Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
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: 22oC, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday and almost the weekend, and I feel a little guilty. I have not been able to develop or do anything with the sites in the last couple of weeks. This is due to not knowing exactly what I want for each site and its identity. I also […]
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 […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. So, half the month has already passed, and everything has been paid for: rent, gas, electricity, etc., and other things like a new coat to go England and Nalva’s glasses, and there is still a reserve. This reserve is to finish the treatment of my teeth, which is my priority […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm and sunny. Sunday is the day I like to reserve at least the morning for myself. If I were living alone, like when I lived in Copacabana, and if Yasmin was not with me that weekend, I would love to be just alone, enjoying my own company. I would love early morning exercise and […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, warmish and slightly overcast. It is Friday at the end of the working week. Work this week has been relatively light compared to other weeks. I wonder whether this has been because Nalva is travelling or that just everything has worked relatively well without any drama or confusion. Returning to what I had written before, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday and nearing another weekend. I will have to go to Copacabana today and give a class to Dona Vera. I do not really want to, but I have to, and this is one of the responsibilities of an adult: to do things we do not want to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warm and sunny. Monday, the beginning of the week, and everything is good. After a nice weekend, it is easier to start the week well. I have an early class at 7 am. The idea is to give the class and then go out and exercise, as the next class will only be at midday. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, warm, overcast, rainy and stormy. After a perfect Friday and Saturday, it would be asking too much for Sunday to be as good as the last two days, but it was all right. It was more of a simpler, easy-going day than one of wining and dining. I was up at 6 pm and […]