firstyearinlondon

London 30/12/1989 Saturday – Bad uncle Today is my bastard uncle’s birthday. I can talk about it now. One night, in Rio, when just me, my aunt and uncle were in the flat (my pregnant cousin and little Gabriel had moved to Friburgo) something awful happened. I was sleeping on my back, and woke up … Read more

London 25/12/1989 Monday Crazy dream after crazy dream last night, I dreamt with everyone from year 8… At one point I got a lift with Renata’s mum and asked her who, after all, had won the elections… She looked at me and said to this day she didn’t know! Sometimes I ask myself why I … Read more

London 21/12/1989 Thursday My mum got home last night and called the gas company. After that we had an argument. Not because of the gas. But because I don’t agree with anything she says. She’s a stubborn radical and a pain in the backside. She keeps reminding me she holds the purse strings and because … Read more

London 20/12/1989 Wednesday It seems Collor is the new president. The only worse news than that is the EU’s intervention in Panama! Well, at least PT will be the party leading the opposition and they will make things difficult for Collor, they will make it hard for him to steal. But he will be in … Read more

London 18/12/1989 Monday Got up very early yesterday at 8:00 and went to the Brazilian consulate to justify my non-vote and to meet the girls. Got there at 10 but no one turned up until 12. I spent two hours cutting some little saints to put on the urns and chatted with a girl who … Read more