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London 14/12/1989 Thursday Got a letter from Lu on Tuesday and since then I’ve been writing to friends. To Lu alone I have written 6 pages, on both sides. I told her everything that has been happening. Job news: I got the NI on Monday and went to Kentucky Fried Chicken, to talk to Ivo.…

London 10/12/1989 Sunday Yesterday afternoon my mother and I went to Kentucky and Ivo (one of the managers) told me to go to a job centre and get a form so he could fill it in and I could have my National Insurance Number. I think this means I have a job? After that we…

London 09/12/1989 Saturday On Thursday evening my mum and I went to the embassy to justify our non-vote (voting in Brazil is mandatory) and then to Pizza Hut, they are looking for people so I was told to go back yesterday to speak to the manager. After that we went to ILEA so I could…

London 05/12/1989 Tuesday David called on Sunday, apologising, saying he’d been busy. I said I was going out with my mum and couldn’t see him. He asked if we could meet on Monday, I told him to call then. On Monday we went to have lunch at Carmen’s and I read the Folha de Sao…

London 02/12/1989 Saturday David called yesterday at 5 and we went out to pay bills for the flat, the heating bill. I was in a bad mood and mostly ignored him. I was singing in Portuguese all the time. When we got to the place to pay the bill he was £6 short (the bill…