like a 6 year old kid. My grandpa doesn’t like this too much; he says he is not in an age to be playing around anymore; however, you can see him in a corner laughing by himself, because he knows he is lucky to still having his dad next ho him. This is the fist year I am not going spend the big party with my family and I am sad. However, I am happy to know the rest of my family will be there with him having fun and making him happy.

Mami!!!

I haven’t seen my mom for almost eleven months. She came today to visit my sister and me. Since yesterday I couldn’t sleep so well because I was excited to see her. I have a closed family, we try to talk everyday. I have many things on mind that I want to do with her. Next weekend we are going to Boston. I think we are going to have lots of fun. I can talk to her for hours about any kind of topic. I’m the middle of three sisters and my mom says that it was destiny. My two sisters have a stronger temper and I am a calm person so when they start fighting I'm the one who make them stop. My younger sister is already 19 years old. My mom is sad because she says she does not have more babies at home. Now she spends time with my nephew but she does not have enough people at home to cook for. My sister and I are going to Ecuador to spent Christmas; but my mom did not want to wait; as a result, she is going to stay for 3 weeks. I hate to cook and I don’t even know how to. I have a list of all the things I want her to cook for me. I just asked her if she minds to cook for me and she said that she missed that a lot so she will enjoy doing it.

Today!!!

Today was a weird day. First at all, I woke up at 2:38am and since that time I couldn't go back to sleep. I spend almost four hours moving in my bed thinking in everything. I supposed to be at work at 7:30 and I got there at 6:50. I never make it, I’m always late. I was full of energy and I started to organize the stock room from my store that was a mess. I was feeling really good because I did a lot. At around 12 noon, I went outside because I totally forgot about the meter of my car, of course I got a ticket. By the way, I have to pay during the first five days so my ticket will only be $15. At around 1 pm I started feeling tired but my lunch break was over. I handle my tiredness until 4:30 that I was done.
I came home, went to the gym I assisted a cycling class. It was really good I felt my stress going away. At night my mood changed. I decided to finish my homework although I am not working tomorrow. Now that I wrote my day I feel much better.

Mistakes....

Every day people learn something, this learning sometimes comes from good experiences and other ones come from mistakes. Unfortunately we don't learn from others mistakes and we have to pass through many things to learn lessons. Sometimes, people do the same mistakes more than once. Does this happen because we do the same thing trying to change something? Possibly, do we expect something different this time? Perhaps, did we get used to it? Or maybe, do we enjoy doing wrong things? Which ever the answer could be, at the end, we realized that nothing has changed and we did it again. Perhaps, we have to pass through the same action for destiny because we have done the same action until we finally change something. Everybody says that the difference between the animals and the human beings is that we can think and they act for intuition. However, animals never fell in the same hole twice as people do.
Do you think some day we will learn or we will still doing the same thing because to err is human?

My Passion...

Some day I will go to Europe with my best fried and finally we will discovered the real life. We are not going to save too much money and we are going to stay in hostels. We know we will learn a lot from that trip and after that she will get marry. I will sign up for a volunteer program for the period of one year. Finally I want to find a job in an organization such us UNICEFF or INFA. I want to be in charge of the Public Relations department to promote the exciting idea to be part of this groups in order to help a lot of kids. Righ now I'm studying Public Relations and hopefully I will graduate soon.

Enjoy me!!!