″If I weren’t here in Portugal, I would like to live in Australia″
Your favorite virtue?
Believing that what seems can be possible.
The quality you most appreciate in a man?
Tolerance.
The quality you most appreciate in a woman?
Character and sensitivity.
What do you like most about your friends?
Complicity and flexibility.
Your main flaw?
Impatience.
Your favorite occupation?
Being with family, surfing and reading.
What is your idea of ”perfect happiness”?
Being in a vineyard near a beach with great surf, family, friends and sharing a good white wine.
A heartbreak?
None, I heal always facing adversity and life moments as learning and overcoming.
What would you like to be?
I really like being who I am and, for being who I am, what I do.
In which country would you like to live?
If it wasn’t here in Portugal, it would be in Australia.
Favorite color?
Green.
The flower you like?
Lavender.
Which bird do you prefer?
Kingfishers.
Favorite prose author?
Sophia de Mello Breyner’s books, which I’ve been rereading with my daughters.
Favorite poets?
Fernando Pessoa.
Your fictional hero?
D’Artagnan.
Favorite heroines in fiction?
Babysitter McPhee.
The real-life heroes?
Several, but above all those who fight for the global common good.
Like historical heroes?
Queen Victoria, Joan of Arc, Malala Yousafzai, Kate Sheppard.
Favorite painters?
Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Monet.
Favorite composers?
Ennio Morricone, James Horner, John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
Your favorite names?
Inês, Carmo, Carlota and Maria.
What do you hate most of all?
Wait.
The most despised historical character?
All those who impacted the lives of thousands of people and generations.
The military feat you most admire?
The “Trojan Horse” ploy.
The gift of nature you would like to have?
Breathe underwater (or at least have a stronger breathing capacity for prolonged periods of time).
How would you like to die?
At peace and happy.
Current state of mind?
Serene, for everything I’ve done until today, but not satisfied with everything I still want to do.
The mistakes that inspire you the most indulgence?
The imponderables happen to those who know by circumstances alien to intelligence and rationality.
Your division?
”We are standing on a burning platform and we must decide how we are going to change our behavior.”