A few years ago, Claudia’s fourth-level house in a small Brazilian town was so dilapidated that many people mistook it for an abandoned house that could collapse at any time. So this female host decided to renovate the house in the Mediterranean style. Claudia cleaned the house thoroughly, repainting all the walls with white paint while the doors were painted in dark blue and blue for accents. This is a 4-level house with 1 floor, simple and quite small design, so homeowners use tiles for roofing, most of the objects in the house are hung on the wall to save space. The kitchen and living room are connected to each other, the kitchen cabinets are placed close to the wall, next to the window so that the heat of the kitchen when cooking will fly out, not suffocating the house by the smell of food. The bedroom has large windows painted in dark blue, and the wardrobe and bed are all against the wall so that everything looks as spacious and uncluttered as possible. In the house, there is a skylight that directs to the cactus area, the two sides of the land are 2 bedroom windows, every morning or evening the homeowner can open these two doors for more light, ventilation and fullness in the room. vitality. The furniture in the house is made of wood, creating a cozy feeling for the house. The image after the house was renovated once made many people “shocked” because it was so beautiful and they thought that people could completely apply it to many degraded level 4 houses or too simple in other designs. The back garden is surrounded by white walls, the owner does not plant grass, but spreads gravel and uses wood and firewood to decorate a wooden table to sit here. Up to now, although the house has been renovated for many years, it is still being shared by many internet users and taken as a model when talking about the renovation of level 4 houses.

On weekends, the capital’s hot weather makes many people choose commercial centers as a place to “relax”. People comply with epidemic prevention regulations, have their temperature checked at the entrance, wear masks during sightseeing and shopping. The shopping center is especially crowded on the supermarket and dining floors. Prepared food stalls are especially attractive, some people forget to keep their distance when choosing goods. No longer buying and hoarding like previous outbreaks, most people buy according to family needs, often preparing food for 3 days – 1 week. The checkout counters are open at full capacity to serve customers, at peak times, it takes about 15-20 minutes for customers to wait for their turn, because some counters have orders to go to the market to buy large quantities. Although the supermarket has instructions to line up and stick to the floor, most customers don’t notice, standing close to each other Although the Hanoi People’s Committee requires indoor food and drink shops to ensure a minimum distance of 2m from seats, the cafe in the commercial center lobby still arranges tables close together, almost full. The store makes full use of the space and aisles to place tables and chairs In contrast to the crowded food court, crowded cafes, and empty fashion stores, weekend shopping Even some layers of fashion and accessories are almost empty The children’s play area suffers from the same sad and empty situation, although it is still open for operation Outside the commercial center, some indoor restaurants are closed or only sell take-out, although not within the scope of the requirements of the City People’s Committee. Hanoi. The shop has equipped a shield, but does not serve customers to eat on the spot to ensure epidemic prevention phòng Shops are closed, leaving many streets deserted on weekends Beer shops, pubs comply with epidemic prevention regulations, arrange tables and chairs, closed from the beginning of the week

Here are planted hundreds of date palm trees along the road to create shade, landscape, each tree is nearly 10m high. Normally, date palm trees are grown a lot in the Mekong Delta, now they are used as roadside ornamental plants in coastal cities, making many people excited. Dates are planted along the most beautiful route in Ha Long The row of date trees on Tran Quoc Nghien street is full of fruit, each fruit box weighs more than 3 pounds on average. Dates when ripe have a sweet taste, good for the heart, digestion and fat loss. Many trees bear fruit Dates when ripe have a sweet taste, good for digestion and heart Because of such many uses, young people in Ha Long are fascinated, waiting until the fruit is ripe. “Every afternoon I walk on this street, the rows of date palm trees are clean, shady and sweet, so everyone loves and enjoys them,” said Mr. Hoang Lan (46 years old, Ha Long resident). said. Pedestrians enjoy the rows of dates bearing fruit Each tree is nearly 10m high Dates planted on the road create lots of shade The date tree line is under the management of Quang Ninh Green Park Joint Stock Company, which is carefully cared for by this company, since planting, no trees have died. A resident checks to see if the dates are ripe

You should never lick your lips. Most of us are accustomed to licking our lips regularly because we think it will moisturize our skin, but the fact is it makes the problem worse. When you lick your lips it can get wetter for a while but as soon as it evaporates, it will make your lips drier. Regularly touching your lips will strip your lips of natural moisturizers and dry them out. Keep your lips clean Your lips are often exposed to dust and airborne contaminants every day, not to mention foods and drinks that can form on your lips after a meal. The first important thing to make your lips look better is to keep your lips clean. So clean it every day by rubbing honey on your lips and gently massaging it. This is a great tip for cleansing and keeping lips soft. Eliminate Make-up This is important for helping your lips to breathe. To allow for that, you must ensure that you remove the lipstick on your lips before you go to bed. You can simply use a cotton pad soaked in makeup remover to remove your lipstick. Sleeping with makeup on your face will damage your skin, causing acne and allergies. Use lip balm Using lip balm daily to avoid the sun’s rays is the simplest way to help protect thin, smooth skin on lips. Lip balm helps avoid ultraviolet rays, retains moisture, prevents dry, chapped lips. Should be used 2-3 times a day and daily. Moisturizes lips Sudden changes in temperature, exposure to some pollutants … are factors that can directly damage the lips. For this reason, it is advisable to moisturize every day with mint-containing lipsticks … this is a natural remedy for plumping lips. Avoid smoking Smoking not only loses the aesthetics of teeth, with time lips no longer attractive to chapped, dry lips. Toxins in cigarette smoke cause lips to age prematurely, lose their natural moisture and gradually appear dark spots.

Old town is the first place to visit for tourists from all over the world when coming to Hanoi. They are curious about the old beauty of Hanoi, a thousand years of civilization. However, hidden behind the noisy and bustling features of the shops growing up close by, are the dark, microscopic alleys. Those are small, deep alleys, just one person. Entering each small alley is like stepping into a tunnel, groping forever without seeing the sun. Especially, in Hang Buom street, deep and narrow alleyways appear alternately. The way a large frontage house to an alley. The narrowest section width is nearly 50-60 cm. Ngo Brick Street, Hoan Kiem District – this place is known to many people for its tiny alleys when their width is less than 50 cm. Through this dark “tunnel” are the houses lurking behind. These small alleys form hundreds of hundreds of years. Hanoians are also accustomed to this cramped lifestyle. Households enjoy the same living space and collective kitchen. Every house door is close together. Few people can imagine that in that seemingly small alley, there are people who accept to live with darkness and humidity. This is house No. 34, Phat Loc alley, according to people living here, the house of Hoan Kiem factory is considered to be the oldest and the worst in Hang Buom ward. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tuan lives in a 12m2 house at 32, Phat Loc (Hang Buom Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) for nearly 40 years. “I have lived here since the day I came back as a bride. This house my mother-in-law rented from the State, only 12m2, but for 4 generations … “ “Now the house has deteriorated a lot, the walls are loose, damp, when there are heavy rains, the house leaks, the windows are beaten by the wind”, Ms. Tuan said. Her husband spent more than 10 years, Mrs. Tuan alone took care of the whole family. She said: “There is no new rent, but living conditions like this are too much, I just hope to have a policy of relaxing people so that the whole family can move to a new place”. Because the house is so small, she makes use of the area next to no one to rent. In the same situation, living in house 34, Phat Loc, is still a lot of tenants. Ms. Zhao Tieu Hoa (77 years old) shared: “I have been staying in this house for 70 years. Now the children also live in this house “. Despite her old age, Ms. Hoa is daily groping for her way in the dark “cellar” going up and down to cook rice in the first floor collective kitchen. Over half of her life, with Mrs. Hoa, life is like that. “Enough, do not want to change anymore”. This is the house of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Ty (85 years old) at 96 Hang Buom. The house is only 9m2, and below is the kitchen, the toilet, above is the attic for her to sleep. “I have lived here since 1957, the day before, a family of seven lived here. Later, my children got married to live separately, I lived here alone. Sometimes my children and grandchildren would come home to visit their mother, ”said Mrs. Ty. According to observation, in these lane areas there are many degraded houses, in addition to the interlocking electrical system, the tubular house has no escape route, the fire alarm system is not equipped with potentially many fire risks. explosive. According to statistics in the Hoan Kiem district, there are more than 1,000 alleys and alleys so small that only one person can pass. There are even alleys that people passing by have to stoop, wriggle, look very miserable, but it is normal of the people of the old town. Living so cramped, dark, but many people still accept and satisfied because it seems to have become a habit, a cultural feature of Hanoi Old Quarter.

The graves story has long been highly valued by Vietnamese people, especially when the society is growing, the spiritual needs, towards the roots, have become more and more practical in everyday life.

Therefore, the graves have the shape of the family garden house, the lineage has appeared, they are decorated quite wonders. Recognized in Lac Hong Vien cemetery park (Hoa Binh), dozens of billion-dollar tombs are lying close together on the spacious and airy hills.

From the end of the second month of the lunar calendar to the beginning of the third lunar month, especially on March 3, people come to the cemetery to celebrate the ceremony to pay homage to their ancestors.

According to Mr. Su Truong Son (65 years old, in Tay Ho – Hanoi), his family decided to buy a billion-dollar land in the cemetery for the deceased later to have a beautiful resting place. The third lunar month is Thanh Minh Tet, so he and his family come to burn incense and celebrate ceremonies.

The graves in this cemetery are likened to villas for the dead. Because the money to buy land is also billions of dollars, plus the money to build the campus, the church is worth up to tens of billion / grave.

According to a person who takes care of the graves here, the average price for each square meter of land here is about VND 15 million, with a family buying a hundred square meter of land.

Representatives of the management board here said that most of the prime locations with prices of many billion VND have been booked in advance to prevent the “fever” of the burial place later.

He also added: “Usually the graves of the family are about 100 – 1,000 square meters, the price of each tomb ranges from over 1 billion to tens of billion VND, depending on the area and design requirements. , construction of the people. The construction of the tomb must also comply with the regulations on height, environmental factors … for harmony ”.

Watch more video: Ancient tomb discovery more than 1,400 years old. Source: Ha Tinh Television.

The Russian Ministry of Defense on April 16 released a video of a MiG-31 interceptor deployed to monitor and escort a US Air Force RC-135 strategic aircraft reconnaissance as it approached airspace. Russia in the Kamchatka region.

In the video, the MiG-31 flies at a fairly high speed, passing the nose of the RC-135 at a close distance. “After the foreign military aircraft turned to leave, the Russian fighters have returned to a safe base,” the Russian Ministry of Defense added.

The Russian side has said it will “not allow” any violation of the border to occur. The time of the encounter is unknown, but almost a week ago, on April 10, the Russian side also deployed a MiG-31 to chase away US RC-135 aircraft operating near the Russian border. Pacific.

MiG-31 fighter of the Russian army. Photo: Sputnik

The incident comes in the context of an escalating tensions between Russia and the US following rhetoric, as well as the West’s criticism of Moscow to increase its forces to press Ukraine.

The MiG-31, designated by NATO as Foxhound, has been in service with the Soviet army since 1982, seven years after its maiden flight in 1975. Despite its relatively high age, the MiG-31 is still a battle. fastest match in the world when reaching a maximum speed of Mach 2.83, about 3,000 km / h.

The MiG-31 is currently in service with the Russian Air Force and the Kazakh Air Force. This is the first fighter in the world equipped with a passive electronically scanned array radar (PESA), allowing 24 targets to be tracked and 6 targets simultaneously.

According to Sputnik, a squadron of four MiG-31s ​​can manage 800km2 of airspace, suitable for the vast Russian airspace. The MiG-31 is also an aircraft modified by Moscow to be equipped with the Kinzhal supersonic attack missile.

US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on April 14. Photo: Rex

Citing the research results of the Pew Research Center, the British newspaper Guardian reported that President Biden has received a credit rating of 59%.

Meanwhile, at the same time, predecessor Donald Trump received only 39% and former President Barack Obama received a 61% credit rating.

With the migration crisis on the southern border acting as an early test of President Biden’s capabilities, the American people perceive this as a very serious problem, even overcoming. COVID-19 translation at the present time.

Previously, in a Pew study in June 2020, 58% of respondents said that the COVID-19 pandemic was at the top of the list of concern. In the latest poll, that number has fallen to 47% as more people vaccinate and states reopen.

Pew interviewed 5,109 adults in the US in April 2021 for this poll. About 72% of participants rated the Biden administration’s vaccine implementation program as good and extremely good. Meanwhile, 67% of the respondents supported the COVID-19 support package and 36% answered “fully support”.

The probe was conducted before Washington announced a suspension of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

The pure white floating nets that people in Ky Dong hamlet, An Ky village, Tinh Ky commune (Quang Ngai city) use to walk away.

Tinh Ky sea area, gentle beach with smooth white sand, smooth waves. Not only is the ideal beach, but this place is also a fishing ground for a long time, namely, net fishing, swimming nets, drag nets, string nets …

When sunset falls, fishermen prepare boats, fishing gears, oil, water, food … to go out to sea. Fisherman Phan Thanh Dac (80 years old) said: net, net, wade net, string net … I do every job. Carpentry is hard work, staying up all night. With net nets, you have to get up early in the morning to go by boat to the sea to spread fish fin nets. Each batch of net has about 10 – 20 participants pulling back and forth on the beach. But the net crafting only needs one person, with a grid and basket of bottles. Each extravagant trip is usually from 4 – 5 am, if hitting in the evening, it starts from 17:00 to 20 or 21:00 per day.

As the number of go-goers increased rapidly, along with the popularity of the extermination type of small-meshed nets, this profession did not lead to high income. Many fishermen have converted to offshore fishing, although they still remember their childhood career.

In the past, people in Luoi village pulled the net while singing, singing songs like a lifeline, fostering the spirit of enthusiastic labor, dispelling the fatigue of the marine profession. An enthusiast of dances from his teenage years, the voice of Mr. Nguyen Tan Hanh speaks, reminiscent of the splendid profession in every word: “Hooray, bait he builds, build chives / We friends try to pull Cheer up and ignore “…

Although the golden age of peasantry is over, fishermen in Luoi village still remember the traditional profession and mention it as a natural, always present in the life of fishermen.

Perhaps what remains about Liverpool for those who watch the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2020-2021 second leg can only be described in two words: fading. Because when cornered, when there is nothing to lose, even if the opponent is a mighty Real Madrid, Liverpool fans still expect their beloved club to have a real match. the fierce, truly bloody, as the tradition never gives up that they are always proud of. But the end is probably just sighs, deep feelings about a fact: Liverpool is no longer itself.

Liverpool played too faintly in front of a brave Real Madrid.

Entering the life-and-death match after losing 1-3 to Real Madrid in the first leg quarter-finals, Liverpool was clearly cornered, and Jurgen Klopp did everything he could. It is a muscular midfield with Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum and James Milner, he even uses Roberto Firmino, which is happily known as a “defensive striker” when frequently backing down to support the defense, with determined to strangle the “old men” like 35-year-old Luka Modric, 31-year-old Toni Kroos, 33-year-old Karim Benzema … right in the middle of the pitch, not allowing them to form a connection with each other. From there create opportunities for Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah above. They even have a big advantage when Real Madrid are having a serious crisis in defense, when in front of Thibaut Courtois two names that rarely match: Eder Militao and Nacho. Even Zinedine Zidane had to withdraw midfielder Federico Valverde to play at right-back because there was no better substitute in that position. With such advantages, Liverpool fans dreamed of a “magical Istanbul night”, dreaming of a divine comeback.

However, after the match ended, Liverpool still could not score any goals against a Real Madrid with a patchwork defense. One can say Real Madrid is too brave, too comprehensive when playing defensively is also so good, but above all, it is necessary to recognize the fact that Liverpool is only their own shadow in the seasons. recently. A Liverpool who regularly played rock and roll passionately on the football field under Jurgen Klopp was gone. When the excitement of playing football has decreased with the titles, when the fitness is no longer full, Liverpool is becoming more mediocre than ever.

At the moment of strength, Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and coaches engulfed the opponent with a crazy pressing style, with fast-paced ball lines from the two sides, with lightning-fast attacks with Sadio’s sweeping power. Mane, Mohamed Salah’s ability to take chances and Roberto Firmino’s technique. But when the duo Andrew Robertson – Trent Alexander-Arnold on two sides lost their form, Sadio Mane became mediocre when the fitness went down, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were no longer sharp enough, all that Liverpool could do. is a plump zero.

This will definitely be an empty season for Liverpool, and the only goal they can strive for is only a Champions League place next season. This will also be a necessary silence for Jurgen Klopp to have a more accurate view of what he has in hand, to have the right direction in the upcoming summer transfer window 2021. Hopefully in the new season a bloody Liverpool will return strongly.

I often have a habit of walking around the city after work, doing nothing, just going down and down the street and feeling relieved, happy, gentle in the flow of life in hustle.

Although the epidemic came from the beginning of the year in a way that we did not expect, life is still flowing without stopping. Everyone still has to work and live in a new normal environment. The street is still crowded, people and cars are still running busy on the road, woven together like a spider web. Why are so many people everywhere, this small city seems to get more crowded every year. The mechanical increase in population and personal means of transport makes the streets seem narrower, more cramped, and more stuffy.

Like the street I live in, in the past it was beautiful and peaceful. In the summer, the sun is full of fire, just walking into the street is as cool as being in the air conditioner. Green trees shaded the two sides of the street, the houses were nestled, quiet in the summer noon. Open the window in the morning, hear the birds singing. Flocks of sparrows swooped together on the street, joking and joking.

However, only for a short time, the street no longer recognized me. The shops on both sides of the road rose up close. Sidewalks, roadbeds are flooded with vehicles. The street is noisy, crowded, tired like a human heart. Europe is just a living thing, but why can I not help but feel sad, empty …

A few days ago I had the opportunity to drop by the old place in the city. At that time we were young students who just graduated from Bac Ninh to work. Each person is in different places but loves and sticks with the land of thousand years of civilization in Beijing. Rent a boarding house in Y Na but feel like living in a peaceful village. At night, lying and sleeping can still hear frogs, humming behind canals, land banks … Remember sad city nights, electric lights are not available. The train line is blocking the road. Y Na also does not have a bridge underneath, so she still has to wait for the car on the side of the road every time a train passes. Still remember forever the loud, noisy sounds of the passing train, leaving small spots of light falling into silence. Lately, roadside houses are still very sparse. Small, muddy road every time the rain comes. Small streets, small alley, peaceful life drifting like pink clouds.

Now, however, the City has changed dramatically. Buildings and roads kept coming up close. Newly expanded residential areas. Many land projects have been implemented, creating new, bustling neighborhoods. The rice fields gradually disappeared. The village retreated deeply into the past. That little peaceful place that day is now bustling with restaurants, no one recognizes it anymore. Passing across the lake near the new urban area, I suddenly met a confetti frame of someone’s house let loose on the porch, and regretted something so beautiful …

But no matter what, I still love this young and dynamic city, which has been attached to me with a passionate melody, with nostalgia through the blooming seasons, with a warm bond of human love and kind. The dynamic development of a young city, arrogant high-rise buildings, architectural works with both national identity and aesthetic and modern elements, parks, greenery, lakes The water is well planned, suitable, like giant green lungs that make the city greener, cleaner and more beautiful … The city is changing every day, but the hearts of people are still the same, peaceful and warm. . I just hope that the new one will not lose the simple, good-natured content, just hope like that …