My journals from 1984 until now
RJ 04/06/1989 Sunday I was sleeping in the afternoon when aunt Italia, who was visiting, woke me up because Gino was on the phone! We hadn’t spoken for about three weeks and he gave me all the gossip. 405 is split. Paula, Manuela and Pollyana are hanging out with the people in the 406 and … Read more
RJ 02/06/1989 Friday Today I was applauded in English class. Fred is awesome, if only he wasn’t married! I only got one preposition wrong on the homework, everyone else got 5 or 6 wrong… As prepositions are one of the hardest things to learn in English and I only got one wrong, Fred made everyone … Read more
RJ 29/05/1989 Monday – Grandad’s stroke & dementia I only went to Brasas today, I still can’t exercise and I couldn’t be bothered to go to UERJ. I studied English all morning and ANTONIO called at noon! Ana had told me he hated me because he realised I was in when he came here and … Read more
RJ 28/05/1989 Sunday – Friburgo with Gustavo Hello! Just got back from Friburgo. Gustavo did go, but nothing happened, NOTHING, but I haven’t given up yet. We arrived in Friburgo at 12:30. Mrs Nina liked Gustavo and we stayed at her place. Him and Gabi in one room, Mrs Nina and I in the other, … Read more
RJ 24/05/1989 Wednesday It was chaos at UERJ yesterday because of the assembly about strike. Our floor was utter confusion! There’s strike today so no Latin exam, thankfully! I did a Linguistics test yesterday and it was so, so, I didn’t revise. I’m studying a lot, but English. I got back my Literature exam result … Read more