Hello from Sao Palo.. one of the worlds largest… and (in my opinion) friendliest cities.. I really have fallen in love with brazil.. the people here are so warm and genuine..  I remember my freind Andy coming back from here talking about ‘calor humano’ .. ‘human heat’.. it’s evident everywhere , everyone is hugging and kissing all the time.   Even my breakfast was smiling !

 

 

My day started with a big ibm meeting….I just love these types of event.. I got to meet many folks from all over the country.. they were here to network and exchange stories.. Events like this are what make our company great..   My talk went very well..

 

From there I took off to visit one of the local customers.. getting driven through the streets of this giant city was an adventure in itself.Heres a scene of folks learning brazilian kic boxing..

Id’ liek to say my customer meeting went great.. but it didn’t.. .. not sure why.. but perhaps it was because I wasn’t nervous before

Luckily .. things turned around went to visit  Senac.University.. I was nervous ( a good sign. I think).. because I had to give my tlak via simultaneos translation. I gave a talk on science careers and my time on the colony.. it went great… which put me in a better mood.. despite the tranation, the whole group stayed with me and then hung out after for talking and pictures..   I won’t put all the pictures here.. but here are a few…

I won’t go into it here.. but I was feelign a bit down

 

Around Wilson, Julie, Duarte and lLggy met for a really great dinner.. .. great conversation, great food …

OK.. gotta sleep now more tomorrow..

thanks for everything brazil !

nite all, nite sam

-jc