A New Day, A New City

Currently in: São Paulo, Brasil

Ok, I did bring this upon myself. When I first arrived in Brasil 5 months ago, I ended up in tiny place called Arujá, a tiny suburb made up mainly of upper middle-class families and their gated communities . There are no shopping malls here and everything is closed by 8pm. I quickly requested a transfer and every day, I wished to be anywhere else.

Now, let's fast forward to today. I'm now living in the third largest city in the world, the metropolis of South America. Things are always happening and people are everywhere. Nevertheless, I'm longing to go back to the countryside. Go figure, right?

Last Saturday, I moved into my room. I walked in to find my roommate, Melisa, to still be sleeping at 2pm. My friend who helped me moved said my new home resembled what he would have imagined a "whore house" to be. Then he took me to see his friends who lived in this massive flat with a magnificent view of the city. I subtly asked if they had a spare room. I returned my room at 10pm. Melisa stared at me the entire time I was unpacking.

On Sunday, I woke up at 11am and quickly left the room with Melisa still sleeping. I spent 3 hours trying to find Internet and finally found an Apple store where I pretended to be interested in buying a laptop. I returned to the room at 3pm to find the roomie sleeping. I quickly got some things and met up with some people back in Arujá. I ended up sleeping over at a friend's house.

It took 1.5 hours for me to get back to SP Monday morning, but it was all good. I arrived in my room at 8am to find Melisa asleep. The room smelled like wet towels. I quickly changed and went to training. I told my boss that I was scared of my roommate. He said he had the same feeling too. We quickly checked out 3 other rooms and settled on an apartment one block away. I returned to the "whore house" at 4pm to find Melisa still asleep. As I was packing, she woke up and asked if I was going away. I said yes, and she covered her head with her blanket.

I'm now living with 2 grandmothers and some university students. One of the grandmothers got mad at me because I left my shoes on the floor, but I'm learning. I have to cook for myself and I no longer have a washing machine.

I MISS ARUJÁ! (haha...)