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dreaming sounds

2012-02-19T17:39:00.000Z

love music that makes me dream and fly
love the notion of closing my eyes and just be someplace else... dreaming... finding me

Legend of the Blossom Almond Trees

2012-02-17T09:33:00.004Z

Good morning!

Guess what, it's Friday!!! There's no snow any more and it's getting warmer.

I just saw some photos from a old friend of mine of the almond trees and I have to say how I miss them! Especially in this time of the year, as it's the blossom season. Really you have to see it, it's beautiful. Very similar to the sakura's blossom in Japan.

The credit of the photos it's all hers, as the last time I've been in my home-town was Christmas.

Beautiful isn't it? Imagine a view between this beautiful blossoms and the sea and the most amazing sunlight? That's my home-town :)

Also, I love the legend linked to these trees, it's called the Legend of the Blossom Almond Trees:

"Many centuries ago, before Portugalexisted as a country and when Al-Gharb belonged to the Moorish, there was ayoung and famous king in Chelb (nowadays known as Silves in the Algarve)who had never been defeated in a battle.

One day, among the prisoners of war, he saw the beautiful Gilda. She wasa blonde princess with blue eyes and a proud behaviour. The Moorish king was soimpressed by this beautiful princess that he set her free. He gradually won hertrust and one day he claimed his love and asked her to marry him. They were happyfor some time until the young princess got sick and nobody knew what the problemwas.

An old prisoner from the same region as the princess, asked to visit theking. The old man said that the princess missed her faraway country full of snow.The king thought there was a solution for the princess’ sickness: he could plantalmond trees all over his kingdom and when they flowered, the white buds wouldshow the illusion of snow. So, the princess wouldn’t miss her country.

In the next spring, the king took Gilda to the balcony of the castle andwhen the princess looked at the white flowers she recovered from her illness.

The king and the princess lived happily for many years and they always waitedanxiously for the next spring to look at the beautiful and flowering almond trees."

Wish you all a great weekend ahead

Happy Calories

2012-02-15T14:57:00.004Z

Hello!!!

1st of all it's almost Thursday (weee!), and since yesterday was the valentine's day I prefer to go to the related topic, chocolates! And by chocolates I mean happy calories.

I don't know when I created the theory of the happy calories really, but it's a theory I really enjoy myself.

1st of all, why happy?

Well, it's just think about it, when you eat something you wish don't you feel happier? Don't tell me about the guilt you feel afterwards, I mean while you're enjoying something you like, doesn't it feel good? That's why we wanted it in the 1st place!

Therefore, I think we all need to have what we want once in a while, we all need small quantities of happiness in our life to bright our days.

My happy calories are normally chocolates, just love chocolate, especially dark chocolate. Secondly I can say ice creams. My special moment it's really a good "Pastel de Nata", how I wish I could have one just right now!

So please be yourself and enjoy your special moments: Happy Calories!

Missing you before leaving

2012-02-12T13:57:00.003Z

And today I feel like this... missing you before I'm even gone for another week. Missing all the seconds we can be together, side by side, hand by hand.
Miss your smile, miss your look, miss your words, miss your laugh. I wish I could stop the clock just for today, so we could be together a little bit longer, so we could talk again without even realizing time is flying.
Miss the days we could be together 24h. miss the days we could plan something together...
But it breaks my heart just to pack, to go to bed and fear the moment I will fall asleep knowing tomorrow I will be leaving. It breaks my heart the morning kiss because it's the last one for 3 nights.
I know I'll be back again, but it doesn't make easier to leave you in 1st place!
How I wish I could be at home with you again!

"E naquele dia frio de inverno, so a saudade me abracou, so a saudade me levou com ela"

What would you do...

2012-02-10T13:00:00.001Z

If tomorrow was the last day?

Honestly we never know do we? The last months I have been thinking quite a lot: what about if something happens? What if yesterday was our last kiss?

I believe that many people regret especially the last words they've said, or most importantly, the words they've never said because they lacked the moment or they lacked courage.

From the blog of a nurse that was treating terminal patients:

"I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me."

I've given up on doing what the others expect of me, I cannot live in a lie, so I'm quite truth to myself. If I wanna laugh I do, if I wanna cry, I cry (well maybe not in the middle of the office). I don't like pretending, so I don't do it.

"I wish I didn't work so hard."

This is clearly me. I wish I didn't work so hard, but at the moment I don't know what my options are. I know my priorities and I know what I don't want to do. I know that I want to have a family and be there for them every single day, and not be: "right now I can't because I have to work". And the years go by and you realize you have an amazing career but that you are completely alone, that your family doesn't know you and you don't know them either. I don't want this for myself!

"I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings."

This one is not easy as it seems. Sometimes we don't even know how to start. You feel it inside but somehow they got stuck inside and you end up by not saying anything. Sometimes I feel easier to write my feelings down than actually say them.

"I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends."

Well, I do try, despite the distance. But it's hard to keep good friends, we have a few but they are really important.

and it feels so good

2012-02-09T21:56:00.001Z

to be back home!!!

And it's snowing again.

This time I was quite upset because the pilot told us: there's a delay of 50m because of the snow in Heathrow. And I was just like: NOOOOOO I just wanna go home!!

But they managed to clean it on time and it end up being just a 20m delay. Not bad. So I've just arrived home and had a milk chocolate with some pancakes and cheese

But regardless of the snow, I'm so happy to be back. The people are nice with me, but it's so hard to be away, it's so hard to sleep in empty hotel rooms and feel so isolated.

It's funny though because everyone this week was telling me I am too nice. Really? I like to be nice when people are nice to be and until they prove they deserve other wise. Or maybe because I'm having this constant feeling that actually life is too short for us to spend too much time on something that upset us, instead I prefer to enjoy the good things I have.

Like for instance I know that very shortly I know I will have to make an important (and not so easy) decision: career or life. I will choose my personal life back, but believe me, it's not as black and white as it seems to be.

But never mind for now, because it´s snowing outside

Inspiration is like snow... we never know when it can come

2012-02-08T08:54:00.000Z

So back on the topic of the snow (such a surprise!).

Yesterday it started to snow here as well, and so I spend lots of time watching the snow falling and dancing outside. It's really inspiring!

So today I decided to right something about snow, but as I'm lacking out of inspiration I will just use some quotes I really like

"Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind." (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

“Snowflakes fascinate me ... millions of them falling gently to the ground ... and they say that no two of them are alike! Each one completely different from all the others ... the last of the rugged individualists!”

(Charles M. Schulz)

Indeed it's true, snow falls so randomly in random shapes, but I think that's the beauty of it!

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" (J. B. Priestley)

And it's indeed magical to watch it fall, to watch it dance from the window. We all feel like kids again, we can hardly wait to go outside and enjoy it! Well, at least I speak for myself, in my homeland we never had snow.

And now just to re-force this idea of feeling like a child again, I've just discovered we have Kinder bars in the office. But oh well, chocolate is another story...

Let it snow!

2012-02-05T16:50:00.002Z

And so it snows in London. It all started yesterday around 18h, we could hardly notice it was snowing at all, but by 22h it was snowing quite a lot. I felt like a little kid again spying on the window to watch the snow falling down. In the end I convinced him to come with me outside- I took a big umbrella and the camera, that ended up quite wet.

This morning everything was covered in white so I decided to have a walk and enjoy the snow :)

And when I entered my building I discovered this cute surprise in the backyard

Enjoy the snow :)

... And they lived happily ever after...

2012-02-04T11:37:00.000Z

This is how all fairytale end, but can this really be truth? How can you expect a couple to lived happily ever after?
Well, in this sense I do believe in fairytale, but not just the way the show it on the movies. I believe we can go through the bad times together, I believe we can enjoy the good moments as well. stand by each other side by side. If life was easy there would be no challenge, no growing up together, no learning!
I believe we can grow together, wiser and stronger, behaving like best friends every single day.

And so does my kitchen says.... they lived happily ever after, and I really hope so

Just because it's Friday

2012-02-03T09:22:00.001Z

A new beginning

2012-01-31T19:38:00.000Z

It was just one of those cloudy days; I was feeling quitesad because it was cloudy. You can really feel it in your mood.

And lately I’ve been feeling sad quite often because I don’teven know what I want to do with my life, nor even where do I want to live.

I think it’s just beautiful when you know what you want todo, when you wake up every day in the morning, proud of yourself, because youknow what you want and how you will achieve it step by step. It’s veryimportant to define goals. It can even be the most insignificant stuff, butonce you realize, all together they make part of something bigger.

We cannot be afraid of going step by step, as long as wewalk in the right direction. It’s just I don’t know what my direction is. Icannot look into the future and say: this is what I want for my life, I’ve beenjust following the road as the road appears to me, but sometimes we have tocreate the road ourselves. But I’ve been lost.

And then… in that cloudy day I actually returned and lookedback and I saw the sunlight shinning, crossing the dark clouds and inspiringme. I felt it in my skin, I felt that sometimes we have to look back and startfrom the scratch and define our goals and find our true self’s. It’s too easyto keep on walking and follow the other sheep, but it’s harder to step back andstart something brand new

The root of all evil

2012-01-28T23:13:00.002Z

And there she was, looking herreflection on the mirror and not even recognizing what she was seeing, if shewas seeing anything at all.

Feeling such a desperateloneliness that even her heart seemed to be on fire… the fire that she needednow, the desperate feeling of waiting for someone to speak her name, to berecognized as an individual, to belong to something.

But no… she was lonely in anempty cold room, she was desperate… so desperate all she could recognize wasanger and thirst, to steel from somebody what they have stolen to her. The desirefor revenge!

And there she was… planning,calculating every step of her next move, how to trap her prey! Oh yes, nothinggive her pleasure now apart from her mind chess game. Revenge feels so sweet. Shehad to make them understand and suffer the way she suffered. If she can’t behappy again, so no one else can.

She isn’t bad, just misunderstood.At least they will know her name, they will cry for her to stop, but there’llbe no stop. Not even time can stop her now, because anger is the fuel of herheart, so stopping means losing and she can’t lose, she can’t stand thefeeling.

What she cannot see in the mirroris that everyone got away because she made them run, because no one else couldstand her…

She never tried to understand;she never got out of her own world, of her own room and stepped outside to seethe world with a different look and sense of direction. So she wanted to forceher solitary shell into everyone she loved… but one day when she looked backthere was no one else, only her… the victim of herself.

In the end… she ended up beingthe root of all evil… the solitary shell

"Self-Centred fear has got a hold of me

Clutching my throat

Self righteous anger running all through me

Ready to explode"

Good memories

2012-01-28T22:34:00.000Z

Good old memories (and just because I'm now going to Germany every week)

My dad used to wake me up for me to listen to this song at 08a.m. And it's indeed so cute!

What are your best memories?

Freedom

2012-01-27T18:00:00.000Z

In the light of SOPA and even worst ACTA

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom" (Albert Einstein)

"The basis of a democratic state is liberty" (Aristotle)

What happens when they take our freedom away?

Good morning

2012-01-27T11:26:00.003Z

I'm so glad to be back home again!
The 1st thing I've noticed is that today is such a beautiful sunny day! The sunrise was beautiful. I wish I could go outside today and explore such a day. Hope today I can enjoy it as well

Wish you all a great weekend ahead.
By the way do you already have any plans?
Tomorrow I have to do all the cleaning, go to the bank to change my address, go to the home agency to deliver paper work, do some shopping and be ready to receive my friends for a tea. I love to have visits :)
Sunday I'm planning to go to the Chinese New Year celebrations in the centre of London. I will miss the fireworks at 05h40pm but I really want to pick up my darling from home and then do some gymn!

1st Year in London

2012-01-25T12:52:00.004Z

Happy birthday!
It's been 1 year since I came to London. 1 Year already? Time flies!
I still remember my 1st week, living in the hotel, trying to find a home. I still remember being amazed by how big and multicultural the city was.
The expectation was big, the excitement as well. It was a whole new adventure, where we had no clue how it could end. We had very good times, specially in the company of our friends.
And normally because every year I do my objectives for the year to come, here it goes:

If I had to select the moment of the year, it was me "crying of happiness" for the 1st time, when I receive the call saying he had won the job he wanted (after a struggling year trying to find one!).
But also, because the bad times also make part of what we are and achieve, the worst time was really the sense of loneliness that followed me several occasions in my life in London. I really believe it's very easy to feel lonely in such a big city, far away from home and from your friends. We couldn't pick up the phone easily and arrange a coffee with a dear friend.
A good discovery for me was the spring in London, it really gets beautiful, specially when it's sunny. Can hardly wait for spring to come!
Best food I had in London... don't know, but I can say the best place to have food in London is really Tino because it's so cosy! You feel at home and I really enjoy it!
Best english store: Whittard! Love the hot chocolates, the china, the tea's. It's such a beautiful store!
Also, love 1st day I've visited Richmond... I still remember saying: "I love this place, one day I will live here", and go figure, 1 year later I actually live close by :)
Best place in England (considering I didn't visit much), Oxford. It's really a beautiful city, so green and lovely. I wish I could have study in such a place!

Let's see what this year brings, but I hope I can travel more inside UK and spend more time at home :)

Growing up together

2012-01-22T19:25:00.003Z

"What is love?" Growing up together, side by side through good and bad days

Wish you all a great week ahead

On the move

2012-01-17T19:55:00.000Z

I really can say this is a week on the move!
So I spend my weekend preparing for the move (and the weekend before as well). Boxing everything, make sure I didn't forget anything and do the final cleaning.
Finally the D arrived, so Saturday we woke up early to prepare. Sunday was the unboxing day and cleaning. I was quite exhausted but it was worth it. I really love the new place *will post some photos later on*
Sunday I couldn't sleep, just couldn't... all the stress about another flight, about being afraid of missing the plane... didn't sleep at all

I know it's part of the job, but why is it so hard?

Real Beauty

2012-01-09T20:19:00.000Z

Oh well, my holidays are over and I'm back at the hotel... time flies specially when you are near the ones you love.But anyway, that's not today's topic.While I was in the plane I was reading an article about real beauty. The starting point was the polemic Breasts Implant issue from France.But how can we blame these women? Everything we see, on stores on television is a model that doesn't exist in real life. Thin ladies with big boobs... models that don't eat in order to be thinner. Is this real beauty?

How can anyone prefer this

to someone who is naturally curvy like this

Besides beauty is not just the "perfect measures" 86, 60, 86. It's about the smile, it's about that special detail that makes someone special. What we see on television is plastic, for me it holds no real value. So for me people should dare to find beauty in real beauty, to dare to love themselves for what they are and not hide behind make up and fake.

Why invest in Portugal?

2012-01-05T16:09:00.001Z

Since I've returned from my Christmas Holidays I've been thinking all the time about what's happening in Portugal with the Crisis.
I won't even get into any details about this, but there's something that troubles me. How can a country so reach and so beautiful be abandoned like this?

Prestige location - Perfect link to America, Africa and Europe.
Languages - A big % of the population speaks English, and many people speak at least another language like spanish, french or german. If we don't know we will give our best to understand. This is also a must have to enter in markets like the Brazilian or the African one.
Flexibility - We can do anything. For our the scope of work is the where work can invent itself. We are able to adapt quickly and to different tasks, regardless if that was our primary work or not.
Renewable energies - Due to the location we have a tremendous potential to explore renewable energies. What do we need? Investment!
Weather - As human beings we need sun, we are less depressed than the north european countries, we have many sunlight days. This is quality of living!
Food - Plus the richness of our food, there's a world to explore here.
People - We are a peaceful country with welcoming people. We are able to adapt to new circumstances and new people and we welcome everyone with open arms.

We are a diamond waiting to be discovered, waiting to be explored.

What do we need? Investment

Commercials

2011-12-29T13:40:00.000Z

Best commercials from 2011

Optimus

They've also created a series of duets, like this one: Fado + Gothic Metal

I saw this one last week. In a time of crisis I really think this can be a ray of hope, beautiful:

Some good old ones:

And the best Olive Oil in the world:

Merry Christmas

2011-12-23T10:32:00.000Z

Only 1 day to Christmas and I am wondering what does this season means.

For me it means to be with those we love, to be in peace, to enjoy the company of each other, enjoy simple pleasures that no money in the world can by.

Someday I wish we can all be together... while we cannot my heart gets broken in the middle. But anyway Christmas is not only on the 24th or the 25th, Christmas should be celebrated every single day.

Every time I'm with you, all the moments seem magical... is just like every day is Christmas day.

Merry Christmas to you all, and that you never forget what's really important to you :)

Watching... Band of Brothers

2011-12-17T20:19:00.003Z

I just finished the complete series of Band of Brothers. It's such an outstanding series, you feel so connected with those men, you care about them, you fear for them.

Trailer

And I really love the Intro

Just Brilliant

Check in... check out... check it... passport please

2011-12-16T21:07:00.002Z

It feels to good to be back home after another week of travelling. This week: London - Dusseldorf - Bochum - Dusseldorf - Paris - London.

But there are a lot of people like me, travelling all the time, spending most of their time sleeping in hotels, checking in, carrying the luggage all around... I think it's quite lonely and sad, because we don't even have time to visit anything.

Actually today I had... but it was raining! So went to the closest McDonald to use the wifi and have something to eat waiting for the next train back home...

The best part is always the journey home, opening the door and feel your place and relax on the couch with your pyjama near the one you love :)

Portuguese Heritage

2011-12-02T22:09:00.001Z

Talking cat

2011-12-02T21:44:00.001Z

I really love this videos!

Thriller cat

2011-12-01T21:01:00.001Z

And other funny moments

Friendship

2011-11-26T21:27:00.001Z

Standing by your side every dayin your life, smiling with you in the best moments we had together, calling youin the middle of the night just to make sure you are ok, picking up the phonebecause you needed a helping hand. Listening no matter what, giving you thebest advises at the right time… no words can ever describe what a good friendmeans to us.

We walk in this live among strangers,even those we pretend we know, but at the first adversity they just walk awaywithout looking back to check upon you. They ask how you are just because it’spolite, not because they really want to know the answer. They will be there forthe parties, when it’s convenient not when it’s hard to actually go and bethere.

Many people love to pretend theyhave a collection of friends. I don’t. Good friends are as rare as diamonds,and at least diamonds we know where to find them. Good friends come in smallquantities but they make all the difference in the world. Nothing is betterthan to know you can pick up the phone and someone will be there for you, willcare about what you feel and need. They will grow up with you with the passageof time, and not even distance can break through.

I’m glad once our lives crossedin the road and you’ve decided to keep me in your heart.

We are nothing more than twosouls walking together side by side, in the same direction through the passageof time.

Labyrinth

2011-11-24T22:39:00.001Z

I wish I could put into words allthe thoughts that surround my mind

Layer by layer falling apart andgetting lost in the labyrinth of unspoken words

A labyrinth of emotions neverquite understood

Step by step getting deeper anddeeper without having any idea on the final destination

An ever ending journey in a foggyday, you can hardly see what awaits you, you just know you have to keep onwalking, like if there’s a wall closing in your back,

There’s no turning back

Like a spider finding her wayback home to each single web. I fear they might break through, but even likethat I keep on going

I have the sense I can’t stopuntil I find… but not exactly knowing what I’m searching for

If the words will lead me to themeaning… will the meaning be lost if I manage to find the right words? Dofeelings need words to leave their mark on your skin?

It’s dark and it feels lonely butit’s like somehow there’s something surrounding you and then you realize yourtrap in your own memories. The stranger you feel behind you is nothing but thememories of what we never managed to understand before.

It’s a journey into selfdiscovery and then there is a warming light. The loneliness starts fading away,like the sun lighting your way into the mist. How can I find myself in thememories of my own past?

I remember being a child, youngand innocent… remembering all I wished back was a smile and to be loved. As theyears go through me, the innocent smile started to fade away but not the needof belonging, the search for love becomes desperate... so desperate I can feel it again!

But then, as the clock ticks I realize timeis fading away…

Simons Cat

2011-11-24T21:10:00.001Z

Just stop by to leave a new Simon's cat video

This is so cute! I really miss my cat :(

Work for living or living for work?

2011-11-13T21:50:00.001Z

This question has been inside my head, following me everywhere for the past few days.
The truth is I feel I've been living for work, all I've been doing is working, waking up early, always afraid of missing the train, arrive work, catch up with the mails, going to the meetings, prepare meetings... time flies and I don't even have time to eat or to go to the bathroom. But the worst is leaving late, arrive home after 1h train, have a quick dinner and continue to work. When I finally manage to finish means I'm going to bed.
I love challenges in my life and I enjoy what I do, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it... but the fact is the past feel days I felt quite miserable in terms of my personal life. I almost don't speak with my boyfriend and he complains a lot that all I do is work. I keep on promising it will be the last time but it never is...
I will keep on going, step by step, but it's important I never forget what's really important.
Is very easy to forget everything because we want to give our best, because we aim for a good career, especially in times of crises, but a career is pointless if at the end of the day we don't have nobody on our side to enjoy good moments.
It's important to have goals but it's important to never forget our priorities, and my priority is not work. I want to work just for living, to be able to share the sunsets at the bay, to travel, to laugh, to have joy, and not only on the holidays!
So let's see how it goes, but I will be more careful from now on, even if it means I will have to walk slowly... but I don't care as long as I'm not alone, as long as I can have you by my side :)

Brighton

2011-11-13T11:59:00.001Z

One of the best things about living in London is actually the possibility of exploring around. After a while I feel really tired of all the city lights, the traffic, the noises... nothing is better that adventure one step ahead and explore the surroundings.

In August I decided to explore Brighton, a lovely cost city in the south of England:

I really have to go back :)

11/11/11

2011-11-12T18:28:00.001Z

Happy Birthday to me!

The first time in the century that all number align together :)

It's also the remembrance day, which I believe it's quite an important date

Funny moments

2011-11-09T21:30:00.001Z

Because sometimes we need some good laughing moments! I found some brilliant movies today:

Walking in my shoes

2011-10-29T21:31:00.003+01:00

Why do we only trust what's in the books?

I keep on counting the number of common sense books that sell like biscuits and I always wonder why. Why do we prefer to choose what's a best seller than actually trust ourselves? I've read some of those books and they are indeed easy reading (and reading is always good), but normally I always end with the same result: "I know this". I always have the feeling that it's actually common sense, specially in terms of the motivational books:

"Number one rule, trust yourself." - Do I need to read a book to actually start believing myself? We should always trust ourselves, and we should trust our intuition as well. We know what we want, we know what hurts us, what makes us smile and normally we have the answer deep inside our hearts. So why? Why do we never stop to listen? Why do we always think we might not know? Why do we have to feel so insecure?

The other day we had a session where the guy said something like this: Typically the adults loose the child open mind they use to have. Children are not afraid of actually saying the truth, they don't care if the other people will accept it or not, they just say it and do it. So why don't we? What's that moment in time we stop believing? Is that what's being an adult means?

I've learn to trust myself, to take a deep breath and go forward, maybe because I'm not that scared any more about falling down or failing. If I fall I can always rise up, if I say something stupid I'm just being human... we all do! Why do we never think that maybe the other people around us feel the same way we do? Maybe they are also afraid and insecure. We all make mistakes, but the best part is we can learn with them to try to avoid them in the future. And don't be afraid to say what you think, just say it! The secret lies in the way we say it and in the way we adapt it to the people that is listening: if we can adapt our speech if we are talking to a children or to an adult, why not do the same to different personalities?

I know, it's so much easier to speak than actually do it. I always get nervous if I have something important to say, but if I have to say it I need to do it, once it's done it's a relief!

Other common cliché: "you have to listen", oh really? Sometimes we want so much to be listen that we stop doing it. It's important to listen to everything, from the actual words to the body language, to the look and to so many other non verbal language.

But my favourite is: "learn to understand". For me this is something that only few people actually do, to try to understand what the others may feel about a certain situation. It's so much easier to actually get closed in the Me Me Me!!! Only what I feel is important, only what I believe is important as well.

Oh well, wrong! We live in a society and we need relationships, so actually is quite important to stop and try to actually understand the context of the situation and what you would feel if you were in the same situation and adapt what you have to say to that and avoid wrong judgements. Never judge anything without actually trying to understand first. This for me is such a golden rule for everything, from business to personal life as well.

How many divorces would be ended if people started to listen and trying to understand why?

Seriously, do you need a book to tell you what you already know? Learn to trust yourself and most of all, learn to walk in my shoes.

Yin-Yang

2011-10-17T21:35:00.003+01:00

Wish you all a great week ahead

Motivation

2011-10-14T23:18:00.002+01:00

Today I went into one of the workshops events from my company and I realize I'm quite lucky to work in such a place where we have the chance to meet extraordinary people and realize they do really put an effort on people.

Actually yesterday I just receive one e-mail saying we will have a session from a doctor to advise all future moms & dads on the challenges of having a 1st child. But that's not what I want to talk about today (I might do another post on that later on).

I was just wondering about what keeps people motivated. Maybe for the majority they will say it's the money they receive at the end of the month and I admit that affect us all anyway, it's a basic need we have from work and that's why we work in 1st place. But also I think it's about why we run the extra mile, why we put so much effort in what we do? For me anyway, it only matters if you do a job you actually enjoy doing. I know that given the circumstances today maybe not all we can afford and risk to make a change (specially for those that already have a family to take care). But I believe that if we keep on doing a job we don't like, or in a team we don't identify with, sooner or later it will reflect on our performance... and sooner or later the bosses will complain about. I believe no one benefits from an un-motivated employee, and specially not the person in that position!

Is just everyone is so afraid to change, to give a step into the unknown. And I have to tell you, it's not an easy task, not even if the change is a good one. By changing it's like we have to start all from the scratch again, building a network, adapt to the new place, to the new bosses, try to fit in again... But I speak for myself, I could never manage to get out of bed to go to work for a place I just hated (for the several reasons already mentioned) and I do respect people that do complete changes, like leaving everything behind to do actually what they enjoy doing, because ultimately that's what we are good at. We will only be productive and really good if we take pleasure on it, if we put passion into it!

Also, I think it's something companies tend to forget, sometimes is not only about the money, sometimes is just to be respected as individual and to understand we might have other priorities in life as well. For me, at the end of the day is to be with those I love, to afford to go out and enjoy the simple pleasures in live. I like what I do because it's challenging, but I won't risk my personal life because of work, forget it! It's very easy to get dragged by a possibility of a career and keep on growing and receiving more money, but at what cost? What's the point of keep on growing if there's no fun, If there's no one to share with?

Sometimes it's important to stop and revisit why we do what we do? What motivates us to do it? Does it make sense to continue in the same direction? Are you happy about it?

For me... as long as I have you by my side I will always have a reason to keep on going :)

Oxford

2011-10-12T21:59:00.001+01:00

Oh well, I took the day off last Friday and finally I had the chance to visit Oxford. I have to say I loved it! It's such a charming and quiet place!!!
I was just a bit sad because "The Hall" in the Christ Church (where Harry Potter was filmed - Hogwarts) was closed :(

Mouseeeeee mouseee squick!

2011-10-09T22:50:00.001+01:00

Although it's Sunday night and I become very grumpy normally just by thinking about the forthcoming week, here's a nice video

Wish you all a nice week ahead :)

Masks

2011-10-09T00:07:00.001+01:00

Why do we spend our lives trying to shape ourselves according to what we think it's the best and most beautiful? Like hidding our pretty faces with lots of make up, trying to be who we are not, and most of the time getting lost and forgetting who we really are?

It's not the clothes nor the make up that revel the beauty but it's our inner selves, our natural smile, our real look. It's to be able to uncover the mask and show to the world who we really are, without fearing what others will think. Is to trust ourselves and most of all, be able to look into the mirror and recognize what's inside, it's to fly free of this world of loneliness and masks, it's to embrace ourselves freely and the beauty of the simple truth:

Beauty lies within our hearts!

A valuable gift

2011-10-08T22:36:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone!

How is your weekend going? Here in London it's really cold again, from 27 we have now around 12 and I'm feeling quite sick... again!

Today I've tried to create a new banner but I'm far from happy with the result. At least it was hand made on power point. I will give another try later on...

Well today, while I was in the bus I let myself wonder, floating in my own mind and thinking our happy I am to have the gift of vision. Yes for me it is indeed a gift, although we take it for granted (like so many other things in life anyway).

It is a gift I can enjoy the sun, I can see the light in my room, I can see your face every time I wake up. I can see the flowers and the colours of the sea. I can be in a beautiful garden listening to all my favourite books.

Isn't this wonderful?

Summer in London

2011-10-01T23:27:00.002+01:00

Finally summer decided to travel to London. Since Thursday we are having lots of sun plus 27 degrees and amazing nights as well. They say it will snow next month, so it's better to enjoy while we still have it.

In the crowd

2011-10-01T23:11:00.002+01:00

How strange it is to realize that in a city full of people all over the world is where you'll most probably feel lost.
I have that feeling and I realize the majority of them feels the same way I do. If we spend some time talking with the guy from the bar or the lady in the store all of them are willing to share their culture and embrace us in something as simple as a smile. All we want is to be part of something and something meaningful but how can we do that?

Me? I'm still trying to find my own place

"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself" (Mark Twain)

Thank you!

2011-09-23T21:56:00.000+01:00

Finally Friday has come... I've been feeling really tired... exhausted...

I was trying to read in my journey back home but my mind kept on wondering around so I decided to write instead:

Did you ever have the thought that you never said the wordsyou wanted to say and when you realize it, it was already too late?

How many times we keep on going without ever stopping to saya thank you, my life wouldn’t have been the same without you. I had…

Sometimes I have all the words, all the feelings inside mebut I don’t even know where to start and for me I always had this difficulty inputting my feelings into spoken words, although I find quite easy to write themdown.

But I wish I could speak for once and say it all before it’stoo late, before time vanishes between my fingers… before the moment when you’llleave and it will be out last second to say goodbye… I fear goodbyes will belost and I won’t even make it on time…

Each day that flies I know it’s only a matter of time beforethe end.

I wish I could say all you mean to me and how I will missyou in my life

I wish I could say how I will miss all the long hourstalking in the kitchen, when we could start a topic without even realizingwhere it would stop, when the words would flow so naturally and free we wouldeven lost the notion of time.

I really miss those days, if we only could have them back,is it already too late?

It seems meaningless but all those moments meant so much tome… all your smiles when you were feeling down just because you didn’t want toworry me… they really meant everything!

Just by putting my feelings into words I’m already crying…

I always had this feeling that one day too soon you would begone and I’ve always feared that day. It’s scaring to realize it’s even closerthan I thought.

Will anything change if I beg you to say?

I know by now you feel so lonely and you feel time won’t flyback, everything seems long gone…

But I wish at least I could say how much I miss the olddays, how much it hurt when I left home knowing all that would be part of thepass and I couldn’t no longer grow at your side.

I wish I could say thank you for all you’ve done for me, foreverything I am and have achieved… it’s all thanks to you.

Words will everbe enough to say: Thank you!

Bringing my cat to UK

2011-09-20T21:48:00.003+01:00

Hello,

I'm really tired today! After a day full of meetings all I really want to do is sleeping... and to make it better I just got the news that in order to bring my cat from Portugal to UK I have to pay 473€! Are you serious??? For a cat??? I mean, I could go at least 3 times return to Portugal with that amount. It's quite a lot of money, and I don't see bringing a cat as a luxury! It makes me wonder if I'm doing the right decision, not to mention that I've already spend like 110€ for the chip and vaccination + 23€ on a proper container.

But... but... I miss you so!

Autumn Leaves

2011-09-19T20:43:00.004+01:00

And so it seems that Autumn has come... I realize that, not only because I'm sick (normally at the beginning of Autumn I always end up with some sort of cold), but also because the classes have restarted (Cheers to my Dad that after so many years has returned to school as well).

Most of all it's about the colours and the leaves falling down. Can hardly wait to photograph the fields full of these amazing leaves!

It's really inspiring, isn't it?

Autumn always remind me my Grandma almond pie! I wish I had some photos with me, but it's something like this:

It also reminds me about chestnuts. In Portugal at the end of October we start eating them roasted. It's a tradition specially during what we call "Dia Sao Martinho" (11 November), which is also my birthday :)

This post would never be complete without a soundtrack to match it, and nothing better than Vivaldi - The master of the 4 seasons!

And a final one,

So I've changed the blog layout! I really like this new style :)

The place where I was born

2011-09-18T12:50:00.001+01:00

I was just watching the results of the Portimão 11th photography race. And it's quite pleasant to realize I was born in such a beautiful city, full of different colours and tastes.

http://visitportimao.com/

Although Portimao is better known by its beaches like the famous Praia da Rocha:

But the centre of the city is quite beautiful as well, specially near the river

And now some photos from the competition I was talking about

I was really lucky and I really miss this city

How long until you find out, that our time is running out?

2011-09-17T15:29:00.002+01:00

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, and we spend most of our lives following not our dreams but the flow of money. I believe that most of the time we even forget that we can dream. Dreaming is still free!

We are like little sheep; following were others go, blending with the crowd…because honestly we no longer know where to go. We are following the same road that everyone else, but why? Why don’t we question what’s happening around us? Why don’t we dare to make the difference?

The clock keeps on ticking and we keep on following. I’m no different then all the others, I follow as well… but inside of me I know something is wrong. Inside of me I have a voice that tells me I should follow my dreams.

But I really don’t know… at this moment the only thing I dream about is happiness. Is to be at home with those I love, to live a quiet live, to travel, to enjoy the simple pleasures of live. Isn’t this happiness? I believe it is… is just the world around us shape us our understanding of what we need to be happy.

They show us this great and extraordinary life, big houses, fancy cars… and the result? People like you and me look into the mirror, and because we are just the regular human being we feel like losers.

Maybe because I had fallen so many times I no longer care if I fall again. I no longer mind if I fall as long as I have someone to grab my hand and help me get up on track again.

I no longer afford to dream, I live only in hope… hope for better days, hope for a better world. In my head I still have my own world… once in a while I always manage to get in and live it all during my sleeping dreams, but at least when I woke in the morning I have someone by my side. I believe I don’t need anything else.

Step by step I let the clock keep on ticking, because at least I know what’s really important for me…

While it's raining outside...

2011-09-17T15:10:00.000+01:00

Finally Saturday has come! Love to sleep longer during Saturday mornings and wake up with the sunlight on my window. Well not, at least not in UK. Today's it's another cloudy and rainy day.

Today actually I don't mind, since I'm sick I cannot go outside. But once in a while I really enjoy rainy days, they are very relaxing. It's so easy to get lost in thoughts while watching the water drops falling down in the window.

I even have a song called "I don't know if it's raining outside" (This is the link for the download of the song, please listen it's really sad but beautiful).

In the rainy days I always remember how important is to value the sunny ones. Here in UK every time it's sunny people go out to the gardens and stay there enjoying it. What do we do in Portugal? Everyone goes to the shopping centre. I don't understand it! We only value what we can rarely have?

I value the sun as well as the rainy and stormy days. I like to stay in dorms listening to the rain go down...

It's like if I close my eyes I can imagine myself in a cosy little house in the middle of the forest.

But the best part of the rain, is when it finally stops and the sun shines again and we can see lots of reflections on the ground.

Portuguese-like in London

2011-09-13T21:48:00.000+01:00

I'm noticing we have a lot of Portuguese-like stuff in London.
Yesterday I walked into a Caffe Nero and I've noticed they have "Portuguese custard tart"

Seriously? This looks like the frozen stuff we sell at the supermarket.

Ok, so what about the real ones:

"Pasteis de Nata"

My favourite come from "Casinha do Pao":

"Pasteis de Belem"
These ones have an international historical brand "Pasteis de Belem" and they are better served hot

I know they look quite the same, but in terms of flavour it's quite different.

Each of these varieties are very good with cinnamon and coffee! (Real good coffee)

If you live in London and if you want the try the real "thing", you can go to any of the "Lisboa Patisserie". There is one in Camden Town area and another one in Notting Hill.

Another well known Portuguese-like brand is Nandos. We already had a Nandos chain in Portugal and it closed because it didn't had any success. "The real Chicken Peri-Peri"??? Are you serious??? Piri-Piri!!!

At Nandos:

In Portugal, we all love a good Chicken, with or without Piri-Piri. Sometimes it can only be served with garlic sauce. This is a very traditional dish from an area in south of Portugal "Guia".

This is a real chicken, it should be small to have a better taste, well grilled and with lots of flavour and sauce. Then it should be served with a "Algarve" salad: small tomatoes with olive oil and oregano. Perfect!!!

And to finish both of them, nothing better than a good coffee

Expresso: short, creamy and strong (without any sugar)!

In Memory....

2011-09-11T22:23:00.000+01:00

... of all those innocent lives lost in the 11th September 2001

Sacrificed Sons - Symphonic Theater of Dreams by SToD project

Exploring Greenwich

2011-09-11T20:40:00.000+01:00

It's been already 09 months since I arrived in London and therefore I'm getting tired of the city centre, like Oxford / Regent Street and Picadilly Circus are way to crowded for me. I love the parks, specially St James & Regent's Park but I would get bored if I have to go there every weekend.

So one of my favourite places to go for a long walk is indeed Greenwich.

Where to start?

From the centre in direction to the Greenwich university.

It's a nice walking along the river and it has an incredible view to the Financial Centre and to the O2 arena.

Greenwich is also the Birthplace of Henry VIII in 1491 and his daughters Mary I in 1516 and Elizabeth I in 1533"

Also take the time to visit the Queens House. It's indeed a very lovely place. (I will try to post more photos later on).

But the best part is indeed the view from the Royal Observatory.

Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time.

One day I really have to buy one of this (pocket watch not the big one!)

Also a must visit is indeed the National Maritime Museum. I have to post more photos later one.

Hope you enjoy the visit as much as I did!

oHhh poxinhas OST

2011-09-11T11:11:00.000+01:00

It's Sunday morning and it's sunny in London! Yay! (But how long will it remind like this?)

So now it's the perfect time to relax and enjoy the light in the living room. At the moment I'm listening to "Luisa Sobral"

I really like this one:

And nothing better than a Live video. This one was in our Jazz Fest

And how she started when she was 16

Quoting

2011-09-11T00:16:00.003+01:00

Sometimes all we need is a little bit of inspiration from the great voices from the past.

These are some of my favourite quotes:

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. (Elisabeth Foley)

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. (Lou Holtz)

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. Albert Einstein

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. (Edgar Cayce)

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.” (Karen Ravn)

Some quotes by me:

"Because more than learning to fly, I've learned how to fall" (2005)

"Trying to understand what I see... trying to see what I cannot understand" (2005)

"Some things can never be explained, because if explained they would be lost in the pursuit of any simplest explanation. Because feelings cannot be explained, as they are fragments of thoughts. They are everything and yet they cannot be seen."

"Feeling is no weakness, they great weakness if not have the courage to feel"

Cat mood

2011-09-02T23:37:00.000+01:00

Finally it's Friday! And now I'm in Cat mood.

I just watch this video from Simon's cat:

And everyone that has tried to work in the computer with a kitty walking around will recognize this.

It's just like they guess the exact moment we really need to make sure the computer is working properly to shut it down. But in the end they do such a cute face we forget all the issues.

Enjoy your weekend!

Muppets mood

2011-08-22T23:21:00.002+01:00

Just to share some videos I really love

Muppets going metal

And a classic

Must have merchandising (From Amazon)

"O medo e uma cena que a mim nao me assiste"

2011-08-20T17:49:00.001+01:00

Top video in Portugal

And we already have the t-shirt

Cat with personality issues

2011-08-20T16:09:00.000+01:00

I really have to share this video

"Ops, I believe I'm supposed to meow"

Exploring Bath

2011-08-13T14:53:00.001+01:00

Sometimes I really wonder what should I do... seriously!

It's just like today, it's cloudy... again and I'm tired of always going to the same places. Specially here in London if that means going to the centre of the city, always too damn crowded!

So, this winter I decided to visit Bath. Fortunately I was lucky with the weather (you really need an extra dose of luck to visit any place in UK, because we cannot trust meteo, we have to do some guessing... Role the bones (This reminds me of a great song: Role the Bones Rush)

Why are we were... because we're here, role the bones, role the bonessssssss

Ok, so after you role the bones, you can try your changes by exploring uk.

About Bath... it's a good place to take a good bath... seriously. They have lots of amazing SPAs! (Which I didn't try).

The city is quite small, but it has lots of interesting spots to see like the ancient Roman Baths

After that it's always time for a good lunch. In the centre of Bath there are a lot of places to eat, lots of pubs and other interesting restaurants. Even a Jamie Oliver one (but for now I cannot afford that).

After lunch time, there is the Royal Crescent.

The Royal Crescent is one of the world's best known landmarks. Built between 1767 and 1775 and designed by John Wood the younger, the crescent contains some 30 houses, one of which is now the Royal Crescent Hotel, another is Number 1 and open to the public.

After that it's time to return to the train station, because it's getting cold (even colder...)

Lesson for the future: Always buy flexible tickets. I had to pay more than 32 pounds to change our tickets!!!

The best part of going out, it's really to return to the comfort of our home.

Cute Moments on a Saturday Morning

2011-08-13T11:17:00.002+01:00

Decoration Moments

2011-07-31T11:51:00.000+01:00

Yesterday while I was exploring Convent Garden Market, I've just discovered this little store:

I bought this one for myself:

The best part of this store, apart from the beauty of the candle holders and the minimalism is that everything is made in UK!

Love the Ying & Yang as well

A clear must have in our homes. I'm a fan :)

Mr. Meowmers

2011-07-09T19:52:00.000+01:00

Senhor Vinho

2011-06-30T22:59:00.001+01:00

E em hora de jantar eis um copo de vinho.
Realmente so nos e os franceses para perceber esse nectar doce e quente. Um bom vinho verde fresco para acompanhar um prato de peixe e de marisco, ou um vinho quente com canela em pleno inverno. Perfeito

E mais um copinho, especialmente se for Vinho do Porto

Sunday Music

2011-06-26T11:54:00.000+01:00

Luisa Sobral - Not there yet

Momento Cutxi da tarde

2011-06-25T19:53:00.000+01:00

English Tea

2011-06-05T13:24:00.001+01:00

Today I'm thinking about Tea.
I love tea, fresh tea, hot tea... and it's a very British custom

The story of tea
"In one popular Chinese legend, Shennong, the legendary Emperor of China and inventor of agriculture and Chinese medicine was drinking a bowl of just boiled water some time around 2737 BC when a few leaves were blown from a nearby tree into his water, changing the color. The emperor took a sip of the brew and was pleasantly surprised by its flavor and restorative properties. A variant of the legend tells that the emperor tested the medical properties of various herbs on himself, some of them poisonous, and found tea to work as an antidote."

So if this if the origins are quite linked to Asia, how did Tea become such a wide tradition in Britain?

"Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, took the tea habit to Great Britain around 1660, but it was not until the 19th century Britain that tea became as widely consumed as it is today. In Ireland, tea had become an everyday beverage for all levels of society by the late 19th century, but it was first consumed as a luxury item on special occasion such as religious festivals, wakes, and domestic work gatherings such as quiltings."

Portugal!!! It had to be :)

Well, so now you know the origins of tea, I will talk about my favourite Tea provider in UK: Whittard

For summer I recommend the instant Tea Flavours, like this English Fruits

We only need to had some spoons of it and water and that's it. Very easy to do and really fresh. They have a lot of other different flavours.

And accessorize!!! Love the teapot's, the mugs

But they also have cute stuff like the China collections!

And now we have our tea, our teapot and our cute collection of China, we only miss some biscuits for the tea

Enjoy your tea :)

Living in London

2011-06-05T13:04:00.000+01:00

Well, it's been a while since my last post, but here I am. I'm back!
Now I am living in London (for 6 months now)... time flies! I arrived in January and so far I'm happy with the change.
Obviously it was not an easy one, leaving everything behind... family, friends, house and my Txu!!!! (I miss you so much)
But I'm settled down, I have a nice place to live and some friends that also joined in this London adventure.

I still miss a lot of stuff, but don't intend to go back so soon. I even have more time for photography during the weekends, specially in the sunny ones.

Soundtrack

2010-10-17T21:06:00.000+01:00

Musicas da noite:

Angra - Late Redemption

Um toque de piano com Keiko Matsui:

E uma voz melodiosa (Yanni voices and Chloe - Kill me with your love)

E por fim Anathema - Flying

O acidente

2010-10-12T20:07:00.000+01:00

Há coisas que indiscutivelmente só me acontecem a mim...
Ora quais são as probabilidades de um barco chocar contra outro barco.

A viagem é curta, a ansiedade de chegar ao destino mais que muita. O melhor plano de domingo é relaxar na praia, com água mesmo ao pé e a ouvir o rebentar das ondas.
Mal chegamos ao ancoradouro, para quem já esteve por aqueles lados, já sabe que de repente tudo à volta fica escuro. Não, não é nenhum eclipse, são os "prestadores de serviços" locais. Todos querem ter a amabilidade de nos levar para o nosso destino. Esperamos que alguém saia do carro e escolha o nosso motorista.
Motorista escolhido dirigimos-nos ao barco. Para quem nunca teve a sorte (?) de fazer esta travessia fica à procura dos barcos.
"Mas onde estão os barcos???"

Ora pois bem, os barcos por si só inspiram toda a confiança local: "Não tem maka patrão!"

Para já entrar é um filme. Pés habilidosos como os meus e com tendência para a queda, podem levar todo o corpo a aterrar em cima da âncora. Nahhh nunca me aconteceu tal coisa.
Depois temos de entrar cuidadosamente 1 a 1, não vá o barco virar por causa do peso. Até a forma de nos sentarmos em cima de um pedaço de madeira tem ciência. Distribuição das massas. Quem é que esteve atento nas aulas de física? É tudo uma questão do centro de massa e da gravidade. E não há gravidade nenhuma em cair ao rio... Nah. Mais uma vez tudo com muita calllmaaaaaaaaa.....
Depois de todos sentados temos de vestir o colete... E que dizer dos coletes... não vá o dito pesar-nos sobre os ombros ou perfumar a roupa, estão piores que aqueles dos cacilheiros. Não têm recheio. Tudo a pensar no bem estar do viajante. Se tem peso a mais leva o fundo certo?

Sem medos, siga a viagem. Motor ao fundo e siga.
Ora vamos lá rever as regras de boa travessia:
* Barco seguro (Checked)
* Coletes em bom estado - Para 30kg no máximo.... (Checked)
* Motorista de pé para observar bem o que tem a frente. (Checked)
* Co-Piloto à frente do barco a com os olhos no mar (Checked)

What else can go wrong?
O motorista foi para os copos a noite anterior, os olhos estão vermelhos (nahh devem ser as lentes). O co-piloto está a por a conversa em dia para não adormecer.
Como o peso está todo perto do motor, a frente do barco levanta... diz que é para dar mais emoção.

Colegas da frente:
"Ele está a ver certo?"
Como curiosa que sou ponho a cabeça de fora para ver do que eles tão a falar. E vejo verde... um barco de madeira a nossa frente. A velocidade está no máximo e fecho os olhos:
"Já nos fomooooosssss!!!!"
E o impacto, a tragédia, o teste de probabilidades. Nada mais a vista, só o nosso barco e o barco verdinho da frente. Os bancos saltam, nós saltamos dos bancos e ficamos em choque. Estamos todos bem? Ninguém caiu à água. Temos todos os olhos aberto, conseguimos falar e conseguimos-nos mexer.
Consigo mexer o braço, estou no chão do barco. Pelos vistos ninguém partiu nada, só nódoas negras. O outro barco ganhou uma pintura nova, umas rachas na madeira.
Tudo perfeito siga a viagem.
Atracamos finalmente do outro lado da margem. Incrível. Precisamos de descansar...

O dia na praia foi bom, a água estava boa, boa companhia, uma soneca. Perfeito! Ou será que não?
E voltar novamente para o outro lado da margem? Posso ir a nado?
Depois de termos telefonado com a devida antecedência para nos irem buscar, ficamos à espera... esperamos e acabamos por ir com outro condutor.
Eis que a meio do percurso nos cruzamos com o tipo que nos devia ter ido buscar. E agora? E agora tudo a saltar para o outro barco!
Não!!!!
Com calma, muita calma para o barco não virar. Um a um, em filinha.... eu fechei os olhos, demasiada emoção para um dia só. O barco ainda abanou mas mais uma vez ninguém caiu à água.
Quando chegamos ao outro lado pensei que era mentira.
Enfim, mais uma aventura em terras angolanas...

Já imagino os cartazes:
"One destiny, One boat, a drunk driver, 5 survivers... "

Baby Dance

2009-09-25T14:22:00.001+01:00

Drama na banheira

2009-07-22T15:09:00.001+01:00

Não tentem fazer isto em casa, eu já tentei e não correu bem.

Um cachorrinho que gosta da sogra

2009-07-20T19:32:00.001+01:00

Quando um video vale mais que mil palavras

Rouxinol Faduncho

2009-06-26T12:27:00.000+01:00

É impensável pensar que ainda não tinha nada deste mestre do melhor que há no fado português aqui no blog, portanto cá vai:

MTV Cat Cribs

2009-04-06T18:20:00.000+01:00

Quem não conhece o MTV Cribs? Aquele programa da MTV em que malta famosa vai mostrar a casa, onde dorme, a cozinha, as salas enormes e os mega carros no mega jardim. Hoje proponho um Cribs diferente. Que tal o MTV Cat Cribs!

Wiber e a sua vida... de gato

Badger Badger

2009-03-08T21:11:00.000Z

O original:

E o que malta com muito tempo livre no escritorio fez:

Hello Cat

2009-03-03T21:43:00.000Z

O gato que diz Hello. Já tinha visto o vídeo e depois ouvi o meu gato a dizer o mesmo, e diz. Todas as manhãs quando a porta do quarto ainda está fechada ele diz Hello. Acho que Hello quer dizer "quero mimo". O certo é que mal pus o vídeo ele respondeu com um Hello.

Nora -The piano cat

2009-03-03T21:33:00.000Z

Esta gata poe qqer Beethoven a um canto

Wow!!! Ok, vou levar o meu Putchu para aulas de piano, ele é capaz de gostar

A crise dos 40

2009-03-03T09:55:00.000Z

Porque no oHhh poxinhas também se falam de assuntos sérios, deixo aqui um artigo que acabei de ler no expresso:

Emprego: A crise dos 40 anos
Como directora de recursos humanos, Maria passou a última década a mandar publicar nos jornais anúncios para seleccionar pessoas abaixo dos 40. Hoje, desempregada, é ela que vê o mercado fechar-lhe as portas porque há três anos 'ultrapassou' a idade que agora vê como uma sentença de desemprego.
Exercia o cargo numa multinacional quando, em 2004, aceitou um convite para dirigir o mesmo departamento numa empresa portuguesa sediada no Porto. Na altura, quando não pairava a ameaça dos despedimentos colectivos, nem a crise fazia a abertura dos telejornais, achou que a mudança podia dar-lhe maior potencial de crescimento. Tudo corria pelo melhor, até que as dificuldades económicas que começaram a sentir-se no início de 2008 obrigaram a administração a dispensar vários funcionários.
Em Março do ano passado, poucos meses antes de a empresa anunciar falência, foi a vez dela. Ficou no desemprego, uma realidade completamente nova numa vida carregada de sucessos profissionais. Mas não se assustou. Com um MBA em Gestão, uma vasta experiência em recursos humanos e mais de dez anos em cargos de direcção, preenchia todos os requisitos dos anúncios de emprego para a sua área e nível de qualificação. Todos menos um, que acabou por se revelar o mais importante.
"Candidato-me a tudo o que é anúncio, mas ninguém me chama. Não me dão sequer a oportunidade de ir a uma entrevista e é tudo por causa da idade. Quase todas as ofertas de emprego impõem o limite dos 40 ou mesmo dos 35 anos, o que até começa a ser mais frequente", lamenta.
Para já, Maria vai continuar a tentar, mas prefere não dar a cara porque, explica, o desemprego é um lugar estranho e "desconfortável". Sobretudo para os muitos que ainda se sentem no pleno das suas capacidades, mas já são vistos como velhos, aos olhos do mercado de trabalho.
Engenheiros, contabilistas, delegados de vendas, operadores de call-center, secretárias ou administrativos: são de todas as áreas as ofertas de trabalho, publicadas na Internet ou nos jornais, vedadas aos maiores de 40. Mas o que se tornou banal nos anúncios de emprego constitui, na realidade, uma contra-ordenação muito grave, segundo o Código do Trabalho (CT). Além de ser inconstitucional.
"A Constituição impõe o princípio da igualdade e não discriminação, nomeadamente em função da idade. Além de que o artigo 23º do CT diz especificamente que os empregadores não podem praticar qualquer tipo de discriminação por causa desse factor, o que também se aplica no caso do acesso ao emprego", explica Fausto Leite, especialista em Direito do Trabalho.
"É uma infracção muito grave feita reiteradamente e à vista de todos", adianta.
Descer na carreira
O medo do preconceito é tal que há pessoas que optam por omitir a data de nascimento nos currículos ou até que mentem sobre a idade, revela o presidente da Associação Portuguesa das Empresas de Trabalho Temporário, Marcelino Costa: "Infelizmente, a discriminação etária está muito instalada em Portugal. Eu diria que uma pessoa com 40 anos não tem mais do que 35% de probabilidade de arranjar um emprego", afirma.
Apesar de baixa, a estimativa do responsável parece, contudo, excessivamente optimista, tendo em conta os dados das duas maiores empresas de recrutamento em Portugal. Só 24% dos 28 mil portugueses que no ano passado conseguiram emprego através do grupo Select tinham mais de 40 anos. Já na Adecco, que em 2008 arranjou trabalho a cerca de 25 mil pessoas, o número nem sequer chegou aos 10%.
Segundo Paulo Canôa, director-geral da Adecco, as dificuldades para a contratação dos maiores de 40 "são sentidas na generalidade dos sectores de actividade". A preferência vai quase sempre para os candidatos mais novos, com expectativas salariais "mais comedidas" e sem uma obrigação "tão vincada de prestação de apoio familiar e doméstico", o que faz aumentar a sua disponibilidade para o trabalho.
A directora da Select, Sónia Silva, alerta ainda para outro factor mais difícil de combater: "Há uma ideia preconcebida de que os profissionais a partir dessa idade começam a entrar na fase descendente da carreira e deixam de se assumir como mais-valias para as empresas".
Para os empregadores, a fase descendente parece começar cada vez mais cedo. Basta folhear as páginas dos jornais ou fazer uma pesquisa na Internet para constatar que a idade limite imposta por muitas empresas já nem sequer vai além dos 35. Algo difícil de aceitar para quem ainda se lembra da faculdade como se fosse ontem.

Inspecção investiga casos
Apesar de não ter dados concretos sobre o número de denúncias apresentadas por discriminação em função da idade, nem sobre os processos relativos a esta questão, o inspector-geral do Trabalho assegura que actualmente estão a ser investigados "alguns casos". "Se um anúncio de emprego especificar uma idade limite para os candidatos, é obviamente discriminatório", afirma Paulo Morgado de Carvalho.
O problema, adianta, é identificar quem os manda publicar, já que muitos anúncios não referem o nome da empresa, remetendo o envio das candidaturas para um apartado. "Nós pedimos aos jornais a indicação do nome da empresa que pôs o anúncio, mas os jornais invocam sigilo e não divulgam", lamenta. Ainda assim, muitos dos classificados dos jornais referem explicitamente o nome da empresa que está a recrutar.
Como em qualquer caso de discriminação no acesso ao emprego, a multa prevista no Código do Trabalho varia em função do volume de negócios da empresa, podendo ir até aos 57.600 euros. Mas, por não ter dados desagregados sobre esta matéria, a Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho não sabe dizer se já alguma foi aplicada.

Números
43,5 por cento dos cerca de 448 mil inscritos nos Centros de Emprego têm entre 35 e 54 anos 57 mil euros é o valor máximo da multa aplicável a casos de discriminação no trabalho

Invisible Motocross

2009-03-03T00:07:00.001Z

Ok, atiramos o Putchu ao ar e eu tirei uma foto o resultado não podia ser melhor

Ride my motocross :D

Como é que os gémeos são feitos

2009-02-23T18:50:00.000Z

Sempre tive muita curiosidade em saber como é que os gémeos são feitos. Uma pessoa de vez em qdo começa a pensar neste género de questões e fica ali... a dar voltas ao miolo. Se a maioria das pessoas tem 1 filho de cada vez, como é que depois saiem os gémeos? Qual é a técnica? E finalmente descobri o como

Só espero que este processo seja feito em linux e não em windows, senão no processo do paste o sistema crasha todo e aparece o belo do ecrã azul :D

Toyota Echo

2009-02-11T18:45:00.000Z

Dos melhores anuncios de sempre

Cabulas de inglês

2009-02-06T15:33:00.000Z

A sua lista de compras:

Ler devagar (em Português) para perceber...

Um Inglês a viver em Portugal ia fazendo um esforço para dizer umas coisas
em Português.

Foi ao supermercado e fez a seguinte lista:
- Pay she
- MacCaron
- My on easy
- All face
- Car need boy (may you kill oh!)
- Spar get- Her villas
- Key jo (parm soon)
- Cow view floor
- Pee men too
- Better hab
- Lee moon
- Bear in gel
Ao chegar a casa, bateu com a mão na testa e disse:
- Food ace! Is key see me do too much! Put a keep are you!

O gato do boxe

2009-02-02T14:35:00.000Z

Enviaram-me um mail de um gato muito peculiar, viciado em combates de box que vai praticando em frente à tv:

Como convencer a polícia a actuar rápido...

2009-01-19T17:59:00.000Z

História Verídica passada na zona de Lisboa

Um homem percebeu que havia pessoas dentro da sua garagem, em Lisboa, a roubar. Ligou para o 112, atendeu a polícia, mas disseram que não havia ninguém por perto para ajudar, que mandariam alguém assim que possível.
Desligou.

Uns minutos depois, ligou novamente e disse: "Olá, eu liguei há bocado porque estavam pessoas a assaltar a minha garagem. Já não é preciso virem depressa, porque eu matei-os".

Passado pouco tempo, estavam meia dúzia de carros da polícia na área, uma ambulância e uma unidade do INEM. Os ladrões foram apanhados em flagrante.

Um dos polícias disse: "Pensei que tivesse dito que os tinha morto!", ao que o senhor respondeu: "Pensei que tinham dito que não havia ninguém disponível."

É assim. Quando precisarem já sabem...

E se o Matrix corresse em Windows?

2009-01-15T10:51:00.001Z

Luke eu sou seu pai

2009-01-01T20:03:00.000Z

Depois de ver o Star Wars 3, deparei-me com o seguinte video no youtube. De chorar a rir

Jingle Bombs

2008-12-29T21:57:00.001Z

Os meus votos de natal para este ano:

Pc à prova de avó

2008-12-26T16:09:00.000Z

Vi este anuncio e não podia achá-lo mais hilariante!

Tenho de fazer esses testes ^^

2008-12-14T22:24:00.000Z

Quem é que se lembra disto na Comercial?

Mais um momento putchu

2008-12-07T21:22:00.001Z

Lol Cats

2008-12-07T19:48:00.001Z

Decidimos fazer os nossos próprios lol cats e o resultado é este:

remi gaillard

2008-12-07T19:26:00.000Z

Estão a ver aquele género de situações em que a malta pensa:
"Ah e tal era porreiro enchermos uma rotunda de sabão e ir para lá tomar banho." Mas não passa daí, porque não temos coragem de passar do pensamento às acções. Ficamo-nos pelo e se, até porque ninguém seria maluco o suficiente para fazer tais coisas...
Ahhhh, é porque não conhecem os franceses, ou melhor, um frances em particular: fixem este nome Remi Gaillard

Este é o meu preferido - Mario KART

Outro hilariante - Put it where u want

E o Rocky

Vale a pena explorar todas as loucuras impensáveis realizadas por este francês: http://br.youtube.com/user/nqtv

Canal Monty Python

2008-12-02T10:06:00.000Z

O que eu descobri, o canal Monty Python no youtube. Vale a pena ver!

Inclui o novo "Black Knight" e o sempre clássico Always look on the bright side of life".

A vida em 5 segundos

2008-11-28T23:59:00.000Z

Já pensaram o que seria resumir a vida em 5 segundos?

Eu também não. Mas no iutubi, sim. Pelo menos para os filmes.
Malandros...

Aqui os filmes do gajo do boxe de boca ao lado em 5 segundos

Do filme daquela música da Celine Dion com o rapaz de sexualidade questionável que é rei do mundo

O do filme que o senhor pastor diz que é obra do demo

Há utilizadores para tudo.

E ainda bem!

Kitty Love

2008-11-28T15:40:00.001Z

Palavras para quê

Nós Pudemo

2008-11-26T16:01:00.000Z

Um vídeo que é um mimo, mas nós podemo porra

O génio acerta

2008-11-26T15:59:00.001Z

O conceito
Pensar numa "personagem", real ou fictícia tipo um actor, e responder às perguntas do génio. E não é que ele acerta?

Jogar aqui

O que bebe um metaleiro?

2008-11-09T19:29:00.000Z

O que bebe um metaleiro?

Rock n' Roll: Pede qualquer coisa com alcool. Bebe até morrer sufocado no próprio vômito.

Heavy Metal: Cerveja. Bebe demais e se mantém firme.

Thrash Metal: Pede gasolina.

Power Metal: Pede uma poção mágica.

Viking Metal: Pede hidromel. Fica extremamente bêbado, mas não cai.

Black Metal: Pede sangue de uma virgem.

White Metal: Pede água benta. Afinal, álcool é pecado.

Grunge: Pede Veneno. Não é atendido e decide comprar uma arma.

Rock Progressivo: Pede uma batida. Bebe pouco.

Metal Progressivo: Pede uma batida com tudo que tem direito. Pede várias esperando uma que chegue à perfeição. Fica bêbado e se torna um chato.

Hard Rock: Pede Jack Daniels. Fica bêbado e sai jogando TVs pelas janelas de hotéis.

Gothic Rock: Pede uma taça de vinho e diz que pensa em se matar.

Gothic Metal: Pede uma garrafa de vinho e logo depois se mata.

Doom Metal: Acha o vinho ruim e se mata.

Emocore: Não sabe o que escolher e começa a chorar.

Hardcore: Pede uma smirnoff ice ou qualquer coisa fraca para dizer que bebe.

Punk Rock: Pede uma cachaça barata, para não alimentar o sistema.

Glam Rock: Pede qualquer coisa colorida e brilhante.

New Metal: Pede a bebida mais forte querendo dar uma de bonzão e cai no primeiro gole

Indie Rock: Pede um refrigerante.

New Wave: Pede água.

Abriu a epoca das compras

2008-11-08T20:20:00.000Z

Ah e tal o espírito do Natal e oh oh oh, ainda falta mais de um mês e já começou a loucura das compras de Natal.

O governo dá

2008-11-07T21:13:00.000Z

Eis um e-mail daqueles q dá q pensar :

Vais ter relações sexuais?
O governo dá preservativo

Já tiveste?
O governo dá a pílula do dia seguinte.

Engravidaste?
O governo dá o aborto.

Tiveste um filho?
O governo dá o Abono de Família.

Estás desempregado?
O governo dá Subsídio de Desemprego.

És viciado e não gostas de trabalhar?
O governo dá o Rendimento Mínimo Garantido!

AGORA... experimenta estudar, trabalhar, produzir e andar na linha, para ver o que é que te acontece!!!!!

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