Sunday 24 January 2010

Oh Looooord!! Cuckoo!!

if it wasn't so cold in the Netherlands...

...I would, for sure, use my bike more times!


and if I had my mp3 playing this song while biking...


Marina & the diamonds - Mowgli's road

...I would, for sure, ride the bike faster!!!

Another one Here. It was already 2 years ago...
Oh goshh, the time flies (or bikes fast, if you prefer!)

Saturday 23 January 2010

happiness is not something you look for…

...it's something you realize! =)

a short movie and a music (yann tiersen kind)...

Thursday 21 January 2010

parabéns tiaguinho aGU!


bjo grande da tiaaaa***

beirut stuff (or something alike!)

I fully support those kind of gatherings between people that play music and that..., that...

...well, just watch the movie here and you'll see.

this one was in brasil.
if it was in the netherlands, I would also recomend a fire camp (and a praying for a clean starlit sky).

tks dre**

=)

Tuesday 19 January 2010

a In Yang Van Gogh Something...

with some mails about pictures in between...

and a tune that Was closed inside a drawer.


haha

joão, if it wasn't for your comment about the "pelet", I wouldn't have continued! I would have slept more. I would have listened to it less (which would be bad... I like it).

so... "na na na na na"; and good luck***

;)

Sunday 17 January 2010

listening to music late in the night definitely does not help one fall asleep

but I just love lying on the bed during the night
just with the weak yellowish light coming from the lamp
just looking at the ceiling
just thinking about nothing
and just listening to Mirah...
without falling asleep
simply staying awake.

...

oh ohuuu oh oh ohuuu...

mirah - the garden

ps - thank you ju. ;)

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ouvir música quando a noite já vai longa, definitivamente não ajuda a adormecer

mas eu adoro estar deitada na cama durante a noite
apenas com a fraca luz amarelada que vem do candeeiro
apenas a olhar para o tecto
apenas a pensar sobre nada
e apenas a ouvir Mirah...
sem adormecer
simplesmente acordada...

...


oh ohuuu oh oh ohuuu...

Friday 15 January 2010

song of the day...

...for the day.

vanessa paradis - Il y a (original clip here, directed by johnny depp)

Thursday 14 January 2010

a cold definition

- cold is when you are invited by your housemates to go out and "enjoy" the white landscape outside and then say "No" because is too cold.

- cold is when your (supposed) "No" makes them insist till they finally convince you to go "just for 10 minutes and no more";

- cold is to put a lot (I mean: a lot!!!) of clothes before going out, so that you keep warm;

- when outside, cold is to feel cold even with the thousands of layers of coats, shirts and socks on your body;

- cold is to shrink your body and kind of semi-close your eyes behind a scarf while walking in the white street as if that could make you feel less cold (It's just an illusion... but still natural, instinctive).

- cold is to try to get warm no matter what, even if for that you need to try to "enjoy" the cold, i.e., ice skate, have a snow fight, jump and run on the snow (exactly like children do) or even buy a warm tea from the salesmen nearby, who, knowing how cold it is, had the fantastic idea of selling hot drinks.

- finally, if it's really cold (really really cold), then cold is to try to "enjoy" all of the previous cold activities in a frozen river, more specifically the Rhein, which flows (at least when it’ s not frozen) in front of my dutch window.


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uma definição fria

- frio é quando és convidado pelo pessoal da casa a sair e "desfrutar" da paisagem branca lá fora e dizer "Não" porque está muito frio.

- frio é quando o teu suposto "Não" os faz insistir até finalmente te convencerem a ir "mas só por 10 minutos e não mais."

- frio é pôr muita (mesmo muita) roupa antes de saíres de casa para te manteres quente.

- já lá fora, frio é sentires frio, mesmo com as centenas de camadas de casacos, camisolas e meias no corpo.

- frio é encolher o teu corpo e semi-fechar os teus olhos por detrás do cachecol durante o passeio pela rua nevada como se isso te fizesse sentir menos frio (é só uma ilusão, mas ainda assim natural, instintiva).

- frio é tentar aquecer a todo o custo, mesmo que para isso precises de tentar "divertir-te" com o frio, i.e. patinar, fazer uma guerra de bolas de neve, saltar e correr na neve (como as crianças fazem) ou até comprar um chá quente a vendedores lá perto que, por saberem o quão frio está, tiveram a ideia fantástica de vender bebidas quentes.

- finalmente, se estiver muito frio (mesmo muito), então frio é tentar "aproveitar" todas as actividades (frias) mencionadas atrás num rio congelado, mais especificamente no Reno, o qual flui (pelo menos quando não está congelado) em frente da minha janela holandesa.

Sunday 10 January 2010

Mandenmakerssteeg 13

It was -6ºC when I was going back home... at night, in the cold.

My steps were fast paced, just like the wind and the music playing on my mp3.

I was coming from an improvised cinema room
from a session of movies projected on the wall.

Nothing special happened...
But I just love these movie sessions,
The mood of silences and comments that spontaneously involves us
Or the atmosphere of cigarettes and beers naturally created by all.

Time flew and I didn’t even notice it.


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Estavam -6 graus quando caminhava para a casa... à noite, ao frio.
Os meus passos eram acelerados, tal como o vento e a musica a tocar no meu mp3.

Voltava de um quarto de cinema improvisado.
De uma sessão de filmes projectados na parede.

Não aconteceu nada de especial, mas eu adoro estas sessões de cinema,
A atmosfera de silêncios e comentários que se cria
Ou o ambiente de cigarros e cervejas que circulam pela sala.

Nem dei pelo tempo voar.

PS - obrigada pela inspiração joão! ;)

Friday 8 January 2010

a song...

of the kind that makes us (happily) drive, or walk, or run, or do whatever really fast (as the clip btw)...

Editors - Papillon

Wednesday 6 January 2010

a silent definition

*lu, me and pi.

non-portuguese stuff... definitely!

The Company Mail (BAD WEATHER) Warning for today:

"Dear Colleagues,

There is an imminent possibility of significant snowfalls and icy conditions in this area (Katwijk, Noordwijk and Leiden). You are strongly advised to consider carefully your times of departure this evening.

BlaBlaBla Informatics and Facility Management Division"


The Inês Thought after reading The Company Mail (BAD WEATHER) Warning for today:

"@#%@#$%@$^@#$^#$#$ !!!"

Friday 1 January 2010

a new year's eve...

made of a full moon...


...and its moonlight line!

;)