Diante da acirrada disputa no mercado de trabalho, experiências no exterior como um intercâmbio passaram a ser por demais valorizadas pelos RHs da vida. Claro que quem tem bala na agulha vai fazer intercâmbio na Nova Zelândia, Alemanha, Inglaterra... Eu estou indo pros Estados Unidos, o estino escolhido por quem determinou o programa e criou o concurso de bolsas.

- Estados Unidos é intercâmbio de pobre.
- Mas pobre não faz intercâmbio!
- Faz sim, se tiver ganhado uma bolsa como eu!

Por isso, estou deixando família, amigos, faculdade, estágio pelo período máximo de 1 ano. Vou fazer parte de outra família. Estou partindo rumo à terra do Bush, do McDonalds, do country e de Hollywood. Não quero fazer a América nem deixar ela me fazer. Quero iluminação, amadurecimento, cultura, histórias pra contar, um melhor currículo, um punhado de dólares e eletrônicos mais em conta! Nessa ordem.
Mas não se preocupem. Nas palavras de Jesus e Schwarzenneger: Eu voltarei!

De Bonsucesso para o mundo: Natalia Weber tem 21 anos e é estudante de jornalismo da UFF (RJ). Parece uma americana, mas é brasileiríssima. É suburbana com orgulho e está prestes a adentrar nos Estados Unidos. Ela nunca viajou de avião, nunca arrumou uma mala tão grande, detesta McDonalds. Vai ser Au Pair numa família muito boa e com (graças a Deus!) uma criança. Uma criança linda, fofa e maravilhosa. Espera ter bastante tempo pra estudar e espera encontrar bons cursos pra fazer e complementar seu currículo. Espera também aprender a dirigir bem rápido pra se mover lá. Espera conhecer Nova York. Por livre e espontânea pressão, tem a possibilidade de visitar a Disney, mas se não conseguir se livrar dessa, promete enviar uma foto esganando o Mickey! Ela está com muitas saudades dos pais e amigos, por isso espera que eles venham sempre aqui.


Histórias dessa viagem

October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008










Álbum de Fotos

Picasa

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Outras Viagens

Dude! I am a male au pair - Renan

Zooropando - Mariana & Priscila
Maenglishtwobad - Raquel Thomaz
Mandaram, eu fiz - Táia Rocha
Daiana Around The World - Daiana


 

Monday, November 19, 2007

Postface/Preface to an adventure

If within a long time of blurreness I can get brief moments of clearness, it's probalby worth it.

Sorry, I can only feel it, I would like to explain it in words...

Then again, I act blind, but I know I'm blind. I know I don't know much, I'm really down-to-earth on this one. I never pretend I'm something I'm not, I couldn't, I'm a bad liar, and I'm see-through.

So I don't fight back, because I know I don't have enough weapons to retaliate.

I let it pass. It won't make any difference, unless I was army strong, full of reason. But there's no reason, when it gets so personal...

Somehow I understand why it's happening. I was taught how to do this by someone I never thought would talk to me about deep emotions and feelings once shared (by me only, always). We live, we learn.

"When I'm old and nostalgic I'll look back and remember these days. I will remember you. But in spite what you do, I'll try my best to remember the good things. Yes, it' my choice to keep the good things inside my memories. Because how terrible life would be if I woke up every morning feeling the pain from all that has ever happened to me in my life? Like, how would life be if we could remember the pain of being born... I would be lying on the bathroom floor crying all day. But nothing good would come after me there. No one would come to my help. I have to get up and live, hoping and making my best to see good things happening. And if I get hits like this while I'm standing up, imagine what they would do to me if I was laying on the ground..."

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Brazilian Film Festival in DC, last day yesterday. Obviously, 99% attending were brazilian. We sensed intellectual and au-pair vibes there. Daiana and I lost eachother at the metro station. Thank God everything worked out right, but we got really worried... It turn out very nice. It felt great to see some beloved brazillian actors, to hear portuguese, to understand the jokes and see how they tried to translate them in english subtitles (I can't wait to see how can they make "Elite Squad" subtitles. What a challenge it will be! It'll be so funny. I warned Daiana: we'll be expelled from the theater. I speak for myself... I won't be able to control my laughter!).

Thing is, after that, we took the last metro to Vienna, and arrived there 11h30. And we were so so hungry, we had to eat something. And anything would go! I knew some McDonald's have 24 hours drive-thru, so the quest for Golden Arches began. Seriously, I never craved a McDonald's burger like that before. When our hunt was finally over, we devoured those burgers and fries with such ferocity. It was crazy... The night wasn't over, still had to drive a lot to get home. But it was worth it. Daiana and I, we went on an adventure!

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p.s.: "Yosemite at winter is a pristine wonderland of bright sunny days, snowy meadows, icicle-draped pines and oaks, alpine-glow sunsets, rainbowed waterfalls and snow-encrusted mountaintops. The breathtaking majesty of a Yosemite at winter is simply unparalleled." I hope so... It's done.

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