First Blog post

When my mother was at university she met her best friend and my father, they were all good friends and when I was born my mother’s friend fall in love with me. Since that time she became my aunt and for me it’s like she is really my aunt. She’s from Italy and when I was still a little girl she promised me that she will take me to Italy one day. In 2016 we made this amazing trip to Italy, we rented a car and drove from south to north for one month. The funniest part of this trip was that my Italian aunt didn't understand anything about Italian and neither did I. We spend one month trying to get directions in Italian without understanding, I never in my life was so lost and that was the best part. Can you imagine how magic is to get lost in Venezia? Believe me, it’s fantastic, Italy has the most beautiful places in the world.

It's hard for me to choose just one best friend, since childhood my sister and I knew 5 friends and until today we are all best friends It's 22 years of friendship, no matter what happened in our life, we've always been to each other. But if I have to choose one, I will choose my sister!! There is no doubt in that and it couldn't be different since we're twins, we were born together, we grew up together, we studied together and we shared everything together. The connection we have with our brothers is amazing but because we are twins, the connection is even bigger.  I remember when we were little and I felt when she wasn’t feeling well, we like the same things, we wear the same size and we think the same way. I feel blessed to have her in my life! I am so proud of her, she is the one that I can count forever and It is hard for me to be away from her. I miss her, there are things that you can only feel when you are near someone and today it is very diffic...

Today I watched a TED talk video from Tony Robbin’s, he is known for his motivational speaking and in this TED talk he explained the human needs. There are six human needs: 1) certainty 2) uncertainty 3) significance 4) connection / love 5) grow 6) contribute I was tried to live my life with certain balance but I am sure growing was always being the most important thing for me. I need certainty but I like changes, if I realize that I am not growing I will do everything I can to change that. But I changed a lot during my life so today love is the most important thing to me. I want to have someone to take care, to be safe, to share, to love. I don’t want to get older alone! I want someone by my side. It’s amazing how you change in such a short time.

Do you know what is the most difficult thing about living abroad? I definitely miss my home! But when I say that I am missing home I am actually saying missing everything but especially my family. Oh my God, I wish they can be here with me. You can adapt to the weather, the culture, you can make new friends, of course, new friends do not substitute the old ones but they are still friends and can become best friends. But family, oh man...you can not substitute them and you will never substitute them. Never in your life! I miss my mother, she is so brave, lovely, she always did everything for our family and always with love. I miss my father, he is my hero, he is the one that I always wanted to be. He is the funniest old man you will ever meet, hard-worker, he cries for everything. I miss my twin sister, she is my best friend, we were born together, we spent 37 years together and now she's so far that it is hard. I miss my brother, he is the best man I ever met, h...

How I got here? Before coming to Canada I was living in Brazil working as a Quality Manager for 8 years in a rubber company. I had a wonderful life, a good position, and a good salary but I wasn't completely happy. At some point, money wasn't the most important goal I wanted to accomplish. I always loved new challenges and 8 years later I understood that this company hasn't anything else to give me and I decided that I need to turn my professional life. In 2018 I hired an expert to help me with my professional life, I needed to understand if I was on the correct track. He analyzed everything and said. You need to improve my English! So I decided to come to Vancouver. I planned to stay for 6 months but my brother decided to get married and after 2 months I went back to Brazil again. When I arrived in Brazil, after my brother's married, I received a phone call from a headhunter. He said that I airplane company was looking for a professional like me and offered me ...

Traveling!!! I think a lot of people have a to-do list if they don't, they really should have one. Last week a did a presentation at the college: How to improve your life by traveling. Of course, during my presentation I forgot to say a lot of things, I was trying to improve my weak point as a person, speaking in public. But I can assure you that traveling can make you feel better, can make you smarter and can open your mind. Here is a list for you; 1) You can meet new people and build a network abroad; 2) You can try amazing food 3) You can learn new languages, a new word can make you smarter 4) You can learn or improve your understanding of other cultures and this is part of being smart "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." 5) You can disconnect from your daily life, you make can miss someone or be missed. Get our of the routine. 6) You can improve your health, relieve your stress, relax physical and psychological. 7) ...

That's something that only a few people know about me: I really love to write!!! But for me writing is a scape, I write when I am sad so I can put in words what I am feeling, some people cry, some people talk, I love to write. There is something about writing that really help me, I can write about anything I want, I can scream, I can fight, I can say bad names and nobody will get hurt, nobody will get mad, because nobody knows what I am writing or why I am writing. When you write, you can release your feelings and feel better, you can put in words your thoughts and later you can read again. You can even change your mind about somethings after reading again. When you write it is so much easier to think straight after because you were able to relieve your pain, your anger so than you can think properly about everything or ever feeling. I wish I can encourage more people to write. Just start writing about your daily life and then you can start writing about whatever yo...

New Year’s trip! Squamish here we go! Finally my friends and I decided what to do on New Year’s! We are going to Squamish!  First we thought about Whistler but it’s so expensive that we decided to stay closer but paying less! We rent a 3 bedrooms house on the mountains and we are going to stay 5 days. I am going with 3 friends that I did here at Greysone College, my boyfriend, my boyfriend’s friend and of course our dog!  Now I am excited!  First because it’s going to be my first new year in Vancouver and than because traveling it’s one of the best things in the world for me! I can wait for this trip and for next year!!!!

Last Holiday We all appreciate when there is a holiday coming up but I don’t know why when the holiday is over I have the feeling that I didn’t enjoy it. That’s what happened to me this last holiday. I did a lot of things and I woke up today thinking: I need another holiday!  I think it’s the same feeling when you are traveling and you say: I need a vacation from my vacation. It’s almost Christmas!!!! This year passed so fast, it’s unbelievable! My coop it’s getting closer and I started applying for full time jobs! I am excited with this! Hope I can work in my field sooner and of course hope I can make a good money this time!  Life in Vancouver it’s extremely expensive! See you in my next post! :)

Hey Everyone! I want to share something with you today. I was at Greystone College in my Business Communication class with Martin and at the end of the morning I learned important things. That’s the best thing about studying again, you can learn new things everyday and I love that. Everyone can make a difference in someone's life, whether by making a simple compliment, simply paying attention to what the person has to say and most importantly, respecting the differences! Canada, in my opinion, is the best place to be and learn about differences. People from all over the world, different knowledge, experiences!  It's not easy being away from our country, but many days make a difference in our life. It’s good when someone challenge you to get out of our comfort zone. That’s what my teacher did today, he challenged us to do better for the future. Have a good day everyone! Roberta