Sunshine´s Column

Wake me when it´s over

2011-12-19T12:45:00.003Z

Photosource:unknownWhat I really want for Christmas?Let me crawl into bed and somebody wake me when it´s over...The cooking...The cleaning...The noise...The same conversations...I don´t have the energy for it all...I just want it to be over with.I´d love to just climb into bed and wake up in 2012I´ll feel differently next year... but this year, it feels like it will never end!

Old Friends...

2011-08-12T16:45:00.001+01:00

Photosource: Unknown Friends are the people that can sing back the song in your heart when you´ve forgotten the words... I miss my school friends... they knew a “me” that recent friends didn´t get to know... they know who I was before who I am... and sometimes, you need to be reminded... 1995 On a cloudy morning, I arrived at school with baggy eyes. There had been another argument at home and I

Stuck in an elevator...

2011-08-01T16:36:00.004+01:00

Photosource: UnknownI often catch myself saying “that only happens in the movies…” but I never stop to consider that if “that” was put in a movie maybe there´s something to it… as it so happens, in real life we are but fortune´s fools… so why can´t certain things that we look for in movies happen in real life? As it so happens… I experienced one of those moments… Imagine being stuck in an

Useless rambling...

2011-02-21T09:50:00.002Z

Photosource: Unknown It once again occurs to me that we are no more that fate´s puppets, that none of us truly have hold of our destiny and that no matter what choices we make there are obstacles in our path that we simply can´t avoid.Easy isn´t it… to consider that we have no control of what happens, yet knowing that every consequence originates from a decision you make.Because everything you do

Reevaluations

2011-02-01T09:48:00.001Z

Photosource: Unknown The older I get, the more I realise that the most precious thing you´ll ever own is time… Your whole life is based on how you manage time and what you do with it.Love, Friendship, Career… even your hobbies, take time.It´s not quite a question of whether you have it or not – we all get the same amount a day and yet as we look around us it seems that everyone else gets more or

25 Minutes to Midnight

2010-11-01T23:34:00.000Z

I just finished the last of my summaries on English Literature and realise that even with the long weekend… I’m have one subject behind.Will I ever manage to catch up?These days all I do is sleep, work, study and worry…I wish I had more hours…I wish I had a magic wand even if it were just to fix the things in the lives of the people around me… I wish I had the powers of a fairy godmother.I’m

Morning Murder

2010-08-24T15:18:00.003+01:00

photosource: unknown Every morning the alarm clock goes off just before 6amThis doesn´t mean I go to bed early – it only means I get up early!It also means that I’m deprived of sleeping time.So the first thing I do when I seat myself on the train is put by backpack on top of the air-conditioning, lean my head to the side and catch up on my snooze…43minutes of nap time is crucial for me to arrive

Kalash´s Adventures

2010-08-13T16:21:00.010+01:00

Photo source: Luis SardinhaThis page has been temporarily taken over by the dog… Kalash… that’s me…. The cute furry thing in the photo above.My owner has been quite busy as of late and I decided that she wouldn’t mind me loaning her space while she concentrates on other things…It’s not like I have anything better to do: I eat, I sleep, I play with my toys and I spend the rest of my free time

I do... I still do... I always will.

2010-07-07T12:00:00.002+01:00

Photosource: Marco Clara Staring at the flashing cursor on the blank Microsoft Word page, I have the complete notion that no matter what I write and how well I edit it – no matter how much effort I put into this post, it can never do justice to describe the happiest day of my life.27th of February 2010For most a rainy and chilly day better spent indoors – for me, the perfect day to put on the

2010´s pick up line of the year!

2010-02-17T17:00:00.003Z

Photosource:UnknownI sat at one of the tables near the piano at a nearby shopping centre and waited for a friend to arrive for coffee. I was half listening to what was being played whilst the other half of my mind reflected on some of the tasks I had to do that evening… when Mr. Casanova appeared!Distracted as I was, I didn’t react at first when he sat down – instead I gave him the questioning

Close Call....

2010-02-05T15:38:00.005Z

Photosource: Unknown Everyone knows that it only takes a split second to lose control…And it’s what happened… I lost it.It was raining, the tar was wet, the tyres were worn, the turn was sharp and I was going much faster than I ought to…My mother-in-law stressed and my dad went dead silent as the car’s rear slipped to the right… and then to the left… just before I managed to grasp control of it

Made by Bimby...

2010-02-01T15:51:00.002Z

Picturesource: Sunshine What can you accomplish with a Bimby, two hours and two cooks?-Codfish with chickpeas and cornbread-Fresh bread-Garlic and Parsley butter-Cottage cheese pie-Pumpkin pieAnd this is why I love my Bimby!Because everything comes out right unless the cook fails to follow the recipe… which I didn’t…Okay, maybe I had a little oopsie on the cottage cheese pie, but it was still

Happy New Year

2010-01-28T16:08:00.004Z

Photosource: UnknownThere are so many things I want to say… so much to tell… so much to share.If I could perform one miracle, it would be that at this very instant the whole world could feel what I feel:Blissfully happy, passionately in love and immensely grateful!I started off 2010 as a bride, an aunt and 14kg lighter than the previous year.Yes, 2010 has definitely started off as a busy one: try

Self Empowerment

2009-11-20T10:29:00.001Z

Photosource: UnknownAfter many years of dealing with family drama and conflict, I decided that when I had one of my own I would not tolerate such behaviour.Nothing is more humiliating that a public display of displeasure or disagreement.And so, when such moments arise I opt for either ignorance or silence to avoid the conflict until a later date when things can be discussed.But silence can be

Still getting hitched...

2009-10-30T14:23:00.002Z

Photosource: unknownI consider myself a practical woman when it comes to shopping.I have limits to the amount of money I’m willing to spend on a certain item and I make the effort to not purchase more than what I need.This doesn’t go to mean that every now and again I don’t pamper myself with some or other expense that doesn’t fall under the “Needed” list, but generally these treats are still

The Bold and the Valiant

2009-10-21T14:09:00.002+01:00

Photo Source: Unknown Often people have the misconception that the brave are out there fighting their way through and standing up for what they believe in.It seems that to be a warrior, one must be seen always with their sword in their hand.Let they never be caught off guard!What bollocks!Courage isn’t always about the fight!Courage is what it takes to try and make things work without having to

Getting Hitched

2009-09-28T14:38:00.003+01:00

Photosource: Unknown Two weeks ago, I walked into a restaurant with my better half convinced that we were celebrating our last caloric dinner before the beginning of an intensive diet.Needless to say, I was not expecting to walk out with a new appendage on my right ring finger.My expectancy of my man popping the question was that when he told me that he had an important question to ask me my

Sunshine’s Column – Blog Description

2009-08-18T15:11:00.005+01:00

Photosource: UnknownRecently I received an e-mail from a real-time search engine dedicated for fast feed discovery called feedmil asking me for a description of my blog.They already have my feed page linked on feedmil and all they asked for was a description of my blog to put under “words from the author”Surprised to say the least, it took me a while to register the request and even longer to

Introspection

2009-08-11T11:38:00.003+01:00

Photosource: Movie "Closer"I recently read a post that got me thinking of the questions that I still don’t have the answers to: “Merecer Mais”What do you do when you feel that you’re not getting what you desire, need or deserve? Do you fight and demand that which you feel that you should be getting?Do you throw away everything you’ve invested in to look for it somewhere else? Sometime ago, I

Recycle

2009-07-30T12:27:00.003+01:00

Picturesource: UnknownThese days the publicity on recycling has become aggressive.With the amount of information that is out there, there’s no excuse to get it wrong. Even children have been programmed to make you feel guilty if you throw out something recyclable with the normal trash.However, I often question myself at the efficiency of the whole system seeing as I still see very few products

Driving Miss Sunshine

2009-07-29T10:48:00.005+01:00

Image source: Unknown I finally did it! I summoned all my courage, said my prayers and drove myself all the way to Lisbon and back.For those of you who aren’t aware, Lisbon is around 40km from where I live and as any capital city of the world – traffic is insane!Although I took lessons and my driver’s licence in Lisbon, I hadn’t come on my own yet and believe it or not I was missing the nagging

First Sushi meal

2009-07-20T12:40:00.003+01:00

Photosource: UnknownAs a birthday gift to his mother, my better half decided to take us out to try out Japanese food at a restaurant in Lisbon called Osaka.This was also a first for me and I’ll have do admit I was pretty excited to try something I’d been meaning to try for a long time.At first when I walked in, it felt as if I’d walked into an ordinary Chinese restaurant – the porcelain and

More Reflections...

2009-07-13T11:32:00.002+01:00

Photosource: UnknownEvery now and then, you stop and reflect about life – the decisions you’ve made and where they’ve gotten you.You ponder about the course that you’re on and you ask yourself if this is where you want to be and where you want to go.Adolescence is supposed to be the hardest time in your life due to the fact that it’s a phase of discovery and choice. You try different things and

Simply Feeling

2009-07-01T09:53:00.003+01:00

Photosource: Unknown I hate being misunderstood.It’s one thing to argue your point of view and have the other side disagree with you –it’s an exchange of thought.It’s another thing to open up your heart and let someone know how you feel and they simply refuse to understand you.It makes you want to knock out their teeth and slap them silly until they get the fact that what you’re telling them isn

In Tribute

2009-06-30T15:31:00.006+01:00

Photosource: UnknownThis isn’t another tribute to Michael Jackson that relates how talented and gifted an artist he was… Just the fact that VH1 will still be playing his music for your grandchildren is enough proof of what he was made of.The man was eccentric but he lived his life in his own way, trying to be happy in his own way – something every human being can relate to.I pay my respects the

Reflecting...

2009-06-24T15:57:00.005+01:00

Photosource: UnknownI can’t focus.Normally in a crisis I’m able to concentrate on my work and distract myself from what is bothering me but I can’t seem to wrap my mind around anything else besides that my dad is in an operating theatre and in the worst of circumstances could have his foot amputated.One of diabetes’ effects is gangrene due to the lack of circulation to your limbs – google it and

My Friends

2009-03-27T09:24:00.002Z

Photosource: Unknown"A real friend isn´t the one that bails you out of trouble... a true friend is the one sitting next to you in the jail cell saying "Man that was crazy!""I´ve often heard the phrase “the more I know people, the more I love my dogs” and thought to myself that people that thought that way were hermits.So people screw up – sooner or later everbody disappoints, that isn´t enough

I watched this movie and it got me thinking…

2009-03-15T02:32:00.004Z

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