True that!

The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule is a universal concept that many of the major religions and philosophers can all agree on.

Confucius: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do unto others.

Aristotle: We should behave to others as we wish others to behave to us.

Judaism: What you dislike for yourself, do not do to anyone.

Hinduism: Do nothing to thy neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee there after.

Islam: No one of you is a believer unless he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.

Buddhism: Hurt not others with that which pains thyself.

Christianity: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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Why is abbreviation such a long word?

Why is the word dyslexic so hard to spell?

It there a trick to remember how mnemonic is spelled?

Why does "lisp" have an s in it? Cruel joke?

What's another word for "thesaurus"?

 The words psychology, psychiatry and psychosis are all there so we can all go mad with trying to spell and not succeeding so we can think we have issues and go see these professionals and take their drugs and believe when they say we need it. 

Is it really necessary to spell necessary with a c and two S’s that all have the same sound?

Why is the word DUAL in the word individual? Or LIE in the word believe? 

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Coincidence??

Come again??

Often I feel nostalgic and miss the "good old times", like when there was no internet or cell phones and things just seemed a bit more simple...

Sometimes I don´t

Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building, ca. 1937

P.s. This is not a picture of me!

It´s your choice...

Every single day we make a choice... 

Will your day be dark and heavy or will it be bright and positive? 

Always look on the bright side of life! 

CODEX SERAPHINIANUS

Have a look at these pictures - what can you see? 

Codex Seraphinianus, originally published in 1981, is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by the Italian artist, architect, and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months, from 1976 to 1978. The book is approximately 360 pages long (depending on edition), and written in a cipher alphabet in a constructed language.

Originally published in Italy, the book has since been released in several countries.

(Tekið af Wikipedia) 

Here you can watch a video from Youtube about this super interesting book!

7 Most Mysterious Books ever Written

´Sup!?

   

I´ve decided to start a new blog because I used to blog and I gotta tell you, 
I´ve missed it! 
 I´ll be posting some jokes, facts about random things, funny pictures I come across and things like "What´s going on where nowadays". I watch a lot of documentaries on Netflix and I´ll be sharing with you the ones I find interesting and/or educational. Sometimes I might have a quiz for my readers and I´d love it if you could participate, but you don´t have to if you don´t feel like it. 

I´d also like to introduce to you some common slang in English, phrasal verbs and idioms.  

So basically just sharing some knowledge!

Holla at me!!

If you have a request for a topic you´d like me to talk about, feel free to either send me an e-mail or comment in my comment section here below. 

Also, if you have any questions regarding English like grammar, vocabulary or spelling I´m just a few words away.

So maybe I should tell you a bit about myself.

My name is Kristín
I´m 37 years old (or was it 25 - I can´t seem to remember?!)
I´m married to Filipe Cintra from Brazil
I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who´s the light of my life; Eva Lind

Taken in Brazil 2017

I currently work at the elementary school in Hella but I´m also studying to become a teacher at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands). My main focus is to become an English teacher but I´d also like to study more about biology, science, Icelandic and Danish. 

I love learning new languages, traveling and meeting new people! 

About an hour drive from San Francisco, CA.

I lived in San José, California for almost 5 years from 2003-2008. Originally I went to California to visit my mom and I had only planned on staying for 6 months.
What can I say... I fell in love with the place, vibe and weather and I decided to apply for college and study. I had always avoided science and math in college but despite that I decided to study to become a nurse. Because I had focused on languages and history during my college years in Iceland I had to take four years of pre-requisites (bunch of math, science, psychology and even political science) at De Anza College to enter the R.N. program (to become a nurse). 

Downtown San José, CA

De Anza College, CA

San José, California

As an international student in California I was paying 2000 dollars per quarter (1 quarter = 3 months). Today that´s almost 200.000 krónur and   
I´m pretty sure the price has gone up since then. 

If money could talk it´d say "Good-bye"

As the economy went bad in 2008, I moved to Recife, Brazil. 

Recife, Pernambuco

I took a teacher´s course at Britanic which is a private English school, and I got a job as a full time teacher.

Britanic, Setúbal

My interest in become a teacher grew enormously and since then that´s all I´ve wanted to do.

After I had my baby girl Eva Lind in 2015 I decided that it was time to move back home to Iceland and get a degree from the University there.

So sassy!

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I think that´s enough for today 
I´ve had a lot to say
I´ll leave you with just one more
before your eyes get sore 

Sore eyes

Did you know?

"A sight for sore eyes" lauslega þýtt yfir á íslensku þýðir "sjón fyrir særð augu". 

Ef þú ert til dæmis út í búð og hundleiðist í langri röð en sérð svo besta vin þinn labba inn, þá gætirðu sagt: 

"Ahhh, a sight for sore eyes" = Mikið er ég glaður að sjá þig

Líka hægt að nota þegar maður er að tala um einhvern sem er einstaklega myndarleg/ur