Os Amigos

são todos aqueles que estão lá quando nós precisamos. São os que nos estendem a mão, oferecem o ombro ou ajudam a encontrar o caminho quando nos sentimos perdidos. (...) Algumas pessoas ainda acham que os amigos são só para as ocasiões, mas estão muito enganadas. Os amigos também são para todos os dias. (...) Esta mania de achar que não é preciso telefonar, escrever ou aparecer porque os verdadeiros amigos estão sempre lá quando precisamos deles, está completamente obsoleta. Um bom amigo deve ser cultivado, mimado e visitado sempre que possível. (...)

Muitas vezes acontece-nos caminhar através dos anos deixando para trás alguns dos nossos melhores amigos. Temos pena, somos assaltados por um vago sentimento de culpa mas nada fazemos para contrariar os sinais dos tempos. (...) Por tudo isto insisto que vale a pena parar e pensar há quanto tempo não estamos com os nossos melhores amigos. Acima de tudo, descobrir se não estarão mesmo a precisar de nós.

(Laurinda Alves in Xis Ideias)

I'll Miss You

There are no words or photos to describe our last 23 years! It was strange to leave you at the airport, but I know I'll visit you soon and we'll take much more pictures (to add to the thousands of pictures that we already have)! Together forever! Eheheh

Have a nice flight and..... see you soon! =)
BEIJINHOSSSSSSSS

Tricky Restroom Signs

(click to enlarge)

English Lessons in Japan

Dear Santa...

I was a really nice girl this year. I behaved very, very well and I even graduated. That's why I'm writing you... All I want for Xmas is a nice job! I have my socks hanging in the chimney and my address you already know by heart (you come here every year.... I know =D).

Kisses,
Ana

PS - I left some milk and cookies for your tummy, and also carrots for Rudolph and all the other reindeers!

Nós e os nossos genes

Ser feliz, afinal, não está inteiramente nas nossas mãos, também está nos nossos genes! (...) Podemos dar voltas e voltas a fingir que não temos a teimosia do pai ou os nervos da mãe que, tarde ou cedo acabamos por ser confrontados com essa realidade. Ou para ser mais exacta, com metade dessa realidade uma vez que a medida certa parece ser fifty-fifty. A questão, aliás, nem se prende com a nossa habilidade para ser feliz. (...) Se a teoria dos eruditos da Biologia Molecular que passaram as últimas décadas a pesquisar o DNA de milhares de seres humanos vingar, fica assente que a nossa personalidade é, à nascença, muito mais que um esboço. Assim sendo, em certos aspectos, os nossos pais, avós, professores e amigos podem influenciar tanto o nosso carácter como influenciaram a nossa cor de cabelo. Ao que parece é um dado adquirido que 80% da nossa capacidade de ser feliz é ditada pelos genes e, ao contrário do que possa parecer, não existe um gene para ser astronauta ou futebolista. O que acontece é que, tal como as mãos, os pés e o cérebro, a base da nossa personalidade está formada à nascença. Dá que pensar, não dá?

(Laurinda Alves - Xis ideias para pensar)

Feeling Pink... =D

Um Desabafo...

Estou triste, e a Su é testemunha! Hoje perdi o meu Pai Natal! (mas consta que eu sou um Duende do Pai Natal.. isso explica o meu tamanho Piriri =D)

Something Yummi for Santa's Tummy!!

Berlin

Looking for the first job is not as bad as it seems! Well, it's not good but still.. there is enough time to travel and hang out with friends. Destination: BERLIN! It was cold... really cold, but the city is simply amazing... Pictures explain it better than me

I´m in Germany!!!

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!

The World we live in...

Arrested for letting her 6 and 7 year old class name her teddy bear?!

The world is a potty...

... and I can prove that! I'm travelling to Berlin this Friday at 10h, and I just got a call because a friend of mine is travelling at the same time to Paris (we'll meet at the airport), and another friend, that lives in Berlin is travelling at the same plane as I do! Coincidence?

Anyway, the sun is back, despite the cold it's good to be outside! I decided to set up a coffee with a friend in the yachting harbour! Life's good!

As frases que nos enervam...

Todos temos nos confins da memória aquelas frases-chave superirritantes pronunciadas pelos nossos pais (...)

«Eu na tua idade...» (isso foi há quanto tempo mesmo? Ah bom! Bem me parecia)
«O quê, decidiste ir-te embora? Abandonas assim a tua mãe?» (mãe, vou só dar uma voltaaa)
«Neste mundo só se safam os melhores.» (então qual é o problema?)
»És parvo ou quê?» (ou quê..)
«És igualzinho ao teu pai» (variante com a mãe)
«O que é que vamos fazer de ti?» (não façam nada. Eu cá me arranjo)
«Já olhaste para o teu quarto?» (é bonito não é, mãe? é meu!)
«Queres falar assim, fala com os teus amigos. Exijo respeito.» (eu também)
E muito mais...

Às vezes estas frases levam-nos mesmo aos arames. Explosões com efeitos devastadores.

(inspirado em noticias - DN)

Time is the most valuable thing you can spend.

Quarto com vista para o fim do mundo

Certos cientistas acreditam que há pessoas a menos na Terra, outros acreditam que há pessoas a mais. Os que defendem que há pessoas a menos, como é óbvio, nunca tentaram atravessar a Ponte 25 de Abril numa segunda-feira de manhã. (…) sempre que se publica um desses estudos segundo os quais o mundo tem excesso de população, eu sinto que sou uma das pessoas que estão cá a mais. Maldito sentimento de culpa. (…) Todos eles estão convencidos que o mundo vai acabar em Maio de 2008 (o que me causa algum transtorno porque já tenho coisas combinadas para Junho), e ameaçam cometer suicídio colectivo. Como é possível ponderar a hipótese de perder o fim do mundo, que deve ser um espectáculo tão bonito? Se me disserem que o mundo acaba daqui a 5 minutos, eu vou fazer pipocas e sento-me à janela. (…) É verdade que por mais vistoso que seja o fim do mundo, no dia seguinte não poderemos contá-lo a ninguém. Mas não deixa de ser reconfortante saber que também não há a hipótese de lermos um daqueles comentários irritantes dos críticos a quem tudo sabe a pouco: “as bolas de fogo não eram assim tão grandes. Nem chamuscado fiquei.”, ou “o Apocalipse podia ter sido mais apocalíptico, especialmente no final.” Não, meus amigos. Eu não perco o fim do mundo por nada deste mundo.

(Ricardo Araújo Pereira, in Visão)

Where do I fit?

“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.” (Lewis Carrol)

Uma Pérola

(...) também não me levem a mal por usar certos palavrões. Na minha opinião, acho que nós deveremos... Não há nada mais natural e mais verdadeiro do que tratarmos as coisas pelos nomes! Nós não devemos de, em cima daquilo que chamam "trampa", ehhhh epá, pôr rosas, tapar com rosas(...)

Playing on my radio

"I'm happy because I'm stupid"

Home sweet Home

There's nothing like home.... even when Winter is arriving!

Math Problem...

The kid is really funny, but lots of people die due to fake calls. Be very clear when you talk to children.

New Hobby

No, it's not taking pictures of baby, and it's not making babies... I'm making puzzles in my free time (ehehe)

Sinterklaas is coming to town

Tomorrow, in Netherlands it is celebrated the Sinterklaas arrival.

Sinterklaas traditionally arrives each year in November by steamboat from Spain, and is then paraded through the streets, welcomed by cheering and singing children. Invariably, this event is broadcast live on national television in the Netherlands and Belgium His Zwarte Piet helpers throw candy and small, round ginger bread-like cookies, kruidnoten or pepernoten, into the crowd. The children welcome him by singing traditional Sinterklaas songs. Sinterklaas also visits schools, hospitals and shopping centres. After this arrival all towns with a dock have their own intocht van sinterklaas (arrival of Sinterklaas). (Sinterklaas NL07)

A cup of tea...

...please!!

To whom it may concern

When the world seems too big or too small for us... Neverland is the perfect place to be.

I like...

I like me.
I like laughing of my jokes, even when I laugh alone.
I like to have fun.
I like that other people care about me.
I like kisses.
I like summer.
I like to give gifts.
I like to listen to the music.
I like to read.
I like when others need me.
I like to help.
I like people.
I like eating.
I like beer.
I like coffee.
I like being a Lion.
I like orange.
I like being simple.

I LIKE LIKING!

I am the me I chose to be.

I don't know what I'm looking for.....

.....but I like to do it.

You got a Dream

"Christopher Gardner: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?

Christopher: All right.

Christopher Gardner: You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period."

(In The Pursuit of Happiness)

Ainda hei de perceber

porque é que as pessoas se comem (peço desculpa pelo termo), literalmente, em locais públicos... O LTI de química está impossível. Qualquer dia, para além dos headphones, tem de se trazer uma pala para os olhos, para evitar ver estas poucas vergonhas...

PLEASE; GO AND GET A ROOM!

Pigeons night/morning

Everyone knows how I hate pigeons. Every Spring, they build their nest in my room's balcony, but this year, I wasn't here... And I was glad that I didn't have to bother about that. But I WAS WRONG! They were missing me, so last night they finally showed up... I was awake all night because of them.. always making noises, and other things that I discovered this morning on the floor...

BERGHHH!

killing Time

Grey's Lessons

If you need a job to get a new life you even need a new job or a new life

Andreia's "See you Soon" Party

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

SEE YA IN CALIFORNIA! (I'll do my best to visit you)

O Amor é Cego

Cientistas britânicos conseguiram provar que o Amor é realmente cego. Os sentimentos amorosos podem levar à supressão da actividade de algumas áreas do cérebro que controlam o pensamento crítico.

A investigação dos especialistas da University College London (UCL) demonstra que quando ficamos próximos de uma certa pessoa, o nosso cérebro "decide" que a necessidade de avaliar o seu carácter e personalidade é menor. Os sentimentos suprimem a actividade neurológica relacionada com a avaliação social crítica dos outros e com as emoções negativas.

Time Flies

It's funny how when you're a kid, a day can last forever. Now, all these years seem just like a blink...

New Feature

How green is my blog?

The Internet is responsible for more than 100 billion pounds of CO2 emissions per year, yet most users are unaware of its environmental impact. Founded by Ph.D. students at Harvard and Yale, The CO2Stats Project has the ambitious goal of making the entire Web carbon neutral!

A tribute to the Old Times

Remembering.....

How to save a life

Next Stop

UNKNOWN.

but I want to catch the next flight.

Last Call

Should I stay?

Or Should I go?

Training with "The Coach"

It's true.. First I thought that it was one time only, but I figured out that every morning Felipão (Scolari) is running in the same place, at the same time as I am. For the ones that don't know, Scolari is the National Coach of the Portuguese Football Team! Anyway, we meet everyday! However, I don't run with my camera, so I can't prove this. Anyway, you can come with me once, and check it or... ask Sarah! Ehehe

Ik ben Ana

Children See. Children Do.

Make your influence positive!

(Thanks Su... This post is not mine... check Su's Blog)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Washed my sins away (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
He washed my sins away

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la

He taught me how (oh, He taught me how)
To wash (to wash, to wash)
Fight and pray (to fight and pray)
Fight and pray
And he taught me how to live rejoicing
yes, He did (and live rejoicing)
Oh yeah, every, every day (every, every day)
(oh yeah) Every day!

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day, yeah (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed [hits high note] (when Jesus washed)
My sins away (oh happy day)
I'm talking about that happy day (oh happy day)

He taught me how (oh yeah, how)
To wash (to wash)
Fight and pray (sing it, sing it, c'mon and sing it)
Fight and pray
And to live
yeah, yeah, c'mon everybody (and live rejoicing every, every day)
Sing it like you mean it, oh....

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
I'm talking about the happy days (oh happy day)
C'mon and talk about the happy days (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh happy days (oh happy day)
Ooh talking about happy day (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, I know I'm talking about happy days (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, sing it, sing it, sing it, yeah, yeah (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh happy day.....

Changing Rooms

Pelo Futuro

"Temos pena! Mas estão à beira da extinção aqueles dias fantásticos em que nos levantamos da cama, ligamos a tv, o computador, o telemóvel e o som, tomamos um banho de imersão, vestimos as roupas trendy made in China, ficamos a olhar para o frigorifico à procura do iogurte Nestlé fabricado em Coina-a-Velha e pegamos no carro para ir ter com o pessoal à praia.

E porquê? Porque vamos sentir culpa. Muita culpa.

Cada um destes gestos, hábitos de sempre das novas gerações, custa à Terra, a nossa casa global, suportar mais uma data de CO2 na atmosfera, puro veneno que asfixia lentamente a sobrevivência futura.

O melhor é recomeçar desde já o nosso dia-a-dia: acordamos com uma ressaca de vinho do Porto, ligamos o som baixinho, tomamos um duche rápido de água fria, vestimos a roupinha da Maconde, comemos papas de carolo e apanhamos o autocarro para ir ter com o pessoal à praia."

(by Patricia Brito)

Halloween

The modern holiday of Halloween has its origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain . The Festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is erroneously regarded as 'The Celtic New Year'. Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The Ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them. When the Romans occupied Celtic territory, several Roman traditions were also incorporated into the festivals. Feralia, a day celebrated in late October by the Romans for the passing of the dead as well as a festival which celebrated the Roman Goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit were incorporated into the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposed origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.

SYMBOLS
The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols. This is an Irish tradition of carving a lantern which goes back centuries. These lanterns are usually carved from a turnip or swede (or more uncommonly a mangelwurzel). The carving of pumpkins was first associated with Halloween in North America, where the pumpkin was available, and much larger and easier to carve. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark.

The jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard drinking old farmer who tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and trapped him by carving a cross into the trunk of the tree. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack which dooms him to forever wander the earth at night. For centuries, the bedtime parable was told by Irish parents to their children. But in America the tradition of carving pumpkins is known to have preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration, and the tradition of carving vegetable lanterns may also have been brought over by the Scottish or English; documentation is unavailable to establish when or by whom. The carved pumpkin was associated generally with harvest time in America, and did not become specifically associated with Halloween until the mid to late 19th century.

The imagery surrounding Halloween is largely an amalgamation of the Halloween season itself, nearly a century of work from American filmmakers and graphic artists, and a rather commercialized take on the dark and mysterious. Halloween imagery tends to involve death, magic, or mythical monsters. Common Halloween characters include ghosts, ghouls, witches, vampires, bats, owls, crows, vultures, haunted houses, pumpkinmen, black cats, aliens, spiders, goblins, zombies, mummies, skeletons, and demons. Particularly in America, symbolism is inspired by classic horror films, which contain fictional figures like Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and The Mummy. More modern horror antagonists like Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, and the Jigsaw Killer have also become associated with the holiday. Homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween.

Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween.

Happy Birthday Mafaldinha!!!

Life...

“Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.”

“Life is something that everyone should try at least once.”

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”

“Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.”

“The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.”

“Life is worth living, but only if we avoid the amusements of grown-up people.”

“Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.”

Sunny Days

Psoriasis Day

it's a disease, it's NOT contagious!

The morning after

the sun was shinning, so we woke up and went out for a coffee! Once again, nearby the sea! On our way to the morning coffee, we passed by Guincho, and... there was the Surf Pro Jnr National Championship (one more stop). Anyway, first we had a coffee, then we watched a bit of the championship... and there was still time to pass through the climbing rocks, and to buy a watch! ;P
Busy, busy morning...

Graduation Dinner

Sometimes I think that I'm important, so I decided to celebrate my graduation with a diner at my place! I just want to say thanks to everyone! I really liked it.