Tuesdays can be eventful too!

HI ALL!
Nothing huge to report. Just living life which has gotten to be a nice, normal routine. Classes are going well and are pretty interesting. On Saturday night I went to this great classical music concert at the beach with about 100 piece orchestra, and people singing opera as well. it was really gorgeous and almost surreal to be listening to that music on the beach with thousands of people.

2 Stories/Musings:

Yesterday I had an appointment at the gym to meet with a professor to go over a weight training regime. (A professor is like a personal trainer but just walks around the gym helping people with general questions etc).
Anyways, my Professor´s name was Ramón. Generally in LA personal trainers are either full time (usually pretty succesful) personal trainers, or trying to make it into acting, modeling, coreography, etc etc. Well! That´s not the case with Ramón. As we were talking I found out that he has his BA in Physical Education, which seems to be required of personal trainers here in Brasil. BUT he is only a 'professor' part time because he is currently doing his Masters in Stem Cell research and muscle rejuvination! AND once he finishes his Masters he is going to start his Phd and after about 3 years into his Phd he is going to go do some research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York! So, the point of this whole rambling was just how the entire time we were discussing stem cells, and research and education and I just never would have guessed that he was so involved in research and that being a professor was just a side job (and that he has no desire to be a model, actor, etc). anyways, so far he´s my favorite professor because there is so much to talk to him about and what not.

2nd story:
last night i went with a bunch of people to this place guapo loco, where from 11-1 its R$20(for girls, 40 for guys) for unlimited beer, margaritas, water, and these plates of food. anyways, ive heard that it was usually packed, but last night we were the ONLY people there, which lead to excellent service. but, one interesting theory is to why it was so empty was that our waiter told us that brazilians get paid at the beginning of each month. therefore, because this was the end of the month, many people may not have had the money they had at the beginning of the month to go out, and also because there is a holiday next week people might be saving their money for the holiday. nonetheless, it was a group of 7 of us, and i realized it really doesnt matter if the place is crowded or not, becuase as long as your with good people having good conversation, you dont even notice. (and you get a lot better service). but, the whole reason i wanted to tell this story is because as we were leaving, people split up and walked two different ways and my one friend, a girl had on one of those tiny shrug jackets, and the only guy in our group didnt know most of the other girls' names, and as we left, he yelled "bye girl with the small jacket". it might not sound or seem funny and perhaps its one of those things you had to be there to hear, but it was actually hilarious at the time.

this weekend I am going to Tiradentes in Minas Gerais so I will post about that when I get back, and definitely post pictures as well!

TCHAU GENTE!