Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 11 degrees, grey and damp, and with the possibility of rain. It’s shitty, cold, and dampness that reaches the bones, and you feel it on and off the whole day. People in Brazil are gradually returning to work today. The rule is that they have to return by midday on the Wednesday after Carnival. Some will only […]
Tuesday the 13th of February 2024: “Ego, Power and the Perverse Dance of Politics in Brazil”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 5 degrees, cold, grey and damp. It is officially the last day of Carnival in Brazil, and tomorrow people will gradually start to return to work. Even more so on Thursday, and most, 100%, will be back next Monday. As I have mentioned before, regarding work and business, Brazilians consider the new year to begin on the […]
Sunday the 11th of February 2024: “A Reflective Balance”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 6 degrees, cold, grey, damp and with the threat of rain. My feelings are a little mixed at the moment. I’m sensing that my time in England is coming to an end. My mother is giving me all the wrong signs that I am beginning to overstay my welcome. I have been trying to please her by […]
Saturday the 10th of February 2024: “Choices and Emotions”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 6 degrees, cold, damp and slightly overcast. I was supposed to go to Merry Hill shopping centre today, but as I hate shopping centres and it is carnival in Brazil, I want to do very little! Instead, some shopping in the local village precinct, a coffee, and some work on the computer – nothing too much. My […]
Tuesday the 6th of February 2024: “Bureaucracy, Clutter and Simplification”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 13 degrees, chilly, wet, rainy and damp. What a crazy morning running back and forth from the building society for my mother. My mother had a knee replacement operation at the beginning of January, and until now she’s not unable to go out or drive. I can’t drive in England, or at least shouldn’t; it is something […]
Monday the 5th of February 2024: “A Reflection on Quality, Trade and Brazil’s Future”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 10 degrees, cold, damp, overcast, and the forecast is for rain. Monday of the week before Carnival in Brazil. It is cold, drizzly, damp, grey, and wet. I wanted to do some exercise this morning, but due to a heavy workout on Saturday, my legs are still sore, and it is difficult for me even to walk, […]
Thursday the 1st of February 2024: “A Small Reflection Between Life in England and Rio”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 2 degrees, cold, sunny and blue skies. Even though I wanted to do exercise outside, there were still sequelae from yesterday’s session. Instead, I thought it would be better to walk, get some shopping for my mother, and come back on foot. Ideally, it is good to do both, walking and exercise, but if for some reason […]
Tuesday the 30th of January 2024: “Exercising in the Cold”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 6 degrees, cold, grey and very damp. As I wrote yesterday, this week is dedicated to planning, setting goals, and outlining priorities and routines for the year, or at least for the next six months, until the end of the year. It is 6° during the day, but it was 1° when I got up at 7:00 […]
Monday the 29th of January 2024: “Silly Months and Goal Setting”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 12 degrees, chilly, grey and damp. Although it is not raining, it is extremely damp, and you can feel it in your bones. I wanted to get up early to go out and do some exercise, but it didn’t happen. Yesterday, I drank too many glasses of wine, and as a result, I didn’t sleep well. I […]
Friday the 26th of January 2024: “Contrasting Cultures”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 5 degrees, chilly, sunny with a clear blue sky. Today, I only have two classes, one at 7:00 am Brazilian time, which was cancelled 1/4 of an hour before the class, and the other at 6:00 pm Brazilian time, which is 9:00 pm here in England on a Friday. If it were 20 years ago, I would […]