Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 oC, hottish, slightly sunny and overcast. Today marks another milestone—my second in just two days. I have completed my first journal, a small but compact notebook filled with my entries. All the entries from this mini journal have been transferred to my blog, ‘The Long Gringo.’ This is the first entry of what I call […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 oC, hottish, slightly sunny and overcast. Everyone knows or should know from my blog that I enjoy writing and putting my thoughts down on paper. When I had my school, I printed many high-quality marketing leaflets on Couche paper. They were printed on only one side, leaving me thousands of leftover leaflets and scrap paper. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. I do not know much about the Jewish religion, culture, and Israel. However, I do understand that the Jews are considered as the persecuted race. Throughout all the known history, the Jewish people have been persecuted in some form or another. The most recently known was the Holocaust during […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 oC, hottish, sunny and slightly overcast. On the 7th of October, Hamas terrorists entered Israel’s territory and mercilessly murdered innocent men, women and children. At that moment, the first reports had a death toll in the hundreds. Now, a little more than 10 days later, it is above 1000. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has persisted for […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot, sunny with blue sky. My busiest days for classes are now Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are lighter, allowing me to work out early in the morning and have time for other activities throughout the day. In the past, I would try to fill every hour of my day, and if I […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, sunny with blue sky. Today has been both productive and relaxed. I have a light schedule on Mondays since my first class is not until midday, giving me the morning to do as I please. I got up early this morning and exercised at home while everyone else was still asleep. At 5:45, I […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. This Sunday felt like just another typical Sunday. The sky was cloudy and cool for Rio. After a few days of rain, everything appeared fresh and washed in the streets. I took Perola for a long walk along the edge of Praia do Flamengo, right in front of the bay. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 21oC, cool, overcast and rainy. It has been raining nonstop, so it is not easy to do anything exciting. Instead, I have been working on my computer, correcting past posts I was unsatisfied with. I still have a few left to revise. This process involves reading through the posts, and if I find any content that […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, hot, overcast and with showers. Today is a half-bank holiday, which marks the second day of the long weekend. Although it is not officially recognised as a bank holiday, many civil servants will treat it as one. However, it will not be a holiday for those in sectors like trade and healthcare. One of the […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 31oC, hot, sunny and with showers. Today is a bank holiday, though I am not entirely sure why. It seems like we have a day for everything nowadays. These are not always bank holidays when everything is closed, but some days honour specific groups, professions, or ideologies. If you can imagine it, a day is likely […]