brasilia was put in the middle. exactly in the middle, but in the middle ofazil, with a lon space. that is a good thing. we say that the sky is the brazilian see. in the middle of brazil, you do not have the sea. but in taiwan, you also have the mountains. very beautiful. very dissimilar cities. but most deserve to be studied as very special cities. >> indeed. given the fact that you have been in taiwan about nine months, what are some of the adjustments you had to make when you arrived? i understand you are going through a language training program for chinese at the national university. at the time you arrived, you probably knew very well mandarin chinese. how did you get around? and also in terms of food. dietary preferences are similar, but also very different. were you able to find a very good brazilian restaurant, for example, for some home cooking? >> i had been staying by myself in brazil for about one year. >> one year. >> a little bit, i could talk. not to read too much. it was not very much a problem. as