sexta-feira, 10 de outubro de 2008
One weekend in Portugal
And while I am here working hard on my membranes and trying to put the lab on fire, there are some people enjoying the sun at Portugal! Take a look at the next pictures and see how they seem to enjoy the beach without me… Grrrrrrr
Even my father! He, as an example, should be sympathetic to me, but nooooo… He even forgot he had a daughter. I bet on that…
(There is always a “but”… ) :) I was there as well! The first time I travel to Portugal it was in Jully and I didn’t have luck with the weather... But winners don’t quite and... I went there one more time during the summer and look at me (or my foot) at the beach! :D
Well… I can say that the beach was just the way I like it. With almost no one there (wonder why), not too hot but not too windy. I could listen to my music, relax and learn how to assemble a kite :p
I was planning to see the sunset at my spot in the middle of the ocean but that was not possible. Maybe next year… Four years ago my father found The Well. That’s how we call it and that’s my spot. Its secret and it belongs to me so… no pictures available! You want one? Find it! (kidding.. :p no pictures available because I can´t swim with a camera).
This well is a group of rocks with a really nice view over the ocean and the beach, far from noisy people, forming a kind of pool where we can dive. Promise to show you some pictures one of these days. Or to take you there as well :p
And let’s write more about the things that I did that weekend. I went out for a family lunch. Where? you ask… At the beach. (Yeah, it’s in my blood) My nephew was there and he loved the chocolates that I took with me. (Chocolate also)
I was planning to see the sunset at my spot in the middle of the ocean but that was not possible. Maybe next year… Four years ago my father found The Well. That’s how we call it and that’s my spot. Its secret and it belongs to me so… no pictures available! You want one? Find it! (kidding.. :p no pictures available because I can´t swim with a camera).
This well is a group of rocks with a really nice view over the ocean and the beach, far from noisy people, forming a kind of pool where we can dive. Promise to show you some pictures one of these days. Or to take you there as well :p
And let’s write more about the things that I did that weekend. I went out for a family lunch. Where? you ask… At the beach. (Yeah, it’s in my blood) My nephew was there and he loved the chocolates that I took with me. (Chocolate also)
THE DAY AFTER
The experts are on the track. Time to change the tires, remove the plates, do the last check up, put the helmet and… pray.
In this picture you can see how things are in Portugal. One is working will the rest is just watching and giving their opinions.
In this one, you can see what happens when you don’t have money for slick tires, and the road tires are too hot to even hit the brakes (and, of course, when you don’t know what you are doing!). The author of this piece of art was… my boyfriend!! ahahahah Result… the fun was over and we needed to drive carefully in the way back home.
But before that, some nice pictures were taken. 
106 GTi VS Saxo Cup Chapter XX - The never ending story
Gastão driving his two wheels CTR and… having problems with the wheels rubbing the arches.
Remove plates? We can manage with black duct tape! A little on the blue and a bit more on the yellow..For sure no one will recognize the car.. Duh!
A crazy Spanish drifting with a BMW. After a few laps, he got a warning.
A trackday without a Scooby is no trackday at all :)
Safety first! Always wear your helmet and glasses if you are driving a convertible
And follow the safety car for the recognition lap... Maximum Speed: 50Km/h
At the end, 30L/100km… Nice way to spend a weekend. Better, only at NurburgRing :)
terça-feira, 30 de setembro de 2008
People make places, more than places make people
I have been realizing something nowadays. People make places, more than places make people.
It is not the geographic place, where we are, that matters. It’s the people we find in those places. The hard thing of living abroad is that we need to start all over again. Once we manage to establish relationships, life becomes easy.
We start to know a new culture, different points of view, different foods, and different ways of living. A new universe rises upon us and we need to make some changes in order to adapt ourselves to it.
But is there any real difference between us? I realize there isn’t… Black, white, yellow, red… We all turn out to be the same. We are all human beings with virtues and defects.
I met people who think they own the world but I met also great people. People that, for sure I will remind with a smile on my face till the rest of my life. People that made this experience already worth it. Thank you!
It is not the geographic place, where we are, that matters. It’s the people we find in those places. The hard thing of living abroad is that we need to start all over again. Once we manage to establish relationships, life becomes easy.
We start to know a new culture, different points of view, different foods, and different ways of living. A new universe rises upon us and we need to make some changes in order to adapt ourselves to it.
But is there any real difference between us? I realize there isn’t… Black, white, yellow, red… We all turn out to be the same. We are all human beings with virtues and defects.
I met people who think they own the world but I met also great people. People that, for sure I will remind with a smile on my face till the rest of my life. People that made this experience already worth it. Thank you!
domingo, 28 de setembro de 2008
True friends
Being far away from my previous life made me get some interesting conclusions of it.
I miss some people more then I thought I would. Others, I thought I played an important role in their lives but I realized… I don’t.
There were some surprises as well. People I like but I did not usually spend too much time with, they actually care about me! That made me realize true friends are not those who we hang out with, but those who are there in case we need theme. We don’t have to stay glued to a person to have her as a friend. We just have to let her know what she means to us once in a while.
A true friendship can also be built in short time. You don’t need to know this person for years, to label her as your friend… And you can know one person for years and still, don’t consider her as a true friend.
Human relationships are complicated. Life is short. Therefore, we have to give everyone a chance to become our friend and not waste time labeling people we don’t know.
I make this mistake often. I start labeling people as “not worth knowing” and by the time I realize I was wrong, it’s already too late. Well, not always too late… Sometimes I have a second chance but still...
Lesson number one: Things are not always as they seem to be.
Lesson number two: Don’t judge people on first impression.
I miss some people more then I thought I would. Others, I thought I played an important role in their lives but I realized… I don’t.
There were some surprises as well. People I like but I did not usually spend too much time with, they actually care about me! That made me realize true friends are not those who we hang out with, but those who are there in case we need theme. We don’t have to stay glued to a person to have her as a friend. We just have to let her know what she means to us once in a while.
A true friendship can also be built in short time. You don’t need to know this person for years, to label her as your friend… And you can know one person for years and still, don’t consider her as a true friend.
Human relationships are complicated. Life is short. Therefore, we have to give everyone a chance to become our friend and not waste time labeling people we don’t know.
I make this mistake often. I start labeling people as “not worth knowing” and by the time I realize I was wrong, it’s already too late. Well, not always too late… Sometimes I have a second chance but still...
Lesson number one: Things are not always as they seem to be.
Lesson number two: Don’t judge people on first impression.
Welcome to my life
I’ve been experiencing some interesting things in my life and I would like to share theme with my friends. Some are not so happy but things not always go as we want. These last few months of my life have been a carrousel of emotions, doubts, conclusions and even some disappointments. And I thought, why not write them down? Maybe some of you could learn something from me. Maybe you would say “Hey! I’ve been there! I know what you mean.” Or maybe no one would care but at least I hope to learn something from it.
Everyone is always asking me how am I doing and this was the way I found to answer you and let you be, somehow, a part of my life.
One time, somewhere in Portugal, there was this girl with a boyfriend, great family and some good friends. The girl had, what other people may consider, everything to live haply ever after. But…She felt like something was missing. That girl is me…
Don’t know if you are familiar to this Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory but for a long time I felt stuck in the 4th step. I couldn’t manage to go up and I was starting to fall down. I couldn’t stay still and don’t do nothing, that was for sure… Still, I was afraid to take a risk but you know…only trees have to stay in the same place forever in order to survive!
I want to do something great in my life. I want to make a difference in the engineer field. I want to have a chance to do what I am good at. I want to grow up as a person and only regret of the things that I have done. Therefore, I packed my bags and I decided to go abroad.
Everyone is always asking me how am I doing and this was the way I found to answer you and let you be, somehow, a part of my life.
One time, somewhere in Portugal, there was this girl with a boyfriend, great family and some good friends. The girl had, what other people may consider, everything to live haply ever after. But…She felt like something was missing. That girl is me…
Don’t know if you are familiar to this Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory but for a long time I felt stuck in the 4th step. I couldn’t manage to go up and I was starting to fall down. I couldn’t stay still and don’t do nothing, that was for sure… Still, I was afraid to take a risk but you know…only trees have to stay in the same place forever in order to survive!
I want to do something great in my life. I want to make a difference in the engineer field. I want to have a chance to do what I am good at. I want to grow up as a person and only regret of the things that I have done. Therefore, I packed my bags and I decided to go abroad.
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