Re: intenso
Autor: Renand C. e Sá Grando | Publicado: 2011-10-21T20:48:00-07:00

It&#39;s almost midnight on a new Friday. Saigon, Vietnam, Bangkok and now on the way to Chiang Mai in the north. Still not understand how I stopped here today. In fact, do not care.

What matters to me now that I finally find myself with words, trying to turn out continuous flow of ideas confused, trying to rationalize a full reality, which no longer fits in the eyes, brain. Time to reflect and try to understand the actions of the last hours, days, weeks. The most intense I have lived. Magic moments. Tragic moments.

Should not pay attention to health problems, I&#39;ve always tried to ignore or sublimate the beauty of the spirit. But after a while ill, sprain, being bitten by a stray dog ​​and have the side effects of strong remedies, the anxiety of &quot;being&quot; only affects, pain, trapping the air, disturbs the concentration and hurt the sleep.

My only credit card got stuck in an electronic machine. I thought only in Europe they had ATMs on the streets, but when I saw that in Thailand and even Vietnam is in the same way, I realized that was different in Brazil. Well, I get no credit card and unable to get money. Until today.

The sending of cards in 5 working days for my parents would have been enough if the news of floods and floods do not cause much panic in the neighborhood. An uncertainty hung in the air slowly, and misinformation, gossip, told me he said.Uncertainties help increase the precautionary and thus in preventing that might not exist. For the region where I live began to be deserted, all the exchange students left, the brick built stores with more than one meter in front. &quot;The flood is coming tonight,&quot; they said. And to this day say.

Amid the panic and the desert, and the university canceled classes, exams and attendance until 1 November, I invited two colleagues to go on a cyber cafe to play any game. Boldness, perhaps.

I heard screaming the sky and the rain trying to pour misery on the beautiful Thai land. Rain came as marking the fate of land now unsafe. We went to the center of Bangkok, it would be safe from flooding. Said it was the worst in 50 years. The hotel was the others were crowded. At 2 am, I suggested spending the night playing Counter Strike. And so, until I went to another hotel and catch a flight to Vietnam.Vietnam? No longer knew where I was going, anything marked ouo planned. No money. With colleagues.

Vietnam was one of the most fantastic experience I have ever seen. Indescribable. I knew that to get closer to the human being I should go further, and slowly begin to discover that reach far. Vietnam. People mysterious, magical atmosphere, smell remarkable. Simple songs in simple squares and balls promoting the happiness and welfare of many. Effective people, raw and aggressive traders, intelligent.Salespeople. Motorcycle occupy the roads, and cars are almost invisible. Crazy traffic. Yes, I had to rent a bike and brave the atmosphere fantastic. I missed a flight for not having a credit card to pay for your ticket, and when I asked to speak to the manager of the airline the answer was no, the rules are clear and you&#39;re like any other. No money, no phone and taxis 5 times the normal price, there was no escape from that airport. In one of the most striking scenes for me, I walked along the highway, with no sign of car and with a few bikes. I noticed a taxi waiting kilometers later, when theoretically would have given up on the floor would be about 50 km. In the first car that I saw, stretched out my arm and serious Vietnamese accepted me. I went back. I knew somehow a Venezuelan, who lent me about $ 140. Excellent.

I began to understand why U.S. troops in Vietnam did not resist. In a way, I can understand the Thai people by facial expressions, gestures and how they think, but the Vietnamese were a shock to me. The fascination for the &quot;west&quot; of Thailand turned into a cold indifference by the Vietnamese. They looked with surprise that there was a stranger, but with admiration. The curved heads of Thai and a constant smile can cause excessive respect that reaches a certain submission, unlike the expression would be with posture in Vietnam. In these terms, trying to understand them, I visited the War Museum and found that one of Agent Orange. Touching. My footsteps followed the victims in Vietnam, Mazel, alive before my eye. Put on google.

One night I ended up in the apartment of a fellow AIESEC I met in Thailand and she was small and light as a barbie East, I can barely stand it on your bike. With her and her cousins, they live in one apartment, I ate the skin from chicken legs, a baby duck that before seemed like a simple stripped-boiled egg, and others.

My colleague, Huong, is a mystery. Remember having this feeling when I met with the Torah, when unable to connect expressions in words, or paavras attitudes and thoughts. Huong showed me his land, the land economically poorest and most impressive I&#39;ve ever been. I do not understand if he was sleeping in the apartment was interfering with several of his cousins, but the doubts at the airport became more clear. Those small oriental eyes with tears of longing towards me moved me. I said &quot;Goodbye.&quot;

Back in Thailand, the stress level is in altissimio. Data are that the area where I live is submerged, and so all my belongings would be under water, since I live on the ground floor. We can not go home. All taxi drivers reject. The option would go to help local flood victims and go to the site with help from military service. No, we think. We went to town and slept in a hotel. Upon waking, we got a taxi to go to it. There was a certain sign of flooding, but nothing serious. The deserted town with no stores open or Spare, was the most frightened. I took my belongings and put upstairs.

And now, let&#39;s go where? Hotel? Until when? Embassy of Brazil, Finland and Sweden say to avoid the area where we live. Woe to discover that Jay had bought my ticket to northern Taiandia, to the project he had been invited. Now I am the way, three days earlier than expected. Interesting enough.

*****

Pretending that the world is a wonder, a Thai and I have been coordinating the arrival of the participants. It&#39;s funny, they should think that all my focus and &#39;the event.But the farm where I took them and where the activities will be is a world apart. High in the mountains of northern Thailand, people around the world, blending in ethnicity and language and form one big family, where all are brothers and parents of the children of others. The water you drink comes from the rain. What you eat comes from the land that they farm. The house is constructed with soy, clearly made by hand. A large table shallow, with incredible Spare sitting, sharing every bit of life.

Now, spending the night in a rustic hotel in Chiang Mai, I receive news of flooding in 70cm from where I live in Bangkok. University stoppage delayed until November 14.And nobody knows what to do. Very few stress I was because I had to walk my way north and then leave them in uncertainty. So I&#39;m here with this project in order to try to avoid worrying about the other concerns.

Yes, 100 dollars in his pocket, dirty clothes, no credit card but still a lot of energy to continue this way.

tight hug to all


-- 
Renand Grando


-- 
Renand Grando