The next week will be a very difficult week for me. I will have a lot of exams in this period. The project presentation of Marketing 1 starts Monday. Than on 12 I have a test at Business English. After on 14 will start the presentation of Management. Than I think I will have 2 tests on 17. The presentation of Marketing Communication will be on 19.
This period will be very difficult for me.
But February will be a free month with no school and projects. :)
I will spend it traveling, shopping....there are so many things that i would like to do.
So it seams that after the storm there is a rainbow.
I liked to be an Erasmus. Now that Erasmus is almost finished I can say that I learned a lot from this experirence. I will advice my friends to come here in the summer so I can visit them.
Also I enjoyed to live Porto a lot. I would like to return in Portugal after some years and see the changes.
Good luck to all in this last weeks.
Friday 7 January 2011
Sunday 2 January 2011
Happy New Years everyone!
Happy New Years everyone!
I'm going to start the year off with a optimistic insight. I will discuss something that I have recently discovered: Hope. Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
I'm going to start the year off with a optimistic insight. I will discuss something that I have recently discovered: Hope. Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
Hope has truly changed my life. Hope has turned me from a cynic (the modern, not ancient, context) to an optimist. Being cynical is easily the worst way to influence your ethics. In short, modernistic cynicism is the totally blind distrust in the motives of others, regardless of who they are. Cynicism, in my experience, led to low confidence in everything, from myself to life in general. I came into things expecting the worst, and blindly accepted that if a better outcome happens, it is purely luck, not personal skill or logic. Cynicism was the prime factor in my now absent self esteem issues. Like heroin, cynicism is extremely hard to break, but I guess miracles happen.
Optimism does wonders for the soul. It really does. Always, always expect the best in things, not the worst. Put yourself in this situation. If you win a new TV, but you are currently in possession of one, how do you view it? If you answered "as a way to be thankful for what you have, or to make someone else very happy" congratulations. This example is, by no means, common reality, but a way to relate my point. Winning the TV may not have benefited you directly, but, if one were to look at the best way to handle it, beneficial is still achieved in the knowing that happiness could be reached, direct, or indirect.
Hope brings optimism. If you have hope in something, regardless of what it is, one would strive at nothing to preserve the feeling. Even if one ends up in disappointment in the end, one ought to take it optimistically, as a way to learn from the past to prepare for the future.
In closing, I just want to stress that in order to have a happier life, having hope and thinking optimistically should be in place. Trust me, cynicism leads to nothing positive, sure, it may be funny and cute at times, but, in the end, it only harms yourself.
A Happy New Year to everyone!
Feliz nono ano 2011!
Un an nou fericit!
Feliz nono ano 2011!
Un an nou fericit!
Sunday 19 December 2010
The Gastronomic Site
The Gastronomic Site
This is my blog for Information Technologies.
I like to experiment cooking and this is why I choose this subject for my blog. There are a lot of things that I want to know in this field. I added pages like recipes, arranging the table, table manners.
I spent a lot of time working on this blog. Wordpress is very interesting and it has a lot of interesting plug-ins. I tried to make it look as good as I could. I will work more to make it look very good.
Hope you like it.
This is my blog for Information Technologies.
I like to experiment cooking and this is why I choose this subject for my blog. There are a lot of things that I want to know in this field. I added pages like recipes, arranging the table, table manners.
I spent a lot of time working on this blog. Wordpress is very interesting and it has a lot of interesting plug-ins. I tried to make it look as good as I could. I will work more to make it look very good.
Hope you like it.
Wednesday 8 December 2010
3d Movie versus Normal Movie
Yesterday I went with my friends at the cinema. It was a holiday and we did not had classes. It was a good deserved break. The continuous assessment that I have here is a lot more soliciting than the final that I have in Romania. There are a lot of new things that I learn here and this experience will help me a lot in the future.
As I said it was a holiday for my happiness and we decided to go out and watch a movie. We bought thickets for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader. The movie was in 3d.
. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0980970/
3d is a new technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-D_film It is amazing to see how much cinematography has evolved since black and white, mute movies. Now we can talk about 4d, 7d. This is the new tendency when it comes to movies. I liked the movie and the special effects. I will return to see another movie, maybe A Turtles Tale: Sammys Adventure, because i liked the movie trailer.
I wonder how will be the movies in the future. Will we need actors? The future is unpredictable and full of surprises. Technology is evolving fast.
I like to see movies in my free time. I like to watch new movies, but in the same time I like to see old movies, black and white. My favorite actress is Audery Hepburn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn). I think that the best comedy are: Stan and Bran and Charlie Chaplin. There is something about this kind of movies that makes me to want to see more and find out a lot of things about this times.
Nowadays nobody makes black and white movies. All movies are color and Hd. The fight for audience is hard. In the fight between normal movies and 2d,3d, 4d, 7d movies (who knows what is next) normal movies are losing territory.
It is hard to predict the future but I consider that today movies are very commercial.
My guess is that there will be no more movies without 3d effects in the future.
As I said it was a holiday for my happiness and we decided to go out and watch a movie. We bought thickets for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader. The movie was in 3d.
3d is a new technology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-D_film It is amazing to see how much cinematography has evolved since black and white, mute movies. Now we can talk about 4d, 7d. This is the new tendency when it comes to movies. I liked the movie and the special effects. I will return to see another movie, maybe A Turtles Tale: Sammys Adventure, because i liked the movie trailer.
I wonder how will be the movies in the future. Will we need actors? The future is unpredictable and full of surprises. Technology is evolving fast.
I like to see movies in my free time. I like to watch new movies, but in the same time I like to see old movies, black and white. My favorite actress is Audery Hepburn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn). I think that the best comedy are: Stan and Bran and Charlie Chaplin. There is something about this kind of movies that makes me to want to see more and find out a lot of things about this times.
Nowadays nobody makes black and white movies. All movies are color and Hd. The fight for audience is hard. In the fight between normal movies and 2d,3d, 4d, 7d movies (who knows what is next) normal movies are losing territory.
It is hard to predict the future but I consider that today movies are very commercial.
My guess is that there will be no more movies without 3d effects in the future.
Braga
Braga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾaɡɐ]), a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and, one of the oldest Christian cities in the World. With an urban population of 175,063, Braga is the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population (including the city and suburban parishes, the municipality had a total of 62 parishes and 177,183 inhabitants as of 2009). Braga is also the center of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho with a population of 826,833 (2007) one of the fastest growing urban areas in the European Union.[citation needed] Under the Roman Empire, as Bracara Augusta, it was capital of the province Gallaecia. The urban area extends from the (river) Cavado to the (river) Este. Braga is serviced by regional and fast trains to Porto and Lisbon. The city of Oporto (Porto) is about 53 km. The present Mayor is Francisco Soares Mesquita Machado, elected from the Socialist Party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braga
Last week I went with my friends (Cristina, Constantin, Eliza, Larisa, Malina, Dani)to visit Braga. The weather was great. We were a big Romanian group. We had a great time.We visited as much as we could.
The main attraction of Braga is in my opinion Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bom_Jesus_do_Monte). I was impressed by the style of the place.
The design of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, with its Baroque nature emphasised by the zigzag form of its stairways, influenced many other sites in Portugal (like Lamego) and colonial Brazil, like the Sanctuary of Congonhas. As the pilgrims climbed the stairs, they encountered a theological programme that contrasted the senses of the material world with the virtues of the spirit, at the same time as they experienced the scenes of the Passion of Christ. The culmination of the effort was the temple of God, the church on the top of the hill. The presence of several fountains along the stairways give the idea of purification of the faithful.
I liked the allegorical fountains a lot. They have a special meaning . The first fountain symbolizes the wounds of Christ, the next five the senses, and the final three the virtues.
After we visited this great place we wanted to see a castle, but as it was late we went in the city center.
We also visited other places in the center like: The Archiepiscopal Court http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop's_Palace_of_Braga, The Saint Paul Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul_Church_in_Braga and of course the city center.
For the first time since i arrived in Portugal I felt it was autumn. The yellow and red leafs were on the ground. This remained me of my country. I like this season except of the rainy days that seam to last forever.
But the truth was that we were in December and Christmas decorations were everywhere.I could not believe it was already winter and time passed so quickly. Braga was amazing in the light of the decorations. A new year is cumming soon.
I will try to enjoy all the time left as much as I can. I won`t go home for Christmas but I hope I will have a great time here although the holidays will remind me of my family.
I want to return in Braga and to discover new places.
Last week I went with my friends (Cristina, Constantin, Eliza, Larisa, Malina, Dani)to visit Braga. The weather was great. We were a big Romanian group. We had a great time.We visited as much as we could.
The design of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, with its Baroque nature emphasised by the zigzag form of its stairways, influenced many other sites in Portugal (like Lamego) and colonial Brazil, like the Sanctuary of Congonhas. As the pilgrims climbed the stairs, they encountered a theological programme that contrasted the senses of the material world with the virtues of the spirit, at the same time as they experienced the scenes of the Passion of Christ. The culmination of the effort was the temple of God, the church on the top of the hill. The presence of several fountains along the stairways give the idea of purification of the faithful.
I liked the allegorical fountains a lot. They have a special meaning . The first fountain symbolizes the wounds of Christ, the next five the senses, and the final three the virtues.
After we visited this great place we wanted to see a castle, but as it was late we went in the city center.
We also visited other places in the center like: The Archiepiscopal Court http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop's_Palace_of_Braga, The Saint Paul Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul_Church_in_Braga and of course the city center.
For the first time since i arrived in Portugal I felt it was autumn. The yellow and red leafs were on the ground. This remained me of my country. I like this season except of the rainy days that seam to last forever.
I will try to enjoy all the time left as much as I can. I won`t go home for Christmas but I hope I will have a great time here although the holidays will remind me of my family.
I want to return in Braga and to discover new places.
Friday 26 November 2010
My fortune in a cup
http://www.turkishculture.org/lifestyles/lifestyle/coffee-fortune-telling-205.htm?type=1
1st step - Prepare coffee: one heaped tea spoon, to every coffee cup measure of water
2nd step-Stir in a wish, then boil twice!
3th step- Scoop froth into cup, then pour coffee
4th step- Sip at leasure
5th step- Cover cup with saucer, thumb on top, shake then flip over
6th step- Leave to drain on saucer
7th step- Drain excess over tissue paper, before you start scrying
8th step- Write down impressions you receive, starting from cup handle scrying clockwise
9th step- Scry clockwise, until you finish back at cup handle
10th step- In some traditions, coffee residue in saucer is drained& read
11th step- Seal with a thumbprint wish at bottom of cup
Last week me, Malina and Emilia visited Merve. She promised us at Turkish Delight, an event organised by ISCAP that she will read our future in a coffe cup. She told us that she is not an expert but she will try.
It was the first time that someone read my fortune in a coffe cup. I was eager to know my future although I had doubts that the prediction will be truth.
Merve prepared the coffe. She had coffe from Turky. She tod us to drink a glass of water before we drink the coffe. It is important that when you drink the coffe you enjoy it.
I was very attentive to all the steps of this ancient process. I learned a lot about furtune reading in coffe but personally i could not do it. Merve loked on a turkish site to interpret some simbols.
The bottom of the cup represents your hearth and the walls your mind. My heart is not complicated, but my mind is. I have a lot of things on my mind and i have to relak, to enjoy each moment.
She told me a lot of things that were truth. Most of them werer general.
At the end I made a wish amd this wish will come truth in 40 days.
I will return at Merve to find out more about my future.
Under is the interpretation of some simbols found in the turkish coffe cup reading:
Apple: Fertility and creativity.
Arch: Money in business matters.
Bread: Nurture your desires, hopes and dreams.
Bridge: A major decision needs to be made - which way should you go?
Camera: Someone is attracted to you.
Coins: Money is on the way.
Diamonds: A marriage proposal is expected? If the person is married, this may be a symbol of money and material wealth.
Flowers: Flowers indicate happiness.
Genie Lamp: Your wish will be granted.
Harp: Traditional romance.
Heart: A love affair, if the heart is broken or misshapen then the person is broken-hearted.
Knots: Concern over something, take care that it does not negatively affect your health.
Road: Creative opportunities are bringing you to another level.
Ship: A business opportunity is presenting itself.
Hope i made you curious to know more about this art.
"If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee." Sydney Smith
2nd step-Stir in a wish, then boil twice!
6th step- Leave to drain on saucer
9th step- Scry clockwise, until you finish back at cup handle
Last week me, Malina and Emilia visited Merve. She promised us at Turkish Delight, an event organised by ISCAP that she will read our future in a coffe cup. She told us that she is not an expert but she will try.
It was the first time that someone read my fortune in a coffe cup. I was eager to know my future although I had doubts that the prediction will be truth.
Merve prepared the coffe. She had coffe from Turky. She tod us to drink a glass of water before we drink the coffe. It is important that when you drink the coffe you enjoy it.
I was very attentive to all the steps of this ancient process. I learned a lot about furtune reading in coffe but personally i could not do it. Merve loked on a turkish site to interpret some simbols.
The bottom of the cup represents your hearth and the walls your mind. My heart is not complicated, but my mind is. I have a lot of things on my mind and i have to relak, to enjoy each moment.
She told me a lot of things that were truth. Most of them werer general.
At the end I made a wish amd this wish will come truth in 40 days.
I will return at Merve to find out more about my future.
Under is the interpretation of some simbols found in the turkish coffe cup reading:
Apple: Fertility and creativity.
Arch: Money in business matters.
Bread: Nurture your desires, hopes and dreams.
Bridge: A major decision needs to be made - which way should you go?
Camera: Someone is attracted to you.
Coins: Money is on the way.
Diamonds: A marriage proposal is expected? If the person is married, this may be a symbol of money and material wealth.
Flowers: Flowers indicate happiness.
Genie Lamp: Your wish will be granted.
Harp: Traditional romance.
Heart: A love affair, if the heart is broken or misshapen then the person is broken-hearted.
Knots: Concern over something, take care that it does not negatively affect your health.
Road: Creative opportunities are bringing you to another level.
Ship: A business opportunity is presenting itself.
Hope i made you curious to know more about this art.
"If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee." Sydney Smith
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Emilia`s Birthday
Today, the 2nd of November was Emilia`s Birthday. She invited us to celebrate it with her on the beach. The weather was nice and we enjoyed the landscape, the cake and the party.
When she cut the cake we all started to sing Happy Birthday in our languages. Also some Portuguese came and singed her feliz aniversario.
Hope she liked our presents.
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