Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29 °C, hot, sunny, stuffy and slightly overcast. Today was supposed to be a productive day. I aimed to prepare and draft three or four posts for the blog. However, that didn’t happen. I managed to prepare one in the morning, but I either got delayed or distracted for the rest of the day. Nalva thinks […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 °C, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. My recent blog entries have focused on Brazil’s catastrophic and chaotic state at the moment. The economy is entering a severe recession, worse than anything the country has seen before. The three branches of government are fighting among themselves, and I have always believed that nothing can thrive in […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 °C, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, is in flames, and the whole country will soon be. Let’s see if the fire brigade arrives soon! I have lived in Brazil for over 30 years, and reflecting on my time here reminds me of my childhood in England. During that period, England experienced significant […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hot and Sunny and slightly overcast. It has become clear over the last couple of months, particularly in the previous two weeks, that a fundamental reason to go to England is the situation in Brazil, which has become a dictatorship. Similar to the situation in North Korea, where small actions over time led the populace […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27 °C, hot and sunny. It is precisely 1 month until I arrive in England on the 23rd of November. This morning, while I was taking a shower, I came up with a challenging idea: to lose 5 kilos before my trip to England. I haven’t weighed below 90 kg in seven or eight years. After […]
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. 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. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. I do not know much about the Jewish religion, culture, and Israel. However, I do understand that the Jews are considered as the persecuted race. Throughout all the known history, the Jewish people have been persecuted in some form or another. The most recently known was the Holocaust during […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25 oC, hottish, sunny and slightly overcast. On the 7th of October, Hamas terrorists entered Israel’s territory and mercilessly murdered innocent men, women and children. At that moment, the first reports had a death toll in the hundreds. Now, a little more than 10 days later, it is above 1000. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has persisted for […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot, sunny with blue sky. My busiest days for classes are now Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are lighter, allowing me to work out early in the morning and have time for other activities throughout the day. In the past, I would try to fill every hour of my day, and if I […]