Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. The last couple of days have been hectic, with flight cancellations, long check-in queues, excess baggage fees, little sleep, and the emotional toll of returning to Brazil after seven months in England. It may not seem like a long time, but it feels like it is; it influences […]
Over the Atlantic Ocean, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny but slightly overcast. After all the confusion of yesterday, with two check-ins, paying extra for luggage twice, and instead of flying with KLM yesterday morning, I’m now flying with Lufthansa from yesterday evening. However, I won’t be flying directly to Rio; I will first pass through […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and D-Day for returning to Brazil. I think my mother hadn’t slept, because even though I had set my alarm for 4 a.m., she was calling me at 5 to 4. I am almost sure she’s happy I’m going and wants to make sure I don’t miss […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 16 degrees, coldish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Saturday, and I am with mixed feelings. I think both Julie and I are with mixed feelings; only time will tell, sort it out, and show what is really right or wrong. My inheritance from my uncle, most of which I transferred into crypto gradually over the last […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. It’s the day after I made the big decision to go back, to return to Brazil. Yesterday, I bought a KLM flight ticket, and if everything goes smoothly, I should be back for Yasmin’s birthday. I will fly on the morning of 6th June, transfer in Schiphol, Amsterdam, and in […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. One of the habits I have grown to love and appreciate here in England is going to a café or coffee shop to work. I had journaled at the Portuguese bakery in Flamengo, Rio, several times and enjoyed it, but not as much as here in England. There are two […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 15 degrees, cold, overcast, rainy and miserable. It is Wednesday, the middle of the week, and the day that sets off a series of events that could change everything. From morning until early afternoon, it was just normal, exercising, having an early conversation with Julie, working on a blog post, and giving classes until about 2:00 p.m. […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 15 degrees, cold, overcast, rainy and miserable. My first experiences with Amazon are truly quite amazing. Until this week, I had never used Amazon. The company entered Brazil relatively late; I used some other Brazilian online retailers but never Amazon. Friends in Brazil and Julie have raved about their efficiency, especially in delivery. Last weekend was a […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 17 degrees, warmish, overcast and with showers. I tried to change the keyboard on my computer yesterday. It broke on Sunday, which was my fault, but it was already failing, and I only made it worse when I tried to clean it. I went to a computer repair shop in Brettel Lane to see if it could […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 27 degrees, very hot, sunny and with beautiful blue skies. It is Monday, a new week, and I feel relatively good for having a quiet weekend, which also included verbalising my feelings with Julie. Last Friday, the eve of the weekend, I went to the doctors. I wasn’t attended by a doctor but by a nurse who […]