My journals from 1984 until now
Praia Brava 28/12/1984 Friday The petrol is 1,710 cruzeiros. Around 10:30 we went to Saens Penha Square (it takes ages by bus) and I bought my rubber rucksack, which is white for 14,500.00 cruzeiros, stickers (Garfield, Hello Kitty and My Melody) 5 altogether, for 8,500 cruzeiros. Later we had ice cream, mine cost 1,000 and … Read more
RJ 27/12/1984 Thursday I complain about my mum but I can’t stand anyone else slagging her off. I really like her and everything I wrote was during a moment of anger. Yesterday I bought some fancy letter paper and wrote to Vivi, Alexandra and Well. I put it all together in the same envelope to … Read more
RJ 26-12-84 Wednesday I’ll write what’s been happening in the news lately: First : There was an explosion, a terrorist attack, in Italy; a few days ago. They blew up a train and a lot of people died. The only thing they know for sure is that it was a group from the extreme right … Read more
RJ 25/12/1984 Tuesday In the morning (we woke up with a phone call from Zezé) we went to the beach. It took us ages to get ready and we only got there at 11 :30. No one memorised Zezé’s number plate (she was driving down with Marisa, Marvio and Chico’s girlfriend), but me. So we … Read more
RJ 24/12/84 Monday It’s 2:30 in the morning, it’s the 25th already, but I’ll talk about the 24th … During the day, me, Zezé and D. Nina prepared the house (I watched more than helped). In the afternoon, Zezé had gone out, D. Nina decided to iron some doilies, the two irons were in the … Read more