Thursday 10 January 2008

Another Year older... Another Year Wiser!!!


Yupp, another year has gone by... what can I say... 2007 changed my life!!! I thought that 2007 deserved a small space on my blog!!!

2007 Started in Vila Nova de Mil Fontes.... what a way to start the year!!! great place with great friends!!!
I already had a contract with Oceanscan and I knew that my life was about to change....
Said goodbye to Portugal....
Goodbye to Natasha.... maybe the hardest thing I have ever had to do....the price one pays when chasing dreams....
13th of January I started at Oceanscan the beginning of an eye opening experience...
I was now living in Scotland... who would have known?! Some say it was destined...
The first few months of the year... were challenging in more ways than one...
Started playing Ice Hockey....
Bought my Bike great way to keep fit :)
Travelled to London... to Peterhead....
The R&D team widened my horizons...the number of things that I had not realised....Professionally and personally
The "wee" kid from Portugal realizes how lucky he is to have the job he has....
Travelled to Peterhead...
Travelled to Fort William....
Travelled to Colombo 2 times....
Travelled to Glasgow....
Checked out Lochness monster!!! I could not find Nessie?!?!!?!?
6 months later... I decided to go back to Portugal:)
Lisbon and Armacao de Pera:)
Got back from Portugal and...
Back to Colombo....
Back from Colombo to Aberdeen... started planning my trip to the States..
Joined a football team here in Aberdeen....
Trip of a lifetime.....
Miami
Key West
Cape Caneveral
Orlando
Miami
LA
Hollywood
Santa Monica Pier
Venice Beach
Rodeo Drive
Vegas
Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
LA
Washington DC
8 Airplanes, 2 cars, 1 helicopter and 2 weeks later back in Aberdeen a new man!!!!
Back to work at Oceanscan... learning more and more...
the sky is the limit...because at Oceanscan we can!!!!
Started renting cars every weekend do really discover the wonders of Scotland...
Started my new passion in life.... indoor wall climbing!!!! oohh yeaahhhh
Joined a Tennis club it is good to be playing again:)
Decided to take a weekend a discover the wonders of Madrid!!!!!
Back in Aberdeen... working hard... and playing hard.....
Played golf for the first time.... it is not as easy as it looks!!!
Had a great Xmas Lunch at Oceanscan....
Flew back to Portugal for Xmas....
Stayed in Lisbon for a couple of days...
Drove down to the Algarve.... Vale Perra...
Xmas in a T-Shirt... ohh yeahhhh
Vilamoura Casino....of course I got lucky...:P
Almograve....Sines... Lisbon.....
Headed off to Madrid in the red 1007 for New Year....
2007 Ended with a bang in Madrid with my new friends!!! ohh yeahhhh


All I can say... if 2008 is as good as 2007.... who knows where I will end up....
I just want to make the most of life... What a year....

CARPE DIEM!!!!!!

Kamone, Gareth, Ideias, Petal!!!!!!


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