Xmas finally arrived at our home/ O Natal finalmente chegou a nossa casa...

 

A arvore, toda desmilinguidinha, foi montada hoje, dia 24. Acredite se quiser...

Our tree was only put up today, 24th of December!

 

I think I understand now why I was so reluctant in putting up my Xmas tree. Every country I go, I buy gorgeous decorations, and when Xmas is around the corner, I turn my home into a dream Xmas corner. I even have two trees at once - so I can play with the color scheme...

I love it!!

Every time we leave a country, I leave everything behond, and I just buy new things at the new place.

In Bahrain, for a reason or another ( hey, it is a Muslim country after all), I ended up with a few bits and pieces, and no gorgeous, wonderful, brilliant decorations.

I think it made me sad, and i delayed getting the tree up because it would not be as cool as I would like it to be.

And the tree and the decorations may be simple, but look how many presents we have under it...

Acho que finalmente hoje a minha ficha caiu e eu me toquei por que eu nao tinha arrumado a decoracao de Natal ate agora.

Em todos os paises que eu vou, eu compro muitos enfeites, muita decoracao, e quando o Natal chega, minha casa vira um cantinho especial, forrada de badulaques Natalinos. Aqui em Bahrain, por varias razoes, eu acabei nao comprando tantas coisas.

Temos uma arvore, pinduricalhos simplezinhos, uns bonecos...

Mas aquele glamour, aquela coisa de todos os anos nao rolou - e pra fazer meia boca, eu tava preferindo nao fazer nada.

Hoje, me levantei, sacudi a poeira e botei a arvore em pe! A arvore e a decoracao pode ser sem gracinha, mas o que faltou em visual, eu compensei com os presentes - da so uma olhada nas caixinhas!

 

Fabio, Anita and I went to a great Xmas Eve party, at a friends house!

Fabio, eu e a Anita fomos a uma festa barbara, na casa de uns amigos

 

It was a trully multicultural Xmas

Foi um Natal super multicultural

 

Portuguese, Brazilian, Indian and English - just in this pic

Portugues, brasileiros (2), indiano e inglesa, nessa foto

 

Eu, Marise e um casal nota 10 - ela Japonesa, filha de diplomatas que moraram no Brasil alguns anos - fala portugues perfeitamente. Ele, indiano.

Me and Marise with a great couple. She is Japanese, daughter of diplomats and lived in Brazil a few years when she was a child. Her Portuguese is flawless. Her husband, is Indian.

 

O que o bendito blackberry esta fazendo nessa foto? Anita nao sobrevive sem o BBM.

What is the blackberry doing in this pic? Anita can't survive without her BBM.

 

I think they were having fun...

Parece que eles se divertiram!

 

Familia!!

Family!!

 

Anita tomando moet chandon - pode ser novinha, mas ja sabe o que e bom!

Anita drinking Moet Chandon - she may be young, but she knows well what is good for her!

 

Dee, our hostess

Adelaide, nossa anfitria!

 

And everybody was dancing!

E todo mundo caiu na farra...Dancamos ate doer os pes!

 

When I said everybody, I was not joking. Fabio never dances - look at him here!

E quando eu disse TODO mundo, eu nao estava brincando nao. Ate o Fabio foi pro salao...

 

Acho que vou emoldurar essa foto...

This pic should be displayed in my living room!

 

:-)

 

Pelo jeito a Anita nao se divertiu pouco nao ( apesar de ser "festa de velho")

Anita can't say she did not have any fun (even though it was an "oldies party)

 

Dancinha sincronizada??

Synchronized steps?

 

A animacao rolou ate tarde...

The enthusiasm went on until late...

 

They totally get my vote! 

O meu voto vai pra esses dois ai!