Sorry for taking so long to post I actually forgot about this till yesterday. The title is Party of the Pineapple in english.
Before the party my host family and I took a trip to Aracatuba for a day. I bought new headphones and São Paulo jersey. The jersey is now my second favorite piece of clothing after my Canadiens jersey. After we ate dinner ate a Japanese food place and went home.
The party was on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. I went all three nights, and Saturday was definitely the best. Friday I ate a potato filled with sauce and a whole bunch of other great stuff. There was also a strawberries covered in chocolate on a stick, and I ate 10 of those in the three days. Rotact was selling mini-pizzas which tasted great. The pineapple juice was free, and since I actually like pineapple now that was great.
Saturday I went with my host mom to help Rotary get more potatoes and sauce ready for the night. That night there was more people and better music, so I found it a lot better. I also wore my Sao Paulo jersey which is good for starting conversation in Brazil. I also went on the ride they had at the front which was fun. Saturday was the best day of the weekend.
At the party they also had tractors at the front. There was Massey Ferguson, John Deere, New Holland, and Valtra. I don't think Valtra is very popular in Canada, but it is in Brazil. That weekend is tied with the Interact event, because this event had better food.
This last weekend was the city's birthday so there was a big parade. I was on the Interact float holding a banner. It was 34 degrees out so I felt like I was boiling the entire time. At the end of the parade my capoeira teacher gave me a capoeira shirt.
After the parade my host family took me to lunch at a family member's house. There was only one other Sao Paulo fan there, but it was fun.
I think I'm forgetting something, and if I am I'll put it in the next post.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Interact event
This weekend I went on a trip with Interact to Mirandopolis. There was lots of dancing, food, and people. It went for 3 days, and I found them all great.
The bus ride to Mirandopolis was pretty awesome. There wasn't enough room for everyone to sit, so stood playing drums and a horn. When we got there we walked around the place promoting Guaraçai by playing drums, dancing, and a little bit of singing. That night there was a dance party till about 4 a.m. I danced quite a bit and the next day my muscles were actually sore.
The next day we woke up at 6 a.m and ate breakfast, and then started the day. During the day there was soccer, and other sports which I watched. Then that night they painted all the freshmans and since I am a freshman I got painted. It was fun, but the pineapple my friend painted on my shirt washed off and that made me sad. That night there was another party that also went to about 4 a.m. There wasn't as many people there as the night before, but there was still lots of people.
On the last day we woke up at 8 a.m. and ate breakfast. Everybody said goodbye and packed there stuff. I got to play the drums this day to so it was a pretty good day.
Another thing I should mention is the spontaneous dancing that happened a lot. In our hallway there was a gigantic speaker and when it started to play music everybody ran out and started to do a dance. The dances seemed to always be different, and I don't think I did any of the moves right. The dancing here is something I've never seen in Canada and I highly doubt I will ever see it in Canada.
The bus ride to Mirandopolis was pretty awesome. There wasn't enough room for everyone to sit, so stood playing drums and a horn. When we got there we walked around the place promoting Guaraçai by playing drums, dancing, and a little bit of singing. That night there was a dance party till about 4 a.m. I danced quite a bit and the next day my muscles were actually sore.
The next day we woke up at 6 a.m and ate breakfast, and then started the day. During the day there was soccer, and other sports which I watched. Then that night they painted all the freshmans and since I am a freshman I got painted. It was fun, but the pineapple my friend painted on my shirt washed off and that made me sad. That night there was another party that also went to about 4 a.m. There wasn't as many people there as the night before, but there was still lots of people.
On the last day we woke up at 8 a.m. and ate breakfast. Everybody said goodbye and packed there stuff. I got to play the drums this day to so it was a pretty good day.
Another thing I should mention is the spontaneous dancing that happened a lot. In our hallway there was a gigantic speaker and when it started to play music everybody ran out and started to do a dance. The dances seemed to always be different, and I don't think I did any of the moves right. The dancing here is something I've never seen in Canada and I highly doubt I will ever see it in Canada.
Friday, October 4, 2013
RYLA
One day last week the president of our rotary club took me to his chair and table factory. He brings wood already cut into large pieces and then makes various tables and chairs. They day I was there they were unloading a truckload of wood and our president said that they'd be there for awhile.
The next day my friend Patrick took me to a capoeira class. Capoeira is a type of martial arts in Brazil. At the end we joined in the circle were everyone takes turns going in the middle to do capoeira. I liked it so I'm going to take the class.
During the weekend I went to RYLA, which had a lot of speeches. We also had some competitions in which Yellow came in third. I met the other 32 exchange students but I was the only Canadian. The was only one other person who knew what a perogie is. I also learned there is a lot of Correntes fans, and they are opposed to my team Sao Paulo.
This week there has been no school except for Wednesday, but that wasn't really school. Wednesday was a show kind of like the big Hollywood things for the stars. There was a dance with 4 different countries represented and at the end of the dance the American threw water in the face of one of the others.
Last night I went to my first capoeira class which was tiring but fun, and today I'm leaving for the weekend to some Interact thing.
The next day my friend Patrick took me to a capoeira class. Capoeira is a type of martial arts in Brazil. At the end we joined in the circle were everyone takes turns going in the middle to do capoeira. I liked it so I'm going to take the class.
During the weekend I went to RYLA, which had a lot of speeches. We also had some competitions in which Yellow came in third. I met the other 32 exchange students but I was the only Canadian. The was only one other person who knew what a perogie is. I also learned there is a lot of Correntes fans, and they are opposed to my team Sao Paulo.
This week there has been no school except for Wednesday, but that wasn't really school. Wednesday was a show kind of like the big Hollywood things for the stars. There was a dance with 4 different countries represented and at the end of the dance the American threw water in the face of one of the others.
Last night I went to my first capoeira class which was tiring but fun, and today I'm leaving for the weekend to some Interact thing.
Capoeira
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