Next Meeting

Hi! Our next meeting is going to be this Saturday, at 1830, at Café Poético (Cabo Branco). If you need any information on how to get there, let me know! :)

Next meeting!

Hi, everyone! Our next meeting is going to be really special! This time is going to be on Friday, here at Yázigi, at 18h30. The reason for the change is that our topic is movies, and we are going to have a movie session! Popcorn included! So come, and share the fun! :)

Our next meeting!

Hi, there! Our next meeting is going to be at Subway, the one on Cabo Branco Avenue, right across from the beach, at 18h30, as usual. It's a nice place to grab a bite to eat and it is also never really crowded, so we can chat as much as we want. :) The topic of our next meeting is going to be "Internet", as suggested by one of you last time. Can you imagine a world without the world wide web? Come and join!

Next meeting!

Are you also a music addict? Are you also one of those people who can't remember a world without MP3 players, ipods and iphones? Join us this Saturday and let's talk about it! :)

Next meeting!

Hi, guys! :) So, our next Meet Up Speak meeting is going to be on April 2nd, at Jampaçaí, which is near Mag Shopping, in Manaíra, and apparently has the best Açaí in João Pessoa. And since this Friday we have April Fool's Day, let's talk about lies! Have you told any today? :) Are they acceptable in any situation? What about 'white lies'? Do you know this quote: “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”? Have you ever 'lied through your teeth'? :) Do you agree with Dr. House? Does everybody really lie? Leave us a comment and let's start the discussion! And on Saturday come along to help us check if their açaí is really that good! :)

Our next meeting

Hi, everyone! Meet Up Speak Up is back, and or next meeting is going to be this Saturday, 19.03, at Manaíra Shopping! We're gonna meet in front of Bob's, near Empadinhas Barnabé, at 18h30. Come and join us! :)

"Give me control over he who shapes the music of a nation, and I care not who makes the laws"

This quotation sums up what Napoleon thought of music, after understanding the enormous power of it. As our next gathering is going to be the “Moon-au II” I decided to post something about how music affects our behaviour.

Look what I found searching the web :

It has been proven that music influences humans both in good and bad ways. These effects are instant and long lasting. Music is thought to link all of the emotional, spiritual, and physical elements of the universe. It can also be used to change a person's mood, and has been found to cause physical responses in many people simultaneously.

Responses to music are easy to be detected. Music affects the amplitude and frequency of brain waves. It was found that slow music could slow the heartbeat and the breathing rate as well as bring down blood pressure. Faster music was found to speed up these same body measurements. Rhythm organizes physical movements and is very much related to the human body (the heartbeat, while walking or during breathing.).

An Australian physician and psychiatrist, Dr. John Diamond, found a direct link between muscle strength/weakness and music. He discovered that all of the muscles in the entire body go weak when subjected to the beat of music from hard rock musicians, including Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Queen, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Bachman - Turner Overdrive, and The Band.

Tests on the effects of music on living organisms besides humans have shown that special pieces of music (including The Blue Danube) aid hens in laying more eggs, help cows to yield more milk or wheat to grow faster.

In my life, music plays a really important role…I mean, (almost) everything I do is followed by it : Doing homework, relaxing, feeling happier, even when I’m farting around (good one, huh?) or posting on our blog (right now I’m listening to my Johnny Cash and June Carter playlist).

What about you, meetupspeakers, what role does music play in your lives? Which are your favorite songs or singers?

Text taken from: http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html

Slang words

Yeah...it was a blast our last get-together.
Right below, some of the slang words we learnt last meeting.
But I won't give you the meaning, ok? I think it's way better if you guys leave a comment with a sentence that you'd say using these slang expressions.

1. Go jump in the lake
2. Cheesy
3. Rip-off
4. Dirty cheap
5. Fishy
6. To puke
7. To waffle
8. On his last legs
9. Fox
10.Nuts
11.Picky
12. To bug someone

To learn more, check it out:
http://www.aboutlanguageschools.com/language/slang/
*Image taken from University of Leicester Student Slang Website:
http://www.le.ac.uk/ee/glossaries/2009/unileics09/home.html

Check out how much fun we have!

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