Something New

There's been a few new things in my life lately:

Trying out a new fruit: Fruta Pinha (Pine Fruit), properly named since it looks like a pinecone...

My new handmade Namibian sandals, perfect for traipsing up and down the busy streets of Luanda

My place received a new coat of paint. Barbie Pink paint, that is. Believe me, I had nothing to do with the choice of color :S

Random Pictures from Here and There

Sweet smooch from le boyfriend

Glamour shot in the bathroom, lol

View of Luanda at dusk from the 12th floor. Lots of construction going on!

Kickin' it with Rafaela, a SDA semi-celebrity :)

Tightening them dreads...

My buddy Junior (Eugenia's son)

After a long day out at the boats

Backstage of Rafaela's concert... with Isa, pretty girl with a pretty voice :)

Mama hard at work with the dishes

Yummy In My Tummy

My recently domesticated self loves eating some good food made from scratch... I try to keep it as healthy as possible without sacrificing yummy-ness:

Delicious vegetables pot pie

Vegan Pizza made with whole-wheat flour crust

and pumpkin-seed cheese (invented by yours truly).

It was off the hook... (honk honk!)

Shaking My Head Real Hard

Boy oh boy how time flies when you're having fun. OR when you're super busy... either way, it's been far too long since the last time I wrote a post... I know, I know, I hang my head in shame for disappointing all of my faithful readers *cough*Adyanez*cough*... heeheehee

Where to start? Since I came back from vacation I've been hard at work putting all kinds of projects into motion on the job front.

I've also been working hard on the weekends trying to get my students ready for their first recital... but sadly this time around I wasn't able to bring back any music accessories so we're struggling to keep a lot of the instruments in shape :( We're in dire need of some pegs, bridges, and shoulder pads for the violinists and some reeds for the saxophonist, and we need music stands and... oh I could go on for a while but you get the point.

ALSO, I have decided to take songwriting more seriously... I've written 3 songs already and if I can keep it up, maybe I'll be able to record a CD soon. (No, not in a 'I wanna be famous' kind of way. I'm way too old to start a new career now hahahaha).

Let's see... what else... le boyfriend and I are doing really well despite the difficult circumstances. I'm serious about this wonderful man of mine ya'll... enough said for now :)

Anyways this year I'm pretty much being a grown-up and really careful with my money (what? no more elaborate trips to Europe? Gasp!) so I can pay off my debts and save up for grad school. If all goes according to plan, I'll be back in the academic grind in the fall of 2012. I can hardly wait *said in unenthusiastic monotone voice*.

That's pretty much all that's going on with me... I guess I will bid you adieu. But before I go, I leave you with these amusing little pictures:

Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. There IS a hole carved into the middle of my living room floor. Turns out, my apartment was built on top of the reserve water tank that feeds water to a group of apartments... so when the city water cuts off we can still have running water. Well, the owner contacted some plummers for some routine maintenance. They came, tore into my floor, cleaned and changed some parts, and then their workday finished. So they left the hole like that. Until the next time I happen to be home during working hours (they came on Friday, which was a national holiday, so I was able to spend the day at home to let them in...). I know... I'm so mad at this situation. SMHRH.

That is all for today.

P.S. I have a "My Day in Pictures" post planned. That should be fun :)