Life, Brazil and Resilience!!!
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast It is the middle of the week, the middle of the month and the middle of the year, and I feel I am at a turning point in my life. Obviously, I know what has passed, where I am, but more importantly, where and what I want in […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. It is Thursday, and while I am happy with the classes and the revision I am currently doing on all blog posts, I am tired, worried, and insecure. It hasn’t been a month since I returned to Brazil, and my thoughts are more focused […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I’ve been in England for just under two weeks, and the long-distance conversations between Julie and me are starting to feel stressful. It has become more difficult when I cannot speak to her, either because I am working, have something to do, or because […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 30 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. Just a simple light exercise in the morning at the park. On the way back, I stopped by the Portuguese bakers and, while having two coffees, I wrote two journal entries. A good start to a Sunday. Nalva is working today, so it is […]
Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, Sunny and beautiful blue skies; a beautiful day. I am still in my first week back in Rio, Brazil, and I’m with mixed feelings. I am happy and content to be back and near Yasmin, Jessica, and Nalva, too, and, in many ways, to feel at home with what has been, more […]
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: 19 degrees, cool, overcast with showers. It is Tuesday, two days before I return to Brazil. I do not know what to expect; it has been seven months since I was there. Will everything be the same, or have there been changes? Or have I changed during this time? I also have the Julie factor in the […]
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 20 degrees, warmish, sunny and a little overcast. It’s Monday, and the start of the week, I will return to Brazil. I thought I wouldn’t feel anxious or uptight, but I do. I was up early and exercising in the back garden. I had the usual chat with Julie this morning, which lasted nearly an hour. It […]
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 […]