That AWKWARD moment: the solutions

Hello again, you crazy, desperate people! Wait...were you desperate to read this post, weren't you?! 'cause you totally should be! Well...moving on, I will present you all that you've been waiting for so long: the solutions for those five AWKWARD moments I described erarlier. Anxious? Desperate? Ok, Filipa, just get it started!

1 – In those awkward moments...the best thisng to do is really not making up stupid excuses, or you'll look like a fool! Accept that the person heard what you said and you can't erase it...so, you better appologize or tell her/ him the reasons you had to say what you've said...then, you'll become friends forever or you'll never talk again...(this last option is the most likely, btw).

2 - In those awkward moments...first of all, you should go to the bathroom after you eat, so you can check your teeth in the mirror or even download the toothpict (an app for your iPhone that allows you to know if you have something in your teeth)! But, if you don't, and all that happens, you should totally laugh about it, 'cause we must admit that it can't be changed: yes, that green thing has been there during all the party and you've smiled very often...you should comment it with you're friends and make fun of yourself like you didn't care...and, about the photos on Facebook, well...you must hope that whoever has put them in there, take them back when you ask!

3 - In those awkward moments...(which, btw, often happen to me when I'm wearing high heels) I'm not really sure what to do, but I will tell you what I usually do: once, I avoided looking at the driver and continued walking has if nothing had happen and then laughed as hell alone (I hope no one has seen me laughing, otherwise it was a double humiliation!)...other time, I started laughing in the middle of the crosswalk and then looked at the driver, and appologized. This are not the best solutions, I admit, but if we didn't laugh at ourselves, life would be terribly boring!

4 - In those awkward moments...you better pray for the other guests to feel the same way as you feel, and hope that some of them save you by saying something about it...otherwise, you'll just have to say you're allergic to some ingredient in that dish (you better be sure that it is one of the ingredients of the recipe...or you'll go through the biggest humiliation ever!!)

5 - In those awkward moments...(I get red as a tomato!) If you're faced with a situation like that, you should look around and see if someone near you is waving back. Then, you'll realize that it has nothing to do with you...but, if you see nobody waving back you have two options: you wave back and later, if you see you dind't know that person, you take a “pill of guts” and say “excuse me, were you waving at me? No, oh, I'm sorry then”. The other option is not waving back and then, if you see the person closer and you actually didn't knew her, you'll thank that you didn't wave back. But, if you realize you knew her, the only solution is to say “oh, were you waving at me? I'm sorry, I'm myopic and I couldn't recognize you”. And that's it, easy.

Well, I guess it's time to say goodbye. I hope all this solutions have been helpful for your daily life and I also hope you've spent a great time reading my wise (or maybe not) words!

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!,

Filipa

Those wonderful 12 steps!

Hello againnn! I really expect that you were anxious to know those magic secrets of washing hands!!!

So, here they are, “How we should wash hands?”:

The first step is misteriously assigned the number zero: “wet the hands with water”. It is, of course, a previous moment in the relation with the act of washing hands, but it's astonishing that it has not been recognised suficient dignity to allocated it a natural number.

The step which is really named as number one (step one) is: “Apply soap to cover all surfaces of the hands” and the disgrace begins!

For the ones who have ever soaped hands...you shall all feel the humiliation of having never apllied soap!! The instruction finds in language a cruel degree diferentiation of neatness: who knows how to wash hands apllysoap; the pigs soap.

In step 2: “Rub your palms in one another” - there is a recommendation accompanied by an illustration with two hands rubbing in one another in an circular and opposed movement to the clockwise ( Who has always rubbed hands in an opposed movement to this one, like me, wasted all his life in terms of personal hygiene)!

The following steps explain the same, although in a less “scandalous” way: "rub the right palm on the back of the left, with fingers interlaced, and vice versa"; "palm to palm with fingers interlaced"; and the fifth step advises us to rub the "back of fingers on opposing palms with fingers entwined". From this point, it just keeps getting worse...

The sixth step: "rub the left thumb in a rotational direction, interlaced in the right palm and vice versa" in movements similar to those made when accelerating a scooter.

Step number seven recommends "rub alternately back and forth fingers of the right hand in left palm and vice versa". The care put in these points humbles whoever merely rubs his hands together, neglecting the role of hygiene in turnover.

"Rinse out your hands" is the step number eight, and number nine is "Dry hands with disposable towel".

But the tenth step reveals that the process is complex: "Use the towel to turn off the tap if it is manually operated."... Therefore, the tap must continue to run during step nine...such an OBVIOUS form of savings!

The eleventh step is the most interesting: "Now your hands are clean and safe".

Sooo.. we can conclude that the contemplation of cleanliness and safety of the hands is therefore a separate step in this process of manual washing...After washing, with your hands spotlessly clean (and safe), you'll leave the bathroom, opening the door by its handle where everyone puts their hands!

So beautiful, this manner of washing hands, don't you think?! I hope this Christmas you applly all the steps in your hygiene methods! So, a very good Christmas and a prosperous new year my pumpkins!

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!,

Sara Costa

That AWKWARD moment!

Hello, hello! I've decided to present you today with a text a little bit different than usual...BUT, I'm absolutely sure it will be usefull in your daily life! I'm going to write about those moments we all experience and which make our cheeks turn RED! Later, I'll tell you how to get rid of those moments or, at least, how to surpass them...let's get it started:

1 - That awkward moment...when you're gossiping (as a loyal follower to our lovely blog) with a group of friends about that awfull outfit someone has worn that thay and then you start laughing as hell and hear zero laughing from your fellows...their silence makes you look around and realize that the person you were talking about has just arrived and heard all (or the major part) of what you've said...red cheeks and stupid excuses begin their mission...

2 – That awkward moment...when you're at a party having sooo much fun, laughing out loud, talking to everybody, dancing, singing, and all those fun stuff and then it comes the hour to return home...when you truly arrive home, you look yourself in the mirror and realize you have had ALL THE TIME a bit of some green thing between your front teeth! OMG, worst thing ever! This is the moment when you start regreting every photo you've taken with a big smile on your face at that party...and which will certainly be on Facebook the next day...

3 – That awkward moment...when you're passing through the crosswalk and stupidly stumble and almost fall on the ground (I don't even mention those times you actually fall!)...the problem is right in the fact that someone in the car waiting is watching you attentively...after all, he/ she has just stopped the car for you to pass and is expecting you to speed!

4 – That awkward moment...when you're invited to a lunch/ dinner at some friend's house and all the food looks and smells amazing, BUT...when you first taste it, it's just disgusting! What can you possibly do? This is one of the most feared moments in the world, especially if you don't know the family/ friends for a long time...

5 – That awkward moment...when you look far away and see someone waving effusively. That's the moment your brain functions beyond quickly: “OMG, is it for me?”, “OMG, do I know that person?”, “OMG, if it is for me and I don't wave back he/ she will think I'm rude!”, etc, etc, etc...finally: you'll either wave back and you realize you've never seen that person OR you won't wave back and you'll be seen as impolite if you actually know the person wavig...

Does any of this situations sound familiar to you? I bet some do...I admit I might be seriously related with some (or the major part) of them, btw...guilty! Now, you'll just have to wait patiently for the solutions to each one of this situations...In the next post, I PROMISSE I will surprise you! And when I promisse something, I fulfill it!

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!,

Filipa

Public bathrooms: just the beginning

Hello, my dear dear followers (teacher Helena, I mean) ! Have you missed me ?

So, I will begin to talk about sth that, in a first way, can be suspicious...And that is...

PUBLIC BATHROOMS ( tchannan!!) ! And this happens because yesterday I went into a “very beautiful” bathroom and, for the first time, I've watched with reallyy reallyy good eyes to that kind of “bath-literature”, which, most of the time, is neglected, and I realized that it is increasingly sophisticated. Now, they even have the significative state patronage.

This brochure was truly disquieting, begining with the title: “How we should wash hands?”

The text started to be completely masterful in the way that manipulated my arrogance to, in one hand, a completely laughter ( one laughter that very quickly turned into sth “acid”, because, in a few seconds, I was in an excited mode because they were trying to teach me sth that I've known for a long time), and, in the other hand, I was astoundingly invated for a feeling that I HAVE NEVER HAD MY HANDS WASHED!

The brochure presented us a good plan for washing hands in 12 steps, including sterilization manners which I've never, ever, dreamed of!

There's NO doubt: we were face to face with some hands' desinfectation bible! This guide, detailed and rigorous, doesn't even leave one single“phalanx” to be purified. But this is terrible, because it rubs in our faces, our present and past's filthiness.

So, after this introduction, is anyone intrigated about the 12 steps ? Oh, forget it! This is me trying to be simpathic.. 'cause, and this is for you teatcher, you will read this any way!

But the content of this theme stands for the next post, because...GUESS WHAT: I've gotta go to the bathroom and...please wish me luck for my new method of washing hands ( I´m almost so nervous, as when I'm about to have an exam).

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!,

Sara Costa

...and Mr Hyde

Hi beauties! Sara has already introduced you to “The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. Now, it’s up to me to “continue the story”, showing you a little more of Hyde…Mr Hyde.

Mr Hyde was the result of the drug that Dr Jekyll created to free himself from the limitations of the Victorian society…Basically, Hyde was the other half of Jekyll, the obscure one, that he needed to hide from society. Tired of hiding Hide (liked it? :P), Dr Jekyll drinks the drug and, at first, he feels younger, free, happier! But soon he will see that Hyde is more powerful than he thought and the situation gets out of control, as Jekyll constantly turns into Hyde (and vice-versa), even without noticing!

Hyde is seen as the “devil”. He was a extraordinary looking man: Ugly, smaller and younger than Jekyll - « Evil besides (…) had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay. ». People tried not to look at his figure with fear of temptation, because they saw in him the evil side of themselves (Btw, hasn’t this ever happened to you? Haven’t you looked at someone once, that made you feel uncomfortable and you didn’t know why? It has happened to me once or twice…so AWKWARD!).

Well, movin’on…Dr Jekyll realizes he had created a monster - « That child of hell had nothing human; nothing lived in him but fear and hatred. » - and gets disgusted with his own creation, which was even capable of killing someone (Bad boy, Hyde!)! Dr Jekyll starts hating Hyde and tries to kill him (Too late, dear Dr, I’m sorry!).

As he can’t kill  Hyde, Jekyll kills himself…and our sweet Hyde? Well, it’s up to you to imagined what happened!

     To finish, I would just like you to catch the main reasons that made me write this text. (No, it wasn’t just because it was an OBLIGATION imposed by my teacher! I really want to make a point!). The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde may (and should!) be applied to real life:

Mr Hyde

      1. We all know some “Hydes” in our lives! (Whether is that not so awesome friend that talks about you in your back; or even ourselves!)

     2. Sometimes, we need to show the the “Hyde” inside of us to others, if we don’t want to be bruised!

<    3. (Finally), we should NEVER let our “Hyde” control our “Jekyll”. Otherwise, we’ll reach a point when we’ll feel the need of cutting out one of them!

Now, I say goodbye, hoping that you’ve learned something with my extremely genius text! Jk…

                                                                                      XOXO, Oh My Gossip!,

                                                                                                    Filipa

Dr Jekyll...

Hello my pumpkins! Today I’m gonna talk about “The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” (and you think…”what is this?!” Don’t worry… I’ll tell you in a minute!). “This” is a story that focus on a man that lived during the victorian age - a dual period, when, on the one hand people were rich (Like, ONE DAY, I’ll be!!), with manners and high in status (bright side); and, on the other hand, there were people livin’in misery, with many difficulties (dark side) -, and that man is Dr Jekyll.

   Dr Jekyll was a gentleman, a man of honor, «an honest man», but, as everyone else, he had wishes, dreams and pleasures which he had to keep to himself. All this «countenance» made him unhappy and he dealt with a frivolous duplicity - « I stood already committed to a profound duplicity of me.» . 

              

  To free his other side, the supposed happier one, the one able to really live and allowed to have some pleasures, Dr. Jekyll creates a drug that transforms him in that other man that, in fact, is also him – Mr. Hyde. Delighted and tempted with the discovery of how would that man be, Dr Jekyll ignores all the «suggestions of alarm» (overdose, for example) and drinks the drug. When he drinks it, the other side of him (Hyde, of course!), is revealed and all the pleasures of Jekyll (considered «undignified» by himself) «turn toward the monstrous» in the hands of Edward Hyde, «a man of stone».

              

  Soon, Jekyll is confronted with two main problems:

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

       1. His conscience, that makes him try to undo Hyde’s deviant actions;

       2.   He also feels guilty, ‘cause he was the one that created Hyde.

For two months, Dr Jekyll is ONLY Dr Jekyll (Now is the time when we all think: “Ohh, now comes the happy ending!”. Don’t get so excited, it’s not (NOT AT ALL!) that happy.). After those two months, the “devil” «came out roaring» and committed a murder. At this time, Jekyll realized that his creation had overcome him, but Hyde didn’t understand why is creator hated him, and  so, he tried to kill him ( like Jekyll tried to do with him ) butit didn't work, 'cause at the same time, the relation between them involved too much sense of pity and passion (these two are SO contradictory!!).

In the end, Dr Jekyll kills himself and the death of Hyde is still a mistery. (So, we basically can conclude that the good one end up dead and the bad one may be promenading in this world…or under your bed! – muahahah!!). Bye bye and..SWEET DREAMS!!

                                                                                   XOXO, Oh My Gossip!       
                                                                                                            Sara 

The world is a bunch of mad men...

...isn't it? We, girls, are all so different from men, we all have different thoughts, different personalities...how can we even have a normal talk? Right? I mean... how?! This kind of thoughts often cross my mind, but I never have the guts to talk about it...that's why I chose to discuss it today, in a “light” perspective...take a look at “The 7 ages of men”, by...ME!

- the “what am I gonna do today?” age

This age, when boys are so little they need to pee in a diaper, is the age we all envy...If they thought about it, they would easily answer to their inner question “what am I gonna do today?”...”well, today, I'm gonna sleep, eat, play”... “and tomorrow?”... “well, I'll probably play, eat and...sleep”. What a life!

- the “I'm so friendly” age

After they start walking and eventually, when their parents put them in the kindergarten, they are in the peak of their sociability! The girl eating a fruit pot is his friend, the guy with the new toy-truck is his friend, the girl sleeping is his friend, the boy with curly hair his is friend, the girl who slapped him in the face yesterday...hum...HIS FRIEND ALSO!

- the “I have 10 girlfriends” age

When they go to school, boys do not lose their socializing skills, but they also start taking their love life more seriously...way too seriously! They do not have one, or two girlfriends...They have many! This is the age when boys reveal their REAL nature! They like feeling they are the best love conquerors of the entire school!

- the “I have a girly voice, and you better not make fun of it” age

Boys around 15 years old start noticing big changes, especially physically speaking...about their voice, well...that's like a tabu when they're in puberty. They get like a high, girly voice which leads them to be quiet all the time. Here, we, girls, think, “oh, they are more mature, they don't say that stupid jokes anymore, they are calmer...” but then, when they open their mouth and say something, we get why they were so quiet...and we better hold our strident laugh down!

- the “I like going to parties but...I need to study and get a job” age

When guys go to college, they start dating more seriously, they start going to parties more often...but, like everything, that's not a perfect scenario, 'cause they need to work, make their own money, buy a car and, most of them, to study! Oh poor boys...that's a problem we all face, do not worry, you're not alone in this mad world!

- the “This one is to marry” age

This is THE age, when guys make (most) girl's fantasy true: getting married! The white dress, the music...boys just need to have a solid relationship and ask their friends' opinion about marriage...of course most of them will say “OMG , are you crazy?! That's going to be the biggest mistake of your life!” (well, maybe without the “OMG” part...)

- the “Oh, my back, my knees, my arms, my legs,...hurt!”

When men start getting old, they start having pains...pretty much everywhere! And that's not only though to them, it's though for us too, that listen them complaining all the time! Mercy, please! If you had a child or PMS all your life you would see how pain in your whole body (even in your brain) looks like!

Girls of this mad, mad world full of mad, mad men, don't you agree with me? Show me some support by leaving a comment! (;

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!

Filipa

The world is unpredictable...

... Why? 'Cause until we die, we're always changing. That's why I've chosen to talk about “The 8 ages of men”. I guess you will see you or your friends (ooor eventually your BOYfriend!) in some of this ages, and hope you can laugh a bit about it...

- The “Mummy, I like spitting up” age

This age is characterized by a huge patience of the parents, many badly slept nights, and...well, less time to do, let's say...the things that we, human beings, like to do...(you know what I'm talking about...deep down, you know it!)

The baby has several teeth pain, and all the kind of pain (even the psychological ones, when they annoyingly do not stop crying for no reason.)..well, this is a tough age...good luck for the ones who think about having children.

- The “I'm always tumbling” age

This age, as we know, is characterized like “school time”, known as time that parents, specially grandparents always said: “oh no, I don't wanna see my pumpkins grown up”, is the time that children have their space to join with the other kids and constitute their circle of friends. And yes, they tumble a lot.

- The “Everything that comes to the grid is fish” age

In this age love hormones start their (hooot) job. The teens, specially guys, begin looking to all the girls and really interact with them: most of the guys start they love life (with one or two or moree girls)...resuming, in this age, almost all the guys are philanders and have a particular taste to flirt with the girls that awaken their interests.

- The “I'm love&academically successful” age

When guys go to the university, they meet new girls that make them nervous..new peple, new climate, new stage of live. At this point, most people begin their sexual behavior and their sexual life, define their sexual orientation ( I love you, fairy guuys!) and most of the initial relationships come to an end. At the same time, some guys try to conciliate their love&academic life, others prefer to start working and quit studying.

- The “OMG now my parents don't pay my bills. I gotta work!” age

This is the age when they realize that life is no that easy. They can't just sit on the coach watching tv and eating french fries and hope that their parents pay them everything they don't make an effort to get. Usually, this is when they get a job, which has another good side actually...their (financial) independence may impress some girls (;

- The “I'm 30. I guess I should get married” age

When they are in their 30's, guys start thinking about constituting a family, they normally have a long date girlfriend who gives them the stability they look for and so they start wondering what would be the best way to propose. They probably get a home, start to divide their own goods and share their personal lives.

- The “I'm feeding two, but I only see one.”

After getting married, begins the phase when people start wanting to have a child. For this to happen, the couple has to known that have not only love stability but also economic one. So, if that happens it's easy: let's feed this baby and have a healthy child!! (which is good, bearing in mind the population aging)

- The “specs, mustache and beer belly or i'm a baby again” age

This ultimate phase is characterized by “ oh, my back ( or any other my body part) hurts!”. At this point, we take care of our grandchildren and expect that all the good things we desire to our son(s), happen to them also.

Liked it? Leave a comment (:

XOXO, Oh My Gossip,

Sara

A yummy, yummy, movie! ;)

Oh my...oh my fun-tastic readers! This is definetly the moment to say: "oh my movie"! This week, I've chosen to share with you the movie of my life...it may sound too childish but, honestly?! I don't care a bit! U absolutely MUST have seen Charlie and the chocolate factory, by Tim Burton! If you haven't (big, huge, fail!), I will give you the pleasure of getting to know a little more about the story, the characters, the colors...but there's no way I'm telling you every detail! Otherwise, you won't feel the magic when you see it...'cause you will. I'm sure you will. I demand you to watch it!

Charlie is a poor, young boy who lives in a small house with his parents and grandparents. One day, Willy Wonka's chocolate factory announces that the five children who find a golden ticket in his chocolates can visit the factory. Charlie is offered some chocolate in is b-day but there's no golden ticket in it and the news aren't encouraging: in the newspaper start appearing the winning children...the first one...the second...the third...the fourth...aaaand then, in a snowing day, Charlie finds some money on the street and goes to a store which sells Wonka's chocolates...now, guess what? Yes, in that day, Charlie becomes the fifth winning child! 


The visit day arrives and the kid and his grandpa are super excited about it. They meet Willy Wonka (a bizarre character), who, btw, is awsomely interpreted by Jonnhy Depp! All the children, apart from Charlie, are super annoying, irritating...and the funny part is that Wonka knows how to "fix" that! As the time goes by (and, as I already said, I won't discuss every scene in the movie, just to leave the magic when you see it...), we can watch the awsome, captivating colours, the weird (but genious) characters (as the sweet Oompa Loompas)...well, as it was expected from Tim Burton, every scenario, every color, every character, every quote, fits perfectly! Oh boy, you gotta see Wonka's perfect humour and sarcasm! (OMG OMG OMG, I love his character sooooo bad!). Let me give you a clue of it:

Willy Wonka: Do you like my meadow? Try some of my grass! Please have a blade, please do, it's so delectable and so darn good looking!
Charlie Bucket: You can eat the grass?

Willy Wonka: Of course you can! Everything in this room is eatable, even I'm eatable! But that is called "cannibalism," my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.

Well, I leave you with this brilliant quote, hoping that you are now anxious of hearing some more!

                                                                                                       XOXO, Oh My Gossip,
                                                                                                                                 Filipa