Halloween

O Halloween foi incrivel!!
Surreal ver as pessoas andando na rua fantasiadas, muito mais do que no Carnaval no Brasil. Halloween aqui e' como o carnaval de Salvador, mas sem Trio e Blocos e com muito mais fantasias. Ah, as pessoas aqui tambem nao se agarram nas ruas como na nossa terra nessa epoca do ano.

Halloween was incredible!!
Surreal see people walking on the streets all in costumes, much more than at Brazilian Carnival. Halloween here is like Carnival at Salvador, but with out Trio (HUGE trucks with giant sound boxes) and Blocos (groups of Trios with people around) and with much more costumes. Ah, folks here do not kiss and "work out" on the street as in our land on this time of the year.


Amei passar o dia fantasiada, as pessoas olhavam pra mim e achavam lindo, elogiavam e davam muito sorrisos. Na rua, sempre nos pediam para tirar fotos.

I loved to pass the day in a costume, people looked at me and thought it was beautiful, eulogized and smiled at me. On the street, somebody always asked us to take picture.

Comecamos pelo comeco. Pela manha, fiz minha mochila gigantesca para passar o dia fora de casa, o plano era eu ir pro Baruch com as roupas normais (estava muito frio - 7 graus celsius - para ir direto com a fantasia) e pela tarde deixar a mochila na casa de minha amiga Mary, da Republica Dominicana. Ao chegar no colegio, corri para o banheiro para me trocar. No inicio, eu era a unica pessoa da sala que estava fantasiada, apesar de ter passado a semana inteira tentando convencer seus colegas de sala ao fazer o mesmo.


Lets start from the beginning. In the morning, I made my big bag for passing the day out of home, the plan was I go to Baruch with my normal clothes (it was too cold - 7 Celsius Degrees - for me to go already wearing the costume)and at the afternoon, let my bag at my friend's house, Mary, from Dominican Republic. Arraving at the school, I ran to the bathroom to change clothes. At the beginning, I was the only one who was in a costume, even I had spent all the week trying to convince my classmates to do the same.


Era muito legal, chamava muita atencao. Felizmente uma amiga de classe, Rummi, vestiu-se de india norte americana, a pobrezinha teria passado tanto frio se tivesse se fantasiado de india brasileira. Sim, foi lindo, assistir aula fantasiada, andar na rua fantasiada, comprar almoco fantasiada.

Tivemos depois da aula um Coffee Hour, que geralmente acontece nas tercas para inteiração dos alunos de ESL (English as Second Language), mas especialmente essa semana aconteceu na sexta para termos uma microfesta de Halloween com direito a concurso de fantasias.

Really cool, it called to much attention. Happily, one of my classmates, Rummy, got dressed as a North America Indian, the poor girl would be so cold if she had dressed as Brazilian Indian. Yeah, it was great, watch class, walk on the street, buy lunch, all that in costumes.

After classes, we had a special Coffee Hour, which usually happens at Tuesday to ESL students gear each other. However, specially this week it happened on Friday so we could have a small Halloween party with Costumes Competition.