Back to school

Today I was back to school to tell year 13 about the Fellowship. It was great telling people about my experiences - some who didn't believe it and they had already started to choose which country they would like to visit. Hopefully in the summer of 2010 there will be a fellow from my school!

I am preparing for university now and have a little bit more to do before I leave for Exeter on the 26th.

Nick

Back in the UK

So I'm back after an amazing 6 weeks. I'm already missing Brazil and struggling to over come the jet lag.

I have still got a lot of unpacking to do along with university preparation! I'm excited about the next few weeks and spreading the message about the fellowship along with showing my photos!

Will keep posting

Nick

Saturday 29th.

So I'm flying home late this evening. I can safely say I am going to miss Brazil.

I woke up very early today to start packing - after unpacking my bag and then repacking it several times I think I'm nearly at the stage where everything will fit in. I have also had to adopt techniques such as asking fellows if they would like to borrow a book of mine to read on the plane.. Its worked - therefore giving me more room in my luggage!

Last night we had an exhibition at the British Council offices - this gave each fellow to express themselves and share their thoughts about Brazil. It was excellent to see a large range of different perceptions and ideas. There were also speeches and comedy acts from some fellows.

Once I have finished packing I plan to go and meet my host for one more time and see their family, although I have a feeling it won't be for the last time!

I can easily say that I have had an amazing time out here in Brazil and I will have lifetime memories.

I will continue this blog when I'm back in the UK.

Nick

Last few days in Brazil

So I am now back from Sao Carlos having visited a social project of KPMG's and also visiting a client.

I will explain the project in some detail. The project takes care of 220 children aged from 10-14. These children are from the poorest backgrounds in and around Sao Carlos - it enables the children to attend extra classes in the morning and afternoon as well as school classes at a local public school. It was clear from visiting the project everybody is very passionate about it and that the children benefit greatly.

I fly back to the UK on saturday night. I think its going to be huge shock getting back to the UK - but I am excited to tell people exactly what I got up to!

I have uploaded a photo of a typical feature of Sao Paulo - it shows the traffic and the constant rush hour!

Nick

Great day in Sao Carlos!

Another great day, went to KPMG's CSR project this morning and was shown who was boss at football - Brazilians are very good at football! After being warn out this morning on the football pitch I then went to Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz is one of KPMG's clients, they make sugar and ethanol. It was amazing to see the process and the amount of work that went into the production and the scale of production.

I am going back to Sao Paulo tomorrow for a farewell lunch at KPMG and we will meet the director of KPMG Brazil.

Sorry for how short the blog is, got a lot going on tonight along with a dinner with KPMG. The weather is very good in Sao Carlos and it required my to apply my factor 50, I know one thing I wont miss about Brazil is the weather!

On my way to Sao Carlos

One thing I have noticed about the state of Sao Paulo is that no matter where you are travelling you can never escape the traffic. Were going to a city with a population of 300,000 but the traffic is like rush hour on the M25 and worse! This traffic is due to the Tour Do Brasil which is a cycling event throughout Brazil.

Yesterday we visited the 3rd largest aeroplane manufacturer - Embraer. It was a very impressive visit - unfortunately no photos were allowed due to security. It was amazing to see 2 British Airways planes and to think that soon they would most likely at Heathrow.

Ill try to keep posting - frequency depends on the internet connection.

As you can see from the photo its a lot greener compared to where we have been

Nick

End of the 5th Week

So my first week at KPMG has been amazing and they have easily met my expectations. I expect my next week with KPMG to be very good - tomorrow were off to visit Embraer at business that make aeroplanes then were off on a trip to Sao Carlos 3hrs from Sao Paulo. We will be looking at KPMGs CSR project called little citizen.

Today myself and a few fellows went to another Corinthians game, final score 3 -3. All in all it was a great game but it did rain for the whole 90minutes!

The weather has taken a bit of a U turn, its been quite cold - around 15 degrees and there has been some rain but this doesn't stop me doing anything.