Didn't do much today. My big accomplishment was getting dressed with big blisters on my shoulders. Please wear sunscreen y'all! Went to my 3 hour Portuguese class, went to get keys made, ate dinner at Mr. Smith's (weird, given no Brazillian is called Smith :), and saw a Brazillian movie. I don't remember the name, but it was about a former slave who healed people. It cost 2.50 reais (1.25 USD). Movies are awesomely cheap here. Zack and some other Americans are actively investigating where in Curitiba they can find the Superbowl.
Tomorrow night we are going to a soccer game (or futeball!). I like soccer, so I'm looking forward to that.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
One week
We've been in Curitiba one week today. Unfortunately, I now have terrible sunburn on my shoulders, but it was my own fault for not using sunscreen. Portuguese class is going well. Since there are only 5 of us, we can move quite quickly. There is only one other native English speaker, but somehow we all are managing to communicate :).
I did my first economics test today and got a 90. So far, that class and American government should be fairly easy. Accounting is difficult, though, because it is just strange, and psychology got off to a slightly bad start. The test questions come from a random test bank on the computer and several of which I found horribly worded and probably flawed. Apparently other people had this problem too, as our instructor had to announce the policy for disputing fawlty questions. Also, I'm somewhat annoyed that I have to take psychology 101 at all, as I did it in high school and got an A+ final average. Oh, well, I guess I'm lucky to be able to study and travel at all, so I'll try to remember that.
Next weekend a bunch of us are headed to Florianopolis, a beach area south of here. This is the first time we are going to the beach, so I'm excited.
I did my first economics test today and got a 90. So far, that class and American government should be fairly easy. Accounting is difficult, though, because it is just strange, and psychology got off to a slightly bad start. The test questions come from a random test bank on the computer and several of which I found horribly worded and probably flawed. Apparently other people had this problem too, as our instructor had to announce the policy for disputing fawlty questions. Also, I'm somewhat annoyed that I have to take psychology 101 at all, as I did it in high school and got an A+ final average. Oh, well, I guess I'm lucky to be able to study and travel at all, so I'll try to remember that.
Next weekend a bunch of us are headed to Florianopolis, a beach area south of here. This is the first time we are going to the beach, so I'm excited.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Hey y'all, here's what's up so far
Hey everyone,
We made it to Brazil. Pictures are coming later. We landed in Rio, stayed in Sao Paulo for a few days, and now we are settled with some friends in Curitiba. It's nice here, very clean. I found some Portuguese classes for beginners, so I'm going to learn Portuguese a little faster. Zack's classes don't start till March, so we have some time to do whatever. My classes are okay, psychology, accounting, American Government, and macroeconomics. I must say, they are a little boring, since two of them I've already taken in high school and the other two are kind of dry. But they don't take up too much time, so it should be fine.
Everyone is nice here. I don't feel too foreign. It's just strange not to be able to speak as quickly and expressively as I'm used to. But I'll get there. They have alot of American shows on tv and they have an MTV Brasil all in Portuguese.
So far, the only things I miss about America is the free tap water (we are told not to drink tap water here, so we have to buy it) and my job a little. Other than that, I like it here. People are not so uptight and don't take life so seriously, it seems. And the women here wear nice flowey things and hippy type jewelry. I'm going to go broke on the hippy jewelry. They bargain with you, but I feel bad to do it because I feel like I'm being cheap. I got a cool acai bean necklace for the equivalent of $4. Everything is cheap here, compared to the US. On Sundays, the movie theatre (like the "cheap" theatre at home) is only 50 cents! The only exception to this is the second hand clothing store, which is actually more expensive than at home. Don't know why. Probably they get more business.
Pictures coming soon.
We made it to Brazil. Pictures are coming later. We landed in Rio, stayed in Sao Paulo for a few days, and now we are settled with some friends in Curitiba. It's nice here, very clean. I found some Portuguese classes for beginners, so I'm going to learn Portuguese a little faster. Zack's classes don't start till March, so we have some time to do whatever. My classes are okay, psychology, accounting, American Government, and macroeconomics. I must say, they are a little boring, since two of them I've already taken in high school and the other two are kind of dry. But they don't take up too much time, so it should be fine.
Everyone is nice here. I don't feel too foreign. It's just strange not to be able to speak as quickly and expressively as I'm used to. But I'll get there. They have alot of American shows on tv and they have an MTV Brasil all in Portuguese.
So far, the only things I miss about America is the free tap water (we are told not to drink tap water here, so we have to buy it) and my job a little. Other than that, I like it here. People are not so uptight and don't take life so seriously, it seems. And the women here wear nice flowey things and hippy type jewelry. I'm going to go broke on the hippy jewelry. They bargain with you, but I feel bad to do it because I feel like I'm being cheap. I got a cool acai bean necklace for the equivalent of $4. Everything is cheap here, compared to the US. On Sundays, the movie theatre (like the "cheap" theatre at home) is only 50 cents! The only exception to this is the second hand clothing store, which is actually more expensive than at home. Don't know why. Probably they get more business.
Pictures coming soon.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
My first post
I am leaving for Curitiba, Brazil January 17th. Forsyth Tech online starts tomorrow 1/10, at least officially, and tomorrow is also my last day of work at a certain clothing store on Silas Creek Pkwy. No photos yet, but I'll get some up as soon as departure day arrives. I am ready to go!
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