This first month has been, without a doubt, the most incredible of my life. Never have I been immersed in so many new customs, people, experiences, challenges, and opportunities. Meeting everything with a head held high and a sense of humor seems to be the most important thing, and despite all of the setbacks, I have never felt so confident in my life. Every phrase successfully said and understood in Portuguese, every event I get invited to; they're all provide the rush of pride and assurance that only I only received once in a while before.
As for events in the last few weeks, we had the churrasco for my classroom at INEI COC, which was a lot of fun. 12 hours of good people and good food, and I wasn't bored for a minute. Unfortunately, I think I injured my knee there. Nothing too bad, just a little bit of swelling, and with a bit of rest, ice, and absurdly expensive Brazilian ibuprofen, it should be fine. Anyways, this week was the Brazilian Independence Day, which gave us another Wednesday off (Wednesday holidays are probably the greatest invention since the wheel). This gave me a much needed opportunity to get some sleep, as well as go to the movies for the first time here. I saw Planet of the Apes, in English with Portuguese subtitles. I arrived before the rest of the people, and the lines were very long, so I decided to get into line and buy them myself. This ended up being quite a mistake. Now, in Brazilian movie theaters there are two different ticket prices: Inteira and Meia. Inteira means you don't have to show your I.D., yet you pay double the price, and the opposite for meia. Like the unsavvy gringo I am right now, I went ahead and bought inteira's and spent way too much money. After this, I went to a churrascaria, which can only be described as a "meat house". A very generous paid for my dinner, so I got to enjoy everything from garlic-cooked steak and huge sausages to fried bananas. Also, things are coming to together for my trip to the Northeast and Rio, which I'll certainly elaborate more on when the time comes.
If a month feels like this, my time will go here much faster than planned.
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