our time

I was very excited while seeing the London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony. The participation of many Brazilian celebrities as Seu Jorge, Marisa Monte, Pelé and (my friend) BNegão touched me, I confess.

From now, I hope we'll do a good job, administrating everything related to Olympic Games in a good way until 2016.

Rio have everything to achieve it with its natural beauty, our criativity and human warmth. Its success is within our reach. 

However (and unfortunately), I have my doubts...

the volleyball one

I insist to say: Brazil is not only the country of soccer anymore - and it has happened for a long time.

Today, when Brazilian girls volleyball team beat USA, I was one more time sure of that. We have won many games and championships.

Furthermore, our men's national volleyball team is even better! Tomorrow they will win the gold (or silver) playing against Russia.

I complain mainly about investments and incentive... After all, the very well-payed Brazil Olympic Men's Soccer Team 2012, as no one was expecting,  lost for Mexico.

people under the stars

Maybe, there is nothing worse than reach a fourth place in an Olympiad. ALMOST there...). Well, maybe the Silver Medal has the same taste.

Gold is winner, runner-up means you lost the first place, and it's great when you got the bronze because, fortunately, you are between the three champions. 

It happened a lot in London with Brazilians and with Canadian athletes too (being ALMOST there...). What a pity! 

But that’s part of the game! Sport are like that: in its never-ending spirit of challenge, if you lose today, win tomorrow (in words of Daisaku Ikeda).

I hope in Rio things go better!

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Le Concours international d'art pyrotechnique de Montréal: I admit I haven't known about that since I started to listening fireworks presentations a few days ago.

Despite not being a novelty for people from here (actually, even for me, who is used with the reveillon at Copacabana Beach), the final of the 28th edition, tonight, had another taste for both of us: 

30 minutes of love (after all, better than just watch it, it's french while the show happens, lightened by it, besides a beautiful full moon!). So romantic!

About the competition, by itself, to tell the truth, we don't care about who won... In fact, the victory is ours.