Novo Sábado, novo poema. Aqui fica "Amor vivo":
Amar! mas duns amores que têm vida...
Não serão vagos, trémulos harpejos,
Não serão só delirios e desejos
Duma doida cabeça escandecida...
Hão-de-se ver! e, como a luz fundida
Penetrar o meu ser-não serão beijos
Dados no ar- delirios e desejos-
Mas amor...duns amores que têm vida.
Com eles hei-de andar no mundo: o dia
Não pode vir fundi-los nos meus braços
Como névoas ideais de fantasia.
Nem os dissipa o sol coa luz erguida...
Pois que podem os Astros dos espaços
Contra uns débeis amores...se têm vida?
Bom Fim-de-semana!
sábado, 25 de maio de 2013
sexta-feira, 24 de maio de 2013
To Zach Sobiech
Would like to pay tribute to a very brave young man who died from cancer yesterday at the age of 18. After several operations and hard enduring treatment the doctors told him that he only had a year to live.
Since Zach loved music and wished that his massage prevailed after his death he decided to write songs instead of letters to those he loved.
I think the best way to honour his memory is showing you one of his songs.
Rest in peace Zach.
Since Zach loved music and wished that his massage prevailed after his death he decided to write songs instead of letters to those he loved.
I think the best way to honour his memory is showing you one of his songs.
Rest in peace Zach.
Old traditions
Usually I'm all in favour of keeping old traditions alive, after all those are part of our identity as a people.
However there is one particular Portuguese tradition which I actually hate and think that it should at least be taken from the streets of the town and taken to a fenced ground: the bull fights on the streets.
During this weekend I'll have to endure it though, for my town has its annual festivities and a major part of it is bull fighting on its streets.
I pity the animals more than I pity the people who are hit by it (some of them even die) for the bull did not choose to be on the streets with a bunch of people bothering him whilst the people had that choice.
They do not kill the bull, but if we think about it, the stress in itself from being surrounded by thousands of people must be huge to the animal.
Obviously most of my town disagrees with me and even get upset when I don't show any sorrow for those the bulls kill, yet I'm not one to pretend something I don't feel.
More than a century ago, when it all started I doubt that most of the people in front of the bull would need alcohol to face the animal, now they only do it after a few drinks... how brave they are...
And did I mentioned the streets full of drunk teenagers at 9 AM? What a sight it is so see 12 and 13 year old boys and girls unable to stand on their own feet...
Now tell me, is it not something to look forward every year?
However there is one particular Portuguese tradition which I actually hate and think that it should at least be taken from the streets of the town and taken to a fenced ground: the bull fights on the streets.
During this weekend I'll have to endure it though, for my town has its annual festivities and a major part of it is bull fighting on its streets.
I pity the animals more than I pity the people who are hit by it (some of them even die) for the bull did not choose to be on the streets with a bunch of people bothering him whilst the people had that choice.
They do not kill the bull, but if we think about it, the stress in itself from being surrounded by thousands of people must be huge to the animal.
Obviously most of my town disagrees with me and even get upset when I don't show any sorrow for those the bulls kill, yet I'm not one to pretend something I don't feel.
More than a century ago, when it all started I doubt that most of the people in front of the bull would need alcohol to face the animal, now they only do it after a few drinks... how brave they are...
And did I mentioned the streets full of drunk teenagers at 9 AM? What a sight it is so see 12 and 13 year old boys and girls unable to stand on their own feet...
Now tell me, is it not something to look forward every year?
quinta-feira, 23 de maio de 2013
Regras
Quem tem lido o blog sabe que eu e o meu ex- patrão tevemos alguns atritos relacionados com o meu ordenado e subsidio de férias pois ele estava relutante em pagar-me.
Verdade seja dita as minhas colegas tiveram o mesmo problema por isso não foi descriminação por ser estrangeira.
No entanto como sempre tive uma excelente relação com os idosos que vivem no lar, prometi-lhes que os visitaria durante o tempo que permanecesse na ilha (o que infelzmente não me foi possivel devido á instabilidade do meu ex-patrão que põs a policia atrás de mim porque não me queria na sua propriedade) o problema foi que ele não queria ser lembrado do dinheiro que me devia...
Apesar de eu saber que era contra a lei barrar-me a entrada no lar, e de as minhas colegas na altura lhe terem dito isso, pois os residentes têm direito a receber quem quizerem uma vez que pagam pelo quarto que ocupam, ele replicou que como a propriedade era dele faria as suas proprias regras.
Bem, estive lá estas ultimas duas semanas (um ano depois de sair) e a primeira coisa que fiz quando lá cheguei foi perguntar a uma ex colega se podia ver alguns dos residentes fora do lar já que alguns deles têm mobilidade e eu não queria ter problemas com o meu ex-patrão.
Foi-me então dito que não haveria problema em visita-los no lar pois o departamento governamental estáva agora a dirigir o local e o meu ex-patrão não tinha por isso qualquer influencia em quem visitava os residentes.
Por dois dias eu e os residentes tevemos momentos felizes até que o meu ex-patrão decidiu passar a manhã no local á minha espera...
Assim que eu chego á porta ele abre-a e começa a perguntar-me na sua maneira intimidativa, se eu sei que fui banida do lar. Eu calmamente repliquei que tambem sabia que poderia ver os residentes e nomiei o nome de um para que ele lhe fosse perguntar se ele me receberia.
Felizmente antes que ele me fechasse a porta na cara a gerente previsória apareceu na altura e permitiu a minha entrada levando-o dali.
Mal podia acreditar que tinha viajado milhares de kilometros para reviver todo o stress que passei nos meus ultimos tempos na ilha!
Mas devo dizer que algo de bom veio desta situação de tensão. Sem a ameaça de poder ser despedida a gerente provisória pode obriga-lo a seguir as regras governamentais que nós tanto nos esforçamos para ele seguir há mais de um ano atrás.
Desde esse momento o meu ex-patrão nunca mais me importunou e pude enfim despedir-me dos meus amigos como pretendia há um ano atrás.
Com o governo a tomar conta da situação tenho a certeza que os residentes ficarão bem, e isso é tudo o que importa.
Verdade seja dita as minhas colegas tiveram o mesmo problema por isso não foi descriminação por ser estrangeira.
No entanto como sempre tive uma excelente relação com os idosos que vivem no lar, prometi-lhes que os visitaria durante o tempo que permanecesse na ilha (o que infelzmente não me foi possivel devido á instabilidade do meu ex-patrão que põs a policia atrás de mim porque não me queria na sua propriedade) o problema foi que ele não queria ser lembrado do dinheiro que me devia...
Apesar de eu saber que era contra a lei barrar-me a entrada no lar, e de as minhas colegas na altura lhe terem dito isso, pois os residentes têm direito a receber quem quizerem uma vez que pagam pelo quarto que ocupam, ele replicou que como a propriedade era dele faria as suas proprias regras.
Bem, estive lá estas ultimas duas semanas (um ano depois de sair) e a primeira coisa que fiz quando lá cheguei foi perguntar a uma ex colega se podia ver alguns dos residentes fora do lar já que alguns deles têm mobilidade e eu não queria ter problemas com o meu ex-patrão.
Foi-me então dito que não haveria problema em visita-los no lar pois o departamento governamental estáva agora a dirigir o local e o meu ex-patrão não tinha por isso qualquer influencia em quem visitava os residentes.
Por dois dias eu e os residentes tevemos momentos felizes até que o meu ex-patrão decidiu passar a manhã no local á minha espera...
Assim que eu chego á porta ele abre-a e começa a perguntar-me na sua maneira intimidativa, se eu sei que fui banida do lar. Eu calmamente repliquei que tambem sabia que poderia ver os residentes e nomiei o nome de um para que ele lhe fosse perguntar se ele me receberia.
Felizmente antes que ele me fechasse a porta na cara a gerente previsória apareceu na altura e permitiu a minha entrada levando-o dali.
Mal podia acreditar que tinha viajado milhares de kilometros para reviver todo o stress que passei nos meus ultimos tempos na ilha!
Mas devo dizer que algo de bom veio desta situação de tensão. Sem a ameaça de poder ser despedida a gerente provisória pode obriga-lo a seguir as regras governamentais que nós tanto nos esforçamos para ele seguir há mais de um ano atrás.
Desde esse momento o meu ex-patrão nunca mais me importunou e pude enfim despedir-me dos meus amigos como pretendia há um ano atrás.
Com o governo a tomar conta da situação tenho a certeza que os residentes ficarão bem, e isso é tudo o que importa.
quarta-feira, 22 de maio de 2013
LOVE LUST FAITH+DREAMS
Hi there,
Sorry for not writing for so long, but I've been on holydays and I always make a point of not having a computer with me so that I don't fall into temptation...
So I'm just going to speak about LOVE LUST FAITH+DREAMS 30STM last album.
First I'm going to point what I really like about it:
The lyrics of the songs and the cord opening on "The race"...and the symphonic feeling of the album.
Unfortunately once the electronic sound kicks in I get a bit disappointed, maybe because (as I've said previously) it is not my kind of thing.
Yet, and because 30STM have been my favourite group for the last 10 years I'm trying to get use to their new sound (the more we hear it, the more we'll like it, right?).
Besides I like "Up in the air" so I'm sure I can get use to some of the others at least.
Obviously right now, my favourite is probably "Conquistador" but I also like "City of angels" (the lyrics make me think it is dedicated to LA and their experiences on that city) "Birth", "Northern lights" and "End of all days" so hopefully in a few months time I'm going to be ok with their evolution.
Oh, I've just realized that I fancy more tracks than I thought...
Sorry for not writing for so long, but I've been on holydays and I always make a point of not having a computer with me so that I don't fall into temptation...
So I'm just going to speak about LOVE LUST FAITH+DREAMS 30STM last album.
First I'm going to point what I really like about it:
The lyrics of the songs and the cord opening on "The race"...and the symphonic feeling of the album.
Unfortunately once the electronic sound kicks in I get a bit disappointed, maybe because (as I've said previously) it is not my kind of thing.
Yet, and because 30STM have been my favourite group for the last 10 years I'm trying to get use to their new sound (the more we hear it, the more we'll like it, right?).
Besides I like "Up in the air" so I'm sure I can get use to some of the others at least.
Obviously right now, my favourite is probably "Conquistador" but I also like "City of angels" (the lyrics make me think it is dedicated to LA and their experiences on that city) "Birth", "Northern lights" and "End of all days" so hopefully in a few months time I'm going to be ok with their evolution.
Oh, I've just realized that I fancy more tracks than I thought...
terça-feira, 7 de maio de 2013
"Oscar" de engenharia ligada ás renovaveis é português!
,Quem lê os meus blogs sabe que sou uma acerrima defensora do investimento em energias renováveis por isso é com grande prazer que divulgo aqui que o professor Vladimiro Miranda recebeu um prémio ligado a este setor!
Este prémo vem culminar um trabalho de 20 anos na investigação e desenvolvimento de modelos de energia eólica que usam a inteligência computacional para a integração desta energia em larga escala.
É fantástico saber que exitem investidores que apostam neste setor tão promissor que utiliza a nossa inteligência aliada á inteligência artificial e á riqueza que a natureza nos deu!
Este prémo vem culminar um trabalho de 20 anos na investigação e desenvolvimento de modelos de energia eólica que usam a inteligência computacional para a integração desta energia em larga escala.
É fantástico saber que exitem investidores que apostam neste setor tão promissor que utiliza a nossa inteligência aliada á inteligência artificial e á riqueza que a natureza nos deu!
segunda-feira, 6 de maio de 2013
Hollande and his promises
Watching the protests about Hollade not keeping his promises, made me ask myself if the French are really that naïve?
I mean did they really think that a politician would keep his promises? If it is hard (if not impossible) for them to do so when the economy is growing, how could a country's president manage to do it in times of recession?
What we can condemn is that he had made those promises in the first place for I do not believe he did not know the real state of his country's economy at the time of the elections and we can never promise what we can't keep.
Like any other politician he did what he had to do to get to the presidential seat, that is all.
French will have to get over it and try again on a new election although they shouldn't expect every promise to be fulfilled (even when a politician has every intention to keep his promises there are always external forces which don't allow him or her to keep them all).
This is why I don't agree with my country fellows whose only wish is to have new election so that another one stays ahead of Portugal's fate.
My county like many out there is a sinking ship, it has too many holes to keep afloat and it's no use to keep trying to save it by taking the water out with buckets for it always enters more than the one being removed.
What we need is a new ship, one which will only move forward, one which will sail towards development without fears.
I mean did they really think that a politician would keep his promises? If it is hard (if not impossible) for them to do so when the economy is growing, how could a country's president manage to do it in times of recession?
What we can condemn is that he had made those promises in the first place for I do not believe he did not know the real state of his country's economy at the time of the elections and we can never promise what we can't keep.
Like any other politician he did what he had to do to get to the presidential seat, that is all.
French will have to get over it and try again on a new election although they shouldn't expect every promise to be fulfilled (even when a politician has every intention to keep his promises there are always external forces which don't allow him or her to keep them all).
This is why I don't agree with my country fellows whose only wish is to have new election so that another one stays ahead of Portugal's fate.
My county like many out there is a sinking ship, it has too many holes to keep afloat and it's no use to keep trying to save it by taking the water out with buckets for it always enters more than the one being removed.
What we need is a new ship, one which will only move forward, one which will sail towards development without fears.
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