Guslacerda

I was born in [[Recife]] on [[11 Feb]] [[1979]]. I loved the beach in [[Boa Viagem]] and had an obsession with geographical facts. In [[1986]], I got an [[MSX]] and learned to [[programming | program]] in [[BASIC]]. In [[1989]] (age 10), my family moved to [[Luanda]], as my father worked in the [[Capanda]] project, building a [[hydro plant]] on the [[Kwanza River]]. I learned to [[skateboard]], to bike, and to play [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bete bete], a variant of [[cricket]]. In mid [[1992]], because of the upcoming elections with a predictable outcome (war), we returned to Brazil. [[1993]] was spent in [[São Paulo]], and in 1994 we moved to [[London]], where I gained fluency in [[English language|English]]. Programming remained a lonely hobby (now with [[MS-DOS BASIC]]), and my projects included [[reverse-engineering]] [[Minesweeper]] and testing hypotheses about number theory. I studied at [[Southbank International School]] in [[Notting Hill]], where I met a very diverse group of rich kids, while following the [[IB_Diploma_Programme#Curriculum | IB program]], which included an independent project on [[fluid dynamics]]. An angsty teen, I subscribed to [[mystic]] beliefs, became interested in [[taoism]] and [[zen buddhism]], until I grew out of it 3 or 4 years later (since then I've been a pretty good [[skeptic]]). My main hobby, which I enjoyed a lot, was playing soccer, both with my school, and with strangers at [[Kensington Gardens]]. I also learned to both enjoy and despise solitude. I often went to the [[Whiteleys]] mall and movie theater and bookstore by myself, and spent a lot of time photographing flowers and clouds.