An American phobia? or...

am I the problem??? or just another lost in translation thing?

Well I don't like to “label” so using “Americans” is probably not fair, but honestly this is something I strongly feel from Americans in general, except the ones that have direct relationship with latinos of some sort and or my “hippie” American friends, Yes – most of Americans have a human contact phobia.

For the past 10 years living in Cincinnati I being trying to understand how saying “I love you” it's not a lie. Maybe there a big misunderstanding of my part of what that means. I learned that you love people that mean something to you. You love your mom, dad, kids, family in general and yet the one you are “in love” with. Yes you may love friends but yet not to have any contact or to misjudge the actual human contact – that “I love you” becomes a huge lie to me.

I love you is more like “I like you” or a “I like you sometimes” or even better “I like you (or what you are doing) right now” but not a true “I love you”

I'm sure no one cares - this is a total personal issue. I used to kiss everyone – just kiss kiss kiss because that is how I grew up – my culture is very touching and loving – we hug a lot, we touch a lot. But we only say I love you when we mean it. It's not something you say to everyone and all times. So when someone say I love you to me – it should have a meaning. A strong meaning....

Not that Americans don't mean what they say, I'm sure they mean something but LOVE?? Really?

Now when I look in your eyes, I turn my body towards you in order to listen to what you are saying to me, I hug and I kiss you – that just means I like your company, I like to talk to you, you are a good friend to me and I mean it. I love you – NO – NO!!!! Not being in love, like a couple – Now how is that we can say I love you left and right and yet not have a hug, a kiss or a nice conversation without being judged as being “In love with someone” ??? Or being “easy”, “hitting on someone” or whatever you call it! Why can't you touch, kiss and NOT be in love but if you give them any attention now OHHHH – YOU LIKE THEM (sexually speaking) =oP

All I can do is not change myself – yet I must adapt not to hurt people I care for. Totally getting lost in translation and culture on this one Im sure, but that is how I see it.

I hope it doesn't bother you because I will hug, I will kiss and I will touch. Doesn't mean Im coming down on you, but yes that is how I will show you that I care. Then if/when I say I love you its because I do love you, like that... ( or not... heheh) Confused yet?

App: Fail!

I love to blog because here I can spill my guts out, say whatever I wanna say and only whoever is interested will read. Also if it offends anyone I don't care – its about us – its about me and my family and what matters to me. If you don't like it don't log in! Don't read it! It's not like on facebook that you know it will be in their news feed rubbing it against their faces!

My only “thing” is that I don't like to write in English, I don't know how to express myself very well. Most of Brazilians will read in English but my American followers don't read in Portuguese – so yes, English is my language of choice. And I always wish I had a “personal writer” that would type while I speak!

Then - I got this new phone and there is an app – you speak to it and it will write it down for you! I was thinking – GREAT! Perfect -That is all I need! I will be just speaking to my phone and be able to blog way more often. I can literally do it as facebook and instead of writing I will speak and boom! Got it!

So excited and happy. Awesome awesome until.... I tried. So I said “This is so excited and happy to be able to just speak and blog it!” and this is what it came up:

“Hey, en savoir City ville about chat gitano”

                                                                      *** FAIL***

So guess what app Im deleting?!?!?!

Making a full of myself - once again!

Because you think that after almost 10 yrs here I would have a better Enlgish and not get lost in translation as often as I still do!
For about a week we being playing a game here trying to get the top score.
When you match so many pieces you get a dice. The most dices you have the better off you are, but at times you have non or 1....  So whenever I would get just one single dice Noah would say "you got a die" and I was getting so mad at him for saying die over and over again. (thinking he was saying die = dead!)
He insisted the "die" was another word for dice - it meant one single dice! And his teacher told him so!
At that point im not just mad he is saying "die" over and over again now he is making up stories! He is lieing!

I was pressuring him asking for him tot ell the truth and telling him "tomorrow 'm going to school and asking Mrs Miller if that is true!"

He was so upset and still insisting that that was true! When Dan got home from work - faster then I could I go:

"Soooo (with a very sarcastic tone) Noah told me Mrs. Miller use the word die instead of dice! Can you believe it? i'm gonna go talk to her tomorrow!"

Dan says : "that is right - a die is a single dice"

Surprised - chocked and embarrased I wuestion him over and over again and ask if he isn't joking or lieing and then I just had to admit to Noah i made a full of myself! Apologized and kissed him until he bagged me to stop! =/

Lost in translation once again

So I hear tonite it's "toboggan night" at AWANA and I'm thinking to myself "how in the world are they having a dry toboggan?  Is not snowing and its too cold to have the kids wet! How?  Who's idea was that?" I go on wondering for quite a while.... Called Daniela, he didnt know either! We were like "hu?"
So a minute later I learned that toboggan is ALSO a winter hat - like a beanie!!!

I'm so happy I did figured it out before I sent my kids out wearing their swimming trunks or on their snow suits! LOL

Lost in translation - AGAIN!

This is an old post I wrote back in FEb and it's being sitting on my desktop waiting to be translated (as many other ones are) so they just never make it in! =)

Anyways; you think that being in this country for 8 yrs I would now some things by now. Well, apparently not as much as I should – or wish!


This is the first year that the kids are in school and we are here on Valentine's day; so this beautiful letter comes from the school asking that the kids bring in cards enough to everyone in the class (12) by Friday.

Benjamin and I spend a whole afternoon making our own cards. Not because I didn't want to spend $12 bucks at Hallmark but because I was being a smart ass thinking:

“We are not just gonna buy cards and write your name Ben – we are actually gonna make out own!!!”

So we did – it took us close to 4 hours because Ben wanted to make each one of them, and we put them on the envelopes and all... they were big large cards and I was so freaking proud of it!

Just until Friday when Ben brought his bag with all the other kid's cards!
They were these little tinny bit cards that you get on the store for like $1 and it's like an 8x11 sheet and you just pull them apart, close and write the kid's name on it! Some came with tattoos, stickers, some with candy...

Weeeelllllllllll if you ever seen the valentine's day cards I'm talking about it you know by know how stupid I felt! =oPPP
 

These were Ben's cards - like 10x10 stockpaper cards! LOL 

 

Theeeese are what the kids give to each other! They are 1x1 "regular" paper mini cards ~ LOOOOL

I’m going “thru” such a good season

So I understand you all being getting some good laughs with my spelling ( At least I h ope it’s just the spelling – I hope I don’t talk like that!!!) =oP

This one may not sound funny when you read – but it was:
J – Do we have a power bar?
Me – I have chocolate bars??? DO you want one?

LOL LOL LOL
He was talking about a power cord – I guess this wasn’t much about English but more like “blond” brain…

VERY lost in translation here

Go ahead - laught at me… I did!

The message was: “Bob Huggins just beat Duke”

I wrote: “Bob Hoggins just bit duck”

We are getting LOST…

… on the Season 3 of Lost! I want to catch up before the 4th starts!!!

I haven’t being this addicted to a TV show in