Well, for starters, I'm single again after being engaged for 2 years.
Now, before you start with the "I'm sorry dude", don't bother. This has really turned out to be a blessing in disguise. See, had I have moved to the states, I would've sacrificed:
1) A job I am so ungodly secure in that I could probably drop a #2 on my boss's desk and STILL not get fired.
2) A car that has been pratically mistake-free for 3 years now.
3) The life on this island which I still think is heaven on earth.
Well, when she said she "wasn't the marrying type", at first I was rather angry. I mean, honestly, 2 years engaged and she goes and does this. Oh well, as my best friend Mike would say "They're like busses, if you miss one, another one will be right behind it".
However, with that aside, I was now able to "unlock" alot of the things I didn't do because of the enagagement and, what would've been, pending move to the US. For starters, I wnet out and bought an apartment in the complex shown below:
Not bad eh? 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, nice, big living room and dining room, plus a great view of the mountainside. Plus, this is one of the "cost-controlled housing" developments which is basically government-assisted, but it's not Welfare. It's a system where you buy a new place at below market value, but comes with a minimum committment of 5 years. That means that, for the next 5 years, I MUST live there and cannot sell or even rent the place out. But hey, for the price I'm getting it at, a small sacrifice. Plus, after 5 years, I can then turn it around and rent it out to one of the many US Air Force guys on base for at least double of what my monthly mortgage payment will be.
The place will be all built and ready by May, at least that's what the real estate agent said, and I'm hoping he's right about this.
Selo de Inscrição E.B.I.T
In other news, I just got an invite to participate in a gathering of bloggers of the island. 2 other guys at work (also bloggers, but both of their's are in Portuguese) got invites as well. Eh, I guess it's something to do, but I normally hold alot of doubts about these particular gatherings. Especially considering the type of blog mine is as compared to the blogs of the other participants. I just write stuff down of my interests, which alot of times have pratically nothing to do with the island itself. So a gathering like this for me would probably be like Snoop Dogg attending the Republican National Convention.
However, one must never write things off without at least trying once, which I will, but nevertheless, I'll do so with alot of doubts.
So Super Bowl XL came and passed and the Pittsburgh Steelers finally won it. Whoopee! (End of Sarcasm)
However, after that game, the "Ben Roethlisberger is as good or better than Tom Brady" spiel is officially DEAD! His performance in that game was so putrid for a Super Bowl winning QB, that it made Trent Dilfer's SB XXXV performance look like a Hall of Fame highlight reel. "Big Ben" better have opened up his wallet and bought the entire Steeler Defense food and drinks afterwards, that's all I gotta say.
