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BST on August 31, 2008
Joined on December 12, 2007
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About Me:
Hello!! I'm Margarida, 16 years and currently living in Almada, Portugal. For your own physical and mental sake hope you don't think Portugal is some sort of «Spanish region» and, though some people thing otherwise, we do have internet!
Description... Physically, you can look at the picture (right) though I don't see how knowing my hair colour, height or weight will make conversations any more interesting.
I'm intelligent, responsible, caring, pretty individualist sometimes, determined (maybe a bit stubborn actually), with sense of humor and who loves a laugh!!
I'm currently going to 11th grade in Humanities and Languages area. Don't know for sure what future job I'd like to have, but something connected with Languages, I think. Spare your breath if you're just going to tell me I'll probably end up living under a bridge. Been there, done that. Right now, living in a flat!
I love animals: have an orange cat called Sirius - not, not after Sirius Black! - and a golden fish who lost his colour for unknown reasons, so he's sort of albino now.
I don't really understand, though, why every...5 in 10 profiles include the following sentences "I love Japan", "I'm so interested in Japan", "I want to learn Japanese", "I'd like to talk to Asian people, especially from Japan and South Korea" (whatever happened to North Korea?), and so on... Where did all the other countries failed? I mean, of course Japan has its own very typical aspects but please, it's turning into this new very strange and obsessive trend. Try some other country for a change. Honestly, is it just a careless interest or in some (not so few) cases...it's just because everyone else likes this particular country! What's the next step? Worshiping. And no, I'm not a fanatic nationalist, as most people here only get nationalist over soccer.
Oh right and if you don't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere between the French and Belgium border inside a train for two hours, or stop half an hour to let this little small train pass or even departure with a half an hour delay when you woke up at 6am, seeing your train line plus the lines of other eight trains were changed, wait an hour for the 9.15am train (when yours was the 8.15am) with the little catch that it's you, them, and all the other passengers from the 9.15am train without extra carriages being added AND if you don't want to miss your phenomenal trip due to the, and I quote, "absence of the train conductor", don't absolutely do an inter rail in Belgium, unless you intend to count the leafs that rest on the nearest tree's branches or how rusty and drop-dead-gorgeous the tracks are for the next 48hours, which would be very fine if you didn't have other things to do. Apart from that, do visit Belgium. Just don't do it by train. I think even the train set for Moscow arrived earlier to its destiny than we did,from Amsterdam to Brussels, but that's OK, can't always be number 1...
(Go Belgium, no really, it's a fine country [apart from train service])
Description... Physically, you can look at the picture (right) though I don't see how knowing my hair colour, height or weight will make conversations any more interesting.
I'm intelligent, responsible, caring, pretty individualist sometimes, determined (maybe a bit stubborn actually), with sense of humor and who loves a laugh!!
I'm currently going to 11th grade in Humanities and Languages area. Don't know for sure what future job I'd like to have, but something connected with Languages, I think. Spare your breath if you're just going to tell me I'll probably end up living under a bridge. Been there, done that. Right now, living in a flat!
I love animals: have an orange cat called Sirius - not, not after Sirius Black! - and a golden fish who lost his colour for unknown reasons, so he's sort of albino now.
I don't really understand, though, why every...5 in 10 profiles include the following sentences "I love Japan", "I'm so interested in Japan", "I want to learn Japanese", "I'd like to talk to Asian people, especially from Japan and South Korea" (whatever happened to North Korea?), and so on... Where did all the other countries failed? I mean, of course Japan has its own very typical aspects but please, it's turning into this new very strange and obsessive trend. Try some other country for a change. Honestly, is it just a careless interest or in some (not so few) cases...it's just because everyone else likes this particular country! What's the next step? Worshiping. And no, I'm not a fanatic nationalist, as most people here only get nationalist over soccer.
Oh right and if you don't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere between the French and Belgium border inside a train for two hours, or stop half an hour to let this little small train pass or even departure with a half an hour delay when you woke up at 6am, seeing your train line plus the lines of other eight trains were changed, wait an hour for the 9.15am train (when yours was the 8.15am) with the little catch that it's you, them, and all the other passengers from the 9.15am train without extra carriages being added AND if you don't want to miss your phenomenal trip due to the, and I quote, "absence of the train conductor", don't absolutely do an inter rail in Belgium, unless you intend to count the leafs that rest on the nearest tree's branches or how rusty and drop-dead-gorgeous the tracks are for the next 48hours, which would be very fine if you didn't have other things to do. Apart from that, do visit Belgium. Just don't do it by train. I think even the train set for Moscow arrived earlier to its destiny than we did,from Amsterdam to Brussels, but that's OK, can't always be number 1...
(Go Belgium, no really, it's a fine country [apart from train service])
Requests:
I'm sorry, but I'm not one of those "open to everyone" people, from 8 to 100. Hope you understand. Any gender, age please from 15 to 17 and well, a person who doesn't just give up after three or four lines - those people are really annoying. If you want to stop, say so, don't just vanish.
Interests, Hobbies, etc.:
Reading (I love it!), listening to music, writing (stories, not poetry), movies, hanging out with friends, watching tv, being at the computer, History(especially World War and World War II)), Languages, imagining I'm in a situation I'm not actually in, making birthday cards...
Favorite Music:
Apocalyptica; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Linkin Park; Juno's Soundtrack; some musics of Metallica and then some loose songs
Favorite Movies:
(The order has no meaning)
"Joyeux Noël"/"Merry Christmas"
"Juno"
"The Other Boleyn Girl"
"Atonement"
"Pride&Prejuidice" (most recent version)
"Sense&Sensibility"
"300"
"The Others"
"The Pianist"
"Schindler's List"
"The Downfall"
"Simpsons' movie"
"Pirates of the Caribbean I,II,III"
"Lord of the Rings I,II,II"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"Edward Scissorhands"
"Troy"
"Pan's labyrinth"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Eurotrip"
"Elephant"
"It's a boy girl thing"
"Good bye Lenin!"
"All quiet on the western front" (most recent)
"Scary Movie"(s)
"Papuça e Dentuça" or "The Fox and the Hound" (Disney)
"The Dark Knight"
"The Village"
"Hotel Rwanda"
"The Hours"
"Joyeux Noël"/"Merry Christmas"
"Juno"
"The Other Boleyn Girl"
"Atonement"
"Pride&Prejuidice" (most recent version)
"Sense&Sensibility"
"300"
"The Others"
"The Pianist"
"Schindler's List"
"The Downfall"
"Simpsons' movie"
"Pirates of the Caribbean I,II,III"
"Lord of the Rings I,II,II"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"Edward Scissorhands"
"Troy"
"Pan's labyrinth"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Eurotrip"
"Elephant"
"It's a boy girl thing"
"Good bye Lenin!"
"All quiet on the western front" (most recent)
"Scary Movie"(s)
"Papuça e Dentuça" or "The Fox and the Hound" (Disney)
"The Dark Knight"
"The Village"
"Hotel Rwanda"
"The Hours"
Favorite TV Shows:
Series:
"Rome"
"Without a trace"
"Roswell"
"Close to Home"
"Shark"
"Cold Cases"
"Family Guy",
"The Simpsons",
"American Dad",
"Ghost Whisper",
"Supernatural",
"ER"
"Hospital Central"
"Joan of Arcadia"
"Extreme Makeover Home Edition"
"Gato Fedorento"
(no specific order)
"Rome"
"Without a trace"
"Roswell"
"Close to Home"
"Shark"
"Cold Cases"
"Family Guy",
"The Simpsons",
"American Dad",
"Ghost Whisper",
"Supernatural",
"ER"
"Hospital Central"
"Joan of Arcadia"
"Extreme Makeover Home Edition"
"Gato Fedorento"
(no specific order)
Favorite Books:
"How I live now", Meg Rosoff/
"Le Front Chantilly" or "O Paraíso de Hitler", Peter Fogtdal/
"Apple of my Eye", Patrick
Redmond/
"Twilight", New Moon", "Eclipse", Stephenie Meyer/
"Angela's Ashes", Frank McCourt,
"Nineteen Minutes", by Jodi Picoult, "Unknown Adress", by Kathrin Kressmann Taylor, "Night", by Elie Wiesel
"War witnesses - children during the Nazi regime", by Nicholas Stargardt
"The Siege", by Helen Durnmore
"Le Front Chantilly" or "O Paraíso de Hitler", Peter Fogtdal/
"Apple of my Eye", Patrick
Redmond/
"Twilight", New Moon", "Eclipse", Stephenie Meyer/
"Angela's Ashes", Frank McCourt,
"Nineteen Minutes", by Jodi Picoult, "Unknown Adress", by Kathrin Kressmann Taylor, "Night", by Elie Wiesel
"War witnesses - children during the Nazi regime", by Nicholas Stargardt
"The Siege", by Helen Durnmore
Favorite Quotes:
"It's only arrogance if you can't do it." - Saw it on a television series, Close to Home, but
caught my attention.
"No people in Europe are as clumsy and awkward with their hands as the Portuguese.", Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer IN The Clumsiest People in Europe.
Incredible, though, how Mrs. Mortimer never set foot outside her lovely home in England and yet she has a very strong opinion on just about every country in the world in this magnificent book. This was during the Victorian days, though.
"Comes when it comes, goes when it goes." (about planes at Madrid Barajas International Airport around 50's or 60's) At least they were straight honest about it.
"Why so serious?"
"Did I ever tell you how I got these scars?"
"I'm going to make this pen go away..." *impales guy's forehead with it* "Gone!", The Joker
caught my attention.
"No people in Europe are as clumsy and awkward with their hands as the Portuguese.", Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer IN The Clumsiest People in Europe.
Incredible, though, how Mrs. Mortimer never set foot outside her lovely home in England and yet she has a very strong opinion on just about every country in the world in this magnificent book. This was during the Victorian days, though.
"Comes when it comes, goes when it goes." (about planes at Madrid Barajas International Airport around 50's or 60's) At least they were straight honest about it.
"Why so serious?"
"Did I ever tell you how I got these scars?"
"I'm going to make this pen go away..." *impales guy's forehead with it* "Gone!", The Joker
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I can't wait to go to Lisbon. It's going to be so different that all the modern buildings like in CA. Except for the Expo Park, but we're going to be in the baixa, like I said. I've never been in a church that wasn't more than like 80 years old. haha. this should be interesting to go to the Sé cathedral! haha.
I'd love some help with Portuguese too. For now, I'm just planning on saying "A senhora fala ingles?" while I'm there :-) I also learned how to say "Onde fica o hotel" haha. The only thing I ever learned from my grandma is bleeka!
Boa Noite,
Megan
I can't wait to go to Lisbon. It's going to be so different that all the modern buildings like in CA. Except for the Expo Park, but we're going to be in the baixa, like I said. I've never been in a church that wasn't more than like 80 years old. haha. this should be interesting to go to the Sé cathedral! haha.
I'd love some help with Portuguese too. For now, I'm just planning on saying "A senhora fala ingles?" while I'm there :-) I also learned how to say "Onde fica o hotel" haha. The only thing I ever learned from my grandma is bleeka!
Boa Noite,
Megan
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unique culture :-)
we were going to go to the azores but decided we would do it another time.
My grandma was from Sao Jorge and I have other ancestors who came from Flores and Sao Miguel. My great-grandpa immigrated to the United States in the year 1906! He had sailed from Sao Miguel all the way around the bottom of South America and then up to San Francisco. He was about 9. He came with his parents too. My Portuguese side has been in California for over 100 years.
Sorry to give you my WHOLE family history there. Anyways, Portugal is cool. The history is so interesting and I'm so excited to see Lisbon and the Algarve. I'm going to Madrid and Barcelona on the same trip as Portugal. I can read and speak spanish, but I'm not that great at it. I've had two years of it in my school.
Portuguese is much more difficult, but personally, I like it way more than Spanish. No offense, but I hate Spanish. haha. Portuguese sounds so cool.
My Portuguese is okay. I know a lot of random words and I learned how to say quite a few useful phrases from a European Portuguese language learner. I wanted to take some classes but everything in the United States is based on Brazilian Portuguese (Classes, books, computer programs) and I DON'T want to learn Brazilian. It sounds way different. I was lucky to find the Euro. Portuguese. It uses people that have Lisbon dialects. Azorean accents are strong? How are Porto accents different. I want to see the Coimbra university and all the vinho ;-) made by the Douro but we don't have time to go there this trip.
How well do you speak English? You write it fantastically! I'm so amazed how well you write for someone who is from Portugal, but then again, you have been learning it for a while right? Do you ever use English?
In America, we don't learn another language until highschool! And they only ever offer Spanish or French.
I can't wait to go to Lisbon. It's going to be so different that all the modern buildi
unique culture :-)
we were going to go to the azores but decided we would do it another time.
My grandma was from Sao Jorge and I have other ancestors who came from Flores and Sao Miguel. My great-grandpa immigrated to the United States in the year 1906! He had sailed from Sao Miguel all the way around the bottom of South America and then up to San Francisco. He was about 9. He came with his parents too. My Portuguese side has been in California for over 100 years.
Sorry to give you my WHOLE family history there. Anyways, Portugal is cool. The history is so interesting and I'm so excited to see Lisbon and the Algarve. I'm going to Madrid and Barcelona on the same trip as Portugal. I can read and speak spanish, but I'm not that great at it. I've had two years of it in my school.
Portuguese is much more difficult, but personally, I like it way more than Spanish. No offense, but I hate Spanish. haha. Portuguese sounds so cool.
My Portuguese is okay. I know a lot of random words and I learned how to say quite a few useful phrases from a European Portuguese language learner. I wanted to take some classes but everything in the United States is based on Brazilian Portuguese (Classes, books, computer programs) and I DON'T want to learn Brazilian. It sounds way different. I was lucky to find the Euro. Portuguese. It uses people that have Lisbon dialects. Azorean accents are strong? How are Porto accents different. I want to see the Coimbra university and all the vinho ;-) made by the Douro but we don't have time to go there this trip.
How well do you speak English? You write it fantastically! I'm so amazed how well you write for someone who is from Portugal, but then again, you have been learning it for a while right? Do you ever use English?
In America, we don't learn another language until highschool! And they only ever offer Spanish or French.
I can't wait to go to Lisbon. It's going to be so different that all the modern buildi
Hey Magarida!
So you're a gymnast? wow. My best friend is one too and it looks so difficult. I still haven't seen Mama Mia. Did you like it?
Yes, I have finals too. I'm in the 12th grade. It's my last year of high school :-)
Ohhhh.....so is Cascais not a good place to go. I don't really want to go there if it's stuck up or too much of the "In" scene that is uncomfortable? Maybe I'll try the local beach Costa da Caparica?
AHHH I hate sharks!!!!! Haha, do you like them? When I was in Hawaii we went snorkeling in the ocean and later that day we found out we were swimming where there were reef sharks! They don't harm people but it was still scary to find out. It was good though, because when we were in Hawaii a school of Dolphins came swimming up to us! We also saw whales jump out of the ocean but they were farther away from us.
WOW. You have been to some very interesting places. Where was your favorite? I want to see those countries also. I guess I have traveled a lot if you factor in the distances but I havn't ever left the U.S. I have been ALL OVER California to cities like Eureka, San Francisco (obviously) and Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Hollywood. Yes, most cities and street names in California are Spanish and not English.
I used to live on a street called "El Camino Real" in the city Santa Clara, south of San Francisco. Have you heard of the El Camino Real? It's a street that used to run though all the Spanish Missions in California?
Anyways, I've also been to Las Vegas, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and my favorite, Hawaii. Some people on this website think it's strange that I never have been to New York, or Washington D.C. but I don't think they realize that New York and California are VERY far away. We can't just take a weekend trip to Florida, if you know what I mean :-)
My sister and I want to go to Portugal
because we are 50% Portuguese ;-)
and because it's not too expensive, yet has such an interesting and unique
So you're a gymnast? wow. My best friend is one too and it looks so difficult. I still haven't seen Mama Mia. Did you like it?
Yes, I have finals too. I'm in the 12th grade. It's my last year of high school :-)
Ohhhh.....so is Cascais not a good place to go. I don't really want to go there if it's stuck up or too much of the "In" scene that is uncomfortable? Maybe I'll try the local beach Costa da Caparica?
AHHH I hate sharks!!!!! Haha, do you like them? When I was in Hawaii we went snorkeling in the ocean and later that day we found out we were swimming where there were reef sharks! They don't harm people but it was still scary to find out. It was good though, because when we were in Hawaii a school of Dolphins came swimming up to us! We also saw whales jump out of the ocean but they were farther away from us.
WOW. You have been to some very interesting places. Where was your favorite? I want to see those countries also. I guess I have traveled a lot if you factor in the distances but I havn't ever left the U.S. I have been ALL OVER California to cities like Eureka, San Francisco (obviously) and Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Hollywood. Yes, most cities and street names in California are Spanish and not English.
I used to live on a street called "El Camino Real" in the city Santa Clara, south of San Francisco. Have you heard of the El Camino Real? It's a street that used to run though all the Spanish Missions in California?
Anyways, I've also been to Las Vegas, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and my favorite, Hawaii. Some people on this website think it's strange that I never have been to New York, or Washington D.C. but I don't think they realize that New York and California are VERY far away. We can't just take a weekend trip to Florida, if you know what I mean :-)
My sister and I want to go to Portugal
because we are 50% Portuguese ;-)
and because it's not too expensive, yet has such an interesting and unique
Haha! Yes I have heard of Almada and the Christ statue because I have bought and read a couple of travel books on Lisbon and Portugal.
I'm going there next summer (June) with my older sister. Thanks for the advice. We were planning on climbing up to the top of the statue and getting some good pictures of Lisbon. We're going to stay in a hotel in the Baixa and check out the Alfama, Belem, and Sintra.
YESSSSS I'm excited about the Pastéis de Belém!
Near my house there's a portuguese bakery and my Mom always buys sweet bread, lemon azores biscotti and the egg tarts. I don't know if they are similar to Belem's because it's an Azorean bakery.
Just about EVERYONE in the U.S. and California who are Portuguese are from the Azores. Only a few from Madeira or the mainland.
We also wanted to go to cascais for the beaches, but I wanted to ask you if thats a good place to go? I have seen pictures and sometimes it seems it can be VERY crowded.
OH NO! I ONLY have an American accent :) When I said that I was Portuguese/Scottish/Spanish/Italian I meant that thats my ancestry. My mom is full Portuguese but she was born in California. Both sides of my family have been in America for a LONG time.
haha, but imagining a portuguese/american/scottish accent would be funny. Do azorean accents sound strange to you? I can't tell the difference because I only know how to say a few things in Portuguese.
You havn't started school yet? I started August 25th, and I get out June 12th. What grade are you in?
Thanks for the advice! I'm so excited. From what I've heard Portugal is beautiful.
~Peggy short for Magarida? I don't really know because you're the first person I've talked to with that name. haha.
adeus
I'm going there next summer (June) with my older sister. Thanks for the advice. We were planning on climbing up to the top of the statue and getting some good pictures of Lisbon. We're going to stay in a hotel in the Baixa and check out the Alfama, Belem, and Sintra.
YESSSSS I'm excited about the Pastéis de Belém!
Near my house there's a portuguese bakery and my Mom always buys sweet bread, lemon azores biscotti and the egg tarts. I don't know if they are similar to Belem's because it's an Azorean bakery.
Just about EVERYONE in the U.S. and California who are Portuguese are from the Azores. Only a few from Madeira or the mainland.
We also wanted to go to cascais for the beaches, but I wanted to ask you if thats a good place to go? I have seen pictures and sometimes it seems it can be VERY crowded.
OH NO! I ONLY have an American accent :) When I said that I was Portuguese/Scottish/Spanish/Italian I meant that thats my ancestry. My mom is full Portuguese but she was born in California. Both sides of my family have been in America for a LONG time.
haha, but imagining a portuguese/american/scottish accent would be funny. Do azorean accents sound strange to you? I can't tell the difference because I only know how to say a few things in Portuguese.
You havn't started school yet? I started August 25th, and I get out June 12th. What grade are you in?
Thanks for the advice! I'm so excited. From what I've heard Portugal is beautiful.
~Peggy short for Magarida? I don't really know because you're the first person I've talked to with that name. haha.
adeus
Hey, I love your name! It's very beautiful.
I've never been to Nevada city, It's very inland in the state. I'm right on the coast. I'm guessing you've heard of San Francisco?
YES! That part freaked me out when the jocker smashed that guys head into that pencil. Heath Ledger is a great actor. Tropic storm? Do you mean Tropic Thunder? The movie that's about a movie during the vietnam war? Haha, maybe it got a different name when it is played outside of the U.S.
I still havn't seen that one yet, I don't usually see movies in the theater that much.
So you live in Almada? Isn't that south of the Tejo river? I'm going to Lisbon this summer and I am soooooo excited.
I've never been to Nevada city, It's very inland in the state. I'm right on the coast. I'm guessing you've heard of San Francisco?
YES! That part freaked me out when the jocker smashed that guys head into that pencil. Heath Ledger is a great actor. Tropic storm? Do you mean Tropic Thunder? The movie that's about a movie during the vietnam war? Haha, maybe it got a different name when it is played outside of the U.S.
I still havn't seen that one yet, I don't usually see movies in the theater that much.
So you live in Almada? Isn't that south of the Tejo river? I'm going to Lisbon this summer and I am soooooo excited.
Did you see the Dark Knight? I LOVED it :)
pensei que sabias !! LOL não pensei que ela combinasse coisas por ti :)
sim, tenho ='( já estou bastante farta de estar aqui, mas já volto 2ª !!!! VIVA !!
devem ser bonitos! tens esses filmes ? *.*
a tua mãe esqueceu-se ? BRUTALLL, lol
;D
sim, tenho ='( já estou bastante farta de estar aqui, mas já volto 2ª !!!! VIVA !!
devem ser bonitos! tens esses filmes ? *.*
a tua mãe esqueceu-se ? BRUTALLL, lol
;D
Hi Magz !
bem já sei que temos tenho que ir ao cinema para a semana, porque pelo que a sara me disse eu não tenho escolha, pois para vocês está sempre bem qualquer que seja o dia..
que saudades daíii !
*.*
bem já sei que temos tenho que ir ao cinema para a semana, porque pelo que a sara me disse eu não tenho escolha, pois para vocês está sempre bem qualquer que seja o dia..
que saudades daíii !
*.*
Oi!
Eu sou do Brasil (estás me entendendo?)
As linguas são um pouco diferente... xD
Talvez, seja melhor eu tentar em inglês para que não haja algum mal entendido ^^'
Well, I wanted to talk to you, because you are from Portugal :D
And you speak portuguese! Just as I do! ^^
I'd like to see the differences between the languages ^^
Hahahah
About Brasil is the same: some people think we don't have internet! ¬¬
Still, some people think we live in a jungle! UU
(You don't, right?) xD
Well, Nice to meet you! ^^
Beijos =*
=D
Eu sou do Brasil (estás me entendendo?)
As linguas são um pouco diferente... xD
Talvez, seja melhor eu tentar em inglês para que não haja algum mal entendido ^^'
Well, I wanted to talk to you, because you are from Portugal :D
And you speak portuguese! Just as I do! ^^
I'd like to see the differences between the languages ^^
Hahahah
About Brasil is the same: some people think we don't have internet! ¬¬
Still, some people think we live in a jungle! UU
(You don't, right?) xD
Well, Nice to meet you! ^^
Beijos =*
=D
"For your own physical and mental sake hope you don't think Portugal is some sort of «Spanish region»" I can't believe it, has anyone told you that Portugal was part of Spain??
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