Immigration

Immigration has always existed in human history. There are some countries where people have to live hard and horrible things. People are constantly moving to different countries, though, it’s hard to find a new niche in a different place. People have many reasons to immigrate; some of them could be to escape from problems and to have a better life, but it’s clear that they will have some obstacles to beat like xenophobia.

Like I said before, some countries have serious problems. Those problems could be because of religion, language, and petroleum. Those aspects have developed terrible wars and fights. For these reasons, innocent people have died. So, I think that it’s natural that people want to leave their countries and move into a new one where they can have a nice life.

The main reason for immigration is to look for a better life. The United States of America is a country where you can find people from everywhere. Those people work hard to find a new and nice niche. I think that USA is an excellent place to find a good job where you can receive good money for it. It’s also a place where you can be free and express your feelings, emotions, and thoughts. So, people who never were able to do those things might feel kind of free. Of course, USA isn’t the only good country in the world; in Costa Rica people can find a good home, too.

When you go to a different country, you have to know that it won’t be easy to start a new life there. There’re so many advantages, but there’re also disadvantages as well. Xenophobia is a problem that everyone suffers when they go to a different country. In USA, for example, Latin American people are discriminated and in Costa Rica, Nicaraguan people suffer the same problem. Those kinds of actions can cause emotional problems to people, so this can make harder the adaptation to the new place.

I know how hard it could be to try to fit in a country that is really different to yours in every way. But, I think that the most important thing is to never give up and to try hard and believe in yourself, so it will be easier if you trust in yourself to adapt to a new place. Immigrant people pass difficult situations and some of them just quit and go back to their countries. That’s why you need to be strong and fight. If you’re patient, you’ll be rewarded having the time and life you were looking for. But, also we should stop being xenophobic and rude to people from other countries who come to ours.  

Good Bye to the Sit Down Meals

Years ago people were used to have sit-down meals. Over the years that sort of tradition has changed. In the past, families had formal meals every day. Lately, families don`t get together all the time for lunch. Nowadays, few people have sit-down meals for many reasons such as, changes in the workforce, people’s lifestyle, and amount of fast food restaurants.

Since long time ago, women started to have the right to work. These days, women make up an important percentage of the workforce. We all like to eat our mom’s food at home, but also it’s tough to cook after being working all day long. So, in some families each member cooks their own food and eats by themselves at different times. This situation makes families not get together to enjoy meals.

Another important aspect that influences is lifestyle. People’s lifestyle has changed a lot, now they prefer to buy food rather than to cook it themselves. On the other hand, people don’t take enough time to enjoy their meals. It could be because of their job, college, homework, video games (boys case), study, busy people don’t really care about their meals. Those kinds of actions bring family apart because they’re so busy that they don’t take out some time to spend together as a family. 

These days Costa Rica is being overrun by fast food restaurants. It’s like a really big phenomenon. I think that people like this kind of places because they don’t have to wait too much to eat and it’s not expensive compare to real food restaurants. Fast food is delicious, but it’s not healthy. Hamburgers, fried chicken, and fried potatoes are all fatty meals, which affect our body in different ways.

In my opinion, food is connected to people’s lifestyle. In the past, preparing food and having sit-down meals were nice family’s activities. But that is changing in every single country. Now, people have sit-down meals only in special situations, such as Christmas, New Year, or birthdays. It’s kind of sad that we are losing the tradition of a sit-down meal because it is a good way to spend time together, talk, have fun, and just enjoy the meal as a family.

Senior Advertisements

Today we can see a great deal of advertisements in the streets, TV, newspaper and internet where in many we can see happy senior citizens promoting some products. It’s nice to know that people care about older people. It’s important that they feel good doing what they like most. Grandparents are wise and they need our respect.  Seniors citizens in advertisements represent today endurance, love and happiness for all people.

Elders represent endurance because their wrinkles teach us a long and beautiful story of their lives. Grandparents’ life is full of triumphs and defeats which are mark in their eyes and skin. This shows that although the many years over their shoulders, they can dance, run, exercise and enjoy life as teenagers. In fact, senior citizens have a younger spirit than teen people sometimes. For this and other reasons, they represent endurance in some advertisements.

When we think in advertisements love is inevitable when thinking in senior’s citizens, because they are love. They are women and men who say they have exhausted forces, but with accumulated youth in their hearts that are willing to give one good advice and love. In our families elders represent pure love. They are people that can help in any situation with only hugging smiling. Every wrinkle is a story that leaves a valuable teaching.

In advertisements, senior citizens represent happiness, because they can transmit happiness in a second with their smiles. This type of advertisements shows peace because when we are old, we can be happy, even with wrinkles. We can see old people live in peace and without worries. They have a lovely image that makes us feel love. So we need to be sweet and give them back our love and respect.

In conclusion, for these reasons and more, the advertisements with senior citizens are a total success. Everybody believes in the “eternal youth” and wants to live their old age full of happiness, beauty, love, endurance, and wisdom. Young people must show them respect and love because they deserve it. Without grandparents our lives will turn sad and bitter. Elders should be a model for young people.