Pensamentos Aleatorios aka as Random Thoughts

Se ha coisa que me irrita e chegar ao escritorio, abrir o Outlook e nao ter nenhum email para ler. Irrita me pah! Eh quase tao mau como deixar o tlm em casa, chegar ao final do dia e nao ter nem umazinha chamada nao atendida.

Enfim.. falando de coisas mais relevantes:
Hoje cheguei a casa e la me convenci a arrastar me para o ginasio. Esta banha na barriga precisa de tratamento intensivo! Estava tudo a correr bem (desde que sai do meu quarto ate ah entrada do apartamento) quando sem querer olho para a cozinha.. Erro crasso! A minha roomate estava a deliciar se com uma "tabua de queijos" e paozinho estaladico. Mas porque?! Porque logo agora que ja tinha decidido ir perder umas caloriazinhas naquela maquina que faz as nossas perninhas andar as voltinhas, mas que nao eh a bicicleta (baptizei a de eliptica mas ninguem sabe bem qual eh o seu verdadeiro nome).

Enfim.. la tive que comer queijo e pao ate nao poder mais com o sentimento de culpa e la fui de seguida ate ao ginasio.. Novamente tudo a correr bem ate a momento em que entrei na "sala".. entao nao eh que cheirava a suor que tresandava? Eh pah, que o queijo cheire mal e tal ate eh compreensivel.. mas ter que exercizar o corpinho e levar com a transpiracao dos outros comeca a ser desafios a mais. Enfim, la me enchi de forca e concentrei me em levar o meu objectivo ate ao fim...

Mas nao foi facil, porque, ainda por cima, logo me apercebi que quase todas as maquinas estavam cheias! Por breves momentos passou se me um pequeno "vaipe" (escrito ah bela maneira tuga) pela cabeca e estive vai nao va para comecar a gritar histericamente: . A ideia era gritar e gesticular simultaneamente...

Mas depois la me lembrei que os gajos provavelmente nao falavam portugues (e mesmo que pudessem ter alguns antepassados em Goa, a expressao enxerto de porrada e relativamente recente) e la me concentrei novamente no meu objectivo. La fiz uns exerciozitos que me lembrava de uma ou outra vez que fui la ao ginasio da Lapa e inspirei me com as aventuras do David (Hasselhoff) no seu belo Kit (sim, porque ha uma televisao no nosso ginasio). E foi assim que passado uma horita la consegui dizer a mim mesma "Prova Superada"!

E pronto(s)... agora que ja partilhei tudo isto no meu blog, sinto me muito melhor!! Viva a liberdade de expressao!

Can please someone explain me what is going on?

We just felt an earthquake here. Small one, but frightening enough for most of the skyscrapers and tall buildings to be evacuated.

Rumors say that a big one has happened in Iran (Update: 6.1 Earthquake confirmed in Iran)

I opened CNN.com and they mention an earthquake in China to have happened early morning (during the night in China).

I hate this feeling? Especially when it is already the second one I feel in one year. Damn. Its getting closer.

One of my songs...

Some songs, some lyrics, some tunes just seem to stick to you, no matter how much time passes by... For me, this song is one of those songs... No words to describe it.

Dona desses trai�oeiros
Sonhos, sempre verdadeiros
Oh Dona desses animais
Dona de seus ideais
Pelas ruas onde andas
Onde mandas todos n�s
Somos sempre mensageiros
Esperando tua voz
Teus desejos, uma ordem
Nada � nunca, nunca � n�o
Por que tens essa certeza
Dentro do teu cora��o
Tan, tan, tan, batem na porta
N�o precisa ver quem �
Pra sentir a impaci�ncia
Do teu pulso de mulher
Um olhar me atira � cama
Um beijo me faz amar
N�o levanto, n�o me escondo
Porque sei que �s minha
Dona...
Dona desses trai�oeiros...
Sonhos sempre verdadeiros...
N�o h� pedras em teu caminho
N�o h� ondas no teu mar
N�o h� vento ou tempestade
Que te impe�am de voar
Entre a cobra e o passarinho
Entre a pomba e o gavi�o
Ou teu �dio ou teu carinho
Nos carregam pela m�o
� a mo�a da cantiga
A mulher da cria��o
Umas vezes nossa amiga
Outras nossa perdi��o
O poder que nos levanta
A for�a que nos faz cair
Qual de n�s ainda n�o sabe
Que isso tudo te faz
Dona, Dona...

Roupa Nova

Random Happyness...

As I lay on my bed, with my laptop on my lap, I cant help smiling.

It has been a great/crazy weekend, I am"talking" over Messenger with the best friend someone can have, parents coming tomorrow and a flat full with positive energy once again. I can hear Alisha and Alex in the living room and it sounds so good. Nadine is smiling again. And hopefully even greater news on the way.

I am happy.

And that reminds me I havent feel happy in a while.

Its gonna rain!

According to BBC Weather it is going to rain in Dubai this Saturday...

Lets see if the weather man (in this case, site) is right.

If he his I might have to go shopping and buy a raincoat. Just in case the deluge is coming.

I dont know, but for me the wind outside is already a bad sign.

You know you are working in Dubai when...

You spend your Thursday afternoon watching "Tennis Legends Rock Dubai" with Bjorn Borg and others, in the VIP Stand.
You attend the Islamic Financial Awards on Monday at the Hyatt, have Tuesday's lunch at the Marriott and skip the Nokia N Series Launch party at the Ritz because you only left the Fairmont Hotel meeting you had with customers at 11pm.

Life is tough. :)

Istanbul Durma*!!

Istanbul... a glimpse of home.

Everyone who talked to me in the past days is probably sick of hearing me.. but it is true. Istanbul reminds me SO much of Lisbon and home! The hills, the people, the places, the river... It is as if Lisbon and Istanbul are twin cities, with their remarkable similarities and, of course, their individual unique characteristics.

I loved every second of it and I definetely want to go back and explore more of Turkey!

It all started with 7 hours waiting at the airport for the plane to take off and 4 hours journey but developed like this...

Highlights:
- Colt weather and rain!!! (yes, it is an highlight, if you are coming from no rain no cold Dubai!!)
- Raky, Raky, Raky;
- Cuban Bar and dancing salsa with random people
- Doner, Doner, Doner

There is nothing better than a "good old" beef Doner after hard clubing!

- Amazing cruise trip on the Bosphorus River

Turkish coffee time! :) (I swear, if they just painted the bridge red and called the river Tagus.. I would be in Lisbon!)

- Topkapi Palace

Outside Topkapi Palace


Topkapi Palace Gate, facing the Blue Mosque

- Tea, tea tea

Being a tea lover I was in heaven, drinking tea all the time! This was one of my favourite spots.. I could definetely see myseld spending "reading afternoons" here! In the photo you can see the coolest travelmates, Mat and Alisha!!

- Meeting my favorite Turkish guy again! And partying hard the Turkish night with him, his lovely sister and her boyfriend! You guys are great!!!

I, Ali and Alisha and the sunset in Istanbul

Enjoying the Turkish Night

- Learning our first turkish words: tamam, ofendam!! ofendam! and numbers up to 6!!! "ichtana tchai, please!" :) :)
- Baklova (amazing sweet that Alisha and I ate all the time)
- Backgammon afternoon, listening to the rain outside, playing with the cat

- Mosques, lots of mosques and their minarets, creating a magic horizon over Istanbul
- Raky Bottle before leaving the hotel
- Turkish live music at a random bar and belly dancing at random turkish disco.
- Screaming "Dubai words" to get into a disco for more than 30 min (random, SO random)
- Hague Sophia and the Blue Mosque (beautiful, just beautiful!!).

Hague Sophia - It was built as a church and then transformed into a mosque. Inside you can see Christ and Virgin Mary mosaics face to face to Islamic inscriptions and ornaments. Simply magical.

The Blue Mosque. Just beautiful and peaceful. Although you can only see 4 in the picture, this mosque has actually 6 minarets! Impressive hein?

One of the beauties of the Blue Mosque and Hague Sophie is the fact that they are facing eachother and are really close to eachother. This photo of the Blue Mosque was taken from one of the windows, inside Hague Sophie.

- Opening the hotel room window and thinking I was in Lisbon every morning.
- People on the street, walking arm in arm. Smiling.
- Being toured around Turkish bars and discos by these Kirgystan girl and Istanbul guy who barely knew us and barely spoke english. Incredibly nice people!
- Kids line fishing over the Bosphorus

Its amazing how everyone just loves to come and spend their time fishing on the Bosphorus.. Reminded me of when my brother, father and I used to do it too...

Ovearll, the entire trip was an Highlight. And certainly one of my best times since I left Portugal.. Cant wait for the next travel!

*Durma means Non Stop in Turkish. The funny thing is that it means "to sleep" in portuguese.

6 months...

It seems that 6 months ago, around 9.30 pm, I was arriving to Dubai.

It passed SO fast!

Today I should be writing about objectives, about expectations, about sum ups and conclusions. About feelings, success and failures.

But not today. I am too tired.

Coming soon...

Coming soon, updates on:

- 1st of November Celebrations - From Diwali to "Day of the Deads"
- End of Ramadan
- Amazing Eid holidays here...