I only have enough milk for half a bowl of cereal. I discover this after pouring a full bowl of cereal. Oh well.
One of my students is late. "Sorry, I forgot to set my alarm clock." OK, it happens.
Traffic is bad. The Corinthians are rioting in the streets again. Oh well.
"..Wait, they had a game today?" Nope. Just felt like a nice day to riot.
"Did they have a game yesterday or something?" No, they just like to riot. They are Corinthianos after all. The news says they've been rioting all week in other parts of the city.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Day 45: McFerrari's
A McDonald's burger starts at ten dollars. A crumpled big mac wrapper in the back of your car is a status symbol.
No one understands my confusion.
After all, they reason, the best burger ever doesn't just come for nothing. And from the inventor of burgers no less. It's not like fresh fruit* that grows on a tree. Otherwise poor people would be eating there.
The what? from the who? "Poor people DO eat there. And most of the richer people I know scoff** at the place."
They are in shock. "So not only does everyone have a Ferrari, but in America, even your poor people get to eat at McDonald's?" This one is too much for some of them. They won't believe this.
This is too much for me. I don't believe this.
* A dozen fresh bananas, vine ripened, harvested this morning: 50 cents.
** I don't actually know the word "scoff" in Portuguese. I put my thumb on my nose and said "Argentina people"
No one understands my confusion.
After all, they reason, the best burger ever doesn't just come for nothing. And from the inventor of burgers no less. It's not like fresh fruit* that grows on a tree. Otherwise poor people would be eating there.
The what? from the who? "Poor people DO eat there. And most of the richer people I know scoff** at the place."
They are in shock. "So not only does everyone have a Ferrari, but in America, even your poor people get to eat at McDonald's?" This one is too much for some of them. They won't believe this.
This is too much for me. I don't believe this.
* A dozen fresh bananas, vine ripened, harvested this morning: 50 cents.
** I don't actually know the word "scoff" in Portuguese. I put my thumb on my nose and said "Argentina people"
Day 44: My Car
Everyone in America has a Ferrari I nearly had this myth dispelled when one of my students found a picture of me on Facebook. I was standing next to a busted 90's mustang.
It's a convertible. It's red. Definitely a Ferrari. Definitely MY Ferrari. Definitely proof.
All Americans have Ferraris.
It's a convertible. It's red. Definitely a Ferrari. Definitely MY Ferrari. Definitely proof.
All Americans have Ferraris.
Day 43: Without Success
Nata and I are going to grab lunch at a shopping mall named Bom Sucesso - 'Good Success'. I might have heard it called by another name once.
"Is it the same as Sem Sucesso?"
Nata laughs. He's never heard it called 'Without Success' before. "Yes, that's this one."
This town has sixty shopping malls. If he's never heard that name, then how does he know its this one? I'm working out how to ask him in Portuguese. Then I see the mall.
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