HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS

And the derby is on, the party is here, the drinks are here, the friends are here, the family is here, I am (finally??) here...... and.. I'm dressed in orange, and everyone hugs me! =P

DERBY

DERBY DAY!! Benfica vs Sporting! Today I will have a revolution in my place... Birthday party and the match of the month! Supporters of both teams available.... Let the best win!

(Newspaper 1st pages... The game ended with a tie, but... there are still penalties to score... Anyway: RUI COSTA, ÉS GRANDE!! added on the 30th September)

A little bit of humor

ALLERGIES...

Who doesn't hate them? Today I woke up and went direct to the hospital... My face is twice bigger than usual.. And lucky me: tomorrow is my sister's birthday! I'll be like crap... All round and red. Don't want to write more today... More news available soon

At last!

Samuel Johnson would say "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure"!

I say "Everyone will have pleasure in reading my article"! Nobody can blame me for lack of effort! This was a hard task.. and I already see the light! ;)

Today Goal: FINISH IT!!

I decided to establish a goal for today: Finish my article!

No matter what, today it will be finished! And if I feel very, very stressed, like nothing in the World can help me or make me feel better... I already have the solution! ;)

From my window...

I can see a sky full of opportunities...

Lazy Days

I should have worked today... But it feels so good to lay down and relax! Just try it! Don't think about work... Keep your good memories in your mind, close your eyes, turn on the radio and find out that the song that you are listening it's exactly what you wanted to listen.... And then, call some friends, talk a bit, and open your eyes! Do you really feel like working?

16 days after....

Music by Xavier Rudd - My Missing

Lucky Star

For my Lucky Charm! Eheheh I'm already your Lucky Star! ;)

People keep asking me...

Here is the answer.. I like to be different! ;)

Printing Job:

DONE!!

It's Monday...

Far away, there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up, see them and believe.

I'm wise...

Or may be I'm a dreamer... Anyway, today I want to finish my article!

Relax...

... take it easy!

Well, today I've given myself a relaxing day! I deserve it, and I need to calm down. This article and thesis, and presentation, and the simple idea that I don't know what I'll be doing within 1 month scare me. I had a really calm day: work a bit, watch some tv, lunch time, work a bit, do some shopping, tea time, watch some tv, work a bit, dinner time,... and finally finish the day sleeping on the couch! =D

I need to get rid of this! I really need to take care!

2nd edition

Today I went to the Biomeet 2nd edition. It's nice to know that we have made the right choice when we chose going abroad for my internship, to learn something, to grow up, to be open minded.... It is not only a great experience but the future is now and we have to realise that nowadays there is no Portugal, no Spain, no Greece, no "I". There is Europe, and there is "we", because alone we will never get there!

I had a great time, not only because of the people and the friend that attended it but also because of everything Ana said about NEB. We had the idea, we started, and now, everyone is "hugging" the project and is very dynamic and enthusiatic with it! I'm gladto be part of this! I'm glad of my colleagues, and I'm glad to be me!

Finally

Finished my corrections and stuff! Now I just have to concern about the article! ;)

Let's think about life...

• There's no such thing as too much chocolate..
• chocolate is the answer and i don't give a damn about the question
• nothing like a cold beer on a hot day or on a warm day, or a cool day, or even on a cold day
• YOU are a BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING*

*But I am not very good at DRAWING Human Beings so I have drawn a POTATO instead. But the potato is very BEAUTIFUL too - in its own way

• You shouldn't drink coffee at work. It keeps you awake in the afternoon.
• As I get older my opinions may change but not the fact that I am right.
• life is a journey (between the fridge and the sofa)
• How can money be the root of all evil when shopping is the cure for all sadness?
• Wrinkles are merely indications of where smiles have been.
  

This should be forbidden

It was 9am and the beach was like this:

And now, it's 9.30am and I'm in front of this:

Why can't I be "normal" and have some holidays? I can hear the sand calling for me.... It's sunny outside for God's sake.. and I'm working? I barely recognize myself!

For Cat(herine)

HERE YOU ARE! I found you driving like crazy.... Drive safely and have a nice trip!!

Latest News form Today

This morning I was in the train and finally decided to have a look on the news... Among all the news about the match with Benfica, and the student that killed his girlfriend and so on, these are news.. They are a joke! (Now, I'm sorry but it goes in Portuguese..)

(Portugal é oficialmente um Mundo à parte)

Last but not the least, I found the answer for many questions about my life:

(Leo:
The society has institutionalized
that craziness is not about what we do,
but it's about how others see what is done... However,
ain't the small crazy things that makes us feel alive??)

T2 - Portuguese Music

Party & Co. - Part I

I need one today, but...

Better start working...

Hard Life...

Am I back?

Today is one of those days that I feel in NL.. I woke up early, got the train, went to the University, had a meeting with my supervisor, it's still dark outside, it's warm and had already rained!! Anyway, I'm working on my last corrections on the thesis... Soon I'll have that big and fancy name: Master Degree in Biological Engineering and Food Sciences! Isn't it so big and useless?... but fancy! Eheheh

With this weather I'm really doubting that I'm in Portugal.

SINTRA...

Yesterday I went to Sintra for lunch, for coffee and for Travesseiros da Piriquita! ;) It's amazing the crowd that is in that place everyday, no matter the weather, the time of the day or the time of the year... And this nature... It's simply awsome!!

Look, look.. This is Me and the Portuguese Wind Mill!! =D

GOALS

Today I (finally) decided to do something!
I can't be sad all my life, so my goal now is to finish my article and discussion of the thesis until the end of September/beginning of October. This way I can go to Netherlands to visit My Guys, and then I already have plans to go to Paris to meet the other guys!
Step by step, I'm gonna do it! ;)

A look over Cascais

Now you understand why I was missing the sea?? This is where I live... This is what is missing there!

Hugging..

... the Doctor! But today there will be no drinks! ;)

Fairy of the Dreams

Take me back! Make me fly with the wind, and drop me THERE!!!

Wishing I, Wishing I, Wishing I was there with you!!!

I should be working...

..but instead, I went to the shopping center! I don't like them anymore! LONG LIVE HOOGSTRAATs AND MARKTPLEINs!!

PS - Nuno, I'm so happy for you!!! =D And once again I should be working.... (booooooring)

It was a tie...

.. and of course it rained, and Scolari punched one Servia's player!! Anyway, I felt (almost) like home... Rain, Heineken, wooden shoes, friends, but... there was the river!

Today we have soccer

LET THE GAME BEGIN! Portugal vs Servia.... Meeting Point: Ana's Place at 6.30PM!!

I'm all dressed with red and my green bag and everything.. but there is also someting that I'm wearing today... My wooden shoes.... Dutch shoes.... They are so nice! I'll take pictures...

Lucky Charm: Cross your fingers for Portugal! ;) Ver uit de ogen,maar niet uit het hart!