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Warning: Believe it or not, my dear readers, I took a whole weekend to write this post! The Hello Kitty event I mentioned in the end, ended before I put my feet on that store! At least, I could take some nice pictures and buy some outfit . And I also watched a magic show at Avenida Paulista! There are handicraft markets and artists all over the avenue on Sundays and, sometimes, there’s a nice show to watch. I definitely love my city! Sooo ... here's the post! Enjoy!

Olá, meus queridos leitores (Hello, my dear readers!)

Yes, I'm still alive! And, yes, I'm really sorry for my absence! I've been updating my blog in Portuguese (Hidden Luna, just click the icon on the right! If you don't speak Portuguese, I'm afraid that Google Translator will give you the impression that I'm a terrible writer, who can't make sense at all! But if you're an adventurous spirit, try it! Hidden Luna is a baby and needs visits!) and just felt the need to get back to Multi Maiden. It still receives visits, despite of this long period of silence (this is so touching! Thank you so much! I would hug you, if I could!) and I feel that my dear readers miss me! I think I'm sensitive, but call me insane, if you want!

I didn't give up on Multi Maiden. I've been living a lot, lately. I'm totally in love with São Paulo! It's probably one of the best cities of this planet when it comes to entertainment! Everything happens here! I don't know the meaning of the word boredom! It's so good to be young, free to do whatever I want and have a nice group of close friends willing to go out and explore this city! Seriously, São Paulo is the love of my life! It fits completely to my personality! Of course, every place has its dark side. Temperatures rise each day, Spring is coming and it means that we, creatures of this concrete jungle, will suffer a lot in the next months, especially on Summer! We are suffering, actually. It doesn't rain and we're having problems on water distribution. The levels of the dams are very low. I still didn't face any lack of water problem. But I live in a ... kind of privileged district. By the way, it's impossible to talk (or write) about São Paulo without mentioning this huge social inequality and even a type of silent war between different social classes (sometimes not that silent ...). The elite is very powerful here and still makes the rules. So ... I enjoy the good side of this city basically because I can (don't worry, I'm a middle class woman, I definitely don't belong to the 1%!). Many things in São Paulo can be done for free. But they're still concentrated in certain districts, sometimes inaccessible to the majority of the population. Nowadays, thanks to some politics related to income distribution, people of the lower classes have more access to São Paulo (when it comes to entertainment). So, I see more and more diversity on the streets, events and tour spots, which is great, especially when there's respect! Recently, I visited the biggest book fair of the city, Bienal do Livro, which happens every two years and felt pretty happy . Not only because I could buy many books, but because I could see my people there, not only the white elite. Maybe it's necessary to repeat (for the nth time) that I have nothing against white people who made money (if they worked for it). Half of my family belongs to the white elite, many of my dearest friends too and they are great people . BUT, there is no racial democracy in Brazil. Not yet. So it's touching to see the mixed, dark skinned majority, people of the lower classes, in a book fair since those events have been completely closed to them for many many years! They couldn't be consumers in the past. Now, some of them can.

So, yes, São Paulo is still an elitist city . The cost of living here is very high and if you want high quality products and services, you need to spend a reasonable amount of money. BUT, if I have the chance to explore this city and enjoy its good side, I think it's fair to do it. Especially because I can share my experiences with you guys! Unfortunately (or fortunately) nothing is perfect. Everything has at least two sides and we need to deal with that. São Paulo is the scenery of many nice events. But manifestations, protests and conflicts happen here as well. An extremely rich person walks on Avenida Paulista while a homeless sleeps on the same avenue. It only means that this world is full of contradictions. Big cities only highlight them. The most of people who have some money here work a lot to make it (me, for instance). Not even our privileges come easy. It doesn't give to a middle or upper class person the right to hate poor people and support politics to exclude and sometimes destroy them. I think that living in a big and elitist city, is a matter of balance. I need to deal with contradictions all the time. If I avoided to go out and have fun, I wouldn't be myself. I wouldn't take the opportunities I have. And this is wrong. But I can't forget that, for now, my right is not an universal right. Things will be great when everybody has the chance I have. Meanwhile, I will express my love for São Paulo. Because it is also a beautiful place!

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Time really flies! I started this post on Friday. It's Sunday! [No, Tuesday, but I explained myself above …] So, how was your weekend, my dear readers? Mine is going well! On Friday night I went to the movies with my brother and we watched Lucy, a film by Jean Luc Besson, featuring (starring?) Scarlet Johansson and Morgan Freeman. It's a sci-fi story about a woman who gets superpowers after the accidental absorption of a very powerful drug. Little by little, she gets able to explore 100% of her brain's capacity . Very nice movie! And also deep, to people who like to think (me, for instance). Highly recommended! Here's the trailer and I really hope to upload this video here (I had problems before ...):

I spent yesterday night at Morrison, my favorite rock bar and watched a Rock Boxx concert. They're from São Paulo and play cover songs from other bands . In my opinion, they're the best band which performs at Morrison, but it wasn't a perfect night. It's complicated when people celebrate their birthday there. Lots of people who have nothing to do with the bar and not even know what are they doing there, behave in a terrible way, embarrass everybody and, sometimes, get in trouble . But usually Morrison is a very peaceful place! And nice, too .

Today there's a Hello Kitty event at a fast fashion store, called Riachuelo, located at Avenida Paulista . A Hello Kitty outfit collection for teens and adults was released and of course I will be there and buy something! I go out every single weekend. And it's so nice!^^ My life has been busy lately so sometimes it's complicated to dedicate myself to my blogs. I know, it's a mistake. We, me and you, created a connection. I will try to be here more often! But I've been just enjoying my life. I've been working and taking care of my stuff too. Many things have happened in Brazil lately. We will have elections next month. For president, senator, governor and congressmen. This subject deserves a post! It seems that people here are more interested in politics, especially the youth! This is awesome, because we lived under dictatorships for many years. Democracy is something really recent here, but for many years, people didn't use to discuss politics like they do nowadays. Maybe some miracles are happening! And we're totally recovered from the World Cup! By the way, I would like to post a picture taken ages ago, during the World Cup! From the beginning, my intention was to post it here, but ... well. This Brazilian flag, if I remember correctly, was made with paper clovers. Really nice!

So, that's all for today! I see you again soon (I hope)! Stay tuned, anyway!

Hugs,

Luna