Roguish Thoughts: November 2004

Pega na Galha do Boi - Capoeira de São Salvador - Quem Vem lá Sou Eu

Pega na Galha do Boi

- Pega na galha do boi

Pega na galha do boi e moleque

- Pega na galha do boi
Pega na galha do boi e moleque

Capoeira de São Salvador

- É jogo praticado na terra de São Salvador

- E jogo praticado na terra de Sao Salvador

Quem Vem lá Sou Eu

- Quem vem lá sou eu
Quem vem lá sou eu
Berimbau bateu
Capoeira sou eu

- Quem vem lá

Tired...

Oh I'm tired... Been up since 6am, out of my house before 8am and came back at around 10pm... I'm wiped out!

Nevertheless it was an interesting day. Let's see, I started my training with the little pre-k's which is important since I'm getting more hours starting in January(yay!!!). Then I headed over to J.J. since Mes was busy with his moving, so I had to teach the class which it went ok. I think it could've been much better but it's ok, at least I got the kids to learn a couple more things.

Afterwards I race back to Acro since I was gonna go with Chaguis to show Karen the wonderful Golden Gate Bridge. It was a lotta fun, it was past sunset and since the it was a clear night, we got to see the bridge with all it's lights. It was incredible, I hadn't been to the bridge in ages even thought it's in my own back yard(literally). I loved hangin out with the girls, specially Karen with whom I have to admit to have a crush on... =oP Too bad she's leaving on Sunday back to Israel... Oh well... A shame, she kind reminds me of someone who was very special to me I guess that's why I like her a lot.

Anyhow putting my 'crush' talk aside, afterwards I got back to Acro and got there during the second half of class, and I just decided to hang in the back and work on my back flip(which is looking great!), and also on my front handspring(which is looking good as well!). Then I caught a ride with Mestre back to my house.

What a day!!!

Tomorrow is gonna be almost the same!!!

=oP

Back again!

Man it does feel like I haven't put any post in a loooonnnnggg time, and well I haven't since what Wednesday?? or something like that?? yeah I must admit I been kinda busy and also distracted with other stuff... (as usual!)

Anyhow the long weekend was good, ate a lot, chilled a lot with most of my friends, and basically just been from one place to another. Haven't spent too much time at home lately and I just need to catch up on a lot of stuff... Gotta start decorating the house, gotta clean the car(I been on that since last month... hhhmmm), dammit I know I got something more to do but I just can remember... oh yeah I gotta make a new arame for my berimbau... uuummm... I gotta make a list so I don't keep on forgetting.

Anyways these past couple of days I been kinda out of it, I'm just frustrated a little bit with the way life has been going. I mean overall it's ok, but I dunno things just haven't been good. My knee is still hurting(sucks!), I haven't been sleeping a lot lately(lotta shit going on), and just overall I just feel like I'm trapped in a small box or something and I can't get out of it. Usually this always happens towards this time of the year, but I dunno. I guess it's also not helping that I'm looking back at how this year went and overall it sucked for me. Didn't do anything which I can call an 'improvement' in my life. I feel like I'm in the same place as I started the year if not worse...

Let's do a small review:

Financially it sucked, I spent more time on the broke list than ever before...
Socially it was ok, I met new ppl and made new friends...
Love life, this one was nonexistent this year(uumm next)...
Capoeira, I think it's the only bright point this year...
Family, a lot of sickness with the folks...

Ugh! Oh well... Maybe things will get better in the last month of the year right???

... uh huh...

Sleepless in SF

Tired... I had only an hour and a half of sleep...

Yesterday after going to the capoeira meeting we headed with Chaguis and Karen to see Chloe's performance at the uuuummm... I forgot the name of the place Kit Kat or something??
Anyhow we saw also Olga's performance and then we headed to this other club to meet Formi, but the party there was kinda lousy... so we headed to our fav spot: Sparky's!!!

After eating we headed to Chagui's house and we crashed there until 4.15am, since we wanted to see the "Indigenous People Day of Thanksgiving" event which took place at Alcatraz. When we got there all tickets had been sold out so we were running up and down trying to get three tickets to go, and just like if the Gods intended it, we manage to get the three tickets... It was a lotta fun, the performance was good, although the event got a little too political for my taste but other than that I loved it.

Afterwards we headed to Hamburger Haven to have breakfast, then I took everyone to their house and then came back home myself... I'm tired, I wanna sleep... anyways later today I'm dinner hopping, and to tell you the truth I have no idea of how this day is gonna end... =o)

I'll write more about yesterday, AFTER I get some sleep... too tiiirrreezzzzZZZzzz...

So anyway...

Monday was ok, had to go sub for Tracy at Acro today... which was fun although it was kinda funny since I had to teach the rhythmic dance class... ?!?!?... yep an as you would have guessed it I dunno anything about it!

But it was all ok, Tracy left me a note on what to do and show the two group of girls which were pretty nice, a little bit crazy but I managed to get them to do everything and most important have fun at the same time! It was fun... hehehe...

Then after I was done with the classes I manage to get invited to a co-worker's b-day party on Saturday by pure accident. See this co-worker likes one of the new guys at work, sooo she was trying to get me to help her out and get this new guy invited to her b-day party. Since she was too shy about it I just started to play along and when he came into the office she invited me to it, and manage to slip an invitation to him as well... So I thought everything was over and I had done my work, but(yes there's always a but) afterwards she told me that he might feel out of place since noone else from work was going(well only one other person is going actually). Anyhow she invited me as well to go that way this guy won't feel like he doesn't know anyone(which by the way I will, since I will definitely won't know anyone).

So I'm gonna have attend this B-day party... hhhhhmmmm... how do I manage to get into these type of random situations?!?!?!?

Oh well... it's gonna be interesting, I hope!

Other than that I went to train(even though I shouldn't have) and it was ok. I got hit on my ankle again and it hurt like hell, I'm just a wreck right now... Definitely I need to rest or something, it's ok I'll take a break this long weekend right???

hhhmmm, no I'm not... hehe

Cordão de Ouro - Sou lá de Itabuna

Cordão de Ouro

- Quem não conhece o grupo Cordão de Ouro

Venha pra roda que você vai conhecer

Cordão de Ouro tem mandinga e tem molejo

Joga ligeiro e é bonito de se ver

- Quem não conhece o grupo Cordão de Ouro
Venha pra roda que você vai conhecer
Cordão de Ouro tem mandinga e tem molejo
Joga ligeiro e é bonito de se ver

Sou lá de Itabuna

- Sou da Bahia, eu sou lá de Itabuna

Terra do Mestre Magrelo, Luiz Medicina e também Suassuna

Sou da Bahia, eu sou lá de Itabuna

Terra do Mestre Magrelo, Luiz Medicina e também Suassuna

- Sou da Bahia, eu sou lá de Itabuna
Terra do Mestre Magrelo, Luiz Medicina e também Suassuna
Sou da Bahia, eu sou lá de Itabuna
Terra do Mestre Magrelo, Luiz Medicina e também Suassuna

Sunday night...

Well finally after a really long-ass weekend I'm just trying to gather up energy for next week. I'm happy to say that the performance on Saturday night was incredible, the partying afterwards was off the hook, we went with the crew to the Mangarosa Restaurant down in North Beach. Got a little bit wild as usual(luckily we didn't get kicked out!), then headed over to the Sake Lab since Candance was bar tending and you know after a great dinner there's nothing like having some great shots of something with alcohol right??

Anyhow it was fun... there was also a bit of drama, action, wildness, and the usual good bye's(since it was Kibe's last night in SF)...

The only thing that I'm regreting now is that the bill on my credit card increased(ugh!), oh well the price for fun I guess... haha!

Then today I went to work(again!) since Chloe asked me to sub in for her. Spent all day at Acro again and by the time I was done I was dead... I was suppose to call this girl I met last night but I was too tired and instead just crashed in the sofa. Oh well... then I wonder why I never go out huh? It's all is good.

Finally I plan on not training this week because of my knee(I need to practice my berimbau playing anyhow), and let's see what's coming up the next week(so far):

Monday: Offsite with T at the Ben F. School
Tuesday: Going to L's office to fix the computer's
Wednesday: Lycee class(?)
Thursday: Thanksgiving dinner hopping...
Friday: Ummmm... TBA
Saturday: TBA also...
Sunday: Acro(again!)

That's it! Looking forward to it all...

Oh...

Last but not least before I forget, on Sat. Real Madrid at Barcelona... It's gonna be a good one!

Also I'm thinking on not training at all next week, just playing music. Lately my knee has been bothering me and I seem to have a naggin' hip pain... hhhmmmm... Good thing I got the free thing at Dr. Marks office.

Yay!!!

or something...

=oP

Week's not over yet...

That's right I still got the weekend to confront... ugh!!!
It looks like a busy one as well... let's see...

Geeting up early in the morning to go do the off-site 'til 12 or something... I'm teaching by the way.
Head over to Acro and be merry with the kids from 1:30pm(actually 2 but it feels good to bitch about half and hour more), 'til 7:30pm(oh yeah should be 8:30pm but I got other things to do...).
Get to the Hip Hop Dance Fest to perform(ok so I'm only singing but still I gotta be there or something...)
Then dinner with the crew(yay!!! I'll have a beer if I do get to this point to celebrate!!!)
Sunday: Sleep all fucking day long! (hopefully!)

There you go, my weekend so far unless something unexpected happends...

Oh yeah...

In all the craziness I forgot to put it up...

San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival

We are performing there tonite(Thursday 11/18) and on Saturday 11/20!
Our piece: Capoeristas vrs B-boys from Flavor Group

Should be fun, so check it out!!!

Today...

Let's see... today apparently is gonna be a busy day, I accidentally booked my granny's appointment in the morning so I couldn't make it to the offsite (oh well...), I might make it to J.J. later today. Afterwards I gotta teach Formi's kids, and then somehow I gotta get my ass to the Palace of Fine Arts for the show... ugh... Although it seems like an easy day I just know it's not gonna be even close.

I just wanna sleep!!!
Oh well...

Oh yeah I got the pics from my kids performance last week, but alas I can't post them since it's a school activity and I need the written consent from the school and parents to be able to post them... so I guess I could go through all that hassle or just not put them up... hhhmmmmm... I'll think about it.

Gamelera no chão - Pelo sinal - Olha o negro sinhá

Gamelera no chão

- Gamelera no chão

- Gameleira no chão

Pelo sinal

- Pelo sinal

Olha o negro sinhá

- Olha o negro sinhá

Sou Capoeira

Sou Capoeira

- Sou capoeira olha eu sei que sou
Eu vim aqui foi para jogar
Faço bonito só porque tenho talento
E solto meus movimentos com a voz no coração

Crazy brazilians...

He, he, he... now don't get me wrong the title is not 'cos I'm trying to put them down or anything like that. Actually is because I just love the energy that some of them put out there, specially when they are capoeiristas. For instance today I went with Mestre and Kibe to teach the kids at the Lycee, but when we got there I found out that Kibe was hungry and didn't had any breakfast soooo while Mestre taught the class we headed down the street to eat...

Even though my Portuguese is pretty bad (since it's a mix of Portuguese and Spanish... hence Portunol) I was able to had a conversation with Kibe and just had fun, talking shit, flirting with girls, and just getting to know Kibe overall. He, he, he... the only thing was that we chilled a little bit too long and by the time we got back Mestre was almost done with the class... ooppss... hehehe oh well!

Anyhow the new group of kids seem like they are gonna be as good as the last one if not better. There's a few that seem a little bit too hyper but it's ok, after all they will need it now that Mes is teaching the class(I pity the fools...), he, he!

The more things change... the more they stay the same...

Too tired to even comment... but you can read it!

"Powell resigns with three other Cabinet secretaries"

Real Madrid 6 - Albacete 1

Since I moved to SF it's been really hard and almost impossible for me to keep up with my favorite soccer team(Real Madrid from Spain). So now I'm trying really hard to get updated on how they are doing and to my surprise they are second place in the league... oh yeah!!

Wal-Mart and the ruins... (or visit Teotihuacan and stop to shop at Wal-Mart!)

I really had to see this to believe it...

Talking with Pula-Pula, she told me about how Wal-Mart is actually building a store on the edge of a famous archeological site in Mexico known as 'Teotihuacan'. I actually thought she was pulling my chain or something until I found the article:

"Fight over Wal-Mart at Mexico ruins"

What the hell is going on in this world??? The corporate world is definitely taking over everything I guess...

Headache...

For some unknown reason I have a terrible headache today... Let's see I'm not hung over... uuummm... maybe I'm getting sick?!?!? uuummm... dunno...

Anyhow yesterday I had a fun day for the first time in almost a week, I went to Acro and although I didn't train I just went to the back and did my own stuff, which I felt was good since I needed a day like that. No stress, no over exercising like I have for the past month, just a relaxing stretching session and then a couple of calm movements, capped off by a series of kicks. I'm sore as fuck though..

Then I came back home, took a shower and Alex and Megan picked me up to go to Candance's 'brunch' at 6pm... That was fun having a little bit to eat, we watched some videos from the event, it was fun.

The night was not over just yet however and then I rolled with Salsicha and went to to Formi's house which was the rendevous(sp?) point since we were gonna hit the Roxie to go see "RACE IS THE PLACE".

A documentary which is part of the Film Arts Festival of Independent Cinema an as the following review states:

"Race is the Place is a performance documentary on America’s most explosive social issue. Poets, actors, comedians, and performance artists explore racism, its endless permutations, and continued survival. The film offers perspectives from Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders on the unspoken issues that separate Americans. Performances are set against a stunning mix of visual art and an archival record of America’s prejudices."

It was a good documentary, I actually thought I was gonna fall asleep or something since I was tired by this point but it woke me up and got me really interested in it, I definitely recommend it to anyone who has the oportunity to see it.

Later we hit the 'Thief Bar', where for most of the time Formi and I hit the pinball machines and closed the bar playing the uummmm... (I can't remember the stupid name... argh!!) Anyways after that I came back home.

Fun day!!!

Lucky!!!

Saturday morning... hhhhhmmmmm... finally I am up and kinda looking forward to today (although I have no idea what I'm gonna do). Nothing much has happened, except playing San Andreas last night and I have to admit that's the best game ever... It's just that there's something about blowing up cars, shooting ppl, and jacking stuff that makes you feel... uuummm what's the word I'm looking for here...

a yes! at ease!

hehehe...

Other than that I was able to get a gmail invite (yay!), and now I'm part of the .gmail crowd!!!
hehehe... thanks to SaphirePink from saph.com ;oD

Another glorious Saturday!!

Kids performances...

Finally all the work culminated these past week in two succesful performances!!! The kids were incredible... a few glitches and mishaps here and there but no biggie. I am really proud of them, and also really happy that I had them as students!

Now it's on to the next group of kids, hopefully they are gonna be as good if not better than my first two groups. At least now I have the experience and now I know what to improve so that I can optimize working with them.

For the first time this week a big smile is on my face and looking forward to what's coming up next...

I'll miss my kids thought...

A positive note!!!

Well other than having my second group of kid's presentation today(friday), I was able to find the lyrics to this song which I love! So here it is... (oh yeah I got a conflict with the song's title, I'll just put the one that's on the CD)

O Capoeira e o Pescador

- Maré me leva é, maré me traz
Maré me leva é, maré me traz

Depression???

As I sit right now in front of the pc, I am just trying to figure out what my next move is gonna be... There's a million and one random thoughts going on in my head and as I try to grasp for one another one pops out in front and makes it hard to focus on the first.

A lot of things happened today, not all good... not all bad... not all fair... and apparently that's what makes life interesting. But the more I try to make sense of it all, the more I fall into that bottom-less hole.

I broke someone's little heart today... and it made me feel really bad. Beautiful people should never have to experience something like that, but unfortunately they do... I know it's not fair, I have been there before, and that's why it makes it harder to accept what I've done it.

It seems like everything is going down the drain right now, and apprently there's no way to stop it. Right now it seems like I finally hit a dead end, with nowhere to go, I'm just trying to find a way out of it all.

This week I've been looking back in time and regreting alot of things, and that's a first for me since I have always believe in living the now without remorse. For some reason I feel guilty of things, even thought I'm not to blame, but the guilt is still inside and it's causing me pain.

A lot of things have happened this past week, some happy, some sad, some have been fun and others have not. But I just have to keep on going and keep my head high, for I know that better times lie up in the future as long as a perfectly blue sky.

What does it take...?

Lately I've been pondering a lot about the way I take some things and act towards them...

I think that I take things up and react to them pretty well, I'm still missing that one thing that let's me communicate better. I have been a mess communicating with ppl, I mean I am a very quiet person usually, but lately it has been pretty bad... I just can't seem to find the right moment to say things or speak my mind.
For some reason I think that timing is one of the most important things in life. Maybe it doesn't apply to everything in life, but it does apply to a good majority of it.

Anyhow another thing lately is that I can't seem to focus very well on my thoughts... too much stuff going around and I just seem to be too distracted to even try to set them straight. Or maybe it's just that I'm just trying to avoid going into the details of what's happening and just letting it go by hoping that it will just fade away(which by the way I tend to do a lot).

It's ok I tell myself I know I'm only going through a bad period, and it will all be ok(hopefully), but then again I've always told myself that and it always seems to get worse. I think it's time for a wake up call of some sort... hhhmmm... or maybe I just been hitting the snooze button for too long??

hhhmmm...

One down... two to go...

So finally after stressing out most of last week and this one, the kids performance was today and it went great!!! I'm so happy and proud of how it went down, everyone had fun and even thought I was not in the best of moods, it did lifted my morale a lot. Although it also had it's setbacks since in a way I got sad 'cos this was the last class with that group... =o(

That's ok, I mean hopefully I'll get to see them next year if the school decides to keep the program... Anyhow before I get all sad and stuff I gotta prepare for the show at USF tomorrow and also for the second kid's show on Friday. Oh yes... I know it's gonna be a good one!

Anyhow I'm gonna take a nap, all this stressing out and worrying got me tired... =oP
I'll try to post some pics of the show later...

Siri De Mangue

Finally here they are, one ladainha and a couple of corridos...

Siri de Mangue

Abre os olhos Siri do Mangue
Iê! Siri do Mangue
Ai meu bem, todo tempo não é um
Veja que a maré de Março
Ai, ai, ai! É a maré de Guaiamum
Dentre grandes e pequenos
Mas, hoje não me escapa um
Siri tá se vendo doido
Na presa do Guaiamum
Camaradinho, viva meu Deus

- Iê! Viva meu Deus, camará

Goma de engoma

- Iê! Goma de engoma, camará

Dá volta ao mundo

- Iê! Dá volta ao mundo, camará

Que o mundo deu

- Iê! Que o mundo deu, camará

Gunga É Meu

Gunga é meu, gunga é meu
Gunga é meu, é meu, é meu
- Gunga é meu, gunga é meu

Gunga é meu foi meu pai que meu deu
- Gunga é meu, gunga é meu

Gunga é meu eu não dou a ninguem
- Gunga é meu, gunga é meu

Gunga é meu foi meu pai que meu deu
- Gunga é meu, gunga é meu

Gunga é meu, é meu, é meu
- Gunga é meu, gunga é meu

Por favor não maltrate esse nego

Por favor não maltrate esse nego
Esse nego foi quem me ensinou
Esse nego da calça rasgada, camisa furada
Ele é meu professor

- Por favor não maltrate esse nego
Esse nego foi quem me ensinou
Esse nego da calça rasgada, camisa furada
Ele é meu professor

Cajuéiro

Vou manda lecô
- Cajuéiro

Vou manda la oiá
- Cajuéiro

Lecô
- Cajuéiro

Oiá
-Cajuéiro

"We have the technology to develop oil without harming the environment and wildlife."

What the ?!?!?
This little quote by Sen. Pete Domenici, (R)-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee made me ask myself...
So is this really what the goverment is thinkin'??? I mean I know I'm no expert in the subject and yeah a lot of ppl can bitch about it but... this type of arrogance is what's making this country going down the drain, check out this and please tell me that i'm not the only one that think this is wrong...

"Bush looking anew at oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge"

Ready or not...

So tomorrow I have my first show with my lil' ones... yeeeaaaahhhh!!! I'm so thrilled, I know that they are really gonna do good and I'm just getting all pumped up and ready and stuff...
Actually I think I'm gonna also have a pretty good turn out on ppl that are gonna come to support the kids and all so hopefully it's gonna be fun... (well ok I know it's gonna be fun, it's just you know I'm a little overwhelmed 'cos it's my first show...)

Anyhow I went to help Luanda out with her web page and just helping her made me feel really good about myself, I was able to pin point the problems quickly (which is a good sign, haven't lost the touch apparently), got everything working neatly. Now the only thing is that if I weren't too lazy maybe I would be able to put up my web site... (hhmmm...)

Also maybe I would be able to make some money on the side by just consulting and doin' shtuff... (oh well...)

baka!

By the way...

Our event was incredible, I loved having Kibe, Virgulino, Dennis, Canguru and Muriel around. Although I missed part of the workshops on Sat. I got to play a lot in the rodas... also I got word that one of my kids showed up to the event!!!!! =oD

That's probably the only happy news I have received this week...

So what's the next step???

Now this has been the question I've been pondering on for the past day and a half. Just when I thought that I had things all going in the right direction I managed to fuck things up again! Now which way do I go from here. What to do..? hhhmmm...

At least for the moment I got stuff that are gonna keep me kinda busy for the mean time. I got three capoeira performances coming up this week. Two with my kids and the other on Veterans day for the university(I forget which one) but that will keep me preoccupied. Hopefully I will have a good turnout for the kids shows, but it's gonna be a little difficult since it's gonna be at 2pm and most ppl are working, but oh well. It's ok I know I will be able to manage somehow.

This week I'm definitely not feeling too good about anything...

I love it...

You have got to read this article...

If I get time this weekend I'll follow it up with more info...

"Some European newspapers less than enthusiastic about Bush re-election"

Prelude for things around the corner

Oh man my day today was kinda busy! Went to the offsite training and taugh five classes, then I headed over to J.J. to teach another class, and afterwards I went with Formi to 'help' her out with her class... although wanted to take class tonite, I just decided to chill and stretched out in the back although I did play in the roda which was really good. Good energy, really fast, I almost got that crazy ass CDO au so I think I'm prepared for this weekend!

The thing is that tomorrow I gotta run again to do a lot of stuff... gotta go to Acro, then go teach my class, then afterwards I gotta run over to Capp and help out with the kids class... =oP
All that and then take like five hours of workshops... I LOVE IT!!!

I'm gonna have to survive somehow, I know it will be ok though... there's no choice either way ha!

What goes around comes around...

So I came upon an interesting article which talks about how some americans are thinkin' of moving over to Canada. Of course in view of recents events the Canadian Immigration Ministry released a statement that they 'will make no exceptions' and every person(american or not) must apply for a visa and meet the requirements if they are to be admitted.

Funny how some people believe that just because they are "americans" they are entitled to receive special treatment. Maybe things would be different if "america" would treat their neighbors and the rest of the world with the same respect. Good for Canada!

Oh yeah if you wanna read the article here's the link:

"Americans fleeing to Canada from Bush victory will find no special treatment"

Race to the finish line???

So for some reason I'm still up and looking around the web and I come upon the elections info and it's pretty close... What will the outcome be??? I'm telling ya even thought I'm not into politics that much it's kinda exciting to see what's gonna happend... and for those that are wondering I'm backing Kerry...

=oD

Nothing to comment about...

Well today I ain't got nothing to write about, except that my day went as planned. Got all my stuff done, and I'm relieved that I did it all. Hopefully tomorrow things will run as smoothly as they did today, that way all I have to worry about now is getting kicked by a brazilian capoeirista. Other than that everything is gravy...

Finally pay day was today!! oh yeah!!

Boa Noite!

Finally tonight I decided to put more songs, here they are:

Sabiá cantou

Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira
Sabiá...

- Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira

Ela cantou ao som de uma viola
Ela cantou ao som de uma viola
Vou fazer jogo de dentro, vou fazer jogo de fora
Vou fazer jogo de dentro, vou fazer jogo de fora
Sabiá...

- Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira

Ela cantou ao som do berimbau
Ela cantou ao som do berimbau
Vou fazer jogo de Angola e também regional
Vou fazer jogo de Angola e também regional
Sabiá...

- Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Sabiá cantou no pé da laranjeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira
Vou tocar meu berimbau e vou jogar capoeira

Sabiá cantou e é bonito de se ver
Sabiá cantou e é bonito de se ver
Vou jogar a capoeira e bater maculelê
Vou jogar a capoeira e bater maculelê

Que povo é esse que sabe se defender
Que povo é esse que sabe se defender
Que crio a capoeira e bate maculelê
Que crio a capoeira e bate maculelê

- Que povo é esse que sabe se defender
Que povo é esse que sabe se defender
Que crio a capoeira e bate maculelê
Que crio a capoeira e bate maculelê
Miudinho não é Angola

Miudinho não é Angola
Miudinho não é Regional
Miudinho é um jogo manhoso
é um jogo de dentro, é um jogo legal

- Miudinho não é Angola
Miudinho não é Regional
Miudinho é um jogo manhoso
é um jogo de dentro, é um jogo legal

Foi se embora de sua terra
Em São Paulo ele foi morar
Trabalhava de noite e de dia
Não tinha descanço nem pra respirar
Hoje em dia tá tudo mudado
Meu mano pode acreditar
Ele é o mestre bom e querido
Em toda Brasil onde ele chegar
Ele é o mestre Suassuna
Jogador de Angola e Regional
Criador do estillo Miudinho
Esse jogo manhoso que vem praficar

- Miudinho não é Angola
Miudinho não é Regional
Miudinho é um jogo manhoso
é um jogo de dentro, é um jogo legal

Pra entrar nessa roda(jogo) de bamba
Tem que ter molejo saber mandinga
Tem que tá com seu corpo fechado
Tem que tá de bem com seus orixas

- Miudinho não é Angola
Miudinho não é Regional
Miudinho é um jogo manhoso
é um jogo de dentro, é um jogo legal

Capoeira saiu de Itabuna
Em São Paulo virou tradição
Já se foi mestre Bimba e Pastinha
Mas e o Suassuna ainda não foi não

- Miudinho não é Angola
Miudinho não é Regional
Miudinho é um jogo manhoso
é um jogo de dentro, é um jogo legal

Ele tem capoeira no peito
Meu mano pode acreditar
Cordão de Ouro é sua escola
De dia e de noite ele vai me ensinar

- Miudinho não é Angola
Miudinho não é Regional
Miudinho é um jogo manhoso
é um jogo de dentro, é um jogo legal

Week's schedule (or gotta do a lotta shit)

Ok so taking a look ahead during this week, this is what's happenin':

Tuesday (running all over the bay area)

Teach class at June Jordan
Go with Mestre to the airport (in Oak-town) to pick up our guest(I get to meet Kibe!!) and then hold on to some of their stuff since they are leaving town.
Costco run
Pay Day!! (yeah!!)
Train at Acro(should I even put this? Since it's an everyday thing...)

Wednesday (easy going day... hopefully!)

Teach class at the Lycee
Train at Capp(again?)

Thursday (hhhmmm...)

Meet up with T to begin my Acro training
Teach class at June Jordan
Oh yeah I forgot... Train at Acro(hhhmmm... ok...)

Friday (let the games begin!)

Teach class at the Lycee
Get to Capp at 4pm to help out with the kids class
After 5pm it's all workshops... (oh yeah!)
Probably dinner after worshops

Saturday (free for all...)

Teach class during the morning at the off-site
Getting late for the first workshop and then learn some new moves
Becoming a moving target for the visiting Mestres and Contra Mestres (hhmmm I dunno about this one)
? Partying somewhere after our event ?

Sunday (last day of the week... sniff..)

Probably get up with a hangover...
BBQ at Suado's (more alcohol!)

...that's it, make a note that some unforseen event's might take place. Also I gotta fit picking up my bike at Sarah G's and giving Ben his PC... hhhmmm... those are TBA for now...

Back from the dead...

So after a pretty exciting, crazy and loooong weekend I finally got to sleep just enough to recover from it all. So gladly I sleep 'till noon today until I got a call from Guaiamun (Tony) asking me if we were gonna met up today to play some music which never happened since we met up too late, but anyhow he came to pick me up and we stopped by Mestre's house just to say hi and talk some smack as usual, hehe...

Anyways after hangin' around and finding out that Mestre's got a lotta stuff that's really stressing him out we headed over to a school in the western addition (I forgot the name), in which T's teaching a couple of capoeira classes to the kids and I just came along to help him out a bit. I really loved going to the school even though the kids are all younger than the ones that I teach and a lot more wilder!

Nevertheless for me the experience was a good one not only because I am getting more experience with teaching kids, but also because I got to see and in a way analyze the different behaviorism (not sure if that's the word I'm looking for...) of the kids in this new school and compare it to the other two school's. It made me think of the different ways in which school's tend to be structurized and the influence in which that has on the school's population. Also the influence that other factors have, for instance the type of background the kids have(which include both financially as well as ethnic), and even the treatment that some kids get at home. It's all overwhelming when you kinda think about it, or at least it is in my case. Maybe it's cos I just until recently have started teaching and before that I never truly thought much about it.

Anyway's after the classes I got a ride over to Lynn's(Pula Pula) house and just chilled for a while, talking the usual smack and just spending time. Although I knew it was a bad idea(cos she was feeling sick) I forced P into going to train today and so we headed over to Capp St. I kinda feel bad about doing that since I really don't think she was up for it, and then I felt actually worse later on...

Sooo... we got to class and we got a bonus today since Contra Mestre Virgulino taugh us class today. Man I was so happy, cos even thought it was a hard class(I'm gonna probably be hurting tomorrow) it was just amazing to be learning the tricky yet off the hook moves and sequences he did(I gotta definitely write down those before I forget). Also I got a clear idea as to how to train the crazy ass cordao de ouro au(oh yes I will master that move!), plus got an idea as to how put together a couple of movements which I use a lot.

Then after class was over we had a small roda which was fun... although I crashed legs with Jacob and even though nothing bad happened I kinda feel it was my fault cos I shoulda controlled my kick. But other than that no worries, I think I'm ready for the weekend, just take it easy the next couple of days and hopefully no unsuspected injuries take place (oh yeah I am ready!).

Anyhow after that was over I got to interact(more smack talking!) with the crew and then I saw that P was kinda out of it. I went to talk to her and well even though she was glad she had taken class she was really frustrated about not being able to do a lot of the movements. That's when I started to feel more bad because I'm not the best person to cheer other people up and I just didn't knew what to say. Then she kinda just grabbed her stuff and left and now I'm carrying that burden... I guess I'll have to figure a way to cheer her up...

That was pretty much how my Monday went...

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Pega na Galha do Boi - Capoeira de São Salvador - Quem Vem lá Sou Eu

Tired...

Monday, November 29, 2004

Back again!

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Sleepless in SF

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

So anyway...

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Cordão de Ouro - Sou lá de Itabuna

Sunday night...

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Oh...

Week's not over yet...

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Oh yeah...

Today...

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Gamelera no chão - Pelo sinal - Olha o negro sinhá

Sou Capoeira

Crazy brazilians...

Monday, November 15, 2004

The more things change... the more they stay the same...

Real Madrid 6 - Albacete 1

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Wal-Mart and the ruins... (or visit Teotihuacan and stop to shop at Wal-Mart!)

Headache...

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Lucky!!!

Friday, November 12, 2004

Kids performances...

A positive note!!!

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Depression???

What does it take...?

Wednesday, November 10, 2004