Im sorry, I know Im in a foreign country and need to adapt to (MANY) cultural differences, but I dont think it should be acceptable anywhere to be uninvitedly obnoxious, nosy and interruptive. I feel like there are social manners that should be global, or at least gestures and body language that are universal so that no matter where you are, the person gets the message: you're crazy and I rather poke my eyeball than talk to you right now. It's one thing for the...

I consider myself a Democrat (with some Socialist tendancies perhaps) but here in Rio, I´m starting to feel like a blood-thristy, war-hungry barbarian. And although it may be what some consider "conflict of interest", since I´m anti-war, what can I do? The outcome is crucial. It´s survival of the fittest and in this war, the fittest gets a seat. The battlefield: Public Transportation. Allow me to break this down for you. Public transportation is full of li...

Even though I already have another blog ready to roll, I thought I'd play favorites and throw this one in first because I'm excited. About a week ago I started facing my fears and job searching (just a warm up on craigslist, nothing intense). I found a few writing jobs in San Diego, Denver and from home (ideal). Some were for freelancers, bloggers and editors (which I forgot, I have experience in! And now I know English better than ever). I got two replies. One...

Let´s go back a while... please refer to the blog I posted roughly a month ago about the doctor visit. You all must remember that one. Well... after a month of still having an itchy head (and a variety of different bumps, bites and rashes on my body) I was convinced that it wasnt psoriosis nor the heat. I am constantly complaining to Ricardo that I have something and it´s not better. Finally, we made a dermatologist appointment to find out what it was. I ...

Attitude, body language, tone of voice; I'm now convinced (after extreme examples) that these are crucial and priceless. I'm going to use 5 examples to illustrate my point. And I hope just from my words, you'll be able to feel the difference.1) Claudio and Claudia- oh where to begin. These are my bosses at one of the schools I teach for. Coincidentally they have the same name and the same uptight, snap-your-finger (honesty she snaps her fingers, all the time), "w...