Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC warm and Sunny. It is Thursday, and usually, on Thursday, I am tired. The accumulation of classes starts to hit me on a Thursday. Even so, I am happy because I have got to finish one more book I was reading. I have read two books in less than a month, and I am loving […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC and sunny. It is Wednesday and half the week has gone and the middle point of the week. In the past, it was an excuse for me to do something like going out or at least drinking something: a couple of beers or a bottle of wine. Something to recognise that half the week has […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, sunny and slightly overcast. I was up at 4 am and started exercising at home before leaving by 5. I reached the end of Leme by 5.20 am and was doing my TRX exercises by 5.25 am. Recently, I have noticed an old black man at the end of Leme whenever I arrive early in […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, sunny and slightly overcast. Monday is the beginning of a new week. It was a beautiful autumn morning, not too cold, with a bit of sun. Exercise early and home to begin the day and the week well. It is the benchmark of 100 days of Lula’s new government. It is also the benchmark for […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, cloudy, rainy and shitty. It is Easter Sunday, it is cold and rainy, and I woke up in half-dead mode. Yesterday, I had a drink, two glasses of wine in a pizzeria near where I live and a bottle of wine at home, half the bottle in the early afternoon and the other half when […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, cloudy and rainy. Saturday, what a day!!! Even though it was completely cold and rainy, it was a good day! Firstly, I got laid! An ex-girlfriend of mine invited me for breakfast, and I got laid; it was very good! For an old man like me, to get laid first thing in the morning is […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, very cloudy, grey and rainy. It is Good Friday, and it is cold and rainy for Cariocas. I worked until a reasonable hour yesterday and then met up with a friend for a quick drink. We went to a bar/restaurant near Copacabana, where we drank a bottle of Malbec and shared a portion of spicy, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, hot, sunny, and cloudy. One of my faults, and there are many, is that on the eve of something, I begin to slow down and become prematurely lazy. It is the eve of the bank holiday Easter Friday in Brazil. I think in England the bank holiday is on Monday, but in Brazil, it is […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, hot, sunny, and cloudy. I am fine on Wednesday, the middle of the week. I have paid most of my bills: my rent, Yasmin and Nalva’s rent, and a part of my new glasses. At the beginning of this year, I treated myself to a new pair of Ray-Bans. Although I already have several pairs, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, sunny, and cloudy. It is Tuesday, a beautiful autumn morning with a slight breeze and a temperature in the low 20s. Walking to the end of Leme to exercise, I could see that the sea had a rough swell with the waves hitting the shore and the rocks with force; it was stunning and […]