Cecília

 

Cecília, one of her daughters, Maria Lucia Martins and Cecília's youngest son, at Christmas 1999.

Cecília's two daughters, Herself & Maria Lúcia and Cecília's youngest son at Christmas 1999, at her house on Rua Maso di Bianco, in Rio Pequeno. 

The first time ever I saw Cecilia, it must be 1963; she was walking past our house on Rua Simpatia, 42, wearing her brown school-uniform going to Ginásio Estadual Machado de Assis where she had classes in the afternoon; she coursed the 5th year (1st serie do ginásio). I knew this particular school for it stood close to where I worked during the day. It was located near the corner of Rua Simões Alvares and Rua Theodoro Sampaio. I worked right up on the 2nd floor of a small building which was mainly rented for families, except Dr. Flavio who made that apartment his laboratory, and I had been employed there since mid-1961, first only afternoons and then the whole shift. It was a private school for lower middle class kids. 

Little did I know that circa 1964, I would have the chance to become an acquaintance of Cecília's and eventually a friend, until mid-1969, when we moved from Vila Madalena to Bela Vista and Cecília got married to a man who had bought a lot at Jardim Esmeralda and moved away to Rio Pequeno.  

our paths went different ways. 

 

João Roberto de Souza 1974-1975

 

João Roberto visiting me at Rio Pequeno circa 1978. 

Clélia Hiroko Miyadara, Dulce Roza Amorim, Sérgio & Roberto de Souza at Rio Pequeno in 1978.

Clélia and Dulce laugh at Roberto's antics... 

Clélia, Dulce, Sérgio & Yolanda Darin.

I met João Roberto Souza when I started working for the daily 'O Estado de São Paulo's classified-ads stand insidet a Pão de Açucar supermarket at Avenida Santo Amaro sometime in late 1974. I worked from 8:00 am through 5:30 pm. My job was to wait for eventual clients who wanted to post ads at the newspaper. Some days not even one client showed up so it was really slow most of the time. The stand with a typewriter, a list of ads prices and a seat for myself was located at he entrance of the market, next to a florist, so I had a good view of the whole place. I could see all the cashiers and patrons coming out and going in.

At 5:30 a driver from Estadão would arrive with his car to get the day's work to take to the headquarters. I would get a ride with him everyday for I lived in town.