My latest App obsession

April 6, 2012 in Everyday | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

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I just discovered this crazy awesome new radio App called Rio Radio, & I am completely obsessed with it!  I am so in love with this App that I put it on both my iPhone & my iPad.  This App streams popular Brazilian music (some straight from local Sao Paulo radio stations, complete with commercials), & also streams popular Bossa Nova, Jazz & Samba music.

Lately, I’ve just been on this extreme Brazilian everything spree.  I have been practically binging on all things Brazil. For example, I recently bought the Blu-Ray DVD of one of my all-time favorite movies: RIO, & I have been playing this movie on repeat everyday.  I’ve also been listening to Brazilian Pop music non-stop (even when I’m working out at the gym) even though I don’t understand a lick of Portuguese!  Well, I do somewhat understand the universal Spanish words, but I don’t understand any of the traditional Portuguese words.  Although, I do find the language very interesting (& sounds very close to French)!

I’ve also been dreaming a lot lately of visiting Rio de Janeiro.  I’ve been playing around with the idea of visiting Rio for my honeymoon vacation…but the only thing that’s holding me back from taking the plunge to go there is the safety concern.  I’ve been reading up on a lot of travel guides & tourism board websites, & all the resources say that right now is not really safe for tourists to travel to Brazil.  I’ve even had a former boss that visited Sao Paulo in mid 2011 for a business trip, & he had to travel around town with a personal driver & a bodyguard.  I know that sounds like a totally extreme case, but his experience really makes me think twice about traveling to my fantasy destination until the tourist safety situation improves.

Anyway…enough about my Brazilian obsession.  I am also listening to my (usual) favorite Bossa Nova & Jazz music on the Rio Radio App. I really love this App, except for the tiny little bug in the App where it’ll sometimes shut-off by itself…but otherwise, I am smit-ten!  Que é tão surpreendente. <— copied from Google Translate.

A few chores take up so much time

March 20, 2012 in Everyday | Tags: , , , , | Comments closed

I’ve been so busy lately, from decorating my new apartment and settling in/down. I never fully realized how busy one can get doing even the simplest of day-to-day chores.

Going from one load of laundry every two weeks, to one load of laundry every 4-5 days is just baffling to me!  (It’s not that I’m being OCD. Our in-house washer/dryer unit is super tiny & can’t hold more than 5 t-shirts without filling to the top.)  Also, my apartment may only be 700 sq. feet in size, but it really takes quite a bit of furniture to fill the space…

All in all, I can’t wait for all the “dust to settle”, so I can settle down & finally relax & enjoy my space.

Words I learned at The Shore

March 6, 2012 in Everyday | Tags: , , | Comments closed

I don’t watch The Jersey Shore show regularly…but when I get into a phase where I’ll watch a few back-to-back episodes (’cause there’s nothing else to watch on TV), I tend to pick up on a few things. These are some of the words/phrases I learned from watching The Jersey Shore (aside from the usual “Guido”, “GTL”):

1. “At this point…”
Every fight either starts or ends with the phrase “At this point…”. For example: “I’m…like…done with the kid at this point.”

2. “Grimy” – for when someone’s behavior & not their bed sheets is dirty/filthy/disgusting.

3. “the Kid” – another Jersey-fied way of saying “him” or “her” or “that guy”.

4. To “blast” someone – basically to yell at someone & eventually start a huge fight over nothing.

5. “Shady” – the most generic & baseless term for calling someone a liar or a creep for their suspicious or less than upstanding behavior.

6. “Boy code” – not to be confused with “Bro code”…this is when one Guido looks out for his “boy” who cries like a pussy after every bitch fest after a girlfriend fight, so they can “GTL” & “smush” drunk girls they bring home from the clubs.

See, there’s so much useless trash you can learn from watching The Jersey Shore on MTV when you want to fry your brain. This is complete & utter mind garbage, but it’s wicked fun sometimes, no?

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