Dumb tourists

"What a gorgeous day to go to the beach! Let's go to Cascais and have lunch there."

"The water looks great! And there are so many people on the beach... Seems like an invitation to go for a swim. Too bad we forgot our towels and swimming suits..."

"Oh well! Let's take a walk along the beach, enjoy the sun, take some pictures...

Oh, look! There's a nice looking house and a pool by the ocean. Nice! Let's check it out!"

"An algae carpet!! And kids on their swimming suits running on the other side of the pool.

Looks fun! Should we go there??"

"What a great idea!!! And now why not turn our back to the ocean while we unwarily take nice pictures of the pretty looking house with the pool, not minding the waves?"

Ooops! Here comes a big wave, and here go two incredibly dumb soaking wet tourists...

And this is the story of how we(*) ruined my camera...

(*) This time I will share the blame because it was my idea, although everyone knows it's Oscar's fault!

Parque das Nações on a bike

Night out in Bairro Alto

This is how a night in Bairro Alto looks like, narrow streets with even narrower bars, all completely crowded with people partying all night long. The best part? Cheap drinks and very big chances of bumping into someone you know. Believe me, it's one of the best places to go out at night when you want to get drunk in Lisbon.

one of the crowded streets with a shop that sells "legal" drugs

(I guess the ilegal ones are sold on the street :P)

one of the crowded bars where we had some drinks

And, after casually bumping into some friends, we ended up in Bairro Alto's viewing point drinking beer. Yes... it was cold... but that didn't stop us because, just like the kalashnikovs, we also had a lot of alcohol and were on fire!!

Clube Ferroviário

It is called the "railroad club" and it's another interesting place with music and drinks in Lisbon.

overlooking the train tracks and the river

view of Lisbon National Pantheon's dome in the background

the concert

and the comfy train seat sofas

Late Christmas photos

pre-christmas in California with Pancake

Christmas eve

midnight... finally!!!

Christmas day

post-christmas

"Felis dia de namorados"

Oooh!!! Meens "Hapy valentine's day" and it's a late Valentine's present from Luana, Nuno's 6-year-old cousin who is now learning how to write. How adorable is that? :)

A todos os escravos da minha geração

Reaction to the premiere of the protest song "Parva que sou" performed by Deolinda in a concert at Oporto Coliseum on January 22th 2011. Already being called the anthem of a generation. Sadly, mine...

DEOLINDA - "WHAT A FOOL I AM"

"I am of the generation without remuneration
and this condition does not even bother me.
what a fool l am!

Because this is bad and it will go on,
I am already lucky to be a trainee.
what a fool l am!

And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study.

I am of the generation stay-home-with-mum-and-dad
if I already have everything, why ask for more?
what a fool l am!

Children, husband, I keep putting them off
and I still have to pay off the car,
what a fool l am!

And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study.

I am of the generation complain-what-for?
there is someone worse than me on TV.
what a fool l am!

I am of the generation I-have-had-enough
this-situation-has-been-lasting-far-too-long!
And I am not a fool!!!

And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study."

Mad science at UC Berkeley - how would we do research without trader joe's?

Today, I got a very amusing email from the Valley Life Science Building manager. Apparently, someone has been so thorough in sample organization and labeling they even had the right to an announcement.

"IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED"
"Whoever has placed the dead/decaying items inside a plastic bag within a Trader Joe's paper sack (located under the work bench inside Rm. 5111 plus 4 degree walk-in), please contact me immediately. Your items are filling up the room with an unbearable stench, making it difficult for anyone to use this room (not to mention that you failed to properly label your ?research?).

If I do not hear back from anyone regarding these items by 1pm today, I will dispose of them.

If this isn't you, please pass this e-mail along to anyone that might be responsible."

Oh no! Seems like we have some serious competition on the floor above...

Dammit!!!!! How can we compete with that???

Mad science at UC Davis - time flies when you're having fun

Beware of the mad scientists that use dry ice to throw lab parties, have scary strange looking mutants as pets and make photo montages on paint.

safety first: wear gloves!

the famous Kohana cat

(I don't think an anti-wrinkle cream will do it)

the "Barbara is sad" series

(again... powered by paint, the #1 tool for graphic artists)

"Barbara is sad"

"Barbara is sad AND WEIRD" (by Colin)

"Barbara is sad IN LONDON"

"Barbara is sad IN FRANCE" (by Colin)

"Barbara is sad AND A TELETUBBIE"

"Barbara is sad AT THE TITANIC" (by Colin)

"Barbara is sad ON THE MOON"

"Barbara is sad IN THE LITTER BOX"

"Barbara is sad AND A MOBSTER"

"Barbara is sad HIDING FROM LESLIE"