Alexandre has been in Toronto for just three weeks and this is his first an last session at PGIC.He was born in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has two sisters and one brother, all of them younger than him.
When he was a child, he used to dream about being a car racing pilot, but that dream hasn´t come true yet. His major is Administration and he also has a degree in foreign trade. He works at an american company named Sherwin Williams in the financial planning area.
He went to the soccer world cup in France with some friends when he was 28 years old but they weren´t able to see any game, at least not inside of the stadium because the tickets were very expensive, so they have to see them on a big screen outside of the stadium. But it wasn´t that bad because he had the chance to meet people from Brazil and party with them for a few days.
The craziest city he visited during his trip was Amsterdam, he was very amazed of the kind of “bars” they have there, because instead of having a normal menu with drinks and food to offer to their clients, they had an only mariguana menu, where you were able to choose between mariguana from many parts of the world, and the funniest thing about all this, was that people were not allowed to get or drink any alcohol in there!!! He also had the chance to visit Spain and Holand too but during the trip they had to sleep in hostels because it was cheaper.
His best friend´s name is Fernando, they have been friends for 18 years and they have traveled several times together to many beaches in Brazil and they went to Europe together.
Alexandre loves rock music but once, when he was at his favorite band concert, something very dangerous happened to him. He wanted to see the band nearer so altough his friends told him not to do it, he walked trough the crowd until he got very close from the stage, he was so happy seeing the band and singing when suddenly some people started to figh and he was in the middle of the fight so he almost got hit but his friends rescued him.
Nowadays he is married. He met his wife at his work because they used to be work partners. They had been dating for a year when they decided to get married. He has a 6 year old son and his wife is expecting another baby boy but he wants to have a baby girl someday. He would like to have the chance to send his son abroad to study english in the future.
At the moment he lives in Sao Paulo, but he thinks is a very stressful and dangerous city to live in because traffic jam, assaults and murders are an every day deal. He would like to go back to his hometown to live in the future, because is a safer city and he wants the best for his wife and son.
He decided to come to Toronto to improve his english skills because he wants to success at work and in order to do that he needs to write, speak and read in english.
