Boxing day

Christmas is over and the day didn't seem to be good to visit beaches or places with a nice views. It's been very cloudy and I really thought it was gonna rain today. I was feeling very lazy and the idea to stay home has crossed my mind, anyway I wanted to do some things, so I put my clothes on and went out. The first thing I did was to stop by a ATM (casherpoint) to check if my credit card was working (because I had not used it until now). I don't know if it's good or bad, but it worked! The next thing I did was to take the bus to go downtown, because there were a few things I had to buy (mainly for my 5 days trip, that is this week). It was December 27th, but 'boxing day' here takes 3 days! Most things were being sold with discounts from 10 to 30 percent. Well, in the end I was carring 4 bags, something impossible to see in Novo Hamburgo, just because the credit card really worked out (I hope that in 2009 I can make lots of money to pay the bills)! :P After a 'shopping day', I came back home to have dinner. Lisa's mother (which I can't remember the name) and I had a long conversation about many different things, about Brazil, about New Zealand and the world. She's about 60 years old, and it's not a surprise to me anymore, she has traveled around the whole world. For dinner we have had pork (they eat it a lot here), eggs and fries, but no dessert. I needed something sweet in my mouth, so I walked down to Wendys (a fast food chain very popular here) to have a 'Frosty Shake'. It was all worth it! :) At first I was a little concerned about walking on the streets at night, because, believe me or not, they talk a lot about burglaries here. Anyway, Lisa told me this is a safe area. Back home, I was very tired, but I still wanted to watch a movie, so I turned on my computer and started watching 'Burn After Reading' and something unsual happened ... I slept in the front of my computer. When I woke up, in the middle of the night, I just put the computer on the shelf and then I drop off again!