Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. I am up early, exercising and having lunch with pupils/friends from Sao Paulo. Up at half past four, a very heavy workout at the end of Leme, a coffee at the local baker’s, and back home before half past eight. A shower, a change of clothes and time to make […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, sunny and slightly overcast. Thursday, the day of action and in two days, my birthday!!! I am up at 4 am and in the street by 5, exercising until seven and giving classes at 8. Classes the whole morning until 3 pm, then after a shower and a change of clothes, I caught the bus […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, cloudy and rainy. Three days to my birthday, a little self-doubt and despair continue. Now I have all of R$30 Reais to my name, which is U$6 Dollars or about £5 Pounds, to eat or buy something for me or the flat. There was no exercise out in the street today as I had an […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, a little hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. Tuesday, four days before my birthday, and I am still broke. I have R50 Reais to my name, basically U$10 US dollars or £8 pounds. This is an internal battle that I am facing at the moment, well, for a long time, to be exact. Approaching 57 and […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, a little hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. Beginning the week broke, but well!!! No time to go out and exercise in the morning, but a short session at home is good enough. We live in a world of two extremes, where it is or it is not, where there seems to be no shades of […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, a little hot, Sunny and slightly cloudy. This Sunday morning is a little chilly, with overcast clouds threatening for it to rain. As I am broke at the moment, there is not a lot I can do. Working out at the end of Leme is cheap. A coffee at the local baker’s is cheap. Going […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, sunny and slightly cloudy. Saturday morning, I was feeling tired and lazy, but I had to get up. I was up at 5 am and out in the street by 5.30. It is still dark, and the same people I usually see most mornings are out, either walking their dogs or doing some exercise; […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, warm, sunny and slightly cloudy. Friday is the last working day of the week and sometimes the hardest. In the past, Friday was a day when I worked until 2 p.m. at the maximum and then was free. Many times, I would only work until midday, so for me, the weekend began super early. I […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC warm and Sunny. It is Thursday, and usually, on Thursday, I am tired. The accumulation of classes starts to hit me on a Thursday. Even so, I am happy because I have got to finish one more book I was reading. I have read two books in less than a month, and I am loving […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC and sunny. It is Wednesday and half the week has gone and the middle point of the week. In the past, it was an excuse for me to do something like going out or at least drinking something: a couple of beers or a bottle of wine. Something to recognise that half the week has […]