couchsurfing

here we go again! couchsurfers are in the house!

backup! backup!

dois cliques e apaguei todas as fotografias deste ano. sim, 12 meses de fotos foram puff! pelo ar tecnológico! sim, fui eu que carreguei nos botões.
tinha até meio de agosto guardado num disco externo e consegui salvar bocados de setembro, outubro e dezembro da reciclagem.
no final acho que perdi meio agosto, partes de setembro e outubro e novembro. perdi toda a viagem a berlim (quer dizer que tenho de voltar, certo?).

por isso fica o conselho: backup! cópias de segurança! cópias de segurança!
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two clicks and i erased all my pictures from this year. yes, 12 months of photos went puff! up in the technological air. yes, i pressed the buttons. 
i had until mid august backuped in an external hard drive and i could rescue a bits of october and december from the recycling bin.
i think in the end i lost half of of august, september, parts of october and november. i lost all my berlin trip (i guess i must comeback, right?).


so this is a kind of advice: backup, backup, backup and backup!

frio | cold

eu adoro as nossas janelas velhas de madeira mas não aguento o frio que elas deixam entrar!
nestes dias lisboa tem estado muito fria, cheguei a ver 5ºC! eu sei, eu sei que não é nada comparado com o tempo que está na europa central onde está tudo mesmo gelado. nem neva aqui mas ainda assim é mais frio que o habitual.
eu adoro os dias de frio seco em que o céu está limpo, o sol brilha e nos agasalhamos com um casaco quente.
mas não gosto da chuva e não gosto mesmo que dentro de casa às vezes pareça estar igual a lá fora (ligeiro exagero). a maior parte das casas portuguesas não tem aquecimento central e não têm um isolamento conveniente porque "o tempo é tão bom aqui". esta ideia faz com que muitas vezes se sinta mais frio em portugal que na alemanha, por exemplo.
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i really love our old wooden windows but i can't stand the cold they let in!
these days lisbon is really cold, we've had 5ºC! i know i know it's nothing compared to central europe where it's really freezing! it doesn't even snow here but for us it's special.
i like these cold dry days when the sun is out and you tuck yourself in a warm jacket.
but i don't like the rain and i really don't like that inside our place sometimes feels like outside (slight exageration)! most portuguese homes don't have central heating and lack good windows and insulation because "the weather is so good down here!" so it's not uncommon to actually feel colder in portugal than germany for instance.

these last days

tenho-me entretido a embrulhar os calendários que me encomendaram.
i've been packing the calendars for the sweet people who bought them.





uma camada de papel vegetal em várias cores.
one layer of soft paper in several colors.


mais uma camada de jornais japoneses + etiquetas e muitos carimbos!
another layer of japanese newspaper + tags and lots of stamps!


gostei muito de personalizar 2 embrulhos para os amigos da marta, encalorada lá do outro lado do mundo em buenos aires.
i really enjoyed preparing some special gifts for marta's friends, since she's sweating in buenos aires.

kanpai!

estou a ficar para trás com a minha missão no #reverb10 mas muita actividade recente tem-me impedido de reflectir!
para além da entorse no tornozelo há outra coisa que me tem mantido ocupada...
decidi ganhar coragem e abrir uma loja online para o meu trabalho fotográfico!
decidi calar todas as vozinhas de dúvidas e medos e f.a.z.ê.-.l-o!

portanto sigam-me por aqui... e sejam bem vindos a kanpai!

gostava de vos convidar a visitar a minha loja e, se puderem, enviem-me o vosso feedback! é muito bem vindo e muito desejado.
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i'm a bit behind my mission at #reverb10, but some recent activity has been keeping me from some reflection time!


so beside my sprained ankle something else has been keeping me busy... 
i decided to take the plunge and open an online shop for my photographic work!
i decided to shut all the little voices of self doubt and fear and just do it!


so please, follow me this way... welcome to kanpai!


i would like to invite you to visit my shop and please send me some feedback! i would much appreciate it.

entorse | sprained ankle

decidi ter um momento de patinagem artística numas escadas molhadas e agora tenho uma entorse e um tornozelo inchado. até tive sorte, não é nada de grave, só uns dias de recuperação e umas amigas novas: meia elástica e canadianas.

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my foot decided to slip on a wet stone staircase and now i have a sprained ankle. did some exams and nothing is broken so i'm very happy and hopefully totally ok in a couple of days.

it's raining outside

é verdade que a internet consegue mostrar-nos um mundo maravilhoso sem sair de casa! eu sei, eu sei e já o disse aqui, às vezes é tanta coisa que sou sugada para um mundo maravilhoso e esqueço-me do tempo, de comer, do resto da vida!
de qualquer maneira, hoje saltitei entre sites e descobri coisas bonitas que quero partilhar: pelos comentários do blog fine little day segui até ao bazar da sufragista, gostei muito e encontrei este video lindo da joana linda (a música é do nick nicotine). para além dos vídeos (e do nome invulgar - sempre me perguntei se será mesmo nome artístico ou não!) a joana tira fotografias excelentes (já tinha vista uma vez na pecha kucha). a música é boa e tinha ouvido falar pela primeira vez do nick nicotine a semana passada no ipsilon, um tipo interessante. saltei para o flickr da joana linda para ficar a saber de uma nova galeria - pickpocket gallery -onde tenho de ir ver esta exposição.

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internet can be wonderful! i know i know, and  i've said it before, sometimes i'm sucked itno a whirl of amazement and forget about time, food or the rest of life!

anyway today I toured some sites and found nice things I want to share: through the comments in fine little day i followed sufragista, which I enjoyed a lot and found this beautiful video by joana linda (music from nick nicotine). beside the videos, joana takes excellent photos (had seen her once in pecha kucha).

it's a nice music, and i heard about nick nicotine last week on ipsilon, very interesting guy. jumping to joana linda's flickr i get to know about the pickpocket gallery where i  must go asap to see this exhibition.

December 5 – Let Go

What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?
(Author: Alice Bradley)

Hmmm... this is a hard one. Maybe I could say I let go some fears. Fear of not being good enough, fear of deception, fear of making a fool of myself. At least I tried, and I'm still trying, because I am a work in progress.

December 4 – Wonder

How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?
(Author: Jeffrey Davis)

photography. travelling. love. music. and photography.
sure hope to keep doing it next year, and improving it.

December 3 – Moment

Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors).
(Author: Ali Edwards)

The moment i read this question i was taken back to March 17th. This was the day we got on that bus that took us from Argentina to Chile. And this was the day we cross the Andes. Crossing this amazing mountains is an astonishing experience and one moment i will cherish forever. I don't know what made me feel so amazingly alive maybe it was the greatness of the landscape, or the amazing road design (all sss) or the beautiful soundtrack i choose. I don't know. At some point I felt some trouble breathing and some diziness and remember thinking that it all that beauty combined afecting my body.
At the border I chatted with a dutch woman who told me that my diziness it was probably due to the altitude, not the beauty. But I didn't believe her. Still don't.

December 2 - Writing

What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
(Author: Leo Babauta)


I'm definitely doing LOTS of things that don´t contribute to my writing as I'm not writing at all! I used to write much more, this blog was actually a place for my reflections and opinions on several things. Then somewhere along the way I stopped writing... The main reason why is that I can no longer find some quiet time to let my thoughts float and organize them in a text. I work everyday in an open space being constantly interrupted. When I get home at night my head is still buzzing from all the stress. Maybe there's something here I could work on. Allow me some free time, some free space to... write. I'll need to think more on this.


Update: Internet of course! everyday i get sucked in the miriad of wonderful blogs and websites and news and techstuff and when I look time has flown! definitely a must do thing: reduce time online! (cannot eliminate it! there's too much good stuff out there :))

December 1 - One Word

Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
(Author: Gwen Bell)


geee, what a start! encapsulating the year in one word... 
for 2010 i choose the word expectation.
i kind of went through the year expecting things to change. fighting each battle, winning some, loosing others and at some point i seem to have lost my focus. it feels i was expecting for something that never came. a famous portuguese singer has a great line about this feeling, "it's like waiting for the train in the bus stop" ("como à espera do comboio na paragem do autocarro").

for 2011 i would love to be confidence.
i expect 2011 to be a very challenging year but hopefully a great one and i want to end it being a better and braver person. i really want to embrace what's coming with confidence.

reflecting on the year

i've decided to join in this idea and reflect about the year that is finishing.
the general ideal is that everyday you receive a prompt that will make you reflect and you should respond to the prompt in any way you desire. then you can share it in twitter, delicious or flickr.
i'm excited to do this, hopefully will bring some muche needed insight and will give me some ground for the challenging next year! i have no idea how i will handle it everyday but will definitely try!

You are more than welcome to join the more than 1,000 people reflecting...

tonight we fly

yes, tonight we fly. the divine comedy live here in lisbon :)

i would love...

image copyright by ulrika kullenberg.

... to have a table that fits exactly under a big window, so i could seat on the side and look outside.

visit thelovely mackpär blog by ulrika kullenber.
see also her beautiful connection to tokyo in the hello hiki! blog.

descansar | to rest

correu bem!
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it went well!

ladra alternativa!

ok, this is it: a minha primeira participação numa feira! vamos ver como corre.
se puderem, apareçam!
http://ladralternativa.blogspot.com/
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ok, this is it: my first fair! let's see how it goes.
if you're somewhere near lisboa, come and visit me!
http://ladralternativa.blogspot.com/

wabi sabi

imagem surrupiada na retrosaria!

o apreço pelas pequenas coisas permite-nos suportar a desordem que nos rodeia.*

ouvido neste documentário que vi por acaso no canal 2.

thanksgiving

reparei que se calhar ando a ler demasiados blogs americanos. no meu google reader hoje havia imensas referências ao dia da acção de graças, que é uma festividade tão distante para mim (só dos filmes!). espero um dia poder juntar-me a alguém do outro lado do atlântico para entender melhor o seu significado.
segundo a wikipédia era tradicionalmente uma festividade para agradecer a deus as boas colheitas anuais mas é actualmente uma razão para juntar a família e amigos para uma refeição saborosa.
e, calculo, perder algum tempo para agradecer as coisas boas da vida.
tenho estado ausente do blog mas por boas razões: decidi participar na minha primeira feira e também abrir uma loja online para vender as minhas fotografias e calendário. mais tarde partilho mais informações.
este é um passo gigante para mim porque tenho muita dificuldade em acreditar na qualidade do meu trabalho ou na beleza das minhas fotografias. quando recebo um elogio, penso muitas vezes que a pessoa está apenas a ser simpática e que não é mesmo verdade. mas a crescente atenção que as minhas fotografias têm merecido fez-me decidir ultrapassar o medo da exposição e das críticas e pôr o meu trabalho out there!
e por isso hoje estou grata pela minha familía, pelos meus amigos e por todos vós que acreditam e me encorajam todos os dias. arigato!


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i noticed today that i might be reading too many american blogs. thanksgiving was everywhere on my google reader. this is a holiday that is totally foreign for me (well, not totally because of american movies...) and i still hope one day i might join someone across the atlantic and experience it.
according to wikipedia, thanksgiving "traditionally, it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest" but now is a reason to gather family and friends on a sumptuous meal. 
and i guess take some time to be grateful for the good things in life.
i have been absent again here in the blog. good reason why: i decided to participate in a christmas fair for the first time and also open an online shop to sell my pictures and calendar. i'll share more info about both later. 
this is a big step for me as i have a hard time in believing on the quality of my work or the beauty of my photographs. if i get a compliment i usually think people are are just being nice and it's not really true. but growing attention of my photographs have made me decide to overcome the fear of exposure and critics and put my work out there!
and so today i am grateful for my family, my friends and all of you who believe and encourage me everyday. arigato!

what katie ate

what katie ate is a stunning blog by katie quinn davies, "a professional food photographer and food stylist".
not only the pictures are amazing, the food looks delicious and there's this incredibly simple and elegant recipe design. i haven't been this impressed for a long time.

see it for yourself: http://whatkatieate.blogspot.com/

and check her website too: http://www.katiequinndavies.com.au/

image copyright kate quinn davies

all is full of love #4

all is full of love #3
all is full of love #2
all is full of love #1

calendário 2011

não se esqueçam que hoje é o último dia para encomendarem o calendário de 2011 em condições especiais.
é só enviarem-me um e-mail!

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don't forget that today is the last day to order your 2011 calendar with a special offer.
just send me an e-mail!

summer

went through some pictures of a weekend in august. it's not winter yet and i already miss summer.

this makes me happy

aung san suu ky em liberdade.
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freedom for aung san suu ky.

macbook

bem apanhada esta ideia do macbook - chopsticks.
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quite cool this macbook - chopsticks


via kirai

on solitude

if you live with someone else (a friend, a housemate, a spouse or parents) you may have felt like you don't have a minute alone. i sure have. i work in an open space, my work involves talking to people all day and when i get home the time is too short to shut away and not talk (and of course i enjoy my boyfriends' company and conversations a lot!). very often the world is just too much and i feel i need to escape some place (i always imagine some house by the beach or in the countryside) and just be alone. let my mind float without interruptions, face myself and my fears and just be. and listen to beach house on and on and on.

so i'm home alone this week while my beloved is travelling and while i could keep daydreaming of the house-by-the-beach i'm enjoying these days alone in our place a lot (although still missing my love so much).
because solitude is not loneliness. and it's good to learn to spend time with yourself.

and speaking of solitude i must share a wonderful video where poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis performs a beautiful poem written by her.

calendar for 2011

queridos leitores,

é com muito gosto que vos apresento o vosso calendário para 2011 que preparei com imenso prazer. é inteiramente dedicado ao japão, 12 meses preenchidos com delicadas imagens a preto e branco tiradas por mim neste país fascinante!

janeiro/fevereiro/março - january/february/march

 abril/maio/junho - april/may/june


quando pendurado o calendário mede cerca de 30x43 cm (aproximadamente um A3).
o preço é 15€ mas eu tenho uma pequena oferta:
quem fizer a encomendar até dia 15 de Novembro, eu ofereço um desconto de 10% e portes de correio gratuitos. é para aproveitar! um calendário é uma excelente prenda de natal. é só enviarem-me um e-mail para letterstosushilover [at] gmail.com.

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dear readers,


i have prepared a lovely calendar for 2011. it's interely dedicated to japan, 12 months full of delicated black & white glimpses of that amazing country. all images were captured by me.

julho/agosto/setembro - july/august/september



outubro/novembro/dezembro - october/november/december


when hanged the calendar is about 30x43cm (the size of an A3)
the price is 15€ but i have a little sweet surprise for you:
if you place your order until 15th November, i'm offering 10% discount and free shipping.
don't miss it, a calendar is a wonderful christmas gift. just send me an e-mail to letterstosushilover [at] gmail.com.

photoautomat

is automatic fun!

berlin - walk and see

the museum for rescued letters. www.buchstabenmuseum.de




pergamon museum. a-m-a-z-i-n-g.

berlin underground

berlin - shop shop

i want this tea set but i left there at the flea market of boxhagener platz.


muji muji muji. do you believe if i tell you i get emotional in this shop? so much simplicity, so much design, so much thought, so much japan. (it's finally opening in lisbon but i would prefer to fly to japan just to get one of this pens)


modulor shop. this shop has EVERYTHING for me and for your creative mind. material total, so they say and it's true. best of it: they sell online and ship worldwide.

berlin - eat and drink

taiwanese capuccino (someplace near boxhagener platz)


at kaffee mitte. (the black circles are actually devices that light and beep when your food is ready so you can go inside and get it!)


i don't know if you're crazy about ritter sport like me but even if you aren't you would go crazy at this shop in berlin where you can make any kind of ritter sport you can imagine!


even if it's cold, you just wanna sit outside in the sun.


oh sausages, sausages! this is the berlin typical, currywurst. yammi