With my mate Gisele

At Leonardo's bday

Futuro das aguas

This picture was taken from my mobile phone, and uploaded to my blog from my mobile phone! The wonders of technology... I am a bit late I know, but I am really excited about this feature on my new phone!

The event was a conference about the future of water, which took place this week here in Rio. Different speakers, experts, came to talk about water, from an economic, scientific or artistic point of view.

The Making of The Museum

This is my other blog about the making of the museum of the sea - the project I am working on with UFRJ. I'll be using it it to keep a record of the process of creating the museum.

Hard day at work

Yesterday we went around the Ilha do Catalão by boat with Alejandro, who does research on the pollution of the Guanabara Bay around the Fundão. We wanted to see the area that is going to belong to the Museum and that we can use for biology and ecology activities. The idea is to have navigation classes starting from there as well, and all sorts of navigation-related activities.

The area around the Museum probably used to be beautiful. It still is, in a way, but it is so polluted that it is difficult to see it. It's still rich in endemic flora, such as mangrove, guava and pitanga trees, and it's home to various species of birds and fish.

Afro Samba

(by Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes)

Tempo De Amor

Ah, bem melhor seria
Poder viver em paz
Sem ter que sofrer
Sem ter que chorar
Sem ter que querer
Sem ter que se dar

Ah, bem melhor seria
Poder viver em paz
Sem ter que sofrer
Sem ter que chorar
Sem ter que querer
Sem ter que se dar

Mas tem que sofrer
Mas tem que chorar
Mas tem que querer
Pra poder amar

Ah, mundo enganador
Paz não quer mais dizer amor

Ah, não existe coisa mais triste que ter paz
E se arrepender, e se conformar
E se proteger de um amor a mais

O tempo de amor
É tempo de dor
O tempo de paz
Não faz nem desfaz

Ah, que não seja meu
O mundo onde o amor morreu

Ah, não existe coisa mais triste que ter paz
E se arrepender, e se conformar
E se proteger de um amor a mais
E se arrepender, e se conformar
E se proteger de um amor a mais

Skype conversation

I found this in my old pictures folder and liked it... what would I do without Skype?

To Roque

This was at our first house warming party in 2007, a few months after I had got to Brazil. It's the only picture I have of me and Roque. I'm glad I've got it. It'll teach me to take more pictures of the people I love. We're all transient on this Earth.

Mummies in blue

Mumias

If you look carefully you might find me me among the blue mummies... This is Vila Isabel' s 'Aida car' for the 2009 Carnival parade. It was a success, people loved our scary outfits, which turned into the sea when we threw our capes over our heads. Vila Isabel didn't win the Carnival parade this year, but it came fourth, not bad. The parade was beautiful.

Religion 2

J'ai vu, il y a quelque temps déja, une fille de mon age devant un écran de télévision avec une petite image de Marie dans les mains, et elle l'embrassait a chaque fois que son équipe de foot, Flamengo, tentait de marquer un but.

Religion

Aujourd'hui, dans la rue, j'ai vu un vieil homme tout sale et en guenilles, qui portait une statuette de la Vierge et lui parlait, sans cesse. Je ne sais pas ce qu'il lui disait, je n'ai entendu que quelques mots: coeur, amour... Il lui disait des mots d'amour.