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I wanted to create this page separately because of how involved with my life the things I'll say here are. Trully something I believe.
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Believe in the one next to you.

Amma. Mata Amritanandamayi

“To remember God, you have to forget. To be really focused on God is to be fully and absolutely in the present moment, forgetting the past and the future. That alone is real prayer.”

“We should learn to remain as beginners throughout our lives.”

 “Love one another without any expectations. Then there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.”

In India with the castes for a 14 year old girl, to go and touch and hug other man, even women was something that should never be done in their belief, and that was in the 70's I think, not quite sure, but with their solid belief in their religion she managed to grow into a unique human being, having a view on religion that I think is something that it is starting to grow a little bit nowadays, not 30 or 40 years ago, maybe she was the pioneer on such sayings, that religions preach almost something equal, and in my belief nothing in there says that the "worshipers" should hate or segregate others for other beliefs. They all can teach good and give faith to a person, give strength to withstand disasters, but that strength was always inside, perhaps hidden who knows...

amma, I am a follower...

  I grew up in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil and the city is just a beauty, it has everything in one medium-sized island, 42 beaches, lagoons. The contrast (in building developments) in the more advanced parts of the city can be seen clearly but that makes it even more lovelier. The older parts of the city are still there among the "sky scrapers" haha, none of those but anyways, a good city. Growing up my interest was like some in the city but not like most, everyone surfs, and some skateboard, i love skateboarding! And I think my skateboard loves me too. dunno.

  At age 12 I went to live in Santa Cruz, California with my family. Getting there was a really scary thing, specially for a kid's mind, no more friends, and I seriously couldn't speak a sentence in English, they would ask me 'hey beu, want soda or juice' and my answer was 'yes' or 'no' the only things I knew at the time, thanks to football (soccer) everything kind of changed, because I kept practicing everyday, and the day I got there there were already a team lined up for me, The Bobcats. Bob Poser, Paul, Alberto, Marco, José, Collin, Romin, Michael, Chris, Casey we were kids, but we were a family and they made me part of that family, and taught me pretty much my english, in a matter of months I was talking a babbling with the other kids. I can't even remember the change from not knowing anything or a little to knowing what a knew at the end of that journey. After 8 months a sad departure took place, for me was really hard, i had made new friends, a new family and leaving that again was sad, but it happens.

  Four years later when I was sixteen, I went as an exchange student to Columbia Falls, Montana, quite different than what I'm used to. haha Florianópolis is very similar to California in the lifestyle and such, and Montana is different just that, adjusting again was even harder now, I was getting "older". Met a lot of Mormons and learned a lot from them even though I only realised that a few years ago. Danny, Cort, Julie, Jordan, Chris, Shelby at the time I was thinking of other things, and not really the experience, I don't know, I was a regular teenager. Montana was hard on me, I felt alone, and people back home couldn't really relate to that because they never had this type of experience, they had a lot of others, harder ones, perhaps teaching the same "lesson" but still never the same experience... and that took a toll on me. Enough of Montana. And again four more years later, when I turned 20 years old I went to South Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada to work at a ski station, that was really a journey of an adult life i guess, hardships and more hardships, and no escape, I had an awesome time, but it wasn't easy at all, no money, rent was late, debts wow it was a lot, but i met again awesome people and 3 Argentinians which now almost four years later one of them is coming for the 3 time in a row to visit me and my friends in Brazil which I think it is extraordinary. He is older, already has his career, lawyer and I met him before he was done with school, and seeing him grow is amazing. The problem is I'm sitting still....

I can't complaint about my life never lacked anything financially, but there were things missing, anyways, travelling was and still is the one good thing I can do (fuck anyone can travel) I've been to a lot of places, thanks to my father and his hard work, but things never are perfect. Anyways I've to Chile, a beautiful place, one day if I can I will have a house in Santiago, a BEAUTIFUL city, cultural lots of museums, parks, zoos, night life and everything a beautiful city to live in, so clean, really taken care of. I've been to France, Switzerland, almost all of Italy, Porto Rico, The Caribbean and Panama those are the ones I can remember now, I really don't know where I'm going with this, actually I do, the thing of all of this "the poor rich kid" which it isn't true the poor part nor the rich part, I never had a safe haven for me, I had a place I could call home, but I almost wasn't there, I guess i grew up in the wrong way, but it is my life, and that gave me my talent and calling, I guess I'm thankful for all the troubles and situations I got into with my thick head.

 My name is Bernardo Silva Bittencourt, I am a translator, English - Portuguese and Portuguese - English, I cannot show my portfolio of work due to copyrights, and some are contracts or lawsuit that still are in process, but I can make sure you will notice my ability. Languages and literature are my life, and it is almost crazy to trust what someone (me) wrote on their website about their skills, BUT if you are in need of a translator contact me, we can talk and I will show you why I wrote all of this. It is my life.

Meu nome é Bernardo Silva Bittencourt, eu sou um tradutor, Inglês - Português e Português - Inglês, eu não posso mostrar o meu portofolio de trabalho devido a direitos autorais, e o fato de alguns serem contratos ou processos que ainda estão em andamento. Línguas e literatura são minha vida, e é quase loucura confiar  em alguém (eu) que escreveu em seu site sobre suas habilidades, mas se você estiver na necessidade de um tradutor entre em contato comigo, podemos conversar e eu vou mostrar-lhe porque eu escrevi tudo isso. É minha vida.

And most of all my real and only Amma (mama) for trully believing in me and making me not lose hope or get off track. Sorry mum for anything. love.

Contact: beuubitt@hotmail.com

Obrigado - Thanks everyone...