THE ORIGIN

NOVEMBER 20TH | GUIMARÃES25TH NATIONAL SELECTION CONFERENCE EYP

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by: D. Urraca

CONTENTS

Here we are once again, to continue this wonderful session in this marvellous city of Guimarães. The team of journos, more fantastic than anything or anyone else around (obviously!) is working 24/7 to deliver you the most amazing paper ever in the history of EYP. As I’ve said before, we are most commonly known as ‘The EYP Slaves’, but we actually enjoy

it! We spend the day in our room, writing and writing endlessly to provide you with memories that will make this session be forever in your minds. So we hope (it’s mandatory!) you enjoy this paper and read it again and again whenever you feel the need to remind the times you spent with us.While reading this issue, you will not only learn more about our delegates

and participants, but you will also get to know better this beautiful city and some curiosities about it, which is actually a place full of surprises and interesting facts.Well, I guess there’s nothing more to say but to let you with the reading of this ‘book of impressions’ and wish you a rest of a great session.With love, your dear Editor

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

FESTAS NICOLINAS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TAG YOURSELF/EYP PARADE

THE TEACHERS

LISTENING TO THE CROWD

MET OUR CHAIRS

EURIOCONCERT

EYP BASE

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At the same time that the textile industries boosts, other sectors are emerging due to a considerable raise of technological incorporation, revealing an important economical significance that confirmed the strategic relevance of Minho’s University as a generator for the city and region.

GUIMARÃES: DID YOU KNOW THAT. . .?

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by: D. Afonso Henriques

Early Saturday morning, we all lifted our behinds out of bed, filled our bodies with coffee and made our way to the beautiful venue of Paço dos Duques . There, just before the General Assembly would start, we experienced the always classy Opening Ceremony. Although it is formal and elegant, we were presented with vibrant and inspiring speeches.Diverse as they were, the words of the speakers had in common the praise for the European Youth Parliament initiative .Miss J(o)ana Vieira da Silva, our lovely PEJ president started by flattering the host city, and every partner or entity that helped made this event

possible. The ambassadors’ speeches offered a post card view of their own cities and schools compiling a lovely overlook of our beautiful and rich country. Miss Sara Vermelho, the teachers’ representative poured out her love for the project. Despite being a challenge for

teachers, after trying it once, they eagerly wait for the next invitation. She also underlined the opportunity it provides for her students to discover passions and their true calling in life.If, by any chance, that vocation is politics, they should take Rui Porfírio’s advice of having a fresh, new,

broader perspective to it. The president of the Junta de Freguesia of Oliveira do

Castelo, made us realize how lucky we are to be able to participate in an event like this that was never imagined possible when he was our age.Tiago’s story about Rotterdam ’09, when he met Dico and the British twins (wouldn’t this be a great band name, guys?) reminded us all that debating is important, but taking the time to make friendships and enjoy the moments in other ways is also vital. Two and a half years past he still remembers and cherishes the friends he made there, but I wonder if he still remembers the topics discussed in that session. See the point?To top it all off, the session was officially opened after Ben Brown’s short skirt/take risks speech. The initial joke (and lovely accent, I might add) caught our attention and I think we were all inspired by his words, advocating that taking risks is vital to a challenging, prosperous, and fulfilling life.

PED, also known as Post EYP Depression is a syndrome produced by the end of a session and everything it implies: saying goodbye to your new friends, to the

city you’ve been living for a few days and to the officials that have been there for you.Here you have some tips to get over it or at least make the symptoms softer.- Make sure you know all people’s names for a further stalk on facebook, the resolution might help;- Ask for phone numbers and room availability just in case you miss your way back transport;- Take into account that you’ll probably see all your mates in future sessions as they all are willing to meet again;- Pick all the skype’s accounts and organise some other funny committee work sessions with all your committee partners);- Get closely involved in EYP, and be always opened to meet new friends in future sessions that of course, you’ll be craving to attend;- Browse EYP alumni calender and mark it as favourite on your browser to always keep informed and in touch with EYP world;- Upload and NEVER EVER erase any picture. When you get home stare at them and laugh for a while, they’ll be your memmories’ basis;- Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu for a while;- Open this very issue, read the articles, look at the photos and picture you there;-And don’t ever say goodbye, say “see you soon”.

THE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE IIby: D. Afonso VI de Leon

OPENING CEREMONY

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‘FESTAS NICOLINAS’

The “Nicolinas” are parties organized high school students of Guimarães, honouring St Nicolau de Mira, and dating back to the 16th Century. Once a holy celebration, introduced by devoted travellers to Santiago de Compostela it has become pagan as earthly pleasures were introduced into it. They are composed by several different events and take place from November 19th to December 17th: shoot! If only the session had been one week later…Anyway, From the Pine tree bearing evening to the Nicoline Suppers,

dancing, fun and lots, no seriously, LOTS of drums are sure to keep the “vimarenenses” awake and entertained. With their traditional costumes, the “traje”, the students roam the streets in a week when tradition meets cosmopolitism, as an increasing number of visitors come to Guimarães.Because I can’t tell you all about this intriguing celebration, I’ll highlight my favourite and perhaps the most peculiar event: the Maçãzinhas, or the ‘Little Apples’.The Maçãzinhas are held on December

6th, St. Nicolau’s day. It gets its name from the round and small apples that boys give to girls on this very romantic day. But I’ll get to that in a bit.First, the boys assemble to set up their theme based allegorical cars. They also need to prepare their spear which will be put on top of a tube. They use this contraption to reach the balconies of the Santiago square where the parade ends. In these balconies await the girls, and here is where it gets interesting. On top of the spear, the boys place a little apple to offer them. The girls, on the other hand, tie ribbons onto the spear, in many

different colours containing many meanings. Therefore the boys must figure out these colour’s hints of which girl to ultimately give the spear to. The most important ones are the white ones ( the ribbon of a boy’s first parade, given to him by his mother), and the pink, that as you might have guessed is the ribbon that girlfriends give to their boyfriends: they’re double in size and cover all the other – girls can be really jealous, can’t they?When the apples are over, the boys remove the spears from its’ tube and give them to “the one”, although in your first parade you have to give it to your mother (guess moms are as possessive as the girls are jealous).The main point of interest of the Maçãzinhas is that the students really embrace the spirit of tradition. They don’t do it just to pay respect to the festivities history, rather they let themselves get into the romantic side of it. XXIst Century boys and girls experiencing courting in a time of relationship and sexual freedom. Emotions are at their highest point on the 6th of December in Guimarães. Students go back in time to revive romance in an event they describe as unique and simply magical.

by: D. Afonso Henriques

DID YOU KNOW?- Guimarães is constituted by more than 160.000 inhabitants,

considered the second largest city outside the metropolitan areas such as Lisbon and Oporto in what refers to the

resident’s population.- During the 10th century, Mumadona Dias, who was a

countess, demanded the construction of a convent and that for its defence did also ordered the construction of

a castle between the 959th and 968th years.

OUR HOST CITY’S HIDDEN TREASURES

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The British accent of the twins, the pink dress of the lovely orga Inês standing as if she was in a catwalk with the microphone at the same time that a delegate delivered an expressive defense, attack or sum up speech but also some spatters in her hand (we assume), are just some of the admirable things you can witness in the iconic room where the 25th National Conference of EYP Portugal is taking place. Between the tensions of the delegates, their chairs soothing advices and the expressions of pride on the faces of the teachers, there were truly memorable moments. We highlight below some funny quotes (don’t take it personally guys, it can happen to the

best of mans. “Mans and womans”“The small island” (referring to Great Britain)”“The Committee of Drói”“Corruption is a virus that is inside the countries”Overall, the GA was punctuated by some humorous moments – the choreographies of some of the voters were one of the classic ephemerides. Another aspect we found particularly note-worthy was the quality of the spoken English preparation within this session. It was really great to see delegations so well trained and passionate about the topics they were discussing.

THE HOLY BOARD

Already in a farewell mood, we decided to interview the Brown twins, asking what were their main impressions on the session and what they thought that were the funnist moments of the GA.What are your thoughts about the session?Ben: It was awesome! No, really. It was really amazing and surprising to see the enthusiasm of all the delegations. I think everyone made themselves proud.What do you think that were the funniest moments of the GA?Ben: Definitely looking to their faces everytime a delegation was told that weren’t using correctly the Direct Response! And some of the voting, too.Dan: Yeah, definitely some votings were really fun. Also, there were some really comical moments when the delegates couldn’t understand me or Ben speaking.Now, just to finish, please tell us some things that the delegates should and should NOT have done during the GABen and Dan (yes, at this point they were more or less in unison, believe me): Some things that they should have done, and gladly most of them did it, was to try to remain positive, precise, creative and get straight to the point. Now, to what they should not have done, it’s more or less like the opposite: basically, avoid pointless questions and you’ll do great at the GA!

GENERAL ASSEMBLYby: Countess Mumadona Dias, D. Afonso Henriques and The Common Vimaranense

by: The Common Vimaranense

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We can’t leave this session without talking about all those fashionable people that made this session a real EYP parade.Luis the journo: “fashion for me is wearing what everyone wears to make them different but only makes them look alike. That’s why I like wearing these clothes: no one would ever think of it.” His dark and light grey squared trousers perfectly combined with his dark blue shirt, a great tie with white rectangles and an avenged sevenfold pick under it all shows he can put formal and alternative styles together.

Vasco Henriques: wearing this black suit and white shirt, he appears to be an interesting, mysterious person. Maybe his hair in the Edward Cullen style makes this appeal even stronger. “Fashion is a social phenomenon when someone tries to combine the world and their way of being in life.”Claudia Camposinhos: she shows that fashion has no limits. As she usually says: “Fashion is something that comes from the inside. It has to do with your personality, what you like and you don’t. It’s a sign of personal identity” If we ever had a doubt about it, her white linen

coat, jeans and black boots make them all disappear!Inês Coutinho: she obviously has something, as we could read in last issue. As fashionable as usual, she surprised us today combining a beige dress with an awesome pink jacket. Fashion for her is a way to express what she is, what she likes. “I dress this way because I like it: simple, easy.”Pedro Cortez: “fashion is just a way to describe and show other people’s characteristics.” Combining the colour of his tie with his eyes, shirt and suit must have been difficult!

EYP PARADEA GLIMPSE ON DIFFERENT FASHION

STYLES ON EYP

by: D. Teresa

As this session is ending you might have doubts about your own existence caused by the big amount of different emotions felt in such a short time. Here you have some clues that may help you to find yourself:

You know you’re an EYPer when:

1. When you found yourself debating in a foreign country with hundreds of people after two hours of sleep.2. When you are in a public street/park or school doing a nonsense performance and there is a circle of elderly people staring at you and wondering if there’s going to

be another civil war.3. When you know how to say “f*ck you” and “beer” in fifteen different languages but you don’t even know how to say “thank you”.4. Where you can stay in twenty different countries without paying a hostel and even in several different cities inside your own country.5. When you know perfectly the lyrics of every party song no matter in which language it is and each time that a sentence is somehow related to this song you start singing it. 6. When your biggest fear is that there’s no coffee in the coffee break or that they ran out of it once you arrived.7. When “lack”, “further request”, “in order to”, “agreement” and “involving” are the basis of your English vocabulary.8. When you cannot help but crying when you listen to ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon.

You know you’re an EYP-PT’er when:

1. When you don’t care about your position inside a session or inside a GA,

you just care about getting involved somehow.2. When you know all the official team and you get on with them even if you’re a delegate or it’s your first time as an official, like a family caring for each other.3. When you sacrifice yourself wearing your traditional costume even if you think it’s ugly and you also feel the need to bring Port wine because otherwise it won’t be a Portugal Stand.

4. When you know which member of the official team is

“Popota”.5. When you try to greet a German with two kisses and he or she gets scared as hell.6. When you find yourself

not in a bed sleeping just because is “ bastante longe”

and you’d only be there for two hours 7. When once you got home even if you know you are a grown up person you have to do a big effort if you don’t to want to cry listening to that damned song.

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HOW TO WIN THE HEART OF AN EYP CRUSH - PART 2

by: D. Sancho and Vieira Braga

By now the ice should well and truly be broken. Some of you may have crashed and burned thanks to the recommended lines, but others may ask what exactly comes next? If she’s taken the bate, reel her in! You may be wondering, should I flatter her; buy her gifts; or treat her mean to keep her keen? Fear not, for three simple rules will be sure to secure the perfect ending to your EYP adventure.

1. The importance of eye contact – Whether it be during one of the wacky team building exercises, across the hall at General Assembly or even during a coffee break, eye contact is the tiny screwdriver in your Dad’s toolkit: small and seemingly insignificant, but without it loads of stuff couldn’t be fixed. The key to a successful campaign of eye contact is frequency; let him/her know that you are frequently looking out for them in and amongst the crowd. Also, try and master the art of controlling your eyes, so they will twinkle like stars in the night sky when contact is made! (This task admittedly takes much time, but hey, practice makes perfect!)

2. Presentation – Three simple tasks form the basis for any successful EYPassion: smile, shower, and don’t be afraid to stand out. (We’ll get to that) Who likes bad odour, bad breath or a bad dress sense? Apart from Ben Brown, nobody. Take the initiative!

3. Confidence – Both guys and girls love to meet (and flirt with) a confident counterpart, so as we’ve already said, be bold, introduce your charming self on first opportunity and if possible crack a joke; we EYPers love to laugh!

We all need a bit of love in our life, and delegates, you are now equipped to have some for yourself. All that is left to say is good luck and goodbye!

THE TEACHERS‘THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE’

by: D. Urraca

When we think about EYP, what’s the first thing that comes to our minds? Maybe the delegates, or the chairs, or even the journalists are the first people that we remember when talking about this project. But there is a group of people without whom our sessions would never be possible; they aren’t always noticed in the crowd, but just because they are more discrete than the other participants it doesn’t mean that they are less important.And what do these wonderful teachers think of us and the project?When talking to Prof. Sara Vermelho, I found out that she appreciates the autonomy and the socio-cultural skills that this project provides the students with. ‘My school fell in love with this project’, she said with a big smile on her face. ‘The students keep expecting that the Association invites them for the sessions, so that they can continue doing

this as an example for the other generations’. She added that one of the most important characteristics of this project is ‘to ally the fun parts with the serious ones’, as well as the multicultural mixture of people that create bonds while participating in our events. The teacher Isabel Soares has a similar opinion, affirming that she strongly supports the project and that it provides the students an extraordinary civic education. She said that her school, Colégio Moderno, has been connected with similar projects for a long time. In her opinion, EYP is a very important initiative in what concerns to Europe, that she considers to be ‘the best post-war project ever’, and she believes that the EYP’s best characteristic is the ability to help building ‘a Europe of peace and solidarity’.

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“How did you manage to do that?”“Well, I tried.”

Ok, somebody told me that while we were playing charades last night. Still, those words made a lot of sense to me. In this context too – but especially if we take that sentence out of it and considering it looking at life inside EYP.

Because in every journal of every session there is always an article stating what EYP is all about, I’ll let this one assume that role on this journal: EYP is all about trying – and achieving.

Play: you won’t ever know the odds if you don’t. If you don’t play, you never win. Be a true EYPer: don’t be afraid to take some risks, like Ben, our Session’s President said in his speech at the Opening Ceremony.

Don’t ever be a “slave of the ordinary”, like Sir Cecil Beaton would say. Don’t be afraid to do things your way! A EYPer is someone who dreams big and tries to meet those dreams with reality. Like I once read from a poster on an EYP International Forum, “Try: everyone everyday achieves something that until

that moment was considered impossible”. For us, EYPers, impossible is something that is simply not in our dictionary. We just don’t think that something is unreachable; we just consider it more or less difficult to achieve. But to consider something impossible is giving up – and giving up is just another word that our dictionary doesn’t include. Now that we are unfortunately coming to the end of this session and this journal that you’re taking home with yourselves will your best friend during your PED, remember this: Try, take risks, be bold, be you. Be an EYPer!

-‘HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT?’-‘WELL, I TRIED. ’

by: The Common Vimaranense

Sometimes in the press room, we wonder what you delegates think about EYP, the European Union and your own country. As it’s our work, we just had to make up a few questions and get some of you to answer them. This time we had the help of Ana Cruz and João Quartilho.

1. What do you think EYP means?It helps us realize what Europe is. We are more than just a country, we are not just Portugal or Spain: we are a union. EYP shows that we have to work all together to build a nation and make every European feel part of it.2. How could you help to solve your

topic?With my attitude, of course. My topic is about torture in Europe. If I were a citizen conscious of this problem, I could intervene in these mistreatment situations. I could for example tell the police to stop the action or do that myself, because this is the moral vision I’ve got of torture and mistreatment in general: if you can do something to avoid it, just do it.3. What is the most important problem in Portugal in the moment?That’s a difficult one. Everyone is now talking about the big crisis and economical issues. Yes, it is a problem, we all are concerned about it, but the consequences associated to it are much worse. For example my topic is about torture, as I said before, and human rights are usually in our debates. In these times of crisis people forget about other people’s rights and most of the times, problems like discrimination or people being mistreated are highly increased. Maybe that’s the most important problem to me: all the trouble the crisis is bringing to Portugal as a society.4. If you were a member of the

Portuguese governing body, what would be the first thing you would do?I think I would immediately establish a limit for those countries that are mostly affected by the crisis, such as Portugal or Greece, to get the money necessary and then I would cut absolutely all interest trades, or at least, I’d try to…5. How would you solve the financial crisis?Ah, easy question, easy answer: with an army. I would just take control of

Europe. But that’s my individual opinion, the rest of the

group thinks in a different way, basically what the resolution says, I would highlight political and economical coordination.6. Why do you think your

topic is important for the EU?

Well, mainly because it affects everyone. It sets up the conditions for a happy life, for example if someone can be working or have the money to pay for their children education is completely related to the financial crisis. This is one of the most important topics to me.

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What should a good chair do?The best skill of a chair is his character and everything it can include.What should a chair never do?He should NEVER be quiet; sometimes delegates may need the meaning of a word…What’s the craziest/most awkward thing that happened to you in EYP?I don’t have so many funny things to say but for example, I started smoking in a session of EYP

What should a good chair do?A chair has to be distant but close enough, impartial but supporting.What should a chair never do?The worst thing a chair could do is influence delegates’ ideas or create an atmosphere or pressure.What’s the craziest/most awkward thing that happened to you in EYP?Well, when I went to the Iberian Forum, I was sick and had a very high fever (about 38o) and still, I went to a party that night. It didn’t get worse next day, basically because it couldn’t.

What should a good chair do?A chair has to be spiritual and single… I mean affective.What should a chair never do?He should NEVER hook up with his delegates, sleep during GA or not waking up at time.What’s the craziest/most awkward thing that happened to you in EYP?Getting lost from the rest of the group in the middle of a session with no cell phone, no dictionary and no capability to speak in English with the locals. I was scared and hangovered. Then I found a guy who spoke English, he was probably Jesus because he made a real miracle and showed me the way to the city hall where the GA was going to happen.

FLÁVIO PEREIRA JOÃO MOREIRA BRUNO MOREIRA

ALEX NOBILAKIS BEATA VEISOVA DICO VAN DISSEL

MEET OUR CHAIRSby: D. Teresa

What should a good chair do?He has to be confident.What should a chair never do?Hit on his craziest delegates… Well, maybe not!What’s the craziest/most awkward thing that happened to you in EYP?Well, I’ve always wondered that same question... I guess it was that awkward moment when a guy dragged me out of the shower completely naked for a chair’s meeting. Of course I put some clothes on to go to that meeting but he did take me out of the shower absolutely naked.

What should a good chair do?Be there for his delegates.What should a chair never do?I would say hook up with his delegates, but it’s too obvious.What’s the craziest/most awkward thing that happened to you in EYP?I was at a session where I shared a double bed with a girl and it was a session where everyone was sick. I was sick as well and I laid on the bed to sleep. At night the girl came in the room with a certain boy from a certain national committee and they tried to do strange things on the bed where I was sleeping, which was a bit awkward because what could I do? Should I have woken up or just have pretended I was sleeping like a baby?

What should a good chair do?He/she has to be impartial and has to be good looking like Flávio. That decreases his authority and means that he can better guide the group toward their targetWhat should a chair never do?Easy answer: exactly the opposite of question oneWhat’s the craziest/most awkward thing that happened to you in EYP?The problem with this is that you never want to remember them, so you just erase them from your memory. I have nothing to hide, you can ask anyone but I’m telling you that once at a GA I came up with a point of order, I told Ben to put his placard up for me and it turned out to be a completely wrong one. We both started to blush.

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by: The Common Vimaranense

EUROCONCERT

21.52. As I start writing this article, I’m backstage at the Euroconcert preparations. Everyone’s late and in a rush. Santana keeps complaining about the movie that will be first thing to be played and it’s not ready yet (!), all participants seem just about to explode… Probably they really are! But nothing more than the usual-stress-before-the-euroconcert type of thing.

22:09. Let’s just say the euroconcert is sliiightly delayed. Just a bit. I just heard the first “gente, vamos começar!” (people, let’s start!). Here we go!

After the first video of the night starts playing, the ‘I’m so nervous’ shouts begin to be heard more frequently, both from delegates and officials. Backstage, everyone’s hugging everyone, saying ‘everything will be alright’ and re-training some already trained aspects of their performance just to guarantee everything goes like planned. In the meanwhile, Augusto Gomes School had already bravely started the night by being the first school performing in the Euroconcert and despite some minor drawbacks at the start, they were really good and paved the way for the rest of the night!

Next, Tondela started their performance with a beautiful play. Backstage, though, it was pure HELL! Everyone quietly-shouting at each other, either saying they need to go the bathroom, or

asking for last-minute resources for their performance saying they won’t make it. They did it, though, and very well: after the play, they performed a beautiful cover of ‘Hurricane’ by Kanye West and then rocked the floor by playing Swedish House Mafia’s hit ‘Save the World’. Everyone was on their feet, jumping and dancing, clearly having a great time!

After, the same backstage-rush continued, as Tondela left and Mangualde entered the stage. After a quick but beautiful presentation, it was time for a spontaneous one by Carmen and Luis, the two spanish officials who left the audience speachless with Carmen’s gifted flamenco.

Following the line-up, Nun’Alvares surprised everyone with one of the most diversified performances of the night: they started with a classical piece, but just five minutes after they had already taken everyone on their feet, jumping to Madonna’s track “Feels like a prayer”. I can guarantee you that their energy got not only the crowd jumping, but also the backstage!

Marco de Canavezes presented us with a great theatrical performance, really well rehearsed. They enchanted the audience with a well-planned and very thoughtful theatrical play, followed by a beautiful and moving dance performance. They topped their act with an acapella-song-turned-into-guitar-solo-turned-into-acapella-again to sum it up in the most perfect way possible. Well done, guys! :)

You may think that after so many performances, the audience would be a little tired to watch one more. This could be an hard task for the next school, but the truth is that the crowd surrendered to the quality of their performance: Colégio Moderno dazzled

HEAVEN ON STAGE, HELL BACKSTAGE

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everyone with a superb strings performance, combining solid violin solo performances with beautiful astonishing vocal recitals. And so, the sound of their voices and strings gave way to the final part of the event, the reaching of the EYP Portugal National Session number 25, something warmly celebrated by everyone in the room. It was the best way possible to close such a special night!

For someone that assists to any Euroconcert out of context, that person will probably think this is some kind of mental hospice: people wearing different costumes each 10min,

different types of music succeeding each other, people jumping, dancing in an apparently random order. For me, though, it is a celebration of different cultures, different approaches to things. It’s a celebration of diversity and that’s what makes it so special.

Ana and Camila, the presenters of the Euroconcert, asked me specifically to thank Diogo Freitas. Although he wasn’t an official of the session, he was fundamental in making things work. A true EYPer!

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EYP BASE by: Countess Mumadona Dias and D. Afonso VI de Leon

ALL YOUR MEMES IN OUR BASE

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THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNOSby: Press Team

D. TERESAEnergetic and always happy, she will certainly be missed by many people after the session. Still don’t know who am I talking about? One word for you then: hair. Yes, I’m talking about Carmen! Working with her was a really privilege to me, as she would always come up with new ideas and some really, really funny things to laugh about! Our incredible journos team wouldn’t just be same without her.

D.URRACASilvia, the Editor, is a really friendly, passionate and driven young woman from Porto. An arts student, you might have been unlucky enough not to meet her due to her devotion to this newspaper. If you have, then you noticed how fun she is to be around, either because of her “caliente” alter-ego Cheilona, or just as her own, lovely self.

D. AFONSO HENRIQUESIf you want to walk by a random room and suddenly hear some inappropriate commentary about something that has nothing to do with the journalists’ work, you have to be near Henrique. But don’t get mistaken; he is a lovely journo who happen to be one of the most dedicated and hardworking people in the team. You just have to love him!

D. SANCHOMy (boy)friend Jon Turner could be described as a studious, hard-working and intelligent young man. Alternatively, he could be described as, well…a LAD. But ‘why?’ you may ask. Well, even after only having slept for 2 hours in a period of 36, he still managed to wake me up on time, crack a few jokes and bring me a hot chocolate! What more could one want from friendship than lots of laughs and the occasional (hot) beverage?!

D. AFONSO VI DE LEONStanding out from the crowd due to his ginger hair, piercings and its facility to suddenly break the ice with Spanish songs, claps and body moves, I was told and advised by him that sometimes stealing a spoon for a later snack is crucial for the reason that and I quote “it’s the rainforest’s strongest law”.

THE COMMON VIMARANENSEThis compulsive smoker seems to be shy but once you get to know him, he really surprises you with his incredible imagination (he can even make up a whole story out of a simple kitchen!) and awesome way to make you feel home. If I had to describe him with a word it would be grandma, no doubt.

COUNTESS MUMADONA DIASThis little pretty punk is such a complete Journo. She listens to good music, she can be as serious as hell but then she might help you to do humorous stuff. If i have to define her, i’ll do it with this beatle song “Revolution” because, she, herself is an entire revolution.

VIEIRA BRAGAWell, Will, where to begin?! To describe him in just three words would be easy: up for anything! He is a confident (full of chat), dominant (whipped) and honourable (when under the influence) gentleman…. who said British chivalry was dead? A true friend and wingman, Will has the banter, the stamina and the wedge (just ask him)…a great all-rounder. Quel homme!