-Day 60 in Brazil-
-23-05-2004
-Sunday
-11.06 p.m
Oh..Well!Today is exactly 2 months since I left malaysia for Brazil.I had a wonderful weekend!Yesterday was my first time going to a disco so I was pretty excited about the whole thing..In the afternoon I went to Democrata Pub again for lunch..Remember I wrote earlier about the pub that serves very good feijoada(a typical Brazilian food)?After that,I went to Cibelle´s house and finally in the night...we went to Blen Blen Black Music Disco with 3 of her other friends and another 2 youth exchange students from Belgium~Anouk and Alexandre.I guess with my kind of features,nobody would ever believe that I am actually already 18...I realized that ppl were like staring at me..Maybe because I am a foreigner or maybe I look to young for my age or even maybe because I am too pretty and cute..Lolz!Later,I ordered a Nova Shin Beer and a glass of mix fruit vodka while Cibelle ordered a kiwi caipirinha(white rum and kiwi=Brazillian typical drink) and a can of beer.I tried her Caipirinha..It tasted terrible ..It was my first time to such places,so I wasn´t really used to it!Anyway,after our drink,we headed off to the dance floor.All in all.It was a night full of experiences.We decided to go home at 4am ,even at this time,it was still considered early.If this was in Malaysia,My dad would have chopped off my head!Hahahahaha!
Today,we only woke up at 12 something.....Oh ya..Alexandre and I slept at Cibelle´s house and we had a wonderful time together...Can´t imagine that we only slept at 5 am the night before and we woke up at 12pm with only 7 hours sleep!So tred man!
Monday, May 24, 2004
Saturday, May 22, 2004
-Day 58 in Brazil-
-21-05-2004
-Friday
-12.00 a.m
Crush
What is a crush?Can anyone out there tell me the exact definition for crush?To me...I personally think it is a kind of feeling we have deep down inside us when we like someone.We will find all sorts of ways just to get closer to our crush and chat them up;we will feel extremely happy when their around us and we wish they would be there 24/7;when they feel happy,naturally we will also feel happy for them and when they are sad..we will definitely feel the same way too.Have you ever heard the song Crush by "Mandy Moore"?If you have,then you will understand what I am trying to put across;if you have not,then you really have to go check it out- view the lyrics and understand it.
I myself have also experience all this too.At that point of my life,I was young,immatured,innocent and I thought that i was really deeply in love with all my crushes.But all this was only temporary,slowly the lovey dovey feeling just faded away.
I have always been questioning myself and others what is a crush,like and in love and how do we tell the difference between them?But till now,I still yet to have an answer for it.Nevertheless,I am confident enough to say that as I grow older,I will surely experience it one day and tell the difference for myself.As for now,I just want to enjoy life till the fullnest and not think of anything else but to look forward and achieve my goals and dreams in life.Besides,and to have a deeper walk in my christian faith with the Lord!
Today was a very busy day for me.After school,I had 'Football Practice".It was fun watching the boys and gurls play.I was looking forward to put my foot on the court but did not had a chance to because of some unforeseenn reasons.I am sure that next week I will be able too.After the so called "Football Practice",I had to rush home to take my shower and head to the shopping mall to meet my school friends.We had earlier agreed to play Bowling and this is the second time their inviting me so I had no choice but to obliged.Nevertheless,it was fun!I was quite bad at all the games coz as far I can remember,this is my 3rd or 4th game that I ever played in my whole entire life!But it was the fun and all the laughters that we enjoyed the most.Now,I am so tired out!
Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence Him.
Psalms 25:14
-21-05-2004
-Friday
-12.00 a.m
Crush
What is a crush?Can anyone out there tell me the exact definition for crush?To me...I personally think it is a kind of feeling we have deep down inside us when we like someone.We will find all sorts of ways just to get closer to our crush and chat them up;we will feel extremely happy when their around us and we wish they would be there 24/7;when they feel happy,naturally we will also feel happy for them and when they are sad..we will definitely feel the same way too.Have you ever heard the song Crush by "Mandy Moore"?If you have,then you will understand what I am trying to put across;if you have not,then you really have to go check it out- view the lyrics and understand it.
I myself have also experience all this too.At that point of my life,I was young,immatured,innocent and I thought that i was really deeply in love with all my crushes.But all this was only temporary,slowly the lovey dovey feeling just faded away.
I have always been questioning myself and others what is a crush,like and in love and how do we tell the difference between them?But till now,I still yet to have an answer for it.Nevertheless,I am confident enough to say that as I grow older,I will surely experience it one day and tell the difference for myself.As for now,I just want to enjoy life till the fullnest and not think of anything else but to look forward and achieve my goals and dreams in life.Besides,and to have a deeper walk in my christian faith with the Lord!
Today was a very busy day for me.After school,I had 'Football Practice".It was fun watching the boys and gurls play.I was looking forward to put my foot on the court but did not had a chance to because of some unforeseenn reasons.I am sure that next week I will be able too.After the so called "Football Practice",I had to rush home to take my shower and head to the shopping mall to meet my school friends.We had earlier agreed to play Bowling and this is the second time their inviting me so I had no choice but to obliged.Nevertheless,it was fun!I was quite bad at all the games coz as far I can remember,this is my 3rd or 4th game that I ever played in my whole entire life!But it was the fun and all the laughters that we enjoyed the most.Now,I am so tired out!
Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence Him.
Psalms 25:14
Friday, May 21, 2004
-Day 57 in Brazil-
-20-05-2004
-Thursday
-6.06 p.m
A Poem To Share
You are who you are for a reason.
You´re part of an intricate plan.
You´re a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God´s special woman or man.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom design with God´s plan in mind,
And they bear the Master´s seal,
No,that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept it hurt you so,
But it was allowed to shape your heart,
So that into his likeness you´d grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You´ve been formed by the Master´s rod,
You are who you are ,beloved,
Because there is a God!
Today I just felt like praying and asking God about my future and I came across this poem in the book that I am currently reading.It is called The Purpose Driven Life by famous christian writter=Rick Warren!I have been thinking of my life and wanting to go to a deeper level in my walk with the Lord!Somehow.....I just push it off my mind..until yesterday night when I was sitting in my room praying..I just felt a very strong feeling inside me...something that I can´t explain!From yesterday onwards..I suddently just felt very excited reading the bible which before I just dread..I guess this time in Brazil is a time of healing and recovering like what my youth leader said when she was praying for me before I came here.She said that she sence this is a word from the Lord...
Draw close to God,and God will draw close to you
James 4:8
-20-05-2004
-Thursday
-6.06 p.m
A Poem To Share
You are who you are for a reason.
You´re part of an intricate plan.
You´re a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God´s special woman or man.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom design with God´s plan in mind,
And they bear the Master´s seal,
No,that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept it hurt you so,
But it was allowed to shape your heart,
So that into his likeness you´d grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You´ve been formed by the Master´s rod,
You are who you are ,beloved,
Because there is a God!
Today I just felt like praying and asking God about my future and I came across this poem in the book that I am currently reading.It is called The Purpose Driven Life by famous christian writter=Rick Warren!I have been thinking of my life and wanting to go to a deeper level in my walk with the Lord!Somehow.....I just push it off my mind..until yesterday night when I was sitting in my room praying..I just felt a very strong feeling inside me...something that I can´t explain!From yesterday onwards..I suddently just felt very excited reading the bible which before I just dread..I guess this time in Brazil is a time of healing and recovering like what my youth leader said when she was praying for me before I came here.She said that she sence this is a word from the Lord...
Draw close to God,and God will draw close to you
James 4:8
Monday, May 17, 2004
-Day 53 in Brazil-
-16-05-2004
-Sunday
-6 p.m
All bright and sunny!!!!Eventhough the weather was so cold....it was still a fine day.Today I went out again with the Exchage students together with the ROTEX to Parque Ibirapuera.There were about 10 of us...They were from Switzerland,Mexico,Ecuador,Australia,Turkey,Belgium,Denmark,Finland and of course Malaysia.......:)We were all there at 10 a.m and we had a stroll around the park...enjoying our presents together..talking and laughing..I got to know more people like Olivia from Switzerland,Katie from Australia,Camila from Denmark and.....I like Olivia and Camila the most coz they were so friendly and really nice to talk to..Later,we all played football together eventhough I never played football in my whole entire life before...I was fun!We all had lunch on the grass just like a picnic and the girls were all lying on the grass admiring the fine weather..Eventhough we did not do much in the park,I still enjoyed it very much coz I made new friends and that is the whole purpose of this exchange program!
-16-05-2004
-Sunday
-6 p.m
All bright and sunny!!!!Eventhough the weather was so cold....it was still a fine day.Today I went out again with the Exchage students together with the ROTEX to Parque Ibirapuera.There were about 10 of us...They were from Switzerland,Mexico,Ecuador,Australia,Turkey,Belgium,Denmark,Finland and of course Malaysia.......:)We were all there at 10 a.m and we had a stroll around the park...enjoying our presents together..talking and laughing..I got to know more people like Olivia from Switzerland,Katie from Australia,Camila from Denmark and.....I like Olivia and Camila the most coz they were so friendly and really nice to talk to..Later,we all played football together eventhough I never played football in my whole entire life before...I was fun!We all had lunch on the grass just like a picnic and the girls were all lying on the grass admiring the fine weather..Eventhough we did not do much in the park,I still enjoyed it very much coz I made new friends and that is the whole purpose of this exchange program!
-Day 52 in Brazil-
-15-05-2004
-Saturday
-11 p.m
Finally the weekends has arrived!!!!!Yesterday I went to Santos for the Rotary Conference District 4430.I had to wake up at 5.30 a.m so that I could get to Colegio Rio Branco in Sao Paulo city where the bus would be picking us up on time....Well,I felt quite lonely at first coz I did not know anyone...But later on I got to meet this Indonesian girl,Mexican girl and Japanese boy....They were very friendly people...We exchange our cards and pins so that we could have more pins on our blazer...All in all,the journey took us about 1 and a half hours to get there...The Mendes Convention Center was very big and grand.We all had to go up to the stage to introduce ourselves one by one and later we sang a song...There was about 15 of us from Disrtrict 4430.
After lunch,we went up to a hill so that we could have a birds eye view of the beach....It was fantastic!The scenery from up there was just words beyond description!Not long after,it began to rain!!!This was terrible coz it spoiled our City tour around Santos..so we ended up in a Fish Museum "admiring" fishes..Well,it assn´t that bad after all!!The Rotarian then decided to bring us to the port to go on board a cargo ship that is owned by a voluntary organization named "Green Peace".The main purpose of this organization is to fight illegal cargo ships that are bringing transgenic soil in to Brazil...Currently there are 3 ships around the world..Brazil,Australia and Argentina.Okok!!!!!Then finally returning home.In a nutshell,I had so much fun that I wished that the day did not end!
-15-05-2004
-Saturday
-11 p.m
Finally the weekends has arrived!!!!!Yesterday I went to Santos for the Rotary Conference District 4430.I had to wake up at 5.30 a.m so that I could get to Colegio Rio Branco in Sao Paulo city where the bus would be picking us up on time....Well,I felt quite lonely at first coz I did not know anyone...But later on I got to meet this Indonesian girl,Mexican girl and Japanese boy....They were very friendly people...We exchange our cards and pins so that we could have more pins on our blazer...All in all,the journey took us about 1 and a half hours to get there...The Mendes Convention Center was very big and grand.We all had to go up to the stage to introduce ourselves one by one and later we sang a song...There was about 15 of us from Disrtrict 4430.
After lunch,we went up to a hill so that we could have a birds eye view of the beach....It was fantastic!The scenery from up there was just words beyond description!Not long after,it began to rain!!!This was terrible coz it spoiled our City tour around Santos..so we ended up in a Fish Museum "admiring" fishes..Well,it assn´t that bad after all!!The Rotarian then decided to bring us to the port to go on board a cargo ship that is owned by a voluntary organization named "Green Peace".The main purpose of this organization is to fight illegal cargo ships that are bringing transgenic soil in to Brazil...Currently there are 3 ships around the world..Brazil,Australia and Argentina.Okok!!!!!Then finally returning home.In a nutshell,I had so much fun that I wished that the day did not end!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
-Day 48 in Brazil-
-11-05-2004
-Tuesday
-6.10 p.m
As usually,today I had to dragged myself out of bed to get ready for school..lolz!Well,nothing really happened at school except that my friend told me he wants to apply for the Rotary Youth Exchange Program(probably got inspired by me)hahahaha..I got so sleepy at the end of the period that when the school bell rang,I immediately rush out of the class and headed towards home to my precious COMPUTER!!!!
At 4.45 p.m I had to get ready to head back towards school coz I had to attend Laboratory for Physics classes.Now,I am back here on9ing again coz I miss my friends so much...this is the only place I can find them....Tchau!!
-11-05-2004
-Tuesday
-6.10 p.m
As usually,today I had to dragged myself out of bed to get ready for school..lolz!Well,nothing really happened at school except that my friend told me he wants to apply for the Rotary Youth Exchange Program(probably got inspired by me)hahahaha..I got so sleepy at the end of the period that when the school bell rang,I immediately rush out of the class and headed towards home to my precious COMPUTER!!!!
At 4.45 p.m I had to get ready to head back towards school coz I had to attend Laboratory for Physics classes.Now,I am back here on9ing again coz I miss my friends so much...this is the only place I can find them....Tchau!!
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
-Day 47 in Brazil-
-10-05-2004
-Monday
-7.11 p.m.
A brand new day....for the week..Its Monday and I really feel so lazy to wake up at 6.30 a.m. to go to school.But what I can I say...I am force to go!!!Today,in class I felt so bored and tired not because I had not enought sleep but because I didn´t understand what the teachers were teaching.Anyway,I had extra classes after school for Spanish and portuguese today and I had to go eventhough I don´t understand anything...Normally during the weekdays nothing much happens except for going to school and on9ing..lolz!
-10-05-2004
-Monday
-7.11 p.m.
A brand new day....for the week..Its Monday and I really feel so lazy to wake up at 6.30 a.m. to go to school.But what I can I say...I am force to go!!!Today,in class I felt so bored and tired not because I had not enought sleep but because I didn´t understand what the teachers were teaching.Anyway,I had extra classes after school for Spanish and portuguese today and I had to go eventhough I don´t understand anything...Normally during the weekdays nothing much happens except for going to school and on9ing..lolz!
Monday, May 10, 2004
-Day 46 in Brazil-
-09-05-2004
-Sunday
-11.20 p.m.
Today is Mother´s Day!!!!I really miss my mother.."Happy mother´s Day ma!!Anyway,I woke up at 12 p.m this afternoon(shy man wake up so late)lolz...I gave my host mother the tea cup set that I bought and wished her Happy Mother´s day!!Today,we went to my host parents relatives house for lunch and celebrated Mother´s day there.The house was well designed and had many nice pieces of furnitures and not forgeting the lovely swimming pool.The food was so good that I couldn´t resist myself from taking a second round..Roast duck,Roast chicken,Grilled fish,Spagetti,Salad and delicious desserts were some of the food that was served today..After lunch..we all had a Karaoke sesion which my host sister lead everyone to it since she has a wonderful voice.In a nutshell,we all had a wonderful time over there.
For dinner,my host sister,David and I went to Mc´ Donalds to have some burgers since everyone was so exhausted to cook dinner..And now I am here writting my blog as usual and is cracking my head as what to write!!!!!Sometimes as I am writting my blog...My good old memories of Melaka begins to bring me back there and starts to make me miss all my good friends and people that are dear to me!!!I really miss Malaysia and melaka.See you soon Next March.
-09-05-2004
-Sunday
-11.20 p.m.
Today is Mother´s Day!!!!I really miss my mother.."Happy mother´s Day ma!!Anyway,I woke up at 12 p.m this afternoon(shy man wake up so late)lolz...I gave my host mother the tea cup set that I bought and wished her Happy Mother´s day!!Today,we went to my host parents relatives house for lunch and celebrated Mother´s day there.The house was well designed and had many nice pieces of furnitures and not forgeting the lovely swimming pool.The food was so good that I couldn´t resist myself from taking a second round..Roast duck,Roast chicken,Grilled fish,Spagetti,Salad and delicious desserts were some of the food that was served today..After lunch..we all had a Karaoke sesion which my host sister lead everyone to it since she has a wonderful voice.In a nutshell,we all had a wonderful time over there.
For dinner,my host sister,David and I went to Mc´ Donalds to have some burgers since everyone was so exhausted to cook dinner..And now I am here writting my blog as usual and is cracking my head as what to write!!!!!Sometimes as I am writting my blog...My good old memories of Melaka begins to bring me back there and starts to make me miss all my good friends and people that are dear to me!!!I really miss Malaysia and melaka.See you soon Next March.
Sunday, May 09, 2004
-Day 45 in Brazil-
-08-05-2004
-Saturday
-11.12 p.m.
Ha..ha..well,I didn´t really sleep well after 4 a.m. after I received a sms from my friend,Gerald from Malaysia.I was thinking to myself which mad person would sms me in the middle of the night but it turn out to be my friend from Malaysia,so never mind.Anyway,I woke up at 10 a.m.,did some housework and ate my breakfast.Ok!people you really got to hear this,this is the most exciting part,today my host family brought me to a Typical Brazilian pub,Democrata for lunch and guess what? the place was just amazing..The atmosphere was so nice..a live band was playing and singing Typical Brazilian music,(Samba and Pajode) and people were just dancing and shaking their body as if a party was going on..Well,even if there was no party,Brazilians are always partying 24/7.I can´t really describe the scene to you,you just need to be here to experience it for yourself!The owner of the pub,designed it as if you were sitting by the road side and houses beside you and people dancing freely.Get what I mean?The food was excellent also..It was a eat all you can concept for only R$17 and we had "Feijoada", a typical Brazilian dish which is cook with different parts of the pig,rice,"salada",fried bananas,fried manjoaca and other local cuisines.
It was already 4 p.m. when we finished lunch and so we decided to go to Picasso´s exhibition that was being held at Oca,Parque do Ibirapuera.Picasso´s paintings were just amazing and there were so many of them shipped all the way from Museu Picasso,Paris for the exhibition.I bought a T-shirt and post card as a souvenir to bring back as well.All in all,we spend about 3 hours there just gazing at the lovely paintings.I also bought a tea cup set for my host mother since tomorrow is "Mother´s Day".Tonight,we had CHINESE FOOD!Heard that,CHINESE FOOD!I had Chop sui and Sping roll.Finally!It was really tasty...Didn´t know that chinese food in Brazil also tested that well?Anyway,I think I have written enought for the day.Better stop now...Tchau!!
-08-05-2004
-Saturday
-11.12 p.m.
Ha..ha..well,I didn´t really sleep well after 4 a.m. after I received a sms from my friend,Gerald from Malaysia.I was thinking to myself which mad person would sms me in the middle of the night but it turn out to be my friend from Malaysia,so never mind.Anyway,I woke up at 10 a.m.,did some housework and ate my breakfast.Ok!people you really got to hear this,this is the most exciting part,today my host family brought me to a Typical Brazilian pub,Democrata for lunch and guess what? the place was just amazing..The atmosphere was so nice..a live band was playing and singing Typical Brazilian music,(Samba and Pajode) and people were just dancing and shaking their body as if a party was going on..Well,even if there was no party,Brazilians are always partying 24/7.I can´t really describe the scene to you,you just need to be here to experience it for yourself!The owner of the pub,designed it as if you were sitting by the road side and houses beside you and people dancing freely.Get what I mean?The food was excellent also..It was a eat all you can concept for only R$17 and we had "Feijoada", a typical Brazilian dish which is cook with different parts of the pig,rice,"salada",fried bananas,fried manjoaca and other local cuisines.
It was already 4 p.m. when we finished lunch and so we decided to go to Picasso´s exhibition that was being held at Oca,Parque do Ibirapuera.Picasso´s paintings were just amazing and there were so many of them shipped all the way from Museu Picasso,Paris for the exhibition.I bought a T-shirt and post card as a souvenir to bring back as well.All in all,we spend about 3 hours there just gazing at the lovely paintings.I also bought a tea cup set for my host mother since tomorrow is "Mother´s Day".Tonight,we had CHINESE FOOD!Heard that,CHINESE FOOD!I had Chop sui and Sping roll.Finally!It was really tasty...Didn´t know that chinese food in Brazil also tested that well?Anyway,I think I have written enought for the day.Better stop now...Tchau!!
Saturday, May 08, 2004
-Day 44 in Brazil-
-07-05-2004
-Friday
-5.45 p.m.
Oh!!!!!I am now in Brazil under a Rotary Youth Exchange program and will be here for 1 year...I am only gonna come back next March...Oh man,I really miss malaysia and of course my proud hometown..Melaka.
The thing that I miss most is of course the lovely "Nasi Lemak" and "Curry Chicken"!!!!!Anyway,today I went to school as usual and by the way I am attending Colegio Guilherme De Almeida in Guarulhos,SP,Sao Paulo.
Today the weather was extremely chilly coz winter is approaching soon in July and it is getting colder each day.....As everyone knows,Malaysia is so hot that when I landed at the airport,I felt as if I was in Europe or something like that!:)okok!!!!I have been talking for so long that I think I have to go..Tchau!!!
-07-05-2004
-Friday
-5.45 p.m.
Oh!!!!!I am now in Brazil under a Rotary Youth Exchange program and will be here for 1 year...I am only gonna come back next March...Oh man,I really miss malaysia and of course my proud hometown..Melaka.
The thing that I miss most is of course the lovely "Nasi Lemak" and "Curry Chicken"!!!!!Anyway,today I went to school as usual and by the way I am attending Colegio Guilherme De Almeida in Guarulhos,SP,Sao Paulo.
Today the weather was extremely chilly coz winter is approaching soon in July and it is getting colder each day.....As everyone knows,Malaysia is so hot that when I landed at the airport,I felt as if I was in Europe or something like that!:)okok!!!!I have been talking for so long that I think I have to go..Tchau!!!
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