a new year

Ok, so I haven't written a lot about my life lately. That's because I've been busy. Which is a good sign I suppose. Today is a year since I decided to change my life and move to a new country where a new life, with all the risks and opportunities that comes with any big move, had been waiting for me.

And as I approach my 3-0 birthday this year.(ok, there's still over 6 months to go...but the crisis has slowly began to form on my head!) I can see that it was a smart move. Of course it doesn't feel like that every day, but so, who is sure of their choices everyday anyway?

So, as resolutions go I think I pretty much got everything I'd hoped for last year:

1. a nice house - yes, I have been living in a lovely, big house with a great kitchen where I continue to cook for my friends, but with a difference: I also have a garden now and although England isn't famous for its nice weather I surely make the most of my backgarden on the weekends, reading, chatting and sunbathing. Now we only need a barbecue!
2. a nice job - after a couple of months working in a bakery and enjoying that feeling of not having to much to worry about (at the price of not having much money to spare as well) I started a new job that has opened up lots of new opportunities and has put me in contact with various people. So, if at one moment I thought that all I could be was an architect and then, a few years after a project manager or a graphic designer, now I have learnt a lot about curating, managing and producing art exhibitions as well as PRing for all sorts of cultural events. Not only can I make a smashing cappucino but I can also write telegrams now!
3. a masters degree - it will take me over a year to complete that but I'm on my way. It has been great to start studying again after 5 years only working and my classmates are so nice! It's a shame we only see each other once a week, but still, it feels like everyweek I have the chance to get to know one person more than I did the week before. Looking forward to the end of the semester though, kind of need a little vacation! Fingers crossed for the presentation tomorrow. I've been having a hard time speaking clearly in English. And I thought that I had passed the phase of being nervous in front of people...
4. friends - that's one of the best things about moving. You meet so many new people! English, Japanese, Polish, Israelian, South African, Italian... London is probably one of the most cosmopolitan place to be and although I live in a Brazilian "bubble" (I live with brazilians, work with brazilians and speak portuguese 80% of my time) it's incredible to be amongst so many different people all the time.

So as drummond would say: Para ganhar um ano-novo que mereça este nome, você, meu caro, tem de merecê-lo, tem de fazê-lo novo... or to win a New Year that actually deserves this name you have, my dear, to deserve it, to do it all over again...

So here I am, remembering the past year and cheering for a bright New Year ahead!