Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. The last couple of days have been hectic, with flight cancellations, long check-in queues, excess baggage fees, little sleep, and the emotional toll of returning to Brazil after seven months in England. It may not seem like a long time, but it feels like it is; it influences […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and D-Day for returning to Brazil. I think my mother hadn’t slept, because even though I had set my alarm for 4 a.m., she was calling me at 5 to 4. I am almost sure she’s happy I’m going and wants to make sure I don’t miss […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 17 degrees, cool, but sunny and with blue skies. It’s midweek and the day before I travel back to Brazil. I’m feeling strange, a bit anxious, wary of the unknown, and both happy and sad at the same time. I’ve sensed for some time that living with my mother is toxic, and I need to leave, take […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 23 degrees, hot, sunny and beautiful blue skies. Quite a productive and enjoyable day. I am gradually getting ready to return to Brazil. I won’t see Julie until the middle of the afternoon; I have promised my mother to have lunch with her. I know and feel that she might not genuinely appreciate it, seeing it more […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 16 degrees, coldish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Saturday, and I am with mixed feelings. I think both Julie and I are with mixed feelings; only time will tell, sort it out, and show what is really right or wrong. My inheritance from my uncle, most of which I transferred into crypto gradually over the last […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 14 degrees, cold, overcast and with showers. It’s the second day of the bank holiday in Brazil for Corpus Christi, and we still have the weekend ahead of us. Yesterday, we visited Clint Hills and took a trip down memory lane. We also washed Austin in the automated self-service dog bath, which was a blast! Today, Julie […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. Today is the eve of the Brazilian bank holiday, Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic feast and holiday. Brazil is predominantly Roman Catholic, though less so than in the past. Today, the religion is shared between the Catholic Church and a multitude of evangelical churches, but Catholicism remains the primary influence. […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 17 degrees, cool, sunny and slightly overcast. I’ve been having issues with the power cable for my laptop. It’s quite old, probably at least six or seven years, and I have already replaced the cable at least once before. Cables seem to be an issue for me. I bought a Google Watch 2 three months ago, and […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 18 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. It is a bank holiday in England; I don’t know why, but it is. I don’t have classes until four or five this afternoon, so I am free to do something good until then. I am up early, having a typical morning, talking with Julie, exercising both inside and outside […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warmish, sunny and slightly cloudy. It’s the day after I made the big decision to go back, to return to Brazil. Yesterday, I bought a KLM flight ticket, and if everything goes smoothly, I should be back for Yasmin’s birthday. I will fly on the morning of 6th June, transfer in Schiphol, Amsterdam, and in […]