Cellar Door: 11 Februar 2007

Mittwoch, Februar 14, 2007

Eu, eu mesmo

Sim, eu tenho face

Eu tenho nome

Eu tenho medos

Eu tenho fome

Sim, eu tenho ira

Eu tenho frieira

Eu tenho dentes do cizo

E eu tenho cera no ouvido

Sim, eu tenho amídalas

Eu tenho cravos

Eu tenho cólicas

Eu tenho pés chatos

Eu fedo

Eu bebo

Eu cuspo

Eu sujo

Eu assusto eu mesmo

...

by Laila Chris

Sonntag, Februar 11, 2007

On beauty of cultural differences

I do appreciate whatever life brings to the beauty realm. It is a simple fact to me that beauty lies in many things. I see beauty in toothless smiles. I see beauty in psycho-thriller movies soaked in fake blood. There's beauty in larvae. There's beauty in stormy weather. Each lightening bolt is a strike of plain beauty forces. I see beauty in wrinkled hands and hoarse voice. There's beauty in distinct skin color shades, unique beliefs, totems, sacred books, rituals, mantras, singular hairdos, spiritual leaders, body paintings... In short, beauty is constructed on cultural differences. I twist, squeeze, and extract the beauty of all political visions, art-making, languages, and images of all cultures on this humongous planet.

by Laila Chris

Ms Burden

Sup? I'm Laila Chris Burden. Welcome to Cellar Door. English isn't my mother tongue, but that's the language in which I best communicate. Besides a blogger, I am a teacher, a poet, a stationery junkie, a married woman, and have two cats. I teach languages, do pilates and therapy, and major in psychology. I speak Portuguese on the daily basis. Brazil is the country where I live and in here people speak this awesome latin language. I also speak German, Spanish, some French, Mandarin, and Japanese. I am a visual arts freak, although I'm very fond of music. I lived in Florida for a while though my trip was part of an exchange student program. I went to the US to achieve another college degree. I studied Liberal Arts in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County (Tampa Bay area), USA. I had also taken another college degree course in Brazil before moving to Uncle Sam's land. I hold a bachelor's degree in Journalism. Another interesting fact of my life is that my present occupation is not actually based on writing or arts per se. I teach ESL- English as a Second Language. Never would I imagine becoming a teacher in this life. Well, maybe I should have since my both parents are ESL teachers. My husband manages our ESL school, PBF, and teaches English as well. We live along with a Siamese cat called Tibby and a black short-hair one called Pancho Villa. I am terrible driver but a wonderful chef. Hubby's name is Roberto and we are both from Sao Paulo. We have been non officially married for 14 years and we have been officially dating since September 1991. Btw, I'm in my mid thirties. Hubby and I have been going through gizillions of ups and downs in this life and yet we keep on moving. We work hard to pay utilities including the broad band Internet wireless connection which allows me blog on. We do struggle. We do love what we do. I love my writings, my husband, my kitties, my occupation, my blogs. I love being the kind of monkey I turned out being.

Ms Burden