JUL 27   Home away
I have finalised the last details for my trip to Brazil in August/September. Between my duties as prodigal son and catching up with friends, I want to spend some time in my hometown and rediscover the beauty of Porto Alegre. I love that city... Porto Alegre is not just an amazing place which all we Gauchos love and care for so much, but an important cultural and financial centre for the Latin American South Cone.  Capital of Pampas and Capital of Rio Grande do Sul... Land of Farrapos... I miss you so much.

Besides the family commitments, I want to dedicate an enormous amount of quality time with my parents, sister and brother... To have some laughs with my grandparents and to once more see the amazing sunsets that my city, among other things, is famous for. I also have an important mission: to evaluate Porto Alegre's capacity to provide the same income and lifestyle that my Auckland City does. Funnily enough, I am aware that I will never be complete and my heart will be always divided between these two places.

Unfortunately, PJ has to stay in New Zealand due to professional commitments but we are certainly planning another trip to Brazil in November next year. She will love the country and it's people, I am sure.

For the above reasons, I won't be posting anything after the 07 of August. More in September... Hasta!
 


Sunset in Porto Alegre, Brazil

 

JUL 06   Random notes from my Moleskine IV
Montegrappa and Montblanc fountain pens
Franks Kafka
Charlie Chaplin
Individual power
Steampunk tendencies
The nursing of a culture
Freda Starks
Social Evolution
fingerprint
Psychodrama: Challenge of momentary tranquillity.

"The great triumph is not to punish or conquer but to convert" - Myself - 03/07/08

"Tribalistic attitudes have no place on modern society" - Myself - 01/07/08

"This is an era of individualism!" - Myself - 28/06/08

"The qualitative difference between Humans and others is the ability to consider" - Myself -27/06/08

What are the duties of a civil man?
 

JUL 05   Philosophical investigations III
Things that fascinates me:

tugboats
etching drawings
George Orwell
The Great Gray Owl
Japanese calligraphy on ink/brush.
Honoré Daumier's Don Quixote's series.
Lithography
Tumbleweed houses
 

JUL 04   Secrets
The Auckland Museum has a new exhibition starting from 12 July for limited time: Secrets-The backstage mysteries of your museum is a night quest through the dark corridors and rooms of the institution that normally is not accessible to the public.  PJ and I will certainly be there.
 

JUL 03   Art a' Loir
reading:
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Marcel Proust
George Orwell
Charles Dickens
Frank Kafka

Admiring:
Delacroix
Daumier's La caricature newspaper works
Henri Rousseau
Eva Gonzalez
 

JUL 02   West Coast Brewery shares
For a while now I have been tempted to invest on the West Coast brewery products after hearing the Director, Patty Sweeney on NewstalkZB a few weeks ago. This Brewery main product is the Fern natural beer, a natural lager that won New Zealand's best for the last three years. The problem will be to compete against the new Steinlager Pure. 

I can see the increase for organic beers consumption on a short term if the prices can be matched to industrial productions of today's lagers. People are seeking healthier alternatives every possibility available and alcohol is just a question of time.  Investing on the best is a safe option I believe and since New Zealand is a beer country, it certainly has a market to be explored not just here but in Australia also.

Patty seems to be the man for the job and I will put some dollars and play around.  If I don't get my investment back in profit, at least it will happen through beer on shareholder's meetings a few times per year.  The West Coast Brewery already owns a decent PUB down south and is developing another one in Auckland very soon... As a future PUB/Beer factory owner I only have to gain.

Green Fern beer: Bottle, a fair bit of carbonation in the bright golden colour with no head whatsoever. A strong sweet malty aroma, slightly buttery. A creamy palate with a more drying finish. Mostly malty creamy flavours, with more hops in the finish.  Pure organic. New Zealand's best.  
 

JUL 01   Opera at the Auckland Museum
Recently, PJ and I attended to a night of Opera Cabaret at the Auckland War Museum featuring singers from the Opera Factory of Newmarket.  The evening was well organised by the Museum Circle of Friends, a independent charitable trust and patrons of arts for the Museum. The proceeds of this event in particular, went to endowments fund established to acquisition of permanent collections. Good cause. 

Accompanied by friends visiting New Zealand and PJ's parents the conciertos were well performed, even through the Tenor Derek Hill was not on his best. Derek, at least, fulfilled his promise of a good performance at the end, with Nessum Dorma of Puccini's Turandot.

I believe the night belonged to no less, Jesse Martins, the Brazilian Pianist, and his performance of Non piu andrai of Mozart's the marriage of Figaro.  a well performed Mozart is hard to beat and the presentation was well worth the ticket.

The Opera Factory Quartet
Emma Sloman - Soprano
Derek Hill - Tenor
Catherine Reaburn - Mezzo
Benjamin Taylor - Baritone
Jesse Martins - Piano
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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