Men vs Women

Talking with a friend the other day, made me think about our society and the rights that women and men claim. In spite of considering both as equal, our society, in practice, doesn't exactly treat both as equals.
Ok, I didn't say nothing new, but I started thinking and realized that both men and women don't exactly wanted to treated exactly as equals. Women still love the idea of a charming knight with the shining armor, and men still love the idea of the princess on the top of the unreachable tower...
Both want to reduce the gap in those things in which they are in disadvantage before the other, but none wants to loose the "advantages" each has...
Maybe the trick is finding the equilibrium point...
Well... maybe not!!!

late working

Its almost midnight and I'm still at work.
Every room and corridor is quiet. Not so bad. eveyrthing is calm and noone bothers me...
In spite of beeing late I have a great view anyway to cher me up...

When Monday feels like Thursday...

This is definitively one of those weeks.
A guy from work was using the single piece of equipment I needed this week and he could be using lighter versions of it.
So instead of using my labs equipment I had to use another one in another lab, 2 floors down and slightly different from what I'm used to.
But I'm keeping doing other things I my regular place. This means that something eventually goes wrong and that's what happened. Didn't exactly ruined my work but affected its future performance and my boss in on me. Which means Monday morning she is asking for results and I'm having a very hard time getting it done then. Yesterday started working at 8:20 and only left around 22:30....
And it seems that is going to be like that all week. Maybe saturday as well....
But a man has got to do what a man has got to do!!! Better days will come...
If not before I have some good friends visiting me in November and December... If not before so let it be then.
Well... maybe not!!!

In the Drave.....

This was back to scouts weekend.
After a month of holidays, my group was back to the normal functioning and back to the activities for the kids. Before that we wnet camping to our Rover's National Base. This time we were helping to restore the roof of one house. The wood supporting the roof's stone cover was getting rotten and they have been putting aditional isolation in it. Some of the houses were already improved and this was the time to start imporving another of the houses belonging to our association.
It were 4 days away from the "outter" world, away from the mobile phone, in a very calm and quiet place. A good time to rest, although you are never stopped.
It was good to be back there.
Here are the pictures...


Its just behind that hill.... keep walking!


Drave


Making dinner inside


1st step - remove the roof


fire cooking (bread and chouriço)


taking the rest of the roof off


bath time?


The trail marked with the old ox cart's wheels


baking bread


Now replacing the wodden structure


keep going


Now it's time to put the stones back


Cooking the bread and making tea...


Keeping warm...

Well... maybe not!!!

Vermelho e branco ou verde escuro?!....

Se estás fora de contexto o mais provavel é não entenderes.

Vermelho e branco ou verde escuro: eis a questão?!
Definitivamente esta é uma altura muito lixada. Há qualquer que me está a passar ao lado e estou a detestar a situação em que estou. O vermelho diz-me muito mas cada vez mais aqueles que também do vermelho vivem e com os quais tenho mais contacto, vão noutra direcção. Talvez sim, talvez não ou então sou eu que não percebo. Porque muitos há que também do vermelho vivem que aparentemente o vivem da mesma forma que eu. Sendo assim não devo estar tão errado. Então porque é que me sinto à parte. Será que já é altura de mudar para o verde escuro? Duvido. Da maneira em que as coisas estão há verde escuro a mais e assim talvez evito meter-me em guerras. Há coisas que se passam no mundo do verde escuro que não devem ser para eu perceber ou entender. Há demasiadas guerrinhas e muitas questões pessoais metidas ao barulho no meio de algo onde essas questões não deveriam ser importantes.
O que fazer. Para one me viro. Abandonar o barco parece-me uma decisão errada. O que faço? Deixo-me estar?! Nunca fui de me deixar estar mas também não tenho vontade de comprar guerras. O engraçado é que não sou apenas eu a notar que há algo que não está a bater certo. É nestas situações que aquela música que diz que só estou bem a aonde não estou e só quero ir para onde não vou assenta que nem uma luva.
Mas será realmente que estou mais?! Se não, então porque me sinto assim?
De qualquer forma, no próximo ano, o verde escuro aparenta estar posto de lado... mas o que fazer quando lá chegar. Realmente há qualquer coisa que não está a bater certo...
Não há dúvida que a vida é uma soda, lá dizia o Fócrates!!!
Ou então... não!!!