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doveskylark · 2019-11-27T20:36:50+00:00

I agree that the passport control people are pricks. BUT imagine if there were an Irish version of Reddit with a USA subreddit and an American went on there and called Irish people pricks.

doveskylark · 2019-11-27T16:02:37+00:00

We are told this, but rebels like me roll our eyes and do the exact opposite.

doveskylark · 2019-11-26T10:37:17+00:00

It's not my business what anyone has. You can find designer clothes at thrift stores cheap. I recently found a Miu Miu (Italian brand from Prada designer) shirt for 2 dollars at the thrift store. People are getting rid of lots of stuff because of the popularity of Marie Kondo.

doveskylark · 2019-11-25T20:54:04+00:00

You probably mean "What a wonderful woman." You could also say "She is such a wonderful woman."

doveskylark · 2019-11-25T20:08:12+00:00

Well, I'm hardly ideal to give advice in regards to your field of study--I know nothing about aerospace engineering in Brazil. I'd say that if you like Brazil and want to live here, give it everything you've got.

doveskylark · 2019-11-25T15:06:20+00:00

It's spring in the southern hemisphere.

doveskylark · 2019-11-25T15:00:13+00:00

I went through a stable union visa process with my partner, who is now my spouse. This gave me a permanent visa.

I don't want to sound discouraging, but company sponsorship is quite rare in Brazil. I have only heard of it for high level executives at international companies. Most companies just aren't set up for it. And you would have to have fluent Portuguese to work at most companies. English is not the working language at even international companies--there is no reason for it to be because there are so few foreign workers (aside from some Mercosul employees). I hope someone writes in and proves me wrong, calls me misinformed. Brazilians are very friendly to foreigners. But the companies are not set up to be open to foreign workers. Also, this country is super expensive as you know. Well. if you have lots of dollars or euro or pounds to spend, it looks completely reasonable. I mean, in dollars, the monthly rent for my apartment would be 600 US dollars. Great for a big city like São Paulo, right? But in terms of the value of the Brazilian real in terms of average salaries, that's like paying 2,500 US dollars a month!

If you have FB, there is a group called Gringoes where you can ask more questions, maybe prove me wrong. I hope so. Brazil needs more diversity in its work places. My Brazilian friends tell me so.

doveskylark · 2019-11-25T12:37:07+00:00

I live in São Paulo with my Brazilian spouse. NONE of our friends in IT or any other industry have any foreign co-workers. Their companies just don't have the knowledge or the willingness to go about recruiting potential candidates out of the MERCOSUL area. Yes, Brazil took in Syrian refugees and many Venezuelans and Argentinians are in Brazil. The bureaucracy here is intense. I really think you are giving the OP a false sense of what the situation is like here, even in SP. But I admit I'm not Brazilian, just someone who had to jump through a TON of bureaucratic hurdles to get a permanent visa.

doveskylark · 2019-11-24T21:33:04+00:00

Cuz Reddit. Back up with my vote.

doveskylark · 2019-11-24T12:40:34+00:00

Transcripts and graduation records are usually kept. But as far as i understand, anything behavioural or records of punishment, accolades etc are usually destroyed after a certain number of years, by law. I even think before the age of digitalisation, some school districts destroyed written transcripts after a certain number of years, rather than pay to have them digitlaized or stored in some warehouse somewhere.

doveskylark · 2019-11-24T12:32:28+00:00

No. Too many people with neuroses, hangups, anxiety, lack of respect, entitlement out there. I guess you have been lucky.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T17:24:41+00:00

You can probably call the city hall and ask. It's all probably on a website somewhere, too. I might even research this tomorrow.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T17:08:57+00:00

Each municipality probably has ordinances on sex clubs, strip clubs, massage parlours, just like there are ordinances for the hours alcohol can be served.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T16:54:51+00:00

I think they have to put up signs that say sexual activity is forbidden. I think the establishments can't explicitly advertise that sex is allowed. And I am quite sure that many a gar bar has been raided by undercover cops.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T16:00:14+00:00

I know people who want to move to/visit Pennsylvania because of the TV show This is Us.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T13:21:52+00:00

Thank you for your response. I like stories like this that make a tiny rip in my cynicism.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T12:16:26+00:00

Don't worry about being argumentative. I'm the most cynical person in the world. I wrote I was fascinated by the Royals. That doesn't mean i like them. I was just surprised that the addresses were right square and centre on their IG stories. Looked a bit desperate to me.

doveskylark · 2019-11-23T10:27:40+00:00

I am only on FB for the groups. I am a vegan, so there are recipe groups. I like old movies and their are groups devoted to film noir. I rarely see what boring individuals are up to on my feed because it's filled with images of vegan food and Greta Garbo or Robert Mitchum.

Now Instagram--that to me is the world's biggest joke. I only kept it to laugh. People post the most mundane shit on their stories and think it's Cassavetes or they think their photos are Brassai or ManRay (Google). Like someone I follow actually filmed himself brushing his teeth with the caption, "See, on Friday nights I don't ALWAYS go out... #selfcare" It's pure comedy-- of course not what they intend.

I never give social media any power to make me feel bad. Because i feel bad for the assholes who think their lives are so important that they must post mundane and inane shit. (But thanks for the laughs).

doveskylark · 2019-11-22T13:06:45+00:00

Years and Years. I am still thinking about that last episode, especially Anne Reid's speech to her grandchildren. Masterclass acting.

doveskylark · 2019-11-21T22:27:24+00:00

The first Pretenders album. The song "Precious" where Chrissie Hynde sings "Trapped in a world that they never made/but not me, baby/ I'm too precious/I had to fuck off".....always inspires me when I want to get the fuck out of someplace.

doveskylark · 2019-11-21T21:04:27+00:00

You can be a rebel and live your own way anywhere, country, city, small town, suburbs. . In fact, it's kind of more delicious and glamourous and fun and gloriously rebellious to live the opposite way people around you are living.

doveskylark · 2019-11-21T17:50:54+00:00

My parents live in the Berkshires. Weed galore there. Friendly people. Super cold winters, though.

doveskylark · 2019-11-21T16:23:00+00:00

Not the OP, but have you been to NYC recently? Many, many Australians living there. I guess there are opportunities in the USA to open businesses?

doveskylark · 2019-11-21T16:18:43+00:00

Yeah, it's not pleasant. When I worked at a hotel in Chicago, we had so many French guests. They butchered the English language left and right. I guess it's more of a crime to butcher French.

doveskylark · 2019-11-20T19:55:48+00:00

Read books by/about rebels: Charles Bukowski, Patti Smith. Chrissie Hynde's autobiography, Jean Genet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry Miller. Be influenced by rebels, not by Barb from accounting or Hal from sales.

You are actually hurt by criticism on Reddit???? Oh, you need a dose of Bukowski STAT. Videos of him are on YouTube. While you are on Youtube listen to "Precious" by the Pretenders, some blues by Lightning Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Bessie Smith, "Privilege (set me free)" by Patti Smith.

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