Boa ...

Novembro 2005, 7 Rios, Lisboa, Portugal
It may be just a machine saying it, but those words make a difference on a 4 hour busdrive.
This was the weekend of the broken coupling of the horse-trailer, the drive in the jeep from castelo branco back to tortosendo where I lost my way ( on the highway, imagine ; ), the cake with coulis, the pictures of Cláudia working on her thesis, going to the movies...
It was a fantastic weekend, and it started with this picture.

Symphony in red

November 207, Leuven, Belgium

X marks the spot !

November 2007, Leuven, Belgium
The sky is the limit!

Going somewhere?

March 2008, Bangkok, Thailand

Be seated...

Março 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
... I want to tell you a story.

Down the stairs

December 2005, Torre Norte, IST, Lisboa, Portugal
Be careful. It is not the path that should be beautiful, but the place the path leads to.

I3, Light up

February 2008, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Empty stage

September 2006, Lier, Belgium
It's all there, the lights, the mic, the audience...
I prepared the whole stage for you. It was hours of work, months of preparation.
Why won't you come up and sing now ?

Galeria sem fim

Outubro 2007, Bruxelas, Belgica

Purple, it's like blue but not quite

February 2008, Kruidtuin, Leuven, Belgium
I'm feeling purple...

A single plume

February 2008, Heverlee, Belgium

What's on her mind ?

October 2007, Brussels, Belgium
Um sorriso tão meigo, olhos tão cheios de vida, uma paz tão natural, só pode indicar lindas pensamentos...
Mas os quais ?

Uma só arvore no meio das flores

Fevereiro 2008, Kruidtuin Leuven, Belgium
Maria Amélia, queria estar la consigo neste dia, so para dar-lhe um abraço, porque sei que nao posso fazer mais. Penso em si.
I wish I had met the person I heard so much about, and it were all good things.

Elefantes, oculos e symmetrias

Fevereiro 2008, Tervuren, Belgium

Principle of duality

February 2008, Leuven, Belgium

You can see everything in at least two ways.
There is not one better then the other, there is not one lesser then the other. There is not best way to see it.
The only thing that is true, is that they are complementary views of the same thing, and they can only increase understanding when both are used.

Fechamos o livro

November 2007, Lichtaart, Belgium

This day is a special day to me. Not a lot of people know why, even though it has never been a secret. But those who know, know how serious I am when I say that this is a special day to me.

Tanta coisa que aconteceu, tanta coisa que me fez feliz. Nao posso enumerar, e ningum elogio fara honra as pessoas, as momentos, as lugares que me tocaram tão profundamente nestes ultimos tres anos.
Um grande abraço a todos que me acompanharam nessa parte da minha vida. Sinto sua falta sempre.

Memórias não diminuem, mas apuram. Todos os cantes, as imperfeições, desaparecem, e o que resta são as mas puras essencias das memórias, cristallisados. Nunca vou esquecer, vou recordar me melhor. E vou recordar me melhor só das boas coisas, e isso sera a maior honra que posso dar.

Like this flower in ice, time will not change my memories, they will stay as strong and colorful as they were when I first saw them. There are no things in life you have control over, except this; you can choose how you remember people. I have chosen to remember youfor what you are, as good and wonderful, as devoted and caring.

Na minha lingua diz-se "devias fechar o livro" para indicar que devias terminar um periodo na vida, e o que aquele periodo significa. Talvez nao seja mala ideia de fechar o livro que amo e adoro, agora no terceiro anniversário, mas mesmo fechado, este livro sera o primeiro e unico livro na minha biblioteca da vida. Um dia vou querer ler até o fim. Quando queres ler de novo, leermos juntos.

Nunca vou esquecer quem és, nunca vou esquecer o que representas para mim.

A smile for the lucky to see

December 2005, nivel -1 Torre Norte, IST, Alameda, Portugal
Actually the first of our series of "quadratic smilies"!

Look up to a bright new sky !

September 2005, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal
Días passam, tempo vem e vai.
Mas memórias nunca vão deixar me !

Sun sets on our homeland

February 2008, Olen, Belgium

Hammer in my hand, contemplating

November 2007, Leuven, Belgium
Sun in my face, with my best suit on, am waiting for that one and only moment... Not too soon, not too late, the bell must be rung at the right time.
I have often waited for the right time to do something. The perfect atmosphere to say something, the best mood to bring something up, the best day to try something new.
I don't want to say that for some things, that isn't the necessary and only way to do it. I want to say that I did it for a lot of things where it wasn't necessary at all, and have wasted a lot of beautiful opportunities to do something else in the meantime...
I learned this much from it... if you are not completely sure when exactly that perfect time is, and you are not completely sure that it will be better then right now, then don't wait at all. Do it right here and now.
There may be only 1 good moment to hit the bell, but it's better to hit it at a wrong time and have done a lot of good things before and after, then having hit the bell at the perfect time and not having done anything else...