Inside the train

Hello my friends!! How are you going?? Yeah, I know that it's a long time without writing something here... As I told you before, my life still crazy here in Australia, without time to take a time to write... But, anyway, I'm here and have lots of news to share!

You may be thinking... "What is this title?? Inside the train?? What it mean??". Actually, it means a lot and I'll explain you.

I chose this title because is inside the train that I have time to think in everything what is happen in my life now. Is inside the train where I can take a good nap in this crazy busy life and is inside the train that I can listen my prefered songs and remember the good times when I had a better life in Brazil.

It was yesterday when I was inside the train backing to my house from my part time job that I was thinking how my life changed here. 2 weeks before, my friend and ex-housemate returned to Brazil and I had to move to another house. Now I'm living in a share house with 6 housemates.

Since 1 month ago I started to work at weekends as well. Yeah my friend... For people who thinks that study and work in another country without our parents support is easy... They are mistaken! Unfortunately I can't find a job in my area because I'm studying full day and I can work only at nights.
My weekly routine is: Monday to Friday school all day and part time job like a waiter in a restaurant at nights. Saturday and Sunday working in a car wash from 10am to 5pm. In another words, it's massive and very produtive life.

I'm still learning a lot here, mainly the value of humility. Before I was an executive in a multi-national company and had a team to manage. Now I am a lowly waiter in a restaurant with five managers above me in one of the most famous Japanese restaurants in Melbourne. And on weekends I wash hundreds of cars at the car wash near my house.
Obviously, I'm working hard because I need money to survive here. But on the other hand, I'm learning to be more understanding, more patient, and also have more respect for people around me. I'm growing in general. And that is my main goal here.

Last month I completed 1 year of Australia. The time passed unbeliveble fast!! I still have another year of learning here in Australia. I miss the people I love most and that is across the world. This is the biggest pain I feel right now. But nonetheless, I believe nothing in life happens by chance. To realize my dreams I have to go through this situation to learn more and more and be a better man every day.

As I always say ... "The show must go on!"

A big hug to all of you and thank you for visiting my blog!

The true value of a family...

For some people, family is nothing more than people who live in the same house and has the same blood.

But family is much more than this. For me, family is reason to live ...
My family is a family of very humble origins. My father's family, is a family who left Japan after the World War II and which had no financial conditions to live and immigrated to Brazil with a dream to make money and return to the country of origin.

On the other hand, my mother's family also of humble origin, immigrated to Brazil before World War II with all economies to realize the dream of starting their own business success.

And I recognize how hard it was for them to start with zero and reach the comfort that they have today. This is not about financial comfort, but a happy family.

My father, my mother, my sister, my brother in law and my niece complete my family today. Each with their qualities and faults as any human being should be. Every moment I was beside them were special. From the small details of everyday life until the great achievements. In other words, from simple "good morning!" until "we achieve!"

Nowadays I thought of some important facts of my life I will never forget. When starting on the day that my father had financial problems and had to travel as a "dekasegi" to Japan for 6 years. It was one of the most difficult times of my life. Times in which luxury goods were mere dreams.
It was at this time I had my first job at age 13 when I started working as a sales promoter of a country club titles in a gas station, working Monday to Monday and studying at night.

At that time, one day I was walking along the Avenida Paulista (one of the main avenues in Sao Paulo). I was looking for the men in suits with briefcases walking on sidewalks and decided that one day I want to be a successful executive wearing a suit walking down the main streets of the city as well.

Many things happened after this decision. I worked in various professions such as low-level office boy, cleaner, professor of Japanese language, cook. And at all times, no matter how difficult that was, I always had the support of my family, which motivated me to strive to the fullest, always helping people around me to do good things without wanting anything in return, and especially the importance of people who suffered most are the ones that most deserve to be happy because these are people who really know how valuable is all things exist in the world.

A phrase from my mother that I remembered very recently because of the difficulties that I have now is: "My son, life is a school. As much as you know many things, you must continue learning forever”. And I fully agree with her that is an example of effort, dedication and understanding.

In a season of many revolts in my adolescence, my parents left for Japan in search of funds. At that time I was away from my parents who have always been my advisors for hard times. But then, I had my sister, who I consider one of the people who helped me and inspired me to fight for my dreams. I remember like yesterday: "Our trend is just to improve. We are studying and working hard and I'm sure things will improve! We have to believe!" This is a priceless value and I will carry with me forever.
I am living in Australia in exactly 10 months after leave my family and my country. I began to think more about everything that happened in those 31 years of my existence.
I'm always trying to be shining with a smile on my face, but this does not mean that I have always been happy and that everything was always easy to be what I am today. Behind this smile, there are many tears, many losses, many mistakes that nobody ever saw and nobody will ever see.
I grew up and matured. Even with all the difficulties of humble life, every moment I've always had the support of my family. I conquered dreams that seemed impossible, like use a suit and tie and walk on the Avenida Paulista and work in large companies.

Now the challenges are even greater. I came back as a very humble life, across the world, aiming to improve my professional knowledge and studying abroad with the greatest difficulties: Stand back away from the people I love most and that despite the distance, I'm sure that they are rooting for my success ... My family.

And I'm still learning that life is a school and that trend going forward is better in every way, always doing my best and always believing that the family is my reason for living.

 

When someone leaves this world ...

The subject of today will not be so excited. I was talking with a friend and she told me she lost a great friend today, this friend was a young man of 26 years, Victims of cancer. And she said, the pain is very strong because, apart from being very young boy, never had health problems before.

After reading the story, the feeling was so strong in me, I decided to write about it, the loss of a loved one and continue on living. I have extensive experience in the subject, people close to me who left were some uncles and distant relatives.

It is very difficult to overcome that situation. To say goodbye to those people who we love and who have lived together for some time, which is part of our life, who taught us many things, including live is a supernatural task. It's hardly seems fair to ask that a child who loses both parents, or worse, parents who lost a son. But this is life. And so we must learn to live. Death is also a part of the human rule.

But for those who are alive, life must go on. The pain, the missing, the feeling, maybe even the trauma will remain for some time. It may take years to get over it. But we can not forget those who are still having a life, they still having people around who love them and sometimes depend on it. So, we can not give up, never.

I believe in life after death, reincarnation and all that stuff. For me, death is just a passage, a natural transition of things. With that, I believe that after they depart this world, people go to another world and can not only contact those who stay here, as they have access to what happens to them on Earth.

With that in mind, I would like to say the best way to show how much we like those who left to move forward and pursue our dreams, get everything we want and what makes us happy. First because it is what they would like us to do and second, because if they're looking us, for sure will be very happy. It is the cause to be proud of ourselves that are not physically with us. You show them who we become, and all glads to them. You make them feel proud of being part of our lives. And they wait anxiously for the day we re-meet again.

The best way to react to death is living. Living and keep achieving the dreams, making wishes and be happy. None of this will stop the pain and emptiness feeling, nothing will kill the homesickness, but rest assured we are doing what we did would surely give an impetus and a relief, however small.
Do not want to go into the merits of their beliefs or religions, I think each one has your choices like politics, soccer and women. And the view of life is beyond any belief.

Show must go on!

Thanks for visiting my blog! Take care and see you soon!

Christmas and New year...

Hello mates!! How are you going?? Thanks for coming here in my blog again!

Finally we're near the end of another year. Time that everyone stops to think and reflect about the facts, the accomplishments and the lessons they had during the whole year.
For some people the year may be considered a year of many accomplishments and a lot of evolution. As for some might not have been a year as planned earlier this year.
But with time we learn that nothing happens in this life without reason. And all the unwanted facts we had, just come to evolve.

2010 was a year of many changes in my life. The start with the challenge of going out in Brazil and decide to live abroad to enrich my knowledge as a professional, as a person and culture.

I believe it was a perfect year for me to evolve more. Some people have praised this decision. Other people think I'm insane ... But after I complete this goal, I'll prove to everyone how important was this step.
On the other hand, I do miss the people I love, people think that special in my life who are across the world.

Sometimes I think about how my life will be in the future. After finishing school in Australia, returning to Brazil, will be that I will be a successful executive? Or starting my own business? Or even find a great opportunity in Australia and live here forever? Or maybe meet the woman of my life and decided to build a family here ...
This is a constant doubt in my mind. But, for I do not get mad, I'm letting life take me ... Taking advantage of the best way possible.

This Christmas I wish you more than a gift, you can share with your friends and relatives!
In 2011, I wish that more achievements, there is love and peace in our hearts.

 

My first performance with band in Australia

Hello everybody!! How are you going?
Nowadays, as I told you last time, I was little bit busy with the studies here. But I have a good new! I'm already get my certificate of english course!! Yeah!! The first step here was concluded!!

And last friday, I had the ceremony day in the school, to get this certificate. In the same day, me and other two mates made a band performance. We sang two famous cover song. The first one was "Hard days nights" from Beatles and the other one was "To be with you" from Mr. Big. We sang also a Christmas medley, including "White Christmas", "We wish you a merry Christmas" and "Dingle bells". Nothing better than sing Christmas song to finish well the course. It was really amazing and probably next year we will sing again!

I miss a lot to sing with my ex-band in Brazil. And this was a way to satisfy this desire. Maybe in the future I can start some band here... Who knows?

So, thanks so much to visit my blog! See you soon!

Meaning of nostalgia...

Today I was thinking about the best definition for the word nostalgia ...
Miss somewhere? Miss any special moment? To miss the family? To miss someone special? Or maybe just to feel a tightness in the heart ...

Only we feel this unexplainable feeling from the moment we are apart of it.

Everything is very obvious from the moment we're in our comfort zone, knowing that any moment we can approach the place to be beside the family and loved ones.

But from the moment we left this comfort zone that we felt such a longing. In this situation even the "good days" we used to hear when you wake, coming from someone that we love is missing.

We supply this lack since we are sure that soon we can reconnect with someone or somewhere. But this is not always possible. Sadly missing are some eternal and we must be strong enough to understand and overcome them.

Miss the person you love ... The real hug, friend's shoulder when we have difficulty and advice to overcome and evolve.

Nostalgia not only of people and places, but also a season with good events. Unforgettable moments you conquer something valuable. Moments when you give a great jump and people applaud ... Times when parents are proud of their children by conquest, the victory and success.

Anyway, nostalgia is a feeling that empowers us to make everything better. For we know that people have missed us, certainly hoping for our success.

Despite trying to interpret as best as possible the meaning of it, and the only real thing I feel at the moment is the lack of many good things of the past. Such as the places I've lived and people I love...

But I have the consciousness that the show must go on ...

Mixing Cultures in Australia!!

Hello my friends! How are you? Long time that I don't describe nothing here.
Nowadays I was very very busy with my studies, and just few minutes ago I had my final test of the english course. I was afraid and was shaking like a jelly... hahahaha... But finally I finished that. It's very strange to feel this kind of student emotions again, after long time without school test and exam.

Whatever, I was thinking about what could be the next title of my blog... After 4 months in Australia I perceived some details about Aussie culture.
Starting for the opened time of the commerce. I have several difficulties here, because I'm full time busy with the studies and job. I have free time to buy something only in weekends or at night. Unbeliveble, but the commerce here stay oppened until 5:00pm only! What the hell is this?? They don't understand that most of customers can go in theirs stores only after work time. And It's usually at night, after work time, right?

In Brazil 99% of the commerce are opened until 11:00pm, because they know that most of the customers want to buy something or have time only at night. Do you thing that Brazilian people is donkey? Definetely not! When the issue is "money" they are very experts to take advantages for theirselves.

Other interesting issue is about foods here. When you ask me about foods in Australia, I really don't know how to say. Here you can find lots of differents foods of all around the world. Chinese food, Japanese food, Vietnamese food, Italian food... etc. But usually they are adapted to Aussie taste. Not only the flavor, but how to eat also. For example, you can find some strange people eating fried rice with chopstick! Believe me!! It's totally impossible! And what about eat desert before the main dish? Hahaha... Strange, but funny!

Here you must to drive car in the right seat. Opposite to Brazil. My first drive time my right hand was going automatically to right side to change the gear! Worse than this, the street way is oposite also! Some times I forgot that and I had some dangerous situation, going to the opposite way! But now, I'm already accustomed to drive here.

Finally, I feel that Australia is becoming to be my second nation. An easier country to live and with friendly population to live together. But, Brazil is Brazil. And I'm missing a lot my family and my friends from there.

Carry on man!! Only 1 year and 8 months more living with kangaroos and koalas... hahaha!!

Thanks for your presence here in my blog and see you soon!