Brazil, Life and Perserverence!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, warm and sunny. I am studying more about building websites on the Internet. I started a course before Yasmin’s school holidays and stopped due to holiday stress, but now I am back and enjoying it. I woke up early for a walk and some exercise. It is a new month, and I am feeling enthusiastic! […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warm, sunny and overcast. Another intense and invigorating workout in the morning: 45 minutes of skipping with intervals of other aerobic exercises totalling nine thousand steps. Not bad for a man who is almost sixty. Two coffees in the Portuguese Bakery on the way home, and everything is good. A shower and a change of […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, cool, grey and overcast. It is Sunday again, and tomorrow is my brother’s birthday. He did not send me a message or call me on my birthday in April, but I will still try to wish him a happy birthday. I woke up early, walked, exercised, had coffee, and took time to reflect. Yesterday, Katia’s […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, rainy, grey and overcast. Thank God it is Saturday! Dealing with Yasmin and the end-of-month anxiety has been a long, stressful week. I am looking forward to a new month and new goals! I woke up early and did a tough workout, mixing skipping with exercise repetitions. Skipping quickly raised my body temperature and heart […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hottish, sunny and clear skies. I’ve noticed that it really affects me when I’m not feeling well. If I’m exhausted, it’s hard for me to perform at my best. I feel completely exhausted, both mentally and physically, so I can’t do much. The mental exhaustion prevents me from performing well in my classes. I’m not […]
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: 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 […]