A match worth to watch

For those who aren't aware I a sort football fan specially from Benfica.
Yesterday there was a cup match between my team and the eternal rival Sporting.
It was a great match with 4 goals in the first 20min. Final result 3-3 after overtime and 7-6 after penalty kicks. My team won... Luckily
Here are some pics before the game started....

Luz Stadium before the match


Almost full -> 65000 people...

Degrees of Winter :-)

Degrees of winter:
18C: Hawaiians are taking two blankets into the bed.
10C: Citizens of Helsinki are switching heating systems off.
Russians are growing flowers
2C: Italian cars don't start.
0C: Distilled water freezes.
-1C: Human breath can be seen.
Russians are eating ice cream and drinking cold beer.
-4C: Your dog tries to get into your bed.
-10C: French cars don't start.
-12C: Politicians start to talk about homeless people.
-15C: American cars don't start.
-18C: Citizens of Helsinki are switching heating systems on.
Hawaiians are already frozen.
-20C: Human breath can be heard.
-24C: German cars don't start.
-29C: Your dog tries to get under your pyjamas.
Japanese cars don't start.
-30C: No ordinary, neither Russian cars start.
-39C: Boiling atmosphere at the Congress freezes.
Russians are buttoning up their shirts.
-50C: Your car tries to get into your bed.
-60C: Citizens of Helsinki freeze.
Seals leave Greenland and move to south.
-70C: The hell freezes.
Kuzneck University organizes cross-country running contest.
-72C: The lawyers put their hands into their own pockets.
-75C: Santa Claus leaves the Arctic Circle.
-120C: Alcohol freezes, Russian is pissed off.
-268C: Helium freezes.
-273.15C: Absolute zero. Motion of elementary particles stops. Russian, chewing frozen vodka, hesitantly admits that "it's freaking cold".
Well... maybe not!!!

Always the same...

Have you ever had the feeling that, no matter what you do, you always end up hurting the people you love?
What do you do when you have to choose between hurting this person or that person? Specially if you love those 2... And the worse part is that feel really bad because your putting someone to pain...
Life's a bitch sometimes...
Well... maybe not!!!

Around the sun

Lisbon, Pavilhão Atlântico Jan 7th -> REM tour'05
Speachless
More details -> www.remhq.com
Well... maybe not!!!

Para quem está a preparar a Consoada ou a passagem de Ano

RECEITA DE PERU COM WHISKY

Ingredientes:
1 garrafa de whisky - do bom, é claro!!
1 peru de aproximadamente 5 Kg
Sal, pimenta e molho verde a gosto
350 ml de azeite extra-virgem
500 g de bacon em fatias
Nozes moídas

Modo de preparar:
Envolver o peru no bacon e temperá-lo com sal, pimenta e molho verde a gosto.
Massajá-lo com azeite. Pré-aquecer o forno durante aprox. 10 minutos.
Servir-se de uma boa dose (dupla) de whisky enquanto aguarda.
Colocar o peru numa assadeira grande.
Sirva-se de mais duas doses de whisky.
Ajustar o terbostato na marca 3, e, debois de uns binte bidutos, bonha para assassinar. Digu, assar a ave.
Beber bais uba dose de whisky.
Debois de beia hora, formar a baertura e controlar a asssadura do pato.
Tentar zentar na gadeira, zervir-se de uooooootra dose boa de whisky.
Gozer (?), gosturar(?), gozinhar (?), sei lá, f***-se o beru.
Deixááár o vilho da buta no vorno bor ubas 4 horas.
Tentar tirar a berda do beru de lá.
Bandar bais uba boa dose de whisky pa dentro.
Dendar nobabente tirar o cabrããão do beru do vorno, borgue na bribeira denndadiiiva dãão deeeeeeeuuuu.
Begar o beru que gaiu no jão, e enjugar o vilho da buta gom o bano de limparrr o jão e gologá-lo duba pandeja ou galguer outra borra, bois, avinal, vozê nem gossssssssta buito dessa berda de beru. Bronto!

Well... maybe not!!!

Expected Unexpected Things

I thank lately Christmas has turned out to be expecting things that should be Unexpected.
We try to surprise our close ones although sometimes they might have some clues about their presents. This time I couldn't surprise my brother at all (bought him 1 of the 3 ties he got - Suit and tie everyday that's what you get!!!), but I really could do it for my parents. They thought we (me & bro) would buy them a book, but they got 2 plane tickets to Vienna in April. Well the 2 kids started to be really paid and what best gift we could offer them than a plane ticket to a romantic place for their 25th married anniversary?
By the way, thanks for all the SMS's!!! My phone didn't stop ringing...
Another expected unexpected thing is a strange event becoming a habit. In the past years I've went out somewhere on the 25th in the evening, either to see a movie or meeting someone. The funny thing is that I always find a great friend of mine and someone I don't see for a long time. We never set the meeting, we always meet in a different place and we only see each other in this day... Spooky!!!!
Well... maybe not!!!

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year
Well... maybe not!!!

Funny feeling

Do you know that kind of feeling saying, hey dad could you please borrow me some extra money for a larger thing I have to do?....
So what does it feel when you are able to lend money to your parents? weird, funny or strange? They need to make an extra expense and instead of borowing to the bank, how about borrowing to their 2 recently paid kids...
It makes you feel funny being on the other side...
Have you ever thought about that?
Well... maybe not!!!

I got Paid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finaly...

Well... maybe not!!!

Different working days

The end of last week was different working period. One of the things related to science is participating in Congresses in which new findings can are discussed and the opportunity of sharing work is very big. This is also a great opportunity of people share what they're doing...
This time I was participating in the Portuguese Biochemical Society biannual Congress. It was held is Algarve.
It felt really good to change daily life for 3 days in spite of also be doing some work...
And it also allowed to relax a little: a few days in the sun (instead of rain) by the sea can always make work a little more pleasant.
Well... maybe not!!!

Old Friends

Last Sunday I had the unexpected visit of an old friend.
It's one of those special different people who sees the world in a slight different perspective. As it is a person which I don't talk with that often has always a different opinion for me.
It was very good talk to her again. Made me think of everything from a different point again as usual.
It feels very good talking with someone with a different perspective sometimes...
Well... maybe not!!!

Murphy's Law: can't say NO!!!

One of the first symptoms that you are a true and involved scout is forgetting how to say NO!!! Well this is not exactly applied only to scouts. I believe it happens when you are truly committed to a project, organization or event.
You become sort of masochist. You know you'll have a lot of work, you know it will need a lot of dedication, take a lot of your time, have to put up with a lot of problems, manage project teams of similar people in which deadlines are always flexible and never accomplished and you always have to work extra hours on top of the deadline. In the end most of people are happy, something didn't go as you expected, you keep saying that this is the last time and no one will get you again on one of these. You know exactly that things will go like this (sometimes this is an optimist picture), and even if your schedule is over booked you still can't say NO!!!
And if by any chance you have the smallest hesitation in accepting someone always shows up that always manage to convince you to do it.
This is a Murphy's Law: you can't say No even if you should...
Well... maybe not!!!

Free writing

Do you know those days when you don't have the smallest will of doing a single thing?
Well I'm on one of those. I'm at work but I don't want to do anything. I am the feeling similar to a Portuguese song saying I'm only well were I'm not and all I want to go is where to I'm not going.
I started writing whatever crosses my mind.
These are going to be some awkward days. I'm going to stay around in Lisbon for a month. In the meanwhile I'm going to participate in the Biochemical Portuguese Society in Algarve.
I have so much to do and no will of doing nothing.
I fell strangely sad and lonely although I have enough motives to be happy. 2 great friends have visited me last week, and had a wonderful time.
A very special friend is also coming to visit me soon. I'll be some time have fun while working in that meeting and will be able to meet some friends again. And x-mas is almost coming!!! So no major reasons for not being with a good mood.
Maybe its coming back to the routine feeling.
Tomorrow is a new day
Well... maybe not!!!

Bad tendencies?

Why do most of human beings have that bad tendency of starting to spoil wonderful things?
Why can't I just let things ago and be uncertain, doubtful?
Why do I have to complicate things?
Things can so simple if I want to but...
Maybe its what father says about me: I like to fight for what I want. Never appreciated easy. Maybe its my tendency for challenges...
I hope I don't ruin wonderful things that have been happening to me just because of my uncertainness for challenges.
Well... maybe not!!!

Finally

Do you those things you've been waiting for so long that you don't know how to react when they finally happen?
Yesterday 2 of my MOOT great friends finally arrived here. They promised to come and visit me and here they are. I've been expecting this for so long that I don't know exactly how to react or what to do. I've been planning some things and there are a few places I'd like to show them. Its funny, 2 months have gone and it looks like time has moreless stopped. Its really good meeting your friends...
I'm very lucky. In less than a month I'm meeting again almost all of my MOOT friends: last weekend Portuguese contingent meeting, this week Judith and Carola, beginning of December its time for Hannelore to also come here. "Heaven, I'm in Heaven...."
Hope I start getting paid soon and be able to go there and visit them myself..
Well... maybe not!!!