Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Anderson - Telephone Complaint

O: - Hello!
C: - Hello! I’d like to make a complaint.
O: - What’s your name, sir?
C: - My name is Thomas Robinson.
O: - What’s the problem, Mr. Robinson?
C: - I bought a mobile by Internet, but you sent me a bicycle! I want
to exchange it!
O: - Did you order a mobile?
C: - Yes, I did!
O: - Do you live alone?
C: - No, I don’t. I live with my wife and my son.
O: - Can your son ride a bicycle?
C: - No, he can’t! But I don’t understand why...
O: - You should teach your son how to ride a bicycle...
C: - But, I need a mobile in my work!
O: - You should relax. I think that a bicycle is more interesting than
a mobile. You can go to different places and bicycle is better for
your health... but unfortunately you want to exchange the bicycle for
a mobile...
C: - Oh! No! I thought about it now. I changed my opinion about
bicycles. I want to ride a bicycle and go to different places and I
want to buy a bicycle to my son!
O: - Ok! Do you pay with credit card?
C: - Yes, I do.
O: - Ok, Mr. Robinson, I will send you a bicycle to your son!
C: - Thank you!
O:- Thank you! Bye!

Five days later Mr Robinson received in his house a new mobile.

Roseli - telephone complaint

Onofre drugstore Luciana, Can I help you ?

Good morning Luciana, I’m Roseli , I bought some medicine yesterday
And I haven’t received it yet, then I’d like to know if there was any problem.

OK, but I need some information to find your order. Please, what is your phone number?

It’s 2251-4909.

What is your CPF ?

It’s 123.456.789-66.

Ok Roseli, I found your order. I’ll transfer you to the delivery department.
Hang on , I’ll put you through.

Onofre drugstore delivery Alfredo.

Hello Alfredo, I am Luciana and I am transferring Roseli for you to check
why her delivery is late.

Thank you. Roseli, What is happening ?

I bought some medicine yesterday and as I already said I haven’t received it yet, then I’d like to know if there was any problem.

Could you confirm your phone number ?

Of course, it’s 2251-4909.

Yes, I found it. Your order will be delivered this evening.

So, I will be waiting for it. Thank you.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Beatriz - Telephone Complaint

(Dialing)

Op. : Nutrella, good morning.

Me : Hello, my name is Beatriz and I need to make a complaint.

Op. : Yeah, sure. What is the problem?

Me : I have been a client of this company for a long time, so I decided to contact you, because I have never had any problems.

Op. : How can we help you Beatriz?

Me : Last week I bought some bread at the supermarket near my house and when I tasted it I saw small pieces of rubber, mixed in the bread, so I decided to call you because I thought it was a serious situation.

Op. : Sure, but I need to transfer your call to the Technical Department. Please hold on for a minute.

Assist. : Beatriz, my name is Roberto and I’m a Technical Supervisor, I have been informed about what happened and I need some information.

Me : Yes. What kind of information?

Assist. : I need to know the lot number and expiration date of the product.

Me : The expiration date is December 10,2009, and the lot number is 0810 0800 RJM4

Assist. : Ok, Beatriz. Tomorrow I will send a messenger to your house to collect the bread for analysis.

Me : No problem.

Assist. : To do this I need your address.

Me : My address is Paul Earnest Street 100 apt. 55.

Assist. : Once the product is tested we will send you a report to know what actually happened, and certainly we will replace your product.

Me : I’ll be waiting for you.

Assist. : Thank you for trusting our company and we will do everything in our hands to detect the problem.

Me : Thanks

Assist. : Thank you madam, and have a nice day.



(This is a true story, and a few days later I received the Technical Report and some products of Nutrella).

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Cleyton - Pros and Cons

Good and bad things about studying at USP

Everybody who studies at USP can be happy because we don’t need pay for our courses. Moreover, the student of USP can have lunch for R$ 2,00 and use the free local transport inside the campus. Other good thing are the optional courses. Everybody can watch any class about any theme to learn and know more. At the end of your studies, these classes are accounted as extra activities.

But, USP has some problems too. The work stay-aways are constant and there isn’t anything that you can do to solve it. At least one stay-away occurs every year. There are days when the food of the restaurant (that, where the lunch is R$ 2,00) is too bad. Something like colorful eggs and other strange things. USP is so composed of public buildings. So, it has problems of infra structure like most of the public places.

So, what I can say is that USP is a good place to study, but you can’t be demanding. If you are somebody who can survive this “challenges”, you’ll have a good experience in a university in fact, where you can experiment and learn a lot of ideas, moments and meet people.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Augusto - Short Fiction

Matter, a little genetics and a big medley of feelings and psychiatric diseases...

Sarah Truman just smiled and waved as a car crashed into the back of hers. She gently left the car and said, almost happy:

 That's OK. We'll solve it later, just give me your number.

A little surprised and very proud of herself, she came back to her car and went away. She couldn't be more satisfied about her decision. She knew that one year ago, that single happening would have pulled her down the whole week.
Instead, she arrived in her job glad she was fine and ready for one good work day. Everybody kept staring at her a little curious, a little envious and a little scared. She really wasn't the same person since she’d done it.

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 As we can see – continued Clark Truman, not far from there – we can't see any stress symptom at this patient, and even no signs of stress-induced disease. Sarah Truman used to be an ultimate example of stress complications and damages. Headaches, warts, many kinds of eye outbreaks, social and professional problems and even heart diseases were observed.

The audience was astonished. Was that a real and definitive cure for that complicated disease?

 In this scenario, the stress situation may lead to damages in many levels. Sometimes, as we've seen in Sarah's case, depression. Sarah tried to do away with herself many times, spanked her own children twice and absolutely gave up her life in consequence of those intense stress crises. Many years of treatment weren’t enough even to make her stop the suicide attempts. That's why our staff decided to try the Intensive Psychiatrist Behavior Changing, which we called IPBC.

Clark was glad he could withhold his emotions and approach this topic with such distance and detachment. After all, he was proud for what he had done.

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When Sarah arrived, Clark was already home, as usual. With an old and corny sweater and his terribly unfashionable favorite glasses, Clark was lain in the sofa reading carefully some academic reports, while their youngest child filled in all his most important documents with flowers and teddy bears.
Sarah just walked directly to the kitchen and came back with a cup of steaming hot tea.

 How was your day?
 Excellent. People from all around the world were in the conference this afternoon. They're very interested in the IPBC and specially in your successful case.
 What about the researches?
 Ow... It's amazing! All the tests with rats and even monkeys are encouraging. I really think that soon we'll be able to apply the IPBC to other psychiatric disturbances. Tomorrow we'll present it to a multinational company that intends to invest more than 15 millions dollars in our project! Do you know what it means?
 I'm so proud of you.

Sarah went to bed, and only woke up when the alarm rang 5 AM. Clark kissed her on the forehead and brushed his teeth. He knew it would be a big day.
Clark arrived early at the company and waited anxiously for the investors. At 7 AM he started:

 What does a psychiatric disease mean? Are there physiological differences between a person with a mental disease and a healthy one? Actually, there are. As we know, many people suffer from chemically induced psychiatric diseases. An under production of serotonin may lead to a depression state, an excessive adrenaline production may lead to a stress outbreak... Feelings are chemical reactions... Psychiatric diseases are chemical imbalances.

Clark couldn't withhold his enthusiasm.

 The psychotropic drugs are nothing but substances that supply the brain's lack of production. That way, a chemical intervention may help many patients with psychological problems. For many years, our laboratory has been researching the human brain in order to discovery how and why these substances are under production. And we've deeply described those control processes. Some neurons are able to stimulate those productions and others to inhibit them. Nowadays, we're able to know precisely what each of them makes.

Clark sipped some water, more to give the audience some time to think than because of his thirst, and continued:

 After decades of study, with some help from nanotechnology we finally developed the Intensive Psychiatrist Behavior Changing. This surgical procedure consists of making some microscopic scars in specific regions of the human brain disabling some neuron activities. This way we're able to inactivate some substances production suppressors or supporters.
 But, if the suppression of one substance is totally blocked, so the brain begins an uninterrupted production... How could we control it?
 Actually, many groups of neurons are able to do it, so we can choose how many we're going to damage. After many researches, we're able to know how many is necessary. That way we can definitely heal some psychiatric diseases. During the past two years, we did three successful cortisol/adrenaline control surgery for extremely stressed people. Our company is very proud to say that in all cases the problem was completely solved and those people are able to live a normal life, as they couldn't for years. Now, we're trying to expand the IPBC to other substances and consequently to other diseases, like depression, attention deficit, schizophrenia and others.
 What you're proposing seems to be a definitive process. We aren't able to reverse the IPBC. Do you think the process is reliable enough?
 My first patient was my own wife.

Clark knew that this would show them how he trusted in the process. The conversation continued for a while, but after his convincing arguments the points were more about curiosities and bureaucracies. It was almost dark when he left the company. Tired, but very satisfied.
The company decided to fund the IPBC's researches and the technique was deeply improved. Almost one decade after, they were able to deal with almost all psychiatric diseases. People all over the world did the IPBC and the success ratio was impressive; People disinterested in sports or math could easily change it in matters of hours. Depressed people could decide how much Serotonin their brain would produce.
Clark Truman became the most famous name on the psychiatric science and her company the richest of the medical area. The IPBC became very popular and widespread.

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Sarah turned off the telephone and came complaining about her third inconclusive call to the bank. Sarah entered he room and patiently talked about many big absurdities that were happening to her bank account. Almost snobbishly, she explained to her husband what was happening. Clark was outraged about the situation.

 Just calm down! Everything is gonna be OK! They're from the bank! They're supposed to complicate our lives!

Sarah sweetly giggled and went to the kitchen. Clark couldn't stop thinking that the IPBC changed her humor, but our humor is directly related to our ways of thoughts, our ways of life.

 That's not my wife. - Clark whispered to himself.

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Clark's company had been growing since IPBC was created. Everything was wonderful, except himself. Many years later, people were used to deciding about their personality. Clark became each day more alone and reserved. Focused on his own research, but not as it used to be: sharing and trying results, but lonely and quiet. Nobody knew what he was doing.
The IPBC was now a fever. Everybody wanted to be braver or more concentrated. It really bothered Clark. He never allowed advertisements of his company, but it wasn't necessary. Instead, he always tried to convince people not to do the IPBC:

 Try to accept yourself!

Now it was out of control. Other companies began to do the IPBC, people requested the government to do it. To be stressed was considered to be disrespectful to other people, to be depressed is an exclusivity for those who deny the surgery. And then began the psychological dictatorship. More than ever, you had to be what seemed the normal.
Clark was going to have lunch and heard:

 I'm going to get Nicole Kidman's nose, Angelina Jolie's mouth and Michael Phelp's discipline for sports.

Next week the report spread all the company and after, all the media: Clark was going to have the IPBC. “Why? What are you going to change? How did you decide?” Clark didn't answer anything.

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Clark entered the surgery room. Only one reliable member of the staff knew what to do:

 Why are doing this? Do you know what it means?
 Have you seen what I've done? Can't you see those people on the streets? They are not better people, they are other people. I've turned everybody into the same framed person. They don't know who they are, neither do I.
 Those people, now, have the choice to be healed of serious diseases. They can live a normal life!
 What the hell is a normal life??? Hm? What is the human being if it isn't a portion of flaccid and perishable matter, and a big fucking medley of selfish feelings and psychiatric diseases? That's what you are. Your depression, your happiness, your anxiety and all the trouble in your mind. We can't separate who you are from your suffering. That's all the same thing. We studied enough to know that what we think, HOW we think, our conclusions and everything else are directly related to our feelings. I have always been against all this bullshit of psychiatric chemical intervention. I really think that stopping depression and other diseases by using psychotropic drugs was like creating zombies. How could I do this? I must have been too hopeless about Sarah to do this... I turned the world into a big margarine advertisement!

Sarah stared at them through the surgery room glass. She couldn't hear them, but she knew exactly what was happening. She was very upset about his decision, but only that. She wasn't able to flounce or to stop the staff. She just stared with wet eyes.

 Look at those silly, naive and cold eyes.... Is that Sarah? It isn't her. And she knows it.

Clark and Sarah kept the eye contact until that the anesthesia made him get sleep.

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Apparently Clark woke up the same person. Even he was surprised. But everybody, including him, knew that things had really changed.
Clark was an extremist. He refused to feel anything unpleasant. Sadness, anger, anxiety, stress... Now he lives like a dog. No worries, no hard feelings, no complaining, no growing and absolutely no conflict resolutions.

 It was like a suicide. Painless for my family and friends. Now I just am.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Nancy - Short Fiction

Diverting the attention of everybody

It seemed to be as a routine. My father left us in the school very early and went to the farm. I loved that school to which I had moved that year. It was located in the highest place of the town and had a large place where we used to play during the breaks. I had learned new games and had made different friends.
The class had finished for that day. We were ready to go home, but we couldn't. At least for some time. An unusual movement was taking place at the train station and we could not take the train, said the station officer. Three police cars were parked in the street behind the station. It was the first time I had seen so many vehicles together in that little town. Fortunately, my brother was with me but I started to be scared, I just wanted to go home. My friends were also upset about what was happening. We used to go home by train, a twenty minutes trip and fifteen minutes walking, always hungry but happy. That day was going to be different and we could not tell our parents, we didn't have telephones nor any way to say that we were going to be late.
My brother, who is two years older than me, was trying to protect me, but as a boy, he was more curious than me. He went to the corner of the station building and looked at the front side of the building. He beckoned to me to follow him. As I watched what was happening, I couldn't believe. There was a freight train parked and many policemen carrying heavy guns that I had never seen before in all my life. Some of them were ready to shoot and two were waiting for an exact moment to open the wagon sliding door. My imagination had gone to the war stories my mother used to read for us in Japanese. Few minutes had passed and the officers finally opened the door, but no one was inside the wagon. They acted in the same manner for the rest of wagons but nothing happened. The operation had finished and the policemen seemed to be disappointed. Our train arrived and we went home with a long delay.
What we heard in the next day was the follow: as we were in the military dictatorship time there were terrorists escaping from the regime and they were supposed to be hidden in the forests of Ribeira Valley. The police was chasing them that day. But it was not all. While the military police was performing the operation, somebody had stolen one of the police car and we heard that it had been found intact in the neighboring district, ten kilometers away from our little town! The guilty was never found.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Cleuza P. - Pros and cons

Being retired


To be retired brings many advantages. First of all, the free time
increases, for example, you can spend much more time practicing sports
or other leisure activities. Also, you find more time to do courses
that are not necessarily about work topics, which can be some hobbies.
Due to the fact that you don’t have schedule obligations, you can spend
more time with your family.
On the other hand, your salary probably will decrease, also your
relationships with friends will decrease too, once most of friendships usually
are at work. You won’t have more working trips and many people can see
you like an unemployed and unoccupied person.
Almost one year ago, after thirty five years working at the same
place, I retired. That changed my routine a lot and I got more free
time. In my case the free time is useful for staying more time with my
daughters and practices a sport that I like. Also, I got a new
hobby, I started studying different languages like English and
Italian. On other hand, what happened is that many people ask me to do
a lot of things, because they think I am unoccupied.

Nivaldo - Short Fiction

PICKING UP THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUNK

The City
In the fifties São Paulo was forming the city of nowadays. There were car industries, among others, being established and exploding an atmosphere of progress on all sides. At that time, an environment was being created in which the new middle class was generated.
Geographically saying, there was the city center where all things went on and where the commerce shops, offices, bars and restaurants and cinemas and theaters were settled. The people worked and played in the center.

The neighborhood
I used to live in Vila Pompéia, at that time considered outskirts of the city. The place is quite hilly. There were a lot of hills then transformed in streets all unpaved.
On one side in the valley there was a mulberry tree in the edge of a stream that snaked through the streets where the public school and the ice cream shop received the children
At the top of one hill, there was the center of the neighborhood where the church rested out along with small commerce around and the bus stop with long lines of the people struggling to enter in the CMTC bus, the metropolitan company of buses. On the other side at the top of another hill, today Cerro Corá Avenue, there was a house where someone was killed and his spirit was there asking for vengeance. On the valley between the two hills a small farm was placed where people would go to buy fresh milk.

The People
There were child groups as the street top group, street down group and so on. The children had two or three pastimes to spend the afternoon after the school homework. We played soccer on the street, today Pompeia Avenue. Eventually when a car came the game stopped and we waited it to pass. There were also games of season as flying kites or releasing balloons we had made, all those mixed with playing tops and marbles.
On Sunday morning the people surrounded the church, at first to watch the mass and after to flirt with the girls leaving the church. In the afternoon guys went to the banks of Tiete River to play soccer on the place where today the Marginal Tiete is.

The Family
My grandfather by my mother´s side was Italian and arrived in Brazil in 1920 with a lot of Europeans, perhaps fleeing out the first Great War. He married a Brazilian girl, my grandmother, and they had 14 children. My grandfather and grandmother by my father´s side were Spanish and they had 3 children in Spain, they passed through Argentina and more 3 children and finally they arrived to Brazil and more 3.
The families of the brothers were so close. They helped each other and economically grew with the development of São Paulo. In general all the family was together in special occasions having lunch, often homemade capeletti, and drinking red wine which my grandfather had bottled at home.
These pieces of live explain a bit the nature of the formation of our society, with a lot of immigrants that arriving to São Paulo and mixing with the people from here. It generated new workforce, new ideas, new ideals, and a new life.

Beth - Short Fiction

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I needed to choose one point to begin talking about my life. I think it is good starting when my father’s parents came from Syria. Firstly, they decided to live in the countryside of Campinas where they lived for approximately 20 years. After that time, my grandfather caught a lung disease which caused him a large amount of suffering until his death.
Soon, my grandmother and her 11 children had to get another different way of life. They considered living in a big city could bring more opportunities and they moved as soon as possible. The place they had chosen was property of my mother’s parents where everything happened. My parents, João and Izabel, suddenly met and fell madly in love and married three years later.
In 1956, their first-born was born, me. My parents chose my first name based on an epic film acted by Elizabeth Taylor. Even before I was born, they had already decided the first daughter would receive this name.
I am the oldest child of my family and since the tender age of childhood I had to take care of my younger sisters, this responsibility making me feel a stronger child. On the other hand, my first day at school showed that I needed a lot of care because after my mother let me in a classroom I was crying a lot and my fragility and sadness were obvious for everyone else.
I was not considered an excellent student , not a bad one either, but in general I was always successful in exams or courses. I studied High School at Fundação Bradesco, which provided a technical school Business Administration. This Course was very important to help me to choose my profession later. At that time, I got my first job. I was working during the day and studying at night. As soon as I went to University I had got a new job in an American bank which provided an interesting kind of work and a good monthly salary for four years. Afterwards, I worked in other companies that offered good promotion prospects. At the same time, I made a lot of friends in those jobs and one of them was the most important friend who later became my husband, Francisco.
One year later, after my marriage, my daughter was born and this enjoyable event gave us pleasure. Isabela is her name. She was the first grandchild besides being very nice and beautiful girl with her adorable blue eyes, she transformed the family’s life. Isabela grew up and her success with everyone delighted us.
I would like to say that I dealt with motherhood and my professional career at the same time and that caused me no great difficulty and worry. It was possible or easier for me because I had my parents who helped us every time we needed.
Nowadays, I am feeling calm and satisfied with my life and when I look back, I can see that many objectives were achieved. However, I was willing to do a lot of things such as studying, learning, working and so on. Therefore, I am really looking forward to starting a new job which I have passed in open competition.
I can imagine when one is reading my writing, he/she will think : Isn’t there any sad or unpleasant fact to relate in this life story? The answer is: I am living a very satisfactory and pleasant life , so I can say that at this moment I can’t bring anything bad to my mind.

Roseli - Pros and cons

Driving to work


I usually go to work by car. I take this opportunity to take the kids to school, so it is more comfortable. In the company I have reserved parking area, and I can arrive late or maybe leave late.
During the journey I like listening to music, and thinking about anything.
And on the way back, I usually stop by the supermarket, to buy things I need, or to go to other places.
One problem is the traffic of São Paulo it is not so fast and it is becoming increasingly complicated, I should pay attention to the traffic, besides it is more stressful, and sometimes more expensive than public transport. Finally if I need to go somewhere in the path it will be very difficult to park.
So, I prefer having a car even with all the disadvantages because it gives me more autonomy.

Tiago - Pros and cons

To have a job while you are a student




To have a job while you are a student has many advantages. First of all, you can leave your parents’ house and do amazing things. Is it good? Yes. For example, you will have your own schedule and more privacy. Also, you will have a business experience and more money independence.
However, when you have a job and study at the same time, you can have some disadvantages. Firstly, you will have less study and free time. Secondly, you will have more responsibility, because you will have to follow working hours and working orders.
Despite the advantages, if I have the option I prefer only to study, because it’s easier and more profitable for the academic results. After all, I can work and have more independence in the future.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Beatriz - Pros and cons

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING A CAR


Firstly, having a car is very good., . The car is much faster than the bus and is more comfortable. Sometimes you can be alone or with someone. If you are stressed [E1] you can relax listening to music, news etc.

The car helps people do many things, for example, go to the supermarket, doctor, vet, dentist, and others.

And the best is traveling to many places.

However, having a car has many disadvantages, such as buying a car is very expensive, . The car is very dangerous in the roads and it can cause be some accidents, or be stolen. Also, you can get stuck in traffic, or have to take bus or taxi.

Sometimes they cause accidents because the driver was drunk.

You must have a driver’s license, pay licensing, the car insurance, annual review. Also, you must pay for adding fuel, to washing the car and other things.

Having a car is very expensive.

Despite the disadvantages, I still prefer having a car because I live in a city where public transportation is very bad and not safe.

But in the near future, when the metro lines are increased I intend to leave the car.

This is almost certain in my mind.

Anderson - Pros and cons

The advantages and disadvantages of using computer to do homework

Nowadays, there are many people that have a computer. Using a computerto do homework has some advantages. You can search on internet someinformation about your homework.
It’s not required paper and you don’tneed pen or pencil to write. Besides, if you make a mistake you don’tneed an eraser to correct.

However, there are some disadvantages to do your homework using acomputer. First of all, you need a computer, of course. If a problemhappens with the computer, there is a possibility that you lose yourhomework. You should be careful when you search information on theinternet, because there are many incorrect texts.

I prefer to do my homework in the computer because it is very practical,and I don’t spend a lot of sheets of paper. If you pay attention whenyou search information on the internet, you won’t have problems.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Lucas - Short Fiction

The daily fear


I had dreamed of becoming a journalist. Perhaps the reason of it was my mother when she said that “truth is the first of values” – normally after some mischief. However, the more I grew up, the more I realized that in your daily lives we are set to compromise with truth. From this painful contradiction my career would be traced.
Journalism, the big one, is my life choice. Besides the difficult nature of the job, I had to come down with another ugly fact: I chose the most dangerous job in my country. In the last ten years, more than two hundred journalists have been murdered (or simply “disappeared”) due to their work as “truth-seekers”. Roberto B., who was shot dead in front of his family last year by drug-dealers, once said to me that “Here in Ciudad Juárez we journalists have two possibilities, either compromise with truth, or with fear”. Once more I faced the contradiction.
After five long years studying in foreign countries, I came back last year to become a journalist in CJ. What was my surprise when I found out the obvious fact that all the newspapers of the city are owned by the same person. Mister A. Maya. “Things go like this nowadays”, I thought, It is the effects of globalization and monopoly”. However, when I received an email inviting me to a job interview in the very house of Mister A. Maya, owner of Ciudad Juárez Daily News and all means of communication as far as El Passo Texas, I had to stop believing.
Here everybody knows the source of CJ’s violence. It is an intricate system entangling a failed State, global corporations hunger for cheap labor force for the “maquiladoras”, and bundles of outlaws who fight for taking control of coca’s routes to the US. How do all these things fix together? I have no idea. But if there is a Truth, it is our duty to look for it.
When the piece of white paper in front of me asked to fill in the blanks with my full name, and my social security number, I gave one more step toward desolation. After all the ‘writing text’ of CJ Daily News would be just another mise en scene for hiring biased journalists. Either work, or your conviction. Either truth, or safely sleep. Probably my roommates – who would know exactly how to fill in suchblanks – were “son of someone” or just a father trying desperately to feed his newborn children. Who knows? What I know is there is no place for ambiguities in this job. Either you are a journalist, or you aren’t. Either you live by their rules, or you live with fear. I made my choice.

In the most optimistic scenery, which is a hollywoodian one in fact, I’ll become famous delivering encouraging speech worldwide for (ironically) the coca consumers of Ciudad Juárez. I received one or two awards, and a polite nomination to running for the Pulitz. My death would be quickly and abroad. A soft end for somenone who let his hometown dying slowing in the desert. In the worst scenery… well… nobody knows how Mister A. Maya will received the news that a “rebellious” and “trouble-seeker” candidate named Carlos B. has used his failed writing text for application in CJ Daily News to illustrate the first page of the brave new newspaper of Ciudad Juarez: The Daily Truth.
I have to face the fact that my life is in danger now. But I don’t care. I have chosen the Juarez daily fear. As everyone else.