Tag: diario praia brava

Praia Brava 01/01/85 Tuesday This year, I have faith, will be better (every year I think the same thing). I’m really itchy, full of mosquito bites. It’s 9:15am and only D. Nina Roni and myself are up. Last night we watched the fireworks. It’s the worse thing to spend New Year’s without knowing anyone. The…

Praia Brava 31/12/84 Monday It’s funny how the eves of big days are more celebrated than the days themselves. It 10:15, still, and I’m here alone with D. Nina; Maira went to pick up Jeison at Rubinho’s home. Roni barks at the quietest of sounds and I want to spend New Year’s sleeping. A new…

Praia Brava 30/12/1984 Sunday Today Superman was on but I couldn’t watch it, no tv here… I think the film lasted 4 hours. We played cards, and I was in a hole, feeling dizzy and ill, could barely stand (I feel better now). I had no voice in the morning but it came back in…

Praia Brava 29/12/1984 Saturday I’ve got an awful cold, no voice … I woke at 8:30 and had my breakfast. We went to the beach after much drama. Me and Jeison were competing (using the chronometer in Maira’s watch), to see who could retrieve a screw faster (it was a puzzle). At the beach I…

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…