Brazilian Superstitions

Superstitions in my country:
In Brazil we say that it is bad luck to walk under a ladder.
We also say that is not good to jump over others legs. It means that something bad may happen to their health.
We say that to come across a black cat on Fridays is bad luck.

Friday the 13th is a bad day or not a good luck day! But I love it. Don't ask me why, I don't know why!
On New Year's Eve it is good luck jump 7 waves at the beach and make wishes or think about your resolutions. on this evening it is also good to wear red undies if you are looking for love or yellow if you are looking for money/better job or white if you want peace!

About me

I came to Australia in August 2001 and started my life here as an English student at City central College in Sydney. It was very hard in the beginning for so many reasons. First because I was alone, with no family and no friends, secondly because I quit my job in my country as a lawyer to try some sort of different lifestyle that I didn't even know what it was all about. I didn't know what I was looking for! I just wanted to make changes in my life. I wanted to faced my fears, and that was a big thing. It wasn't a simple adventure like most young people do, like going overseas, learning the language, partying, and gettting involved with all aspects that this kind of experience can bring to someone.

For me, it was like facing that fact that I was alone, that I didn't speak the language, didn't have a job or any way of earning an income. Another thing was that I didn't have my family with me so it was the scariest feeling that I ever had!

Despite all of these feelings and fears, I had the joy of complete freedom that I can't explain! And I wanted to test myself and discover my inner strength.

Many things happened and now after 9 years I am facing different issues, like: what sort of new qualification I want to get in order to have a new working experience, and now that I have children, will I stay in Australia indefinitely or will I go back to my country? Over there I have family and friends that can help me start again, or will I continue to live in Australia which is a safer place for my children. Here, they can have a better quality of life. I don't know the answer yet. What I really know is that I want to make the most of it, studying and enjoying the Australian lifestyle with my children.

My last holiday

My last holiday was two days short trip to camp at Windang Park with my two children and few friends. We were in three families.

Each family had their own tend and ours was the smaller one. Wasn't that nice as I thought would be because the weather didn't help much. Just a couple hours after assembling the tend, started to rain and the wind was so strong that snapped one side of the tend. So we end up sleeping in the humidity and with the tend almost in our heads.

Next morning was a beautiful sunny day but again in afternoon another blast came to the camp.
The second night wasn't that restful as I wished so I left with my children in the next morning before everybody else. I was so tired that I spent the whole weekend resting.

The good was that, besides the weather, my children could enjoyed the trip without noticed my stress or my tiredness.