But baby it's cold outside

Finally, winter is coming to Porto! And yes, I love this freezing weather. It's just so heartwarming to be on the sofa with a lot of blankets, watching a movie or whatever with a cup full of tea. And wintery clothes are so cute, so fuzzy and big.
The only thing that bugs me with this weather is waking up really early in the morning 'cause my bed is so freaking warm haha.
Who else loves winter?

Lots of ♡,
Ni

Make a change, once in a while

So, I was kinda fed up with my no-shape-enormous-long hair (second image) so in March, this year, I've cut it by half which meant the size was right below my shoulders.
Today, I was feeling kinda annoyed by my hair because it was all flat and middle-lined, so I went to a neighbour's house, who's a hairdresser, and she cut my bangs, and here's the result. Pretty happy with it.
This was today's change, what was yours? :)

1. Today's Hair //
2. Hair in March // 3. Hair pieces
All pictures on my Instagram page.

Lots of ♡,

Ni

Work work work

Want something very badly? Work for it, everyday of your life. Even if it has nothing to do with what you really want. Sometimes we have to make sacrifices to get what we dream of, what it really belongs to us.

Even if it's just for a few minutes, do it, everyday. You won't regret it.

I've been telling myself to never give up, to never give in on what really matters to me. It's been working so far, I've been so optimist for the past weeks :)

Lots of ♡,

Ni

Brittish stuff

First of all, a reminder that I'm Portuguese so it's possible I misspell or write down something incorrectly but feel free to correct me, please!
One sentence in my description is "born in the wrong country". I feel this way because since I was a little girl I got used to some English (Brittish English) habits and traditions. Partly because of my mother who studied English and German philology. I got the hang of speaking fluent English due to watching English television shows like BBC, Alf, Allo Allo, Black Adder and Cartoon Network instead of Portuguese ones. (I used to watch repeatedly episodes of Mr. Bean, it made me laugh so hard back then)

So, all my life I felt like I didn't really totally belong here in Portugal and dreamed of living outside, in the UK. I've only gone there twice in my life and I really feel like I could fit and make my own life there. 

My main goal for the future is to finish my degree in Radiology in 2015 and move to the UK in the same year. As for now, I'll maybe go there next year for a 3 month internship on a hospital in London but it's all very undecided.

Besides all my dreams, Portugal is now facing some really tough times due to economic crisis we're all in. Our previous politicians left our country with major debts and now unemployment tax is very high, and in Health sector all available jobs are being reduced so I don't really have a bright future here. Some really good friends of mine have already gone to the UK to make their lives there. It's not all about "wanting to go" as well as "must go", for the sake of my future.

I have one final question to all Brittish and non-Brittish bloggers:

What are your thoughts and feelings towards this "dream" of mine?

Happy me in Camden Town, January 2013.

Lots of ♡,

Ni

Date update

So, this blog was created on April this year but I'm gonna post some stuff that happened before that date. Just to clarify why the prologue's post is after other ones.

Lots of ♡,

Ni

Lomography

To those who don't know what Lomography is, the accurate definition is the following:

Lomography is a community dedicated to creative and experimental analogue photography.

This post's here to explain some of the names of cameras I've been referring to on many publications, so enjoy!
So, for a long time I've wanted a analogue fisheye camera and I finally got the chance to purchase one so I got a Fisheye no.2, "Happiness Edition". The typical one is the black and metalic one but I saw this cutie and couldn't resist!

Fisheye no. 2 Shiawase

Later on, I participated on a Lomo contest with the Carnival theme with my friend Mafalda's lomo camera, a La Sardina. The contest was a "the biggest number of likes" based one. I won that with the picture below. My prize was a "Champagne Edition" La Sardina.

La Sardinha Champagne Edition // Winner for the Carnival Lomo Contest

Lots of ♡,

Ni

Paredes de Coura

Another music festival.

Lots of ♡,

Ni