The year 2014 is ending

Oh yes peeps!
This year is coming to an end, unlikely every other year I can actually say that I'm really glad is over!
This year brought me to tears, hard decision making, hard months for me being away from my home country, from my love ones and a lot of unthinkable challenges along the way.
I'm also away from my friends, capoeira students, mestre, boyfriend, and most important family!
Yeap!
When you're away from home (or maybe just in my case, only can talk for myself) by yourself, you can easily appreciate way more those people that share your blood, last name, even some bad habits and history together...cousin, uncles,aunts, grandma, grandfa, little nephews and nieces, all of them...I know they come with their ups and downs (sometimes more downs than ups) but man those people really care about you, love you and accept you for who you are (even if that means farting and swearing)
So this year one of my biggest realizations was how much I love my family, my friends, my Avila querida, my arepas, my metro (even with the sweaty old man that hasn't showered for a decade).
Caracas, Caracas, home of the great!

On the other side of the coin, I'm in a better place, better paycheck, better home (I can actually cook and lay on my living room without asking for permission), I'm secure that I won't be asked to leave my apartment one week before christmas (i hope)...I can eat the food I want, say today december 22nd that tomorrow I'm traveling to see my mom, to the other side of the ocean, because I could afford it and make it happen...

So it has been a pretty bitter sweet year for me, maybe for a lot of people too...having to leave our home country to look for a better life opportunity without wasting our productive years, young years...

Yeap! I want this year to end, I'm over it!

I'm hoping to see what next year has prepare for me, what other challenges and opportunities life'll bring to my way and I'm surely waiting with arms wide open.
A lot of goals to achieve, plans, resources.
So bring it on 2015!
Let's see what you got!

Xoxo
Pessego

Viagem pra Caracas

Sempre é bom re-ver minhas amizades, minha familia, meu Mestre.
Essa viagem me deixou muito carinho, muito aprendizado e muita saudade.
Ja to no Houston, Texas, com muita vontade de sair pra frente com a Capoeira aqui, com minha vida e meus sonhos que mesmo estando longe da gente que eu amo pois nada disso pode ser em vao assim que vamos que vamos!!!

"Capoeira eu nao sou daqui, eu sou de outro lugar, minha vida é a Capoeira, eu vou onde o berimbau me chamar."

Sempre vou onde o berimbau me chamar, e se ele nao me chama eu comeco a lhe tocar, cantar, e me arrepiar.

"Berimbau instrumento genial, meu berimbau vc e fenomenal"

Capoeira na veia, no sangue, no olhar, no corpo, no pe, na ginga e no andar...

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One of my favorite songs

Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird [HD]: http://youtu.be/CGd9TqjhANI

Capoeira training on sunday

Capoeira training on sunday!
Capoeira doesn´t stop, is every day, all day, in your mind, body, soul and blood.

This Saturday at Gracie Barra Westheimer: Capoeira

This week the Capoeira classes continues at the Gracie Barra Westchase - Houston 

If you are a woman, man, if you have kids or nephews, or grandchildren and you´re in the Houston area, bring them to my class! The trial class is for free and I assure you we´ll have so much fun!

Capoeira is a brazilian fight first created by slaves that had to leave Africa against their will to be mistreated and do inhuman hard work. Capoeira was created as a way to fight back the slave owners so the slaves could scape and lived a free life.

More than 500 years has passed and with that Capoeira has evolved.

Capoeira Humaitá Celeiro de Bambas is a Contemporary Capoeira School, we teach Capoeira Regional, Angola and the dances that are tight to Capoeira evolution such as Maculelê, Samba de Roda, Cocô de Roda, Puxada de Rede do Xareú, Frevo, Ciranda de Roda, among others.

Our school founded by Mestre Chocolate in Caracas, Venezuela will drive you through and amazing journey of Brazilian Culture having as flagship the Capoeira.

There are no limitations for anybody that wants to be part of Capoeira Humaitá, women, men, children, elder people, deficient people can practice, everything you have to do is show up to the classes every week and the rest will come along.

I´ve been practicing Capoeira with Mestre Chocolate for non-stop 7 years now, being a part of social projects in underpriviliged communities, teaching kids from 3 years old and in every class both learning and teaching to kids and their parents, bringing them closer and also working on their abilities. I´ve been a Graduada student (graduated student) for more than 2 years now, and I know how Capoeira makes you a better person, a better human being, you get leaner, stronger and learn brazilian culture and portuguese!!! 

Go to 9099 Westheimer Rd Suite K, Houston Texas, 77063 every saturday at 1:30 pm and practice Capoeira with me!

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Capoeira in Houston Texas

Practice Capoeira!
Every saturday from 1:30pm,
Kids from age 3.

I've been teaching kids form more than 6 years, is a fun way to learn another culture, language, dance, fight.
First class is free.

9099 Westheimer Rd suite K, Houston Texas, 77063
GRACIE BARRA WESTHEIMER
Saturday 1:30pm

Capoeira classes in Westheimer,Houston

Este sábado a la 1:30pm! Clases de Capoeira y cultura brasilera en Grace Barra Westheimer

This saturday at 1:30pm! Capoeira and brazilian culture classes at Gracie Barra Westheimer

Nesse sábado as 1:30pm! Aula de Capoeira e cultura brasileira no Gracie Barra Westheimer

Capoeira Humaita in Houston

Capoeira in Houston: http://youtu.be/AgeWRg0xlh4

Life is like a box of chocolates

Well...my blog...

I´m gonna let it maybe not all out, but I´m gonna try

Many people think leaving their home country is an easy thing, well it isn´t. 

I´ve never felt Venezuela was my home country, I always thought I was passing by and one day day I´ll return to my real home country USA so saying this I must say this couple of months out of Venezuela has make me realize that I was so wrong, I´m so new here, I´m making mistakes like nobody´s business, I´m being a 18 year old leaving their parents home to college at age 27. 

Yeap, even tho I´ve been living by myself for 5 years now it is must certainly not the same being in a new country, new culture, new language (that I´ve spoken since I can remember), new multi-cultural people (mexican, cubans, puertoricans, guatemalean, and so on), new bills, new expenses, new prices, new routes, new currency, new routine, new loneliness...

I´ve been bless by my mother and God to be born in this great country but when you got stuck in your head for 27 years the same culture, venezuelan, different, I mean, don´t get me wrong, here things work a lot better than in Venezuela just to say it politely but for me is different, is changing the tape, is forgetting everything I use to know about life, about myself and learning to be a new person where yes, capitalism and money rules the day by day and taxes, oh taxes.

So this is me saying, I love being here but I miss my friends, my family, my boyfriend, my mom, my mestre, my little students, my marroncito every morning, and no obligations, yes I didn´t have any true obligation in life, I didn´t paid cable, wi-fi, home insurance, electricity, I just paid my rent, my food, my bus ride every day, my gym, my capoeira monthly payment and actually that was it because I didn´t pay taxes since my wage was below the goverment´s requirements.

So, yeah, I´m an american and venezuelan, who has lived her life inside a bubble, a very dangerous bubble named Caracas, and now my bubble popped, responsabilites came knocking on my door and I just really really don´t want to answer jejej but the sure know how to know that door down.

I think with time the feeling of not knowing where I belong it will pass, I think and truly believe even in hard days like today, and yesterday and the day before that, that I will truly fullfill my dreams just as I came here to do, I will have a great Capoeira group with little kids running around doing hand and headstands and calling me Pêssego, teacher, whatever they want...waiting for their after lesson treat and that I won´t be alone anymore, because I will have them, my real and true motivation, my motor in life, my Capoeira.

I also want to be a full time Process Engineer, I studied so hard! Only a true student from engineering at the UCV and more specifically Chemical Engineering at the UCV knows what I mean...man we did study hard, we were really good students, all of us, with our HP 50 or 49 or 48, studying, analizing, presenting, we were and we are doers, we don´t settle, and I love my classmates so much because I know they relate dearly to this words, WE GRADUATED FROM FUCKING UCV, WE ARE CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, so please if you read this (and I hope you do), please don´t settle with what life gives you, chase your dreams, your true dreams, even if that dream seems like a DiCaprio movie with money to throw away, go ahead, chase it...you deserve it, we deserve it...we did it man, is not an easy thing to do, it was years of studying, of crying, of eating whatever time let us eat, of maybe sometimes not having social life, or having too much social life, we needed each other and believe me, all of you who studied with me and are a part of my student times even tho we might have no graduated together, but all of you are in my thoughts, in my prayers and I wish you the best today and always, you are my motivation to keep going, to keep moving in this word where we as engineers are not well recognise, well paid, and well valorized.

So, this is a "Must keep on moving" letter to you readers, to myself, that life is hard, but we are tougher, that anything and everything in life comes from God´s hand to shows us how strong we are and that our path is only starting with every awakening.

Two months has passed, and many more to come and I only pray to God to give me the strenght to hold it, to keep it and to never look back!

Cheers! 

The day that I met Sarah Jessica Parker- O dia que eu conheci a Sarah Jessica Parker

Capoeira

This Saturday August 23rd, I will start teaching Brazilian Culture lead by Capoeira. You will also have the chance to learn Portuguese, Samba de roda, Cocô de roda, Jongo caxambú, Puxada de rede, Maracatú, Maculelê, Ciranda de roda, among others.

And you not only will learn how to dance it, you will also learn how to play the musical instruments of each dance.

I´ll meet you there.

Free lesson! 

Where? 9099 Westheimer Rd Suite G&K, Houston, TX, 77063.

Saturday 08/23, 12:30pm

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Nesse Sábado próximo Agosto 23, vou comecar um trabalho de Cultura Brasileira tendo como carro chefe a Capoeira. Também vai aprender Português, Samba de roda, Cocô de roda, Jongo caxambú, Puxada de rede, Maracatú, Maculelê, Ciranda de roda e muito mais.

Nao só vai dancar mais tambén vai aprender a tocar os instrumentos musicais que acompanham cada danca.

Nós vemos lá!

Primeira aula de graca!

Onde? 9099 Westheimer Rd Suite G&K, Houston, TX, 77063.

Sábado 23/08, 12:30pm

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First two weeks in Texas, alright / Primeiras duas semanas no Texas

Moving away from you home country is not and easy thing, especially by yourself. So I´m gonna start this blog by posting about this new life, new place, new everything...So let´s start!

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Ir embora do teu pais não é coisa fácil, especialmente por tua conta. Assim que vou começar esse blog botando informaçoes dessa nova vida, novo alugel, novo tudo...Assim que começemos!

The first thing I looked was the fact that you could find everything at the supermarket, food, goods, and stuff that maybe you don´t need or you don´t know you´ll need but they are there...so that´s a good thing about a country, keeping its people happy!

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A primeira coisa que eu vi foi que vc podria conseguir tudo o no supermercado, alimentos, coisas boas que provavelmente vc não precisa ou vc não sabe que vai precisar mais estão ali....assim que isso é coisa boa sobre um pais, manter seu povo feliz!

This were my two first purchases in Houston and when I bought and used the deodorant that was not rolling on my armpit I thought to myself, I´m in heaven...

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Essas foram minhas duas primeiras compras no Houston e quando comprei e usei o desororante que não rolava no meu suvaco eu pensei pra dentro de mim, estou no ceú...

This is part of my new place, again I´m in heaven, even with a little time being here I could find something to live without limitations (visitors included) and I can say I´m home with nobody taking me out before the lease is done

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Essa é parte do meu apartamento, denovo estou no ceú, incluso com meu pouco tempo de estar aqui consegui um lugar onde eu posso viver sem limitaçoes (visitas incluidas) e posso dizer que estou em casa sem ninguém pra vim e me tirar antes de acabar o contrato do alugel

Some groceries I´ve donde since I got here and one specially called Sambazon that is a brand that makes drinks from Açai berry is really heaven! A piece of Brazil in Houston!

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Algumas comprinhas que eu fiz desde que cheguei aqui e especialmente aquela da marca Sambazon feita a partir do Açai verdadeiramente é o ceú! Uma pequena parte do Brasil no Houston!

This was an achievement for me because I manage to build this table from scratch, yes! me!

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Esse aqui é um logro pra mim porque consegui armar issa mesa a partir da nada, sim! eu!

Some walking around getting to know the city!

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Alguns rolezinhos pra conhecer a cidade!

Finally! After two weeks without training Capoeira, I did it, went to a really far away park and train for about an hour, felt my knee a little bit better but still trying to streghten it up a bit...In the next post I will update you about that, so Thank you for reading my blog! This is Pêssego!

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Finalmente! Depois de duas semanas sem treinar Capoeira, Eu treinei, fui pra um parque bastante longe e treinei por uma hora mais ou menos, senti melhor meu joelho pero ainda precisa de fortalecimento....No proximo post os atualizarei com isso, assim que Obrigada por ler meu blog! Essa aqui é a Pêssego!