{ m o s h i m o s h i i i }

on brave friends

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:40:00 +0000

It’s hard to see close friends suffering with deception in their lifes. It’s hard to see really good people in pain for no good reason. It’s sad to see them deal with crazy stuff you think only happens in movies. It makes me angry how can someone be so selfish to harm another, specially when it’s the another you are supposed to care above everything. It’s sad to see love break with such an impact.
But on these incredible sad moments I’ve discovered how strong my friends are, how they managed to find strenght where you thought it wouldn’t be any left and they move life forward with new energy and new love. And I can only think how hard it must be and I feel so proud.

london

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:14:00 +0000

are you really my friend?

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:39:00 +0000

photo by tanja hollander.

like many people i have mixed feelings about facebook. i was never a great enthusiast but i have my account like everyone else and i admit to enjoy strolling through peoples lifes like a voyeur and drop my "likes" every now and then. and i also like to see what my distant friends are doing and believe i'm closer to them with comments and likes. at the beggining i was a "purist" - no, i will never accept anyone who is not my true friend! i soon ate my words when work colleagues and old highschool friends i didn't even remember the existence started asking to "become a friend". i quickly forgot my purist principles and now have 420 friends (too many? too few?) and often ask what is the sense of this community?
many times i abstain myself of saying something personal because shouting to 420 people my feelings or too many personal details feels too ackward. so then it's no longer a group of friends but a group of acquaintances. sometimes i think of using it as marketing for my photos and my shop but it would feel like i'm imposing something to supposed friends and i have created a special page for that anyway.

ok, i'm blabbing here. this long intro to share with you a really interesting project photographer Tanja Hollander created that i found through etsy's blog. she had similar thoughts about FB and on experience of reflection on the modern ways of communication decided to visit every one of her over 600 "friends" and photograph them in their homes. i thinks it's an amazing idea and a very personal journey too. can you imagine talking to all of your facebook friend's face to face?

etsy's blog post | are you really my friend? | the facebook page!

the other day silvia was also talking about her relationship with FB too.

thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:20:00 +0000

last saturday we pretended to be americans and gathered with some friends to have a turkey feast for thanksgiving!
i'm always amazed with talented cookers. F. got everything ready and we just had to bring the wine!
there was actually one american in the room so he took the pleasure of carving the amazing turkey for us.
it was so goooood! it was also so great to be with new friends laughing, telling stories and enjoying a good time. i treasure so much this moments...

here are some pictures (the vegetarians might be a bit shocked - sorry!)

and in the end another talented cook serve us pumpkin pie.
we were so full we didn't move until it was time to run for the train. what a lovely evening!

on frustration

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:53:00 +0000

how well do you deal with frustration? i'm lousy at it, i tell you. i get angry, i get harsh, i get helpless, i get depressed.
these days i'm seeing myself as a control freak and i'm not enjoying it. i envy so much people that just relax and seem to go with the flow. they seem to do the best they can and when things don't work out... well, there's always another day... do these people really exist? could i be one? a less stressful person less able to get angry and frustrated? what's the secret? how do you deal with your frustrations?

that fresh feeling

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:51:00 +0000

two months in london so far and as expected it feels like years since i left lisbon.
when you move to a different city (well, when you move in general) there are always so many things to do (get a house, get the phone, get the pillows, get the pans, get the bank account, get internet, get, get, get) that time just flies. then there is the incredible excitement of the new place, the new people you meet, all the novelties of the unknown that make everyday exciting.
london has been treating me so well. i’ve walked and walked its streets, been to exhibitions, cafes, restaurants, parks, bookshops and cinemas. well most of the time i’m actually stuck in a room studying and working but i’m treasuring every break i can get! and to be honest being stuck in a room studying and working is a such a privilege.
but i don’t believe every londoner sees london like i’m seeing these days and i wonder how would it be possible to keep this magic enchantment to last. i mean, i’m originally from one of the most beautiful cities in the world (yes, lisbon – if you haven’t been you're missing out on something) and yet it was so easy to find lisbon dull and boring. that was one of the reasons i joined couchsurfing, to see lisbon through a foreigner’s eye. it was magic and refreshing, i re-discovered my own city, i was forced to leave the sofa and the neighborhood to do sightseeing, to walk around and to be amazed again with the city i take for granted.

so far london is magic and refreshing. will it ever be boring?

11/11/11 - 11 things I love about london

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:29:00 +0000

i like this number coincidences. i like this calendar supersticions. although this wasn't the best of days - had a headache, spent all day working in a room with no windows and I'll be working till late* - still is a special day.

so i thought i could write down 11 things I like about london. here they are:

1. parks - i don't thing i will ever get tired of walking in a park, any park.
2. regent's canal - walk walk walk :)
3. art art art - galleries, street art, museums, libraries
4. street shopping - i think it's the best way to shop, walking on the street, not in a shooping mall.
5. markets - same reason as previous but even more authentic
6. double deckers - i know, so turisty!
7. british accent - and a café lady caaling me love.
8. central heating - no more cold winters :P :P :P portugal!
9. world food - even with little money you can taste the world
10. urbanism - low rise buildings, small single houses, this city is designed for people.
11. energy - this city is boosting!

i'm curious to come back to this list in a couple of months!
how did you spent this special day? can you tell me 11 things you like about the place you live?

* but with some rest i kicked my migraine away and had the best of dinners - sausage, apple and fennel with mash - so life is great again!

berlin

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:44:00 +0000

the wall fell 22 years ago.

this image is from a series called "tierra de nadie" by juan margolles, showing the areas where the wall used to be. berlin still needs to be stitched. i'm sad that there are still so many walls to tear down in the world.

splash!

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:59:00 +0000

Now that temperatures are dropping I remembered that 3 weeks ago I was actually splashing in an outdoor swimming pool in Hampstead Heath.

If someone had told me that in October I would be taking my swimming suit on an outdoor pool in London I would have send them to the doctor! But it happened and it was great! Crowded, noisy, cold water, hot sun and marvellous!

There are several outdoor pools troughout the city and, if you prefer something more "natural" you can actually swim in Hampstead Heath ponds!

Still weather has been gorgeous. I love cold sunny autumn days!

one month

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:15:00 +0000

So without really noticing my first month in London flew by!
It has been extremely rich and also a rollercoaster of emotions but I've been hanging on. Maybe, like the image I took above, still feeling a bit lost.
London is a weird city... every 1 in 3 people I cross in the street is not speaking english. Maybe I can give you an idea of how "foreigner" this city is when, at the supermarket, the cashier asked me where I was from. I hadn't even spoke and I've been told I look english (well, probably not but what is english that's my point?). Is it that maybe everyone is always from other place?
Everybody seems to be here in some kind transitional phase, even english people, even if it's been 10 years in town!
It is not helping that in my course we are around 43 students from 18 different countries and only 3 are english (and the only one from London has an italian mother and a japanese father, very londonner I guess). With so many different nationalities and cultures around I sometimes feel I actually moved to Babel Town. I also wonder how this feels for an english person? Do they love this gigantic multicultural community or do they feel their culture is being destroyed by this flow of people?
And then there is London, beautiful London, Victorian London with it's brick facades, with the pubs, with the double-decker bus, with the amazingly beautiful and amazingly big parks. London like an odd scenario to woman in burka, punks, yuppies and young portuguese girls trying to feel a little less lost.

from camden to hyde park - part 4

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:10:00 +0000

in the end i wanted to reach peter zumthor's pavillion for the serpentine gallery, but it was too dark...

via pan am

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:27:00 +0000

above image by me crossing the andes between argentina and chile.

Via PanAm is a beautiful trip that photographer Kadir Van Lohuizen decided to embark on to capture the big theme of "migration". The americas (from north to south) have an incredible history on this subject and Kadir's photographs have a very poetic sense.

It is also an curious project because it was developped as an iPad app and there is an interesting reflection on these new digital supports on the british journal of photography.

(via the portfolio project's facebook)

from camden to hyde park - part 3

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:26:00 +0000

from camden to hyde park - part 2

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:32:00 +0000

steve jobs

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0000

i'm no apple fanatic but i must admit this guy was special.
i have posted this video before but it is always good to remember this speech:

stay hungry. stay foolish.

interview

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:21:00 +0000

hey! i was interviewed! you can read it here at {a place for twiggs}.

psss! and you can buy the beautiful image above here. ;)

from camden to hyde park - part1

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:58:00 +0000

On the amazing sunny days London gave me I've walked like a maniac trying to catch every ray of sun available. Here is one of those walks. Hope you enjoy. London light is so beautiful.

indian summer

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:44:00 +0000

London is beautiful these days.

6 months can be a long time. 6 months fly so quickly.

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:24:00 +0000

I'm writing these words from my old but confortable appartment in Camden, London. It's been some exciting days (feels like weeks) and I'm still digesting so much novelty.
Since it's been about six months since I last posted properly I decided it was fair to give you an idea of the last months before moving to London.

I've seen my friends babies grow so much and some new ones have joined the family. I've been to family meetings.

I've been out for dinners at crazy chinese restaurants and mistery meals with new friends. I've stayed in for dinner with close friends. I've been on parks having yummi food in picnics. I've celebrated 5 years of a great love.

I went to my first bullfight. I've seen a friend getting married. I've been dancing for days in a music festival. I've sold my photographic prints on fairs and had a great foreign fan. My grandma has helped me :) I've applied for a master and have been accepted.

I've done a journey of a lifetime from Saint Petersburg to Beijing by train. I've had the world staying at my place with couschsurfing. I've visited my childhood places. We've left the appartment where we were happy. I've hurried to the hospital to visit my grandma. I've left Lisbon for London.

And here I am. Now. Ready.

Ps:
On a side note, I will write this blog in english. It's a way to get more used to my new everyday language. I am by no means fluent in english but hope you can all understand what I write. I would love to translate what I write to portuguese but, honestly, I don't think I'll have the time :). Thank you for understanding.

A partir de hoje, vou escrever em inglês. Já o fiz e sempre é mais uma maneira de me ir habituando a esta minha nova língua do dia-a-dia. Não sou fluente em inglês mas espero que compreendam o que escrevo. Gostaria de oferecer uma tradução para português mas, honestamente, acho que não vou ter tempo :). Obrigada pela vossa compreensão.

long live moshimoshiii

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:29:00 +0000

eu sei eu sei que deixei este blog ao abandono mas nunca me esqueço dele e fico sensibilizada pelos visitantes que ainda aqui continuam a passar.
estes últimos meses foram uma montanha russa e os próximos ainda vão ser mais e eu quero vir aqui contar-vos tudo, mas hoje é só um post com um convite para me visitarem amanhã na feira urbana da graça.
vai ser a última feira em que vou participar este ano porque uma das novidades é que vou mudar-me para londres em setembro!
vou ter algumas fotografias novas, como a que ilustra este post, e que também podem ver na loja online ( kanpai.etsy.com ) e descontos para escoar o stock! quem quer uma coisa bonita para a casa?

vencedor! winner!

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:18:00 +0000

and the winner is:

parabéns!
caro/cara superM envia-me um e-mail (letterstosushilover [] gmail.com) para combinarmos o envio!

muito muito obrigada a todos os que participaram e me ajudaram a escolher novas imagens para a loja! obrigada também pelos elogios e incentivos, sabem sempre tão bem.
a todos os que participaram no sorteio gostava de oferecer portes gratuitos em qualquer impressão da loja!
se quiserem aproveitar escrevam-me!
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congratulations superM!
thank you so much to all of you who participated!
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e quem ganhou no facebook? vamos lá ver?
and who won in facebook? let's see?

busy people

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:15:00 +0000

o google reader diz-me que tenho 88 seguidores, o feedburner que tenho 117 subscribers e no entanto para o sorteio só se candidataram (até à data) 2 pessoas. por mim tudo bem, só tenho um calendário para oferecer mesmo, mas vamos lá pessoal que aqui não paga nada e ainda aproveitavam bem 10 meses do calendário!

senão terei o maior prazer em enviar a prenda à rita ou à sílvia (som de tambores a rufar).

é só até amanhã.

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google reader tells me I have 88 followers, feedburner that 117 people subscribe this blog and yet, until now, only 2 people have participated in the giveaway. it's fine for me, i only have one calendar to offer anyway, but come on guys it's really for free and there are still 10 great months to use from the calendar.

if not i will be very glad to send the gift to rita or sílvia (drums rolling).

you have it until tomorrow.

sorteio! giveaway!

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:09:00 +0000

hoje percebei que fevereiro, mês que mal dei conta, está quase a acabar. estou a sentir este ano a escorregar entre os dedos e não estou a gostar.

e então, sem perder mais tempo, hoje quero partilhar um presente convosco. tenho ainda dois dos meus calendários e decidi oferecê-los não em um mas em dois sorteios!

1º sorteio: para os meus leais leitores aqui no blog

{ um calendário + uma fotografia 5x7 à escolha da loja }

só têm que fazer 2 coisas:

a) visitar esta galeria online e dizer-me qual das imagens gostavam de ver como impressão na loja

b) qual das fotografias disponíveis agora na loja escolheriam (não se preocupem, se forem os vencedores podem mudar de ideias)

deixem o vosso comentário neste post até próxima quarta-feira 2 de Março.
o(a) vencedor(a) será anunciado na quinta!

2º sorteio: facebook!

{ um calendário + uma fotografia 5x7 à escolha da loja }

só têm que ir até à página do kanpai!, clicar em "gosto" e repetir o processo:

a) visitar esta galeria online e dizer-me qual das imagens gostavam de ver como impressão na loja

b) qual das fotografias disponíveis agora na loja escolheriam (não se preocupem, se forem os vencedores podem mudar de ideias)

o prazo limite é também na quarta-feira, dias 2 de Março.

podem deixar um comentário aqui e no facebook, aumentando assim as hipóteses de ganharem o sorteio!

haverá um vencedor no blog e outro no facebook.

podem espalhar a notícia e partilhar com os vossos amigos e leitores.

boa sorte!

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i noticed today that february, a month I hardly noticed, is ending! i'm feeling this year slipping through my fingers and i'm not liking it.

but today i want to share a gift with you. I still have two calendars of mine and decided to do not one but two giveaways!

1st giveaway: for my beloved readers here at the blog

{ a 2011 calendar + a print 5x7 of your choice from the shop }

you just need to do two things:

a) visit this online gallery and tell me which of the images you would like to see on my shop .

b) tell me which of the prints now at the shop you would choose (don't worry, if you're the winner you can change your mind later)

just leave a comment on this post before march the 2nd. Winner will be announced on thursday.

2nd giveaway: facebook!

{ a 2011 calendar + a print 5x7 of your choice from the shop }

Just head to kanpai!'s page, "like" it and repeat the process:

a) visit this online gallery and tell me which of the images you would like to see on my shop .

b) tell me which of the prints now at the shop you would choose (don't worry, if you're the winner you can change your mind latter)

Deadline is also next wednesday march 2nd.

You can leave your comment both here and facebook and increase your chances of winning!

You can also spread the news and share this giveaway with your friends and readers.

Good luck!

ave mundi luminari

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:23:00 +0000

quando o ave mundi luminari saiu eu queria ser como a ângela silva. ontem à noite voltei a querer e tive saudades do rodrigo leão mais clássico. mas depois a ana vieira mostrou-me que há espaço para os dois.

all is full of love #5

noreply@blogger.com (sushi lover) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:42:00 +0000

all is full of love #4
all is full of love #3
all is full of love #2
all is full of love #1