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in portugal in the netherlands music

the piano has been drinking.

d. on vismarkt

 

you know love
causes such misery and pain
i guess i’ll never be the same
since i fell for you

oh i guess i’ll never see the light
i get the blues most everynight
since i felt for you

“I used to know this girl named Suzy Montelongo. And her brother’s name was Joe Montelongo. Joe always wanted to kill me. He sang in a band called the Rodbenders. Suzy Montelongo used to wear these angora sweaters. I’m crazy about angora sweaters. I guess it’s kind of a hang-up of mine. She had angora socks, and angora shoes. I believe she was originally *from* Angora. I don’t know where she is anymore, but every time I see an angora sweater, I think, maybe, *inside* will be Suzy Montelongo. Eh-he-he…”

mr. tom waits, in repeat mode.

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in china in portugal

boulder -> portugal -> china -> portugal

because i’m too anxious to talk about a certain apartment that may or may not be our next home (and for which i have a serious case of love at first sight), i’m going to digress and link an interview on público about (my) crocs. i’ve been a happy crocs‘s walker for a year now, and i cannot recommend them enough :)

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in china

the 3rd of september.

funny how life changes. 2 years ago this day, i was landing in the netherlands. 1 year ago, precisely, i was stepping out of a plane in denver, usa.

today i’m not landing anywhere, i’m already settled in shanghai, china. but i know there is more, much more to come.

taking part of the 101 things in 1001 days project made me realize that while making my list, i was outlining a future version of me, along with a certain path to get there.
these are the things that define me better, the objectives, the challenges and the dreams. actually writing them down, giving them a deadline and making them public made me more focused in making them happen (and i’m not one to be easily taken away by gtd speeches and methods).

some of the tasks are easy and have been long postponed, some are dreamy, some are eventually going to happen, some require a lot of planning and/or money. oh! and 2 of them have already been taken care of, only 99 left (to be done in 991 days) :)

what about you… do you have a list too?

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foooood in china in the netherlands photography

stroopwaffles!

stroopwaffles

mimo, directamente da holanda, na forma de mini-stroopwaffles. perfeitas para o dia cinzento de hoje. obrigado cláudia, chegaram inteiras! :)

* bonuses: design*sponge guide to online shopping, made by bloggers: part 1 and part 2. filled with link goodness and lots of interesting suggestions for different kinds of gifts (artwork, lightning, ceramics, vintage, hidden gems, etc). worth a check.

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in china

china’s “me” generation

Survey young, urban Chinese today, and you will find them drinking Starbucks, wearing Nikes and blogging obsessively. But you will detect little interest in demanding voting rights, let alone overthrowing the country’s communist rulers. “On their wish list,” says Hong Huang, a publisher of several lifestyle magazines, “a Nintendo Wii comes way ahead of democracy.”

a very accurate portrait of today’s “Me generation” in China, the children of the one-child policy. its power and what it represents for the future of this country, on Time magazine.