Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Doped by the Brazilian Universal Health Care System

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I almost refused the corticosteroid shot, but then in the end I took it. I was feeling a bit better tonight (after taking ibuprofen), but I ...

Five Feverish Days

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sorry for the long, boring post I don't recall having had a fever for so long before (though maybe I did)... I'm really tired of ...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Ci & Li Take Sampa, or Lovely Day with a Dear Friend

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Last night and this morning were awesome! I stayed in São Paulo (or dear Sampa) -- the city where I lived the longest in my life, 13.5 years...
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Super Extreme Tele-Teaching

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This is too surreal to be real, but it is real and it's coming to be in the Fall. I still can't believe I've agreed to to this...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

"The Eye" or MON: Museu Oscar Niemeyer (Curitiba, PR Brazil)

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My sons love it and call it simply "the eye." It's one block  from my aunt's house, isn't that just amazingly awesome?...
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My Dear Cousin - II

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Last night (OK, Tuesday night), I got to spend sometime to my other favorite cousin (and his wife): My visit to Curitiba was way too sho...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

My Dear Cousin - I

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I love you Vânia Helena ! P.S. I wish I could stay with these cousins of mine who have wifi, but I'm staying at their mom's ho...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

In ten days...

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... my husband will be here. Actually in 9 days since it's Thursday already... I miss him, though I'm really used to this by now: ...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Rainy Days & Mondays

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Today, Monday, I obviously didn't have to go back to work, but it was raining, and rainy days with two boys at someone else's home c...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Nanny at My Brother's Wedding

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The nanny didn't come to my wedding and neither did our 3rd-4th grade teacher, but they both made it to my brother's wedding seven y...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Caldas Novas -- a Hot Water Resort Town

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The photos below are a panoramic view of the town from up there (the "volcano" at the "Acqua Park:"  The the...
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Safely Back Home, but internet-less

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We made it back from Caldas Novas to where my parents live in the Sao Paulo countryside, a 400 mile trip. My parents' house doesn'...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Bullet points from Caldas Novas, Brazil

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- I'm blogging in our iPad to make less noise typing ;) [too bad it's still pretty noisy, but I just figured out how to shut off key...
Friday, July 06, 2012

Bright Beautiful Breezy Brazil

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The light in winter here in Brazil is stunning. The blue skies, the dark greens all around and the warm & cool (yes, such a thing exists...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Airport Blogging from Canada

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Yes, you heard that right, Canada. Because the boys's tickets are award travel, we have a funky itinerary. Dulles - Toronto - Sao Paul...
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Packed and almost ready to go...

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... to Brazil for 1.5 month. All things considered, getting ready for this trip was comparatively easy. We only stayed up until 4 am packi...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

On the day the iphone turned 5...

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... we decided to wait for the 5, which is apparently coming out in September. iKelvin was very disappointed, but when he heard about some...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Soakin' up Super High Speeds with Fios

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We're visiting friends close to Philly and they have * real * high speed internet  while we're stuck with a ridiculous DLS connectio...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Connectedness: Imminent Change is coming to Casa in Translation!

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well, well, well I feel a lot of trepidation about this decision, but our lives are never going to be the same again, I'm sure, after ...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

March Madness 2013: 3 Consecutive Spring Breaks

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I haven't yet compared our three calendars in detail (mine, K's & the kids). I know that I start roughly at the same time as K, ...