sexta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2011

What is the number?

My student, Luiz Passos, came up with this tricky math problem some days ago. And guess what? the answer is my birthday. I found that very interesting.

So, do you think you can solve that? The first person to come up with a solution will have the name posted here.
Tente achar a resposta das frações acima. A primeira pessoa que chegar a solução correta terá seu nome postado aqui no Blog.

Uma dica: para colocar a resposta no seu comentário, você poderá utilizar o excel para te ajudar a digitar os números.

A próxima vez que alguém perguntar o dia do meu aniversário, eu darei estas frações e o mês de Janeiro em seguida.


Boa Sorte!


Very Good! Now we have the answer.

The first person to show it was Leonardo Dorathoto as you can see on the comments.

The second person was Caroline Gomes.

Both were correct. The answer is 7 and the solution was right.

Congratulations!

terça-feira, 15 de fevereiro de 2011

J'aime Paris!


Depending on the intonation you put on the title above, you can really mean that in French, or trying to bring that to our Portuguese, it will have a different meaning, something like '' never more''....

Well, the city is really worth the visit, but there is something I want to tell you about.

French people love dogs! I can tell! You can see this love on the streets, lots of poo all over, ran over by cars, stepped, or still intact!

Most touristic sites have a machine that cleans the street, but if you go far a little, there comes the poo! Watch your step!


I found this sign on the internet that means kind of "if you love your neighbor you will take your dog's poo with a tool, if you don't you'll pay a 150e fine." But I don't think it works, once I had to pay attention to my way, and stop to admire the landscape, 'cause it's impossible to look up the sky and walk at the same time.

Another thing that shocked me was the subway. Gosh! What the hell was that? At first I thought they were refurbishing everything, but NO! It is there for a long time. Not to mention the graffiti on the walls, and trains, and tunnels....


One thing that I liked is shown in this photo, just one car! Different!
















Yes! For me it wasn't a romantic city at all. Unless you just take a taxi and stay near the hot spots everything will be perfect, otherwise you will see the dirty side like all big cities.