Im back
again
within a week... i think
finally got regular FREEEEE access to the net, so i can get back to the things i like doing the best..... surfing... looking at other peoples photos, .... things i want to buy.
Got some stuff coming up too cos ive been writing. Wont spoil the show tho.
I am well. Living in a favela (slum). but this ones a good one. Really safe. Apparently only need to worry when the police come... which is when you cant get in or out. Hasnt happened yet. I dont think im tempting fate. The whole place is actually really well ordered. Theres no crime. The drug dealers enforce the law and order in the place. People who do rob/steal etc go down outside of the favela to do it.
But in fact, the majority of people here are workers, with proper office jobs, or shop assistants, or car park attendants. They work hard, but cant afford a house outside the favela. stuck.
Got my final date for leaving. 25th June. Sad, but theres many other things to be done. Looking forward to getting to UK, working etc. The countdown has made me excited tho. Finally got the courage (and some street-smarts) to get out on the street and take some photos, and around the favela too. Made some friends too who are going to chaperone me - very important.
Been giving english lessons too to keep my head above water. Really unusual look into the lives of people at different levels of brasilian society.
Let you know more about it SOON.
ps. feel special cos im writing to you.
respex
cal
Friday, May 27, 2005
Sunday, May 15, 2005
ummmm...yeah
Hello peoples!
Whatsup?
Yes im still in Brasil. Have i written often as promised,... NO!
But at least now i have an excuse... i live in a favela (slum) and i dont have internet!
Two weeks ago I left the "big brother house" that i was living in with the 16 other volunteers. I then went to live with the guy who runs the program at the favela where i work. But it was ridiculously small. He has just two glass pots (he never cooks) and when i tried to cook rice,.... I ate out every day for that week.
Then i got an offer from one of my english students to live at their place. Its this amazing house.. polished boards, etc right on the edge of the favela, overlooking the city, and beyond to the beaches and the sea.
TRYING TO STAY LONGER
My portuguese is getting better every day and im meeting heaps of great people here. On my ticket, im due to leave in two weeks. But im getting scared that in the week just before i leave all the cool things are going to happen and then ill have to leave - the constant worry being a traveller.
So, im trying to hook up some paid english lessons here (cos i only budgeted till the end of this month) to fill the gap. I mean, i could get by on what i have, but id like to party. I already have 4 lessons per week on the fly and need another 4. So any of you that know people needing english lessons in Brasil - LET ME KNOW.
ENGLISH LESSONS
The weird thing about giving lessons in english is how much you learn about the language. In my first couple of weeks here in the volunteer english lessons, the kids would ask me.. why? And all i could answer is .. it just IS. Never really had to think about what i was saying before.
One of the paid lessons i might begin next week is for a girl who is taking the TOEFL english aptitude test for entry to foreign unis. Teaching that will be hard.!
PHOTOS
Other than that, things are pretty cool. Just got the "go-ahead" from the social worker up at the favela to take photos around the favela. Its can be dangerous to do because the traffickers work within that area and are often walking around with big guns "just in case" another gang decides to attack them there, though this hasnt happened for about 2yrs.
So i WILL be posting more photos in due course.
POSTING
Like i said, dont have much internet time anymore. cant sleep at night. But will try and keep u guys up to date as much as i can.
Lots of love
cal
Whatsup?
Yes im still in Brasil. Have i written often as promised,... NO!
But at least now i have an excuse... i live in a favela (slum) and i dont have internet!
Two weeks ago I left the "big brother house" that i was living in with the 16 other volunteers. I then went to live with the guy who runs the program at the favela where i work. But it was ridiculously small. He has just two glass pots (he never cooks) and when i tried to cook rice,.... I ate out every day for that week.
Then i got an offer from one of my english students to live at their place. Its this amazing house.. polished boards, etc right on the edge of the favela, overlooking the city, and beyond to the beaches and the sea.
TRYING TO STAY LONGER
My portuguese is getting better every day and im meeting heaps of great people here. On my ticket, im due to leave in two weeks. But im getting scared that in the week just before i leave all the cool things are going to happen and then ill have to leave - the constant worry being a traveller.
So, im trying to hook up some paid english lessons here (cos i only budgeted till the end of this month) to fill the gap. I mean, i could get by on what i have, but id like to party. I already have 4 lessons per week on the fly and need another 4. So any of you that know people needing english lessons in Brasil - LET ME KNOW.
ENGLISH LESSONS
The weird thing about giving lessons in english is how much you learn about the language. In my first couple of weeks here in the volunteer english lessons, the kids would ask me.. why? And all i could answer is .. it just IS. Never really had to think about what i was saying before.
One of the paid lessons i might begin next week is for a girl who is taking the TOEFL english aptitude test for entry to foreign unis. Teaching that will be hard.!
PHOTOS
Other than that, things are pretty cool. Just got the "go-ahead" from the social worker up at the favela to take photos around the favela. Its can be dangerous to do because the traffickers work within that area and are often walking around with big guns "just in case" another gang decides to attack them there, though this hasnt happened for about 2yrs.
So i WILL be posting more photos in due course.
POSTING
Like i said, dont have much internet time anymore. cant sleep at night. But will try and keep u guys up to date as much as i can.
Lots of love
cal
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