http://www.driftreality.com/about-cariocas/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.driftreality.com/about-cariocas/#comment-5570 the edge Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:07:24 +0000 http://www.driftreality.com/?p=392#comment-5570 many brazilians I speak to here in the united states have a sense of longing to be with people who value the same things as they do. that doesn't necessarily mean just brazilians but anyone who thinks like they do. for example, americans can be very business like (getting right down to the point) and sometimes don't stop to take in the smells and sites of their surroundings, whereas brazilians (especially cariocas as you previusly mentioned) are not as passionate about work as they are their lives outside the office. this is an extreme generalization that has some validity to it, though. just a thought.. many brazilians I speak to here in the united states have a sense of longing to be with people who value the same things as they do. that doesn’t necessarily mean just brazilians but anyone who thinks like they do. for example, americans can be very business like (getting right down to the point) and sometimes don’t stop to take in the smells and sites of their surroundings, whereas brazilians (especially cariocas as you previusly mentioned) are not as passionate about work as they are their lives outside the office. this is an extreme generalization that has some validity to it, though. just a thought..

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