Author Archives: Antonio Rodrigues

Books that I have been reading

I have been reading some interesting books recently. One of them was Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson from Wired magazine. The book is about all these business models that are created around free, especially on the internet and in digital form. Free is possible because the costs of digital goods [...]

Anna’s first birthday

Last weekend we had a small family celebration for Anna’s birthday. Thomas was just recovering from a chickenpox so the main celebration had to be cancelled. Gabi, grandma Elizabeth, grandpa Tarcísio and I gave the kids some toys. Here is a photo of Anna on daddy’s lap with her first doll.

Test Result: Pass

I have mentioned that I was studying for the Citizenship test. So this past week I finally took the test. Apparently there is a lot of people that want to do the test so the next available day when I went to book it was 3 months away. The test is really easy. I have [...]

The more you give, the more you will get back…

Latelly I have been thinking about the idea of share knowledge without expecting any financial reward. Like on the old days of school where your friends would ask you about a subject that they knew you know better than them, and you wouldn’t even think about money and would give them a private class. So [...]

32 years old

Last 15th of June I turned 32. Unfortunately I haven’t got any picture of my birthday celebration at home to show you. But Tati and Matthias came with Thomas and Anna and we had a delicious chocolate cake that Gabi made for us. (As Thomas says: “Thank you tia Gabi!”) They sang Happy Birthday To [...]

Sydney Opera House – LUMINOUS

I snapped this picture the other night with my mobile of the Sydney Opera House. This is part of an event that is happening in the Sydney Opera House called Luminous.

Thomas is 2 years old

This month we celebrated my nephew Thomas’ second birthday. Here is a picture that I snapped from him and his friend Anais analysing the cake.

Studying for Citizenship

I have received the study book for the Australian Citizenship Exam. I haven’t started studying yet, but I can tell that the booklet is pretty cool. There are lots on Australian Culture things that Australians probably learn at school that an immigrant like me, that haven’t been to the elementary school in the country wouldn’t [...]

Night visitor

Last Saturday you got a little fellow coming to visit us. It was on our building hall and I snap a pictire with my mobile phone camera. Have a look: This is the Australia famous Possum.

New glasses

After five years using the same pair of glasses I have just got a new glasses, in fact they were two pairs.