If I was the mayor of Porto ......

Hope you are all having an excellent week, despite the rain that I can see from my window at the moment. This week's blog entry is an idea from what I had to do for my French homework. If you were the mayor of Porto what would you change? What would you use your special powers to do?

See next Monday

Paul

Life in the past

Dear 'Britishers',

Nowadays we have so many modern conveniences that it's difficult to imagine what life would be like without them. If you could go back and live in the past, let's say 100 or so years ago, what would you miss the most? You wouldn't be able to write on this blog for starters........

Have a good week and enjoy carnaval

Paul

Technology

Are you a technophile or a technophobe? I presume you're a technophile because you're writing on this blog. What do you like about technology, though? What could you not live without if it was taken away from you tomorrow?

Have a good week everyone

Paul

Did you know......?

Did you know that Rita paints in her free time? And did you know that Aldora sings? The theme for this week is secret talents. Have you got any secret talents you'd like to share with us? I play (or used to play, as I haven't played for ages) the violin. I'm very rusty now though, so I'm not sure if you'd call it a talent.

Time for you to blow your own trumpet!

Have a good week

Paul

the credit crunch

Hello everyone!!

Everytime I read the news nowadays I seem to read of nothing but the financial crisis. It's a bit depressing really and I'd rather read about happier things :) Has the financial crisis affected you in any way? Or do you not notice any difference?

See you on Monday

Paul

Exams

Hello everyone!

This week's topic is a very timely one as, of course, next week we have an exam. Anyway, what are your feelings about exams? Do you think they are necessary part of life? Do you think we should get rid of them altogether? Do you get nervous? Are you too relaxed? Do you leave the studying until the last minute? Have you ever failed one?

Have a good week and don't study too hard! :)

Paul

You and your favourite brands

Hello everyone,

Hope you're getting back into the swing of things after the break :) . This week's topic is about brands. I didn't used to think of myself as a consumer but, I have to admit it, there are probably more brands around my home than I would like to admit. I have my lovely Mac laptop, my Nikon D50 camera, my Levi's jeans, Portuguese Basmati rice (sorry I can't remember the name!), Palhais cheese and so on and so on. All of these for a person who doesn't even enjoy shopping. Anyway, how about you, then?

See you next week