Friday, 22 March 2013

plano de desenvolvimento pessoal para 2013

 
Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Lisboa
Gestão e Produção de Cozinha Turma A - 2011/2013




PLANO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO PESSOAL  
para a cadeira de Gestão de Carreira
e para mim



Thursday, 21 March 2013

Airbnb uma feliz coincidencia de 2012 até ver


 Quando o Filipe voltou dos estados unidos eu ainda estava a um semestre de terminar o curso, estávamos os dois sem fontes de income mas sem vontade de voltar para casa dos pais. Queríamos uma casa no centro de Lisboa mas parecia não haver uma casa em que coubéssemos os dois que pudéssemos pagar. Até uma  colega da escola de hotelaria falar numa csa para alugar por baixo da sua. Eu já tinha estado em casa dela e apesar de saber que estaria fora nosso orçamento decidimos ir ve-la. O Filipe adorou e decidimos ficar com a casa. Havia um quarto a mais e pensamos poder usa-lo como fonte extra de income.



Ainda não nos tínhamos mudado quando caíram as primeiras reservas no Airbnb. E desde então temos conseguido pagar todas as despesas da casa com os nossos hospedes. Surpreendida com o sucesso de um quarto soube que iria vagar um apartamento por cima do nosso e pensei que se com um quarto faziamos tanto com 3 fariamos muito mais. O investimento foi apoiado por familiares e amigos e ainda não esta pago mas tem corrido muito bem e com o verão à porta temos boas espectativas.


Tem sido uma experiência divertida e enriquecedora, é também cansativa porque trabalhamos a partir de casa e é por vezes difícil separar a vida pessoal da profissional. Mas temos feito bons amigos entre os hospedes e conhecido pessoas extraordinárias. O hospedes também fazem bons ratos de laboratório gastronómico e tenho a oportunidade de experimentar novas receitas e experiências com eles. Temos feito também bons contactos profissionais, alguns dos hospedes parecem vir atraídos pelos nossos perfis, atividades e estilo de vida e, muitos deles são de áreas complementares.



Friday, 1 October 2010

Nova Iorque e Los Angeles 2010 nascimento da marca Anawhat


My name is Ana and I am kind of a pixie — small, nagging and a geek. I’ve spent the first half of my life in the small island were I was born. As I grew up, I had a clear view of the Atlantic Ocean and to what I thought were dolphins but later turned out to be tuna fish. I wanted to become a mermaid and paint on my time off… from being a mermaid. The second half, well that has been a crazy ride.



 Creating came to me early as a natural way to bleed out my numerous worries, mostly a result of living on an island. My artistic tendency came as it did, raising no sense of obligation, shame or fear — until I went to art school. Committing to an academic institution that promoted a stereotyped and narrow notion of art gradually drained me of my will to create.


 After graduation I decided to take a break from the arts. I got a “proper” job, did some yoga, quit the job, traveled, learned to meditate, got another job, became a vegetarian, quit the job, moved to Lisbon to study animation, got another job, started cooking, considered it as a career, did an internship in a very-nice-but-not-vegetarian-at-all restaurant, had a work proposition in the arts, headed back to were I graduated, stayed in Porto for one year, almost starved, applied for a scholarship to work in animation, didn’t get it, went back to Lisbon, then to my parents hometown for one summer, where I worked as a cook.


 In the middle of it all, I somehow fell in love with a scriptwriter and was so lucky to have him love me back. We decided to venture through life together, adopted a she-cat to join my he-cat (the only kind of offspring we can afford for now) and sailed to New York to fulfill our dreams and ambitions. Daily, as he burns his eyelashes working through his master’s degree, I pile up paper goods on the kitchen table that I use as a desk, working on my comeback.


 Throughout what some may call a work process, I tend to be very chaotic. I invest a lot of time in organization. I make a calendar, draw a plan of action, define what should come first and last, schedule a time line and then I blow it all up! Nothing but whim and intuition. I’m often obliged to distract my mind with movies or music to keep the rational side of my brain from raising issues and let the hands do the job.

 I am never fully satisfied with my pieces as I tend to feel they are always unfinished, but I love looking at them and do it with a sense of pride for my little accomplishments. They are my kids. They’re frail and sensitive and I’m afraid of exposing them to the world. But I’m also proud of them and want others to love them


I have many undeveloped ideas waiting in the drawers, eager to pop out. What’s shown in my shop is still the residue of a long period without working seriously. I am using elements and materials that I’m familiar with in an attempt to develop an article that will please the Etsy shoppers and help me regain confidence in my work. I hope to do more in the future, but I just couldn’t wait any longer to start! I’m still trying to figure out the ways of the Etsy community but I’m very excited to be a part of it.
As for my dream of becoming a mermaid, it didn’t turn out the way I expected — I guess I fell in love with the land.