Nascida e criada em Portugal. Já morei na Polónia, no Brasil, na República Checa e agora é a Suécia que me acolhe.
O meu blogue, tal como o meu cérebro, é uma mistura de línguas. Bem vindos!

Born and raised Portuguese. I have lived in Poland, Brazil, Czech Republic and now I'm in the beautiful Sweden.
My blog, just like my brain, is a blend of languages. Welcome!

quarta-feira, 18 de março de 2015

The ridiculousnesses of my job

Sometimes rules are not made based on common sense.

The rule:
Everyone can do procedure X on machine 1.
Only certain pre-determined seniors are allowed to do procedure Y on machine 1. I am one of them. 

The reality:
Worker A uses machine 1 almost everyday and needs someone to do procedure Y frequently.
Worker A is focused, smart and a hard worker.
Worker A is not a senior, but I secretly taught worker A how to do procedure Y. If I hadn't done it either worker A wouldn't be able to work as much, or I would spend my time in machine 1 (or on the way there since it's 6 floors away), not doing my own work. 

The situation:
Worker B requests me to do procedure Y at 11 am, mentioning by chance that Worker A is using machine 1 until then.
I agree to do it.
When Worker B leaves my office, I call Worker A and ask to do procedure Y, since Worker A is already at machine 1. I tell worker A to say, if asked, that I passed by and did procedure Y myself. In this way, the three of us save time. Worker A doesn't need to switch off machine 1. Worker B waits less time, since it's faster this way. And I don't have to stop what I am doing. 

The conclusions:
This attitude should be rewarded by our superiors (I don't think it is and I don't want to test that).
These kind of rules should be based on skills and not hierarchy. 
I spent the time I saved writing this useless post. However, I will be working the next 200 times I will save time again.


segunda-feira, 9 de março de 2015

@Spain

Hoje escrevo da Espanha. Por enquanto tem sido so em passeio, mas em breve vai-se tornar numa viagem de trabalho. No fim de semana fiz uma visita a minha irma, em Pamplona, onde esta a fazer Erasmus. Tambem visitamos uma pequena vila historica chamada Olite, que tem um castelo fantastico! Esta a ser o maximo e escreverei mais sobre estes lugares quando voltar para casa na semana que vem. Por agora deixo uma foto que tirei no castelo de Olite. 

Today I'm writing from Spain. So far has only been pleasure but soon I will be at work. In the weekend I visited my sister in Pamplona, where she is working for 3 months. We also visited a little historical village nearby called Olite, that has an amazing castle! We are having a great time, and I will tell you all about it when I'm back next week. For now I will post a photo I took in the castle of Olite.



terça-feira, 3 de março de 2015

Motivation and Inspiration

Não há como não gostar dos empurrões motivacionais dados pela Nike+...

You got to love Nike+ motivational pushes...




segunda-feira, 2 de março de 2015

Troja - Praga


Troja é uma área de Praga pertinho do rio e do parque Stromovka. É nesta região que costumamos correr aos fins de semana ou quando temos que fazer treinos mais longos. Ao longo do rio há pistas para correr ou andar de bicicleta, que se estendem por centenas de quilómetros, até outras cidades e vilas. Em Troja também está um bonito palácio, que por enquanto ainda só conheço por fora: o palácio de Troja.

Troja is an area in Prague, nearby the river and the Stromovka park. It is in this region we usually run in the weekends or when we have to do long trainings. Along the river there's a path in asphalt, for cycling and running, that goes for hundreds of kilometers connecting Prague to other smaller villages and towns. It is also in Troja that a beautiful palace is located: Troja palace. So far I have only visited it from the outside, but I'm looking forward for an opportunity to visit the inside as well. 







Há um enorme cavalo de madeira, que também é uma casa e por baixo um café com esplanada.

There's also a giant wooden horse, that is a house and underneath a cafe.



A nova ponte de Troja / The new bridge in Troja