Comments on: Summary of month 2 in mission to become Brazilian

By: Alex Unleash Reality

Alex Unleash Reality — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:13:55 +0000

wow. sounds like such an adventure.

“I can see by a slight change in the interactions with my Brazilian friends, who no longer speak slowly with me or use as much formal vocabulary”
- that's prolly the best feeling. and best measure of success. money money money.

“the music of my language”
- really like that.

almost a thousand couchsurfers.
– sweet jesus on a pogo stick. bonkers. can't wait for adventures like that post university. warm tingly inspired feelings. glorious.

interested to hear how you're financing this whole thing. i'm sure you've written about it somewhere so hit me with a link if you can't be fussed to bust a freestyle

keep well mate. and in touch.
alex – unleash reality

By: Adriana

Adriana — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:03:49 +0000

wow! I´m impressed how determined you are!

By: paulcarmo

paulcarmo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:18:23 +0000

Woops, I just bought my ticket to Madrid last night for January. Yeah, money is light so I'll give it my best. Do ou know of any other country in Europe that would be good and likely to have a market? I randomly dreamt of Estonia last night and there's not much about it on the web.

On a more relevant note, I had a Portuguese girlfriend for 3 and half years and yes, I learned most of my Portuguese from her. Although, she was an English translator.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:07 +0000

Hi Benny. I don't think you should stop thinking that you're a native Carioca – let your head be in agreement with your heart! Continue to stay in touch with friends, meet-up with Brazilians and their culture elsewhere and I'm sure next time your visa allows you to visit Brazil everyone will notice you've nailed it -if you haven't already within the next month…

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:21:16 +0000

Aparece lá em casa quando quiser!!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:54 +0000

Thanks Jessica!!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:40 +0000

Get the TEFL in Limerick from i-to-i in a weekend.
If the work you plan on doing in South America is volunteer based, you can go around local businesses, hotels etc. and ask them to sponsor you. I met a girl who even managed to convince us Cavan scabby bastards to fund her trip! That shows how generous people can be!
Otherwise, money shouldn't be an issue for South America other than the ticket to get there, which is not that expensive nowadays. Once in SA, it's actually cheaper than Spain, but you'll earn way less and may have to worry about legality for working permission that you wouldn't in Spain. If you go to Spain, try not to go to Madrid or Barcelona. I really like the latter, but there are already so many foreigners there so getting a job is tough if you don't have Spanish already.
Best of luck!!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:16:41 +0000

Wow, I never thought of that (!!!) That's actually my priority just after arriving

By: troy

troy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:16:15 +0000

One piece of advice: get a Brazilian girlfriend who doesn't speak English.

By: paulcarmo

paulcarmo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:49:27 +0000

You are an Irish hero my man. I'm from Limerick and I am looking into learning Spanish as I want to do Development work as a profession in years to come. Money is thin on the ground so South America is prob out of the question. I am thinking about teaching English in Spain via TEFL. What you think? Any tips?

Keep up the great work mate.
Parabéns!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:36:03 +0000

Congratulations on being mistaken as a native speaker from Portugal! Even though you weren't mistaken as being a local, that's still a great success! Good luck in your last month in Rio!

By: PriOchoa

PriOchoa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:01:03 +0000

Como tem muito tempo que não te vejo pessoalmente realmente não sei se melhorou, mas pelo jeito que fala no MSN, já sinto que algumas gírias vc andou pegando né? hahahah
E até hojeeeeeeee não pude conhecer o ap! hunff!!!
Beijos!