Returning... Not yet here but returning...

When I see that it's been five months since I have written anything here I can't believe it... it makes me sad that I haven't even visited my Blog or the Blogs of my friends... Sorry dear friends!
My Blog has been deserted, left alone... gathering virtual dust in the wide open space that is the dark galaxy of the net. I wonder if my Blog is angry with me because of this... I don't think so because he still had a smiling face to welcome me when I typed in his address :)

Why did I dissappear? To tell you the truth I really don't know... I haven't been inspired to write anything, not one poem or thought in my mind.
My life has been a rollercoaster of joy and pain these past 5 months... I'm still very happy in my relationship, that part hasn't changed and I thank God for that every single day, but it's life that has been knocking me for six; punching me in the stomach and taking all my breath away most days.
Problems not finding enough work, not knowing if I will have food in my fridge next week, pondering the thought of how it would be if I can no longer pay my rent in my apartment... the problems and stress that everybody has. Is it God's way of saying "Hey! Don't fall asleep in your life! I'm watching you and I have the power to control everything!"
I hope he gives me a break soon... hell I've been through too much already, don't I deserve a break?!
I'm trying and fighting for my life to improve every single day, to the extent that I'm not thinking about anything else! I'm doing everything I can to get more work and earn a decent salary. I hope you're listening God because I'm desperate!

So as I said, I'm returning... I'm not yet home but looking around and seeing all the old familiar things and furniture in my Blog. Maybe I'll sit here a while in this happy room and search my mind for something interesting and enlightening to say... don't hold your breath, it may take a while!!

"Dance Into The Future" - New Original Song By Me

Dance into the future, baby,
Walk into the light,
Kick the dirt from under your feet,
And dance right out of sight.

The future's round the corner, baby,
Calling me back home,
I'm walking in my new shoes,
In the places that I roam.

Dance into the future, baby,
I'm laughing all the way,
Nothing's gonna make me blue,
It's a golden sunny day.


© 11/2009

"You Take Me To The Moon" - Original Poetry By Me

I’m high on love and high on life,
A high I never knew,
I’m floating on love’s ceiling,
And it’s all because of you.

Your heart has made me smile,
My smile that I thought had gone,
Your eyes have shown me paradise,
In your arms I now belong.

Your touch just makes me tremble,
Your look just makes me swoon,
Your love it gives me everything,
And you take me to the moon.

© 10/2009

New Home Sweet Home!

Sorry I haven't been around to visit blogs or write a new post here for over one month... :(

You see I had been house-hunting here for over 4 months and now (after renting a different holiday apartment every month for those 4 months - yes, moving every single month = nightmare!) I have finally found a fixed apartment!

So onto another new start....
But now the real fun begins: moving all my things from my old home to the new one, drilling holes in walls for pictures, mirrors and curtain poles, putting up curtains, installing washing machine, setting up my home entertainment room, setting up PC, decorating the guest room (Dad's room) decorating the bedroom, buying endless new stuff seen in shops that "will look great in bedroom, bathroom, Dad's room, Living Room..." and the list goes on...
But it's great that I have a strong hunky Boyfriend to help me with all the heavy stuff! hehe ;)

If anyone is a dab hand at putting up curtains, picking out duvets and sheets, cleaning rugs, and all those things that Mum, Auntie Pat, Auntie Linda and Nanny did so well please let me know any tips or hints as I am useless with all those things and so stressed! and I can't wait until I'm all settled into my new Home Sweet Home!!

And I promise I'll try to be around more often! I will "Resume Normal Business" as soon as all the stress is over!

Oh, and I almost forgot: Yaaaaay! Rio 2016!!!!! Big parties here!!!!! :)
After Rio de Janeiro winning the official award for the "World's Happiest City" it was a wonderful "icing on the cake" by being chosen to host the Olympics! Oh yes It's going to be beautiful! :D

Rio de Janeiro - The World's Happiest City!!

Oh Rio how I love you!!!!!!

Rio de Janeiro has officially been voted the happiest City in the world by Forbes magazine... Top of the list... and you can read the report on the official site here

I've lived here for over ten years now and can say with my hand on my heart that Rio really does deserve this fantastic award, nowhere have I ever experienced the absolutely positive joy of life and joy of living and loving that Brazilians have, and for these reasons and so much more I would never want to live anywhere else in the world! All this without speaking about the natural beauty that exists within the city! A city surrounded by beautiful mountains and deep blue sea, a city where you can leave your work, go to the beach and be watched over by the wonderful spiritual Christ statue (Cristo Redentor) standing up there high in the crimson blue Carioca sky as you soak the stress of the day away.

Yes Rio has it's problems, mainly the most publicised ones of violence and poverty, but it's got better over the years (there are a lot of over-hyped stories)
Rio has always been a city with all types of social levels living together; lower, middle and upper classes all walking along the same beaches, soaking up the same Carioca sun, drinking fruit juice or beers in the same bars, buying the same food in the supermarkets, sharing the same pure air - everyone living together and getting along, smiling every day no matter what.

For me Rio de Janeiro is absolutely unique, I've travelled to many cities in the world but have never fell in love instantly with a place like I did with Rio the very first day that I got off of the airplane and touched the red hot tarmac.
The city has a magic about it, you feel it in the air... I felt it that very first day that I arrived here, it encapsulates you, charms you, takes your breath away and makes you fall in love... just like the Cariocas (the name given to people who are from Rio de Janeiro) themselves.

And the Cariocas?! Here the people are incomparable!! I have no words to explain the wonderful energy and spirit of living that everyone has! You could be sitting at a kiosk or bar alone and within ten minutes you would have four or five new friends.
There is a famous expression here in Brazil which is: "Sou Brasileiro e desiste nunca" (I'm Brazilian and I never give up) which is so true... Brazilians have this wonderful way about them that no matter how bad the situation in life they never give up, never allow themselves to be beaten and never stop smiling in the face of adversity.
I am also like this now, I have become Carioca, or maybe I always was... because the very first day I set foot in this wonderful, beautiful, fantastic city I felt like I had come home, I really did, for the first time in my life I felt like I belonged somewhere.

Going to the beach here is an experience in itself, you make your way to the sand and the energy is all around you... a huge community of people, beautiful strangers all joined together, soaking up the energy of Rio's sun, sand and sea, people talking, laughing, sunbathing, dating. A day at the beach is like a huge social outing, especially the weekends when most of the city heads for the sand.

Those of you that have never been to Rio de Janeiro and personally experienced all this wonderful energy and beauty should get a flight here as soon as you can!!
And I can speak from my own personal experience that there is no place in the world like Rio de Janeiro to fall in love! especially when the love of your life turns out to be Brazilian!

Million Dollar Bill

This is the new highly-anticipated comeback single from Whitney Houston called "Million Dollar Bill"
It's written by Alicia Keys and has a great positive vibe about the joys of love - a real anthem with it's roots set firmly in the 80s and 90's! This new single is from her new CD called "I Look To You" a must-buy for Whitney Houston fans.
It's great to see Whitney back on top after many years of problems not unlike Amy Winehouse!!

Now everyone all together: "Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!"

Enjoy the single and lyrics!:

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Oh oh oh yeah
Ooh oh ooh oh oh
Came in the door
Checked in my coat
And who I'm looking for is Staring in my face oh oh oh
They played our song
We hit the floor
He held me strong
And we danced the night away
I can see the way that he is making feel
This way about his love
I’ve been looking for something like this
I’m saying ooh oh oh oh ooh oh oh!

If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh!
If you go left right up down
Make you spinning round and round
Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!

It’s been a long long time
Since I fell, fell
Love has found my way oh oh oh
I’ve been looking (looking)
I’ve been searching (searching)
For the man to touch this place, oh ooh oh yeah
Can’t deny the way that he is making feel
This way about his love
I’ve been searching for something like this
I’m saying oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!

If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh!
Makes you go left right up down
Makes you spinning round and round
Say oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!
If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh!
Makes you go left right up down
Makes you spinning round and round
Say oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!

If you feel good
If you’re feeling good
Put one hand in the air, say yeah
If you feel good
If you’re feeling good
It’s cause love is in the air
Love is in the air

If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh!
Makes you go left right up down
Makes you spinning round and round
Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!
If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh!
Makes you go left right up down
Makes you spinning round and round
Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh!