A personal blog about whatever comes to mind
Sorry-not-sorry for the clickbaity title, but it’s true. Brazil is a Portuguese-speaking country, but being in Latin America it would make sense for the second most spoken language to be Spanish, right? Well, it is not.1 — Is it English then? Nope. Very few people actually even understand English, which is barely used in their…
Sometimes, I like to read about other countries’ independence to see what happened there. What I’ve found, so far, is that Brazil’s independence seems to have been… unusual? It had a lot of improbable events that led to a (somewhat) less bloody resolution than in a lot of other colonies. Like, it all started with…
I mean, beyond the name, where it’s called “Ovomaltine”, which apparently is how the whole world calls it except English-speaking countries? Well, anyway, when it was introduced in the country, there were some issues with the production line and the product didn’t turn powdery enough, becoming flaky and crispy when mixed in milk, creating a…
There’s an interesting shift in Brazil where the word “Friday”, in English, might get another meaning. Surprising no one (I hope), most Brazilians don’t speak English, so they don’t know what “Black Friday” really means. Some might be aware that “black” means “dark” or the literal color black but have no idea that “Friday”, a…
This story was written years ago for a contest. It got a positive feedback, but wasn’t picked. I found it again a few months ago, adjusted a bit of the flow, and it’s now here. Some people say Hell is a fiery pit of despair, eternally engulfed in flames. Others say it’s a cold and…
It is sad that, while being in a country with more than one café on each corner, it’s hard to find good coffee, to the point where Starbucks is an acceptable substitute. Even more because Starbucks over-roast their coffee, so much so that this “blonde roast” is more like a medium roast everywhere else. On…
The Shin Megami Tensei series just had a game released with a Brazilian Portuguese translation for the first time And I had the honor of helping lead its localization effort. Seriously, I’ve never thought I would see the day an Atlus game would be translated into Brazilian Portuguese, much less with my involvement. As a…