Pelos Arredores de Brisbane III

Around Brisbane III

Se voce estiver em Brisbane, uma das atracoes imperdiveis que eu recomendo muito eh o Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, que eh o maior e o primeiro santuario de koalas do mundo a ser construido. Com mais de 130 animais da especie, la voce pode tambem alimentar cangurus, conhecer uma variedade de animais da Australia, como passaros, ornitorrincos, etc. E por uma certa quantia, voce pode tirar foto com os animais para levar de lembranca pra casa. O santuario abre todos os dias a partir das 8h30 ate as 17h, com excecao de certos feriados em que o horario muda.

If you're around Brisbane, one of the attractions that I really recommend is Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, which is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary, with over 130 koalas. There you can also handfeed cangurus and encounter a large variety of Australian wildlife, like birds and platypus. For a certain price you can take pictures with the animals to take with you as a souvenir. The sanctuary opens from 8h30 to 17h everyday, except few holidays, which they change the schedule.

Ornitorrinco / Platypus

Crocodilos / Crocodiles

Lagarto e Tartaruga / Lizard and Turtle

Periquitos / Lorikeets

Pavao / Peacock

Emu

Fascolomo / Wombat

Cangurus / Kangaroos

Cangurus / Kangaroos

Canguru / Kangaroo

Koala

Koala

Koala

Koala

Olive Pyhton

 Piton de Agua / Water Python

Cacatua / Cockatoo

Amizade

Friendship

This is Cascao. Since we are little, friends know when we are friends. Because we share moments, we support each other. They are always by our side, when we win or when we are defeated; in the good times, bad times. Friendship is not always agreeing with each other, but to give it up sometimes. Friendship is like having a brother who doesn't live in the same house. It is sharing secrets and emotions. It is understanding, it is amusement. It is being able to count on someone every time you need! It is having everything in common and nothing in common! And having nothing in common, really! It is knowing that you have more in common than you think. It is missing each other! It is wanting to have a break from each other! It is giving preferences, it is being jealous! Real friendship never ends. Even when we are grown-ups, and other people show up in our lives. Because we can't explain friendship. It simply exists!

Momento Palhacitos do Dia

Silly Moment of the Day

Um garotinho usando um enorme chapeu de bombeiro estava andando pela calcada com o seu carro de bombeiros de brinquedo, sendo puxado por um grande, velho e feio cachorro. Infelizmente, como o menino tinha amarrado a cordinha nos testiculos do cachorro, o carrinho esta indo bem devagar. Um homem reparou nisso e disse: 'Sabe, filho, o seu carrinho iria bem mais rapido se voce amarrasse a cordinha na coleira dele.' O menino concordou. 'Talvez sim, mas dai eu nao teria uma sirene!'

A little boy in a big fireman's hat was riding down the sidewalk on his toy fire truck, being pulled by a big old ugly dog. Unfortunately, since the boy had tied the rope around the dogs testicles, the truck was going rather slowly. A man noticed this and said: 'You know, son, your truck would go faster if you tied the rope around your dogs collar.' The boy nodded in agreement. 'Maybe so, but then I wouldn't have a siren!'

Pac Man

Ja que a gente tem que acordar cedo, por que nao acordar de bom humor?

Pelo menos, para quem é fã de um dos jogos eletrônicos mais antigos, como o Pac Man! Esse relogio digital tambem conta a trilha sonora do video game, alem dos detalhes fofos dos botoes de ajustes em formato dos outros icones do jogo: cerejinha, fantasma e sino. Se voce gostou, o despertador está à venda na loja britânica Firebox e sai por US$ 24. Uma pechincha, vai?

If we have to wake up early, why not waking up early in a good mood? Well, at least for the fans of the Pac Man game! This digital alarm clock features the soundtrack of the game, also the cute details of the adjustments buttons in the shape of the other icons of this game: cherry, ghost and bell. If you liked it, this clock is for sale at the British store Firebox and costs U$ 24. A good deal, eh?

Internet

Demorei, mais voltei! Quer dizer, mais ou menos! Eu nao estou mais postando aqui no blog pelo simples motivo de eu nao ter ainda internet aqui na nossa nova cidade! :(

Pra acessar a internet, eu preciso me deslocar ate a biblioteca onde tem wi-fi de graca, e nem sempre da pra postar pois a internet down under eh tao leeenta!!!

Mas, prometo que toda vez que eu puder, vou tentar atualizar!

Beijos! Nadilux

It took me so long, but here I am! I mean, sort of! I'm not posting anything else here in my blog simply because I still don't have internet here in our new city!

To access the internet, I need to go to the public library where they offer free wi-fi and most of the times the connection is sooo slow here down under!!! But I promise to update whenever I can! Kisses! Nadilux

Unhas Mood

Mood Nails

Faz um tempo que nao falo de unhas, ne? Eh que eu as roi e estao curtinhas! Sim, eu tenho o pessimo habito de roer unhas e nao resisti quando elas estavam um pouco mais compridas que o normal. Mas foi apenas um deslize e tentarei nao roer mais! Por isso, hoje postarei fotos que tirei faz algum tempo ja de um esmalte que muda de cor.

It's been a while since I talked about nails, eh? It's because I bit them and they are super short! Yes, I have the horrible habit of bitting my nails and didn't resist when they were a little bit longer than average. But it was just a lapse and I'll try not to do it again! That's why today I'll post pics that I took a while ago of a nil polish that changes colour. 





Esmalte Awesome/Silly da Claire's.  
Nail polish Awesome/Silly by Claire's.

Nao gostei muito dele no geral: a cor eh mais ou menos e mesmo passando tres camadas, nao ficou homogeneo e a textura eh muito grossa. Porem, ele realmente muda de cor na agua quente (muda de cor dependendo da temperatura), afinal de contas esse eh o atrativo do esmalte! O da foto eh a cor Awesome/Silly (awesome eh a cor mais escura e silly a mais clara), da Claire's, da colecao Mood.

I didn't like it: the colour is so-so and not uniform even after 3 coats and texture is very thick for my liking. However it really does change colours in hot water (it changes colour depending on the temperature), after all this is the appeling quality of the nail polish! The colour is Awesome/Silly (awesome is the darker shade and silly the lighter one), by Claire's, Mood collection.

Unhas normais, sem molhar na agua. Normal nails, without dipping them in the water.

Eu molhei somente as pontinhas da unha na agua quente.  

I dipped only the tip of my nails in the hot water.

Pelos arredores de Brisbane II

Around Brisbane II

Continuando a saga "Pelos arredores de Brisbane", nao podemos deixar de falar sobre os meios de transporte, ne? Afinal, como iriamos nos deslocar de uma atracao a outra, ou do servico para casa, ou de casa para o barzinho? =p Bom, acho que todo mundo conhece o bom e velho onibus, imagino que nao preciso falar muito sobre isso. O mesmo vale para os trens, metro e afins.

Continuing the "Around Brisbane" saga, we can't not talk about the transportation, right? After all, how would we move from one attraction to another, or from work to home or from home to the pub? =p Well, I guess everyone knows about the good and old bus, I don't think I need to blab about it.  The same applies to trains, subway and similars. 

Onibus de Brisbane.  

Brisbane bus.

Dentro do trem.  
Inside the train.

O que eh mesmo bacana aqui eh o City Cat. City Cat nada mais eh do que uma embarcacao que nos locomove entre uma estacao a outra no rio que corta a cidade. Para quem eh de Vancouver, o City Cat eh o equivalente ao Sea Bus, que liga North Van com Downtown Van.

What is really nice here is the City Cat. City Cat is nothing more than a vessel that moves us between one station to another in the river that cuts the city. For the ones from Vancouver, the City Cat is the equivalent to the Sea Bus, that connects North Van to Downtown Van.

E o sistema de pagamento aqui eh o equivalente ao nosso Bilhete Unico em Sao Paulo. Voce recarrega uma quantia e vai usando ate gastar tudo ou ate quando decidir fazer uma nova recarga.

The payment system here is the equivalent to our Bilhete Unico in Sao Paulo. You recharge an amount of money and keep spending it until it's time to recharge again or whenever you decide to.  

Go card, parecido com o nosso Bilhete Unico de Sao Paulo.

Go card, similar to our Bilhete Unico in Sao Paulo.

Eh um meio de transporte bem pratico e eficiente, ja que liga pontos importantes da cidade, como o centro e bairros residenciais. Por isso, ele eh usado por quase todos que nao estao dirigindo: estudantes, executivos, criancas, turistas, etc.

It's a mean of transport very practical and efficient, once it connects important points of the city, like downtown and residential areas. That's why it is used by almost everyone who's not driving: students, executives, kids, tourists, etc.