Personal Museum Guide

1. This is the house where I lived in France, more precisely in Bouilly's city. It brings me a lot of memories. I remember the fights I had with my sisters and our graffitis on the walls. It was funny but the punishments weren't.
2. I was eight when my father offered me this accordion. He thought I would join a group of folk-dancers. Well, I didn't enjoy it and I destroyed it so my father couldn't force me to join this group.
3. I was given this typewriter at the age of twelve. It was the best gift of all. I really enjoyed writing letters and assignments with it. I still have it.
4. This map refers to the date of 1986 when Portugal became a member of the EU. This is also the date when my family came to Portugal for good.
5. 1991 was the year wen I became a mum. The birth of a baby is a special moment no woman forgets. Next month he's going to be 18. As time goes by!
6. I drove my first car - a Fiat Uno - in 1993. Well, don't miss it! Everytime it was raining, my car did always let me down in the traffic. Oh God, how I hated it!
7. In 1994, I left Mirandela and came to Vila Real with my family. I was offered a job couldn't refuse as a secretary of a large car group company.
8. In 2004, my hard work and my valuable contribution to the successful development and growth of the company compensated my professional career. I became the leader of eight car salers and got my leadership diploma.
9. Well, working with cars during almost two decades brought me a special obsession and passion for cars and I became an assidious admirer of car competitions. I never miss Vila Real's rally.
10. I couldn't finish my personal museum guide without making mention of my admission in UTAD. This is something I intended to do for a long time ago and now I have more time available. Wish me luck!

The Elizabethan Era

The English Elizabethan Era is one of the most fascinating periods in the History of England. The Elizabethan Era is named after the greatest Queens of England - Queen Elizabeth I. The Elizabethan Era is not only famous for the Virgin Queen but also for the era itself - Great Explorers, such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh. The era of the very first Theatres in England - William Shakespeare, the globe Theatre and Christopher Marlowe! The people of the era - the Famous Figures who featured in the history of this era such as the Queen's love Robert Dudley, the sinister Dr. John Dee, the intrigues of the spy-master Sir Francis Walsingham and the Queen's chief advisor Sir William Cecil (Lord Burghley). Religion - Politics - Executions - Crime and Punishment all played their part in the Elizabethan era! And so did the commoners!

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/

How to write an essay

By using the Internet I've found that there are simple steps that we'll guide us through the essay writing process.

First we need to make some research to choose a topic for our essay.
After determining the topic, we need to organize our ideas on paper; it can be in an outline or a diagram.
Now that we have decided what information we plan to present in our essay, we are ready to compose a thesis statement that will tell the readers what the essay will be about and what point we'll be making.
So we can start to write the essay. We begin with an introduction which is the point of entry from our essay. We continue with the body in which the topic we have chosen must now be explained, described or argued. And we finish with a conclusion and the thesis statement which bring closure to the reader.

Create a new Subculture

As I have made the transition of childhood to adulthood for a long time ago and I also lived in an other country besides Portugal for 15 years, so it’s not easy for me to create an imaginary subculture.

By definition subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong, with their own shared conventions, values and rituals.
I’m O.K. with this, but what’s the point of rejecting your own culture because it’s old-fashioned or conservative or anything else and at the same time you are imitating some ideas, values and rituals of a culture of another country? Why can’t you try to be yourself without any influence of outside? Why can’t you embrace your own cultural traditions?

As a mother of a boy and as I always say to him: embrace the culture to witch you belong, try to be yourself as truly as you can, don’t be a copy of somebody else, stand out for your believes and make part of the society, don’t keep your fears and your anger for yourself. So, let’s communicate……….