Life in Brazil and Perserverence!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 33oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. Something happened this morning that I am not proud of, but it shows what life is like in Brazil at the moment. Even though it was Sunday, I woke up early to exercise. It was not as early as during the week, but still quite early. When I arrived at […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 33oC, hot and sunny. Since Yasmin arrived on Friday night, she has been in a bad mood; as always, it is related to her mother. Her mother says or does something that Yasmin does not like, or her mother criticises her for something she did or did not do, making her extremely upset, down and in […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot, Sunny and a little overcast. Friday was a day of hard work and discipline. The hard workout required discipline, and giving at least 8 classes on a Friday also required a certain amount of strength and stamina. Rio de Janeiro is passing through another heatwave at the moment; it is literally 30 all the […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30oC, hot, Sunny and a little overcast. It’s just a normal first couple of days at the beginning of the New Year. I’m giving classes and receiving money that I neither feel, see, or smell. And I will have to leave my bubble of cold refrigerated air in my bedroom, where my home office is, to […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, hot, Sunny and a little overcast. It is the beginning of the Brazilian New Year, and I am ready! I have started renegotiating my monthly fees with my students as they need to be readjusted. The end-of-year festivities are over, along with the financial obligations at the beginning of every new year here in Brazil, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 31oC, hot, sunny and sometimes overcast. In Brazil, the new year starts on the first Monday after the carnival. This tradition holds both symbolic and metaphoric meanings; however, given the current circumstances of Brazil and the modern world, it is unclear if this tradition is still valid. Saying this! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! In the morning, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. Today was a bit of a contradictory day for me. It marked the first Friday after carnival and my first full day of classes in a week, leaving me slightly confused. On the one hand, I was eager and determined to work after more or less a week of doing […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot and a little overcast. Today was a tough workout despite being very early. It’s technically the first full workday after carnival, but most people aren’t back into work mode yet. Some are still travelling or celebrating carnival with street parades over the weekend, while others may be feeling sluggish from too much food, drink, […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot and a clear sky. In the past, people were only required to work from noon on the Wednesday after carnival if they had to go back to work on that day. However, during my time running the school, I tried to hold classes on Wednesday afternoons, but no one ever showed up. In some […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot and sunny. It was the second and last night of the special league of samba schools’ processions at Sambodromo and the penultimate day of the carnival. It was the middle of the morning, and as Yasmin was not with me, I decided to take a walk along Av. Atlantica by the beach. To my […]