TAWOMG - The Amazing Week is Back to Town (again...)

Dear Friends,

Long time no news. Last year I often thought it was about time to come back to this blog. That already counts a lot, because intention is the first step and every long march starts by the first step. Unfortunately I never made the second step though. But this morning I said to myself that instead of including things like losing weight or saving money in my wish list for 2011 (more appropriate name than New Year's resolution list) I should make the decision to write every Sunday. As it wouldn't be very inspiring to fail already in the first one, here I am. And hopefully here you will find me every week from now on.

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This year due to work reasons I could not make it to South American summer for the holidays. I was home alone in Barcelona. My old friend Jan (this year 40, that is awfully old) was also home alone. We decided to have dinner together on New Year's Eve. Before dinner we went to the Dry Martini, where else of all places? This time I paid heed to the famous lines about my favourite drink: "one is OK, two is too much, three is not enough!" We then ate at the Speakeasy, one of the good places in Barcelona. It was a calm dinner with a long time good friend, without all the fuss of regular New Year celebrations.

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Despite being cool about the new year, we couldn't help talking about plans for 2011 and what we intended to do. One of the intentions mentioned was not an easy one. "Do you really intend to do it?" "Well, at least I intend to intend" was the answer. That was pretty realistic.

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So now you know it: will I will keep my promise and write something here every Sunday? Let's talk about it on January 1st 2012. For the time being all I can say is that I definitely intend to intend!

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Wish you all a happy New Year!

Maurício