Tint's Meanderings

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A blog by tintalasia

Blog description:

The blog of a South African blogger on sojurn in Brazil

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Tint's Meanderings ranks 4652 in Africa and 2873 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 2300, and 2393 according to page views:

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Reasons to smile

I got home yesterday to not one, but a few emails from prospective students. Three are old students returning and one is a new student referred by one of the old students! I needed to be on the bus at 6am this

Weekender

Saturday morning found us going shopping. About half a mile from home is a shopping centre with a Walmart inside. Yes, it is the same company as most of you are familiar with, but the products and prices are vastly different, I think. It's not a bad place to shop.

Random thoughts

You are being watched... Intently... Only by some...

It makes no cents!

Jurgis went to change our address with the electricity department. Now here, if you have anything due on your bill, you can't change your address. We couldn't change the address, as the previous people hadn't paid up yet. No problem. The owner would sort

A week in review

This is absolutely 100% Dingo!! I really should write as life happens or it's all forgotten. I learnt that the hard way with Tat. I was preparing her birthday gift which called for memories of her childhood. I lost so much detail because

What happened?

Born to parents who cared loved and nurtured life a dream of farm fields and orchards you excelled in a nobleman's sport Grew

People

I spend a fair amount of time waiting for the next student in either buses, trains, metros and shopping centres. Sometimes I read. Sometimes I catch up with paperwork. Other times I prepare lessons or write. Sometimes I just sit and watch. Shopping Iguatemi is very upmarket,

A very merry -birthday to you... to you... a very merry -birthday

The tune is going through my head. Can you hear it? Ah Tatiana, you are so much to so many. How many young girls will

Good fences make good neighbours

Two days ago, Jurgis and I were inside when we heard a woman calling, "Visinho!" (Neighbour!) Jurgis went out and found the neighbour, with whom we share the property, was stuck inside her home. Her husband had left with the keys. We have the same problem here... only one set

Settling in

I was able to do a load of washing this morning. Great! Our clothes were about to get up and walk to the river to be washed. It says something that I think the river smelt better. Leaving home, I was barely 10m away

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