MITs and UoRs

Some people have Most Important Tasks while others have Utmost outstanding Routines.

Go Jo! You can do it!

From now on...

... there two new "dolphins" in the "ocean" ;-)

Because you loved me

Because You Loved Me
Songwriters: Diana Warren

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right

For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful, baby

You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through
Through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me, ooh, baby

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach

You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love, I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe, I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because
I was loved by you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me
The light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/celine-dion-lyrics/because-you-loved-me-lyrics.html


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Dedicated to 2 very important persons in my life.

Eu vou votar PSD / I will vote for PSD

Eu vou votar PSD nas eleições legislativas deste Domingo. / I will vote for PSD in the Parliament elections this Sunday.

Pro 9

Today marks the 9th Anniversary of my professional career.

On September 15th 2000, I suited up - literally - and walked up to Unisys Portugal's office in Monumental, Saldanha, in Lisbon. I was a little nervous but confident that my years in Técnico had given me the skills to make it in the Pro world. To cut a long story short, I was right ;-)

I've been working at Técnico as a Lecturer and Researcher since 2002.

Today I start a new year in my academic career, focusing on research. I know that, as in all these years, "I'll get by with a little help from my friends"... ^.^ Thanks to all of them!

Photo credits

Amor / Love

O amor não consiste em olhar apaixonadamente um para o outro, mas em olharmos juntos na mesma direcção.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

/ This post is bilingual: Portuguese (Portugal) and English (U.S.) /

Love is not about looking passionately at each other, but is about looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

For my princess...

Happy anniversary!

Good advice for marriage / Bons conselhos para o casamento

In the chronicle The Perfect Couple (in portuguese), José António Saraiva from the newspaper Sol gives some advice to prevent conflicts in marriage:
- Create household routines;
- Define leadership areas with fairness, so that each member of the couple feels that he/she has its own powers and influence;
- Share household chores according to each one's capabilities. Don't try to do everything together: indefinition is a constant source of conflicts.

From my experience I can say it's good advice. Consider it.

/ This post is bilingual: English (U.S.) and Portuguese (Portugal) /

Na crónica intitulada O Casal Perfeito, José António Saraiva do Jornal Sol deixa alguns conselhos para prevenir conflitos no casamento:
- Criar rotinas dentro de casa;
- Definir com justiça as áreas de liderança, para que cada um dos membros do casal sinta que tem o seu espaço de poder.
- Repartir as tarefas domésticas de acordo com as inclinações de cada um. Não pretender que sejam os dois a fazer tudo: a indefinição é uma fonte constante de irritação e atritos;

Pela minha experiência pessoal posso dizer que são bons conselhos e que merecem ser considerados.

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You've washed the steps my father climbed to hold my hand and carry me, in your Love.

Thank you, Grand Mother!

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.

Isiah 12

/ This post is bilingual: English (U.S.) and Portuguese (Portugal) /


Lavaste os degraus que o meu pai subiu para me dar a mão, no vosso Amor.

Obrigado, Avó, foste uma Grande Mãe!

No Senhor pus a minha esperança: a seu lado não temerei.
O Senhor é minha força, Ele é a minha salvação.

Isaías 12

A public thanks to Continental Airlines

I wish to publicly thank Continental Airlines for their outstanding service of me and my wife, in flight CO 64 from Newark to Lisbon, especially during check-in.

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Mt 25:13

Thank You All

The week has started with an outpouring of great friendship... No words can quite say it properly, but:

Thank You All

Moving forward

It isn’t about how hard you're hit.
It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa, 2006

The pathway is narrow, but it exists. And it's within our reach.

Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 2009

Birthday present

What more could I wish for my birthday?

Being with the person I love,
In a warm place,
A fun game of Mancala,
A very tasty NY sirloin steak with a green salad,
an ice cream cake with two candles - a three and a one,
and a glimpse of the decisive shot of a Celtics vs Knicks game.

Thank you for the present, but most of all, thank you for being present!

Photo credit: Matthew West, Boston Herald

Turning 31

Today. Under pressure. But, "under pressure, diamonds are forged". With God's grace and a "little" help from my family and friends, of course ;-)

Theft

My apartment was broken into... 2 laptops, 1 iPod and 1 photo camera were stolen. It's awful...

Too bad James Bond isn't around to find whoever did it! Cambridge Police will have to do. Thanks for the effort!

Parabéns irmão!

17 anos, 17 razões para te dizer que valeu e vale a pena continuar a crescer!
Um grande abraço dos teus irmãos, Miguel e Joana

P.S. - E agora, algumas prendas electrónicas! ;-)

Led Zeppelin's John Bonham drums solo - Moby Dick


Steve Jobs @ Stanford, 2005
Part 1
Part 2

A farewell to Michael Chrichton

Michael Chrichton passed away on November 4th.

I have fond memories of discussing the Jurassic Park books with my friend Miguel Panão back in my high-school years in the 1990s. My view of science ethics was never the same afterwards.

My condolences to the family.
Give him eternal rest, O Lord, and may your light shine on him for ever.

Flight to heaven

An airplane flight is a good flight when it takes you to your destination in one piece. Even if there are lots of problems, in the end you say it was good if it took you to where you wanted to go.

With life it's just the same. A life is a good life when it takes you to heaven.

Father Richard Clancy, MIT Chaplain

Studying EE / A estudar EE

I'm studying Electrical Engineering, in the footsteps of great men, of one man in particular, very dear to me.

Left 18 months ago, but is Always with me.

/ This post is bilingual: English (U.S.) and Portuguese (Portugal) /

Estou a estudar Engenharia Electrotécnica, seguindo as pisadas de grandes homens, de um homem em particular, que me é muito querido.

18 meses de saudade, mas Sempre presente.