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pouca terra, pouca terra

dear people of the world,
despite the grin in the barman’s face when he realised we were portuguese and despite the crowd in the pub cheering for england, both g. and i left the place in amsterdam with a smile in the face. what a game, what a bit of history repeated. :)
we came back to celebrate with more equations and tests, as today we both fly to portugal for a statistics exam tomorrow and other exams.
being in amsterdam has a bittersweet taste. i’m halfway home if i go south (to portugal), and i’m halfway home if i go north (to groningen), but being halfway is neither and makes us ask where is the remote control, we want to fast forward the hours…
well, wish us luck! :)

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a festa portuguesa na holanda…

 

… mas discreta, que o temporal que se abateu e a quantidade de bêbados laranja nas redondezas não estava lá muito convidativa.

não foi um espectáculo bonito de se ver. pelo jogo em si – e bolas, que nervoso miudinho (ainda bem que a joy, a nossa pacifista tailandesa, lá estava para eu agarrar o braço de alguém), mas também pela nossa posição, uns 20cm abaixo da média à nossa volta… o ratio de nós/eles devia rondar os 1/20, no sally’s… mas lá ganhamos.
temos pena :P
e nada paga o sorrisito com que presenteei a malta no trabalho, na segunda de manhã… (não é que estão todos a torcer pela inglaterra? ai…)

(desculpem lá a má qualidade, quando estiver em casa redimensiono a imagem. entretanto cliquem para ver maior. pedro, bigado pela foto. :) )

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menos ais, menos ais, menos ais…

ojogo.pt

(a capa d’ o jogo de hoje)

ora bem, em dia de portugal-holanda, lá estaremos bem no meio dos holandeses, para cantar o hino com quanta força tivermos nos pulmões e apoiar a nossa selecção! sempre estamos mais pertinho da alemanha, pode ser que nos ouçam…

(isto a ver se eu amanhã sorrio à pessoa que me perguntou, lá na companhia, se “portugal também estava no mundial?” aiiii…..)

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coming clean.

facts:

* today was the last dutch holiday before xmas.
* i’m halfway through the internship, 3 months to go.
* the holiday season has started in the company. 4 weeks of vacation for everybody between now and september. which means, less people, more boringness.
* holidays for everyone except for me. i got 6 days to spend on a trip home, to make some school exams.
* add a month to study for these exams. add another 2 months to study for september exams.
* and a couple of deadlines.
* and friends leaving, without a return ticket.

mix everything and you get ana’s summer picture.

i’d be depressed, but there’s no time for that.

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up up and away! no wait! not away… :(

levi and lulu, dear friends, feet on the sky.
he knows nothing about his future except he wants to fly somewhere and explore some more. she’ll return to shanghai in about a month, to wear her ally-macbeal-professional-outfit once again.
she wore a bikini for the first time the day i took this picture: we managed to convince her to do so, despite her relutance – as it is not morally allowed in china (or most asian countries, i’ve heard).
her big happy smile, sunbathing in the grass: “this is nice.”
indeed.

i’ve been in the netherlands for the past 8 months, and now that my head is in countdown mode towards september, i can’t seem to actually believe it. not just yet. all my life is here (except for family and the bit of my heart that flew overseas), on this cozy room, walls filled with stories, details and memories.
living in the same corridor with all the people that got to be my closest friends. it’s just too good AND it’s true.