Thursday, March 18, 2010

Toi c'est sale!


So what have really been going on in Balneario Camboriu? The last entry was only about one day during which I had obviously no plan - but it was a fun one! Here are a few more stories...

Actually, the title of this entry is something that Jessica told me a few days ago... I was not completely dirty - just my feet - but it is just for walking too much with my havaianas by the beach... and who is Jess? She is one of the many people I have had the chance to meet through the school - and who inspired me in many ways! So I'm really happy to be here and to have a chance to catch up with her!

CS story - On saturday - I have been invited to a CS meeting - and thanks to Helcio (my host) for doing so because I met many other interesting people - that I had the chance to meet again since last week and that I will surely see again before I leave! And they almost all had some connection either with the french language, Montreal or even ILSC! One is going there in August... I am not really surprised anymore - I used to think that Brasil was a huge country but now I know that it is nothing else than a big village! :) The CS meeting ended in a bar by the beach and then I returned to the hostel right on time for the breakfast and then I could sleep until I had to sign out...

Sunday was Jess's sister's Bday - we had great seafood for lunch and we went to a bar on another beach (actually, everything here is about the beach - except the shopping mall and the theatres so I will not mention it anymore) to see a band of Forro - there are usually four instruments - a guitar, a drum, an accordeon and a triangle... and four people to play them... I have to admit that I had no expectations for the triangle but it did add something to the music... something like cling cling and cling... and... cling... After the bar, we hanged out on the b**** and had chimarao... It's a hot version of terere... (So if you didn't read all the blog, you can either pretend you understand or go far back to find out what terere is...) So in the South, I have to like chimarao more... it is not even an option... it's a rhetoric question... I can't say that terere is better even if it is like 35 degrees outside and the drink is 100 degrees... In Mato Grosso I had to say that terere was better - even if I hadn't had chimarao... I would say that I like both but I already hear your comments saying that I can't like both... just like I can't cheer for Argentina and Brasil at the same time...

I also met a guy and mentioned that I was intending to participate to the half marathon that actually happened yesterday - he told me that he was a triathlete and that we could run together - I said yes - we decided to run on Tuesday morning...

Meanwhile, on Monday evening, I went out with some other CSers for a few drinks and went to bet quite late but I was on time on the b**** ready to run as the sun was very slowly getting up... While my running buddy was getting ready, he brought some 'Runner' magazines and showed me a picture showing a guy on the finishing line at the Boston marathon - and then he told me that he is his friend and that they train together... It was not a big deal because he didn't win... he only finished in 9th place... I was relieved...

Then I started to think about my shoes - which I knew - were definitely not good for running - they were not even good for walking - not even for existing... sorry shoes... We still went for the run - first up north the b****- then to the south end - then on the roads that took us on a hill - where some people jump in parapente (I mean that it is high) and then down the hill to another b**** - we ran in the sand - climbed some rocks to get to another b**** and then through the woods to the BC b**** and back to the starting by a road that was so steep - that walking litterally went faster than running... Then I was scared to look at my feet - they were so sore and actually bleeding... because of many blisters that had not survived without bursting... Later, I was about to go back home - I had the option to take a bus - or to walk by the same hill to make some cool pictures... Guess what I did...

There was one problem though... I had taken my camera everywhere with me since the first day in Brasil and it had been exposed to water and sand very often (did I mention the beach?) that it got mad at me and refused to show anything on the display... It means that I can't use any option - neither can I see if the memory is full and the battery empty - or the memory empty and the battery full - but I wouldn't really care in this case... The good thing is that I can take random pictures of people and they can't force me to show them the pictures... My mp3 player is also slowly dying - either because of the mix of sand and water - or because its camera friend is not doing well...

On Wednesday of last week, I had an awesome moment at Jess's place - while she had friends over - we had wine - and then we sang songs outside on the balcony - we could have been at the b**** but there is no point since we can see it and hear it and smell it from the balcony... (Oh! I'm gonna miss this...) Jess had been inspired by the Forro and I guess I had also been because she brought me some metal spoons and I accepted to play -because fortunately in Quebec we learn how to play spoons when we enter school... So I started to play a few notes... it sounded like cling cling clingcling cling cling clingcling... you recognize the song?

On Thursday, Jess and siss and CSers went to a bar called Didge... it's an australian bar they say - they will have to explain me though because I had brasilian beer and there was a brasilian samba rock band... I guess we had had a few drinks already because I kind of became a catastrophe... Someone said: ''He made a real effort to samba...'' But to be honest, in my case, I don't think that efforts are enough... But it's another story... Later, we went back home and I don't know how they managed to do it, most of them went to their classes... while I was starting to feel normal again...

On Saturday I went to meet another CSer and when we met in Joinville (wouldn't you like to live in a city with a name like Joinville?) she told me that she had been to Montreal (I was not surprised) and that she had studied at a language school with a four letter name (I was not surprised) and that she remembered some teachers' names that I knew... (I swear I was not surprised) Have I even mentioned that this world is kind of small...? We went to a city in another state on Sunday morning called Curitiba - which I found amazing! Of course I didn't stay long there but my first impression stayed with me for the whole day - I loved it! And the road to there was really beautiful!

So overall, I am really happy with everything that has been going on in the last weeks - I got some great experiences in the first month with great people visiting different places and seeing how they lived and sharing lots of quality time with them and their families - and now not being as organised but still having some great time with some other great people! It is only positive!

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  2. First of all, you were in Mato Grosso DO SUL!
    I teached you about this, remember?

    I love forro, and when my friends are playing (the band that you met) I like to make a triangle with fork and knife (when I find some) and play hahahha

    When will you go back to Canada?
    Let me know in the next entry ;)

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  3. Je viens de lire une chose et j'ai pensé: "les fans méritent des nouvelles"! J'arrive ici et.. Voilà les nouvelles!(http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/03/24/ethiopia-repression-rising-ahead-may-elections)
    Quel blog va m'amuser lorsque tu rentres?

    Aaaaaaaaaaaah! C'est pour ça qui tu m'a dit que le whisky ne marche pas avec forró! Parce que le forró du sud est tellement diferent du forró d'ici! Je suis un peu lente. Mais, je dois dire que le forró d'ici est un peu plus clinclingdondonclingtchupapaclingcling. C'est fou! Il y même de batterie!

    "Camera friend".. heuaoehahe. es-tu normal?

    Moi aussi, je veux savoir quand tu seras à Montréal!

    Beijos, querido Oli!

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