Brazil, Life and Perserverence!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot and sunny. Yesterday, I signed the papers from England. One more thing was resolved. This past week, I have posted in the long gringo blog every day. I have exercised at least three times and paid all essential bills, such as the rent for Yasmin and Nalva, my glasses with Dona Vera, and some […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot and sunny. Today is a bit of a wasted day in some ways. Yesterday was a bank holiday, which means today, Friday, is also a bank holiday. Although it is not officially a holiday, most people will not work today to take advantage of a long weekend from Thursday to Sunday or Wednesday to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. I’m still on a roll. Today is another benchmark or a day of reference. The papers that were sent from my mother’s solicitors in England in June have finally arrived. We are in September, and I have been waiting for these documents for over two months. I thought they may […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It’s the middle of the week again. Half of the week has passed, and the other half is yet to come. However, this is a bit of a lie because today is the eve of a bank holiday. Tomorrow will be Brazilian Independence Day, the 7th of September. Traditionally, on […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. I’ve been taking Perola with me when I go to the park to work out more. She needs the exercise because when I arrived in Botafogo, she was extremely overweight for a dog. She was also taking corticosteroids because of her allergy problems. This issue is common with dogs, especially […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Monday, and I have been blogging for two days now. I have posted three times, and I’m still on a roll – it’s been about a month, and I don’t intend to stop now. I wake up early and head to the bakery, waiting for it to open […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. I have been highly productive for the past two weeks, and it doesn’t seem that will change anytime soon. Ever since I received my Brazilian ID, everything has fallen into place. The first post officially completed the long process of getting my first website/blog up and running. I originally planned […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm, cloudy and slightly sunny. It’s September, just a little over two months until I go to England. It will be my first time in over 20 years. I feel selfish asking myself how September could top August, which was amazing and surreal. This month, I plan to focus on creating more content for my […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, cool, cloudy but slightly sunny. I got to resolve a big problem with the contact page of ‘The Long Gringo’. After hundreds of attempts, the hosting company fixed it within two minutes. I realised something was wrong with the webpage and the email account settings. I contacted the hosting company through their chat service, and […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 18oC, cool, rainy, grey and stormy. It is Monday, the last week of the month. It has been an extremely positive and profitable month for which I am grateful. I have received my Brazilian ID, which allowed me to open a new bank account and get a credit card. I also set up a savings account […]