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BSB 21/11/1986 Friday – Rampant inflation You won’t believe what the government has done. Raised petrol prices by 60%, alcohol (fuel) by 40%, drink and smoke by 100% and they say the salaries will only go up when overall inflation reaches 20%. As they calculate the inflation any way they…

BSB 14/11/1986 Friday Henrique was in my dream. We went to school together, and when we were going to cross the road, a car came, and he held my hand. I asked to see his tattoo and it looked amazing. Frustrating. It’s the second time I dreamt we are going…

BSB 10/11/1986 Monday On Tuesday I went to the tattoo shop and Henrique was there, getting a tattoo done. A horse with wings. A Pegasus of life… On his shoulder blade, on the back. Yesterday Renata, Paulinho, Guiga, Alexandra, Marquinho and I went to Paulinho’s small farm: Lua De Mel,…

BSB 11/10/1986 Saturday It’s been a while, no? I’m going to write less now as I’m only a month away from the end of classes. The exams will be rushed as this bimester will be a short one. I called Henrique on Thursday and we talked for a bit.

BSB 3/10/1986 Friday I was in mid argument with my mum when the phone rang. It was who I least expected: Henrique! My heart beat 1000 beats. We talked for ages. One hour and fifteen minutes. He said he loved my letter. The call made my night. We talked about…

BSB 20/9/1986 Saturday I decided to send Henrique a letter, talking about stuff, like love and friendship. I don’t expect anything, it was more a ‘get it out of your system, goodbye’ letter. I told him how I feel and at least it’s out there, and I’m not keeping it…

BSB 12/9/1986 Friday Once again I didn’t revise for tomorrow’s tests today, but that’s because I had revised already. Instead I went through my older diaries. Weird how you change in two years… Sometimes it’s like it was written by someone else. One of the few things that haven’t changed…

BSB 31/8/1986 Sunday I can’t stand my mum anymore. My tummy is aching from all the coughing, my voice is gone and my head aches and she keeps nagging me. She picks on everything I do. If I go out, if I answer back, if I smoke, if I walk,…

BSB 22/8/1986 Friday Long time! I received a letter from Maira today, also a letter from Ana Luisa, she’s living in the USA now. Luis went to school on Wednesday and my ‘relationship’ with Rilson is collapsing, thanks to me. He came here yesterday, after two weeks, and I didn’t…

BSB 16/8/1986 Saturday – The most anti-climatic kiss in the history of the universe EVER In the morning I did the Biology resit. The day went as normal and the night finally arrived. Henrique called me yesterday! We went to the show: Renata, Daniela, Andrea, Fernando and I. My school…