♠ - Boa acao do dia / Good action of the day

esse semana eu estou trabalhando numa loja, aerografando desenhos nas paredes internas. hoje (8/fev/2006) comecou a chover forte por volta das 5 da tarde. lah pelas 6:30, eu jah tava cansado e jah estava quase no horario da academia, entaum eu fui ateh a janela conferir se jah tinha parado de chover, pois eu tava com um carro emprestado, e ele estava estacionado razoavelmente longe, e eu naum tava muito afim de me molhar. quando olhei pela janela (trata-se de uma janelinha pequena, que fica no segundo andar, onde eu estou pintando) eu vi que tinha alagado a rua, (coisa pouca... uns 30 cms) e pensei que seria melhor naum ir a academia aquele dia, e trabalhar ateh de noite, pois eu realmente naum tava afim de me molhar. enquanto pensava nisso, eu olhava os detalhes da rua... de repente reparei que lah na esquina tinha um carro parado com pisca-alerta aceso. ele parou atrapalhando um cruzamento. e um carro parado logo atras dele, (e esse sim estava NO MEIO do cruzamento). isso era do lado de um shopping, onde tem uma marquise onde muita gente estava ali embaixo se protegendo da chuva. (figura 1. visao que eu tive. seta mostra o carro com defeito, e os carros escurecidos sao os estacionados em ambos lados da rua)

this week I am working on a store, airbrushing drawings on the inner walls. today (8/feb/2006) started to rain hard around 5p.m.. around 6:30p.m., I was tired and it was almost gym time. so I went to the window to check if the rain was stopped or not, cause I was using a boborrowed car, and it was parked a little far, and I didn't want to get wet. when I looked through the window (a little window, on the second floor, where I was paiting) I saw that the street was flooded, (nothing bad... about 12 inches/30 centimeters) and I thought it was gonna be better to not going to the gym that day, and keep on working to the evening, cause I really didn't want to get wet. while I was thinking about that, I was watching the details of the strees... suddenly I notice, there on the corner, was a car stopped (engine-dead by the rain) with the emergency/warning lights on. it stopped disturbing the a crossroads, and a car stopped RIGHT behind,(this one IN FACT and IN THE MIDDLE of the crossroads). this was happening beside a shopping mall, where there's a canopy, with a lot of people under it protecting themselves from the rain.(image 1. the sight I got. the arrow shows the stopped car, and the darkened cars was the parked ones on both sides of the street)

me deu aquele impeto, e eu resolvi descer e ajudar. saih correndo pela calcada, e logo depois pelo meio da rua, com a agua na altura da canela (figura 2. seta mostra a janela onde eu estava), e parei do lado do carro e bati no vidro oferecendo ajuda.

I got that impulse, and I decided to help. I ran on the sidewalk, and right after on the middle of the street, with the water level around my shin (image 2. arrow shows the window I was), I stopped right beside the car, and knocked on the glass offering help.

o cara disse que tava tranquilo pois o pai dele eh mecanico, e apontou o passageiro. quando eu olhei, era alguem que eu conhecia, eu o comprimentei, e falei pra ajudar, naum em questao do funcionamento do carro, e sim em funcao de empurrar o carro para um lugar onde naum atrapalhe o transito. enquanto eu conversava, o carro que estava grudado na traseira dele, resolveu manobrar nervosamente, businando, e quase me acertando com o carro.(figura 3)

the guy said that his father was a mechanic, showing me the passenger. when I noticed, he was someone I knew, I greet, and said about helping not about the engine problem, but to shove the car to somewhere it wouldn't disturb the transit. while I talked, the car wich was right behind, decided to maneuver nervously, honking, and almost getting me with the car (image 3)

o mecanico saiu do carro e ma ajudou a empurrar tambem, e batia no teto do carro pra se comunicar com o filho pra ele freiar, pois mais de uma vez aconteceu de carros naum esperarem, quase qeu ignorando que havia um carro no meio do caminho (figura 4). colocamos o carro numa vaga que tinha na esquina, e apos algumas tentativas, o carro acabou pegando de novo.

the mechanic got out the car to help to shove, and he tapped the car roof to comunicate with his son to brake, cause happened twice or more of cars didn't wait, like ignoring the fact that there was a car being shoved in the middle of the path (image 4). we put the car on a parking place at the corner, and after some tries, the car worked again.

tudu bem.. voltei, limpei minhas coisas de pintura, fechei a loja e fui malhar molhado mesmo. mas isso estah na minha cabeca. eh IMPRESSIONANTE como NINGUEM AJUDA! todo mundo soh sabe buzinar, como se buzinadas fosse ressucitar o carro, ou faze-lo levitar ateh o acostamento. nem motoristas, nem pedestres, que estavam passando, que jah estavam molhadas mesmo. bem... acho que eh isso... queria compartilhar isso, e fazer uns esbocos ilustrativos abracos As

alright... I came back, clean my painting stuff, closed the store, and went to bodybuild all wet anyway. but all of it is in my head, cause it's AMAZING how NOBODY HELPS! all people did was honk, as honks was ressurrect the car's engine, or making it levitate out of the way. neither drivers, neither pedestrians (who was passing by, and already wet) well... I guess it's all... I wanted to share it all. and make some drafts to ilustrate. hugs Ace