tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19014613274145912562012-01-23T19:09:02.273+01:00Don't expect to be uplifted. I'll see to it that it doesn't happen. Aqui ofereço-vos o que me apetecer e não há quem me impeça. E perguntam-me vocês 'mas em que língua vais escrever?' ao que eu respondo 'quem me dera saber'. Here I offer you anything I feel like, and you can't stop me. So drop by and say 'thanks' or 'how dare you' or '[fill in the gap]'.H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.comBlogger1571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-57398497129728381992012-01-22T21:39:00.007+01:002012-01-23T19:09:02.284+01:00

de acordo com o folclore chinês, acerca-se o ano do dragão de água. não levante o caro leitor o sobrolho, vamos, que o dragão daquelas paragens é mais uma criatura aquática - benevolente dador das chuvas - do que o malvado bicho incendiário que nos habituámos a ver pelos céus da europa.em direcção a oriente, portanto, um sentido kung hei fat choi!

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-77803163999929201022012-01-20T00:39:00.016+01:002012-01-20T01:38:50.596+01:00

perched on the window-sill of a 43rd-floor hotel room, i once watched the night fall over shanghai's scintillating cyclorama. it came to life at sunset, glittered and sparkled with all its might - then went to sleep, out of breath.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-68401845413646211382012-01-06T01:08:00.004+01:002012-01-06T01:14:21.352+01:00

não tem nada que enganar. é só subir até já não poder mais.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-38294922600705215822011-12-31T00:21:00.003+01:002011-12-31T00:30:25.016+01:00

may tranquility, beauty and sound sleep visit you wherever you are.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-8594453937453913462011-12-21T04:46:00.003+01:002011-12-21T04:53:20.361+01:00

farewell, far east.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-56798278059195075882011-12-18T18:43:00.006+01:002011-12-19T15:42:52.758+01:00

eu libertei, eu invadi, eu anexei, eu recolhi, eu ocupei, eu transferi, eu surpreendi, eu lutei, eu recuperei, eu entrei, eu perdi, eu completei, eu saí, eu decidi, eu discordei, eu resisti, eu parti, eu tentei, eu obedeci, eu vivi, eu temi, eu celebrei, eu fugi, eu assisti, eu fiquei, eu mudei, eu terminei, eu comecei, eu não sei.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-381575084690895922011-12-01T19:22:00.004+01:002011-12-01T19:32:56.270+01:00

e logo agora que se refundou esta oferenda, volto a mergulhar na china que a tem por proscrita. falamos depois.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-7840218318142427162011-12-01T18:53:00.002+01:002011-12-01T18:57:18.763+01:00

a belssing to some, a troment to others. for this praticular bolg, 'tis the liefline.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-69178321222824874062011-09-30T17:09:00.003+02:002011-09-30T17:20:46.984+02:00

ele há coisas que nunca mudam.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-49374547932567938982011-09-26T11:54:00.001+02:002011-09-26T11:56:05.268+02:00

não sei se me honra mais o convite ou o design do cartaz.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-75512738260768623342011-09-19T13:31:00.003+02:002011-09-19T13:35:36.202+02:00

stand clear.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-59168687322849690722011-08-18T17:11:00.004+02:002011-08-19T01:26:54.537+02:00

brief trip of discovery to future china. just to get a nice fill of novelty before the routine sets back in.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-41727169272002378952011-08-08T11:13:00.003+02:002011-08-08T16:41:02.884+02:00

e conclusões.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-8410423257019740272011-08-04T21:31:00.005+02:002011-08-04T21:44:43.922+02:00

i see no other explanation. must have been the endorphin rush of success - what am i saying? of completion! - and its nasty tendency to mask the pain of the process. so i jumped back into the trap, heart-filled heart-filled with glee, and now me voici: insomniac; overworked; stressed out; in summer.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-83634776924406421792011-06-06T20:39:00.001+02:002011-06-06T20:42:45.545+02:00

e pequena a minha sala.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-55813255487030144302011-05-25T16:37:00.004+02:002011-05-26T05:04:55.879+02:00

já volto. tenho ali um sonho antigo a realizar num 'stante.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-34477077393309514122011-05-23T18:58:00.002+02:002011-05-23T18:59:42.864+02:00

life isn't fair.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-77997303059848375352011-05-12T16:11:00.000+02:002011-05-13T22:25:41.930+02:00

by water and mist. macau summer mornings.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-5022694531374764542011-05-02T22:08:00.004+02:002011-05-02T22:10:32.064+02:00

'a soft answer turneth away wrath:but grievous words stir up anger.'proverbs 15.1

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-52323278212223781812011-04-30T08:44:00.014+02:002011-05-02T22:11:05.802+02:00

não sei bem como - não me lembro de o ter ouvido recentemente -, hoje acordei com o carlos paião na cabeça a cantar sobre o pó de arroz. o arroz, vejamos bem, é digno do nosso respeito e, se acaso fosse criatura capaz de o apreciar, mereceria o nosso reconhecimento. mais ainda nesta ásia que agora me sustenta e cuja antiquíssima civilização se fica a dever em grande medida ao bago em questão. mas

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-30491166673095601462011-03-16T17:34:00.006+01:002011-05-02T22:11:42.448+02:00

no parque da paz em nagasaqui uma estátua denuncia com a mão direita a destruição que em quarenta e cinco desceu do céu. hoje os nossos medos seguem o braço esquerdo sabiamente apontando as ameaças - nucleares ou não - que circulam à superfície da terra. a catástrofe do japão foi grande e será ainda porventura maior; que sirva ao menos para realinhar os nossos objectivos tectónicos e sacudir os

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-47046456585486263292011-02-16T19:59:00.006+01:002011-04-30T12:57:54.128+02:00

ok, so tonight i must endure sleeping with the elevator shaft as my headboard. but innit worthwhile, i ask, when your hotel room has a view like this?

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-50003005721483900382011-01-30T05:22:00.001+01:002011-01-30T05:24:57.318+01:00

and on my e-ticket. ready get set go!

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-62164628338831899702010-12-31T15:51:00.001+01:002010-12-31T15:54:21.815+01:00

sure, we'll make it this time round.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-36160905385734488652010-12-29T14:03:00.009+01:002011-04-30T12:56:41.599+02:00

tradutores en-pt deste país. ouvi-me:mughals ou moghuls são mogóismongols ou mongolians são mongóisvejamos então: a mesquita acima, na índia (e não na mongólia), será o quê? mogol. isso mesmo, parabéns.ficamos conversados, sim? irra...

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-60096107097521715072010-12-14T11:43:00.002+01:002010-12-14T11:49:11.053+01:00

no fear. seasickness won't get to you when you're homebound.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-22505366071807275582010-12-03T19:10:00.008+01:002010-12-03T19:26:59.698+01:00

maridoe como!ama .............. agora, aramá! lá há índias mui fermosas; lá faríeis vós das vossas e a triste de mi cá, encerrada nesta casa, sem consentir que vezinha entrasse por uma brasa, por honestidade minha.marido

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-62023024767314096242010-11-27T05:40:00.001+01:002010-11-27T05:42:07.940+01:00

un cadeau c'est un cadeau c'est un cadeau.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-20076153227352777202010-11-17T13:52:00.007+01:002010-11-17T15:02:30.869+01:00

sumário das conclusões de exaustivo e cuidadoso estudo científico realizado na minha sala de estar (população: 1)percepção:1a. desde a sua chegada ao delta do rio das pérolas, o informante afirma-se atingido por ou testemunha de uma quantidade inusitada de actos de descortesia; 1b. o informante reputa por "uma sorte dos diabos" [sic.] a ausência de marcas físicas permanentes resultantes de: a)

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-8725045298317852922010-10-14T17:51:00.002+02:002010-10-14T18:00:53.680+02:00

it seems the chinese people at large still have not heard about the latest nobel peace prize. and while hong kong has been staging daily 'free liu xiaobo' demonstrations before the china liaison office, the chinese language press of macau has either been shy reporting the event, transcribed beijing's self-righteous press release (press release?) or not at all.abram o olho, meus amigos. vamos lá.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-15843140003917419622010-10-10T07:16:00.003+02:002010-10-10T07:17:37.605+02:00

de casa às costas.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-38423979321281533882010-09-25T15:40:00.009+02:002010-11-27T04:25:16.441+01:00

early in the morning, under a slight drizzle, we set foot on the high trail of the tiger leaping gorge, where the chinese west starts clambering towards himalaya and the secretive tibetan plateau. the yangtze, increasingly below, roars greenishly along.num desafio ao pulmão carbonizado, o trilho vai subindo de curva em contracurva - devagar devagarinho, está bem de ver, que a perna também se

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-84116558640502237462010-09-10T15:49:00.002+02:002010-09-10T15:52:38.397+02:00

não sei para onde vousei que não me ponho a caminho enquanto não parar de chover

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-24528491542875913352010-08-29T17:18:00.008+02:002010-09-15T11:08:02.313+02:00

'it was a great joy, christmas time was', mr. Rosario said into the microphone, reminiscing about when neighbours would gather to sing the 'jinjri nona' and dance to the sound of guitars, violins and harmonium. that day, back in 2007, mr. Rosario glowed. he seemed genuinely delighted to finally speak his mother tongue again, even to a complete stranger who had just shown up on his doorstep,

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-78265373677788561632010-08-20T18:48:00.010+02:002010-08-20T19:18:17.914+02:00

for your weekend enjoyment we offer you a lazy stroll in the museum. so sit back sink comfortably in your couch and savour our select delicacies from the asian civilisations [plural] museum, singapura. no text no context no labels no geotags just aesthetic bliss from the continental treasure trove of creativity.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-77476221307612779162010-08-13T15:30:00.005+02:002010-08-13T15:36:24.800+02:00

if you were gonna make me feel this way you might as well have stabbed me through the heart. you'd've saved on ink.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-29337125185070244672010-06-23T07:42:00.008+02:002010-06-23T07:55:08.607+02:00

recomenda-se a aplicação frequente de itinerância para uma correcta lubrificação do eixo.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-56785353855441628252010-05-21T18:07:00.005+02:002010-05-21T18:32:39.519+02:00

i've made a brand new start of itin old whateverif i can't make it therei'll make it elsewhereit's up to youwhat-everwha-at-ever[shan-shan-shan-sharan][shan-shan-shan-sharan][shan-shan-shan-sharan][...]

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-36476992970364746502010-05-09T10:46:00.005+02:002010-05-09T18:22:16.348+02:00

"já fui ao xxxxxxxxxxx e xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxgoa e macauai, fui até xxxxxjá fui um xxxxxxxxxxxx"da vinci

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-1545807836566265852010-05-06T17:24:00.005+02:002010-05-06T17:47:02.315+02:00

vejam bem que sobreveio sem avisar uma saudade dos idos de fin-de-siècle quando os dias se gastavam nos corredores acarentos e benignos deste casarão e as noites nos lados b e c da cidade. fazem falta as boas vontades e solidariedades e as descobertas, a solidez dos bancos de pau e a curteza das vinte e quatro horas.se este acesso de nostalgia for o que temo, estou bem arranjado daqui em diante.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-13433413521004860462010-04-17T12:59:00.004+02:002010-04-18T06:58:22.494+02:00

over china, and tomorrow threatens to dawn an old day.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-57478252123459300332010-03-29T19:22:00.004+02:002010-03-29T19:28:08.952+02:00

para a frente é que é caminho.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-74558490967422652732010-03-26T09:51:00.004+01:002010-03-26T11:44:22.774+01:00

(pressingly)and leave dreams to chance

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-75779211441659866792010-03-05T19:02:00.006+01:002010-03-05T19:18:23.653+01:00

é mesmo assimquem guarda a entrada guarda tambéma saída.esse mastim de muitas cabeças tanto mantém o dia lá foracomo a noite lá dentro.yin yang impermeável.e qualquer das bandasfaz muito mal à pele.eh cão xôxô cãoxô

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-42531096393248469972010-02-23T18:29:00.006+01:002010-02-23T18:51:36.418+01:00

this is where i was.and we'll have to leave it at thatfor now at leastmemories ramify in an unmanageable amount of directions

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-10734544824259180732010-02-14T19:14:00.010+01:002010-02-14T19:39:28.976+01:00

this weekend, macau put on its finery (complete with disneyland beasts, electric plum trees, paper lanterns and oversized gold coins) and rolled out the red carpet for the year of the tiger. today, i take you on a short walk through the city centre, under a slight drizzle.in the meantime, the lobby of my building pays the ultimate homage to cultural syncretism. under the watchful eye of the god

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-68498854202101381332010-02-10T15:06:00.007+01:002010-02-12T03:21:34.930+01:00

dissidentechamemos-lhe, por exemplo, liu xiaobo.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-8390111471892690602010-01-29T17:16:00.017+01:002010-02-14T19:28:59.651+01:00

do forgive me, i implore, but we shall begin with a morsel of linguistics. for many speakers of south asian languages, you see, the distinction between an f and an aspirated p is rather tenuous. and so it comes to pass that, as i make my way to tellicherry fort, the rickshawala obsequiously drops me off atthalassery port. now, no need to worry. forts and ports tend to stick together in these

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-23107490386221700742010-01-10T12:49:00.008+01:002010-01-10T17:46:53.511+01:00

é nome atulhado de evocações. de paraíso perdido com o cheiro da pimenta e arrepios nocturnos de humidade, veio a ganhar - já com os pés na terra vermelha - som de língua antiga abafada pelo vento, sabor a peixe na brasa. juntou-se-lhe o toque da cal esboroada mais a tranquilidade da orla do mar. mas hoje tem as cores da incógnita e a promeaça de ou dar ou tirar. é só um momento, vou ali ver e já

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-91117411667418486692009-12-28T11:28:00.005+01:002009-12-28T11:34:53.085+01:00

. respeite a sinalização. corte à direita

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-12487261418165176142009-12-25T16:52:00.006+01:002009-12-26T05:23:24.231+01:00

in retrospect this was a warm misty silky verging-on-fresh-dairy christmas day. i hope yours was just as good.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-37805720893913321712009-11-26T16:51:00.005+01:002009-11-28T19:24:02.102+01:00

what invasive esses are these, three parasitical morphemes like bouts of lunacy, never ever at the right time?

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-44842709290500815762009-10-23T19:43:00.006+02:002009-10-24T05:43:49.214+02:00

estou sim? good afternoon sir am i speaking to mister [enter proper noun, +human, +male]? yes, [enter proper noun, +human, +male] speaking. sir i am calling from [enter brand name, +air-carrier, +trying-to-be-all-modern-fun-and-alternative] i apologise sir but your flight to [enter proper noun, -human, +attractive-city] on wednesday had to be cancelled and we will have to re-book you would you

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-26959622938400380052009-10-17T13:21:00.005+02:002009-10-17T13:35:35.729+02:00

o coração alegre é bom remédio, mas o espírito abatido faz secar os ossos.a cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.provérbs 17.22nada a acrescentar. full stop.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-19666686388240306522009-09-27T20:14:00.007+02:002009-09-29T08:40:56.222+02:00

o.fe.ren.da.o.fe.ren.da.o.fe.ren.da.o.fe.ren.da.o.fe.ren.da.o.fe.revota oferenda. oferenda a presidenteoferenda pa sã bento, oferenda páutarquiao.fe.ren.da.o.fe.ren.daoferenda sempre, idade média nunca maisisto sim é voto útiloferenda pó tachoo.fe.ren.da

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-8283404850528769672009-09-19T13:08:00.006+02:002009-09-20T14:47:51.847+02:00

say you're an istanbulu fish swimming free in the bosphorus nibbling on this in asia nibbling on that in europe discharging your offspring on both continents. make no mistake. cosmopolitanism won't shelter you from life as usual oh no sir-slash-madam.as you nonchalantly make your way up the golden horn, you're likely to be caught by one those nonchalant fishermen on the bridge. and then you'll be

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-73140591164528104462009-09-03T17:31:00.002+02:002009-09-03T18:13:54.471+02:00

in the dark lurks a black deity and don't you forget. behind the metal wall before the metal war in gloomy garden sheds beneath every stiff petal of the compass rose. under the sand of the gobi and the sand of the negev throbbing in the clangor of coins ahead of every torch and in its wake between the closed pages of holy books there breeds a pustule of upcoming defeat. don't look so shocked.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-72758788190390987842009-08-15T13:00:00.003+02:002009-08-15T13:47:56.193+02:00

it's a best-seller and a life-changing monographin my oddest dreams.in case you wish to join in the spiritual experience, to share the enlightenment, to pathfind across and away from the murky waters of ignorance, it can be acquired here.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-60456947260968009012009-08-02T20:12:00.009+02:002009-08-02T20:29:00.266+02:00

non-metaphorically, alright?............

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-11165581238189650142009-07-30T17:13:00.005+02:002009-07-31T05:06:29.090+02:00

here, take a word - himalaya. this is a sigh one of those nostalgic ones surely you know the type. a memory so unspeakable it will probably remain unspoken till i learn to unspeak.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-16093821396468123402009-07-19T18:32:00.004+02:002009-07-19T18:34:49.733+02:00

typhoidtyphoonthai food

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-49569782652313705142009-07-11T01:55:00.002+02:002009-07-12T03:34:07.559+02:00

não de coimbra a minha mas de viseu. anda lá perto.

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H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-91821223946329127602009-05-31T21:58:00.005+02:002009-05-31T22:09:19.295+02:00

just another turn of the wheel. among other things, i'k ben benieuwd how it'll feel to be a sublimated amsterdammer.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-62209949599334765752009-05-26T14:11:00.002+02:002009-05-26T14:14:42.281+02:00

it ain't the outside airit ain't desireit ain't a fevercould it be anticipation?

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-68135417733641306042009-05-20T17:53:00.003+02:002009-05-20T18:01:10.064+02:00

by pop ular demand, the humble macanese abode just after i went on a cleaning spree. i can show you nothingbut the living room, the rest of the house was covered in drying sheets.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-77958550874089766012009-04-12T18:13:00.003+02:002009-04-12T18:19:29.019+02:00

- all together now -macau é fixe!macau é fixe!macau é fixe!macau - i can'thear you - fixe!macau é fixe!macau é fixe!macau - that's morelike it - fixe!macau é fixe!...

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-135746749335024062009-04-03T18:19:00.005+02:002009-04-03T18:28:01.249+02:00

... where you pay the rent.(thus spake the man of wisdom)so here's to hoping the glorious city of macau may suddenly turn into home. soon. the search continues.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-81407521588370104102009-03-28T06:54:00.013+01:002009-03-31T20:34:55.919+02:00

i'll say it up front: agra does not deserve the taj. but then again, who does? mumtaz herself would need to be an unrelenting saint to justify such a mausoleum, and yet i suspect her merits may have resided mostly in the generosity of her womanly curves. decayed agra cannot tolerate such youthful beauty and so, like a jealous stepmother, does its best to hinder your way to the taj mahal by

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-26732809932083101592009-03-25T12:10:00.003+01:002009-03-25T12:14:04.313+01:00

ao que parece o mostrengo não é inteiramente desprezível. daqui até junho é um saltinho.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-13891941707309380792009-03-09T15:55:00.005+01:002009-03-12T07:46:48.690+01:00

cena: estou confortavelmente refastelado no meu café de eleição em khajuraho, com vista para as esculturas marotas (noutra altura explico), quando se senta na mesa da frente um senhor dos seus sessenta e muitos, cabelo completamente branco e um dos meus livros favoritos debaixo do braço. tem um ar simpático, o senhor, um ar de avô doce, e veste uma kurta branca que ainda por cima lhe dá todo o

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-78645995061271291572009-03-03T17:15:00.018+01:002009-03-05T15:22:59.532+01:00

of all the ghost cities of india, fatehpur sikri is perhaps the ghostliest, so pristine one may expect to witness the ablutions of emperor akbar or a tansen raga at any moment, cross paths with stern black-clad jesuits at the next corner or notice a harem giggle from behind the latticed screens. the superb dream of the emperor, built to be an unparallelled moghul capital, the city sustained

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-28766588222178028902009-02-23T08:26:00.002+01:002009-02-23T08:47:19.711+01:00

noite e dia e noite e o trânsito não sossega um segundo e dia e noite e dia e noite e dia e as buzinas estridentes e noite e dia e as paredes estremecem sob as rodas do camião e noite e dia e noite e os fumos de escape enroscam-se connosco na cama e dia e noite e dia por onde raios terão entrado estes mosquitos e noite e dia e noite in-dia é como dormir no separador da auto-estrada à entrada do

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-55761583761591417252009-02-15T02:48:00.005+01:002009-02-15T03:32:13.586+01:00

i'm off travelling eastwards again. today's trip won't take me to any unknown spot. and yet it feels unsettlingly perilously stimulatingly like a jump into a dark space.make sure to check back for hot news everynowand then.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-79843789144279621172009-02-11T23:20:00.003+01:002009-02-11T23:23:30.142+01:00

o próximo passo fosse este, não seria necessário tanto esforço para o dar. *espreguiçadela*

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-80795156469506100632009-02-06T14:05:00.003+01:002009-02-06T14:07:32.232+01:00

já está!

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-26611456611865687162009-01-27T13:19:00.005+01:002009-01-27T13:50:08.625+01:00

[outer wall of gandhi's housesabarmati ashramahmedabad]

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-46950471559966364392009-01-17T21:08:00.007+01:002009-01-17T21:45:42.837+01:00

soothing is the limbo. sweet is the inability to apprehend. that second between sleep and life or between life and sleep, that extended yawn of the mind, all is a blur of light and light is the thing of happiness. mm let me be mmmm just let me be.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-60610456217143199132008-12-23T21:12:00.003+01:002008-12-23T21:15:31.071+01:00

is your christmas present. use it wisely.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-24233630254450964582008-12-12T04:58:00.006+01:002008-12-12T05:14:25.234+01:00

a propósito das gentes de calecute observa o viajeiro:"comen con la mano derecha, que con la siniestra se lavan. burlaban de los cristianos porque comian con ambas manos."martín fernández de figueroa, 1512. conquista de las indias de persia e arabia quefizo la armada del rey don manuel de portugal

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-81864661742400281772008-12-07T20:31:00.003+01:002008-12-07T20:48:13.474+01:00

é o que nos propomos fazer na bonomia da nossa ignorância, mais o anseio de atingir uma altitude de onde a vista nos satisfaça.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-87125764197430558162008-12-02T19:05:00.005+01:002008-12-02T19:19:44.788+01:00

this weekend i froze tasks, worries and the calendar into one tiny snowflake.............[warm monday sunshine can be a pain sometimes]

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-7314751937184727522008-11-17T01:39:00.007+01:002008-11-18T11:17:53.178+01:00

'heroic determined merciful' - so was amsterdam in the eyes of queen wilhelmina. sure, granted, it may be so. but the motto does not exhaust its essence, i tell you. this city is outstanding alongside self-obsessed alongside exciting alongside arrogant alongside picture-perfect alongside stepmotherish alongside bustling alongside serene alongside inhospitable alongside prosperous alongside

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-81859697104176611902008-11-04T14:34:00.008+01:002008-11-04T15:36:22.331+01:00

tenho vindo a reparar que na suecada da memória não é preciso muito para a cartada indiana se arvorar em trunfo e cortar o jogo. basta uma cantiga do fausto, um vento gelado, a profissão que por sorte me calhou, a lombada de um livro, uma ambição, um acorde de sarod - e lá parto num arrebatamento de regresso à índia poeirenta e fétida, a caminho da índia doce. hoje deu-me com força a desgraçada.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-8771015922499961322008-11-01T02:32:00.004+01:002008-11-01T03:32:59.886+01:00

eu acredito em bruxas, mas que as não há não há.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-76637122820077585572008-10-16T18:25:00.002+02:002008-10-16T18:30:31.865+02:00

these days.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-82642359635842899072008-10-07T12:24:00.006+02:002008-10-07T12:36:54.457+02:00

juro, estimados amigos meridionais, que não sou responsável por esta chuva. ainda que a quisesse ter trazido - por masoquismo ou distorcido saudosismo -, não tinha nem um coisímetro cúbico de espaço na bagagem.está mesmo jeitoso para uma bebida quente e amena cavaqueira na sala aquecida de um qualquer café.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-73840417346053707282008-10-03T19:29:00.007+02:002008-10-04T01:10:00.881+02:00

one more turn of the wheel. full circle. twelve on the clock. and amsterdam's grachtengordel hemicycle is done running its course. i leave, not in tears but in raindrops.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-74201129004094812352008-09-29T17:59:00.009+02:002008-09-29T22:01:30.047+02:00

farewell onkelboerensteegit’s been- how should i put it –sort of f-nodisgus-it' been a plea-mostly a disgr-hel-well, interes-it was really like, y'knowperhaps unforg-terrif-unfortu-hmmcoo-or maybe absu-..ah, sod it. farewell onkelboerensteeg.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-65312453025749939162008-09-26T14:15:00.003+02:002008-09-26T14:24:17.112+02:00

"o mostrengo que está no fim do marna noite de breu ergueu-se a voar;à roda da nau voou três vezes,voou três vezes a chiar,e disse, «quem é que ousou entrarnas minhas cavernas que não desvendo,meus tectos negros do fim do mundo?»e o homem do leme disse, tremendo,«el-rei d. joão segundo!»«de quem são as velas onde me roço?de quem as quilhas que vejo e ouço?»disse o mostrengo, e rodou três vezes,

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-23319585599046164502008-09-19T14:33:00.003+02:002008-09-19T14:41:48.025+02:00

is running out and tasks accumulate like specks of dust on a carpet-clad amsterdam attic.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-51465278224845464182008-09-10T17:02:00.003+02:002008-09-10T17:09:52.715+02:00

i do not mean to alarm you but they say from today on we may all be swallowed by a homegrown (swiss-made™) black hole, any moment.just in case it's too dark in there to tell friend from foelet me declare:it's been a pleasure.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-68685257196696446762008-09-04T14:35:00.004+02:002008-09-04T14:43:37.949+02:00

countdown: T minus 1 month..como qualquer emigrante de estirperegresso no sud-express a tempo de celebrar a implantação da república.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-37228037183175468232008-08-22T12:32:00.008+02:002008-08-22T12:39:05.158+02:00

the apparition of these faces in the crowd;petals on a wet, black bough..ezra pound(met dank aan pia)

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-75076870013158654652008-07-31T19:28:00.012+02:002008-08-01T00:51:39.585+02:00

from its earthly platform, hong kong rises high towards the sky, nay, the sun, babel all over again will we ever learn? multicoloured and multitongued and multidreamt and multibelieving, there must be a limit to the melting capacity of this cement pot. the stew must clog. and yet the city keeps stirring and stirring, it bubbles upwards, desperate to raise its treasures above the boiling ground

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-28583708159768587872008-07-24T20:55:00.004+02:002008-07-24T21:49:58.750+02:00

e todos todos se vãogaliza ficas sem homensque possam partir teu pão"ele há dias assim esmigalhados, ensanduichados que estãoentre a partidadestee a partidadaquela.

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-90873469489243457832008-06-21T23:37:00.004+02:002008-06-22T00:05:19.264+02:00

on this, the night of prodigieswhen daytime reaches its summit and some up north tan in their sleepon this, the night of prodigieswhen at the stroke of a whistle a roaring pride of orange lions metamorphosed into benign sheepon this, the night of prodigies - as i was saying - i take my leave..the orient (oh you racist you, how dare you, you neocolonialist swine you) awaits..ta-ta

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-59601848213317851372008-06-17T02:08:00.010+02:002009-10-24T06:10:04.743+02:00

são duas e vinte e sete da matina, por acaso não fulge lua nenhuma, e eu tenho estado a ler sobre didáctica de língua estrangeira para adultos. mas por mais empolgante que seja a tarefa, foi necessária esta cantiguinha para me convencer da pertinência do assunto..'ass taz pear d.n. dwell t.m. poe pen sun doe pen sun doe' .

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-46690718408852251312008-06-14T15:03:00.006+02:002008-09-29T21:51:45.856+02:00

dear barbara-anne,greetings from dresden, germany. i hope everything's ok back there in san antonio. i sure miss watching the spurs, these guys here have no clue about basketball. yesterday someone won some soccer match and they all went bonkers, honking and drinking and shouting all night long.i arrived two days ago, to blazing sun - you gotta love the tropics. the town is very purty, i've

H. Cardosonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901461327414591256.post-50805823981383077372008-06-02T14:41:00.003+02:002008-06-02T14:44:16.338+02:00

a macau

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