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good morning friends i am at my last destination  here in brazil the beautiful very big city of  

sao paulo i'll be spending a little bit less  than two weeks here uh before i head to mexico  

city which is exciting but for today's video i  wanted to do something a little bit different  

than my usual sort of vlogs what i want to show  you is actually more of a typical day that i have  

doing this kind of job because i think there's a  big misconception that i am like always just out  

and about i know i'm gonna sound so canadian when  i say that um they think that i'm just constantly  

you know on the go trying new places seeing  new districts and honestly that's so far from  

the truth literally half my time if not more is  actually spent at my accommodation and it is on  

my computer uh either editing or doing behind the  scenes sort of stuff and then i also just wanted  

to sit down and kind of share with you guys um  a bit of a life personal update of uh how things  

have been but i will take you guys out like we  will actually go out and uh explore a little  

bit in this video i also have a phenomenal view on  the rooftop of this airbnb so maybe we'll go there  

for the sunset and give you a panoramic view  of this city now as far as the update goes uh  

obviously the most important factor is the war in  ukraine and how my family has been doing i'm very  

grateful to say that overall you know everyone  has been fine as fine as they can be under the  

circumstances one thing that i actually really  like to know and comment uh down below if you know  

how does it work with them distributing  humanitarian aid like the big you know  

charities like unicef and red cross and all that  kind of stuff i have heard people say that those  

uh organizations are like at the polish border  right now or you know like on the border of  

the different countries bordering ukraine  how are they not actually in the country  

distributing that aid because it's all  well and good to have humanitarian aid  

at the border when people get out of the country  but the most necessary need is in the country so  

to be honest it's quite disappointing to hear that  there are so many cities that don't have access  

to any humanitarian aid right now they don't  have clean drinking water i'm all for charities  

and obviously i've ran a fundraiser um here for  resolve for ukraine who i think is like the best  

option for a large scale sort of charity and from  my understanding they are actually in ukraine uh  

handing out humanitarian aid but still i believe  that if you are able to send people money directly  

that is the best way to go and as for just  general feelings if we can talk about our feelings  

uh i have been feeling better you know given  the circumstances of everything going on  

if you guys weren't with me when i was in  colombia uh i basically did have an attempted uh  

robbery with a gun it was super scary so obviously  i'm still you know just recovering from that  

emotionally and uh it has been getting better and  one thing that has definitely been a big component  

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somebody who is struggling so now that i've given  you guys a bit of an update of uh what has been  

going on let me give you a tour of this lovely  apartment that i am staying at so i am in a fairly  

central part of this city i believe the name  of my district is called consolacow maybe  

any brazilians or people from sao paulo p  please uh correct me but it's a fairly you know  

affluent really nice area easy walking  distance to everything and i got this  

studio apartment which i think is super cute  it was exactly like the pictures on airbnb  

but of course the very best part about this  apartment is the view the view is spectacular  

i am on the 20th floor there's a really  nice park that you can go walking in and  

paulista avenue which is like the main avenue  of the city is like a 30 minute walk away  

and then there's also a metro station that's  like a 5 to 10 minute walk from here so a very  

nice apartment i'm very happy with it and i am  paying about 50 canadian dollars which would be  

42.43 that's kind of been you know my budget  um for nicer sort of places here in brazil  

but i feel like it's an especially good deal here  in sao paulo because i would actually consider  

this a luxury sort of building where we have  like 24 hours security the security is really  

good in this building there's a gym on the bottom  floor there's a really nice rooftop on the 27th  

floor where you can go relax chill out and then on  the 23rd floor there is a pool and also the host  

of this airbnb is just like the nicest lady and  has been really helpful while i've been here so  

i think i'll just actually link this airbnb  in the description because i already know some  

of you are going to ask for the link and i do  really recommend this place so highly recommend

so

so it is lunchtime and usually i would cook since  i'm in an airbnb but i am down on groceries right  

now so instead i got korean food which i have  missed so much on my travels i very rarely  

it's from this place very rarely have found it  here in south america so the great thing about  

sao paulo is there are so many restaurants of  so many different cuisines and this is just  

amazing by the way i order on the same app  that i used in colombia which is called rapi  

and it's super good um easy delivery you just  link your credit card and look at this beautiful  

bibimbap i'll open it can i open it yeah i can  oh that looks so good if you guys have never  

had it before it's basically this like hot stone  korean dish where it's like rice on the bottom  

all kinds of different veggies i got beef an egg  and you get some hot sauce and you actually mix  

it all up together and it is delicious and then i  got i think this was actually free with my order  

i got a few veggie dumplings so this is going  to be a fantastic lunch so after a lovely lunch  

uh we actually gotta head out as quickly as  possible because i just realized the post office  

closes at six and it's about four o'clock  right now and if i go to the paulista one  

anyways i'm trying to figure out how long  everything will take but i think it'll be  

okay for those of you that don't know i have  a patreon and there's a postcard club where  

i send people cards from all my different travels  so i have the ones from sao paulo all ready to go  

and i want to send them off so i got to do that  and then i have a few other things i have to pick  

up for my camera so i think actually the easiest  place for me to do all of this will be paulista  

avenue the main avenue i was talking about  before so let's go for a little walk around  

this area and then make our way to palisa avenue

there is a life valley in this city hurrying to  cut my teeth i can take what i need to get by  

it doesn't make it easy the  other piece of my heart grew slow  

somewhere in the great  unknown when i returned from

take

but the feeling is all gone my feeling is

if i could take you back to my you  

and show you what i wish i'd known  my will is strong with a place to

so guys i am on paulista avenue  the main avenue of the city  

you will see much more of this area in my main  sao paulo vlog i actually have to get back  

to the apartment because i had a business meeting  that was rescheduled or earlier so i actually got  

to hurry back but i should be able to give  you guys the sunset from my amazing rooftop  

i've ordered from them before and it is really  good like wood fired pizza uh this is the caprice  

one with like pesto and mozzarella and basil and  then i just took whatever vegetables i had in  

my fridge and made it into a salad so that is my  dinner for tonight also almost forgot i am going  

to have a glass of wine with my dinner and this is  a brazilian wine that i've also tried before and  

really liked like obviously i'm a fan of cab sob  in general but this one called aurora is really  

really good so if you guys come across it i would  recommend and that is it that is a day in the life  

of what i do on an average day of being abroad i  feel obviously super lucky that this is my life  

at least you know for a period of time who knows  what's going to happen in the future but for now  

i'm super grateful that i get to do this on a  daily basis and you guys are obviously the largest  

part of that so thank you and of course i also  want to say a very big thank you to betterhelp  

for sponsoring today's video i'm gonna have my  link in the description and would definitely  

recommend their services and that is it that is it  guys i hope you are ready for a few videos of my  

time here in sao paulo because it has been amazing  if you follow me on instagram you will already  

know some of the events that are to come and why  i've had such a great time here so i hope you guys  

will stay tuned i will see you in the next one  and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys

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