A Brazilian play

Last night I went to see a play called "A Bofetada", which means "A slap in the face". It was a comedy and was playing at one of the English schools that also has a theatre in their building. I went with Pissica (one of my students), his girlfriend and 2 daughters. I went because I thought it would be cool to check out another play (culture=good) and to see if I would be able to understand more of the dialogue than I did at the first and only other play that I saw here in Salvador. That play was called "Josefina, cantora dos ratos" (translation: Josefina, singer of the rats) and I saw it back in October. I understood probably about 50-60% of the dialogue and thought that was pretty good given where I was with my language development at the time....

Read more about this at www.cherylsturgis.blogspot.com!!!

Testing

I am trying to figure out how to post pictures from the web onto my blog, so here is my first attempt. Lets see if it works! And please remember to check out my new blog where I am actually telling stories and posting pictures about my experiences in Brazil. The site is www.cherylsturgis.blogspot.com.

Peace-
Apple

Other blog

Hey, I don´t know why but I just can´t motivate to blog on Tribe and yet I am all about blogging on blogspot. So please feel free to check out my new blog about life in Brazil at www.cherylsturgis.blogspot.com to see some pics and read stories about life south of the equator.

Peace, Apple (Cheryl)

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Happy New Year!

As I sit in the Houston, Texas airport, waiting for my plane to take off for Sao Paulo, and reading several introspective blogs about the events in people's lives during 2007, I pause to consider what sitting here in this airport, sick as a dog with a horrible cold, and waiting to get back to Salvador bodes for the upcoming year.

This is the first NYE that I have not spent among friends and loved ones, generally at a party, whooping it up. I think that it is actually fitting because as this year has progressed, I find myself less and less into "party party" and more and more into "mellow mellow". In fact, I am in the midst of figuring out how to get the hell *out* of Salvador during Carnaval, instead of how to get there. I long to head to the country, hike around and chill out during the week of craziness in the heart of Bahia. Wish me luck!

There are so many events that have shaped my life this year, and I sit here one year older and wiser, having learned a GREAT deal about life, love, culture, language, peace, chaos....the list goes on. I am thankful that I am here and am looking forward to what my past lessons will prepare me for in the upcoming year. I guess my only wish is that it is more peaceful and settled that last year.

As far as resolutions go...well there are the old "lose weight" and "get organized" that always seem to be on the list. But I guess my real resolution is to listen to my inner voice and follow it's lead.

Happy New Year everyone!
Love, Apple

Song suggestions

So I am considering trying to teach English when I go down to Brazil and was thinking that one way to help folks learn english is to teach them some songs. I thought I could download some songs onto my Ipod, print out the lyrics and have a lesson right there!

Anyone have any good song suggestions for this? I'm thinking easy to understand, fairly simple with a catchy tune. One song I thought might be fun is Lola by the Kinks. Although trying to explain what that song means will be another lesson in and of itself! Other ideas would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks everyone-
Apple

Today at 5

I'm going to the vet today at 5PM.