starting to pick up learning foreign languages and speaking to native speakers online. right now i’m trying out spanish, portuguese and farsi 
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wow, how do you manage learning so many languages at the same time?
Hi! I don’t :,) I am always just adjusting my learning time around my routine🙌
eg. I dropped farsi at the moment because free resources are harder to find. Decided to keep portuguese because it’s similar to english. I don’t struggle as hard with unfamiliar words.
Spanish has similar rules and almost identical words to portuguese sometimes, so every now and then I just cross check between both of them.
Even so my motivation fluctuates a lot. Some days are good, some days are bad. Hope this answers the qn, wrote way too long 
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HI @byul247 Can i interest you in a Novela i wrote ?
Its on Amazon.com tittled " The Flute Underneath the Moonlight "
Its inspired from the folklore about the flute - Once there was a musician from Peru who fell in love with a girl but she died. He took her tibia bone or shin bone of the leg after she died and made a flute out of it.
Soon after he lost his mind and got hit by a passing car in the outskirts of the forest he was in and met a doppelganger of his lover in the asylum.
Im not sure how i can share the PDF version but i will see what i can do.
By the way, the book has 3 QR codes that can be scan to YouTube( about the 3 songs ) and i did the illustration for each chapters. Its a short 1hour read at most.
Hi Everyone, other than Music , I use to love to draw.
I stopped for about 6 years now and i think ive gotten rusty. Anyways here are my art works from the past…
I drew this of a girl i met online from Brazil, Amelie Alencar. She claimed that it was her but turned out to be someone else… I got Catfished. This girl is actually a teen model back then called Stephanie Novaes.
This is my online friend Anca Mariana from Romania…she got married and have heard from her for the longest time.
This one i did for my Birthday. Its Solid Snake from the game Metal Gear Solid.
This is from Simpsons- Itchy and Scratchy
This was in my teens when i was obsessed with Leonardo Da Vinci… I drew it with my left hand cause I injured my hand during Rugby ( Popped my shoulder )…
And the most recent one( About 6 years ago )…\
Was of a friend called Hayyu… I did it for her birthday. Had it all framed up and stuff.
I tried to do for my mom but the picture was small and i go cross eyed nowadays when i draw… I hope i can find a conducive space to start drawing again cause the house i live in does have the space for me to do it…
With that…Wishing everyone an Awesome weekend !!
Warmest regards,
Mano Esperanza
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What was a Hobby has become A Major part of my life
- Music…
The songs are " Just like everybody else " Original Composition about having a mental health diagnosis, trying to fit into society again and being treated , live life , like everybody else…
And " Fly me to the moon " By Frank Sinatra…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVoQJihP5Ms
This is the performance poster at Botanic Garden Symphony Stage for the World Mental Health day that year - In 2017…
I have about 45+compostions that are yet to be recorded professionally but i hope next year i will be able to and share it on Spotify because i genuinely believe that it would benefit people as it has benefit me. After I was warded to IMH and 3 suicide attempt in a day before that…I found therapy in doing prayers and making music.
My most recent Music video that was recorded with a friend is… this song called
" Only in My Fantasy " - Bossa Nova, with cafe vibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSvSEVMZOm4
Ok then Have a great Weekend Everyone
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Those are really nice drawings, @ManoEsperanza! 
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Thats Awesome, I just know basic Portuguese like " Oii, tudo bem com voce ? Trabalho agora ? Ocupado ? just basic stuff. Used to work for a Brazillian guy here in Singapore and I have an online friend for about 11 years now. She rarely chats with me because of work and Church duties -igeraja. I wrote her a simple song called " Eu Quero Voce "
Spanish i sing and know the meaning a bit - the first song i memories was a break up song called Da La Vuelta ( turn around ) and some other song like Arriconomela ( Put her to a corner ) , Mala Malita ( Bad Bad ) Rumba and also wrote a song called " Hermosa " ( Rumba )
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These are amazing! Perhaps you can find a way to use your artistic talents for good 
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My hobbies are listening to music, reading books and drawing. Yea it’s quite common but it’s therapeutic for me
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Hi @capybarasarecool ,
I compose , play the guitar and sing - Use to be a hobby but i use it for events to correct the misconception of Mental Illness over the past decade.
I still play for myself from time to time and i do listening to new music and watching New Music Videos on Youtube - Koreans really put in a lot on visual in them.
I enjoy reading when i was younger but now i enjoy writing ( more like ranting Lol ) and i wrote a book called the Flute Underneath the Moonlight and its published on Amazon. Havent much luck with it but the basis of the story is that there is a musician from Peru that fell for a girl. The girl died. He made a flute of her tibia bone and plays it when he is in grief.
Took me about a decade to finally gather the time and courage to publish it. However, on Amazon, Not a single person has read it.
My current hobby is now watching Movies - Most recent is Madame Webb and Mean Girls 2024. Trying my best to keep up with gym as well.
As we go along, our hobbies will develop and i wish that you find joy in whatever next finds your interest.
Wishing you an Awesome Weekend !!
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currently listening to music cos it helps me to relax
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What’s your favourite genre?
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Hey there! Your book sounds very interesting!! Why don’t you try posting about your book on Instagram or Facebook ? Maybe it will gain more attention there. I don’t mind sharing about your book on my social, in fact I would be happy to . I want to get to know you, can we be friends?
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I already did but seems like nobody bothers. Till date, noone other than my friends read about it… I mean the whole world 
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You can add me on Facebook or Instagram under the username
Mano Esperanza
Just msg me too cause I got a few spams requests.
thanks again and have an awesome week 
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I used to have more time for stamp collecting, now i collect washis, reading fantasy, writing, joining onl gaming / nature commun
Hi There @capybarasarecool Sure You can find me on my social under the same name - Mano Esperanza… Just add me there and I just dm me saying that you are capybara cause i get a lot of spam request from God Knows where. Anyways Keep in touch okay
Trying very hard to refresh Japanese on Duolingo on a daily basis but time constraint is always the obstacle
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Hli i like capybaras, jus went zoo to see rosa 
interesting hobbies.can we DM?