So last night we attended the wedding of one of mt best friend's brother. It was a very simple ceremony yet very beautiful. I love weddings. They bring something special to my life. I guess this one closes 2011 in a very good way for me (after this crazy whirlwind this year was).
Also, my best friend Ila's boyfriend has just arrived in town and I couldn't be more excited for her. It's been a long two-months long distance relationship, but they're finally together. I'm SO happy for both of them. Because of that, yesterday was a day to be spent with this great couple in the hope that everything works out for them!
Now I'm super looking forward to New Year's Eve! ;) I hope everyone has a good one!
This past Thursday we decided it was time we had a mini get together to celebrate our very own Christmas. We all went to our friend Marcia's place where we ended up having a delicious potluck dinner with lots of fun, talk, booze (hahah) and gifts.
I find reading random blogs truly inspirational. Knowing about some stranger's life and seeing how much you two have in common. It's just one of the weird things I do and I can spend hours doing that.
It was because one of these blogs that I decided that my very own personal space was no place for crying and going on about bad breakups or talking about people who no longer have a place in your life. I decided that my blog was a place for me to look back someday and read about the beautiful friends I had/have, the amazing places I visited, the great experiences I had/have in life and how they changed me somehow.
So if anyone expected sadness and anger, I'm sorry. I truly decided this is a place for moments of happiness.
With that in mind, It is time to post some pictures from last night.
I have mentioned before that I am the events' coordinator at work (aside from teaching English 24/7). So this past month has been hectic (really? I'd love to use this word less often) for I had to plan the end-of-year party for the entire company. Yes, that is right. The whole thing. I'm not going to take credit for it, specially because I had lots of help from all the managers and coordinators, but the party was REALLY GOOD.
Before the pics, I would like to congratulate my best friend Katy (you'll see her in some of the pictures) on having been chosen 'employee of the year', my good friend Juliana (unfortunately she's not in the pics) on being chosen 'teacher of the year', my former student and now a teacher Victor on his 'Most Improved Teacher of the Year' award (he made me SO PROUD!) and my GREAT friend Lu for being nominated 'Best Coordinator'. It was so hard to keep those awards a secret from you, but I guess it was worth the surprise!
Having said all that, here are the pics from last night!
Katy, David, Victor, Me & Ila - after the party going for a beer
Me (yes, I am that white!), Ila & Katy - Ma' Girls
That's me playing the hostess!
Katy getting her award from our Director (& very pissed at Ila's shouting at her!
Katy still getting her award
Victor and his certificate! PROUD!
David, Me, Ila & Katy after the award winning ceremony
The coolest people on Earth (Look at this picture! How cool is that? haha)
Mari & Me (and my zit) - I love this pic - AND my red lipstick!
Everybody put your hands up!
dance floor (haha)
Girls I truly love.
And then, I'll leave you to the sound of this really amazing band I got to know today and I couldn't help but listen to it maybe a hundred times before this post. I hope you enjoy it.
(By the way, I found this video on this amazing blog Honest to Blog - by Carynn Mae - Totally worth a visit!)
This weekend I decided I was going to do something with my friends since they're travelling next week to Bahia and I'm going to be on my own in this very interesting city.
On Friday we had our belated Halloween party, which was awesome, even though I just got to enjoy the last minutes of it (I was working late that day). As soon as I get the pictures, I'll post them here.
Saturday was exhausting. You know those days when you don't feel like working AT ALL? I was so tired I counted every single minute to 5pm so I could go home and have some sleep - which didn't happen of course because we decided it was the day for a drink.
We went to this place - Cachaçaria do Dedé - which is a bar - I'd say it's the Brazilian version of a pub - except it's hotter and overcrowded. After almost pushing some girls out of their tables, we got to sit and enjoy our good old cachaça. It was really nice catching up with news and enjoying the hot (should I say scorching?) night with some extremely cold beer!
We called it an early night and went home before midnight, can you believe it?
Here are some of the pictures from last night!
On Sunday, after having slept all day with no hope of a decent social life, I woke up at 6pm feeling like going to the movies. I called half of the city and half of them showed up. We had a really nice time, except we ended up not going to the movies - we went bowling instead!
It was such a fun weekend! I just hope we can do it more often!
(Actually there is a plan for this reaaallly nice weekend ahead of us.. I'll just give you a quick glimpse as to what it is.. - I've actually posted it before! Yes, I'm curious!)
