Brazilian Portugese

I am trying to learn portugese at home with the help of websites, podcasts and general reading and watching tv. It must be possible to learn this way in this day and age. Luckily I have a good knowledge of French and have been to Brazil so thst helps a lot......There is it seems a site with free podcasts to learn from. When I have tried them out i will let you know how good it is. It is called brazilianportugesepod.com..........

Slumdog

Definitely watch it it you are at all interested in th movie. I was afraid it would be disappointing as it had been so hyped here in the UK. Its not a feel good movie..........don't want to give too much away but i thought the delivery of the story was unexpected that's all I will say.

self checkout!

So does anyone actually like these self checkouts at supermarkets. My local one to work has increased the number of them. Personally I would prefer to go to the regular ones but it seems so would everyone else and the queues are huge...............There is no line for these. People are running randomly to them and they take much longer to put your stuff through. Best stick to markets....

Designer

I just found a new design magazine called simply ‘designer’! I really love magazines as faster ways to catch up on what is going on especially for on the train, plane or in bars waiting for friends. Anyway this is quite a brief magazine with only a few ‘articles’ as such but still good ones. There are quite a lot of product reviews and ads but ultimately this is how we do find many new products to use in design.
The most interesting thing is an article on industrial designer Jaime Hayon, but the articles follow closely behind.

Books, Books on Colour

At the moment I am trying to review a book called Colour in Architecture. At first glance the book seems a fairly ordinary read, but now that I’ve started, I’ve realised it is quite technical and really interesting.
Worth a look if you are always wondering why so many new buildings are grey in some countries and not in others and other facts on colour use. I’m still on chapter two though, but don’t bother spending time with the introduction as it makes the book seem tedious.

Frugal living

Has anyone checked out this frugal website/blog? Well don’t follow their surveys moneymaking tip! It is all those offers where you have to sign up to dodgy looking credit cards an d so called free offers of make up and things.

Pimlico and good places

Pimlico is an area near where I work, in Victoria in London, which must have the most cafes and takeaways concentrated in about 0.5 square kilometres. You can definitely buy a very filling lunch for no more than five pounds. It has everything from KFC to Thai to Brazilian now. If often has a small market on too for fruit and a chip van.
Actually it would be a good place to wait for a train instead of in the station. Check out Ivano's and Spicy Food Plus (I think its called)

Start up

As a start up I would like to explain what I would like this blog to be. I will attempt for it to be about getting value from everyday life's necessary things we do. This means a lot may be about what I buy, but will also about where I travel and what I am currently doing. It may seem similar to reviews of many things.