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2020 Brazilian Medical Check-up
I went to see my doctor this morning. I was a bit nervous about getting the results of my full battery of tests I did in December because I didn’t feel I took good care of myself in 2019. I … Continue reading
Posted in Brazilian Life, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020, blood pressure, Brazil, brazil debt, brazilian sidewalk, cholesterol levels, don't stress the small stuff, drink a lot, drink beer, drink wine, durnk superman, glucose levels, in debt, kidney disease, liver disease, Medical Checkup, Medical Exam, Medical Exam Brazil, meditate, mindfullness meditation, mindfulness meditation, Music, Phil Ray, porn, someone left the cake out in the rain, Star Trek, The Bridge Point, transcendental meditation, xvideos
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Brazil: Where I Became Who I Wasn´t Time and Time Again
When I arrived in Brazil in 2009 I had a very difficult time finding an expat network. The only platform in Brazil that I knew which had any real reach back then was the now-defunct Orkut, and it mostly catered … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Behavior, Brazil, Brazil Life, Brazilian Crisis 2015, Brazilian Life, Eddie Ozzy Vaspol, Expat Blues, Expat Bubble, Expat Depression, Expat Life, Expats in Brazil, Orkut, Phil Ray, Question Yourself, The Bridge Point, Worldwide Expats In Brazil
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2016 – My Defense For a “Pretty Good Year”
2016 is done and over with in less than 24 hours (Brazil time). Although a lot of people seemed to have hated the year by what I can surmise on my social media feeds – I actually was much happier … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Society
Tagged 2016, good year, Phil Ray, Phillihp Ray, Tori Amos 2016
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A List of Things We Should Not Talk About – because talking about them only makes them worse
How I came to discover that there is a list of things we shouldn’t talk about has a bit of a back story. It mainly begins with the infamous Race Card. Is it real? Is it an illusion? Perhaps it’s … Continue reading
How I Stopped Having an Open Mind – and the good that it did me.
I love it when I receive a big time mental smack-down that changes the way I look at things for the better. One of these moments came during talks with an old friend of mine. At the time of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Mind, Open Mind, P. Ray, Phillihp Ray, Storm Drain, The Bridge Point
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The Art of Not Giving a Fuck – while still caring for others!
“Youth is wasted on the young!” Correct! Most us, as youngsters, never listened to older folk who would tell us to stop worrying about what everyone else is thinking. Some of us older folk still don’t listen, but it’s … Continue reading
When “Yes” Became My “No”: How a Little Word-Switch Changed Everything for Me.
I was a weird kid growing up, but my ability to assert myself by saying “No” to things never allowed anyone to dictate to me how to run my life – it kept bullies away and allowed me to mix … Continue reading
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