Brazil, Life and Perserverence!!!
Rio de Janeiro: 28 degrees, hot and very sunny. It is extremely hot now, and we don’t have an air conditioner. I don’t sleep well; I don’t think anyone sleeps well when it’s so hot at night. When I lived in Copacabana, the flat had two air conditioners: one in the living room and another in my bedroom. Whenever Yasmin […]
Rio de Janeiro: 28 degrees, hot and very sunny. Is it worth it? Is it worth having children? What terrible questions! Of course, it is worth it! That should be the answer. But sometimes, I have doubts. Am I paying for what I have planted, or is it worth it? My relationship with my elder daughter is polite and cordial […]
Rio de Janeiro: 27 degrees, hot and very sunny. It’s Friday, and there are 12 days until I travel. The countdown is on! I’ve already downloaded a KLM app that allows me to organise my flight and all other details, ensuring I don’t get anything wrong on the day. I can check in online a few days before the flight, […]
Rio de Janeiro: 29°C, hot, sunny and a little overcast. It is the eve of the first of three bank holidays in November. This is the penultimate month of the year, and I will be visiting England for the first time in 22 years. It feels like an eternity, almost a generation. The countdown has begun, and I am keen […]
Rio de Janeiro: 29°C, hot and sunny. Today has been another productive day, coming close to a milestone in my life that perhaps for some might not seem like much, but for me, it is significant. A great deal. Today I had my penultimate dentist’s appointment for the fitting of my implant teeth. I have had two large gaps in […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 32°C, hot, sunny, stuffy, and slightly overcast. As the month wraps up, I’m getting ready for my trip to England, which will happen this time next month. There’s a bank holiday coming up this week, plus two more in November, making it three bank holidays in total. The number of these holidays makes me wonder about […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, very hot and sunny. At the moment, Tuesdays are my busiest days in terms of classes. They are also the days I have to go to Copacabana to give a class to Dona Vera. Usually, there isn’t time to take Perola to the park. I was doing a workout. Most of these days, I do […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 oC, hottish, slightly sunny and overcast. I’ve been trying to rest, but it’s difficult because I have a very strong cold. It started on Thursday evening with a slight sore throat. On Friday, I developed a runny nose, and yesterday, the symptoms worsened. Today, I am coughing a lot and feeling weak all over. I […]
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. […]