Acerca de mim

The routine upset me so I waited until I found myself in the right frame of mind and I made it happen. I am living a great and hard adventure, that I expect every day to overcome. For me life must be lived day by day, taking the most important of it. When someone ask me: “but why Edinburgh?” I replies that is the Tibet nearest to Portugal. I try every day to keep a smile on my face, a sunny smile, even when my heart is sad, sunless day are long and slow to go. I found that my family and friends give me the strength to keep on going with the present. Ilse Furtado

sábado, 25 de junho de 2011

A minha participação na revista... o meu texto foi um dos escolhidos!

A revista é anual e é editada pela Stevenson College. Os textos, os poemas, as reiceitas, as fotos, etc são uma forma de todos alunos contarem um pouco a sua história e dar a conhecer o seu país, a sua cultura e as suas ideias, tudo com a ajuda e  supervisão dos professores. Fiquei orgulhosa do meu ter sido seleccionado e gostei também de ver e ler os textos dos meus colegas! Deixo aqui como prometido...

«Hello everybody!
I came here from Portugal. I have been living for six months in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before I came to live here, I had visited a few European countries, such as Spain, France and England, but my family and I luckily decided to live, work and study in Scotland.
When I was a child I read a book about Scotland, witch was fascinating me and I have wanted to know this country ever since. With some difficult we head here last August after doing some savings to make this wish come true, I realized the description of an old city - Edinburgh – with a wonderful landscape in the book, was true. The city of Edinburgh seems small but it is not, Edinburgh never ending, I am taking it all in, little by little!
There are a lot of things I love here, I will just write about four:
·         I like the good manners of people in shops, in queue and on public transport; they use all the time expressions like sorry, thanks and cheers that is fun and elegant.
·         I really like the way of thinking, therefore, the way of acting, the British people are very different from Latin people, in fact, here nobody talks about you if you are fat and you are using a big mini and yellow skirt, or if you dress in red from head to foot. The main thing is to have self-confidence that will help you in your entire life.
·         The other thing, I like, is to see the number of beautiful babies and how they smile; I think the birth rate is up here?
·         Finally I have never seen so many people treating as gently pets as this country, I never seen a homeless dog, on the contrary, they are well-kept with respect that is way they have such refined manners!
Actually I am improving my English in Community- based ESOL at Duncan Place and I am making the most of all the opportunities life gives me!
Sincerely,
Ilse F. »    
 Simples, não é? Espero que tenham gostado!
Bye!    

quinta-feira, 9 de junho de 2011

My first night out in Edinburgh!


Like a good diarist, I have to report my first night out in Edinburgh which is known as a city with an active nightlife. I read somewhere there are over 700 pubs throughout the city and that fact attracts people of all ages, I mean adult of course, enjoying themselves out.
I went out with some friends from my English class; there were eight of us in the first pub not far from my house. I liked the atmosphere and we sat drinking rosé wine and chatting for three hours. We formed a variety of countries, like China, Poland, Portugal, Greece and mostly Spain, actually many experiences to share about our life in Edinburgh. It was such good exercise in speaking it would be good repeating it!
We toasted our good improvements this year in English and we drank to the future level, a big challenge is coming for us, but I am so proud of that fact. I am struggling with my English speaking but excited too!
After this pub we went to another place, a dancing club. It was around 11 pm and we stayed there for tree hours as well. It was excellent fun, we met two nice guys, one from Iran and another from Poland, and they were very gentle with us, they bought some drinks for all and we danced in group. We laughed a lot because we had very surprising moments with our Chinese colleague!
When we left the place at 2 pm, the weather and the night were still delightful.  Each other took a taxi home.
I could confirm on Monday at school how everyone loved that night! 
Bye and take care!