Hoobastank - The Reason

You're the reason. Thank you for everything. :)

Saint Valentine's day BROWNIES

mY FIRST ATTEMPT at making them...they came out, alright. Here's the proof.

Happy Valentine's day!

105 things I've wished I've done part 3 or 4

43.Cutting my hair real short
44.having nice nails
45.Go on a final of the year trip to Ibiza
46.cut classes
47.not bitting my nails
48.accept N. invitation to go to Tomar.
49.Make out in the back of the bus during a school trip
50.stay friends with A.
51.go on a water slide
52.not to hide under the bed when I was at a retreat
53.not to be upset when A. received flowers from E.
54. not crying about something that was out of my hand
55.eaten a whole package of bombocas
56.learned how to cook when I was a teen
55.learned how to sow
56.learned how to say Hi in more than 10 languages
57.read every classic on the library
58.play cards with my grandad
59.learned how to cook beans soup with my grandmother
60.write a book with every story my parents told me about their childhood
61.paint a painting
62.invent something unique and beautiful
63.Go to the Algarve at least once
64.not worrying about my exams, nor grades
65.not being stressed, nervous or sick about anything school related
66.go to the Açude party when I was a teen.
67.Slow dance a song with someone I love
68.learn latin dances
69.go to the gym
70.keep doing my daily run
71.stay in touch with Christine
72.Bring Cristine home to meet my family
73.keep writing on my old blog
74.write comments in one of my favourite blogs
75.stand upside down
76.Watch Amelie at a theater
77.Watch a play
78.Watch an Opera
79.not rejecting so many people
80.Stay away from A.

105 things I've wished I've done

23.ride a motorcycle
24.not slap Mónica in the face
25.say yes to dating E.
26.buy a bike when I was a kid
27.Help Sandra when she needed it
28.not to put aside Raquel
29.keeping in touch with Rui
30.Keeping in touch with friends.
31.enjoy swimming lessons when I was 13.
32.join the scouts
33.keep doing gymnastics
34.run a half-marathon
35.Finish 1st at a cross-country race
36.Dress myself as a belly dancer for Carnival
37.join in on a trio eléctrico parade
38.not to froze up when facing José Luis Peixote
39.not lending my autographed book "A criança em Ruinas" to Pedro.
40.Finding my faculty ribbon
41.Telling E. how I felt.
42.go to a concert at Alvalade.
...

105 things I've wished I've done 2

13.Sing a song at the talent show in school
14.Accept a gift from a stranger
15.Accept Pedro's invitation to visit him while he was in Holand
16.Go on foot in a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
17.Accept the invitation to go to Taizé
18.Say yes to an invitation from Paulo to visit him in Braga
19.Go to an international Postcrossing meeting
20.Karaoking by myself
21.not to bump someone after getting my driver's licence
22.go on a finalist trip to a remote/exotic country

105 things I wished I've done part 1

1.Kiss you
2.scream at a Bon Jovi concert
3.read a book under an oak tree
4.Say: I love you.
5.give a last goodbye kiss to my grandmother
6.have a dog and a cat
7.send all the love letters I wrote
8.say yes to Nuno's kiss
9.not crying when I forgot the lines at a church play
10.still be friends with my childhood friends
11.offer an apple to Mrs Gina.
12.Dating E.
13. (...)

MORE TO COME...

The only exception...

The Only Exception lyrics
Songwriters: Farro, Josh; Williams, Hayley;

When I was younger, I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart and I watched
As he tried to reassemble it

And my momma swore that
She would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love if it does not exist

But darling, you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

Maybe I know, somewhere deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways to make it alone
Or keep a straight face

And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable distance
And up until now I had sworn to myself that I'm content with loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk

But you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

I've got a tight grip on reality
But I can't let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof, it's not a dream, oh

You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing


Listening to this non stop....I wish you were the only exception!

Endings are so sad...Do I really want it to be the end? I just don't know...But I truly feel sad. So sad that I don't understand it. Today I just wished to run away and not feel a thing.

última a saber

Parece que sou sempre a última a saber de tudo, mas esta novidade vem com um ano de atraso...talvez porque eu seja também um atraso. Bem, Pelo menos espero que estejas feliz. é o que se espera e deseja a um amigo. Será que ainda és meu amigo? Bem, perguntas e mais perguntas. Sou mesmo eu.

PORTUGALICE

A vida a passar e eu aqui, no mesmo sítio, no mesmo lugar, na mesma situação. As mesmas pessoas, a mesma família, a mesma distância, a mesma coisa. O mesmo em pior. Se calhar estou a ser parva e egoísta e parva à falta de melhor palavra. Parece-me que o meu maior problema é que tenho medo de Viver. Sempre tive. Eis a feliz conclusão. Podia mudar? PODIA, mas não seria a mesma coisa. Seria desconhecido, seria algo fora da minha zona de conforto, seria estranho. EU sempre gostei de "confort zones". Acho que nunca vou mudar. Isso desespera-me. Desespero-me por ser tão queixinhas e lamechas e só me queixar e não fazer nada para mudar.Patético.DESESPERO-ME MAS CONTINUO NA MESMA. CONSEGUIREI algum dia fugir À MINHA portugaliCe?

1. sor·row noun \ˈsär-(ˌ)ō, ˈsȯr-\

a : deep distress, sadness, or regret especially for the loss of someone or something loved

b : resultant unhappy or unpleasant state

I carry your heart...

Can't take my eyes of you

I've found this today and thought it was so appropriate that I decided to post the lyrics here. Miss you!


I know that the bridges that I've burned along the way
Have left me with these walls and these scars that won't go away
And opening up has always been the hardest thing
Until you came

So lay here beside me, just hold me and don't let go
This feeling I'm feeling is something I've never known
And I just can't take my eyes off you
And I just can't take my eyes off you

I love when you tell me that I'm pretty when I just wake up
And I love how you tease me when I'm moody, but it's never too much.
I'm falling fast, but the truth is I'm not scared at all
You climbed my wall

So lay here beside me, just hold me and don't let go
This feeling I'm feeling is something I've never known
And I just can't take my eyes off you
And I just can't take my eyes off you, off you, off you

So lay here beside me, just hold me and don't let go
Oh, this feeling I'm feeling is something I've never known
And I just can't take my eyes off you
And I just can't take my eyes off you

Sitting in the dock of the bay

I always loved some old tunes and the one I found today it's one I like much. That's why I'm posting it here. It's one of those songs YOU feel like you known it forever...Timeless. It also makes me feel a bit melancholic...I don't know why I always imagine myself sitting in the dock of the bay while someone sings that song. Maybe one day we could do that. I think that would be amazing. Maybe that should be in our buckets list as well. What do you think?

here's the video with the song:



Enjoy!

Recipe of the day- menu of the week

Yesterday, I decided to arrange a menu for the whole week, so this morning I went to Miranda and bought all the ingredients I needed. I bought a lot of spices, some creams and mushrooms and nice meat and fish. Since I'm a newby in the cooking arena, I am mostly sticking to the recipe. Today, everything went well. I made Fettuccine with chicken and mushrooms sauce. My family loved it. I will post the recipe here. Maybe I can cook that for you one day, even if you don't like meat...

Here's the recipe:

FETTUCCINE WITH CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM SAUCE

-5 chicken breasts
-250 gr of laminated mushrooms
-50 gr of butter
-4 soup spoons of brandy
-2 dl of creams
-200 gr of fettucine
-2 onions
-salt, pepper, spices, oil


Put salt and a pint of olive oil in a pan and boil the fettuccine for 12 minutes. When it is done, take it out and let it rest.

Prepare the chicken by chopping it in small pieces. In a pan add the butter and the oil and join the small chicken pieces until they are really tender and with a nice golden colour. Take it out and let it rest.

Chop off the onions and the mushrooms and put them in the pan where the chicken has been cooked. Let it get golden and join the mushrooms. Let it cook for 12 minutes. After that join the chicken and mix it all very well. Let it cook for 2 minutes.

Finally add the creams, the brandy and the seasoning as you like it. Stir and pour it on the fettuccine.

It's best served with some parsley as decoration.

Bon appetit.

Free Rice

Since my nights have been a bit dull without you, I've been coming to a site I've found a couple of years ago and that is extremely important in the battle of fighting hunger in the world. It is the free rice site where you play to raise grains of rice.

It was built as a word game. You have to find synonyms for the word given and for each answer you answer correctly the world food program of United Nations gets 10 grains of rice.

It's not only something that will make you feel better about yourself, but also something that will allow you to learn something new, since you will be dealing with words.

If you have some time and you want to help, you just have to go to: http://beta.freerice.com/

I hope you like it.

Eat, Pray, Love

If you were here I would like to watch this film with you. Remember, I've told you I've read the book a while ago...well, I'm curious how the film would be, since I actually liked the book. Recently, I've been rereading some passages because actually they help me to remember you. Some are quite wise and they make me understand where you are and what I might have to do to get where you are.

Here's the trailer:

Our Bucket list

Since we started the list I've been wanting to compile it in one place and I decided this was as good of a place as anywhere else. So,here it is.


1. Go on a sailboat.
2. Skydiving
3. Scuba diving
4. Bungee jumping
5. Go on a cross country drive across europe
6. Watching an opera at la Scalla
7. Visit machu pichu
8. Swim with dolphins
9. Visit Disney
10.Explore india (Visit the Taj Mahal)by train.
11.Visit Cairo and Egypt
12.Go to Jerusalem
13.Road trip In America (New York, Las Vegas, S.Francisco)
14.Watch a broadway show
15.Go to Alaska and ride a sleigh
16.Volunteering for a year in Africa
17.Go "down under", including New Zealand
18.A cross country train ride (oriental express) across russia
19.Visit Tibet and Pray in a temple
20.Stand in the Great wall of China
21.Visit East Timor
22.Sponsor a children
23.Learn to Tango
24.watch a show together of someone we love as an artist
25.To visit the West Coast of Ireland
26.Regular sleep and wake up
27.See a tulips' flower camp in Holland
28.To see the blooming of the Neelakurinji flower
29....


There are 28 items on that list, but I'm sure we can add more. Let me know what you think.

I'm not drunk enough