Antonio Rodrigues Blog » English http://antoniorodrigues.org Software Developer living in Sydney, Australia. Mon, 21 May 2012 06:47:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Thomas is five http://antoniorodrigues.org/2012/04/29/thomas-is-five/ http://antoniorodrigues.org/2012/04/29/thomas-is-five/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:36:49 +0000 Antonio Rodrigues http://antoniorodrigues.org/?p=424 On the last 26th of April Thomas turned five years old. So today, Tati and Matthias organized a party at Brightmore Reserve where the kids can ride their bikes on a kids bike track. A face painting artist was there too and all the kids got nice and colorful paintings. It was a really nice day that I am sure Thomas will remember for a long time.

]]> http://antoniorodrigues.org/2012/04/29/thomas-is-five/feed/ 0 My Tumblr blog http://antoniorodrigues.org/2012/03/30/my-tumblr-blog/ http://antoniorodrigues.org/2012/03/30/my-tumblr-blog/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:14:08 +0000 Antonio Rodrigues http://antoniorodrigues.org/?p=418 This month I decided to create a Tumblr blog. In case you don’t know, let’s have a look on what Wikipedia have to say about Tumblr: “Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog, named a “tumblelog”.”

So, what I will be posting there? Well basically some photos that I snap here and there. Since it is really easy to post from my Android phone to Tumblr, via the Tumblr android app I will be posting the pictures straight to my blog on Tumblr.

You may been thinking… Why not just post to Facebook instead? Facebook it is just for your friends, on Tumblr you can share with the world, you can tag your posts and people following those tags can find it, and you don’t really need to be friends with them.

If you still want your Tumblr post on Facebook you can post them automatically to your timeline.

Let’s see how my new project goes.

If you want to have a look, here is the link.

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Happy new year for everyone!

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This is our new place in Artarmon. It is a two bedroom unit on the second floor of a ten units building. I am getting everything in place for when Gabi comes back from Brazil.

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Where are we going? I heard you asking. We are going to Brazil to visit family and to travel through South America. We are planning to go not only to Brazil, but to Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Equador, Chile and Uruguay. In fact we are starting with 10 days in a nice apartment Buenos Aires, Argentina.

When we are leaving? We are leaving on the 15th of November. So now on the 1st of November we are moving out and we will stay with Tati, Matthias and the kids for two weeks.

We are all looking forward to this journey, with us, will be our neighbours and friends Helen and Peter who will be landing in South America for the first time, they are more excited them us because for them it is not just a new place but a new language. We have been teaching them Portuguese and they are doing well and I hope that after one year they will be able to have a conversation with a local in Brazil.

You can expect to hear from us more often on this blog and also on my facebook where I will be posting some pictures of our trip.

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The reason I decide to do it is because I read here that a diet based on fruits and vegetable juices can help clear the skin for patients with psoriasis, so I am giving it a try.

I got through the 7 days very easily, I remember getting a bit hungry on the first day only. And I lost 2.35 kg in one week. My skin seems the same, no improvements after the 7 days.

After I finished the 7 days juicing I started a raw food diet where I am eating just raw food, lots of fruits, green salads and nuts. I must tell I am impressed how well you can feel just by eating raw food.

Today is the end of the third week (1 week just juice, 2 weeks raw food) and I will start tomorrow another week on juices. There are 5 juices a day and with the help of a juice like this I juice pineapples, apples, carrot, beetroot, spinach, ginger and a few more type of greens. All the juices, except one which has no apples and only green leafs, are delicious.

The food diet together with the light therapy that I started a couple of weeks ago is starting cleaning my skin and I am happy with the improvements.

Ah! I almost forgot, we watched the FoodMatters documentary last week and it was really interesting I do recommend everyone that is looking into eating more organic and healthy food to watch this video documentary.

]]> http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/08/29/my-raw-food-diet/feed/ 0 Gabi is another aussie now! http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/07/05/gabi-is-another-aussie-now/ http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/07/05/gabi-is-another-aussie-now/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:25:50 +0000 Antonio Rodrigues http://antoniorodrigues.org/?p=162 Gabi got her Australian citizenship on 30th of June. The ceremony was really nice and Gabi and I were really happy. Here are some pictures.

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]]> http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/06/25/33/feed/ 0 Thomas is 3. http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/05/30/thomas-is-3/ http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/05/30/thomas-is-3/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 11:50:58 +0000 Antonio Rodrigues http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/05/30/thomas-is-3/ Last month, on 26 of April it was Thomas birthday. Thomas picked his best mates to celebrate his birthday at the park. Tati prepared a very nice birthday with a great selection of food, nice and health fruits for the kids. The kids has lots of balloons to play with and a gift bag to take home together with there favorites wild animal that were decorating the cupcakes.
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]]> http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/05/30/thomas-is-3/feed/ 0 Australian Citizenship and Passport http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/04/29/australian-citizenship-and-passport/ http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/04/29/australian-citizenship-and-passport/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:32:56 +0000 Antonio Rodrigues http://antoniorodrigues.org/2010/04/29/australian-citizenship-and-passport/ On 4th of March I have became an Australian citizen. The ceremony was at the Mosman Art Gallery and there were approximately another 50 people there with me to become a citizen. It was a simple but nice and emotional ceremony, we all did our pledge to the Australia’s values.

I also have applied for the passport. I have taken some pictures to share with you.
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Gabi and I with the Australian flag at the citizenship ceremony.
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At home with my new Australian Passport

At the ceremony I had the pleasure of having my wife Gabi and my neighbours and friends Peter and Helen, it was a wonderful evening. After the ceremony we went to the New Orleans Cafe in Crows Nest for dinner.

I am now the new Aussie on the block! :-)

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