Author Archives: Jaime Chamberlain

熱氣 (yit hei)

I’ve grown up with ‘yit hei’ (cantonese) but trying to explain it to my husband (who’s British) is near impossible. My english word equivalent is ‘heaty’ and we often have these ‘heaty’ conversations which go nowhere…  because he’d much rather … Continue reading

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Ahuacati+molli

In tribute to Maria‘s time in Mexico, the cheap, giant avocados you can buy in Brasil and my love for food in general I thought I would do blog about guacamole.  Guacamole isn’t popular here in Brasil. They prefer to … Continue reading

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Futebol? Soccer? Chuggu? Sakkā? Fußball? Voetbal? Fútbol?

Good guess – I am talking about the World Cup! I think it was while I was watching Uruguay v South Korea I was wondering how players that don’t speak English, manage to communicate with the officials. If there is … Continue reading

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The Mother’s Voice

Every mother at one point will spend time away from her child – whether it’s going back to work or them going to school, going away for a weekend or them staying over at a friend’s house. The panic of … Continue reading

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Taxistas em Sao Paulo

One of the best sources of Portuguese for me are the taxi drivers. Like most taxi drivers around the world they can entertain you on your journey with stories of their lives and families, their opinions on the economy, their … Continue reading

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Just a little note to say….

(Image courtesy of http://gotsole.files.wordpress.com) The world my little girl is growing up is already so different from the one I grew up in. Growing up in the 80′s was idyllic (or maybe we were all just oblivious); we lived with our … Continue reading

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The Brazilian Wax

Originally posted on Jaime’s blog on Moving to Brazil. I didn’t particularly want to blog about my first Brasilian wax in Brasil by a Brasilera… (Dad, don’t read this!!). But when I was researching more info when we came here … Continue reading

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Learning Portuguese

I have been learning Brazilian Portuguese off and on for the past year. Now that I have arrived in Sao Paulo the focus on learning has become much more urgent and intense. Very few people speak English here, which is … Continue reading

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I ♥ SKYPE

Skype makes my world feel that little bit smaller. Maria and I skype weekly regardless of where we are in the world – we have chatted from London, Dubai, Miami, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Argentina, Yemen, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, New … Continue reading

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Why should people care?

I have blogged about my friend Krsna before. She was recently promoted to Planning Supervisor at CNN International and is in this week’s edition of PR Week. I wanted to take note of her being in PR Week not just … Continue reading

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