Reading the newspaper!
Espinho, Portugal.
25.02.10
Today was very windy.
In Espinho´s bay the waves were very very big!
Rua 4, Espinho, Portugal.
24.02.10
My kit from The Genographic Project from sponsored by National Geographic just arrived!
Basically it is a swap cheek DNA kit. After sending it back, your DNA is tested against migration population tracers and your deep ancestry is determined!
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal
23.02.10
In the background you have Porto´s city hall.
You cannot get more central than this!
Avenida dos Aliados, Porto, Portugal.
22.02.10
Want to taste the best Rhum in the whole world?
Look no further... just have Havana Club.
you can have Margaritas, Cuba Livres or just plain... anyway it is the best Rhum in the world.
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal,
21.02.10
This is my Mexican band made out of chewed paper! It comes from Mazatlan (Mexico).
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal.
20.02.10
Today I had a grape fruit. I haven´t eaten one in ages... so when I started eating it, I was really amazed with the best taste ever... I forgot how good grape fruit are... If you haven´t had a grape fruit in a while..., please have one so you can remenber how good it is!
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal.
19.02.10
Those are my incredible fridge magnets!
When I travel, I try to find the best fridge magnets so they can end up on my fridge!
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal.
17.02.10
Today I saw for the first time a football match in HD.
Looks like the players are running next to you. I was really impressive.... because FC Porto won over Arsenal!!! It was epic!
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal.
16.02.10
Far in the background you can see the illuminated RTP antenna. It broadcasts the public channels in the north of Portugal.
Gaia Hospital, Vila Nova da Gaia, Portugal.
15.02.10
This was my first Japanese reading exercise. I can tell you that it took me a while to get through the whole page. But at the end it felt nice!!
Porto, Portugal.
14.02.10
This is the Antiquities and works of Art Fair in Lisbon. There where some really nice things although I thought that everything was a bit too expensive (expect a few items).
Feira das Antiguidades e Obras de Arte, Ex-FIL, Junqueira, Lisbon, Portugal.
13.02.10
Photo taken by Mr.D. He wanted my to imitate spider-man climbing a wall! This was my best attempt.
Torres Novas, Portugal
12.02.10
The light pattern that the sun rays make traveling through the shutters is simply really beautiful. It is nice to be able to see the dust particles traveling through air currents.
Home, S.Félix da MArinha, Portugal.
07.02.10
This is my office boomerang... It is really cool to trow it, and it won´t break anything because it is made out of foam!
Home, São Félix da Marinha, Portugal.
06.02.10
On the 9th of October 1976 this place became the fist shopping mall in Porto! It is the Shopping Mall "Brasília".
Boavista Round About, Porto, Portugal.
05.02.10
Me and the lot (Daniela, Belmiro and Sobral) dinning at the restaurant called "Fifteen".
It is nice and inexpensive (which is always nice)!
"Fifteen" Restaurant, Rua 15, Espinho, Portugal.
03.02.10
From 3 of February till 12 we have the Porto Restaurant Week. Basically is an event were very good restaurants make a 20€ menu including starter, main dish and dessert. So the natural thing to do was to go to Itamae (Japanese restaurant).
So me, Jorge, Rui and Nelma had a very nice meal. At some stage during dinner, Rui talked about table tennis... So when we left the restaurant and we were heading back to the car, we saw a small caffé that was advertising snooker tables. We went in and asked if by any chance they had a table tannis table. For our amazement, they had one...
We played some 11 point matchs and I basically won then all, because I am (was) a great ping-pong master! (lol)
Rua Miguel Bombarda, Porto, Portugal.
02.02.10
This is my amazing magic 8-ball (disguised as a smiley face). This is a toy used to seek advice or for fortune-telling. The fist magic 8-ball had the shape of a ball (obviously) and was painted like an oversized 8-ball (mine is more modern, hence the smiley face).
More information (from here):
"The device was invented in 1946 by Albert Carter, son of a clairvoyant, who marketed and sold the device with Abe Bookman of the Alabe Crafts Company (a company named for the first letters in Carter's and Bookman's first names). Although Carter is the inventor, Bookman is often credited for the invention of the device. It is a hollow, plastic sphere resembling an oversized, black and white 8-ball. Inside is a cylindrical reservoir containing a white, plastic, icosahedral die floating in alcohol with dissolved dark blue dye. The die is hollow, with openings in each face, allowing the die to fill with fluid, giving the plastic die minimal buoyancy. Each of the 20 faces of the die has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed on it in raised letters. There is a transparent window on the bottom of the 8-ball through which these messages can be read.
To use the ball, it must be held with the window initially facing down. After "asking the ball" a yes or no question, the user then turns the ball so that the window faces up, setting in motion the liquid and die inside. When the die floats to the top and one of its faces is pressed against the window, the raised letters displace the blue liquid to reveal the message as white letters on a blue background. Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary (or recommended) to shake or jostle the ball before turning it, as doing so can create air bubbles that may visually distort the answer."
Home, S.Félix da Marinha, Portugal.
PS - Needless to say that the most frequent 8-ball question is: "Is ..........(name of person who is in front of you) stupid?" LOL :-)
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