03.05.22 - Falando do diabo, aparece o rabo

Hallooooo,

Hope you're all biding fine, and thanks again for the birthday wishes!

I had a lovely birthday weekend, beginning with me dragging Gabi off to Salto to ride an antique train to the next town over (Itu) and back again, which took about 4 hours and was not as glamorous and Orient-Express-y as I was hoping for, but was still a lot of fun. Itu was worth visiting exactly once too - the famous giant payphone was a bit underwhelming (albeit very big), but there was a cool abandoned ceramics factory which we stumbled into by accident.  

I feel like it's worth getting to know the area properly and seeing it from different perspectives before writing it off completely and moving back to São Paulo, plus old-timey trains are always good value. Speaking of, we then went straight on to São Paulo for Thiago's birthday party in Pinheiros, which was packed solid, and then on Sunday we had an excellent Argentinian-themed lunch on a Zona Norte rooftop, before heading back out to the styx.

My phrase of the day is "speak of the devil, and its tail appears", which is a more convoluted way of saying the same thing in English; and I've done another mix. Also in talks to launch an online radio show later in the year - watch this space! (nb: I need to learn how it's done from scratch first).

Speak soon!

Fred the Needle

26.04.22 - Azedou o pé do frango

Halloooo!

Hope all well, good to see you together in Beccles briefly, under blue skies (!). 

Things have calmed down here, to the extent that we actually had a whole weekend off to laze around at home and watch programmes called things like "Is It Cake?". We eventually got bored and went to Campinas for ice cream, with our child neighbour in tow screaming and bouncing off the car walls the whole time, but on the whole we are relaxed, reinvigorated and ready to face the week. 

In other news, apparently this weekend was Carnaval, since it was postponed from February until the whole pandemic thing died down. There's a new compilation in the pipeline, and my phrase of the day translates as "the chicken's foot has gone sour", which is a rather vivid way of saying that "things have gone south". So there's that.

Speak soon,

Fred from Desire

19.04.22 - Mais antigo do que andar pra frente

Hallooooo,

How's tricks folks? Hope you had a lovely Easter weekend. 

Ours was a bit frantic if I'm honest, as Adny and Ridaut moved into their new flat just before the long weekend, only to find it had an unidentified gas leak and was basically uninhabitable. This meant they had to temporarily camp out here, and also temporarily swore off living in Indaiatuba altogether, which in turn threw a major wrench into our immediate plans, leading to plenty of back-of-napkin maths and talk of emergency loans, etc. 

We also went to São Paulo on Saturday to check in on the flat., which seems to be under control at least. Luckily the gas problem seems to have been sorted out now, so we can go ahead with the earlier plan of us living rent-free in the SP flat long enough to make our money back. But it was touch and go for a while! 

In other news, there's a new compilation in town, and my phrase of the day means "[it's] as old as walking forwards", or "as old as time", as the saying goes in English. 

Have a good week, and speak soon!

Frediterranean

12.04.22 - Só o pó da rabiola

Halloooo,

Hope all well as we move into April. 

Not much going on over here outside the steady torrent of work and housing-related issues - we managed to get away for an ice cream in Campinas on Saturday but that's about it. The building work seems to be well underway though, and Adny and Ridaut are moving into a new flat this week, so that's one less thing to worry about.

We are, as they say, "só o pó da rabiola" ("just the tail of the kite" or, in the common parlance, "knackered"), but it should all be worthwhile in the end. And word on the street is there's a new compilation to tide us all over...

Speak soon!

Freddy I'm in Love

05.04.22 - O mundo é um ovo

Halloooo,

Hope you are all keeping well, had nice birthdays, warded off the snow, etc. 

Over here we've been working away on our projects, including a trip to São Paulo for the first time in a while to check in our building site (and deliver 50 bags of sand) and have an indoor barbeque using Bruna's swish kitchen top grill, which was as thrilling as it sounds. I also stopped by the Sherlock office to show my face and join in the post-work happy hour...

I've made a new compilation and my phrase of the day means "the world is an egg", which is the local version of "it's a small world", as far as I can understand. And that's about it from us - have a good week and speak to you soon!

A Fred of the Dark

29.03.22 - Det är ingen ko på isen

Halloooo,

Hope all well! Not a lot to report this week to be honest - we've both taken on a lot of extra work to pass the time until we move back to São Paulo, so we mostly did that all weekend, in between general house maintenance. 

But the flat renovation is back underway, this time with real contractors, so as the Swedish say, "det är ingen ko på isen" ("there is no cow on the ice", i.e. no cause for immediate concern). And I've made another compilation, should you be so inclined. 

Speak soon!

I Am Fred-gend

22.03.22 - Fica, vai ter bolo

Hallooo,

How's things across the Atlantic? Over here we've gone mask-free in the state of São Paulo (except for public transport and hospitals), which is all rather thrilling, at least until everyone starts getting Covid. 

Otherwise we've been busy wheeling and dealing with our renovation work, which has been complicated somewhat by the original contractor running off with half our budget. Plenty of regular work going on too, plus some additional copywriting I took on, penning articles about the joys of living in Paraguay - an odd side-gig but can't complain, etc.

I've made a new compilation, as is my wont; and my phrase of the day ("stay, there will be cake") is often humorously used to get people to stay longer at social engagements. I myself would never joke about the availability of cake, but it is what it is. 

Hope all well, and speak soon!

Sigmund Fred