More squash and no mac

I've played squash today for about 45 minutes and my knee was fine :) in fact today as a day or not much work because in the afternoon we went to watch the soccer game between Brazil an Italy. Brazil won 2x0. Then I cs back to the office and despite Apple promising me to give mac back I got nothing. :( Hopefully I'll get it.

Boston library card

I got my library card this morning and hence I'm now an official resident of Boston. LOL. The library is huge and you can find any possible book you can think of. Kalil would love it also because you can get a lot of music (piano) scores from every kind of music, from Rachamaninov to Beatles. I believe they also have free wireless so I might go there to work sometimes if I'm bored here.

Significantly significant

At at talk here in the lab a candidate jus wrote on the slides that
the results are significantly significant!! At least this tells me
that not everyone interviewing here is as good as they all seemed to
be up to now.

This one you may not understand

Sorry. This one has some Portuguese. Learn it or forget about this post :).

Gatinha you must hear the song entitled "teu nome mais secreto" particularly the part that goes more or less like this

Não sei, não sei mais nada
Só sei que canto de sede dos teus lábios.
Não sei, não sei mais nada.

This is exactly how is feel now. :). But the whole song is beautiful. Listen to it!!

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No mac for you!

My mac broke the Ethernet card and now I have to work the old fashion way: manually! I hope apple gives it back to me soon.

Ronaldo (back) in Boston

I went to my room, left everything there and I'm now on the T going to the lab. Looking forward doing some work.

Last night

I'm currently on the plane on my way back to Boston. Yesterday I went with Paulo to a concert from Donald Harrison Jr. a sax player from New Orleans. The concert was very good. I'll later post some pictures from the concert. I now have a proper camera with me so the quality of the pictures should improve :)

Late with Bill

I think I'm back on track. The last few days here in Washington DC were not as productive as I thought. Well when you have to work from 8am to 6pm non stop it is hard to think about anything else. Fortunately I've made the right decision today and decided to work a bit late. Paulo is not here so it is easier. Right now it is my paper and Bill Frisell playing Poem for Eva. If you haven't heard it before just get it. You'll be happy.

Ronaldo in Washington

I'm on my way back to Boston but had first to stop in Washington DC to reviews some proposals to the NSF. I'm flyin to Boston on Sunday morning. So far the review process went pretty smooth. Paulo is here and trying "hitting" on a ex-fiancée of another friend of mine. LOL. I was partially responsible for the other engagement but I don't have anything to do with this one. I'm waiting tower what happens.

Got my key ring!!

Sarah gave me a key ring today :) I no longer have to deal with the "kiwi" ladies about this issue. Adele will be very happy I got the key ring since the kept me asking about it since the day I wrote about it in the blog.

Ronaldo in Melbourne

I'm home and it was nice to see Sarah and the kids. We went to a party today at Cheryl's and as expected it was very nice. I'm glad to be here and sadden that I'm only staying a few days. 

Change of flights

I was going through Detroit and only arrive at 10pm. It is nice to have this medallion from delta because they change you flight at no cost. I'm no going directly to Orlando and will arrive at 6:20. Look forward seeing everyone!

In my way to the airport.

Good morning!! I'm ready to go to airport. I might pass by the starbucks just to get a latte or something.

Going to Muqueca tonight

I'll finally go to the Muqueca restaurant today. The problem is that I called and they may not have a table at that time. We'll have to wait and see. I'll meet with Paul who is Ryan Stansifer's son. It should be interesting since we'll talk about research and related things.

Blogger problem

Sometimes this blogger doesn't work well. For instance I haven't been able to upload the pictures from the room yet and I don't know why. The upload button just doesn't work sometimes. When I I fix, I'll put the picture on the post below.

New room

I have a new room! Yes, my letter to the the landlord worked and I'm in a much nicer room. Very large. Also the shower is very good. For the first time today I had a good shower in the house. I had been taking my showers here on campus because on the other unit was just terrible. Here are a couple of picture of the new room. What I'm also happy about is that the room is big enough for Sarah and the kids to come here and stay. We have this plan that they may come in July. I'd still need to talk to the landlord but it should be fine. We can get one of those inflatable beds and put in the room while they are here.

I survived the opera

I don't think this Opera thing works for me. It was nice because it was a new experience. This was my first time in an Opera. The story of Simon Bocannegra is very complicated and a little cliché. I think if I decide to go to another opera it will have to be one of Mozart. I took a few pictures of the location. One shows me entering the BSO (Boston Symphony Orchestra) and another is of the musicians on stage which I took from my $20 seat. It was a very nice location actually. I think the next concert I'll go to the BSO will be an all Mozart program conducted by James Levine. The Opera was also conducted by Levine who is one of the best conductors in classical music today. On February 17th, Levine will have this all Mozart program. If I can get my $20 seat I'll probably go.

Intermission

Intermission here at the opera. I have to confess it is better than I  thought. The opera is Simon Bocannegra from Verdi.

Opera

Im waiting to see an opera for the first time. I just found out that the "thing" is 3 hours long!!! At least I'm on a $100+ seat and I paid only $20. They have a program for young (<40 years old) people. I just made it. LOL.

Adele

I'm worried about Adele. I'll call Sarah... she was not well last night. Just wished I could be there to help :(