Oh my! I spent much more than I planned today going from bank to bank! At least I got my money, bought everything I had to buy and closed my last account. And just as I was walking to the union for the homolgation thinking that it couldn't get worse than wasting this hot and sunny day doing that, I had another suprise. They told me that they only had thigns appointed for 1:30 pm, so the girl from my former company that had to be there had come and gone already, so I couldn't do it today anymore! I swear my heart stopped for a minute. I couldn't believe it!! I called the company and they realized it was their mistake, then I explained all my situation (cause I'm travelling this weekend already, it had to be done today) And luckly the girl came back (we caught her just as she was living the office!) and I did everything I had to do too. Phew!
I finally decided what to buy for my mother-in-law (if you've been following you know it had been worrying me!). I really wanted to take something for her, but Al had told me she's a difficult person to give gifts to, and he wasn't helping very much (and when he finally decided to give me a hint I decided I didn't want to follow it). Anyway, it didn't had to be the gift of her life, just something to show I thought of her. With such narrowed options, I bought a fine chocolate box from Ofner. Who doesn't like chocolate, right? And it comes in a cute wood box painted white with a nice golden pattern on the lid that she can use to store small objects later.
One of the chocolate varieties had Cointreau filling (yummmm!), but I know that she doesn't drink at all. I really didn't want to take the chance of upsetting her, (even the filling being just a cream), so I asked for a replacement, I put coffe flavored ones instead. I hope she likes it! *fingers crossed*
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Ready, Set...
I finished packing my 2nd bag. And I finished all my health check up exams, including the dentist. Now I only have to finish packing my hand luggage and buy my travelers checks tomorrow. (I was supposed to do it today but they still haven't deposited my money!!! I'm so mad at them! Usually the salary is available in the morning of the scheduled day, so I checked it the first thing today but it wasn't there...I called the HR and they said that they have untill midnight to do it! It's 3 pm now and it's still not there...They better not mess is up, I only have untill tomorrow to do it!!!)
I'm a bit worried about my bags, cause I think they're a bit past the weight limit. I weighted them on my neighbour's scale and they were ok, but then I had to include somethings I was just given today (very good coats and boots, by a mom's friend, yay!! - couldn't live that behind, I'd have to buy them anyway), but I'm too embarassed to ask for the scale again cause the heavy bags caused a crack on the scale's glass :s hehehehe Some friends told me that theu don't charge anything if it's only a little bit over. We'll see...
And I'm so happy that I found the Havaianas (Brazil's signature flip flop) I wanted! I tried to order from the website but they were out of stock, then today I found them totally by chance at a store I was passing by! :D (Don't despise Havaianas flip flops, man! Even Julia Roberts had worn them to the Oscars once!). I got the slim model in gold :D Not that I'll be using them outdoors anytime soon but anyway....
I'm a bit worried about my bags, cause I think they're a bit past the weight limit. I weighted them on my neighbour's scale and they were ok, but then I had to include somethings I was just given today (very good coats and boots, by a mom's friend, yay!! - couldn't live that behind, I'd have to buy them anyway), but I'm too embarassed to ask for the scale again cause the heavy bags caused a crack on the scale's glass :s hehehehe Some friends told me that theu don't charge anything if it's only a little bit over. We'll see...
And I'm so happy that I found the Havaianas (Brazil's signature flip flop) I wanted! I tried to order from the website but they were out of stock, then today I found them totally by chance at a store I was passing by! :D (Don't despise Havaianas flip flops, man! Even Julia Roberts had worn them to the Oscars once!). I got the slim model in gold :D Not that I'll be using them outdoors anytime soon but anyway....
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Run, Dea, Run!
I´ve been in such a rush these days. Today I picked up some college´s documents - my academic history and a statement proving that I finished the course - and closed one of my bank accounts. Then I came to work and decided to sign my resignation today, thought I´m still working untill tomorrow. Brazilian labor laws are really complicated, so there are lots of steps in the process untill I actually get my money and all. I´ve got to undergo a health check up exam, then go to the union to get some papers...and I can only do it after they deposit my money...but they have 8 days to do that, which means that I´ll only complete the whole process on the last minute, the last friday before I go!! :s (I totally forgot I´d have to do all that when i set up the date for the trip...but I don´t regret anyway...hehehe)
Tomorrow I´m gonna have my hair cut (and etc ;-) in the morning, then I´ll come for my last day at work, then I´ll probably go to MG (Minas Gerais - the state where part of my family lives) to say bye to some of my relatives, especially my dear grandma Geralda. I´ll spend three days there.
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Today I had lunch at the mall and at the elevator I ran into a girl in a very neat bun...which reminded me that it´s Cuballet time! aw, man! How I miss it!! Cuballet is a ballet (obviously) summer intensive course that lasts all of January, with great Cuban teachers, offered at the academy at that mall. I attended it last year and it was fantastic - very few things can make me happier than spending the whole morning every single day of the week taking dance classes (one of then being spending the whole morning AND the whole afternoon at the classes, which I couldn´t do because of my work!). I´d be there now if I wasn´t traveling this month already... I can´t wait to resume my classes, seriously!!
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And I´m not even there yet but I already got things on my schedule. Yesterday Al´s friend invited him for his birthday on a NY club...only six days after I get there!! What a test!! And also another friend invited us to visit her in Boston and go skiing with her and her husband! How cool is that! Can´t wait either!!
Tomorrow I´m gonna have my hair cut (and etc ;-) in the morning, then I´ll come for my last day at work, then I´ll probably go to MG (Minas Gerais - the state where part of my family lives) to say bye to some of my relatives, especially my dear grandma Geralda. I´ll spend three days there.
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Today I had lunch at the mall and at the elevator I ran into a girl in a very neat bun...which reminded me that it´s Cuballet time! aw, man! How I miss it!! Cuballet is a ballet (obviously) summer intensive course that lasts all of January, with great Cuban teachers, offered at the academy at that mall. I attended it last year and it was fantastic - very few things can make me happier than spending the whole morning every single day of the week taking dance classes (one of then being spending the whole morning AND the whole afternoon at the classes, which I couldn´t do because of my work!). I´d be there now if I wasn´t traveling this month already... I can´t wait to resume my classes, seriously!!
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And I´m not even there yet but I already got things on my schedule. Yesterday Al´s friend invited him for his birthday on a NY club...only six days after I get there!! What a test!! And also another friend invited us to visit her in Boston and go skiing with her and her husband! How cool is that! Can´t wait either!!
Monday, January 08, 2007
I couldn't resist...
Call me tacky, but I couldn't resist...
Podem me chamar de brega, mas eu não resisti....
Podem me chamar de brega, mas eu não resisti....
(lipstick: Dior)
Yesterday I also started packing...one of the bags is full already, and it's only my winter clothes and one crochet bed cover my now 96-year-old grandma made me. Everything else has to go in the other one...which probably means I'll have to leave more things behind than I had planned... :s
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Housewife in training
First 2007 post! woo-hoo! :D
Since yesterday I've been playing housewife hehehehe. Our maid is on vacation, so I have to care for my father. That means making the bed, making breakfast, doing the dishes, going out to buy his magazines and food for lunch, making lunch, doing the dishes, preparing scnacks, doing the dishes...oh and did I mention doing the dishes after every single thing?
Anyway, it was about time that I get used to those things...at least I think everything came out good, I didn't even had to rush my father to finish his lunch, and he complimented me for the food :D
I've also started to check my closet to see what I'm gonna take and what i'm gonna leave...such a hard task! There are those things you bought and never wore and know you'll never will but you wanna keep "just in case"...there are those long ago worn out pieces that you love and you just can't get rid of them...but you have to be strong and let them go hehehe. My cousins are lining up already hoping they can grab anything nice hehehe. Almost every piece brings back so many memories, it feels like I could spend my whole life in this process...
Since yesterday I've been playing housewife hehehehe. Our maid is on vacation, so I have to care for my father. That means making the bed, making breakfast, doing the dishes, going out to buy his magazines and food for lunch, making lunch, doing the dishes, preparing scnacks, doing the dishes...oh and did I mention doing the dishes after every single thing?
Anyway, it was about time that I get used to those things...at least I think everything came out good, I didn't even had to rush my father to finish his lunch, and he complimented me for the food :D
I've also started to check my closet to see what I'm gonna take and what i'm gonna leave...such a hard task! There are those things you bought and never wore and know you'll never will but you wanna keep "just in case"...there are those long ago worn out pieces that you love and you just can't get rid of them...but you have to be strong and let them go hehehe. My cousins are lining up already hoping they can grab anything nice hehehe. Almost every piece brings back so many memories, it feels like I could spend my whole life in this process...
Friday, December 29, 2006
Mommy and me
We had the best day shopping for my things today! Everybody else is already at the beach for the New Year and we're only going tomorrow. It was a long time since we didn't go out like this, just my mother and I. We had lunch at the mall, then we went to the store to check the luggage I had already researched for. Suprisingly, we had inverted roles this time. I showed her the cheapest one I could find for the size I wanted, but she insisted that we took another one, that was the double price! I wasn't prepared for spending that much, but it was on her (and grandma), so...hehehe. 
But then the saga began. She suggested that we also checked other store, to which we had to go by bus (cause the car is with the other part of the family at the beach). We din't find better ones there, so we went back. At the 1st store, we asked the clerck to recheck the measures she had taken (cause there's a limit for the luggage size also), only to find out she had taken them wrongly! which meant that apparently the ones at the 2nd store were better! So, we went back home to recheck the size limit with the airline company (cause we didn't know if we had to count the bag's wheels or not), then we ended up buying the luggage at the first store later. (Does that sound confusing? yeah, that's how it seemed to us at the time also, and almost frustrating!) But I really liked the ones I got!
And also we bought....hum....something that a friend suggested I had a shower of...instead of a house shower since I can't take all the stuff with me! hehehe of course I can't take a picture of that....only a privileged one will be lucky to see them...but I'm really really happy with them also, they're gorgeous! hehehe
Today I also scheduled my last haircut and highlights (and progressiva! hehehe). Actually, now everything I do is the "last" before I go....kindda scary actually hehehe
Oh, and I already got my passport back, with my visa :D
Tomorrow I'm going to the beach, I'll see y'all in 2007 now. *HAPPY NEW YEAR*! (e põe "new" nisso!)
But then the saga began. She suggested that we also checked other store, to which we had to go by bus (cause the car is with the other part of the family at the beach). We din't find better ones there, so we went back. At the 1st store, we asked the clerck to recheck the measures she had taken (cause there's a limit for the luggage size also), only to find out she had taken them wrongly! which meant that apparently the ones at the 2nd store were better! So, we went back home to recheck the size limit with the airline company (cause we didn't know if we had to count the bag's wheels or not), then we ended up buying the luggage at the first store later. (Does that sound confusing? yeah, that's how it seemed to us at the time also, and almost frustrating!) But I really liked the ones I got!
And also we bought....hum....something that a friend suggested I had a shower of...instead of a house shower since I can't take all the stuff with me! hehehe of course I can't take a picture of that....only a privileged one will be lucky to see them...but I'm really really happy with them also, they're gorgeous! hehehe
Today I also scheduled my last haircut and highlights (and progressiva! hehehe). Actually, now everything I do is the "last" before I go....kindda scary actually hehehe
Oh, and I already got my passport back, with my visa :D
Tomorrow I'm going to the beach, I'll see y'all in 2007 now. *HAPPY NEW YEAR*! (e põe "new" nisso!)
Thursday, December 28, 2006
It´s set!
Compramos a passagem! Viajo no final de janeiro.
Engraçado que agora, de repente, parece que tenho tão pouco tempo pra fazer tudo que preciso antes de ir!!
Hoje comprei isto e isto para dar de presente para minha cunhada, que é fotógrafa e artista. São bem legais, as imagens fogem daquela coisa apenas exótica, e o de São Paulo principalmente tem coisas bem originais.
Só não sei o que vou levar pra minha sogra. Queria muito levar alguma coisa, mas o Al diz que ela é muito difcícil de agradar, muito criteriosa, e, além de tudo, ele não quer me dar nenhuma dica!!! Não sei o que faço....
Amanhã vou comprar minhas malas. O reloginho tá tic tic tic....
Engraçado que agora, de repente, parece que tenho tão pouco tempo pra fazer tudo que preciso antes de ir!!
Hoje comprei isto e isto para dar de presente para minha cunhada, que é fotógrafa e artista. São bem legais, as imagens fogem daquela coisa apenas exótica, e o de São Paulo principalmente tem coisas bem originais.
Só não sei o que vou levar pra minha sogra. Queria muito levar alguma coisa, mas o Al diz que ela é muito difcícil de agradar, muito criteriosa, e, além de tudo, ele não quer me dar nenhuma dica!!! Não sei o que faço....
Amanhã vou comprar minhas malas. O reloginho tá tic tic tic....
Random stuff
SP = NY's preview?
What's up with that? Depois da inócua explosão no metrô de Sampa, botaram os guardinhas das estações pra checar todos os vagões do trem quando chega na Ana Rosa. Como eu pego lá todo dia pra voltar pra casa, acho que a paranóia tá passando pra mim e até eu já to checando embaixo dos assentos pra ver se não tem nenhum pacotinho. Mas isso certamente foi obra de algum teenager babaca que fica vendo muita TV e achando "muito loucas" as coisas que passam no noticiário. Se fosse algo sério já tinham feito algo pra arrebentar de vez, né? Ai ai, achava que só teria essas coisas quando chegasse lá! Ridículo.
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Elis x Marisa
Acabei de ver o especial da Globo sobre a Elis Regina, putz, sem palavras... Essa mulher arrepia e emociona só pela TV, imagina como devia ser ao vivo! (see Elis Regina in English). Graças aos céus pela rádio uol, que disponibiliza vários discos dela (listen in streaming for free) pra eu matar a saudade lá sem ter que gastar com CDs. Já a tosca da Marisa Monte fica com frescura de proteger os discos com programa espião que eu me recuso a instalar, portanto não consegui copiar o CD que eu ganhei de Natal pro computador. É lógico que ela também não liberou pra rádio uol, ou seja, lá vai mais um voluminho pra mala...pq o "Universo ao meu redor" é muito bom. Pra quem gosta do estilo, recomendo.
My dear Al doesn't know any of them (yet). That must be why he thinks music can't be moving.
What's up with that? Depois da inócua explosão no metrô de Sampa, botaram os guardinhas das estações pra checar todos os vagões do trem quando chega na Ana Rosa. Como eu pego lá todo dia pra voltar pra casa, acho que a paranóia tá passando pra mim e até eu já to checando embaixo dos assentos pra ver se não tem nenhum pacotinho. Mas isso certamente foi obra de algum teenager babaca que fica vendo muita TV e achando "muito loucas" as coisas que passam no noticiário. Se fosse algo sério já tinham feito algo pra arrebentar de vez, né? Ai ai, achava que só teria essas coisas quando chegasse lá! Ridículo.
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Elis x Marisa
Acabei de ver o especial da Globo sobre a Elis Regina, putz, sem palavras... Essa mulher arrepia e emociona só pela TV, imagina como devia ser ao vivo! (see Elis Regina in English). Graças aos céus pela rádio uol, que disponibiliza vários discos dela (listen in streaming for free) pra eu matar a saudade lá sem ter que gastar com CDs. Já a tosca da Marisa Monte fica com frescura de proteger os discos com programa espião que eu me recuso a instalar, portanto não consegui copiar o CD que eu ganhei de Natal pro computador. É lógico que ela também não liberou pra rádio uol, ou seja, lá vai mais um voluminho pra mala...pq o "Universo ao meu redor" é muito bom. Pra quem gosta do estilo, recomendo.
My dear Al doesn't know any of them (yet). That must be why he thinks music can't be moving.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Ufa! Phew!
Pronto, falei! Ai ai, agora tudo saiu de cima dos meus ombros, finalmente. Não consegui ser demitida, mas meu chefe é muuuito gente boa e a conversa foi bem tranqüila (diferentemente do meu estado nas 24 horas anteriores). Último obstáculo: entrevistinha do aeroporto! Mas quem tirou até aqui de letra, pfff...o resto é fichinha! Trabalho até meados de janeiro. Agora vamos correr atrás da passagem.
I finally spoke to my boss! Now I took everything off my shoulders, phew! I couldn´t get them to fire me (so I´d get more money), but my boss is realy nice and the talk went fine. Last obstacle: the airport´s little interview. But if I came this far, nothing can stop me anymore! I´ll work untill mid-January, and now we´re gonna search for my ticket.
I finally spoke to my boss! Now I took everything off my shoulders, phew! I couldn´t get them to fire me (so I´d get more money), but my boss is realy nice and the talk went fine. Last obstacle: the airport´s little interview. But if I came this far, nothing can stop me anymore! I´ll work untill mid-January, and now we´re gonna search for my ticket.
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