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quarta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2015

How to keep your hair on point all day (even on the road!)

How to keep your hair on point all day? That's an easy question - just braid it! The city I live in is very windy because it's close to the beach, I have extremely long hair and bangs, so you can imagine the nightmare it is to live in Aveiro! So when I'm not in the mood for messy crazy flying-all-over-my-face hair, I simply braid it. There are loads of tutorials on youtube on how to make all kinds of braids and updos... To be honest, I'm not very good at it, but my friends, specially Maria (who has short hair), are always happy to give me a hand. (P.S.: Yes, it's me in all the pictures.)

Inês Tavares

sexta-feira, 20 de fevereiro de 2015

Gap-year volunteers: constructive help or waste of time and money?

First of all, what is the "gap-year"? It is a year teenagers skip school after they finish highschool, and in which they can do whatever they want. During this year, I believe they'll mature and most defenitely find answers for the future. Gap-year volunteering is, for sure, not a waste, neither of time or money.

During this time teens will learn a lot, about the world and specially about themselves, and if they can volunteer to help people at the same time, I can only see advantages. Some may say it's a year wasted, a year when they should be studying in college, but, in my opinion, if they aren't mature enough for college, they are wasting time anyway! Nevertheless, some can still argue it is a waste of money, but I say: knowledge and experiences are priceless. Helping others is more rewarding than money.

To sum up, I believe gap-year brings multiple advantages - maturing, learning, experiencing, seeing, doing! - so just go for it and have the time of your life,

Inês Tavares

segunda-feira, 29 de dezembro de 2014

Watching the Sunset at Relógio Beach | Figueira da Foz, Portugal

After walking a long distance, we finally reached our destination - the beach. One of our friends had just arrived from Switzerland and she was sick of mountains and snow, so she begged us to go to the beach and just look at the see for a while... we ended up running after seaguls and then spread a scarf on the sand and sat down to watch the sunset. It was really a magical moment.

Even though it's December and rain/snow was expected, it's still sunny in Portugal (thank God!!). Don't be foolled by this bright sun though. it has been freezing cold!

Inês Tavares