Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, hottish and sunny with clear skies. It is halfway through the week again, and due to all the confusion, questions, and doubts, I am feeling a deep sense of self-doubt, which I do not like. It feels pitiful and stupid, but at the same time, it is helping me learn more about myself. I realise […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, hottish and sunny. It is Tuesday, almost the end of the month, and I am feeling extremely frustrated, unsociable, and angry. I do not know if it is only now, at 57 years old, that I am beginning to see things in a different light. It feels like I have been wearing blinders for the […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, hottish, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is almost the end of the month. Yasmin will be on school break until August 1st. It has been a week, and it already feels like hell. While teaching a class to a director of Electronuclear, a Brazilian state-owned company that specializes in nuclear power, he expressed the belief […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hottish and a clear sky. Sunday is always a special day. Especially when you have something special to do, you are at peace, and it is a beautiful day. It is a day where you can do whatever you want with whoever you want, or even just with yourself. I got up and went […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Saturday, and Saturdays are always good, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Cariocas, native people from the city of Rio de Janeiro, like Cockneys from London or Brummies from Birmingham, are spoilt. They are spoilt because, first of all, there are ninety-nine beautiful golden sandy beaches, eighty-three kilometres […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Friday again, thank God! If it is another Friday, it means that I am still alive. I have a life, and if I have a life, I am responsible for doing something with it. It is also a second chance. Every new day is a second chance […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday and almost the weekend, and I feel a little guilty. I have not been able to develop or do anything with the sites in the last couple of weeks. This is due to not knowing exactly what I want for each site and its identity. I also […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, overcast and rain. It is the middle of the week again, and everything is going smoothly; I am exercising and working. Yasmin is doing well at school and is on holiday until the 1st of August. Nalva, because she worked one week straight in Sao Paulo, is off from work until the following Monday. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. Today, I woke up stiff from yesterday’s hour of skipping. It feels very good knowing that you did a lot of exercise and that you and your body are receiving the rewards. At the moment, Tuesdays and Thursdays are my busiest days. I have classes from 7 a.m. to 7 […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. So, half the month has already passed, and everything has been paid for: rent, gas, electricity, etc., and other things like a new coat to go England and Nalva’s glasses, and there is still a reserve. This reserve is to finish the treatment of my teeth, which is my priority […]