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The dottore
Once upon a time, a long long time ago, I worked in a pan European call center responsible to provide support to a Japanese laptop maker. Those were the days. People working in call centers are usually not very normal. … Continue reading
In the end it could be worse
Some posts ago I expressed all my anger with Michel Teló and his one hit wonder “Ai se eu te pego” in http://needtowrite.com/2012/05/24/nossa-nossa-no/ Friday I was walking back home and felt tired of the songs in my MP3 player, so … Continue reading
Nossa, nossa … No!
Definitively, I am fed up of listening to this crap music of Michel Teló playing everywhere around me. I hate the song, I hate the tune, I hate the lyrics. The guy is a cheesy one hit wonder that was … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Music
Tagged crap music, Forró, Luiz Gonzaga, Michel Teló, Music, Sertanejo
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Saudade
Most languages in the world have the peculiarity of having a specific word that can not be translated in any other languages. The internet is full of articles of these words in different languages. Most of these texts will include … Continue reading
The hottest day of my life
I mentioned before that I am from the northeast of Brazil. For 25 years I lived in a city called Recife before moving to Brussels. As you can see in the map, Recife is a coastal city close to the … Continue reading
Food you cannot find in Belgium – Bolo de Rolo
In Belgium there is a fairly big Brazilian community. There is an estimate that around 25,000 Brazilians live in the country. A big community has good points such as the accessibility to brazilian products. It is quite easy to find … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Brazil, Food
Tagged bolo de rolo, brazilian guava, cakes, Food, guava
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The painful act of tipping
I said before I work in the IT field as a software tester. I have been doing that for a few years now. Currently I am not working only for one project – in fact I support more than 10 … Continue reading
Politicians of Brazil – Tiririca
The other day, I wrote about Mr. Enéas Carneiro and I mentioned that in Brazil we also elected a clown with a massive voting. The individual I am talking about is Mr. Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, whose is most commonly … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Politcs
Tagged Clown, Florentina de Jesus, Illiteracy, Record Voting, Tiririca
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Electrical plugs in Brazil
Yeah, here I am talking about Brazil again, but just because it is an interesting story and considering that a huge number of tourists pretend to visit Brazil for the World Cup of 2014 and the Olympics of 2016 it … Continue reading
