Today I woke up with this beautiful weather. Beautiful, but not practical. You should see this poor Portuguese girl struggling with her bike on her way to work. “ohhhhh ohhh no no no ohhh ohh ok ok ok f@#k!ohhhhhhh”. My bike was sliding all over the place and often there was no alternative but to walk.
Yessss, it is special the winter here in Dk.
2010 is gone and a new year is about to start. I like this fresh start, the reset sensation.
2010 was for me a hard year: it was the year I handled my PhD thesis (weeeeeeee! November 30th!) and until that day I worked in the lab, read a million papers, forgot where I read that piece of information and had to re-read the papers again, suffered, got frustrated, got lost. But somehow, I managed with lot of support of my colleges/supervisors, J and family. I cried when I pressed the send button on the computer to submit the thesis and I was truly happy the next days.
I had some travelling: South Africa, Cardiff and Portugal, although, Portugal does not count because it’s going back home.
I made good shopping: did not regret my options and I explored “The Outnet” more and made some good buys.
It was a happy year and a sad year with the loss of my grandmother and my great-uncle and great-aunt.
Due to the thesis, 2010 was a poor year regarding going to the movies and book reading but I hope I will make it up on 2011.
201o brought me also some extra kilos due to the work-stress and the consequent need of food confort. For 2011 I hope to loose 5 kg (let’s get to work!)
2011 will be the year that I will defend my thesis and become a scientific grownup. Can’t wait!
Happy 2011!
Copenhagen new trend! Packages are placed near the cash machine so the girls don’t have to waste time on getting it. And of course it is already in my hands.
T by Alexander Wang
Alexander McQueen
I know Denmark has a challenging weather. I know that this is a northern country and not a tropical one. But still, where is the summer? So far only 4 lousy hot days: 1 day beach, 2 times in the garden, 1 at work followed by Danish classes. Comparing to the previous years, by know I should be in sandals and tanned. This was punishment for hosting the clime conference. Global warming?! Probably, but not this summer and definitely not in Denmark.
Today is a holiday in Denmark. The weather is gray. Today I am watching DVDs, second season of Big Love with cakes from Lagekagehuset… Delicious! Of course I should be on a diet but I will make it up tomorrow in the gym. Of course I should be writing my PhD but I will make it up another day… Yesss… Laziness strikes!
On Saturday J was having is friends over for dinner. And because it was a “boys only” thing, I was gently kicked out of the flat. And it was fantastic! I went over M’s place for a game night! Love it! I am really addicted to games and that’s why I never play for money. M, M’s boyfriend and me went through the night with a very nice conversation, laughs, board games, cocktails, beer and wine. I got so drunk! OMG I am really getting old. When do I convince myself this alcoholic life is not for me anymore? Really, hangover the next day is a killer, but the fun I had in the night was priceless!
After 2 very busy weeks having a long weekend it’s really great. Friday was an holyday because it was praying day. Having so many people living in Denmark from so many different religions, a praying day was needed to avoid holidays for each religion. Are you religious? So here you go… Today is praying day. I was also praying, but in my case I was praying that I was born with some skills to paint a flat. And I did! J and I decided to paint our dining room. It was the first time I painted walls, doors or anything in a house. And I was actually ok! I really got the handle of it! Weeeee! Of course the next day I was in pain: pain in the legs, arms, etc.
Yes, I haven’t written so much on the blog and I feel sad for it. But it is not a writer’s block. The truth is I have been on vacation, sick, work, Portugal, sick again, more work and addicted to the FarmVille and SocialCity games from Facebook. I am beginning to write my PhD thesis that I will have to delivery in the end of August. So, busy, busy, busy.
The volcanic eruption in Iceland has spread plumes of ash, thousands of feet into the air, over North Europe and UK. Airports have been closed and chaos was installed among people who were away from home and wanted to come back. It’s in times like this that imagination, good will and money make funny stories happen like taking a cab over Europe. Danish guys took a cab from Portugal back to Denmark. English lawyer just got out of the hotel in Denmark, called a cab and said: “To London Please!” “Very well sir give me 1h and I will pick you up here”. Danish musician was stocked Italy and wanted to go back home. A group of taxi-drivers suggest they would pick him up for free and in exchange he had to play on their summer party. The musician said yes!
It’s funny when things go a little bit out of the normal... J
Today one of the greatest designers of our times has committed suicide. It is so weird, so unbelievable and so sad.
Born in 16 March 1969 this English fashion designer left behind and remarkable career with is so well known skulls. I had bough recently a scarf because the clutches (amazing) were a little bit out my budget. Now I look at it and I think that this piece is from one of his lasts collections. Lee Alexander, wherever you are we will miss you.
Saturday! The best day of the week! Not melancholic as Sunday and you can wake up late and charge batteries from the week.
Today I manage, (I really don’t know why) to drag J for a brunch. We are together for 4 years now and it was the first time I could drag him to brunch: and he didn’t complain! He always says, “it’s boring”, “I rather have a showarma”, “café life it’s for girls, guys get bored” and so on. We have a lot of discussions about brunch. For some guys you say the word brunch and they start immediately with an allergic reaction. It’s only food for god sakes! It’s nice because you have a very mixed meal and you can relax, enjoy and talk for hours. Maybe it is the talking for hour’s part that scares them away J
Anyway, the brunch was really fantastic! Super! Very good food! Unfortunatelly, when we finally went for the desert and hurry up for the marshmallows spears to deep them in chocolate fountain, they were GONE! Not even one! I complained to the chef but he told me the kids had taken it all and there was no more. Spoiled brats! Anyway, better off without those calories. Nice kids, then.
In the end, I just felt bad because I was supposed to go there with the girls. M saw a review about it and she was very curious about the place. But we end up cancelling it. M, I promise that next time you want to go I will not say no!
If you live in Copenhagen, and if you want to go for a good brunch, go to lé-lé. You wont regret it! Check the site for more info http://lele-nhahang.com/.
Since November I have been hunting down this dress. It's from Acne. I gave my name in different stores waiting lists, browse on the Internet and nothing. Sold-out! Luckily, the other weekend I have found it in a store in Malmo. It looks so good! And I have already tried it on! Dress combined with thin coolants and temperatures below zero. Can’t believe how I did not got sick!
Obama is arriving tomorrow and the city will stop while F1 lands. Once again the bridge between Sweden and Denmark will be shut down. I think it’s amazing the power that one single man can have and the security measures that are necessary to protect him!
Copenhagen is more active than ever. A European city that apparently also “never sleeps”, Copenhagen is now hosting the Climate Conference. During these days, the city is known by Hopenhagen. Politics and associations, from all over the world, are gathered here to discuss and negotiate issues related to industrialized nations and emerging nations. Topics like thinking green, deforestation, CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, etc are in agenda. And everybody is heard, or almost everybody. This conference has no space for the voice of Henrik Svensmark and it’s co-workers from the University of Copenhagen.
It’s amazing how the history repeats itself. All the new ideas that are out of the box and radical are never accepted. Like Galileo and Van Gogh, apparently one still has to die before its genius is recognized.
Henrik Svensmark and co-workers defend that the climate changes are not an exclusively consequence of man’s work. This story begins in 1991, when Henrik Svensmark’s group, leaded at that time by Eigil Friis-Christensen, proved that the warming of the planet was not mainly due to the release of CO2 to the atmosphere but that there was a nearly perfect correlation between solar magnetic activity and temperature: when the magnetic activity in the sun was larger, the temperature on earth was higher. Later, in 2005, Henrik Svensmark and co-workers found experimental evidence that sun and the galaxy are determining climate on earth. By studding the clouds, they have managed to establish a correlation between the warming of earth and sun. Briefly, the idea is that cosmic rays are responsible for forming clouds and the sun with its magnetic field controls this cosmic radiation. The solar magnetic field has more than doubled in the last 100 years and as a result fewer cosmic rays (formed by stars dying in supernova-explosion) have sprayed the earth and therefore fewer clouds were formed (they keep the earth cooler). Unfortunately, no scientific journal wanted to publish this. Maybe they are wrong. But the data is shown to be very accurate. Maybe the climate change is not just our fault. Still we have the obligation to preserve and cherish our planet.
J knows how crazy I am for Christmas! It’s my favourite time of the year! Every present is planed in detail; the Christmas tree is bought in the beginning of December or in the end of November and so on. This year, because I have been a good girl I got a Christmas calendar. It’s the train that you see on the picture and everyday I get a chocolate. Thanks J. It’s beautiful!
