Life Flying Around

Life has been fairly good to me the past few years. I know most of you have contacted me on e-mail and unfortunately I only checked my inbox a few years late. Some of you got the job already and flying their dreams, I am proud of you! Other, chased other dreams and living life their own, unique way. I am proud of you! Me? Man, time flies. I resigned it’s been 4 good years. Thankfully it was…

I always find it funny how I can reshape my life ever and ever again. Some days I feel so down, so fed up that I don’t even want to get out of bed. But I think there is a magic there, once you step out of that bed – might as well call it comfort zone- everything seems much easier! Get up, open your curtains / window, get some fresh air. Breathe… Close your eyes -! Appreciate the waking up.

Inter…

To all the girls playing with the boys’ toys

Money.

Money..

Money…

The joy, the goal, the struggle, the stress, the dream, the surprise, the disappointment… Everything comes from money, everything goes back to money. It’s often being related to men. I don’t judge this too much as in earlier stages, men was the main bread maker and women had some other -more important- roles. Then later when women’s participation in the labour market…

SOUTH AFRICA, STAY AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU ARE

I have read the book Invictus before. Before I met this sincere man, his amazing family. Before I met all beautiful people from that beautiful land. I have read the book in Portuguese. Not my native language, not even close. Therefore, not many emotions were involved. I’ve read a book to practice one of the languages I spoke and it was a nice book. I enjoyed reading. It was interesting. But that…

Appreciate the sunset but appreciate the day better!

What would your number be, if I would have asked you how many times people told you life is weird during a conversation?

I’m asking because I lost the count. People around me are struggling to understand life. I see lost eyes, lost minds, lost hearts everywhere. And bad news is, I might be just another one of them. I had times where I felt clueless. But luckily, I have good news too and it’s that…

Backstage is full of mistakes!

I sometimes have hard times falling asleep. Then something happens. My brain starts playing games. Goes back to early years of my life, reminds me all the stuff I wish I could do but I didn’t. Takes me back to my possible regrets. When I keep refusing to unpack in my past and stay there, it has no choice but to bring me back to the day. I can fight against these little games of brain simply…

Show must go on

I would never imagine myself in this situation but life is funny. Whatever you think million times and plan with such dedication never happens but whatever doesn’t even cross your mind comes and stands in front of you.

I woke up from a big dream with this loss. She left me but she gave me one last life lesson. And I feel the need to share it with you all because I feel like if only I knew all…

What happened in these three years? A lot. Super personal to mention them all here. But I had bad stuff going on. Health issues, family issues, friends. I failed, I fell. I managed to stand up though. Dusted myself off and decided to start again. Failed again. Kept staying in this cycle for so long. I’m not out yet. I keep failing. I keep feeling lonely. This job, it indeed is a thing that makes you feel like it’s only you suffering alone. Illusion. You are not the only one. Actually, that’s for you all my crew readers, you have an amazing life. We do have an amazing life. The only problem is, this life is just not permanent. It’s a life that’s not supposed be for a lifetime, if makes sense.

I achieved a lot but didn’t have many people around to share my joy, my pride. I couldn’t call even my mom when I found out that I have been awarded and I was in a totally different time zone. Most people in my life were sleeping. I had to get a cup of tea and I said to myself; “Cheers to many more!” That’s kind of life you get with this job. Is it a bad thing though? Maybe sometimes. But we are here to compromise. We, as human beings, are here to give up on family time in order to earn more. Rule of life. Change it if you can.

So after three years being up and down, today I finally know that I’m not here forever and slowly it’s time to create “a life after a life”. Back again on job applications. Life is weird. Life is full of surprises and sometimes we all just need to loosen up.

Now here is all the joy that I mostly shared only with myself. Today I see nothing wrong by taking pride on the good work you do and inspire people as I have been trying to for the last couple of years. Thank you guys I received hundreds of e-mails keeping me motivated and happy. Sometimes together we have seen people making fun of being dedicated to work but down there you will see what really matters in the end.

Don’t listen to people. You can HAVE a life. The most important thing I have learned from this first contract period is; You don’t need to have the BEST job in the world. Because there is no such thing. There is a dream job only and the goal is to be the BEST in your own world! Hope my three years have inspired you at least a bit.

Love,

T.

What’s wrong with the world?

There are some questions that I really made a habit of asking them to myself quite often. I talk to myself quite a lot. I’m sure a lot of you guys do the same. And it’s such an amazing thing to have this strong relationship and communication with yourself. You are the most important person in your life and you should always listen to what you say, first. So before I make my mind in any case, I…

Everything happens for a reason

    Okay, time to face the fact. I got bad news. The company has changed the procedure recently to get upgrade and even though they say it’s based on performance, what they mean by performance is mostly attendance. Which I understand, because in aviation, that matters the most. However with all the awards I got, I was expecting something better than being left behind the junior crew. But I don’t…

I thankfully made my appointment for 2 days later than our AD so I had enough time to get my documents done! There were not lots of things to do actually for this stage but still it took long time to do. First of all, I can’t describe the happiness and the good mood of mine in those days. That’s a lifetime experience guys! It makes you feel like you are the one in a million. So go and fight for…

Assessment Day, here we go!

I tried to sleep well after my very first day with Emirates Recruiting game and I did! This time I was alone. My boyfriend is a professional volleyball player and he had a game that day so both of us were fighting on our own courts to achieve our dreams! Great challenge! It was a rainy day and I had to drive. It was difficult to focus on driving while thinking that much about the day ahead. So I…

Got the scars left but healed all wounds.

Life is an incredible gift to us! As you all know, I have been through so many hard times until today. Every single time, I found my way out of those dark tunnels. I know what struggle means, I know how dark a night can get. I know how it feels waiting for the stars to show up but to see only the dark clouds for a long while. But I know how bright the sun shines after all those nights. I have…

I was just thinking yesterday while I was watching a video about Christmas, how easy it is to show something and say “Something just like this.” instead of explaining the whole story with details and leave the judgement to people’s imagination. Imagine a group of people wearing a red dress for a company dinner every year in Christmas. The dress code is simple; A red dress. So can we wear any red…

Is it really fair to expect life to be fair when you are not being fair to yourself? On my way from Johannesburg, this was the question kept my mind busy. We keep saying “Life is not fair.” when something happens and it bothers us. But we never try and be fair to ourselves. This month of November has been so important to me and as it’s not finished yet, even more important things are yet to…

Today is weekend for so many of you out there and it’s only another work day for us as flight attendants. At the moment, I’m in Newcastle, waiting for my return flight to Dubai. They say, it’s gonna be busy. So when I woke up I felt like having a little bit of Monday syndrome of yours my lovely normal human beings. But then, I got up. Took a nice warm shower and got ready to fight! What can…

Do I really live in Dubai?

The life in Dubai… A lot of you guys wonder how it feels like living in Dubai. But honestly, when we talk about living in Dubai as a flight attendant, doesn’t really mean “living” in Dubai. Because being a flight attendant, you should have already given up on your dreams about having that material “four walls” home. I don’t know if it’s the same for my colleagues but my home is my suitcase! I…