September 23, 2006
September 20, 2006
2 hours of goodbye, kisses and bla bla bla!
One thing that portuguese people (and many latin countries) have and north americans, english, german, etc don't have:
We take ages to hang up the phone... 2 hours of goodbye, kisses and bla bla bla!
Yes I do that!
I just did with the call that finished 1min ago.
^_^
We take ages to hang up the phone... 2 hours of goodbye, kisses and bla bla bla!
Yes I do that!
I just did with the call that finished 1min ago.
^_^
September 16, 2006
New face: part II
Ok... it didn't take me much to find a problem with beta blogger...
Now I can't log in with my username on other people's blogs, that have the old version of blogger.
Thank you blogger. You gave me a few improvements and traded them for a big pain in the ass!
Now I can't log in with my username on other people's blogs, that have the old version of blogger.
Thank you blogger. You gave me a few improvements and traded them for a big pain in the ass!
September 13, 2006
New face
In Lisbon again and a new face for the blog with beta blogger.
At least I didn't have the problems some people had with it.
Let's wait and see... not many big changes but there are some nice ones!
By the way... I totally agree with this post about September 11. See it here:
9/11 Anniversary: 5 Years of Insanity by Blandella.
At least I didn't have the problems some people had with it.
Let's wait and see... not many big changes but there are some nice ones!
By the way... I totally agree with this post about September 11. See it here:
9/11 Anniversary: 5 Years of Insanity by Blandella.
September 08, 2006
Starbucks is coming!!!
Starbucks is coming to Portugal. Finally!
Everytime I go to another country it is always the closest I get to the great coffee we have in Portugal. Every other coffee place it is just shit... like Café Nero, Costa and similar things.
Although I will keep drinking the traditional coffee in other places, it will be good to drink the frapucinos, almond mochas or eat cookies sometimes. ;)
And I know someone that will be very happy with this news... isn't that right Mr. Rick? ;)
The news article (in portuguese) can be seen here.
Everytime I go to another country it is always the closest I get to the great coffee we have in Portugal. Every other coffee place it is just shit... like Café Nero, Costa and similar things.
Although I will keep drinking the traditional coffee in other places, it will be good to drink the frapucinos, almond mochas or eat cookies sometimes. ;)
And I know someone that will be very happy with this news... isn't that right Mr. Rick? ;)
The news article (in portuguese) can be seen here.
September 06, 2006
A trip to wal-mart
How to describe it?...
A super store with groceries, clothes, CDs and DVDs, home and gardening stuff, etc.
Childrens crying everywhere.
The "creme de la creme" of the white trash people everywhere.
People killing each others for a 1.50 dollar discount.
Shitty CDs and religious DVDs.
Mixed smells. Mixed people. Mixed psychos.
Is it another dimension? A trip to another universe? Hell yeah!
A super store with groceries, clothes, CDs and DVDs, home and gardening stuff, etc.
Childrens crying everywhere.
The "creme de la creme" of the white trash people everywhere.
People killing each others for a 1.50 dollar discount.
Shitty CDs and religious DVDs.
Mixed smells. Mixed people. Mixed psychos.
Is it another dimension? A trip to another universe? Hell yeah!
September 05, 2006
The art of tipping
I am getting tired of tiping everyone everywhere in restaurants and similar places, either they do a good job or not.
The idea is they don't received much money because the bosses expect the costumers to give them tips.
Thus, the employers are always supposed to receive a tip, with a scale something like:
2 dollars - you suck bitch. I shouldn't give you the money but I am supposed to.
3 dollars - you were a bit annoying but you seem to have kids to take care so... I will be mercifull.
4 dollars - you did your job. Please smile less next time.
5 dollars - I almost believed that you were nice. Here is some money for the course in the acting school.
6 dollars - ok. you were nice enough to take a photo from us.
7 dollars - I AM A STUDENT AND POOR. MY SCALE STOPS HERE.
(Actually it might have stopped before but I don't want to seem a cheap ass...)
At least in Portugal we don't tip as much and get an extra-spit on our desert as a response to that.
And what's with the "bringing of the check" after I had two bites of the food??! Can't they wait for me to finish? Damn!
And just in case you were not enlightened by my words, you can find more information about tipping on this site: http://www.tipping.org/tips/TipsPageTipsUS.html
The idea is they don't received much money because the bosses expect the costumers to give them tips.
Thus, the employers are always supposed to receive a tip, with a scale something like:
2 dollars - you suck bitch. I shouldn't give you the money but I am supposed to.
3 dollars - you were a bit annoying but you seem to have kids to take care so... I will be mercifull.
4 dollars - you did your job. Please smile less next time.
5 dollars - I almost believed that you were nice. Here is some money for the course in the acting school.
6 dollars - ok. you were nice enough to take a photo from us.
7 dollars - I AM A STUDENT AND POOR. MY SCALE STOPS HERE.
(Actually it might have stopped before but I don't want to seem a cheap ass...)
At least in Portugal we don't tip as much and get an extra-spit on our desert as a response to that.
And what's with the "bringing of the check" after I had two bites of the food??! Can't they wait for me to finish? Damn!
And just in case you were not enlightened by my words, you can find more information about tipping on this site: http://www.tipping.org/tips/TipsPageTipsUS.html
September 03, 2006
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