A weekend at Rio

All right, I must say that I had the HUGE-est expectation

to see Rio again after twenty years

... go on the Pão de Açúcar, see the Cristo Redentor ...

you know, the usual touristic stuff ~

but it just didn't turn out exactly how I'd imagined.

... unfortunatelly, the entire weekend was gloomy ...

HOWEVER, we made it the best and the most enjoyable as possible

under our conditions ... hehehe ... ^^

This special friend on the pictures is Maíra, a friend from work

... the one who took me to eat hot-dog last year ...

[Barra da Tijuca]

[trying to 'sunbathe' in this weather...

but I managed to get a tan ... heheh]

[a little snack on the beach]

[the street of the hotel where we stayed

... and the view from our room]

[... went for a little walk on the beach ...]

[sand art]

[Forte de Copacabana]

[the Army Museum and some ruins]

[while I cooled off drinking coconut-water]

[Maíra was diligently bargaining for a map of Brazil - R$10]

[and I decided to quit drinking sodas]

I'll go back some other weekend and

do ALL the things I didn't get to do this time I went.

I have my hopes~~ Hehehe... ^^

MAY THE SUN CONTINUE ON SHINING!

... huahuahuahua ...

Je suis malade!

I've been caughing non-stop

and got a mega-irritating runny nose

... which have been bothersome

for the last month or so~

Gotta confess that I thought

it was my normal/usual

sore throat for stressing with work and

'screaming' my guts out at my kids!

Hahaha... just kidding...

I don't scream at my students,

no way!!

Hopefully I'll never have to ...

cuz I'm just the good kind of a teacher.

Anyways, for the last few nights, I haven't been able to sleep well,

consequently making my loving/lively days with my students

really tiresome and stressing... even sleeping on the bus

while I commute from one workplace to another!

... never thought I'd do that ...

always thought ppl who slept on the bus were wierd~

Well, I had to put an end to this... so I missed my morning's work

and payed (R$ 150) a visit to the doctor at a clinic close by.

For my 'surprise', I was diagnosed with faringitis and bronchitis! >.<

I wanted to cry... the doctor said that if I'd taken a bit longer ...

it would have turned to a pneumonia ... and I would have been 'hospitalized'!

@.@ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~

He perscribed a whole bunch of medication...

and I had to buy them. (Another R$150)

Well, I have a lot of faith that I'll get better and be completely cured

in two weeks time. ^^ hehehe... And if I truly am better by then,

I'll call the doctor to thank him. Hahah...

OF COURSE I've been praying!! He knows...

***

I want my mommy!

Un plus de cours a fini!!

C'a été un mois intense... et j'ai fini CB2!!!
Après l'examen, nous avons fait une fête.
Il a été amusé! ^^ hahah...
Oh la la ~~~ Nous allons pour CB3.

(Paloma ~ notre professeur et Mila)

(Mila et moi) / (Moi, Daniel et Gisela)

(presque tous du cours)

(Mila, Gisela et Aline) / (... et Aline)

(Barbara et Cibele) / (Beatriz)

Goodbye to the Normals - hahaha...