Blog Post by MELINA MENDES MOREIRA https://padlet.com/melinamendes/vzwiafpa6wvedalu Write a blog post about something amazing, surprising, frustrating, or terrifying that happened to you. Use your notes to help you. Include different narrative tenses and time linkers. en-us 2021-09-17 19:40:28 UTC 2024-11-06 23:26:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png Melina melinamendes https://padlet.com/melinamendes/vzwiafpa6wvedalu/wish/1749546583 During the Carnaval holidays this year, I went to Porto Seguro with some friends. We stayed in a very cool house with a pool and very near the beach. The trip was super cool, we visited many touristic places and beaches. Every night we went to the Passarela do Álcool to get some food and drink. In the middle of the trip I was eating at a very cozy restaurant and I decided to try some seafood, so I ordered a dish with shrimps seasoned with Bahian seasonings. What a bad choice! I had a terrible stomachache and spent almost the rest of the trip at the house (in the bathroom specifically haha). While my friends were going to the beach, I stayed at home barely surviving. I got better before the trip ends, but I am not trying shrimps again anytime soon!]]> 2021-09-17 20:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/melinamendes/vzwiafpa6wvedalu/wish/1749546583 Eduarda Moro eduardammoro2 https://padlet.com/melinamendes/vzwiafpa6wvedalu/wish/1763689338 The pandemic is stressful for me because I spend about 16 hours a day in front of my computer screen. 

During the year-end holidays of 2020, I decided to get hosted with my boyfriend in a Bed & Breakfast in Domingos Martins. We stayed for six nights in a huge house, which belonged to an important politician from Espírito Santo and works with all the biosafety protocols. The house has a beautiful pool and barbecue area, within an amazing garden. The B&B is taken care of by the politician's granddaughter and her partner.

One of the days we spent there, we decided to sunbathe and swim. The hotel owner's parents were there too. I was talking to my boyfriend about my boss at the time, complaining about her abuse of authority. I didn't realize that the hotel owner's mother was behind me, listening to everything I said. I wasn't embarrassed at the time, but she asked where I work and I said I was doing an internship at an important public agency and I said the name of the place. She said: “What a coincidence! I work in the Human Resources department there”.

OH MY GOD! I reported my boss to HR during my vacation... Then, she asked for more information, like her name and what department I was working in. She just supported me and said that I'm too young to deal with this and that I must change the job. What luck...

After that, I did an internship at another public agency, and now I'm going to start at a large media company. And above all, I will be more attentive when complaining about my bosses in public...

]]> 2021-09-23 17:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/melinamendes/vzwiafpa6wvedalu/wish/1763689338 Bruna brunamleite https://padlet.com/melinamendes/vzwiafpa6wvedalu/wish/1784613320 Every semester in my course, we have a traddicional reception party for the new students. We rent a house with pool and a bus for no one need to drive until the house. We buy a lot of beer and food. 

In 2018, it wasn't different. We organized the party in a beautiful place with a large pool and space. We even pay a chef for manage the barbecue.

I was so excited to know the new students and relieved for everything is flowing well, that I made the worst decision... I accepted to drink two tequilas with they right after lunch.

I started to fell tipsy and queasy and I remember thought "it could be because the heat" so I made another wonderful decision... swin the pool. RIGHT AFTER LUNCH! What's my problem?!

The result...I got worse, passed out and slept the whole party. When I woke up it was the time to comeback home.

Even now, 3 years later, when somebody start to talk about de reception party, my friends laughtin of me and ask if I go to sleep again.





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