Holy crap people, I'm really going to Beijing in just a few days and it's awesome!
Finally decided to start doing my homework and prepare myself for thr trip. I've only been to one website so far (checking out what google offers me when i enter 'Beijing sightseeing') and I'm already totally excited.
Right now I'm actually wishing i knew more about history so i could be saying things like I'll see the Forbidden City where bla, bla and blad happened and the Tiananmen Square, where that and that and that took place, but even though i always enjoyed history, keeping the facts was often a challenge. Basically I memorized the stuff for exams and then i made sure to forget it again so there would be room to memorize some more the next coming exam. Damn, bad strategy I guess.
Anyway, how freaking awesome is it that I'm going to be visiting the Great Wall?! And the Great Wall is so great that I don't even need to add references!
So that's it people, I'm totally psyched and just wanted to share the feeling.
I'm heading there Thursday morning and will stay until Sunday. My hotel is just 5 minutes from the Forbindden City so hopefully i will learn tons about it and will be sharing all that here when i come back. Stay tuned!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
I'm back again
Last posting: July. No excuses. Sincere apologies.
Hoping that you are still hanging in there, let me give a brief overview of this past month.
Last weekend of July/first weekend of August (one and the same): My first trip to China, destination: Guangzhou.
My first visit to China was supposed to be Shanghai but then my boss arranged for a business trip where I'd get to visit a footwear factory and i just couldn't say no. So I spent the weekend in Guangzhou with some friends, sightseeing and then Monday and Tuesday, working. The city itself wasn't very impressive, but hey, it was my first trip to China; do i need to say any more?! Well, I will: chinese people think toilet seats are not very hygienical so they opt for civilized holes on the floor. Nobody warned me in advance. Lesson: peeing is totally overrated.
The following weekend: I finally made it to the Big Buddha in Lantau. Fantastic. Absolutely must in Hong Kong.
It involves getting on a cable car and a beautiful view during the ride. Then you get to the bottom of the Buddha (all the 400 steps below it) and you forget aout the previous view, cause he is just huge and imponent and awesome. The Monastery there was also fantastic and you can hear the monks chanting (loud speakers): really cool. Took the chance to go to Tai O and went on a boat ride, hoping to see the dolphins. They didn't show up, but the ride was priceless. Literally: it costed 20 HKD, which is like 2 euros...
Next weekend: Macau.
Highlight of the trip: the fantastic Portuguese Egg Tarts. Hummy beyong words. Casinos are not really my thing, so instead of gambling I spent my money on a sure thing: a new Guess handbag. Gorgeous and on sale; irresistible combination. About the casinos... I'd never seen such ridiculously pimped place in my life. Crystals all over... wish i could had taken some with me, imagine all the earrings I could have now made from it.
Next: Hong Kong.
Yeah, just stayed around, nice and easy. Headed to the beach on saturday and permanently straightened my hair on Sunday. Permanently indeed. Or at least until it grows again. Feeling fabulous, elegant, sophisticated. "My voice remains the same, but my hair...", sorry, this one only brazilians might get (and for my friends who've heard me saying it before, no I will not stop saying it.)
Next: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Nice, real nice. The Petronas Twin Towers are fantastic but I really loved exploring the wild side of KL. Felt like a photographer at the Butterfly Park. Posed with all sorts of birds in the Bird Park, the largest free flight aviary in the world (meaning that the birds keep flying around and you need to watch out and hide from them). I even shared my ice cream with a peacock! Then on Sunday i headed to the Batu Caves and more awesomeness followed: huge golden statue, pictures with snakes (on my shoulders, around my neck!) and lizards! Wild! And to be sure I'd have enough animal stories to tell, I had a Cute Fish SPA, where you put your feet in a tank with a bunch of little fish who will happily eat away the dead skin from your feet. It tickles!
Last weekend: Hong Kong.
After so much travelling, i gave myself a break and enjoyed a super lazy weekend. Saw The Expendables at the cinema: hilariously bad (and I expected it before, so it was ok). Scene: Stallone, Bruce Willis, Schwartzenergger playing badass guys. The governator leaves, Bruce asks Stallone's character "What's wrong with that guy?", Stallone answers "He wants to be president" ... ok, i did laugh at that. And I went to gym on saturday, which is another thing I started during this past month. Yes, I'm becoming a whole new fabulous person... :)
And that's it folks. The brief summary wasn't so brief but it was as brief as it could be.
Coming soon: Trip to Beijing at the end of the month. And yes, travelling is addictive. Be aware. Or just enjoy it.
Hoping that you are still hanging in there, let me give a brief overview of this past month.
Last weekend of July/first weekend of August (one and the same): My first trip to China, destination: Guangzhou.
My first visit to China was supposed to be Shanghai but then my boss arranged for a business trip where I'd get to visit a footwear factory and i just couldn't say no. So I spent the weekend in Guangzhou with some friends, sightseeing and then Monday and Tuesday, working. The city itself wasn't very impressive, but hey, it was my first trip to China; do i need to say any more?! Well, I will: chinese people think toilet seats are not very hygienical so they opt for civilized holes on the floor. Nobody warned me in advance. Lesson: peeing is totally overrated.
The following weekend: I finally made it to the Big Buddha in Lantau. Fantastic. Absolutely must in Hong Kong.
It involves getting on a cable car and a beautiful view during the ride. Then you get to the bottom of the Buddha (all the 400 steps below it) and you forget aout the previous view, cause he is just huge and imponent and awesome. The Monastery there was also fantastic and you can hear the monks chanting (loud speakers): really cool. Took the chance to go to Tai O and went on a boat ride, hoping to see the dolphins. They didn't show up, but the ride was priceless. Literally: it costed 20 HKD, which is like 2 euros...
Next weekend: Macau.
Highlight of the trip: the fantastic Portuguese Egg Tarts. Hummy beyong words. Casinos are not really my thing, so instead of gambling I spent my money on a sure thing: a new Guess handbag. Gorgeous and on sale; irresistible combination. About the casinos... I'd never seen such ridiculously pimped place in my life. Crystals all over... wish i could had taken some with me, imagine all the earrings I could have now made from it.
Next: Hong Kong.
Yeah, just stayed around, nice and easy. Headed to the beach on saturday and permanently straightened my hair on Sunday. Permanently indeed. Or at least until it grows again. Feeling fabulous, elegant, sophisticated. "My voice remains the same, but my hair...", sorry, this one only brazilians might get (and for my friends who've heard me saying it before, no I will not stop saying it.)
Next: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Nice, real nice. The Petronas Twin Towers are fantastic but I really loved exploring the wild side of KL. Felt like a photographer at the Butterfly Park. Posed with all sorts of birds in the Bird Park, the largest free flight aviary in the world (meaning that the birds keep flying around and you need to watch out and hide from them). I even shared my ice cream with a peacock! Then on Sunday i headed to the Batu Caves and more awesomeness followed: huge golden statue, pictures with snakes (on my shoulders, around my neck!) and lizards! Wild! And to be sure I'd have enough animal stories to tell, I had a Cute Fish SPA, where you put your feet in a tank with a bunch of little fish who will happily eat away the dead skin from your feet. It tickles!
Last weekend: Hong Kong.
After so much travelling, i gave myself a break and enjoyed a super lazy weekend. Saw The Expendables at the cinema: hilariously bad (and I expected it before, so it was ok). Scene: Stallone, Bruce Willis, Schwartzenergger playing badass guys. The governator leaves, Bruce asks Stallone's character "What's wrong with that guy?", Stallone answers "He wants to be president" ... ok, i did laugh at that. And I went to gym on saturday, which is another thing I started during this past month. Yes, I'm becoming a whole new fabulous person... :)
And that's it folks. The brief summary wasn't so brief but it was as brief as it could be.
Coming soon: Trip to Beijing at the end of the month. And yes, travelling is addictive. Be aware. Or just enjoy it.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Typhoons
I guess this blog should be called 'Miss P: the lazy blogger'. Sorry readers, I have new ideas of things to write almost everyday, I even write things up in mind... but when it comes to actually typing and posting it, I'm such a disaster! Anyway, here I am, back again...hopefully i'll be back tomorrow again!
So, i'll share an exciting thing about Hong Kong: Typhoons!
We don't get typhoons either in Brazil (Thank God! we don't have the infrastructure to survive that...) or in Germany, so coming here and living everyday with the possibility of one coming, it's cool!
So it's typhoon season around here and so far, in these almost 4 weeks, there have been 2 warnings already! But let me explain: typhoon warnings go in level 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10.
Level 1 and 3, the typhoon is probably passing pretty far and is just a huge annoyance and no excitement. The weather keeps suddently changing, it rains a lot, streets get flooded and there is no real danger, so we still have to get to work. But last week we got to level 3 and it started a black rainstorm!
Now, if it gets to level 8, that's another story. I still haven't seen it, but I've learned that if a level 8 warning is given, we are to stay home. And you will know whenever any typhoon warning is given cause there will be signs everywhere. It will be also shown on tv; last week I saw it right on top of the screen when we had the level 3.
Wikipedia tells me there is a level 9, though i had never heard of it. It also tells me that a level 10 is already a Hurricane. And reading it called like that kinda puts things into perspective a little more.... damn, a Hurricane!
So now i'm starting to think i don't really wanna see it... not a level 10 and even not a level 8, cause while it might be exciting to see it from the safety of my window (and get a day off from work), lots of people living in lesser conditions will suffer lots and that's definetely not cool. It's kinda like when foreigners go to Brazil and enjoy the excitement of being robbed.... :S
Ok, hadn't foreseen the posting going this way... conscience call i guess. Anyway, now you know about typhoons too, so if you come to the area in the next months, be aware. If you have any experience with it, share with us.
So, i'll share an exciting thing about Hong Kong: Typhoons!
We don't get typhoons either in Brazil (Thank God! we don't have the infrastructure to survive that...) or in Germany, so coming here and living everyday with the possibility of one coming, it's cool!
So it's typhoon season around here and so far, in these almost 4 weeks, there have been 2 warnings already! But let me explain: typhoon warnings go in level 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10.
Level 1 and 3, the typhoon is probably passing pretty far and is just a huge annoyance and no excitement. The weather keeps suddently changing, it rains a lot, streets get flooded and there is no real danger, so we still have to get to work. But last week we got to level 3 and it started a black rainstorm!
Now, if it gets to level 8, that's another story. I still haven't seen it, but I've learned that if a level 8 warning is given, we are to stay home. And you will know whenever any typhoon warning is given cause there will be signs everywhere. It will be also shown on tv; last week I saw it right on top of the screen when we had the level 3.
Wikipedia tells me there is a level 9, though i had never heard of it. It also tells me that a level 10 is already a Hurricane. And reading it called like that kinda puts things into perspective a little more.... damn, a Hurricane!
So now i'm starting to think i don't really wanna see it... not a level 10 and even not a level 8, cause while it might be exciting to see it from the safety of my window (and get a day off from work), lots of people living in lesser conditions will suffer lots and that's definetely not cool. It's kinda like when foreigners go to Brazil and enjoy the excitement of being robbed.... :S
Ok, hadn't foreseen the posting going this way... conscience call i guess. Anyway, now you know about typhoons too, so if you come to the area in the next months, be aware. If you have any experience with it, share with us.
Monday, July 19, 2010
The Break Up
Dear Dreyer's,
I love you, i truly do.
Since we've met i cannot think of anything but you. You fill my nights, save me from lonelyness. It's been pure pleasure to share my bed at night with you... and it is with great sadness that i must end our short-lived but much intense affair.
Oh no dear, don't worry, i'm not leaving you for someone else, how could i? who could be better than you? how could anyone fulfill me the way you do, so selflessly? You give me without asking for nothing in return. And this is the reason for our fallout...i can no longer just take.
I must refrain from any love such as yours. it's too much for my body to take, in time even my heart could not bare such intensity. Your love makes me grow, it makes me larger than life... but this love is weighting on me, and soon i shall be too heavy.
It was a weakness to give in to your charms and i knew that from the beginning, but be sure i shall never regret what we shared.
Thank you for all the sweetness you brought to these first weeks here in Hong Kong. You shall never be forgotten.
Please forgive me.
Your truly,
Miss P
FROM: Miss P, HR Trainee
TO:: Dreyer's Chocolate Cake, Ice Cream
I love you, i truly do.
Since we've met i cannot think of anything but you. You fill my nights, save me from lonelyness. It's been pure pleasure to share my bed at night with you... and it is with great sadness that i must end our short-lived but much intense affair.
Oh no dear, don't worry, i'm not leaving you for someone else, how could i? who could be better than you? how could anyone fulfill me the way you do, so selflessly? You give me without asking for nothing in return. And this is the reason for our fallout...i can no longer just take.
I must refrain from any love such as yours. it's too much for my body to take, in time even my heart could not bare such intensity. Your love makes me grow, it makes me larger than life... but this love is weighting on me, and soon i shall be too heavy.
It was a weakness to give in to your charms and i knew that from the beginning, but be sure i shall never regret what we shared.
Thank you for all the sweetness you brought to these first weeks here in Hong Kong. You shall never be forgotten.
Please forgive me.
Your truly,
Miss P
FROM: Miss P, HR Trainee
TO:: Dreyer's Chocolate Cake, Ice Cream
Monday, July 12, 2010
Shopping - part 2: MongKok
So since Saturday turned out to be more of a shopping day, I thought I'd make Sunday I sightseeing day. Early enough I gave up the idea of Lantau and the Buddha again as it would take super long to get there and I'd have to ask strangers to take pictures for me, which i wasn't in the mood for.
I decided then to head to Kowloon and visit the Tin Hau Temple by Yau Ma Tei MTR station. Pretty place but super warm! I mean, it was already a very warm day and inside the small temples there are lots of incenses, really huge ones, all burning in the honor of the gods or for protection of families. And yes, the temple is pretty too. Unfortunately it's not allowed to take pictures inside.
So i looked around, took picture from the outside (didn't really turn out great... the cool stuff is really inside) and decided to head to the Jade Market. Ok ok... it was supposed to be sightseeing day, I know! I planned to go there purely to experience it culturally! See the beautiful stuff and maybe, just maybe practice some negotiation skills.(I was instructed to start always from half the price I'd be given and not give too much in).
And yes, i did buy a few things. All pretty and successfully negotiated! Or at least I hope so...
Next stop was supposed to be Temple Street Market, again for purely cultural reasons. But it was too early and they were still building tents up so I headed down on Nathan Road and surprisingly found yet anothe shopping area, with lots of people and looooooots of stores.
Soon I found out: I was in Mongkok. Or Shopping Heaven, as I like to think of it now. Or Triads main territory as my guidebook informed me. (The Triads are the ancient gangs of China! But my book clarified that it shouldn't be dangerous for foreigners as it's always busy and they don't wanna do any harm to the business in the area, of course).
People I'm telling you, awesome place to go shopping. Lots of stores with real stuff for really good price and market areas with plenty of fakes. So really, stuff for all tastes. Thankfully, I was able to control myself quite well and only bought a few t-shirts and a sandal... and a few small trinkets ;)
And for the sake of my finantial health, I vow to stay away from that place as much as I possibly can. (fingers crossed people!)
I decided then to head to Kowloon and visit the Tin Hau Temple by Yau Ma Tei MTR station. Pretty place but super warm! I mean, it was already a very warm day and inside the small temples there are lots of incenses, really huge ones, all burning in the honor of the gods or for protection of families. And yes, the temple is pretty too. Unfortunately it's not allowed to take pictures inside.
So i looked around, took picture from the outside (didn't really turn out great... the cool stuff is really inside) and decided to head to the Jade Market. Ok ok... it was supposed to be sightseeing day, I know! I planned to go there purely to experience it culturally! See the beautiful stuff and maybe, just maybe practice some negotiation skills.(I was instructed to start always from half the price I'd be given and not give too much in).
And yes, i did buy a few things. All pretty and successfully negotiated! Or at least I hope so...
Next stop was supposed to be Temple Street Market, again for purely cultural reasons. But it was too early and they were still building tents up so I headed down on Nathan Road and surprisingly found yet anothe shopping area, with lots of people and looooooots of stores.
Soon I found out: I was in Mongkok. Or Shopping Heaven, as I like to think of it now. Or Triads main territory as my guidebook informed me. (The Triads are the ancient gangs of China! But my book clarified that it shouldn't be dangerous for foreigners as it's always busy and they don't wanna do any harm to the business in the area, of course).
People I'm telling you, awesome place to go shopping. Lots of stores with real stuff for really good price and market areas with plenty of fakes. So really, stuff for all tastes. Thankfully, I was able to control myself quite well and only bought a few t-shirts and a sandal... and a few small trinkets ;)
And for the sake of my finantial health, I vow to stay away from that place as much as I possibly can. (fingers crossed people!)
Shopping - part 1: Tung Chung/ Lantau
This weekend i decided I wanted to explore Lantau and see the Buddha but then on saturday I woke up too late and it was already 15:30 by the time I made it to Tung Chung (last station for the MTR to Lantau, 1 hour from the place where I live). My guidebook had informed me to make it there early as I'd be bound to get a long waiting for the cable car up to Buddha.
Anyway, the trip wasn't really lost as conviniently there is a outlet mall right out of Tung Chunf station!
I wanted to go there as I needed to buy a pair of new running shoes so I can do some hiking to get to the beautiful beaches around the Islands. And was super excited seeing all the other stores there: fancy brands!
Unfortunately, little over an hour later I was pretty much done shopping.... even though i found some really gorgeous stuff there, most of it was still too pricey for my budget. Especially as I just got here and should be exercising some level of control, right? So i got my running shoes, a beautiful Guess dress (super cheap!) and a t-shirt.
Yeah, that was all.
Took my one-hour MTR back and called it an early night (well, kinda... stayed awake until late chatting online and watching tv)
P.S.: One good things (aside the Guess dress): i learned that the MTR is really really really cheap as it costed me less than 3 euros for a whole hour trip in the subway.
Anyway, the trip wasn't really lost as conviniently there is a outlet mall right out of Tung Chunf station!
I wanted to go there as I needed to buy a pair of new running shoes so I can do some hiking to get to the beautiful beaches around the Islands. And was super excited seeing all the other stores there: fancy brands!
Unfortunately, little over an hour later I was pretty much done shopping.... even though i found some really gorgeous stuff there, most of it was still too pricey for my budget. Especially as I just got here and should be exercising some level of control, right? So i got my running shoes, a beautiful Guess dress (super cheap!) and a t-shirt.
Yeah, that was all.
Took my one-hour MTR back and called it an early night (well, kinda... stayed awake until late chatting online and watching tv)
P.S.: One good things (aside the Guess dress): i learned that the MTR is really really really cheap as it costed me less than 3 euros for a whole hour trip in the subway.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
"The world is an egg" (literal translation from portuguese...sorry)
So for the first time since I had arrived, I went out of Hong Kong Island last night to have dinner and drinks with a work colleague and her girlfriends. We went to Kowloon and picked a bar with a gorgeous view of the Harbour.
It was a great evening. Food was pricey but good, we had cocktails during happy hour (found out that I really like strawberry daikiri... nice and sweet) and chatted a lot. The girls were super easy going and soon it felt like I knew them a long time already. The original plan was actually to stay out longer and hit a club, but by 11 something I was already super tired, the others too so we took a stroll along the Promenade also known as Avenue of the Stars - i took a picture with Jackie Chang's handprints, the only Chinese star I knew...
I wanted to take the Star Ferry back to Hong Kong Island but unfortunately it was already closed. Anyway, I guess it was meant to be as I had quite a surprise when I took the MTR back home:
there I was at Admiralty station, waiting to for connect to Taikoo when I saw this chinese girl and thought she looked familiar. So i looked again and she was too looking intentively at me, I thought perhaps she was from work as I don't really know chinese people from anywhere else. But no, I was wrong; I did know chinese from somewhere else: she was an exchange student in Deggendorf a couple of years ago!!!
Totally crazy and random, wasn't it?! I mean to originally meet in Deggendorf - of all places- and then without even planning, to catch up again in Hong Kong, late at night at the subway station?!?! There are 6 million people in Hong Kong, not counting the thousands of visitors!!
Anyway, she remembered me too...actually better than I did her, as she called me by name and I had to pull the old save-your-number-on-my-mobile trick to get hers... but yeah, so now I can say I know a few more people in Hong Kong as there are a few other chinese exchange students from Deggendorf who also live here. Plus there is also a spanish exchange student who is here doing voluntary work... crazy, isn't it?!! So yeah, I'm meeting them all for drinks tomorrow night. And the world is a real small place. (hence the egg brazilian metaphor!)
P.S.: Unpleasantly met another long-time-not-seen "friend" last night: cockroaches... blargh! They don't show up very often in Germany (i don't think I've ever seen one there) but it seems I'll have to get used to see them around here in Hong Kong...
It was a great evening. Food was pricey but good, we had cocktails during happy hour (found out that I really like strawberry daikiri... nice and sweet) and chatted a lot. The girls were super easy going and soon it felt like I knew them a long time already. The original plan was actually to stay out longer and hit a club, but by 11 something I was already super tired, the others too so we took a stroll along the Promenade also known as Avenue of the Stars - i took a picture with Jackie Chang's handprints, the only Chinese star I knew...
I wanted to take the Star Ferry back to Hong Kong Island but unfortunately it was already closed. Anyway, I guess it was meant to be as I had quite a surprise when I took the MTR back home:
there I was at Admiralty station, waiting to for connect to Taikoo when I saw this chinese girl and thought she looked familiar. So i looked again and she was too looking intentively at me, I thought perhaps she was from work as I don't really know chinese people from anywhere else. But no, I was wrong; I did know chinese from somewhere else: she was an exchange student in Deggendorf a couple of years ago!!!
Totally crazy and random, wasn't it?! I mean to originally meet in Deggendorf - of all places- and then without even planning, to catch up again in Hong Kong, late at night at the subway station?!?! There are 6 million people in Hong Kong, not counting the thousands of visitors!!
Anyway, she remembered me too...actually better than I did her, as she called me by name and I had to pull the old save-your-number-on-my-mobile trick to get hers... but yeah, so now I can say I know a few more people in Hong Kong as there are a few other chinese exchange students from Deggendorf who also live here. Plus there is also a spanish exchange student who is here doing voluntary work... crazy, isn't it?!! So yeah, I'm meeting them all for drinks tomorrow night. And the world is a real small place. (hence the egg brazilian metaphor!)
P.S.: Unpleasantly met another long-time-not-seen "friend" last night: cockroaches... blargh! They don't show up very often in Germany (i don't think I've ever seen one there) but it seems I'll have to get used to see them around here in Hong Kong...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Food Republic
That's the food court at Cityplaza, the building where the company is located, and it's pretty great!
A couple of days ago, i just took a quick look and bought some dumplings, but didn't really explore all of it. Today I decided it was time to stop having take-away dinner alone in my apartment and have dinner alone at the food court. It was a good chance to go people watching.
To be totally honest, I didn't really see anything super different... well, except for the guy wearing purple pants with a bright pink hawaiian style (flowered) shirt.
But anyway, the Food Republic is worthy of a posting by itself.
So many different types of food: Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese... took me some good time to decide what to try today and I'm definetely looking forward to going back and trying some other stuff. The dish I had: Shanghai Style Noodles. And Pan Fried Pork Dumplings. Yeah, I'm a fan of the dumplings.
P.S.: The Thai place across the street from Cityplaza was pretty good today too... Thai Pepper, if I remember it right. Delicous noodles.
P.S.(one more): Second post in a roll about food... becoming quite the food-centric blog. I'll try to bring some more diversity next. I'll explore more of the town during the weekend so I'll have more to tell.
A couple of days ago, i just took a quick look and bought some dumplings, but didn't really explore all of it. Today I decided it was time to stop having take-away dinner alone in my apartment and have dinner alone at the food court. It was a good chance to go people watching.
To be totally honest, I didn't really see anything super different... well, except for the guy wearing purple pants with a bright pink hawaiian style (flowered) shirt.
But anyway, the Food Republic is worthy of a posting by itself.
So many different types of food: Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese... took me some good time to decide what to try today and I'm definetely looking forward to going back and trying some other stuff. The dish I had: Shanghai Style Noodles. And Pan Fried Pork Dumplings. Yeah, I'm a fan of the dumplings.
P.S.: The Thai place across the street from Cityplaza was pretty good today too... Thai Pepper, if I remember it right. Delicous noodles.
P.S.(one more): Second post in a roll about food... becoming quite the food-centric blog. I'll try to bring some more diversity next. I'll explore more of the town during the weekend so I'll have more to tell.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Dim Sum
Dear readers,
it is with pleasure that I inform you all that I'm now in Hong Kong and will be staying here for the next 3 months. It's part of my trainee program, so I got a pretty good deal for myself: the company paid for my flights and my accomodation!
So now I'm living in a flat in Hong Kong Island, just a few minutes from the office; there is a supermarket below my building and a shopping mall below the company's office building. Plus, i get cleaning service twice a week!!
Anyway, I arrived on Sunday and so far haven't seen much of town. It's super warm outside and the humidity is absolutely off scale... I thought my hometown in Brazil was hot and humid, but this here is something else! Two minutes outside and my feet were already sweating on my flipflops.... really crazy stuff!
Anyway, i've been planning to start blogging about my Asian adventure, but so far hadn't actually got to it (as usual...) but i thought today I had good enough reason to get started: I had my first Dim Sum lunch!
So basically Dim Sum is a very traditional and usual meal here in Hong Kong, kinda like Tapas for the Spanish people... a group of people orders a bunch of small/medium sized dishes and shares everything. Soups, dumplings, rolls... honestly i don't know the name of half the stuff i ate today, but i assure you it was all delicious! And the most important part and reason for my pride (and posting): I managed to eat my whole lunch with chopsticks!!
So i guess if it wasn't for my curly hair, brownish coloring and general non-asian looks, people would have sure thought i was Chinese ;)
it is with pleasure that I inform you all that I'm now in Hong Kong and will be staying here for the next 3 months. It's part of my trainee program, so I got a pretty good deal for myself: the company paid for my flights and my accomodation!
So now I'm living in a flat in Hong Kong Island, just a few minutes from the office; there is a supermarket below my building and a shopping mall below the company's office building. Plus, i get cleaning service twice a week!!
Anyway, I arrived on Sunday and so far haven't seen much of town. It's super warm outside and the humidity is absolutely off scale... I thought my hometown in Brazil was hot and humid, but this here is something else! Two minutes outside and my feet were already sweating on my flipflops.... really crazy stuff!
Anyway, i've been planning to start blogging about my Asian adventure, but so far hadn't actually got to it (as usual...) but i thought today I had good enough reason to get started: I had my first Dim Sum lunch!
So basically Dim Sum is a very traditional and usual meal here in Hong Kong, kinda like Tapas for the Spanish people... a group of people orders a bunch of small/medium sized dishes and shares everything. Soups, dumplings, rolls... honestly i don't know the name of half the stuff i ate today, but i assure you it was all delicious! And the most important part and reason for my pride (and posting): I managed to eat my whole lunch with chopsticks!!
So i guess if it wasn't for my curly hair, brownish coloring and general non-asian looks, people would have sure thought i was Chinese ;)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
London!
Little over a month since my last post and I'm finally back.
Last time I posted was just a couple of days before my parents arrived from Brazil to visit me here in Germany. They stayed a few days just walking around Nuremberg and shooping while I worked, but then I took some days off and we headed to London and Amsterdam where we meet a family friend with her grown-up son and my brother with his wife.
So we were 7 and I took the role of guide and translator. Yeah, so not much of vacation time for me.
Anyway, let me share here a few tips incase you plan to make it to London someday:
Last time I posted was just a couple of days before my parents arrived from Brazil to visit me here in Germany. They stayed a few days just walking around Nuremberg and shooping while I worked, but then I took some days off and we headed to London and Amsterdam where we meet a family friend with her grown-up son and my brother with his wife.
So we were 7 and I took the role of guide and translator. Yeah, so not much of vacation time for me.
Anyway, let me share here a few tips incase you plan to make it to London someday:
- A single journey ticket in the public transportation cost 4 pounds (!!!) but you can get a day ticket for 5,60 (or maybe a little bit more depending on the zones you wanna ride within)
- Hop-on/Hop-off sightseeing tours are awesome. Unless you really love going around with a guide book, save the money (guide books are super expensive!) and pay for the tour. In a huge city like London, you can even get a 48 hours-ticket and enjoy it without hurrying. But really, 24 hours should be good enough: take the whole tour at once, just seeing the places (maybe marking on the map the ones you wanna really stop later to see) and listening to whatever the guide tells you about the city and places. Once you've seen it all in passing, you can take your time to see your favorite spots without any hurry. If 24 hours isn't enough to see it all, it doesn't matter cause you've already identified ur favorites and the next day you can buy the public transportation day ticket and easily find the corresponding metro station: it's cheaper than the 48 hours tour and the metro system in London is great! (btw, these tours often offer multi-language audio options)
- If you do the hop-on and off tour thing, make sure to choose one that includes a boat ride to the price (most do!) and enjoy a beautiful ride on the Thames: fancy isn't it?! ;)
- Unless you really dislike this sort of thing, do go to a musical. There are more than 20 musicals playing in London so, plenty of choices... I've seen the Phantom of the Opera my first time there (2006), then Les Miserable (2007) and this time I saw Billy Elliot. Superb. I'm a huge fan of the Billy Elliot movie, having always loved movies with dancing showcased; the musical is simply fantastic!
- Don't miss (at least) a quick walk through the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square. You don't need to be a fan or connoisseur of the arts to enjoy it; there you get a chance to see masterpieces from Monet, van Gogh, Caravaggio, Renoir (to name a few)... all for FREE... yeah, no admission fee! (most museums in London are free like that including the TATE Modern)
So, enough for now... I hope this helps you :)
Next posting: Amsterdam!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Totally GLEEd!
I've been meaning to write about my love for Glee since the come back of the new season a few weeks ago, but my lazyness, as usual, got the best of me. I've also been recently advised to try to find a focus for my postings, which is a wise piece of advice, but since I've never really managed to find only one thing to keep my focus on at a time for most of my life, I'm having a hard time with it... besides, if there is one thing I do religiously (which kinda relates to focus, I guess) is watching my tv shows, so probably not too bad to write about something I'm familiar about.
Anyway, let me not lose the focus of this post... it's a rainy holiday here in Germany and I just watched episode 18 of Glee. And I can't help but to wish I had some singing talent so I could realistically dream about one day being discovered and becoming a Glee club member myself.
Well, I'm a dreamer and often and easily get myself into 'the imaginary world of Pam' (ops...) but even I know that a singer I am not. So don't worry people, I'll restrain myself and only sing in the shower, in my car while driving (cause it's awesome to turn up the volume and have a Mariah moment) and at karaokes... nobody is stopping me from karaoking, don't even try!
Anyway, what an awesome episode!
Totally loved the number by Kurt... damn, that was fabulous! Mercedes and Santana doing 'That boy is mine' was great too and I really like that they are using more and more the dumb blond cheerleader... clueless and predictable, but never fails to make me laugh. But it was the last number with the tetraplegic character that got to me, and yes, I had tears in my eyes by the time it was over.
Good brazilian that I am, even living in Germany, I watch my soap-operas (telenovelas) every day on youtube and especially as it's almost at the end, I don't miss one episode of 'Viver a Vida'. And I totally think they are overdoing the drama with Luciana's character.
Don't take me wrong... I think it's brilliant that the soap brings the topic of handicaps to the Brazilian prime-time and the story they are telling is beautiful and inspiring. I like the characters too and Luciana and Miguel are cutest couple of the show. But is it really necessary to use that gospel-like music everytime the characters are on air?!?! Serious joy killer! I almost feel like fast-forwarding whenever that song plays... the Whitney Houston song is already cheesy enough, but that other one.... let's just say that song managed to totally spoil the scenes on the Monet Garden and with such a beautiful set, this is quite the accomplishment!
But anyway.... see, I lost my focus, this was supposed to be a post about Glee and now it's already super long! So just to finish: if you don't watch Glee, try it! The come back episode with Madonna songs was fabulous... Sue Silvester making her madonna video was so cool! But really one of the shows best moments so far was the football team doing the Beyonce 'Put a ring on it' song... just hilarious!
Sooooooo, get GLEEd you too! And then come and tell me about it :D
Anyway, let me not lose the focus of this post... it's a rainy holiday here in Germany and I just watched episode 18 of Glee. And I can't help but to wish I had some singing talent so I could realistically dream about one day being discovered and becoming a Glee club member myself.
Well, I'm a dreamer and often and easily get myself into 'the imaginary world of Pam' (ops...) but even I know that a singer I am not. So don't worry people, I'll restrain myself and only sing in the shower, in my car while driving (cause it's awesome to turn up the volume and have a Mariah moment) and at karaokes... nobody is stopping me from karaoking, don't even try!
Anyway, what an awesome episode!
Totally loved the number by Kurt... damn, that was fabulous! Mercedes and Santana doing 'That boy is mine' was great too and I really like that they are using more and more the dumb blond cheerleader... clueless and predictable, but never fails to make me laugh. But it was the last number with the tetraplegic character that got to me, and yes, I had tears in my eyes by the time it was over.
Good brazilian that I am, even living in Germany, I watch my soap-operas (telenovelas) every day on youtube and especially as it's almost at the end, I don't miss one episode of 'Viver a Vida'. And I totally think they are overdoing the drama with Luciana's character.
Don't take me wrong... I think it's brilliant that the soap brings the topic of handicaps to the Brazilian prime-time and the story they are telling is beautiful and inspiring. I like the characters too and Luciana and Miguel are cutest couple of the show. But is it really necessary to use that gospel-like music everytime the characters are on air?!?! Serious joy killer! I almost feel like fast-forwarding whenever that song plays... the Whitney Houston song is already cheesy enough, but that other one.... let's just say that song managed to totally spoil the scenes on the Monet Garden and with such a beautiful set, this is quite the accomplishment!
But anyway.... see, I lost my focus, this was supposed to be a post about Glee and now it's already super long! So just to finish: if you don't watch Glee, try it! The come back episode with Madonna songs was fabulous... Sue Silvester making her madonna video was so cool! But really one of the shows best moments so far was the football team doing the Beyonce 'Put a ring on it' song... just hilarious!
Sooooooo, get GLEEd you too! And then come and tell me about it :D
Monday, April 19, 2010
A new runner is born
People, I went running yesterday. Or at least I tried.
Inspired by the beautiful weather outside and thinking it would be a shame to stay lazily at home while the sun was finally shining, I put on my exercise clothes (very little used, I must admit), checked a map of the city, made sure my mp3 player had enough battery and left.
Nürnberg is such a beuatiful city. There is a Castle (and royalty as I am, I live right next to it of course) and a Wall surrounding teh city center. I had already been told that the running path following the Wall was quite pleasant and so I decided to give it a try.
Turned out I didn't need to bother much about my mp3 player's battery as I didn't last very long running... I must have done it for about 15 minutes (i'm sure I run for longer than 3 or 4 songs) and then right foot started to hurt. Talking to a friend who knows a little more than I do about running (she just signed up to run a marathon in Frankfurt in September), it seems my shoes might be too small, hence the cramps.
The good things is that as far as I recall, I wasn't much out of breath by the time I stopped, so I can go on fully blaming my shoes for the very short run of yesterday. And anyway, I actually considering giving it another try today...or maybe some other day this week.
Believe me, dear readers, this is not the last you read about my running efforts!
'Impossible is nothing.'
Inspired by the beautiful weather outside and thinking it would be a shame to stay lazily at home while the sun was finally shining, I put on my exercise clothes (very little used, I must admit), checked a map of the city, made sure my mp3 player had enough battery and left.
Nürnberg is such a beuatiful city. There is a Castle (and royalty as I am, I live right next to it of course) and a Wall surrounding teh city center. I had already been told that the running path following the Wall was quite pleasant and so I decided to give it a try.
Turned out I didn't need to bother much about my mp3 player's battery as I didn't last very long running... I must have done it for about 15 minutes (i'm sure I run for longer than 3 or 4 songs) and then right foot started to hurt. Talking to a friend who knows a little more than I do about running (she just signed up to run a marathon in Frankfurt in September), it seems my shoes might be too small, hence the cramps.
The good things is that as far as I recall, I wasn't much out of breath by the time I stopped, so I can go on fully blaming my shoes for the very short run of yesterday. And anyway, I actually considering giving it another try today...or maybe some other day this week.
Believe me, dear readers, this is not the last you read about my running efforts!
'Impossible is nothing.'
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Inspiration
Just now talking with a friend on skype, I had a moment of inspiration and since these don't come too often, I'll blog about it.
I explained to my friend: now that I have a blog, I no longer have imaginary conversations in my head, now I have conversation with my imaginary readers. So instead of crazy, I'm now cool and trendy.
Damn, i thought it sounded nice and smart when I wrote it to her, but now that I'm trying to figure how to go on with the posting, I'm realizing it's not that interesting and worse, not very true.
1. I still have imaginary conversations in my head, of course.
Pretty much everyday I can come up with different moments and situations in which my ex asks me to go back to him and be happy again. Don't be sad for me yet, dear reader, in my mind I'm starting to have seconds thoughts about whether this would be good for anyone... so I'm progressing towards the light in the end of the tunnel.
2. Talking to myself doesn't mean I'm crazy, just that I'm through and prepared!
If you imagine everything in ur mind first, you are ready when things happens.... though it sets place for disappointment when things don't happen or happen but not how you want them to... also, no suprises if you are ready for everything...
Crap...this posting sucks... a case of imaginary inspiration, i guess.
I explained to my friend: now that I have a blog, I no longer have imaginary conversations in my head, now I have conversation with my imaginary readers. So instead of crazy, I'm now cool and trendy.
Damn, i thought it sounded nice and smart when I wrote it to her, but now that I'm trying to figure how to go on with the posting, I'm realizing it's not that interesting and worse, not very true.
1. I still have imaginary conversations in my head, of course.
Pretty much everyday I can come up with different moments and situations in which my ex asks me to go back to him and be happy again. Don't be sad for me yet, dear reader, in my mind I'm starting to have seconds thoughts about whether this would be good for anyone... so I'm progressing towards the light in the end of the tunnel.
2. Talking to myself doesn't mean I'm crazy, just that I'm through and prepared!
If you imagine everything in ur mind first, you are ready when things happens.... though it sets place for disappointment when things don't happen or happen but not how you want them to... also, no suprises if you are ready for everything...
Crap...this posting sucks... a case of imaginary inspiration, i guess.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Where do I get one for myself?
OMG!!!
I know this is pretty much a teenager behavior and I'm well past the age for it but I want a Robert Pattinson for myself!! Please please please tell me that i can have one! pleeeeease!
Where to start?! Oh i know: that mouth of his.
When he smiles, it curves on the corners just like a cat's mouth and it's so absolutely charming and looks so delicious...
Then there is the hair. All tousled, all over the place; made me feel like playing with it, grabbing at it...
And the eyes with those awesome eyebrows. So masculine and compelling...
Oh, yeah, I went to the movie theater yesterday to watch 'Remember Me'. I saw it in German but well-prepared person that I am, of course I saw it online in English in advance ;) Online the quality was quite low as it hasn't been released for long but good enough for me to understand the movie and allow me to see it in German later just for the pleasure of staring at R.Pattz's handsome face. And boy, what a face!
The movie?
Nice too but if you are planning to watch it looking for a happy ending to sweeten your day, I must warn you that you won't get it. Sorry if this is too much of a spoiler, but I do this with the best of intentions... don't know about you, but I simply hate to be caught by surprise by a sad ending!
Anyway, amazing how Emily deRavin really looks so young and pretty! She plays a believable 21 year-old while she is actually 28... Good for you girl!
The movie also has Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in it, playing Pattinson and Ravin's fathers respectively. Oh, and there is also Sidney's mom ('Alias') playing dear Rob's mom. Well, i guess if she and Brosnan really had kids together they'd indeed have a good chance of coming up with pretty kids. And the girl who plays Rob's sister is pretty adorable and your heart really breaks for her at some point during the movie ...more than once actually... sorry, more spoilers, I guess.
So, if you get to watch 'Remember Me', let me know what you think of it.
P.S.: he had already caught my eye as Cedric Diggory and of course I was totally hypnotized watching him as Edward Cullen, but honestly I was in love with Edward even before seeing him on screen and - please don't hate me for this - but he still isn't portraying Edward to perfection... so Rob as Tyler Hawkins in 'Remember Me' is the best I've seen of him so far :)
I know this is pretty much a teenager behavior and I'm well past the age for it but I want a Robert Pattinson for myself!! Please please please tell me that i can have one! pleeeeease!
Where to start?! Oh i know: that mouth of his.
When he smiles, it curves on the corners just like a cat's mouth and it's so absolutely charming and looks so delicious...
Then there is the hair. All tousled, all over the place; made me feel like playing with it, grabbing at it...
And the eyes with those awesome eyebrows. So masculine and compelling...
Oh, yeah, I went to the movie theater yesterday to watch 'Remember Me'. I saw it in German but well-prepared person that I am, of course I saw it online in English in advance ;) Online the quality was quite low as it hasn't been released for long but good enough for me to understand the movie and allow me to see it in German later just for the pleasure of staring at R.Pattz's handsome face. And boy, what a face!
The movie?
Nice too but if you are planning to watch it looking for a happy ending to sweeten your day, I must warn you that you won't get it. Sorry if this is too much of a spoiler, but I do this with the best of intentions... don't know about you, but I simply hate to be caught by surprise by a sad ending!
Anyway, amazing how Emily deRavin really looks so young and pretty! She plays a believable 21 year-old while she is actually 28... Good for you girl!
The movie also has Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in it, playing Pattinson and Ravin's fathers respectively. Oh, and there is also Sidney's mom ('Alias') playing dear Rob's mom. Well, i guess if she and Brosnan really had kids together they'd indeed have a good chance of coming up with pretty kids. And the girl who plays Rob's sister is pretty adorable and your heart really breaks for her at some point during the movie ...more than once actually... sorry, more spoilers, I guess.
So, if you get to watch 'Remember Me', let me know what you think of it.
P.S.: he had already caught my eye as Cedric Diggory and of course I was totally hypnotized watching him as Edward Cullen, but honestly I was in love with Edward even before seeing him on screen and - please don't hate me for this - but he still isn't portraying Edward to perfection... so Rob as Tyler Hawkins in 'Remember Me' is the best I've seen of him so far :)
Monday, March 22, 2010
Meet me Halfway
Just heard this song on the radio and realized how bad I wished this was sung to me.... but since it ain't, let's just sing together... ladies and gentleman, Black Eyed Peas!
I can't go any further then this
I want you so badly, it's my biggest wish
I spent my time just thinkin thinkin thinkin bout you
Every single day yes, i'm really missin' missin' you
And all those things we use to use to use to do
Hey girl, wuz up, it use to be just me and you
I spent my time just thinkin thinkin thinkin bout you
Every single day, yes i'm really missin missin you
And all those things we use to use to use to do
Hey girl wuz up, wuz up, wuz up, wuz up
Meet me halfway, right at the boarderline
That's where i'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where i'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Girl,i travel round the world and even sail the seven seas
Across the universe I go to other galexies
Just tell me where you want, just tell me where you wanna to meet
I navigate myself myself to take me where you be
Cause girl I want, i, i, I want you right now
I travel uptown (town) I travel downtown
I wanna to have you around (round) like every single day
I love you alway..wayBlack Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway lyrics found on
Can you meet me half way (I'll meet you halfway)
Right at the boarderline
That's where i'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where i'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Let's walk the bridge, to the other side
Just you and I (just you and I)
I will fly, i'll fly the skies, for you and I (for you and I)
I will try, until I die, for you and i, for you and i, for for you and i,
For for you and i, for for you and i, for you and i
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Meet me half way, right at the boarderline
That's where i'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where i'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further then this
I want you so badly, it's my biggest wish
I spent my time just thinkin thinkin thinkin bout you
Every single day yes, i'm really missin' missin' you
And all those things we use to use to use to do
Hey girl, wuz up, it use to be just me and you
I spent my time just thinkin thinkin thinkin bout you
Every single day, yes i'm really missin missin you
And all those things we use to use to use to do
Hey girl wuz up, wuz up, wuz up, wuz up
Meet me halfway, right at the boarderline
That's where i'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where i'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Girl,i travel round the world and even sail the seven seas
Across the universe I go to other galexies
Just tell me where you want, just tell me where you wanna to meet
I navigate myself myself to take me where you be
Cause girl I want, i, i, I want you right now
I travel uptown (town) I travel downtown
I wanna to have you around (round) like every single day
I love you alway..wayBlack Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway lyrics found on
Can you meet me half way (I'll meet you halfway)
Right at the boarderline
That's where i'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where i'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Let's walk the bridge, to the other side
Just you and I (just you and I)
I will fly, i'll fly the skies, for you and I (for you and I)
I will try, until I die, for you and i, for you and i, for for you and i,
For for you and i, for for you and i, for you and i
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Can you meet me half way (yup yup)
Meet me half way, right at the boarderline
That's where i'm gonna wait, for you
I'll be lookin out, night n'day
Took my heart to the limit, and this is where i'll stay
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
I can't go any further then this
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
...
So I didn't meet him again at lunch time... and thinking about it, I'd bet he went to the WoS to have lunch with his new girl. This is all speculative but I do think he is seeing someone new.
Some weeks ago a friend said she saw his computer screen and could tell that he was chatting with someone online and using lots of smiles in it. Guys don't us smiles like that with other guys so it was safe to assume it was a girl. And not long after that , while cyber-stocking him on facebook, I saw a comment he posted there followed by some more comments to the comments... him and a girl. I didn't dare checking out her profile, but of course I looked for her in the company's phonebook and there she was, an intern.
I had never heard her name before so I guess he met her after we broke up. But who knows, maybe it was before and she is the reason he broke up with me. I don't know, I didn't ask. I think I prefer not knowing.
This afternoon, cyber stocking again, I finally saw a picture of her... he is also in it. Happy. Enjoying a party together.
I don't know her, but i already hate her.
And i guess I hate him a little bit too for being happy without me.
Some weeks ago a friend said she saw his computer screen and could tell that he was chatting with someone online and using lots of smiles in it. Guys don't us smiles like that with other guys so it was safe to assume it was a girl. And not long after that , while cyber-stocking him on facebook, I saw a comment he posted there followed by some more comments to the comments... him and a girl. I didn't dare checking out her profile, but of course I looked for her in the company's phonebook and there she was, an intern.
I had never heard her name before so I guess he met her after we broke up. But who knows, maybe it was before and she is the reason he broke up with me. I don't know, I didn't ask. I think I prefer not knowing.
This afternoon, cyber stocking again, I finally saw a picture of her... he is also in it. Happy. Enjoying a party together.
I don't know her, but i already hate her.
And i guess I hate him a little bit too for being happy without me.
Ex-sighting... exciting?!
Ah, the awesomeness of having a blog!
Just a few minutes back I met my ex at the aditeria and instead of boring one of my girlfriends to death with yet another sighting of him (and hey, there are usually plenty as we work at the same place), I can simply write about it and if you've chosen to read the posting, that's your own fault!
Damn, he looked so nice...as usual.
I was there for a meeting with two colleagues and immediately saw him when he got through the side door. He was with his boss, i guess having a meeting too. His boss stopped to get a coffee and the table I was at was the first one after the coffee machine. He must had already seen me, so even though he had his back to the table, he eventually turned to say hi. And then he turned his back again and that was it.
He sat somewhat behind me (some 3 or 4 tables back) and boy, it was hard to resist taking a look back...
I kinda wish I had taken a look cause he was really looking nice (and i miss just being able to look at him for as long as i want) but he was sitting facing my way so for sure I would had been busted. And that would had been awkward... well, that is assuming he'd actually bother looking at me, which he probably didn't.
Anyway, Lisa said I was looking very nice today during our ride to work in the morning, so that's definetely a plus! :) Let's see what lunch brings...maybe we will meet again.
P.S.: Yes, I am fully aware that this is not a positive and constructive attitude and meeting him won't change anything. But is it really too wrong to hope that seeing me looking fabulous will make him regret - at least a little - dumping me?!
Just a few minutes back I met my ex at the aditeria and instead of boring one of my girlfriends to death with yet another sighting of him (and hey, there are usually plenty as we work at the same place), I can simply write about it and if you've chosen to read the posting, that's your own fault!
Damn, he looked so nice...as usual.
I was there for a meeting with two colleagues and immediately saw him when he got through the side door. He was with his boss, i guess having a meeting too. His boss stopped to get a coffee and the table I was at was the first one after the coffee machine. He must had already seen me, so even though he had his back to the table, he eventually turned to say hi. And then he turned his back again and that was it.
He sat somewhat behind me (some 3 or 4 tables back) and boy, it was hard to resist taking a look back...
I kinda wish I had taken a look cause he was really looking nice (and i miss just being able to look at him for as long as i want) but he was sitting facing my way so for sure I would had been busted. And that would had been awkward... well, that is assuming he'd actually bother looking at me, which he probably didn't.
Anyway, Lisa said I was looking very nice today during our ride to work in the morning, so that's definetely a plus! :) Let's see what lunch brings...maybe we will meet again.
P.S.: Yes, I am fully aware that this is not a positive and constructive attitude and meeting him won't change anything. But is it really too wrong to hope that seeing me looking fabulous will make him regret - at least a little - dumping me?!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
our story: the happy part
That's how it all started:
we met each other about a year ago, at the house party of a friend we had in common and we danced together the whole of that first night.Admitedly I was a little tipsy but that only put my 'shyness' away and we had a terrific time together.
We work at the same company and spend the next days flirting over office communicator during working hours. We went on dates that left me with butterflies in my belly... that delicious feeling of something new getting started, the uncertainties of a new romance... he already had a permanent contract while I was still an intern and was already coming to the end of my internship. That didn't stop the romance to get started and it was amazing.
As i was getting ready to go back to Deggendorf by the end of the month, we made the best of what time we had. I eventually left but we stayed in together doing the long-distance deal and we both kept our hopes up that I'd make it through the assessment center to become a trainee and be back again in Herzo. There was no point in making things official until we knew we'd have more time together so we continued just enjoying each other's company in very long msn conversations.
Of course, I got through the AC and shortly after we made it official: boyfriend and girlfriend. I visited him in Nürnberg and he visited me in Deggendorf. Then I went home to Brazil on vacations and to write my thesis, before getting started as a trainee and we still stayed together. 2 and a half months away, still so much in the beginning of things, but we made it. He even sent me flowers in the day of the brazilian valentine's day... the first time i ever had had a boyfriend and a gift to celebrate the day. In August I finally returned to Germany to start working and we started our life together.
That first month, I was always busy and stressed out still writing my thesis but he was always there for me, patient and supportive. Once I was done, it was all pretty much perfect: I had this handsome guy with me, with a good sense of humor and intelligent, who appreciated me and made me feel good and confident about myself and who made me feel trully happy.
We had out differences: he loved exercising and waking up early on saturdays to go for a run while I totally appreciated the results of his exercises but didn't care much to do some myself; he loved his gadgets, especially his iphone while half the time i didn't really understand even the basics of what he was talking about - eletronics wise. But we loved watching movies together, even the silly romantic comedies; we shared a pleasure in reading and could spend hours just next to each other, each reading a different book. He liked my food and I took pleasure in cooking for him. We had a nice routine together during the week and on the weekend we'd go out together with friends and I'd be fine with him going out with other people when i didn't feel like it and he'd come to me in the end of the night- sometimes silly drunk, but i didn't care, cause it was to me he came and our sundays together we always great.
In the end of the year I went home to Brazil again, 3 weeks vacation and he couldn't join. So he went to the Netherlands to be with his family and friends. I regretted not saying that i loved him when we said goodbye at the airport, but we talked almost everyday and he seemed to miss me as much as I missed him, so I thought I'd have plenty of time so say when i got back to Germany.
We talked about how we both wished he could be there in Brazil with me and planned to spend the next Christmas holidays there together so he could meet my family, as I had already met his. I loved the time I spent home but i couldn't wait to be with him again.
I arrived back to an extremely could Germany on the 10th of January and he was there at the airport, waiting for me. He told me how proud and happy he was to be the man to take the prettiest woman coming out of that plane home and I could not had been happier to be back in his arms.
we met each other about a year ago, at the house party of a friend we had in common and we danced together the whole of that first night.Admitedly I was a little tipsy but that only put my 'shyness' away and we had a terrific time together.
We work at the same company and spend the next days flirting over office communicator during working hours. We went on dates that left me with butterflies in my belly... that delicious feeling of something new getting started, the uncertainties of a new romance... he already had a permanent contract while I was still an intern and was already coming to the end of my internship. That didn't stop the romance to get started and it was amazing.
As i was getting ready to go back to Deggendorf by the end of the month, we made the best of what time we had. I eventually left but we stayed in together doing the long-distance deal and we both kept our hopes up that I'd make it through the assessment center to become a trainee and be back again in Herzo. There was no point in making things official until we knew we'd have more time together so we continued just enjoying each other's company in very long msn conversations.
Of course, I got through the AC and shortly after we made it official: boyfriend and girlfriend. I visited him in Nürnberg and he visited me in Deggendorf. Then I went home to Brazil on vacations and to write my thesis, before getting started as a trainee and we still stayed together. 2 and a half months away, still so much in the beginning of things, but we made it. He even sent me flowers in the day of the brazilian valentine's day... the first time i ever had had a boyfriend and a gift to celebrate the day. In August I finally returned to Germany to start working and we started our life together.
That first month, I was always busy and stressed out still writing my thesis but he was always there for me, patient and supportive. Once I was done, it was all pretty much perfect: I had this handsome guy with me, with a good sense of humor and intelligent, who appreciated me and made me feel good and confident about myself and who made me feel trully happy.
We had out differences: he loved exercising and waking up early on saturdays to go for a run while I totally appreciated the results of his exercises but didn't care much to do some myself; he loved his gadgets, especially his iphone while half the time i didn't really understand even the basics of what he was talking about - eletronics wise. But we loved watching movies together, even the silly romantic comedies; we shared a pleasure in reading and could spend hours just next to each other, each reading a different book. He liked my food and I took pleasure in cooking for him. We had a nice routine together during the week and on the weekend we'd go out together with friends and I'd be fine with him going out with other people when i didn't feel like it and he'd come to me in the end of the night- sometimes silly drunk, but i didn't care, cause it was to me he came and our sundays together we always great.
In the end of the year I went home to Brazil again, 3 weeks vacation and he couldn't join. So he went to the Netherlands to be with his family and friends. I regretted not saying that i loved him when we said goodbye at the airport, but we talked almost everyday and he seemed to miss me as much as I missed him, so I thought I'd have plenty of time so say when i got back to Germany.
We talked about how we both wished he could be there in Brazil with me and planned to spend the next Christmas holidays there together so he could meet my family, as I had already met his. I loved the time I spent home but i couldn't wait to be with him again.
I arrived back to an extremely could Germany on the 10th of January and he was there at the airport, waiting for me. He told me how proud and happy he was to be the man to take the prettiest woman coming out of that plane home and I could not had been happier to be back in his arms.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
I really don't know what it is about this show that it always puts me to sleep.
Now I can definetely see a pattern forming: it happened last weekend twice (yeap, twice i put it on and twice i fell asleep before the end of the episode) and yesterday again. Thanks to it, last night I slept most of the night on my couch (I fell asleep at 9:30 and just woke up again at 3:30, computer still on, all lights on, make-up on my face...) and forgot to put my alarm on for the usual 6:15, so I was already running late when i got up at 6:30 and had to do my make-up in the car after running to meet my friend/driver in time (and i already was 2 minutes late).
I guess I should save new NCIS: Los Angeles episodes for friday nights, when I can sleep whenever I want and also wake up whenever I want. But still I wonder: why does this tv show so often puts me to sleep?
I mean, it's an action show which entails chases and guns and explosions... and there is Chris O'Donnell, who is no longer 20-something but has very nice blue eyes and still a very cute face to look at.
On the other hand, yes, the show is kinda clichéd: there is the tough black guy (LL Cool J, acting cooler than he should), the beautiful latina looking woman, the computer geek, the shrink aspiring to be an agent, the misterious Chris O'Donnel character and the know-all old lady... but there is much worse out there and I watch some of the worse one and they don't put me to sleep! (at least not as often as NCIS:Los Angeles does).
Maybe they are sending weird subliminal messages during the shows... but then it would be quite stupid to send a message that puts ur audience to sleep, right?! Unless they are counting on getting the audience hooked in the first 10-15 minutes, then puts it to sleep the rest of the episode so we have to watch it again when the episode is shown at an alternative time, which equals more audience...
Ok, i guess i'm getting a bit out of control and better stop here.
(But if u do watch NCIS:Los Angeles and have a similar problem, let me know and let's chat some more about that!
Now I can definetely see a pattern forming: it happened last weekend twice (yeap, twice i put it on and twice i fell asleep before the end of the episode) and yesterday again. Thanks to it, last night I slept most of the night on my couch (I fell asleep at 9:30 and just woke up again at 3:30, computer still on, all lights on, make-up on my face...) and forgot to put my alarm on for the usual 6:15, so I was already running late when i got up at 6:30 and had to do my make-up in the car after running to meet my friend/driver in time (and i already was 2 minutes late).
I guess I should save new NCIS: Los Angeles episodes for friday nights, when I can sleep whenever I want and also wake up whenever I want. But still I wonder: why does this tv show so often puts me to sleep?
I mean, it's an action show which entails chases and guns and explosions... and there is Chris O'Donnell, who is no longer 20-something but has very nice blue eyes and still a very cute face to look at.
On the other hand, yes, the show is kinda clichéd: there is the tough black guy (LL Cool J, acting cooler than he should), the beautiful latina looking woman, the computer geek, the shrink aspiring to be an agent, the misterious Chris O'Donnel character and the know-all old lady... but there is much worse out there and I watch some of the worse one and they don't put me to sleep! (at least not as often as NCIS:Los Angeles does).
Maybe they are sending weird subliminal messages during the shows... but then it would be quite stupid to send a message that puts ur audience to sleep, right?! Unless they are counting on getting the audience hooked in the first 10-15 minutes, then puts it to sleep the rest of the episode so we have to watch it again when the episode is shown at an alternative time, which equals more audience...
Ok, i guess i'm getting a bit out of control and better stop here.
(But if u do watch NCIS:Los Angeles and have a similar problem, let me know and let's chat some more about that!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Password
Since my friend Carol gave me the idea of blogging my troubles away yesterday night, I've been thinking non-stop about things i could blog about... but of course, now that i'm actually doing it, I find myself quite without interesting things to say... Damn, my first attempt at writing and I already have writer's block.
So i guess i'll start with the very first idea i had yesterday.
Last night i needed to do a money transfer to a friend's account as she drives me to work everyday and I'm to pay her by month. It's already the 10th so I'm quite behind schedule, but anyway she knows where i live and work so there is no running from paying her. Besides if i continue not paying, she might as well just stop giving me rides, so we got a pretty clear reinforcer right there.
Anyway, the point is (you will realize soon enough that i talk in circles and get very easily lost my on own babbling) I could not remember the damn password for my online banking account!! And whose fault's is it??? My ex, of course.
That's my new strategy: blaming whatever I can on my ex, in an attempt to finally get angry at him and hopefully eventually move on. So it's his fault that i cannot remember the new password.
I think i actually had the password reset before the breakup, but since i cannot really remember, who can say otherwise?! I say it happened someday around that dommed friday night and as I cannot think of anything else but him since then, the blank I have now instead of the memory of the password is obviously caused by him.
Yeah...lame, very lame... not only a lame attempt at anger, but also a lame and very boring first blog post. But i'll continue working on both.
So i guess i'll start with the very first idea i had yesterday.
Last night i needed to do a money transfer to a friend's account as she drives me to work everyday and I'm to pay her by month. It's already the 10th so I'm quite behind schedule, but anyway she knows where i live and work so there is no running from paying her. Besides if i continue not paying, she might as well just stop giving me rides, so we got a pretty clear reinforcer right there.
Anyway, the point is (you will realize soon enough that i talk in circles and get very easily lost my on own babbling) I could not remember the damn password for my online banking account!! And whose fault's is it??? My ex, of course.
That's my new strategy: blaming whatever I can on my ex, in an attempt to finally get angry at him and hopefully eventually move on. So it's his fault that i cannot remember the new password.
I think i actually had the password reset before the breakup, but since i cannot really remember, who can say otherwise?! I say it happened someday around that dommed friday night and as I cannot think of anything else but him since then, the blank I have now instead of the memory of the password is obviously caused by him.
Yeah...lame, very lame... not only a lame attempt at anger, but also a lame and very boring first blog post. But i'll continue working on both.
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