Esse Ano Vou Voltar A Estudar Pro Vestibular, No Caso O Enem, E Por Mais Que Eu Queira Largar Tudo E

just thinking of how our meaning or purpose in life is merely to experience. eating an orange segment, hoping for snow, being in love, returning over and over to one painting, stepping outside for the full moon, submersion in water, having a favourite colour, knowing beauty, feeling alone, feeling connected, feeling longing… it is enough. 

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the universe knows you will learn from your first semester mistakes

second semester is when we all get 4.0s

we got this. 

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culture note ideas;

learning a language is like learning about a country’s culture. therefore, one should take some culture notes once in a while. if you need any ideas on what to research/study, take a look below! i might add more if i think of any.

general

countries that speak the language

common dishes/foods/drinks/alcohols

festivals

cultural tidbits (ex: why japanese uses kanji still)

world leaders/figureheads/etc

wars

history in gen

art

games

paintings

sculptures

instruments

music/genre-related

anything

pop culture

hit movies

celebrities

music

etc

history of the language

make a travel guide

recipes

traditions

holidays

places to see/go

sightseeing worthy/statues/etc

important people

common animals that live in certain country

cultural differences?

holidays they have that you don’t

do they celebrate (holiday) differently?

etymology of words – they can act make good history lessons

myths/fairy tales/ urban legends

dialects

provinces/states/etc

specific

whats it like driving there?

how does schooling work?

how does a typical family live?

common stereotypes

do they go about finding love differently? (ex: is it common for arranged marriages?)

typical sbjs one learns in school

college?

beauty standards

As much fun as you can have looking at obscure and weird Wikipedia pages, what’s really fun about Wikipedia is looking at the pages for completely mundane, everyday things.

There’s something amusing about having a concept explained to you that is so familiar it would never occur to you to look it up, but it’s also fascinating because even though you use a towel every day, you really do not know anything about towels. I could not tell you the history of towels or the types of towels or even come up with an accurate and exhaustive definition of “towel” twenty minutes ago. Almost everything, including things that are part of every day of our lives, is mostly unknown to us.

MY GOOD FRIEND JONATHAN HARKER HAS SENT ME AN EMAIL!

maybe it's better to learn a language slowly. maybe we're too obsessed with things happening as quickly as possible. maybe it's more beautiful to dedicate years of your life to a language and have it grow with you as you journey through life rather than "become fluent in one week!". idk just a thought.

i'm currently reading dune (frank herbert), blindness (josé saramago) and little women (louisa may alcott) :D

i like to read two to three books simultaneously because it keeps me way more entertained. besides, each book have a different category in my daily routine lol. my edition of dune is too heavy so it's my read-in-bed-to-relax-and-disconnect-book. blindness is my take-everywhere-with-me-specially-in-public-transportation-so-people-think-i'm-smart-book and little women is my current reading-in-my-target-language-book.

dune is the one i'm most enjoying! i thought it would be too dense, and it is because of the complex world building, but i'm having a really good time! the chapters are short which makes the reading fluid for me.

blindness is incredible. josé saramago is truly clever. he choses the words to build he sentences so magnificently

little women is... interesting. i have a hard time with this type of literature, like jane austen, i don't know why. i love the characters and the movie, so it makes me motivated enough to keep going.

let me know if you have read any of these! <3

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

i am a big believer in letting music (and other media) come to you when you're ready for it. you may only know vaguely of an acclaimed beloved artist and suspect that you'd be into them but just... not ever get around to it. and then in 15 years one of their songs just hits you the right way and what a gift to suddenly have all of their works to explore! there is no hurry; what is good is always good.

Sometimes I wonder if native English speakers appreciate how much more comfortable the internet is for them than for the rest of the world

Like, you can go on tumblr and simply read stuff in your mother tongue? Amazing. Go on youtube and you don’t have to replay some sentences ten times to try to understand what they’re saying? Incredible. Look for practically anything on google and know that there will be a fuckton of results that you can read without having to spend half the time looking up words in a dictionary? Fascinating. Make a post or send an ask without panicking that you’ll make a silly mistake or that they won’t understand what you meant? Unbelievable.