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

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A picket in English for Sewol ferry tragedy

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. 

A speech in UN by DiCaprio


Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) http://youtu.be/vTyLSr_VCcg

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Saturday, September 13, 2014