is to realise that no matter how long it’s been since you’ve seen or spoken to them, your true friends are still there. I’ve been blessed with such good friends all my life. And it’s so good to know they are aways there, not once, not twice, but  every time I need them. As I am there for them.

Maybe that is what makes it so difficult to be here. I left that back in Portugal. But even so they are there. And so am I.

Thank you

People can say what they want about England, but in my opinion, they have one thing in which they are better than anyone else in the world: their bands!!! We can start with some of my favourites:

MUSE

Depeche Mode

Placebo

Cold Play

The Mission

The Sisters of Mercy

James

…….

Not forgetting the classics (some of them not to my personal taste but admit they are genius):

Pink Floyd

Queen

Beatles

The Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin

The Who

Sex Pistols

Dire Straits

The Cure

Madness

The Police

…..The list is endless

And then we also have:

New Order

The Verve

Blur

Oasis

Stereophonics

Keiser Chiefs

Prodigy

The Killers

I could be here all day… I’m sure I forgot many, and I’m sure you have many more to add to the list

Thank you England for some of the best bands in the world Although sometimes I have a hard time living here, I also have the bands to help me get through it.

Should we decide in the heat of the moment and when we feel like we can’t take it any longer?

Or shall we wait untill we calm down, not making decisions based on just a few, recent experiences?

But if we wait, how long shall we wait? How long until it becomes the right decision instead of the heat of the moment one?

Bear in mind, if you feel like you can’t take it any longer, even 1 day is an eternity… But making a decision based on one month when you had years before that is probably not the best action…

Difficult one…

Muse= Musical Orgasm!!!!

(Orgasmo musical no original)

… to have your own space is to invite people around whenever you want to.

(not that i couldn’t before but you know what I mean )

on trying to understand certain mentalities…

I’ve been trying and failing miserably, so I thought ‘bollocks to it, not worth the effort’.

When in Rome be a Roman? Maybe, or maybe not.

So as long as people don’t step on my toes (or I’m not in one of my moods )…

Meh…

Rain, wind, cold…

Rain, wind, cold…

Rain, wind, cold…

Enough is enough!!! Just a little bit of sunshine and warm temperatures, please!!!!

Really, I’m getting depressed with this. And no signs of getting better…

Where’s the sunshine???

Rain, wind, cold…

And the second reason to celebrate liberty day:

25th April 2007, Russ and I signed the tenancy agreement to a house and began living together!

A very important day and a very important (and a bit scary) step.

So the reason I haven’t updated this weblog yet is because we have been carrying stuff around, buying furniture, building it, packing, unpacking, cleaning, messing, cleaning again, etc… 3 weeks waking up at 6 and going to bed late, weekends included…

Ah! and also because we just got the internet at home

It has all been very exausting but very excitting! Never a boring day! Although we just now started having time to relax, we’ve been having a lot of fun. It also makes things easy that Russ and I like the same things, so no fighting over which sofa or which bed. So far no near murders

The flat is great. Small enough to keep clean easily but not too small. Just what we wanted.

I have my own space like I wanted and a house all to myself, not just a room. And it’s walking distance to work so I can exercise a bit. And I need it!

As for Russ, I think he is happy too. I hope he can adapt to living in this town (I haven’t!) and dealing with my bad temper every day!

It was a nice coincidence and a very special one to me that we ended up signing the contract on such a special day. To me and to my country.

Let hope it all goes well!