Happy New Year: The Reality of a Brazilian Lost Between Two Countries

Author’s Note: “Águas de Março” is this blog post’s official soundtrack. Please press play and enjoy!

It may sound wrong to you, but in my mind, the year only starts after my birthday! I grew up in Brazil with the idea that everything starts after Carnival, which usually happen 40 days before Easter. School, new projects, [...]

Vancouver 2010: Torch Relay, Twitter and Opening Ceremony

Torch relay, day #106, bearer #43: Howe and Robson Street. Photo Credit: Vida Portatil on Flickr
It’s on! The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games have officially started, and what a great day the Heringer-Ames family had yesterday. We woke up early to see the last day of the torch relay and had lots of fun watching [...]

10 Things I Love About Canadians

We are only a few hours away from the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony and Vancouver is more than ready to welcome the tourists, athletes and international delegations that are coming to share this unique moment with us. I tried to be tough and pretend that I don’t get excited with the Olympic vibe, but [...]

I have an accent!

My class at SFU has been the most exciting thing about my life. I am only taking one class, one communication class, and my world has changed a lot in only two weeks. I have a crush on academia! The idea that I can create, feed and motivate my thoughts in different directions just turns [...]