Let's talk about relationships : Friendship

domingo, 1 de agosto de 2010


"Friendship is like vitamin . Makes the lung's inflate, fill the heart . Transforms the faded day in colors. Why does the friend brings this feeling ? It's difficult to explain." ( Excerpt from the site : Bons Fluidos )


How can we define friendship ? If somebody asked us about it , probably we'll don't know how to answer it. Friendship definition goes beyond our comprehension. Is something deep, only found in the bottom of our heart.

We from Not Solo , decided to talk about friendship because in every moment of our lifes, we have friends helping us, teaching us, making us stronger, making us happier and doing so many other things together with us. We know the value that our friends have and will always have. And we wouldn't be nothing without them.

Share moments, emotions, opinions and even peddling. Is scientifically proved that these acts make life easier and with less stress. Surveys conducted by the University of California show that people who have friends deal better with the physical and emotional exhaustion. "In practice, serves as an outlet for times of distress and anxiety at work or at home. People who deprive themselves of theses relationships tend to suffer more from depression and addiction." says Shelley Taylor, teacher in the department of psychology at the University of California and who authored the book : The Tending Instinct : Women, Men and the Biology of Relationships.

Another study done at the University, pointed out an interesting fact: women, probably because they look more to each other in time of crisis, can cope better with stress than men (who tend to isolate themselves). Speaking of pain, helps to narrow it !

Far from the stereotype of the perfect relationship, the friendship suffers your stumbles and icludes fights and discussions that teach us about ourselves and tolerance limits. First at all because in friendships, you can show who you really are, wich can not please everyone. And second, because the 'bosom friend' can speak the other things that he doesn't want to hear. This balance between affinity and discord open space to the other expose their weaknesses and respect the right to protect secrets.

Friendship is not only about good times. Sometimes friendship could be hard. But it's not bad. Going trought difficult moments strenghtens us and creat strong alliances that we'll take for the rest of our lives.
Well , this is something about friendship. We hope you all have enjoyed it and realize how important is friendship !
" The fellowship provides protection. Friends turn to resize the fears and loneliness. And of course, multiply the wins. "




P.s : We'll like to honor and dedicate this post to our bests friends (You know who you are!) because we would be nothing without them . Love you all (L)


Change for the Children

terça-feira, 29 de junho de 2010

Change For the Children is a foundation created to support programs that motivate and inspire children to face adversity with confidence, determination and a will to succeed. The foundation, which was started by the Jonas Brothers, thinks that the best people to help children is other children: kids can help other kids who are less fortunate. How to do that? Well, the foundation has a partnership with the organization Do Something, which offers different kinds of volunteer work, so that you can help in many ways.
The programes supported by the foundation includes:
  • Finding a cure for Diabetes and supporting people with this disease, helping to raise awareness, support and research. (Diabetes awareness)
  • Inclusion of people with intelectual disabilities, helping them to develop self-confidence, social skills and a sense of personal accomplishment. (The Special Olympics)
  • Volunteerism - the importance of getting involved and making the difference. (Volunteerism)
You can go to the sites above and see how to get involved. You can also see stories of change, and know more about the programs helped by the foundation.

Link

10 USEFUL SITES:

quarta-feira, 2 de junho de 2010
1. Just Jared
This is the perfect site if you're interested in... Celebrities!
You can find real time information about what your favorite celebrities are doing, where they have been, what events they were in, pictures and videos about their concerts or upcoming movies or even about their vacations! The site also contains a special link for Teen Celebrities, in case you'd rather know more about them!

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4 Shared
Here you can download files of all kind: songs, desktop stuff, photos, videos, and even books!
In this site you can see news and curiosities from all over the world. Scientific facts in an interesting way! Perfect if you want to know what's happening to your home Earth.
Do you like games? So let's play! Games for all the tastes, and from all over the world!
If you like to read, so this is the perfect place for you! Stories from different writers, genres, and sizes! And of course, all in English.

Here you can find information about the weather in you city, or the side of the world. You can also find news about what happened because of the weather changing. Very useful you are planning a trip or going on a vacation!

This is a website where you should go if you're planning a trip or want to go on vacation. Here you can find everything related to your next trip: hotels, flights, cars, or even cruises! One, two or three destinations, with your family or by yourself, you cand find a good price!

Tips about fashion? So you are in the right place. What to wear or not to wear, what's in or out, the best colors and acessories... You find it all here!

Here you can buy books, cds, movies, clothes, computer stuffs, games... whatever comes to you mind! And they deliver it all at your home, no matter where do you live!

10. ESPN
Finally, if you like sports, this is the perfect place for you. All about the last game, or the one that's happening right now!

What does the music do?

terça-feira, 25 de maio de 2010
It can't be difficult to believe that a melody has a use when you hear your tuneless neighbour. But believe me : new theories claim that music changed the pace of human evolution.

Before you reading this try to remember how many times did you hear a song in this week. Not only on the radio or in the waiting room from your doctor. It' very likely that you had one of this recent days without hearing some music. Music is arround us. There's no way to live without hearing a melody. There's music to dance, date, study... Music to face the traffic, work, go to the gym and to relax at the end of the day. Music to pray, heal and store. To communicate the emotions that we can't transmit only by means of words. And music simply to listen and enjoy.

In the society today , if we're sourrounded by music with both hard, it's assumed that, as well as the speech, it will serve to something, has some specific function for humanity. But what ?

Today, good part of scientific research by explanations have an evolutionary and biologic perspective. But many still see only as a cultural product returned to the pleasure, without any importance to human development.

But we think that music makes a huge difference in our lives. The music give us inspiration and make us so much happier. We think that we couldn't live without songs. We believe that music make easier the communication with the people and stimulates our minds.

For sure music make life so much better :)

Hi there. We are Nicole and Nathália, two girls aged 15 who are just trying to live and have fun. We are doing this blog for an English work at our school, Colégio Santo Antônio. We've been studying there for about 9 years, and we spend most of our time there. We love our school, but sometimes we have a lot of hard work.
Anyway, we love near each other, and love to hang out, go to the mall, to the cinema... But what we love the most is to ride a bike togheter! We try to do it always we can. What we also like to do is to listen to music. Our favorite singers are Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, John Mayer, Ke$ha, 3OH!3, between others. We also like to watch TV, and our favorite serie is Grey's Anatomy! We also lije to watch Private Practice, Desperate Housewives, Hannah Montana, JONAS, etc.
Well, we chosed this name for our blog, 'Not Solo', inspired by the name of a song by Demi Lovato, 'Solo'. But, as you can see, we are not alone here, so we decided to call our blog 'Not Solo'. We hope you like and enjoy it!
Nicole & Nathália