Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 33 degrees, hot, sunny, but slightly cloudy. It is Sunday. I am with a super cold. I should have had lunch at the Yacht Club, but I was too sick to go, so I had to cancel. Today, I do not want to do much—a long walk in the morning to try to open up […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny but slightly cloudy. Today I was meant to have lunch at the Yacht Club with Dona Regina and her husband, Roberto. They had invited both Yasmin and me for lunch there, and we had already enjoyed a meal with them at the club a couple of years ago. Because of the […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. It is Friday and the beginning of the weekend. The conversation between Julie and me has gone down a lot over the past couple of days. I have been a little off with her since Tuesday; I had to go out, and Nalva was […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. It is Thursday, and while I am happy with the classes and the revision I am currently doing on all blog posts, I am tired, worried, and insecure. It hasn’t been a month since I returned to Brazil, and my thoughts are more focused […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I’ve been in England for just under two weeks, and the long-distance conversations between Julie and me are starting to feel stressful. It has become more difficult when I cannot speak to her, either because I am working, have something to do, or because […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. Just a simple light exercise in the morning at the park. On the way back, I stopped by the Portuguese bakers and, while having two coffees, I wrote two journal entries. A good start to a Sunday. Nalva is working today, so it is […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. It is Saturday and the declaration day! I am up and in the street by 8:00 a.m., doing a heavy workout of walking, skipping, TRX straps, and elastic bands, a good two hours of exercise with tiny pauses between each module. Now I am […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. When I visited England in November last year, I didn’t take my TRX straps; I only brought a skipping rope that later broke. Due to the cold winter months of December and January, it was difficult for me to exercise outside in my mother’s […]
Thursday, the 13th of June 2024: “The Weight of Possessions: Finding Balance in a Cluttered Life”!!! Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 29 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. Now that I am back in Brazil and settling into a routine, I know that, having been away for about seven months, both Nalva and Yasmin would have […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I am still in my first week back in Rio, Brazil, and I’m with mixed feelings. I am happy and content to be back and near Yasmin, Jessica, and Nalva, too, and, in many ways, to feel at home with what has been, more […]