Monday, January 31, 2011

Pegando carona

Taking a ride

Uma gaivota foi flagrada nesta segunda-feira passada (31), no lago de Zurichsee, em Zurique, na Suíça, pegando carona nas costas de um cisne. Folgadinha essa gaivota, hein? rs

A gull was photographed taking a ride on the back of a swan, on Lake Zurichsee, in Zurich, Switzerland, last Monday (31). Cheeky little bird, eh? lol

Foto/Photo: Steffen Schmidt

Pra comecar bem a semana

To start off the week



Donavon Frankenreiter, no video com a musica Free.

Donavon Frankenreiter, in this video singing Free.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Dispensa Comentarios

No Further Comments



Adam Levine, do Maroon 5, posa nu na edicao de fevereiro/2011 da revista Cosmopolitan UK, para uma campanha de cancer de prostata, em apoio a Everyman Charity.

Adam Levine, Maroon 5 lead singer, poses naked in the February 2011 issue of Cosmopolitan UK magazine, to raise awareness for Prostate and Testicular Cancer, in support of Everyman Charity.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Enchentes Update

Floods Update

75% do Estado de Queensland foi afetado pelas enchentes. 20 pessoas morreram. Mais de 10 pessoas continuam desaparecidas. Serao 2 anos e meio para reconstruir o estado.

75% of Queensland State was affected by the floods. 20 people have died. More than 10 people remain missing. It will take 2 years and a half to rebuild the State.

12/jan/2011 - 16h19

12/jan/2011 - 10h
Mesma rua/Same street - 12/jan/2011 - 16h14
Aos poucos o trabalho sera feito.
Slowly the work will be done.
Bombando a agua da garagem.

Bombing out the water.
Mas com a inundacao nao vem so a agua... Vem doencas, lama, cheiro ruim, os bichos, os oportunistas que invadem e saqueiam casas, ou os donos de comercio que cobram precos absurdamente fora do real aproveitando-se da situacao. Sem contar as muitas pessoas que talvez nao receberao o dinheiro do seguro, pois as apolices nao sao claras em relacao ao que a palavra "enchente" siginifica.

It's not only water that comes with the floods... It also brings diseases, mud, stinky smell, wild animals, crooks raiding houses and business owners taking advantage of the situation charging obscene prices. Plus, people might not get money from their insurance companies because the policies do not clearly define "flooding".

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Enchentes

Floods

Nao so de coisa boa vive o mundo, nao eh mesmo? Para quem esta antenado no noticiario, voces ja devem saber que aqui no estado de Queensland/Australia, tem tido chuvas torrenciais, e muitas cidades estao debaixo d'agua. Dizem que esse ano, sera um dos piores, se nao, o pior! Se voce me segue no Twitter, ja deve ter visto eu comentando que nao para de chover por aqui. 

Not only of good things the world is made of, right? For the ones watching the news, you must already know that in the State of Queensland/Australia, there have been torrential rain, and a lot of cities are underwater. They say this year will be one of the worse, if not The worst! If you follow me on Twitter, you probably have already seen me commenting it hasn't stopped raining here.


Eles ja tinham previsto que hoje, 12 de janeiro, seria um dos piores dias para Brisbane, por causa da mare alta. Dizem eles que, 21 de janeiro, tambem sera muito ruim. A prefeitura emitiu notas de alerta, com dicas de como se prevenir, com links para rotas de emergencia, enderecos de onde retirar gratuitamente sacos de areia para fazer barricadas, etc.

They had already predicted that today, January 12, would be one of the worse days for Brisbane, because of the high tide. They say, January 21, will also be bad. City Hall sent out alert notes, with tips on how to be safe, links with emergency routes, places where you can get sand bags to make barricades, etc.


Prateleiras vazias nos supermercados comprovam que a populacao, com um certo panico, prefere se prevenir do que remediar.

Empty shelves in the supermarkets prove that the population, with a little bit of panic, prefer to be safe than sorry.


E so para ilustrar que com agua nao se brinca, e em um piscar de olhos a agua toma conta de tudo, vou comparar fotos tiradas em torno das 8am e 10am. Notem que na primeira foto, da para ver a calcada e na segunda nao da.

Just to illustrate that with water we can't joke around and in a blink of an eye the water can raise so much, I'll compare pictures that I took around 8am and 10am. Notice in the first picture you can see the sidewalk and in the second you can't.

Hoje, as 08h17. Today, at 08h17
Hoje, as 10h44. Today, at 10h44.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Numero 1

Number 1

Voces repararam que esse ano sera o ano do numero 1?
1/1/2011; 11/1/2011; 1/11/2011; 11/11/2011 e por ai vai...
E como eu gosto muito de ver esses numeros um's, vou postar um video de uma musica bem dancante que eu adoro do Fatboy Slim, Wonderful Night.



Did you notice that this year will be number 1's year?
1/1/2011; 11/1/2011; 1/11/2011; 11/11/2011, etc...
Because I like a lot all these number one's together, I'll post a very dancing Fatboy Slim's video music that I love, Wonderful Night.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Feliz Ano Novo!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Galera, feliz 2011 pra voces!!!
People, happy 2011!!!
Queima de fogos/Fireworks - Brisbane - 00h00
Queima de fogos/Fireworks - Brisbane - 00h00
Ontem, teve fogos aqui em Brisbane e foi bem maneiro! Fomos assistir em SouthBank e teve 2 queimas, uma as 20h30 para as familias com criancas, que talvez nao pudessem ficar acordadas ate mais tarde (achei bem legal essa atitude!) e outra a meia-noite, claro! Postarei algumas fotos de ontem, mas voces sabem ne? Fotos de fogos de artificio sao sempre a mesma coisa, entao nao tem nada de demais! rs

Yesterday there were fireworks here in Brisbane and it was really cool! We watched it from SouthBank and there were 2 different shows, one at 20h30 for the families with kids, that maybe wouldn't be able to stay up until the main show at midnight, which was the second one (I thought it was a great idea!). Here are some pics from last night. But you know, fireworks pics are always the same, so there's nothing spectacular! lol


Multidao/Crowd em SouthBank.
Queima de fogos/Fireworks - Brisbane - 20h30
Queima de fogos/Fireworks - Brisbane - 20h30
Queima de fogos/Fireworks - Brisbane - 20h30