Celebrations (I)

Bon soir,

A couple of weeks ago, that time of the year arrived, when an overwhelming need pops up to celebrate yet another year of survival in this crazier world...

This year, I do believe I had one of the most unforgetable b-days of my life... Many causes contributed for this...
... Being away from home forced me to prepare something special...
... I had part of my sisters at the celebration with friends...
... I had most of my best friends from all the different stages of my life... childhood, high school, Uni, AIESEC and P&G...
... I had ZN taking care of all the logistics...
... we finished in the typical Plateau, a urban myth of 80s music in Lisbon...
... having my sisters sharing a couple of dodgy stories from my childhood...
etc.

When ending the dinner, I suddenly realized I hadn't brought a camera... The first reaction was something like "Ugh!" But then... then I immediately felt that having photos of this moment would clearly be redundant... Then, it was pretty clear, as I walked through the tables, that those memories, the memories of the people sharing that night, would stay with me forever... Those (and many others that were there in other ways than the physical) were the people who helped me get to where I am today... And most of those people will for sure stick around "my train" until the final stop.

To all of you (you know who you are...)... THANK YOU!

Carpe Noctis

PS - After a couple of weeks with technical problems, this blog will be back to normal posting rythm!