There is a saying in portuguese language that goes: "Depois da tempestade, vem a bonança".  This in english would sound more or less like this:  "After the storm, comes the lighter day, the quiet and peaceful days".  I think it means like: after dark periods, problem and trouble periods, there come the peaceful days and shinny mornings", "after the bad moments, good moments are about to come".

Yes, and so it seems to be.  The problem is how to figure out when the storms are gone, and recognize the sun rays among the heavy clouds.

My life has always been a sucession of storms and peaceful mornings, sometimes a mix of rain and sun, with a rainbow out there, in the background.

The fun in life, i think, comes from this result:  the challenge of facing the rain without an umbrella, many times, coping with its drops falling right above u, the strong winds in your face and often with no place to hide, no shelter, but always keeping in mind that the storms will pass out, will be over, and as anything in our existence: will give place to another period, another challenge, other objectives.

I learned at a young age that nothing lasted forever: the good and bad things.

Even though you may be living the happiest days in your life, you ought to know that it wont last forever, one day it will end, and another storm will come, for the sake of a brand new sun rise.  This philosophy is somehow cruel, if u only focus on the fact that our happiness wont never last forever, as the so famous fairy tales tell: "and they lived happily ever so after".  In the other hand, if you are living a hell on Earth, a very disgusting period in your life, a moment of great sorrow, it helps thinking that life works in cycles.  Like the London eye.  Once in the highest peak, dont doubt it will bring u at the lowest aswell, and just after, very soon, it will start to lift u up.

 

  And maybe, it can lift you so high that you will fly 30,000 feet above ground.

More than being waiting for the dark period to end, one needs to really fight to have what they fancy to do regarding life.  Not enough to "live and let die", but more than that, "live and make your life". 

Waiting for the big London Eye to lift you up and make you fly high is a mistake.  You are the one in charge of the commands which you enable the big wheel move and leave sorrows behind. 

I thank the universe and intelligible life for letting me to keep myself healthy and with enough energy to get up every day and fight for my objectives. 

Something that I simply refuse is a person who even having the same strengh I do, denies it by letting her/him self  lose the aim and fall into depression.

Depression has got me many times.  It has shown its shadow during days and nights.  I needed to suffer from that.  I needed to cry all the times I did, I needed to conquer inch by inch of my dream. 

Yes, the official countdown has just begun!

18 days to face my dear brazilian airport and go through many x-ray machines and querries.

19 days to face British customs and convince them that i do not intend to rely on british government for living.  And, as themselves say: "Search for a leave to enter".

in 18 days time, I will look at my fathers face, so dear to me, and say "goodbye and see you in a week time".  I know he will be as nervous and anxious as I will, but I will try my best not to make him feel even more sad or anxious, because I know he doesnt deserve this.

This is São Paulo International Airport, where I will be in 18 days.

Another view from the check in counter and the queues.

And this is the aerial view.  You see there the main building and the wings of terminals.

The airport stays around 40 minutes, 60 minutes from São Paulo.  It is not inside the city, it is in a satellite city, called Guarulhos.  This is the reason the acronyms for the airport is "GRU".

from São Paulo, I will take off at 16:25, heading to Rome.

Ahh.. Rome, what a dream!!!

The land of Romans, the brave people who conquered Europe and settled in all far cities, taking their stunning latin language, "domesticating" the barbars, bringing progress to the most lost area, the "aquaeductus", aqueducts, the "schola", school for people to learn mathematics, language, history, civilized the celtics, bringing a new era for all western continent.  Ahh... How nice it would be if I had the chance to see before me the coliseum, the roman archictecture, the museums, the statues, the roman gods, all the essence of my latin language and culture, the birthplace of my history.

These 2 hours I will spend in Rome will be like a film.  I hope I do have the chance to exit the airport and just breath from the ancient roman air.  The same air Ceasar, Augustus, Virgilius, many hundreds of years ago breathed.

I really want to visit Rome with Chris one day.  He will love it and we will have really rewarding moments discovering the land where once was the capital of the Empire.

And also, drink loads of wine and eats lots of pizza meanwhile, lol

mmmmmm

 

 Yes, I got to sort everything out!!!

hey hey hey!!!!

Gosh, just cant believe it!! 

But dont think it was easy...  I decided to send HSBC to hell and went to Banco do Brasil.  My manager at HSBC is taking ages to say if my credit is approved or not, so, I was talking to a friend and he said: "Cris, why dont u go to Banco do Brasil?  They are faster than HSBC, and moreover, they have the policy of loans for cars, housing, computing and tourism.." 

So, this is what i did:  I was at 10am this monday at Banco do Brasil.  I have a saving account there, but never opened a real account as I never liked to have a Banco do brasil account... dunno, they keep having strikes, and stuff.  But well, I sat there, talking to the manager, told her that I wanted to open an account. And believe me! In less then 15 minutes, I had not only my account, but also the loan for my trip + international gold credit card!! lol

This is how the card looks like, lol

I swear by the greek gods, it took only 15 minutes.  She gave me my cheques (which will arrive this coming week) , the card, the loan, everything.  She just said: When u go to the tour agency, u pay it all at one go, give them a cheque, then u come back here and show me the receipt. I will allow the exact amount in ur account in the same minute, and u can split the payment in 24 months!!

lol

Can u imagine?

So... now, im just waiting for the cheque book to come along with my credit card, and then, I will rush to the agency and buy the damm trip, lol

As Chris says: "Stop damming things, lol"

Gosh, im sooo happy.

Also, then I will be able to buy some stuff i was willing to buy to take to the trip but couldnt buy them yet cos i need to spli the payment and due to that big confusion in my account, i wasnt able to use my credit, gosh

And guess what? The HSBC manager had told me that she would phone me this past week...  But she didnt!!!  U know what i will do?

When she phones me saying: "ok, ur credit was approved", I will say", "ok"... Then, when all the credit cards, and cheques come to my place i will grab them all , and then I will go to my agency HSBC and tell her: "I dont want it anymore".

lol

Yes, this will be my silly revenge, lol

I know she wont spend a night awaken wondering Why I did that, but at least, i will have my point,lol

Another company I want to play a revenge on is "Credicard". Gosh, I simply HAAAAAATe this company. For 2 times they have denied to give me an international credit card which credit limit was 1/3 of my income.  I dunno why they did that, but This revenge I will play the following way:

They have sent me a letter saying: "Dear costumer, we are very happy to have received ur proposal to become one of our clients, but unfortunately, we are not able to accept you right now cos some of ur information dont match our policy.  Please try again in 6 months time"

So, u can imagine how "happy" i got when i read this shit. lol

But, just wait....

I kept the letter in my folder....

In august dad told me he is going to add me as his partner in his company, and trust me, dads account is amazing, lol

And OBVIOUS that credicard will send me proposals to join their company of credit...

But....u know what I will do when they send me the first letter asking me to join them??

I will include a copy of this letter they sent me saying i "didnt match the profile" and i will write on the top of the letter: "FUCK YOU"

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]

I jsut pray for this day to come soon.

I will feel GREAT saying "FUCK YOU" for those bunch of wankers!

I know it is a silly revenge, but i will feel great.  Just wanted to be an insect to see the face of the person who will open the "Proposal", lol

hehehe

I know im silly.  But u know, I think it is very funny how this financial shit works...  Once I heard a saying like this: "A banker is the one who lends u an umbrella when it is sunny".  And this is true.

I cant wait to send Credicard to hell and saying FUCK YOU in their faces.