never an ordinary day

at about 9:00 this morning, everyone in my office became distracted by police sirens, screaming, and firecracker-type noises outside...we work on the 6th floor (7th floor in the u.s.) of a building in one of the commercial districts of the city (called comércio, oddly enough, ha ha). everyone turns to look outside and what do we see? people marching down the street chanting. turns out they were having a protest about hourly wages or something, i wasn´t quite sure...anyway, it wasn´t violent or anything like that, but i can honestly say that i´ve never seen a protest before. well, i guess there´s a first time for everything (or most things anyway) :D

now it´s 1:45 though and instead of hearing shouting and police sirens i hear a fergie song blasting from someone´s car...

brazil´s "capital of happiness" - must be true :)