What the F*****

Posted on July 27, 2007
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Am I paying more than €50 for waxing if when I get home I have to do it all again??????????

25€ in Portugal and you wax whatever you want properly!!!! Not a hair left!!!

:@ Not happy!

My dog

Posted on July 26, 2007
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Reading a post on a Portuguese weblog about having to give away a dog reminded me deeply of my dog. Well truth be said she’s more my mum’s dog. But it’s my dog too. Although she lives with my mum she still obeys me more.

Everyone who knows me knows my passion for dogs and how sad I am not to be able to have one. And how sad I am to have left mine. I miss her loads!

Her name is Becky. She’s a bad-tempered, highly energetic dog and very very clever. She always wants to be the centre of attention and is completely addicted to fetching. Balls, sticks, toys, anything. She’s also very attached to us. Very sweet, when she finally decides to calm down.becky-12-03.jpgphoto460.jpg

She was the reason of the only time I cried when saying goodbye before I came back, last Easter.

I went to my mum’s to say goodbye to her and Becky acted as usual: Happy to see me, barking, asking my attention, kissing, jumping, asking me to hold her. She went to get her toys. And then she realised I was going away. Maybe by the way I hugged my mum. If I leave to go for a walk or something, she know I’ll be back so she’s ok with it. But that time she knew I was going away for ages again. He expression changed. Ear bent backwards, a sad, desperate expression in her eyes, she started pulling me with her paws and looking at me as if to say: don’t go! I controlled myself until I left the house (didn’t want to make my mum cry as well) and I bursted into tears.

It’s a horrible feeling. It’s hard enough to say goodbye to you friends and family but animals… Animals don’t know you’re going away to do a PhD. They can’t talk to you on the phone or Internet. All they know is you are not there. You abandoned them. And that is very difficult for me to cope…

I will be in Portugal net week and I will see her again. I just hope saying goodbye this time is not as difficult…

I can’t say…

Posted on July 26, 2007
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I’ve ever seen it rain like this. A few more degrees and we would be in the rain forest…:s

I’m going to Portugal

Posted on July 25, 2007
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And there’s no ‘Heat’ magazine(8)

I’m going to Portugal, and there’s no ‘Heat’ magazine(8)

Insanity/stupidity approach! :-o

Fortunately

Posted on July 25, 2007
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It was just the filter! I can just buy a new one :) and use the one for 2 coffees for now. Ufff.

Now all I need is coffee because I’m running out.

Fortunately i’ll be in Portugal next week and I’ll get another load of coffee, chourico, cheese, pasteis de belem, nestum e pensal,… Hummm *-) better take a bigger bag and pray not to be searched…;-)

I’m living my worst nightmare!!!

Posted on July 23, 2007
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My coffee machine is broken!!!!!!!!

My beautiful coffee machine!

It was given to me by my friends here on my birthday last year and it soon became my best friend! Can’t live without it!

Hopefully it’s still under warranty, but I will have to ask it from Olly or Becca (they kept it so that I wouldn’t see the price)

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Keep the balance

Posted on July 20, 2007
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The pictures of the floods that I showed here were in the North of the country. Today and tomorrow similar are being taken in the Midlands (were I am) and the South of England.

If the south and the midlands thought they would get away with it, thought wrong. Just to keep the balance.

Prespectivas*

Posted on July 19, 2007
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Enquanto espero pacientemente que a minha orientadora me chame para uma reunião, que não sei a que horas será, e que irá discutir o beco sem saida em que está o meu doutoramento (ou talvez ainda não seja desta que o vai admitir), lembrei-me da minha incapacidade de utilizar este blogue como uma forma de exprimir os meus pensamentos mais íntimos.

E algo que já tinha discutido com a minha amiga Vanda. Ela disse-me que provavelmente seria porque quando se escreve sente-se e tem-se a prova em ‘papel’ dos sentimentos e dos problemas que temos. Disse-lhe que apesar de ser verdade, não era bem isso que me impedia de escrever. No fundo era como se fosse uma defesa para que pessoas que não conheço não soubessem o que me vai na alma. Mas pensando bem não sao as pessoas que não conheço que me incomodam. Sao as que conheço e não confio. E tendo em conta que a maior parte dos meus amigos portugueses não vêem este blogue (não sao muito dados a isso- excepto a Vanda e nessa confio muito), cheguei a conclusão que sao os ingleses que me incomodam. Que grande parte não e de confiança já me foi provado. Outros ate podem ser mas não quero arriscar. A verdade e que tem um certo poder sobre mim. Sao as pessoas com que trabalho e com quem convivo e que me rodeiam no dia a dia e não tenho cá a família e os Amigos para darem uma mãozinha se correr mal. Bom já não ta a correr nada bem mas prefiro não piorar. Mostrar fraqueza neste pais pode ser muito mau e depois de algum tempo aqui, uma pessoa habitua-se a esconder os sentimentos tal como eles o fazem (em Roma se Romano). Então a Vanda disse-me para escrever em português. Boa ideia! Não que não me tivesse ocorrido mas tenho que admitir que andava a ver se evitava. Tenho andado com tanto na cabeça não havia grande tempo para me sentar e por tudo cá para fora (e para ser sincera, irrita-me não ter acentos no teclado e não tenho paciência para andar a procura dos códigos todos). Agora tenho. E ja exprimi um pouco. E o post já vai longo. E o resto que me vai na alma e de facto demasiado doloroso para eu ter coragem de exprimir.

Nota: Os acentos que vêem sao os que o corrector de ortografia conseguiu apanhar. Os outros não tive paciência.

*Tem este titulo porque na altura em que comecei a escrever ia dizer algo completamente diferente e isto foi o que saiu…:s

And then…

Posted on July 18, 2007
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A small nice gesture from someone unexpected and it puts a smile on your face :)

Stop!!!

Posted on July 17, 2007
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Writing on the weblog and go back to work!!!!

Slowly… going… insane…



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