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Gabriel de Castro Lima
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2008-09 Inbound from Brazil
Hometown: Patos de
Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sponsor: Patos de Minas Rotary Club, District 4760, Brazil
Host: Miami-Dadeland-Pinecrest Rotary
Club, District
6990, Florida, USA
School: Western
High School, Davie, FL
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Bio
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October 22 Journal - "The first days
were hard, my English wasn’t good, I didn’t understand the people and
got to school without knowing anybody, but now I got a lot of friends
and a routine here." |
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Gabriel's Bio
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 Hello, my name is Gabriel Lima, I'm 17 years old and I'm from
Brazil in Patos de Minas. Patos de Minas is a small city in the south east part
of Brazil in the middle of Minas Gerais state, 5 hours away from the capital
city Brasilia. My city in Brazil is a pretty normal city, everybody knows
everybody. I've lived there for all my life with my father Marcos, my mother Luciene, and my Sister Virginia; it's a big change come to a city this big but
I really like here.
I'm outgoing, I love sports and to go out with my friends.
I'm with a really good family so I can go out with my friends and do the
sports that I like so my adaptation here is very good. I really like my
city, Weston, and my school is very good too The city is very beautiful,
clean and safe, and the school is huge - a lot of people from everywhere in
the world - it's really a culture mix but it's very interesting...
I've made some friends so it's being very good to me. I thought that the people here weren't friendly but they are, so
I always hang
out with them. I'm participating in some groups in the school like the
Interact and I'm liking very much... I'm learning a lot from the American
culture!
This year is being very good and I really hope that it
gets even better. I'm having great experiences! |
October 22 Journal
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Hello!
Florida is great. This last month was very good, and my life
changed a lot from the moment that I arrived here to now.
In the first days it was hard, my English wasn’t good, so
I didn’t understand the people and got to the school without knowing
anybody. It was hard, but now I got a lot of friends and I got a routine
here, now I’m in two clubs in the school and I'm loving them… Every weekend
now I go out with my friends, we love go to the beach or do parties in their
houses or go to Sawgrass Mall…
The days here go soo fast! It's hard, I wake up at 5:20
and when I see it's already 11pm and I just finished my homework so I can
sleep.
We had a very good weekend with the 6990 district exchange
students - it was great! I’m looking forward to meet them again! I’m loving
USA, this program is great! |
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