A BUSY BUT HAPPY DAY

Today I had a very cheerful day, although it was way too hectic.
I had the monthly meetings with teachers, separated in 3 groups: at 10:00 the teachers teaching children.  At 13:30, the ones teaching teens and adults and at 17:00, the meeting with teachers teaching spanish.

Meanwhile, i had to correct placement tests and interview some prospects, also, called up 3 company of transportation cos i will need to hire a VAN to drive the students from our branch to the Pub on Tuesday.  Also, we had the begining of the choir classes!!!

2 sessions: one in the afternoon and another one in the night.  The students came and teacher Raul brought his keyboard and so they all rehearsed the songs we are going to present on November 25th, thanks giving day. 

But...the most important moment of the day was to receive the 10 students from AACD we gave a full scholarship for the english course!  Yes!!  Im living one of the most important moments of my careeer!

AACD is an association of ppl who help and give support to handicapped children and adults.  They are people who either were born with a physical problem or due to an accident, or something, had implications on their physical condition.  So, there are ppl who all sorts of problems: without legs, arms, hands, blind, deaf, mute, etc.  The ones who are coming to our school of course are not deaf or mute or blind, cos these ones need a specific teaching, but we are receiving students - adults, in wheelchairs, in walking sticks and stuff.  Our director (he is such a lovely, wise, honoured man) decided to give out full schoolarships for these people from AACD a long time ago, and he could never make it true.  This year he had decided to put this dream into action and turn it into a real thing.

We have been preparing ourselves to receive these special students for almost a month.  I have been reading stuff about psychology and also about socio constructivism (Vygostsky methodology) cos this is the same philosophy field that they apply at AACD and as  a matter of fact, we do also apply at skill!!! :)
The moment they started to arrive at school, we got very happy, we could see from his faces that they were really glad to be given the opportunity to study in a real school! Very good!!  I was very anxious.
I have never worked with this kind of special public.  For me, it is being really delightful to be able to learn about life with them.  It is a real good experience.

Oh my God.  For all the times i have complained about my weight, about my body, about my nails, about anything, i am very ashamed to have behaved in such a selfish way. This is something that everybody should been through. 

Its crazy how we dont notice how perfect we are!!! My god!! we all have legs, arms, hands...  we are all able to go to places w/o having to crawl or to count on gadgets such wheeledchairs, or walking things.  We can simply stand up and walk. If we want to run, we just get up and run! And also, if we want to climb stairs just have to lift one foot after the other and there we go!!!!
What a shame all the times i have complained about my physical condition!!!  What a shame all the times i have been lazy to wake up early and walk in the park - which is a 5 minute walk from my place!  What a shame when i felt embarassed to wear a piece of clothes cos they looked old. !!!!  How stupid human being i have been all these years!!!!

When the class started, i called the teacher and then, my director came to me and we 3 went to the classroom, to greet the new special students.
They all looked very happy to be there.  My director then gave a brief speech, greeting them and we could see in his eyes full of tears and in his voice pitch that he was very much emotioned.  We all were!! The teacher cassia had tears in her eyes and so had I.

I spoke to them, introducing the teacher and then, spoke a little bit about what they would learn, what the rules in the school were (now chris will laugh,lol he says im always inventing rules,lol - but this is my job, gosh) and then what i was expecting from that group.  I was very anxious, as i told them it was my first experience with guys like that and they smiled and i could see from his eyes that they were feeling welcome. :)
We had to adapt some features of our school.  3 of the classes received pathways that enabled them walk in and out in wheelchairs, and also one of the toilets had to go through a full rebuilding, as it had to be adapted to handicapped people.

Gosh.  I am so much emotioned!
So happy!!!

So good to make a good action for the others!  I feel like if i had been into a session of  massage.  But not physically, massage in the soul.  My heart is feeling great, and i will never more in my life complain about anything related to my body.
(except for my big butt,lol)

Gosh, i feel great!!!!

Tomorrow i teach from 08am to 13hs, and in the evening I have a birthday party to go. This is Ricardos Birthday and he had invited me, cristina and some other friends to have some beer at a bar. 

It is a pity that Chris is not online tonight :(
I would have loved to share this great day with him!

seeya

MY DAYS GO PASSING BY...

MMM...   All i wanted now was to wake up in a sunny day, about 25C, feel the breeze , the sound of the ocean from the balcony...  and in there, a nice table with a delicious breakfast for me and Chris.

I would get up, kiss his cheek and walk outside, dressed in "pernoir" and call him to join me in this "dream" breakfast.  Not only for the food itself, but for the scenery...  then, pick the newspaper, and read it while we chit chat during the breakfast.

That would be at 10 o'clock,  a reasonable time to wake up on the beach.  After breakfast, easy, slow paced routine, we would prepare for the beach...  Chris would go back to bed and he would say he would stay there for a little while more while i have a nice shower.  Ok, i head the bathroom, and ohh...  so good water...  mmm...  i love the scent of herbs coming from the soaps and shampoo...  Chris is quiet...  I think he has fallen asleep again...  Oh, no problem...  it is his vacation aswell, and i dont mind if he sleeps a bit more :)

Oh...  shower is delicious...  I wish i could stay here for a life time...

oh.. then...  to dry up my body and prepare it for the sun...  a good sun lotion factor 25 for me and factor 40 for Chris, as his skin is much more delicate than mine :) Hes got a baby skin, hehe  so nice and cute.

Also some special conditioner for my hair to protect it from the sun and salt of the sea waters.  Brush teeth, and dont forget to pass my cocoa lipstick, to protect my lips from the sun aswell.  No perfume... only deodorant, cos we are going to the beach!! :)

I leave the bathroom and find Chris with closed eyes in bed.  Hehe...poor babe has fallen asleep.  I think i took too long in the shower,lol 

Well...I have a tactic to wake him up...i go to the radio and turn it on... not loud tho..  soon, he wakes up and i send him to the bathroom, to get ready for the sun :)

He asks where his towels is... Gosh..Men can never find things that are usually just under their nose...  He asks for his swimming suit aswell..  There I go, entering in the bathroom while he showers.  hehehe

This is me, waiting for Chris...  I just love sitting on the balcony's thing to look out the sea:)

Well... after some minutes, Chris is back...and there we go....  visiting this wonderful place..
Sandals on the feet, towels and lotions and sun glasses in the bag, some pocket money and a mini bottle of water, just in case.  Ah! of course we are taking our camera...!!

tHIS IS THE DECK of the hotel swimming pool.  now, we are going to spend our day by the beach, walking, playing tennis, (beach tennis), swimming and of course, eating and drinking,lol

This is Chris foot. lol  He was trying the new camera he bought at e-bay on a deal he had with his e-bay friend and was anxious to try some shots with his new toy,lol
So nice to be on the beach, able to walk w/o shoes, or socks..  just feeling the sand on the feet. 

We decided to go on a ride on the famous banana boat!! lol  Chris didnt want to go at first, but i insisted and gosh! we laughed so much!!!  Also, we could make friends with other couples who were spending some days on the beach! very nice!

this is where we had our lunch, at 2 o' clock, as Chris was starving from all that water activity.  I had a bunch of shrimps and also some spicy food, and Chris had a lighter meal. I dont want him to feel sick during his vacations.  All washed with some great chilled beer!! of course!!!

Chris is very happy, i can see that from his face and i am always watching him to make sure he doesnt get burned by the sun, now and then i ask him to come closer and i spread the sun lotion on his back and legs. Also a different one for his delicate face.

oh my....  we feel sleep...gosh i ate too much,lol
Will go have a walk while Chris sleeps in the towel, by the sand.  He had set up a sun umbrella, and i ordered some soft drinks.

The sunset...

Oh... this day was so lovely.  Now, we go back to the hotel, shower again, and watch some TV programmes until it gets 10 o'clock, and we go down to the little village to see the crowds and some shopping - for mothers and stuff.

Maybe we can finish the night by the seashore, eating a nice pizza! lol

Where we are???  Cant believe u dont know where we are!!!
We are in Brazil!!!! In a place called Ilha Bela, about 4 hours drive from  São Paulo.  It is an island.  very beautiful and nice!

Now, i may go to sleep:)
Goodbye for now :)

 

I WROTE MORE THINGS TO UPLOAD IN THIS STUPID BLOG BUT GOT MY WRITING ERASED BY THE SYSTEM.

SO, I DONT GIVE A SHIT IF MY MESSAGE WENT THROUGH OR NOT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, THAT I AM A LOT SCARIED.

I DONT FULLFILL ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS THEY WILL ASK ME AT THE CUSTOMS. 

I AM NOT MARRIED

I HAVE NO KIDS,

I DONT HAVE A WORK REGISTER

I DONT GO TO UNIVERSITY NOWADAYS

I OWN NOTHING THAT CAN PROVE THAT I WILL RETURN BACK

SO................

DUNNO REALLY WHAT TO DO.

DUNNO IF I CARRY OUT THIS EXPERIENCE.

I DONT WANT TO HAVE MY DREAMS FRUSTRATED BY A STUPID OFFICIAL. 

I DONT WANT TO BE THERE AND BEING NOT ABLE TO ENTER THE COUNTRY AFTER SO MANY HOURS OF FLIGHT AND ALSO, SO MUCH EFFORT.

THIS IS NOT FAIR!!

GOSH

I THINK I WILL CRY  -------  AGAIN.

UK VISA PROCESS

Well.  Each day more and more, i get more and more confused.

It is terrible this british system to issue visas!!!!  I think it is not fair to make the person fly all the way to the country and only finding if he or she will be accepted by the door.
Can u imagine?  The person goes, pys a damm lot of money, and there, is submmited to a interview where they will check if he or she is able to step inside the country.  U dont even get ur luggage!!!!
U simply leave the airplane, go through a corridor, get into a queue and there is interviewed.

Only then u can pass and get ur luggage.  Result: if ur not accepted for any reason, u dont have even the right to touch ur luggage!! u stay there, locked in a room, waiting for the next flight back to ur country. How terrible!!!

In this point (and only in this) i am for the american system.  U go to the consulate in here, pay the fees, the taxes (100 dollars), fill out forms, take pics, and then u schedule a day through the automatic reply system in telephones they have - u call toll free and automaticaly gets a protocol with a number and the day and time of ur interview.  U simply have to go there, show the loads of documents , and be interviewed in there.  Then, if ur ok, they stamp the visa on ur passport and bingo!! U can calmly fly ur way to the big apple, w/o the worry of not being accepted in the last minute.

This is the reasonably fair system.  At least, if u get ur visa denyed , u are in Brazil!! u can cancel ur trip, cancel the hotels, and look for another destination and dont spend ur money and ur precious time.   But in British Embassy it works so stupidly!!!  I believe it is a lack of respect to tourists and ppl who are willing to spend the money in there!! to get everybody inside the airplane nervous, anxious, and afraid to go through the embarrasing moment at the customs and take the risk of having ur stay aborted by an official - who , many times, are having a bad hair day, or is under PMS and just dont like u, or something, and have ur misfortune told!  

How silly, idiot, stupid system this british system!! gosh!!!! This would be better to act as dirty americans who at least, spend more money on consulates and  pay more their workers, but at least, they are there and u can fly sure about ur acceptance into the country.

I am very nervous thinking of the possibility to have my entrance restricted by an official.  And the more ppl i talk to about it, the more i get scaried to death!!!  I even think of cancelling everything and say: FUCK YOU, BRITISH IMMIGRATION OFFICE!!!  I WILL SPEND MY LITTLE MONEY INSIDE BRAZIL, SPENDING MY VACATIONS IN A WARM CLIMATE AND DRINKING MY CHILLED BEERS!!!  FUCK YOU, STUPID!!!

I swear by god, if i have my visa denyed in there, and have to spend hours and days (sometimes the denyed ppl have to spend more than one day there, in a room, locked, with no food and no drink, treated like prisioners) i swear that I WILL NEVER MORE EVEN THINK OF ENGLAND!!! I WILL HATE ENGLAND I WILL HATE ENGLAND TO DEATH! AND WILL DISCOURAGE ANY PERSON I KNOW TO VISIT THE COUNTRY AND I SWEAR THAT I WILL NEVER MORE IN MY LIFE WILL THINK ABOUT GOING THERE, OR SEEING THINGS FROM THERE AND EVEN WATCHING FILMS OR ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THERE.  ANYTHING!!!!