What a warm reception!
Hi Simon and friends!
How are you doing? I´m really glad to hear from you all again :-).
Well Simon, thanks a lot for the lovely but weird compliment. Don´t worry, no offense was taken, ok? Ha Ha ;-).
Although I really fond of music, I don´t know what are the newest sounds in São Paulo. The city is so effevercesnt and everything happens so fast. Hmm... let´s see, I think Ana Carolina is a name that you might hear a lot here. Her songs are really great with a very good vibe. Nowadays I´m listening to an album of a Brazilian singer called Vander Lee. He uses strange objects such as pipes as musical instruments. The result is really amazing. Moroever, you´re absolutely right. Brazil is well-known for the music and dance. By the way Simon and friends, do you know that this year we´re celebrating 50 years of Bossa Nova? So it´s always good to listen to João Gilberto, Tom Jobin, Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho :-).
Anyway, after 9 hours of a nearly soul destroying day of work ( believe me, you wouldn´t like to see me in the end of the day. I look like a little zombie, hihi), I enjoy reading, watching films or organising my beloved film collection ( I´m a big fan of the seventh art). During the weekends, I love to go to exhibitions and to go to the cinema. Besides that, it´s also on the weekends that I have a whale of a time practising English with my friends at/on (which one is correct Simon? Could you talk a bit about prepositions, please?) Skype.
How about you Simon? I know you´re very into music, but do you like watching films too? How about you friends?
By the way, my sister has taken that picture. She was in one of the bridges which links the rooms at Pinacoteca museum. Pinacoteca is my dearest place in São Paulo. Here are some pictures of the Pinacoteca facade and the bridges in its interior. I´ve also posted a picture of a sculpture:
Friends, thank you very much for sending your comments on my blogs :-).
Adri, Cris, Carmen, James and Niddo, you are all great! Thanks for poping up here :-). I know that some of you have a very hectic life and you can´t be here very often.
Hey Carmen! Maybe now you can follow the blogs more closely ;-).
Hi Leila! How are you doing?
Dino thanks for your kind wishes. I hope you pass in your exam. My fingers are crossed for you :-).
Hi Mercé! I´m glad to be in touch again. If there´s anything you want to know feel free to ask, ok?
Hi Bïa! How are you? I haven´t heard from you for a long time. I suppose you´re quite busy with the IELTS preparation.
Aaah Marianna, thanks for remembering me :-). Oh I know you have a tough routine, however it´ll be great to hear from you on Facebook too. Who knows? Maybe one day you change your mind :-).
Hey Hyoshil! How are you and your cheeky monkey? I always remember the remarkably funny comments that your boy has made on my blogs :-). Ah, thanks for the tips for the FCE! Nice to know you´ve also taken this exam.
Ewa, Hanhdu, Rianto and Robert, nice to meet you.
Hi Antonio, FCE is an acronym for First Certificate in English. It´s an exam set by Cambridge. Take a look at this site if you want to know a bit more about it:
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/fce.html
Pilar, I happy to know you like the way I write. You have a very good English and write very well :-).
Hi Antonio from Belgium! I´ve realised you´re absent. I´m looking forward to hearing form you again :-).
Ok guys, I have to go now. It´s dinner time for me :-).
Have a nice Tuesday and keep in touch,
Ana Paula.
xxx
PS- Simon, I loved the pictures! Nehir is a lovely little gal :-). Hey! How was to grow up at the Bard´s city?
Comments
Hi Ana!! What a nice surprise to see you! I was absent yesterday so when I read your blog it was a surprise to find out that you're the new student blogger. I used to come here often on 2006 but last year I was very busy at uni so I simply stop checking this website ,but now I'm more organized and besides I really want to improve my writing...so you'll see me here more often from now on. I don't know how you can handle to do many things, like Cramen said: hats off!! I'm from Peru but I live in Argentina...we live not so far away from each other ! I hope you have a nice day and I'm looking forward to your next blog. Hugs, Liz
Hey up Aninha, you are right, on weekends we have a whale of a time on skype and it's always fun to share funny things to one another. As for movies, I'm not a movie buff but love watching ones with a good subject. Ah, vender lee, I like his singing too and especially the way he uses amazing musical instruments in his singing. By the way, it was you who had first shared his song with me and I have become his fan ever since. See you soon, Naheed
Hi Ana I am realy happy for you reply and friendly motion!!what can i say to offer the words of sympathy for your really hard work,i hope you will be a job at ease through your learning and progress!!i get the hobby the same to you being keen on music and movie too much,the Tom hanks is my most favorite movie star and his<<forrest gump>> i have seen more than 6 times such touching story and clinging man!!l like the pictures you posted which are wonderful,if i get the opportunity i will show you the architecture of shanghai(the most globalized and biggest city in china)museum!!that's all!!i wil go for lunch,best wishes for you!!your friend/Dino
You're absolutely right, Ana! You teach me to follow the blog every day :-D Speaking about brazilian music I really liked Marcelo D2! He's pretty cool. Kisses, Carmen
Ana Paula, you sound busy. I also have a lot to do: I have started to learn Greek in earnest. And the work life is hectic for us working girls, right?
Hi Ana Paula: thank you for your warm answers. As you I love reading. All my free time I try to catch the book that I'm reading and to enjoy with it. What kind of books do you prefer? Do you have a favourite writer? Bye bye.... for now. Be happy!!!!! Mercè
Hi Ana, What a surprise to see my freind as a student blogger again :). For the first time i will send comments on your blog as i've started to read blogs from septemeber 2007. Im happy to see you. Hope we all learn together many new things. I always thought how you manage so many things at the same time. Its really wounderful to know your interests other then facebook and bbcle :). What is Bossa Nova?. By the way, Pinacoteca museum looks like a very interesting place indeed. I like all your posted pics. What kind of books do you read mostly and who is your fav writer?. Do you read a book along with its meaning or you just read it without caring much?. I think i've asked so many questions. Better to stop here :). Bye uptil your next entry. Mahjabeen
Great to hear from you again Ana. Keep talking with us about your reading habits as I enjoy it really. Could you tell us please what was the most interesting book you ever read? All the best
Hi Ana, It's really great to read you again and of course it was just a great surprise for me to see you here. Actually Ana, I haven't come to know that you are blogging here now. Hope that we can read and learn a lot new things and we'll have great time by reading your space... :) Have a great blogging... Nidhin Chacko
Hi A.Paula, It's always a pleasure to read your blogs. Ah....Bossa Nova...I just love it! By the way, Pinacoteca seems to be a lovely place. I also enjoy our meetings at Skype. Needless to say that I'm looking forward to it during the week. Take care my friend, See you, Cris PS:I'm glad that Mèrce has shown up. It's a long time since I last read her comments.
Hi Ana Paula, great pictures. I hope I can get to know the place some day. Even though it's here in my own country, distances are not so easily crossed. I wish we had a train system like the one there is in Europe. It always gives me the idea that it's pretty easy to go around there. Well, maybe I'm wrong. But you don't live in São Paulo, do you? How far is it from where you live to the place wher you took the pictures? Ana, you asked about movies. I love to watch movies too. But I usually don't get a lot of information about them. I just like to watch. Well, Ana, nice talking to you again. See you more soon. Bye.
Thanks a lot Ana Paula!!!! Your comment cheer me up to study harder.
Hello Ana Paula. I also like movies and books very much, but I seldom have time to go to the cinema or read a novel. I usually watch movies by parts, and it take me three or four days to finish one. The last movie I saw was "The lives of the others". Have you seen it? Bye.
Hello Ana, you have changed the sides, now you are our student blogger, that's very nice. tell us a little bit about the town you live,and what are you do doing there. I like the cinema too, last week I saw, together with my husband and my daughter a movie, called:" Finnischer Tango" . It's a very nice one.So I'm looking forward to your next blog, see you soon...
Hi, Ana Paula! I’m Natasha, from Belarus. This blog also become necessity for me. Even if I haven’t enough time to reply, I surely read all massages =) It’s very pleasant to find people united with one goal – to learn English, and I think, to find friends all around the world. Your English is very good and I’m sure you’ll pass your FCE. Here you have such a great opportunity for improving (Maybe one day I’ll have the courage to apply for being a student blogger) Tell us more about you and your life – it’s so interesting, you life in a very distant from Belarus country, and your life must differ from my =) (Or maybe not so much) Have a good day, Ana!
Hi Aninha! Wow! You work 9 hours and still you have time to drop some lines on facebook, be the blogger of the month, watch films, go to exhibitions, discuss about your favourite music...and so on... I'm really amazed!! Jeje. I really liked the song of Ana Carolina that you shared with us on skype. Bye, bye, Juli
Hey Ana!! I agree with the other girls regarding the marvelous time we usually have on Skype. Let me say that you are incredible and we all have learnt a bunch of new things thanks to you. I wish all the best for you!! See you around Darío.-
Hi Aninha, thanks for your reply. I looooooooove Bossa Nova songs! I'll do everything to keep on reading your blogs every day. I owe you that...I've been learning a lot on skype zillions of words and expressions with you and also Carmen, Naheed, Marco, James, Cris, Dario and so on. Moreover, who knows one day you'll have an English course in Brazil? I'll send my son to São Paulo just to learn English with you. If you decide to come to ES, though, I'm sure you'll beat all the English courses here. :-)
Hi Ana, I like you blog, and I would like to catch up on your every entries as I lost one or two. Best regards, James.
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