AKBrasilBaby On Rotary Youth Exchange in Brazil: Video Journal 3

[rafael123brasil]

desliga logo essa música sertaneja e coloca um rock 'n' roll ae

[pvs94]

hahaha chora me liga implora i dont know the lyrics lol ♫

[sanguebao08]

hey i am from brazil bh ,if you want i can teach you sing in portugues..

[VargasRotary]

hey it's me again, GOING TO BRAZIL! I found out in early January and I'm sooo excited!

[saraz513]

That's awesome that you're coming to Brazil too! Do you know where? How are you feeling now? I'd suggest to start working on Portuguese, but not stress yourself out about it, it's hard to learn much before you're here, but being familiar with basic objects and phrases, or their CRAZY grammar would help a lot. If you want any help just let me know! Enjoy this time before exchange! It goes by sooo quickly, and is actually a huge part of the experience!

[VargasRotary]

@saraz513 yeah I'm going to Caruaru in Pernambuco. About 100 miles from Recife! I'm soooo happy and sooo excited to be going to Brazil! And yeah I speak spanish and have been learning portuguese pretty easily but it's still really hard!!! I'm very much enjoying it :) I just made a new video if you want to subscribe to my channel :)

[IronRaptre]

Brazilian chocolate cake with COCONUT?!? Joy on a plate!

Sorry you were sick for that long... happens to me all the time.

[saraz513]

Haha AMEN! Yeah it made me happier. Thankfully I'm not sick anymore! Thanks for watching!

[ByrdGangNigga15]

@saraz513 hey. im interested in oing to brazil for a short term (summer) exchange with rotary it was my 2nd choice. can you give me any tips or information? did you have to get shots or anything

[saraz513]

DO IT. Seriously it will open your eyes and mind and just give you such an amazing experience and memories! I didn't get any shots....I got medical checks just as basic Rotary Exchange qualifications but nothing special.

Seriously, if/when I have a chance to go back I am SO going back.

Tips-info wise - I don't know what to say other than go there without exceptions 'cause it's something that you can't really 'expect'...other than that I don't know what to say other than do you have questions?

[ByrdGangNigga15]

@saraz513 What was it like for you going there without speaking portuguese? I heard there are a lot of black ppl there (i am black) so I want to know how diverse it is too im really up tight about that. uhm I still have to go through my intervies and stuff and im pretty sure its different for you since im doing short term and you did long term. but can you give me any advice on what the interviews are like and what not?

[saraz513]

@ByrdGangNigga15

Well it was super hard going without speaking portuguese - but either way I wouldn't have changed that, it's part of the experience.

Ok so basically in Brazil, everyone is mixed. Just that, however - that being said, there are the darker or lighter 'mixes' and typically the darker are the poorer and those lighter toned, maybe blue eyes or lighter hair, are basically the coolest - Brazil tends to pride itself in being a melting pot but there is a lot of racial tension...

[ByrdGangNigga15]

@saraz513 so blcks get trested differently there?? oh gosh im super scared now lol. And what do you mean everyone is mixed? like they have more than just brazilian in them? and racial tension? elaborate a little?

[saraz513]

@ByrdGangNigga15 Weeeelll here's the deal - I am white. Haha I mean I don't know personally how it would be, I mean it's not like a racist place or anything I suppose it would just be like anywhere where there could be some ignorant people who see things differently. I wouldn't be scared and I wouldn't let this discourage you or anything. By mixed I mean basically in most parts of Brazil, there are no whites or blacks, everyone has the same cultural and ethnic background = Brazilian.

[saraz513]

More south in Brazil, it's the area more settled by Europe so people have more German culture and possibly paler skin. More north is more rainforest-y and more native background..

Over all it's a really cool place and you should go!

[saraz513]

However - I went to a super small more traditional town, so it was more oldschool about everything. In other locations it varies. I have a really good friend who is very dark and is from South Africa, she just moved there and she'd tell me about all the different situations she felt like people treated her a bit 'lesser'. I don't know...as you can tell from my videos, I'm quite white - I think it's beyond ridiculous that people still make this an issue but life's not perfect now is it..

[saraz513]

For the interviews - just be yourself. That being said, to be an exchange student of any length - our duty is to be an ambassador for Rotary and our country, we need to be responsible in our actions abroad. Yes exchange is VERY fun, but so many exchange students take it as an option to party for a year, and that's not the point. Make sure you let them know you're in it for this amazing experience of breaking boarders and fostering international relationships - Good luck!

[saraz513]

Oh so the second round of interviews? I'm thinking it's pretty rare to get cut at that point so I hope you're clear. Good luck though! Let me know how everything goes. I remember that time, TIME FLIES! Seriously you will hear EVERY exchange student tell you this, and it is by FAR the most true thing for everyone. The time before exchange is, besides actually being on exchange, the best part. Cherish it. I miss that already.

[VargasRotary]

Hey I might be going on exchange next year!

[saraz513]

Oh really, with Rotary?

[VargasRotary]

yeah with the rotary, I'm so excited :)

[saraz513]

Awesome so what part of the process are you? I mean, do you know where you're going?

[VargasRotary]

Right now I'm not even past district interviews yet but they're December 5th. So I don't know where I'm going but I'm pretty sure I'll get past the interviews.