Rio de Janeiro
Probably this is the most famous city in Brasil and you can’t blame it. It is the most touristed part of Brasil and people hit the beaches even on the weekdays, rain or shine. The Copacabana is the longest beach but I would say one of the most dangerous sites in Rio. I was walking one evening with my friend along the shore of Copacabana when a teenage boy asked for a cigarette. As my friend and I don’t smoke we said we don’t have any, when he noticed we are gringas (foreigners), he took out a knife and pointed it out to my friend. Luckily, we were able to get away from him and we did not walk on the same place again.
Despite the dangers of the place, we still continued exploring the beaches of Rio but with caution this time. We have been to Flamengo beach, it is good for swimming, Ipanema, has great waves, Leblon, Botafogo and Ucra, it is small but nice.
We have been to the mountain peaks such as Sugar Loaf and Christ the Redeemer located at the Corcovado Mountain. We liked Corcovado Mountain because it is higher and the view is better on a clear sky. If you plan to visit Corcovado to get a good glimpse of the city, you should go there on a very fine weather and stay there from dusk till early evening.
The Botanic Gardens and the Zoo are good places to visit as well. The Cathedral is also amazing; it is designed rather extra ordinary from the outside and the inside. One thing I like about Rio is the food, they have good food and they have this thing they call “Pizza Buffet”. You will be paying a certain amount and they will be serving you all the flavours of pizza they have. They also have the Dulce Pizza which comes after you have had enough of the main Pizza dish. The Dulce Pizza is the most interesting because these are pizza slices, which have sweet toppings like chocolate, ice cream, banana and etc. I miss the food in Rio!!!
Thinking about relationships, friendships make me wanna cry. I have tons of friends that's for sure but real friends I have a few.
I have realized that I would rather be with people who are brave enough to admit to themselves that they are not perfect and thereby exposing the truth about themselves nad who they really are rather than with people who wear thick masks to cover up themselves for the fear of rejection. I abhor people who claim that they are my friends yet afraid to tell me their thoughts and show who they really are as a person, who cover themselves with paint and show what they are not.
I have always been very open about myself to anyone as I am aware that if people will not like me because of who I really am then I can not do anything, we have our own preferences.
Wearing masks to cover or hide what we really are as a person just to please people is very sad. You will never know who your true friends are and you will eventually lose your identity as a person. As they say, you can never hide from the world all your life. At one point in your life, everything about you will be exposed. So as early as now, be true to yourself, accept your flaws for we are not perfect. Acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses for these make us human.
It's a few weeks now since I am back in Asia and I am feeling bored. I intially thought I will be busy when I am here in Asia unfortunately I ended up looking for a job. So at the moment I am a bum.. huhuhuhu
Anyhow, I still cheer myself up but I continually think of South America. It has always been at the back of my mind. I am currently staying with my sister and letting her know what my thoughts are but I still miss the beauty of Brasil.
The thought of going back is very strong but for practicality sake I am not going back just yet. NOt this time, not this soon..
People nowadays especially women are prone to vanity. If you open a magazine and turn its pages, what do you see? Don’t you see beautiful and skinny women who advertise clothes, dresses, make-ups, perfumes and even cigarettes? When you turn on the television, what do you usually see on TV commercials, the models, actors and actresses?
The media shows us the norms of beauty in which women are especially convicted to it. They try to convince people that beauty is being slim, having stylish hair, possessing accessories and expensive jewelleries, fashionable dresses/clothes, having the latest electronic gadgets and even cigarettes. Women are most prone to these things as they think that it is important in life and they will feel less confident if they don’t have these things. Because of these things, people tend to work more and earn more money in the hopes of buying these things that will make them more beautiful. To most people, this leads to vanity and they forget all about the real beauty.
I am a woman too and I love dresses, accessories and stuff but it doesn’t lead me to being so vain about how I look in the public. I personally think that we should not let media conquer us and run our lives. Well it is true that media is everywhere and has a great effect in our lives but if we start appreciating the beauty that we are gifted with then vanity will vanish.
Women have eventually forgotten how beautiful they are and wanted more not only because of what they personally see on the television or magazines but how men make them feel. Sometimes men tend to adore women who possess beautiful bodies and face that of the Hollywood actresses and these will make women feel less appreciative of their own beauty and desire to be like someone they are not. Women are vulnerable, and they always want to be assured that they look good and if they think that their man does not appreciate how they look then they are going to do everything to make him appreciate her more. Women take the risk of taking slimming pills, going through operations and stuff like that just to be more pleasing to people’s eyes. What most women don’t realize is the beauty inside them, that this is far better important than the beauty outside.
I am not blaming the media and men for the vanity of women. I just think that these are factors that affect women in everyday of their lives and it will always be the woman’s choice whether to give in to these factors.
I have recently thought about what my friend's sentiments are regarding relationships and it seems like guys who are more intimate and who want to be committed with their women are being cheated on by their gfs. Unfortunately, women who want to be in a serious relationship tend to be in a relationship with a guy who is not ready to commit.
It seems to me that this is the irony of relationships now. Does anybody want to be in a serious relationship? I would say yes, but how can we know who does and who does not. Why do we fall and stay in love with the person who is taking the relationship for granted?
This is what happens this time I suppose.. I am not talking entirely of relationships but according to my own observations and experiences as well.
.. separation is probably the least word anyone would like to hear.. separation from family, friends, boy/girlfriend, wife or husband or anyone close to you... Separation is not always a bad thing, is it?? there are many reasons why we have to part ways and it is for a good cause.. even then the pain we feel at the moment of separation is very strong..
.. have you ever wondered why we shed more tears when we say goodbye (for the moment) for our gf/bf rather than with a member of our family... I get to feel that whenever i say goodbye to my family especially when i go away for a year or two i don't shed that much tears as when i say goodbye to a special someone.. i came to a conclusion that when i will leave my family i know that they will always be there for me, that they will always be my family but with a gf/bf when you leave you'll never know if this person will still be your gf/bf when you get back.. too many things can happen at a spur of a moment and thinking of years or months being gone is a very long time.. that is the reason i can come up with..
.. i am just making speculations out of the things happening in my life... how boring is my article... going to write more interesting topics some other time.. i hope...
... two very different people....
yeah right men and women are different.. in most aspects in life.. but did you think that these differences bring us closer to each other.. in one corner you will hear a woman complaining about his boyfriend and on one side a man complaining about his girlfriend.. why doesn't just everyone think that every person is different and stop generalising and start getting to know people better.. i admit that there are times when i generalise men but i think it's not fair to say that all men are this and that.. and it's not fair if men generalise women (jewelries, shoes and blah blah)... guys there are things you need to know: women like it when you show some emotions and especially if you like the woman, you should make an effort to let her know how you feel, it's a big thing for a woman to know that a guy is making an effort to reach out to her.. i don't think that takes a lot of effort, does it? You guys don't know how much your girlfriends talk about nice things to their friends about you.. so if you find someone you really like, treasure her and let her know she deserves to be loved by you..............
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