Yeah, it is my birthday!!!! Aye folks, I'm now seventeen years old. I had an awesome day, and it's gonna be even better tomorrow, because we are having a party! We will go bowling and then have dinner at a restaurant (btw, I think it is a fancy one). As Ben (my american brother) will turn 18 on the January 18, we are having a party together tomorrow.

The whole city is wearing blue this weekend, because the Indianapolis Colts (american football team) is in the playoffs. Their jersey is blue. It is very impressive to see how addicted people here are to football!

Today, instead of working out for 1h30 in the Weight Room, we went to the gym and played some basketball. It was very funny, but I can't compete with these guys...I mean, they are so much better than I. As it wasn't actually an official basketball game, we could mess with it a little...so when the ball was reaching me, I used my head and feet instead of my hands (sorry, I'm a soccer player). It was very nice, I almost scored using my head.

I'm surprised about some things here...like the way americans greet when they first meet. Most of the people I met here just shaked hands when they first see me. In Brazil, it is common to kiss the person you met on the cheek (if it is a girl) or kind of hug (if it is a boy). Therefore, when I meet someone new here, I wait till they make the first move. Because believe me, there are all kinds of people here, so it is impossible to predict what they are doing. A couple of people here hugged me.

We had dinner at Louie's (the best burguer in town, according to Ben), a big bar which is almost always crowded. We first tried this spicy buffalo wings (It is just the name, actually it is chicken, because buffalos don't have wings :P). Ben said it would be just hot, not very spicy. But when I put it in my mouth....It was like chili pepper! Lucky I had a bottle of water in front of me. Then I had a marvelous cheeseburguer.

I want to thank all the people that sent me e-mails and messages because of my birthday. I'm trying to answer each one of you, but it is a bunch of messages! Thank you guys!