Dear Host Family....

Uma das partes mais chatinhas do preenchimento do app é a letter. Ela tem que ser bem feita, porque é algo que as famílias prestam muita atenção, é lá que você vai falar de você, do que gosta, das experiências, etc. e muitas meninas (inclusive eu) ficam perdidas na hora de fazer a letter, não sabem muito bem o que dizer e tal, então vou tentar dar uma ajudinha.


Quando eu fui fazer a minha, acho que fiz uns 5 modelos. Eu não sabia nem como começar, então peguei o modelinho do Manual da au pair. Fiz a carta, mas quando fui ler, estava basicamente o resumo do meu app, e eu não tinha achado muito bom. Aí peguei o modelinho da Cultural care e tentei de novo, ainda não estava bom, tava muito igual a de todo mundo e eu não tava feliz. Então resolvi escrever o que viesse à cabeça, sem nenhum modelo, então fui escrevendo, escrevendo e deu 2 folhas. Queria que desse uma só, mas não ia rolar. Então, pra ficar mais bonitinha eu pintei a carta toda com giz colorido e coloquei vários adesivos em cima, dos lados e em baixo. Vou reproduzir a carta aqui pra vocês verem, só não mostro a original, escaneada do app porque eu perdi o meu app que a CC me mandou, acho que eu deletei o email sem querer e nem salvei o app.... então vou mostrar o “rascunho” que eu fiz no pc mesmo, a letter final ficou praticamente a mesma coisa, só com uma coisa mudada aqui ou ali. Tá em inglês né, eu não fiz em port, fiz em inglês direto... espero q seja de ajuda.

Ah detalhe, já vi menina com dúvida sobre que folha usar, ou caso dê mais que uma folha, que tipo de folha anexar. Eu usei a folha da letter da CC mesmo, nas 2 páginas da carta.... até porque tem mais linhas e dá pra escrever mais, senão eu acho que ia dar mais uma folha ainda..... bom, aqui está.

Hi dear family, how are you? My name is Luciana, but you can call me Lu or Lullys. I am 21 years old and my birthday is on June 30th. I live in Brazil, in a city called São Paulo, which is the biggest one in South America. My city is kind of similar to NYC, it is very crowded, with a lot of traffic and buildings. But in spite of all that, I love my hometown a lot, and it has a lot of fun things to do, specially with the kids. My country is very nice as well, it has a lot of beautiful places to visit. I live here with both my parents, my mom is a clerk of the court of justice and my dad works with insurances. Both of them support me a lot about going to US, because they know I really want to. I have no siblings and no pets (although I love pets.)
I can describe myself as a very friendly person. I’m also very responsible, loyal, energetic, loving, honest, open-minded and flexible, and I owe all of that to my parents lessons. I’m graduating this year (2009) in college, in advertising, this major is very important to me, I got to learn a lot of things, like being creative. And when I return to Brazil, I want to get a good job in this area.

I already said what I like to do the most in the application, so I’ll describe other things about me. I love to spend time with my family, that’s very important to me. My parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmas and I all love to go on trips, do barbecues, go to the beach or just get some pizza and talk, I love being with them. My friends are very important to me as well, I always go out with them for pizza (I love pizza!), go to the mall and a lot of other things, or just hang out. I love to make new friends, that’s very easy for me, and I like to keep my old friends too. I already have au pair friends from other states, and we’re planning on meet in US. I also like to laugh, I’m laughing almost all the time, my friends say they know it’s me just from hearing the sound of my laugh. Sometimes I think I’m a big child, I like simple things, such as doing picnics, watching cartoons, eating candies, playing in the pool, doing arts and crafts, and that kind of things. There a lot of other things I like too, such as chocolate, beaches, colorful things, the Little Prince, Starbucks, soccer, driving, flowers, pools, the color purple, taking photos, traveling and a lot more.

But if there’s something I really like, it’s kids. I think they’re fascinating, in all of their ages. Every child is unique and special in their own way, and I’m having the chance to see that at the volunteer work I’m doing at a day care center. I look after 2 and 3 year old children, and they are amazing, they laugh at me when I arrive, they jump all over me to give me hugs and they even fight to get closer to me. I really miss them when I’m not there and I know they miss me too. I also helped taking care of my cousins, 1-year-old twin boys (one of them is my godson, and he’s the love of my life – so is the other one….), and 7-year-old twin girls (there’s a lot of twins in my family, as you can see), and I always have a great time with them. A couple of years ago I was a counselour on a camp, and that was the most amazing experience I ever had. We did a lot of different activities, like going to a waterfall and get under it, it was really awesome. I also learnt how to be responsible for the kids, since I was with them all day long, helping at lunchtime, bath and bedtime, I really miss that days. I always have a great time with kids, It’s great to teach something for them and learn a lot of things back.

I want to be an au pair for different reasons. I’ve been to US (Florida) when I was 6 years old, and I always wanted to go back and visit other places, like New York, Chicago, Washington, California and a lot of other ones. I also wanted to spend more time there, so I can get to know the culture, habits and everything related, and the best way to do that is to live with an American family. I said that family is very important to me, so I hope I can be a part of the family for you, and I want to consider you as my second family. And as I’m crazy about kids, this program is just what I need. And I can also have the chance to improve my English, which will be very important in the future. My parents really support me about all of this, because they know I really want it.

Now that you know me a little bit more, I really want to get to know more about your family, your kids, city and habits too. I’m sure we’d become wonderful friends and I’d get along just great with your kids. This will definitely be an unforgettable experience for me, and I’d like to make a little difference in your lives too. Thanks for taking the time to get to know me, I can’t wait to hear from you.

Best regards,

Luciana Germano.

Espero poder ajudar alguém, só peço que não copiem nada, né... heheheheh

PS1: Mudei o layout do blog (JURA?) porque eu enjôo meio rápido e achei um bem legal de NY mesmo, da Brooklin Bridge.... ficou legal? Que vocês acharam?

PS2: Tirei a foto do visto já, e ia pagar a taxa hoje no Citibank mas não deu, depois que eu fizer isso faço um post.

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4 comentários:

Jk Bueno disse...

Muito legal a sua letter!!! A minha deu 3 folhas... kkkkk
Ficou lindo o novo layout Lu!!!!

Bjus

Pâm disse...

Ameeeeeei o layout! :D Sério mesmo :P

E sobre a carta, mt boa mesmo! Li todinha, achei que deu pra passar uma ótima imagem de quem você é, as coisas que gosta de fazer, enfim sobre tudo!!

Vou pegar ela de "modelo", tirar algumas ideias, pq eu realmente não sei como começar a minha!

Beijããão :**

Camila MeoL disse...

Doreiiii Lu, ficou o máximo.. parabens!!!

Lis disse...

Oie Lu!
Sua carta está perfect!!!!
Espero estar tão inspirada como vc estava ao fazê-la!!!
Bjs!!
PS: tô te seguindo!!!

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