Monday, 20 October 2008

woooOOORK!

This week was a tough one... I had one assignment to deliver, which the way it will be evaluated is a mystery! So this time there is no need to divide my post in the days of the week!!!

So I'll talk about three subjects: Work, Food and last but not least, the "WHY NOT?" Party!!!

DO NOT DISTURB!!! People working!!!

Almost all the time this week was used on making assignments so... the normal sight of my room was like the next pictures show!




I have already delivered the assignment so today was the day to clean the apartment... hehehe...

FOOD!!!... I and the Kitchen!

I haven't said here already but the Dutch Kitchen... is a piece of crap!!! They don't have nothing too good... Everything is fried!!! So I make all my food... normally! So these are some of the plates I've made this week (was a way to distract my brain from work).


(Chicken's Rice)


(Chinese Food)


(Smashed meat's rice)


(Mom's dish... heheh... Pig steaks with vegetables and rice)

"WHY NOT?!" Party!!!

So on the Saturday night I've taken the night off to go to this party organized by exchange students (the normal here in Delft). I've had quite a good time... Here's some pictures of that party.














So stay well and see ya next week!!!

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Resumo em Português
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Bem não existe muita coisa a dizer sobre esta semana. Estive maior parte do tempo a trabalhar para entregar um trabalho para esta manhã. (vejam as fotos em cima para verem o estado habitual do meu quarto).

Para além disso só acrescentei neste post alguns fotos dos pratos que fiz durante esta semana e da festa a que eu fui no Sábado à noite! Foi a chamada "Porque Não?".

Fiquem bem... e até para a semana que vem...

Sunday, 12 October 2008

Finally I'm a Student!

Yes I haven't posted anything for quite a long time. It's not that there was nothing to say but I had to work in some assignments for university! OK OK and yes I am here to study! So I'll give you all a tour through my last 12 days!

Thursday, 2nd October

This was a very interesting day! After many e-mails sent to the agency from which I rented my room talking about all sort of problems in the apartment (well the last e-mail I sent was not a nice one) they came and fixed almost everything!!!


The broken pipe was fixed...



... the kitchen has now a new floor...


... as well as a new tap.

Besides these good things had happened, at the afternoon it was the first time I went to the Library of TUDelft!!! I think it is a very good one... just see the photos and decide for yourselves.




At night me and Pavel decided to put a new table on the kitchen... but for that some work have to be done...




... got the raw materials from the garbage...



... and after some hard work...


... decided to have dinner.


Then we had to put the table on the kitchen and...


... voilà! The new table was ready!

Saturday, 4th October

Decided to see the Portuguese news and was confronted with some situations that put me laughing for quite a long time.

1st
There was a police intervention in a place in Portugal where there are some illegal car racings and the reporter was interviewing a guy and said:

- Do you know that this is illegal, right?

To which the guy said:

- For the Police is illegal, for us is LEGAL!!!

And did not say another word... LOL!

2nd
Then a reporter said about some problems within the European Union and the G8:

- ... and this European countries from Europe are very concerned!

Stupid... LOL!

From Sunday to Wednesday, 5th-8th October

This was the normal sight from my room.


Assignments!!! Yes I am studying too!

Tuesday, 7th October

It was on of the best days in my week! I am taking a course that is concerned about Medical Devices, so, we went to the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam for a different day of lectures and to see how technicians used some devices in their normal routine.

It would be a perfect day if some problems haven't occurred! So me and Diogo went to the Train Station to go to Amsterdam, where the train that we've decided to catch with some other guys was at 11.24. Because of having to cash out money and buy tickets we missed the train! Stupid 2 seconds! We were pissed off, but after like 10 minutes there was other train.

The real problem then was that we didn't now how to go to the Medical Centre, or even where it was!!! So we arrived at Amsterdam Central Station and had to call to some guys back at Delft (yes we didn't have any contact from the ones going to the Medical Centre) to give us the address! Then we had to catch the subway to there.


(Amsterdam Central Station)


(Looking for where to go)


(The Subway we had to catch... the 51)


(The appearance of the subway)

After some time we were at the VU Medical Centre...


... but we were like 40 minutes late for the first lecture. Arrived at 13.40 at the classroom!


It was not a real problem, this because we had more 2 lectures and various tours on the Centre.

Saw some real devices working in various areas, from which the ones that were more interesting were the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

I was one of the volunteers to do a MEG so I was looked in a small room:


I was not the one making a MRI but it was great to see it working:


During the visits it was given to everybody a dinner. It was a surprise to me... and my teacher gave to taste a traditional drink in the Netherlands, the KarneMelk. It is a type of milk from which all the fat is taken away and then it is leaved to rest... in the end it is a sour drink and it reminded me Natural Yoghurt! So I really liked!



Friday, 10th October

Another visit! Now to the Medish Centrum Haaglanden in Den Haag! This time we were in time to the train, and this visit was about Sleep Research.


So we've seen patients using some medical devices and we saw some in work.






(Blood Pressure and Oxygenation reader)


(Sensors to use in the Sleeping Records)

Afterwards we went back home.


Already in Delft we saw a family in bicicles that was quite an interesting sight.



Saturday, 11th October

A day marked by a Luso-Brazilian Party!!! The so called "OctoBirthFest" Party!


We had tons of "Feijoada" to eat, a traditional Brazilian dish!




After eating we drank "Porradinha" (little kick ass) ! I didn't knew it!


Put vodka...


... some sprite...


... shake in your leg (that's why it is called "Porradinha")...


... and drink right away as a shot!

After it the party was really great... talking and dancing "samba"! Here are some photos from the party.







Now I'm going to work so... see ya next time!

OH... the best thing I learned in this week was:

"One day not slept is one day not lived."


And the best thing that happened was that my girlfriend will came here in the weekend of my birthday!!! I'm sooooooooooo happy!!! :B

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Resumo em Português
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Este post é bastante grande e difícil de resumir! Muita coisa aconteceu...

Finalmente a agência da qual nós arrendamos o apartamente decidiu vir cá arranjar muitas coisas (mas para isso eu tive que mandar um e-mail não muito simpático). Para além disso, eu e o meu colega de apartamento, Pavel, construimos um mesa para por na cozinha.

Fui pela primeira vez à Biblioteca da Faculdade que é bastante interessante.

Esta semana ficou marcada por duas visitas de estudo a dois Hospitais, um em Amesterdão e outro em Den Haag. No primeiro tivemos aulas sobre muitos técnicas utilizadas e vimos alguns utensílios médicos a serem utilizados (eu fui cobaia num deles hehehe!). Em Den Haag fomos ver o Centro de Pesquisa sobre o Sono. Vimos muitos pacientes e como é que são diagnosticados alguns problemas e como são tratados.

A semana acabou com uma festa de aniversário de 3 Brasileiros e 1 Português. Comemos Feijoada e divertimo-nos bastante. Sambinha e novas amizades marcaram essa noite.

(Vejam as fotos sobre a semana mais em cima no post)

Agora vou continuar a trabalhar... mas antes disso a ideia mais interessante que retive durante a semana foi:

"Um dia sem dormir, é um dia sem viver!"

AH! E a melhor coisa que aconteceu durante a semana foi saber que a minha namorada vem cá no fim de semana em que eu faço anos!!! Tou tão contente!!! :B