My second time using the bus in Brazil

At the first  I predicted I will get lost but  luckily  my roommate came with me.  I was watching carefully the things I passed by to remember so I would not get lost on my way back. My roommate drew me a map which made my life easier to arrive to my Portuguese class.  I felt so tired that all I wanted was to do is to sleep.  But in my break I tried to buy coffee but got the wrong order, I do know what it  was call but It was good.  The drink gave me energy to talk in class and to participate.  When my class ended,I entered in different stores.   I had trouble saying “I am not going to buy anything, I am just looking,” so I left the store. Then I had to wait for the bus, and it did not show up until 4o minutes. I asked a lady if she was going to the university and she said yes.  I was so happy because I could follow her jaaa this was my strategy number one to get in the correct bus.  At first I did not want to ask for help, I  tried to wait a little bit longer but then I wanted to call my roommate to pick me up but  I did not. I asked for help with my broken Portuguese.  I talked with that lady and she told me that she is taking economics classes. She told me how Carnaval is so beautiful. Then she asked me if I was from South Korea or Japan mmm I was laughing at that. I was thinking mmm maybe I can pretend I am Korean since I love Korean songs. She started talking fast and I understood some of her words.  It’s hard understanding a language when a person talks really fast. I thought I will be able to understand Portuguese really easy but is hard understanding the different dialects some people have in Brazil.

In the night of this same day, I was invited to the Pronto Pizza as a welcoming party.   I was actually excited to meet other people and to eat a Brazilian pizza.  I greeted everyone and listened how everyone was introducing themselves.  In my mind, I was thinking that the pizza will come later but it never came.  I tried  to speak in Portuguese with someone in  the architecture  but he started talking to me in Spanish and saying that he is interested in going to Ecuador.  He mention how he wanted to see the Island Galapagos, so I started talking to him about Ecuador.  I had a fun time, and had some time to talk about economic development of Brazil and some development theories. After a bit, I was lost when some started to speak fast, I just felt left out but enjoy listening. I remember one phrase I was told by a student of law was, “Brazil is a country of happiness.” I won’t forget that for sure.