Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday and nearing another weekend. I will have to go to Copacabana today and give a class to Dona Vera. I do not really want to, but I have to, and this is one of the responsibilities of an adult: to do things we do not want to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 24oC, warm and Sunny and slightly overcast. It is the middle of the week, and it is just Yasmin and me. Nalva is travelling for work in Sao Paulo, and until now, nobody has died. Two are a company, but three are a crowd. It seems to be something like that, and probably, in some ways, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warm and sunny. Nalva is travelling; it is just Yasmin, Perola, and me at home. The flat is noticeably quieter, and the ambience is lighter, and this is not just me saying it. I do not mind giving up a small part of my life for the next three or four months to share with […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23oC, warm, overcast, rainy and stormy. After a perfect Friday and Saturday, it would be asking too much for Sunday to be as good as the last two days, but it was all right. It was more of a simpler, easy-going day than one of wining and dining. I was up at 6 pm and […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It’s Sunday, the day after a lovely night with friends I hadn’t seen in a while. What I also found nice is that when I’m socializing with friends and family now, I don’t feel the need to drink too much. A couple of years ago, I wouldn’t have known when […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warmish and sunny. It is late afternoon, almost evening. I have worked out, worked, had a rest, and now I am bored. Yasmin is at home doing her things; Nalva said she would arrive later than usual, so I need to do something and go somewhere. After some contemplation, I decided to walk around Flamengo, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26oC, warmish and sunny. As I mentioned, I typically arrive on Fridays, I prefer not to have such a packed schedule. I need time to relax and turn off after a long week of classes. Sometimes, I have to give a class to Marcelo, a top bankruptcy lawyer on a Friday evening, but luckily, I gave […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 22oC, warmish, sunny, and slightly overcast. This morning, I walked about 7 km but did not exercise. I am still feeling some effects of the cold, and returning to normal is a little tricky because I had broke my routine. However, it is essential not to stop completely. Even walking without any exercise is better than […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, warmish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Sunday, and I do not want to do much today. I need time for myself and to think about everything happening in my life. It is the second day of the new semester, and this semester, I want to focus on the changes I have already made. I […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hottish, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday evening, and I am exhausted. Teaching so many classes from Monday to Thursday has taken a toll on me. The only relief is that tomorrow is Friday and the weekend, but Thursdays are always tough. It feels like the peak of the mountain that I have been […]