November 7th , 2010 - Pitões das Júnias informal TET meeting

A very nice and cold day! :)

Informal TET: A pic nic in Ermida (Serra Amarela) May 23rd 2010

Hey! This was a great meeting with some old and new TET members (left to right: Francisco Silva, Renata, Catarina Costa, Sandra Esperança, Ana Pereira, Sandra Gomes, Jason Pascoe) in a wonderful place! Kiss

13th TET: Fate: Fate: Predestined or Instigated?

In this TET we’ve talked about how destiny is controlled by our own free-will or conditioned by our biological side or restricted by social laws. Another topic that was approached concerned the influence of the rational or emotional sides when making decision.

The conclusion that we’ve arrived is that even if our destiny is predefined or not, we would live in the exact same way. So the most important live your life to the fullest and that’s at reach of everyone.

12th TET: What I Have Learned In My Life So Far

This was another great TET, with a deep discussion about happiness, life, dreams...

Always be what you are and be happy every day with the others human beings that are around you, dealing with all the problems, because they make us improving!
For me life is a big problem to solve every single day, that's why it's wonderful and amazing and I love it!

11th TET: "Optimism" at Palácio de Cristal, Porto

10th TET: "Labor e Assombro" at Mosteiro de Tibães (Portuguese&English)

We could see and talk about the artistic intervention "Labor e Assombro - percursos habitados no espaço monástico".

This was a Portuguese version TET, we may recognize (only a little bit of English), but very rich in many ways: vocabulary, conversation, ”travelling" around the world by seeing the guided exposition by João Catalão!
I think we should do more things like this, even keeping in Portuguese, because we need to promote our language too!

9th TET: The limits of architecture

Picture by Sandra Esperança
It was a wonderful day at Serralves!

8th TET: "The nowadays audio culture"

This was a great TET, with new participants! We discussed music after listen to it in vivo! Here are the links where you can hear the music recorded on the 8th TET: http://xsrecords.freehostia.com http://www.archive.org/details/xs-10TetOpenEnsamble-ZenTrip

Sorry about not having pictures of Nuno Vilela (he came later), but try to remember him with this great ones! Pictures by Amândia Lopes

7th TET: Museu D. Diogo de Sousa ("discovering our origins"), discussiona about "Chauvinism" and "Até já!" to Irene

This is Irene’s card gitf. The names are of the persons that were present in the 7th TET, but more signed it.









Hey! This was a small, but great TET!
At the D. Diogo de Sousa museum we have a nice guide that make us "travelling" throw our origins! Adding the questions of Irene, it was a very interesting and rich visit!
Than we have a snack and discuss about Chauvinism at Colinatrum!... In the end we talk about cultural identity, mainly Portuguese vs. German.

My last reading :)

Following one of the last TET's suggestions, I'll talk about the book I bought and read today! It's called the "Library Lion".

It might sound a little bit weird, but today I actually bought a children's book... for me! I swear I'm not going insane! I was in a book store, glimpsing books on the shelves, when I came across a wonderfully illustrated book. I read the first three pages and I couldn't stop smiling. So, I bought the book and continued reading it at home. Besides the lovely illustrations, the story is so sweet, so delicate...

The basic story is a lion that one day walks through the door of an old style library much to the dislike of the circulation library assistant and the shock of a lot of the patrons. The assistant wants the lion gone but the head librarian tells him everyone is welcome in a library as long as they don't break the rules. The lion enjoys story time, and disappointed upon it ending gives a loud roar. This immediately draws the wrath of Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, and the lion learns if it roars again in the library it will not be welcome and not able to enjoy future story time sessions. Everyone comes to love the now well behaved and helpful lion except the jealous Mr McBee. One day while not following proper workplace health and safety practices Miss Merriweather has an accident. The lion knows it must get help but also that it is forbidden from roaring. What happens next are important lessons for children and adults alike but rest assured everything turns out all right in the end.

This is a magical and amazing book. Believe me! I recommend it to every child and... well... every adult too! ;) I don't know if there is a portuguese translation of the book or if it's being sold in Portugal, but if not, try to buy it online. I'm sure you won't regret such deal!