Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 33 °C, hot and sunny. Since Yasmin arrived on Friday night, she has been in a bad mood; as always, it is related to her mother. Her mother says or does something that Yasmin does not like, or criticises her for something she did or did not do, leaving her extremely upset, down and in a […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny, and a little overcast. Friday was a day of hard work and discipline. The hard workout required discipline, and giving at least eight classes on a Friday also needed a certain amount of strength and stamina. Rio de Janeiro is experiencing another heatwave right now; it is literally 30 degreesall the time. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny, and a little overcast. It’s just a normal first couple of days at the beginning of the New Year. I’m giving classes and receiving money that I neither feel, see, nor smell. And I will have to leave my bubble of cold refrigerated air in my bedroom, where my home office is, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27 °C, hot, sunny, and a little overcast. It is the beginning of the Brazilian New Year, and I am ready! I have started renegotiating my monthly fees with my students as they need to be readjusted. The end-of-year festivities are over, along with the financial obligations at the beginning of every new year here in […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 35 °C, very hot, sunny and unstable weather. During the day, I downloaded two films to watch, one of which is very dear to me for different reasons. Time passes, but now and again I want to see this film again. The film that is particularly important for me to watch again is “Field of Dreams,” […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 35 °C, very hot, sunny and unstable weather. I would have liked to say it was just a typical Sunday, but it wasn’t. Okay, I played chess, the best of 3, with Yasmin again, and again, I lost. I bought lunch for Yasmin as I don’t like to cook on a Sunday; normal, too. I did […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 33 °C, very hot, sunny and stuffy. It is boiling and stuffy. Today is Yasmin’s Day. Although it was not her birthday, we spent the whole day together. As parents, it is important to read when our children need or seek our attention. Even though the child is not alone or lonely, a parent is sacred […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. Today was a contradictory day for me. It marked the first Friday after carnival and my first full day of classes in a week, leaving me slightly confused. On the one hand, I was eager and determined to get back to work after about a week of doing nothing; […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot and a little overcast. Today was a tough workout despite being very early. It’s technically the first full workday after carnival, but most people aren’t back into work mode yet. Some are still travelling or celebrating carnival with street parades over the weekend, while others may be feeling sluggish from too much food, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot and a clear sky. In the past, people were only required to work from noon on the Wednesday after carnival if they had to return to work that day. However, during my time running the school, I tried to hold classes on Wednesday afternoons, but no one ever showed up. In some other […]