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This weekend, I had one more great weekend in Brazil, this time is not traveling but knew more special people in Brazil :D Actually it was the AIESEC national conference—CONAL, as usual, the y had the trainee track but this time, they didn’t prepare anything special for we trainees…but you know, we always can entertain ourselves.


Although I almost gave up to join this event coz I thought I won’t get anything from this, but after series of mails, saw the responses from other trainees, I was really excited about participating CONAL and the motivation is to know MORE LOVELY GRINGOS!!! Last time in CONADE, gringos are in a big group, I guess it was around 40-50, and this time we had less people (around half), but more interesting! Compared my experience in CONADE & CONAL, I think I had much more fun this time!

We had our GRINGO FAVELA, OC put 20 beds in one big place with 2 bathrooms, por isso, you will find a lot of interesting things happened! Drunk gringos vomited, shitted and had sex (??) in the bathroom and the next day ppl started to piss off the room… (I am lucky enough that my bed is far from bathroom!) Although it’s a mess, I still cherished the time we shared in the little room, drank, photoed, gossiped, and said goodbye…

Tour in Sao Paulo although at the first station, I thought I was in US, coz full of teenagers there playing skateboard and weak X game… (haha, I’m mean…sorry!) but I ate delicious ice cream and churro there, I think churro will be my best memory of food in Brasil ever! Witnessed polices in Brazil stopped every motorcycle guy and touched for a while, then on Avenida Paulista, Christmas Village in Banco Real again, and of course, I love our travel van, the time we introduced ourselves and talked to each other.

Gringos are always naughty, coz we know nobody can control us! I still remember the great and important moment for @--formal dinner with awards, but we always made troubles, hope @ in Brasil won’t kick us out, hehe. Also crazy parties, I think I will never dance like that unless I am really drunk next time, but I swear it’s just a little mistake dancing like a FUNKY GIRL…I didn’t know I will behave like that :(

Anyway, pepole, I'm waiting for my trip heading to Rio de Janeiro, to meet u guys again, to have fun and be crazy in new year eve, Rio, wait for us!!!

AIESEC and Trainees

Don’t know from when, I’m tired of listening complaining to AIESEC from trainees…I was part of them before, but after few times of reflection, I know I need to change. Not being here to say others dunno how to manage themselves, but just write some things from my observation.

1. Over expectation: I remembered at the moment I knew I’m coming to Brazil and being a trainee here, I told myself, since I was an AIESECer, and was in MC before, I really really need to get involved in @CP, I must do something for them, bla bla. But now, I found I put too many pressure to myself and to @CP before…

2. Try to be in other one’s shoes: When I was in Taiwan, I couldn’t say that I treat trainees very well, somehow, I found it’s difficult to find common interests to have conversation with trainees, and it’s tired to speak English all the time. I have my study, my AIESEC duty, need to maintain my friendship also my family, although I know I really need to have more communication with trainees, well…..I really don’t have much time to do so. Now, since I am a trainee here, I can understand why @ers behaves like that, but somehow it’s weird and that is what I want to improve.

3. Foreigner in a foreign country: All of our friends are in our original country and maybe it’s the first time to live in a foreign country for such a long time for most of us. In the beginning, besides colleagues and @ers we have almost no friends here, so, these 2 r OUR HOPEs during our traineeship. It’s hard to start a new friendship and not to mention how to maintain it, everyone has his own life, but for foreigner in a foreign country, it’s really easy to feel lonely or sometimes helpless, at this moment, @ is really important to us.

So, since I know from above, what should I do and how can I improve current situation? I told myself about that:

1. Being friends: There is no difference between @, trainees or anyone u just meet and become your friend. We r standing on the same level, and no one is special, no one is necessary to do something for another side. (Of course besides those basic stuff @ should help we trainees :P)

2. Appropriate communication: Please don’t give up any opportunities you have to talk with @. Or we should say that, if you find something wrong, please talk to the appropriate one and share your thoughts, find the right person to solve your problem. It’s useless for you to complain only.

3. Power of interaction: Without interaction, 2 men will never become closer or friends. Accompany with the times of conversation, communication and interaction, you will know one better and people will know you better as well. And I believe, if everyone is your friend and u r the friend, you will try to understand their situation more, and they will become much more willing to help you.

I know I am a really straight and direct person, sometimes will say something without thinking but just the original thinking from my mind. But I'm really appreciate if someone can give me more ideas, opinions or suggestions! Welcome to leave your message to me or mail me :D Muito Obrigada!

Ro

I shared all my thoughts, my life and everything to Ro almost every day. Ro is my roommate, we live in the same room (3 girls in one room)and maybe because she comes from Peru to study here, Aquarius and 1 year older than me, we have a lot can share with each other.

Coz we both are foreigners, I’m glad that I can share all my feelings to her and she also can tell me how to pass my suffer, how to be happy and A LOT, coz she had what I have before, she can really understand me. She will also share her family, her dog, and things happen here to me, and of course we both are Aquarius, sometimes we will have some strange thinking but we can understand each other!

The society is Peru is as conservative as Taiwan when it compares to Brazil, hence, sometimes it’s easy for us to talk the difference and even experience more here, it’s interesting for me not only to find culture shock but also culture common in my little room here! Before came to Brazil, we don’t drink a lot, we had different party style, we had different value and standard for relationship, but when we came here, we try to BEING part of the culture, enjoy ourselves although sometimes we may get hurt, we may feel frustrated or annoyed. 　

I'm glad that I have a such nice roommate, and become one of my best friends here. If I'm not here for this internship, I will never have the chance to meet her, what an incredible thing that somtime you will find the one out of your expectation!?

小獅子再一發?

星期六，難得在我家舉辦了場churrasco(就是烤肉啦)，話說這個churrasco可是費盡千辛萬苦才得到我家室友們的同意，邀請了我家鄰居還有我的朋友們共襄盛舉!巴西的烤肉跟台灣的烤肉大相逕庭，台灣烤肉種類多變又豐富，各部位的肉與蔬菜應有盡有，巴西的烤肉就真的只是肉了，配上啤酒調酒大口大口喝!烤肉搭配上游泳池真的是夏天消暑玩樂的大好機會!

接下來又是小獅子的事了，因為最近是這邊學期的最後一周，大家都在忙考試，大部分@CP的人收到信都沒回我，那也就算了，但是小獅子可不能算了，我室友就覺得我很奇怪為什麼喜歡他都不約他，所以我就峱峱的在gtalk上問了問他，他只告訴我或許那天晚上他會在，然後來我家...一整個星期六我忙近忙出的都快忘了他的存在，大概晚上8點多的時候(沒錯，烤肉從下午2點到晚上11點XD) 突然覺得怎麼少了一個人!趕快傳剪訊問他人在哪，因為隨時會被丟到游泳池裡，只好把手機擺在房子裡，過沒多久，小獅子居然出現在我面前!

他說他打我手機都沒人接(怒)趕快檢查手機有4通未接來電!!小獅子還是一樣的可愛，反正他來了我就開心了，水瓶座的悲哀就是永遠不知道如何把握機會，人來瘋的跟朋友聊東聊西，結果就是小獅子要跟朋友走了(泣)他說，他這兩天都待在SP, 是特地回來我的活動的(但是誰知道是真是假)，問他上禮拜待在CP幹麻(我跟他說我要去SP,但是因為太懶惰結果沒去)他說他一個人在這我怎都不打電話給他:( 老天爺怎都讓我錯過這麼多機會! 所以現在千錯萬錯都是我的錯...又在跟我爭論我要多待在巴西兩年的事，跟他耍賴他也給我耍賴，是要怎麼因為你待兩年咧?

最後，只好在那kiss goodbye(臉頰的)中道別，沒想到還被小獅子咬了一口，唉呀...真不該為他苦惱這麼久的....

Complicated behavior

It's complicated here, Brazil is not that easy as u see in the surface.

I tried to get into the culture and society here, but i think i need to understand "what is correct" here and don't do it too much. Maybe u will think it's an open country, but i think most of ppl are still under the invisiable pressure. If you are the one who cares about nothing, so u don't need to listen to anything, just be whatever u want, está bem, go for it.

Toinite, i was just warned by my roommate, she told me sometimes I shouldn't dace like that i had in the previous party, since everyone was thinking maybe he can have something with me. I told her, for me, the principle is no kiss, and i thought it's just dance, and as Brazilians. I should admit that I tried to know the limit of myself, so i didn't care about who came to me but dance really really closely. Whenever they tried to kiss, i just escaped...

My roommate told me at that night, she tried a lot to ask guys out, she thought it's not a good way to dance like that, i'm too naive that i cannot do whatever i want with strangers. When ppl saw me dance with one guy like that, others may think i can dance with them as well. Yes, i didn't think that much :( I just wanted to have fun...but i knew my rule and my limit and I knew she wanted to protect me.

Now, i really don't know, not only because of this but also other stuff, when ppl live together, you need to know how to compromise, although it seems they are considerate or something else. It's tired to get along with girls and that's why i am easy and like to make friends with guys, maybe i am a guy actually :P

viagem a Maresias

today, i'm gonna to write my first portugues paragraph...although it will be a boring one, it's my first time :)

Eu fui a praia na Maresias com meus amigos no fin de semana passado. Esta viagem foi muito legal, primeira vez que fique a praia com 9 amigos de carros. Chegamos na nos pousada ás 2 horas da mãnha, nos estuvamos muito cansados mas conversamos muito e brincas até 5 horas.

Não teve muito sol e não estuva muito quente, o mar é mutio bonito e pouco frio. Na noite de sábado, nos fizemos churrasco, bebemos tequila e bailamos muito para comemoramos anivesário de 2 amigos!

Então, nós voltamos ás 5 horas da tarde de domingo e chegamos Campinas á 1 hora porque nos perdemos, hahahha, mas eu gosto muito viajarcom meus amigos safadinhos!! Proxima, vamos a Brasilia!!!

又是小獅子

(好討厭…有人會翻譯我的文章...怎辦要用台語寫嗎?)

前情摘要: 原本小獅子約我星期二去家中國餐廳吃晚飯，但是星期二來我公司的時候才給我說他沒錢，所以我們就在討論應該要怎樣好，當然是吃我的炒麵囉! 他最喜歡吃我煮的東西了(志得意滿中) :D

昨天在歡樂的葡文email的來回下，小獅子說他昨天上課要到晚上9點所以不能來我家吃東西，所以我們只好討論究竟什麼時候好阿，因為他週末要回家…後來的結論是他以為9點對我來說吃晚餐太晚，我也自以為他9點吃晚餐肚子太餓，才發現根本沒這問題，所以他就說9點來我家吃炒麵囉! 前一天就把東西買好的我想說只要在8點左右把東西準備一下，他來的時候就不用等太久，也不會太餓，誰知道小獅子8點打電話給我說他肚子太餓所以要來我家了!!我一整個驚醒@@

在這之前我室友還教我要如何佈置把地方搞的浪漫點，但小獅子早到這一招我一整個無暇準備，連我的雞肉都沒有時間醃，真不由得給他抱怨一下…但總而言之昨天還算是個甜蜜的約會，雖然我們有部分時間都在討論AIESEC的事(畢竟他剛選上VP，還當下傳了簡訊給我呢，真讓人喜孜孜)聊一聊他就斬釘截鐵的說阿他是負責我在這裡的人，說到這我就一整個喜上眉梢但還是懦弱的不敢問很多就只能恩阿恩阿XD

我們聊了很多，驚訝他記得我們第一次的見面，這小子還自己給我規劃要到台灣當犬逆，說我辦公室的其他女生很正，公司有聚會的場合要帶他去，說他前女友26歲長的像18歲，說了很多很多，他的假期要怎麼安排，什麼時候會回到這城市(大學生12月-2月放暑假)，理了顆平頭，睫毛很長，眼睛很大咕嚕咕嚕的轉。

所以下一步是什麼?今天才聽到個讓我驚訝的好消息，有人咻一下的就在一起還告訴我說要把握當下，我是要怎麼把握?現在只能走一步算一步呀! (室友都笑我峱了...不過她們都有稱讚小獅子很可愛)剛剛也回想了一下之前偷偷喜歡的人的時候，現在怎麼一點都沒感覺就是好朋友?我一整個害怕對小獅子以後也會變這樣...怎辦?小獅子真的是一個可愛得人疼的傢伙呀! 讓我想想該怎麼進一步好...