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A week to my birthday!

gigi — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:33:46 +0000

Photo by Cade CC Licence: Attribution, Non-Commercial, Non Derivative Work

I like birthdays. They are happy events. I like celebrating things.
For my birthday, on the 20th November, I wish cake and bubbly! ;)

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Uma semana para o meu aniversário!

Gosto de aniversários. São ocasiões agradáveis. Gosto de celebrar coisas.
No meu aniversário, dia 20 de Novembro, desejo bolo e vinho espumante. ;)

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On living in the UK - II

gigi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:20:32 +0000

My neighborhood. Vista do meu bairro

Some of the thinks I like about the UK:

- Brick houses;
- The string light switch in the bathroom to turn on the light;
- Pubs;
- Good pub food;
- Having the four seasons again;
- Topshop, Boots, Ann Summers and Borders;
- The access to BBC iPlayer and Spotify;
- London in general;
- Camden town;
- Buying the bus ticket from the driver;
- The way some old people say “alright love?”;
- The amount of people wearing hats and skirts;
- The good cappuccinos.

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Algumas das coisas que gosto no Reino Unido:

- Casas de tijolo;
- O cordão de abrir a luz na casa de banho;
- Pubs;
- Boa comida de pub;
- Voltar a ter quatro estações;
- Topshop, Boots, Ann Summers e Borders;
- Ter acesso ao BBC iPlayer e ao Spotify;
- London em geral;
- A vila de Camden;
- Comprar o bilhete de autocarro ao motorista;
- A maneira como alguns velhotes dizem “alright love?”;
- A quantidade de gente que usa chapéus e saias;
- Os cappuccinos bem feitos.

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Things I’m enjoying

gigi — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:19:43 +0000

Postcrossing.com - Since I’ve been here I’ve sent almost double the postcards I sent from Portugal. It’s a fun hobby. It consists in sending a bunch of postcards to people and waiting for the same amount of postcard to arrive in your mail. You can read more here.

Desde que cá estou já enviei quase o dobro dos postais que enviei de Portugal. É um passatempo engraçado. Consiste em enviar um monte de postais para pessoas diferentes e esperar pela mesma quantidade de postais de outras pessoas. Muito bem pensado! Podem ler mais, em inglês, aqui.

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Pomme d’Amour - Tea sent to us from Belgium by our dear friend Inês. It smells heavenly of apples, sugar and roses. You can buy it in Brussels here.

Chá enviado pela querida amiga Inês da Bélgica. Cheira maravilhosamente a maçã, açúcar e rosas. Podem compra-lo em Bruxelas aqui.

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Dailyburn.com - Thanks to a tweet from Célia I’m really having fun logging my daily intake of food and water. Yesterday I ACTUALLY drank 8 glasses of water, can you believe it!? It’s motivational.

Graças a um tweet da Célia estou a divertir-me à grande a contabilizar o que como e a quantidade de água que ingiro. Ontem consegui mesmo beber os 8 copos de água recomendados! É motivante.

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Oh the insanity…

gigi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:56:22 +0000

Check this out. It’s the most insane thing I saw all week and I see lots of insane stuff.

It’s one of the songs you can play by in the “Hit Machine” game up at OMGPOP.com

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Summer in Portugal

gigi — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:42:44 +0000

I’ve spent the last 10 days in Portugal. Visiting family, seeing some friends and enjoying the last summer days of 2009.
I wish I had more time to see all our friends. Next time!

I finally met Eduardo, son of Susana and her husband. He is a charmer!

Had some time with my parents.

Ate my grandmother’s warm bread.

Watched Leonor walk, live.

Had dinner with friends, in Coimbra.

But it’s good to be back home. :)

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Mojitos

gigi — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:31:51 +0000

I was in the mood for some mojitos so I made some.

Mojitos recipe

- 3 fresh mint sprigs;
- 1 tblsp sugar;
- 3 tblsp fresh lemon juice;
- Ice;
- 1 1/2 oz Havana Club rum (4 tblsp);
- sparkly water.

Put 2 sprigs of mint in a tall thin glass and crush it with a fork or spoon;
Add the sugar and the lemon juice and stir;
Top the glass with ice and add the rum;
Top of with the sparkly water and add a the remaining mint and a lemon slice.

Inspired by this one.

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On living in the UK - I

gigi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:40:03 +0000

I’m living in the UK for 40 days and these are 10 things I’ve learned so far:

The Harry Potter world is not special. Everywhere looks like that;
They call public schools to private schools;
They eat way to much sugar;
They sell sweets (candy) in clothes shops;
They are not big fans of ironing;
They talk fast and are easily bored if you don’t talk as fast;
The health service is really free - as in ZERO money;
They are immensely shy around foreigners - that can be interpreted as snootiness;
Girls like to show their bottoms;
There is mail delivery on Saturdays.

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Estou a viver no Reino Unido há 40 dias e estas são 10 coisas que já aprendi:

O mundo Harry Potter não é especial. Em todo o lado é assim;
Chamam escolas públicas a escolas privadas;
Comem demasiados doces;
Vendem doces nas lojas de roupa;
Não são muito fãs de passar a roupa a ferro;
Falam rápido e cansam-se depressa de falar connosco se não falarmos depressa também;
Os serviços de saúde são realmente grátis - como em ZERO dinheiro;
São extremamente tímidos ao pé de estrangeiros - isso pode ser interpretado como snobismo;
As miúdas gostam de mostrar o rabo;
Há entrega de correspondência ao sábado.

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Things I Love Thursday

gigi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:57:03 +0000

1. Untitled, 2. Totally from scratch Cherry Pie, 3. Portuguese rice muffins, 4. Converse All Star

Gosto de pintar as unhas de vermelho, de enviar postais aniversário, de viver noutro sítio, do Stephen Fry, de perder tempo na Borders e de beber cappuccinos.

I like to paint my nails red, to send birthday cards, to live elsewhere, Stephen Fry, to spend hours looking for books in Borders and of cappuccinos.

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Not Too Late

gigi — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:09:37 +0000

Ando a ouvir este album.

I’m listening to this album.

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“New” used bike

gigi — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:19:13 +0000

Na passada quinta-feira ganhei no eBay o leilão desta bicicleta usada. £40 (€47/$65) a precisar de cabos de travão novos, de uma limpeza geral e talvez de uma pequena lubrificação. Pensei em comprar a mais barata que havia no supermercado mas custava £80 (€94/$130) e tinha péssimas reviews.

E eu gosto de projectos.

Last Tuesday I won on eBay this used bike. £40 (€47/$65) in need of new brake cables, a good scrub and maybe a lube bottle. It crossed my mind to buy instead the cheapest bike they sell on the supermarket but it costs £80 (€94/$130) and it had the worst reviews ever.

And I like projects.

Fomos buscá-la hoje.

We picked her up today.

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