We are in Ubatuba. The weather is lovely. The beach is great! The men rock!

“Don’t worry about life, you’re not going to survive it anyway.”

I’ve been busy sorting some things out and also doing some IT training courses. I feel completely knackered in the evenings and that’s the reason for the lack of posts. To tell you the truth sometimes I would rather visit and read other people’s blogs than type a new post itself.
Now, radically changing the subject, there is a Fiat advert airing on Brazilian TV which catches my attention every time it’s shown. I simply love the monkey. Check it out below.

It’s a lovely Sunday. There isn’t a single cloud in the sky.
Today’s quote is:
“Curiosity killed the cattle.”

I’m sorry I’ve abandoned this blog for so long.
We’ve been in Brazil for about 20 days. When I was in Ireland I was missing Sao Paulo but as we arrived here on holidays I started to get disappointed. The traffic in the city is getting worse and worse and most of Brazilian drivers are lacking in manners. The driving is very aggressive, people drive ‘at’ you all the time. When the cars are stopped at the red traffic light and it goes green there is always a maggot beeping the horn to rush people. If by any chance you have to slow down to pull over and there is a car right behind you, the driver behind you will usually go mad and drive his/her car over you, nearly touching your back to put pressure on, it seems nobody is supposed to slow down. I bitterly realized that there is no manners and there is no respect in the Brazilian traffic.
We had a weird experience with Kalunga also, Kalunga is a Brazilian supplier of office stationary. We needed to buy paper so we went to Kalunga on Avenida Domingos de Moraes to buy two reams of A4 paper. Ray was confused over the A4 and Letter packages as they are very similar, and instead of getting two reams of A4 sheets he got a ream of A4 and another ream of letter paper. As we noticed the misunderstood we head back the store with the receipt to exchange the Letter ream. To our surprise, their staff said they wouldn’t exchange the Letter ream by the A4 because it was the rule of the store. I talked to the manager , I’m not sure if his name is Marcio or Marcos and he made clear he wouldn’t exchange any goods. Kalunga customer service sucks. They should be ashamed of themselves of putting the Brazilian flag in their logo.
Another disappointment is the mobile telephony service provided by TIM. We have Brazilian SIM cards which are used when we spend time in Brazil, the only problem is, I configured and reconfigured the internet settings in my phone according to TIM support instructions, but the connection keeps timing out, so it became impossible to blog pictures through my mobile phone as I was doing in Ireland.
Finally the good news! We are swimming in a chlorine free pool three times a week in spite of the cold weather, it’s bloody cold in here! Would you believe we are colder here than when we are in Ireland during the Irish winter?
My teeth are whiter. Brazilian dentists are the best! I have proper manicure and pedicure every week. And proper waxing too!
I’m enjoying loads of Japanese food as everybody in Brazil is commemorating 100 years of Japanese immigration. Did you know that São Paulo city has the largest community of Japanese people outside of Japan itself?
That’s it for a while. I know I’m owing visits to several blogs, and it’s exactly what I’m doing next. Thank you for visiting even with almost a month hiatus

Photograph by Luis Veiga/Getty Images

We’ve just arrived in Sao Paulo City - Brazil, I’m happy as a pig in shite!

We are on holidays, I’m going missing for a few days. See you soon

We know that next year we will be laughing a lot, that’s the reason the quote today is:

‘Quem ri por último ri melhor’ in Portuguese
‘Ride bene chi ride l’ultimo’ in Italian
And finally ‘He who laughs last laughs best’.

Some people say that if someone laughs last he/she laughs late. In my opinion it’s better late than never.

Watch this space.

PS I found this picture in several websites although I couldn’t find the source. Does anybody know who created it or where it comes from?

I’m sorry for the lack of updates but I’ve got a cold and I haven’t been feeling so well lately. Thanks for visiting anyway