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Attention to the Signs!
The more tragedies we have to deal with or at least to witness with our own eyes or through the lenses of someone else’s, the less we get used to them. We feel bad for the victims and feel touched by the survivors’ stories, but when the time comes to stand up, speak out, and [...]
Megalopolers
God save the Megalopolers! Only residents (from birth or not) of megacities laugh at jokes about stressed people, feel safe among crowds, and are afraid of the peace and tranquillity of the countryside. They also do not know specifically how to enjoy nature nor to spell the name of birds and plants, but still, they [...]
The Ideal Guest
Living in several countries, expatriates tend to receive international friends and family in their homes for a given period (thank God). Let us analyse their stereotypes. There is the guest who searches for stains on your freshly painted walls, who examines whether the furniture is impeccably polished, who rarely speaks and who awaits by your [...]
We are not the only ones
I am not the only one who never stops searching for the most extraordinary perfume, when the truth is that special smell belongs to an extraordinary man who never leaves my side. I am not the only one who looks for some unusual present just to surprise the man who expects nothing from me. I [...]
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Brazilian Passport – This is not a banana tree leaf!
This is not a banana tree leaf, madam, but my Brazilian passport, I thought (out loud?). “Pardon me?” – asked the border officer in the Passport Control cabin at the Stuttgart airport, as if she had just read my mind. “It’s nothing!” – I answered, feeling my cheeks burning with shame for having to go [...]
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