Monday, December 1, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Most common superstitions in Brasil
A bird in the house is a sign of a death.
Never take a broom along when you move. Throw it out and buy a new one.
If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will have good luck all year.
If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
To kill a cat brings seven years of bad luck.
It’s bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
A horseshoe brings good luck.
If a friend gives you a knife, you should give him a coin (metal), or your friendship will soon be broken.
Walking under a ladder has long been regarded a bad luck.
If you broke a mirror, you would break your future.
Many Brazilians dress in white on Fridays
Monday, November 3, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Eunuch
I read a tweet written by Paulo Coelho.
That is "Critics are like eunuchs in a harem. They think they know how to do, but that's all."
For the first time, I saw the unique word, eunuch.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Exercise
Started exercising. Walked and ran around the park in my apartment with my kids. They rode bikes, so it is too hard to
follow them. A shower after one-hour exercise made me happy, too.