Lets start this off with a random fact: Today in Brazil is the beginning of Day Light Savings Time...this is funny to me..just last year around this time I asked my friend if day light savings time exsisted in other countries...
As of Sunday October 11, I am another year older. I spent my birthday weekend in the city of Garuja..a place famous for its beaches. I spent four nights and two complete days there with my second family and their friends. Friday I went to a sushi restaurant for the first time...I was assured by a man named Chico that there was a very good hospital near by..so it was alright to try everything... :) Saturday I was given a tour by car of the town and its scenic locations. I was taken to a very nice restaurant..(Food is very very significant here..everthing is good. Not everything..but 9 out of 10 new foods I try I love..I have never had an unsatisfying meal and I am starting to show signs of that) After food there was shopping and birthday presents. Much later my friends Lucas(Brazilian) and Aleck (Tiwainese) called me up...they just happened to be in the same city located at least four hours away from where we all live...and invited me to hang out with them. I got dressed with the help of the two daughters in the household...borrowing their clothes and jewlery..and then before Lucas and Aleck arrived I spent some time with the two daughters and their friends while a very handsom Brazilian guy played guitar.
My birthday started very early with the singing of Parabems...at 12:00 am on OCT 11...in a car full of people I didnt know and didnt speak english...It was cool..beyond that the night was uneventful...and I returned the the house where I was staying and stayed up late talking with the daughters and their friend.
MY BIRTHDAY DAY!!! I went to the beach. The beaches here are different. This beach stretched at least a mile and a quarter and all along the beach are venders and cantinas and ...There were tons of people...but not in the water. Practically the only people in the water (Atlantic) were the sufers because it was a bit chilly. The thing to do on the beaches here when you are not drinking, playing some sport or in the water is parade up and down the beach...and at some point in your day at the beach...everyone does it. Theres so many people..it reminded me of traffic. All you do is walk. It is nice.. Another nice thing about beaches here is that really know one cares...I was the whitest person on the beach...no one even came close to my transparent color...but no one cared.. No one cares...no one judges..no one looks anyone else up and down.. The Brazilians really seemed to be content with themselves at the beach and nothing else mattered nothing else phased them...
After my beaching, there was time for relaxation and then a little later a BBQ birthday party. The daughters invited their boys and their friends and Lucas, Alick and family came and of course my second family was there...so it was a nice part with good people..Later there was a huge, beautiful chocolate cake..(however..I think they over do cakes here with multiple fillings and different flavors...I prefer cake in the states I think)
My birthday did not stop there however, just yesterday was the third singing of Parabems(Congradulations..brazilian version of Happy Birthday and for Hes a jolly good fellow all wrapped into one) with candles set in icecream.. Ohh Icecream...I found my favorite type of icecream here..Milho...or corn. Seriously, it is amazing.
Things I have noticed:
-Girls do not shave above their knees
-Homes do not have basements
-Almost all young girls have long hair
-People of all ages are wearing braces
-Brazilians love the TV series "House"and "Friends"
-Futbol..Soccer...is practically a religion
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