The "Secret Friend": a good experience and another not so good.

Honestly, I played very seldom the "Secret Friend". I don't remember very well but I think I played only once this activity in school and it was not very important, because I do not remember anything very positive or negative.

Or maybe yes...

I remember that when I was in 8th grade my professor of religion made us play the secret friend, but instead of gifts we gave us letters. We could also give gifts but it was not obligation, the important thing was the letter. This activity I liked more. 

I remember that at that time I was the secret friend of the child who was my boyfriend. All my friends believed that he had cheated, but according to him not and it was very romantic, because it gave me a very nice letter and a teddy bear.
The only traumatic event with the secret friend I know up close is an experience of my sister. My sister has a lot of talent for doing manual things and I remember that on that occasion she tried hard to make a nice gift with her own hands, however, the gift she received was a few kitchen towels. When she returned to the apartment, she told me he was very angry. But now we remember and we laugh.

Regards

I hope you liked it, I left a good experience and another not so good.

Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?

Charles Spencer Chaplin was an actor, comedian, composer, producer, screenwriter, director, writer and publisher. He really was a very complete artist.

Charles was born on April 16, 1889, in London, and died in Switzerland on December 25, 1977.

Throughout his life, Chaplin received multiple nominations and awards. He received an Honorary Oscar in 1928 and in 1972, he was also a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948, among other awards.

The debut of  the little Charles...

Charles Chaplin's mother was a singer, Hannah Hili. It is said that in a show, in middle of a song, the mother of Charles had problem with her voice and the show Manager sent to scene to Charles, five years old, who imitated her voice including the final fainting. The public, amid laughter, was surprised and applauded him.

I admire Chaplin, because although his life was filled with difficult moments, he was a lover of life. As he said: "in the end, everything is a joke". To my I love that phrase from it ❤


He was a master of silent film and cinema in general, his films were big blockbusters. He was also a great thinker and critic of his context, and that is admirable for me.

Almost all of Chaplin's work is good, but my favorite work of him is ''The kid''. Here is the trailer, I hope you enjoy it.

The soundtrack of my life

In my short life I have been a follower of various artists, bands and musical styles, but of the many styles of music that I enjoy I could emphasize the bossa nova.
I like a lot the bossa since I was a child, although at that time I did not know.

I started listening bossa since I was little because my dad likes this music. We always listened to bossa when we were in the car and until now we do.

Apart from the memories with my dad I consider that the bossa nova is a fantastic music, it has a very pleasant rhythm, it has beautiful harmony and its lyrics are incredible. In my opinion the sonority or musicality of the Portuguese language is one of the most beautiful and pleasant there is, for me to hear Bossa is like listen to pure poetry.

My favorite bossa nova singers are Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso.

Chico Buarque / Caetano Veloso

The songs that I have more marked of Chico Buarque are ''A pesar de voce'' and ''Mambembe''. I believe that they are songs admirable because they make a deep poetic critical policy, and however, are very cheerful.

And of Caetano I highlight the song ''Qualquer coisa'', I do not know why, but I love it. I think that Caetano has a musical delicacy unusual and a great voice.

Here I leave the links of the songs mentioned:

♪ A Pesar De voce

♫ Mambembe

♫ Qualquer coisa