Don't Mind Me!
10 Sep 2017 21:52![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karmicdragonflyI enjoyed my Brazilian friends' 1 year old's birthday party tonight...at least at the end.
I am an American. We are generally pontual. Brazilians? Nope...not so much -- not pontual -- nope, not at all! The invite said it started at 4...so I got there when? At 4 of course, lol!
But that is NOT when it actually started!
As a side note -- my Portuguese is probably only level A2 in the European Common Language Level. Meaning, I cannot understand full speed Portuguese!
When I got there -- early by Brazilian standards -- my friend had to LEAVE and he didn't come back for like an hour, lol! So, I sat there, by myself, texting friends on my phone -- I didn't know anyone and didn't speak the language! People were all around me...talking...laughing...and then there is poor me, by myself, lol!
Anyways after he returned, I enjoyed myself...but it was pretty darned uncomfortable for an hour or so!
Needless to say, I am tired...but I'm glad that I can put myself in uncomfortable situations!
I am an American. We are generally pontual. Brazilians? Nope...not so much -- not pontual -- nope, not at all! The invite said it started at 4...so I got there when? At 4 of course, lol!
But that is NOT when it actually started!
As a side note -- my Portuguese is probably only level A2 in the European Common Language Level. Meaning, I cannot understand full speed Portuguese!
When I got there -- early by Brazilian standards -- my friend had to LEAVE and he didn't come back for like an hour, lol! So, I sat there, by myself, texting friends on my phone -- I didn't know anyone and didn't speak the language! People were all around me...talking...laughing...and then there is poor me, by myself, lol!
Anyways after he returned, I enjoyed myself...but it was pretty darned uncomfortable for an hour or so!
Needless to say, I am tired...but I'm glad that I can put myself in uncomfortable situations!