This year, Rio got some pretty awesome cows. Take a look here to see a bunch of beautiful pieces of art.

And here, have a Frida Cowlo:


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... now that I have only one test, next Monday (Contemporary History 2 - nationalism, causes of World War One). My computer finally arrived, a full 20 days after I ordered it - the shop said the transport company lost it so they have to send another one by mail. Overnight delivery, I love you! I haven't used the computer yet, as my brother was ( Read more... )

My computer has yet to be delivered (it should have arrived on Nov. 9). I should have known that when things look too easy, the are probably too easy. I've spend the past week yelling at the morons from the shop and now the latest shop person told me they should have a definite answer to me tomorrow - either the transport company lost my computer ( Read more... )

I just bought a new computer, it should be delivered on Wednesday. It has a 1TB hard drive and 6GB of RAM memory, and the price was sweet!!! 1,079 reais for the computer and a Samsung 18.5" monitor (that's 620 dollars, on yesterday's rate). Believe me, it was cheap ( Read more... )

Isn't it gorgeous?


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I did a trial Pilates class in a studio near my house this morning. It was fabulous!!! I loved the place, it's a yoga studio which offers Pilates and Tai chi chuan as well, and it's very nice. Pity that they don't have any yoga classes in my (few) free hours. Anyway, the place is beautiful, and the instructor was very nice, explained everything to ( Read more... )

So, some things only happen to me. Really. This was truly an epic one.

I went to my cousin's birthday barbecue on Sunday. It started in the early afternoon and lasted until about midnight, when I left. I talked to all my cousin's friends, and one of them seemed vaguely interested. But I've been known to be wrong about those things and, well, it was ( Read more... )

Figures. I'm in an incredibly good mood... seriously, I'm all for a beer now. Somebody get me a beer!!!

Rock in Rio started tonight, and Katy Perry's concert is about to begin. After her, Rihanna and Elton John. There's a live streaming on youtube, for those who are interested: http://www.youtube.com/user/rockinriobrasil2011Read more... )

So, my uni has an ecumenical chapel with a small... well, the closest word I've found in English is moat, so, yeah, a moat around it. There are some fish and ducks that stay there, and one in a while, duckies like to take a stroll, go to the amphitheatre, you know, relax:


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