tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post2908941324385045834..comments2023-10-09T10:28:04.236-03:00Comments on Adventures of a Gringa in Brazil: Here's to Hoping the World Doesn't End!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15421142287093429996noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-4679153029351857602012-01-27T01:24:46.151-02:002012-01-27T01:24:46.151-02:00wow.. Eu não acredito que você esta pensando em vo...wow.. Eu não acredito que você esta pensando em voltar pro Canadá... Eu adoro ler teu blog e sobre sua vida canadense-brasileira... Mas realmente, se estiver difícil a adaptação, o melhor é voltar, você tem que lutar pela sua felicidade, e estar em um lugar onde você se sinta livre e tenha bem-estar, siga seu coração, é o melhor remédio e caminho para a felicidade.<br /><br />Eu te desejo boa sorte nas suas futuras escolhas e todo amor que houver nessa vida para você e todos que te rodeiam =) [Desculpa por escrever em português] ;)Jô~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13589227943644877531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-57363579512030757432012-01-25T10:38:21.902-02:002012-01-25T10:38:21.902-02:00@Danielle
We're not leaving for a lonnnng tim...@<a href="#c7022421743842293537" rel="nofollow">Danielle</a><br /><br />We're not leaving for a lonnnng time! (if at all, but don't tell my mom)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421142287093429996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-89771303305991605812012-01-24T23:56:19.943-02:002012-01-24T23:56:19.943-02:00Just wanted to say much of what you say about '...Just wanted to say much of what you say about 'Brazil' can also probably be attributed to you being in a big city. Like when you said "In Brazil, you're fighting the fight alone, give or take a few specific situations that bring the community out in people" couldn't be further from my experience in my Little Cowboy Town in the interior. I actually have to ask people to stop helping me, and people are so understanding with my language limitations. Our vet has actually taken it upon himself to set up meetings with every bank in town to give presentations and hopefully get more students. It's mind boggling. <br /><br /><br /> Ah, re-integrating can really stink. I travelled and lived all over for 2 years- 1998-2000- but it was also a life-stage tough time. (28-30) I didn't know that then, though. I read a book called "Culture Shock" I think....Reverse Culture Shock has the same affects. I think Peace Corps estimates a US person needs $6,000 to help with a smooth reintegration.<br /><br />I returned to the US and and didn't quite know what to do with myself. Teaching ESL was a PT job there, and I wanted to go to grad school *right then*, but nothing was working out. I also couldn't imagine living in the US for the rest of my life. I made my 10-year plan, and it all worked out, here I am in Brazil, with my grad degree and a loving partner. The 2 dogs and 27 chickens are a bonus!<br /><br />Carlos and I are probably here for life....so hopefully I won't have to go through that again. The US wears me out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822419510744243455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-25001730100896726502012-01-24T11:27:16.720-02:002012-01-24T11:27:16.720-02:00Hey Lindsey, I moved from Brazil back to Ireland a...Hey Lindsey, I moved from Brazil back to Ireland and found the transition quite challenging. After experiencing Brazil for the first time home felt really boring. Where was the madness? Why didn't people chat on the bus? It definately takes a while to readjust, if in fact you ever do. If you do move back to Canada be sure to be doing something you enjoy. It'll help.<br /><br />I may be moving back to Ireland at the end of the year and while one part of me is looking forward to living in an organized society (even if the economy is totally fucked), another part will miss the edginess and excitement of daily life. Oh and the rudeness. You have to be really rude to get on, at least in Recife, in a way that would be shocking at home. And I'll miss that. Well, that and the beaches.Pernambuco Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579663732104326202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-88102814791951696262012-01-24T09:32:31.973-02:002012-01-24T09:32:31.973-02:00Interesting thoughts. You're right, it is hard...Interesting thoughts. You're right, it is hard to find common ground with people from your own culture after having been away for so long. <br /><br />I think a lot of the changes <i>aren't</i> those more external things like lunch rather than dinner being the biggest meal of the day... they're deeper and can be hard to even put a finger on - and you end up with this weird feeling of "things don't quite fit" or "you guys just don't understand."<br /><br />In any case, it's great that you've found a deeper happiness than some of the material things our North American culture tends to pour its heart into!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-45688083844410707892012-01-24T04:11:45.595-02:002012-01-24T04:11:45.595-02:00Love the new layout! Beautiful colors!!!
Let me ...Love the new layout! Beautiful colors!!!<br /><br />Let me just say this: Moving back to your own country/culture is harder than moving to a new culture in some ways and easier than others. But overall it is much more intense, difficult, and, well... sad (even if you love your country/culture) because it also signals an end to some very important time. HOWEVER, it in the end it is wonderful. To be able to take the two versions of "you" and blend them into the person you want to be... it is a beautiful thing that few get to experience. At some point you will find you place and continue on, but more in the way YOU want to and less in the way you just kind-of-happened-to-be-living before. You just have a lot of patience with yourself, because unlike moving to a foreign place where you expect things to be different/hard, you will discover they can be at home. Initially, anyway.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288566275589553773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-24960788364376909192012-01-24T04:08:27.072-02:002012-01-24T04:08:27.072-02:00Dear Lindsey,
The idea of going back to Braz...Dear Lindsey,<br /><br /> The idea of going back to Brazil scares me half to death, for several reasons, but mainly because we have been in the US for almost 15 years now. I became an adult here, in Brazil I always lived with my parents. <br /> However, what bothers me about Brazil is not so much the lack of "organization" as you pointed out, you get used to that fast, and also when you learn how things really work this whole process becomes a lot easier. You also mentioned the fact that you could get run over walking outside your market, hell, that happened in Florida all the time and do I really need to say how bad it is in New York city? <br /> My concerns with Brazil are a lot more subtle and harder to spot and overcome.<br /> It gives me chills to the back of my spine when I remember how people in Brazil are do NOT go direct to the point and are masters in "beating around the bush"!!! It is actually considered rude to be objective and "honest" about what you want, what you feel, how much you like something or not and if you want to go somewhere or not. Brazilians are super sensitive and it's easy to offend someone and be misunderstood as rude and insensitive.<br /> Work relations are also very different and I have worked in the US for too long to remember how to "defend" myself in a Brazilian corporate environment, it definitely is an art I will have to learn from scratch and it won't be easy.<br /> Gil and I discuss about our concerns to the idea of returning home almost every day...<br /> I am just curious, why do you say your return to Canada will be "inevitable"?<br /> Great post!!! :)<br /><br />Abracos<br /><br /> <br />RayAmerican Heart Brazilian Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049937328816904295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-86412558538128146562012-01-23T20:43:57.863-02:002012-01-23T20:43:57.863-02:00Nice new layout Lindsey!Nice new layout Lindsey!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660299118135659627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160647031280507069.post-58269476735450700322012-01-23T19:42:09.354-02:002012-01-23T19:42:09.354-02:00Hey! I like your new blog layout!
Nice to hear f...Hey! I like your new blog layout! <br /><br />Nice to hear from you again, I was hoping you didn't give up on us!<br /><br />I had no clue that you guys were going to eventually move back to Canada! SHOCK! When you get back there you are probably going to view life in a completely different way. <br /><br />My dad works with a woman who is American but her family moved from the US to Brasil (Belo Horizonte) when she was in middle school and she lived there until she was in her mid 20's until she had to move back here (for some reason, don't know why) and she said her life was forever changed. She's been a big help in helping me make up my mind about my ideas and wants for myself in Brazil. She continually tells me that I will never be the same person after my experience but in the best way possible. She said she thanks god for her experience there and said she learned just because we are used to doing something in a certain way, it does not mean it's the right way. These kind of things really inspire me!<br /><br />I think you'll probably have the same sentiment once you return to your homeland. Or not, I don't know. But it seems like you are the type who does appreciate what you have and had. <br /><br />Sorry for my mega comment but I felt I needed to say that. Actually, I think you have inspired me to do a post about this =P.<br /><br />Abracos, <br />AlexAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601198151541361948noreply@blogger.com