Less than six months, but seems longer.

I joined Perigord as a Business Analyst but have been acting as Implementation Manager for some projects. The role of an Implementation Manager is a hybrid role between business analyst and project manager… which I quite enjoy I must confess.

The best work-related accomplishment, and it has kind of been consistent across all companies/projects I worked on, is to help Clients achieve their goals while I do everything I can to make their life easier. I tend to work very closely with my Clients and I maintain a good relationship with them… always with a smile. 

I currently live in Dublin. Ireland has been my home for the last eight years. I was born is Portugal and had lived in two other countries before landing in Ireland. 

Nothing planned at the moment. Due to the current situation I prefer not to plan anything and see what happens.

My mobile phone for sure! I like to be connected and reachable at any time. Specially taking into consideration that my family is in another country having a phone around makes the distance less relevant.

Well that would depend on the time we are taking about really. My weekends are usually split into themes: 

- The not so exciting stuff: AKA housekeeping. [Saturday AM]

- The creative moments: like wood slices painting, tin recycling, Christmas decorations and most recently sewing. [Saturday PM]

- The good side of life: baking, cooking and meeting with friends. [Sunday]

The only thing that comes to mind at this stage is any time pre-COVID. I used to say ‘We were happy but we didn’t know!’ The sense of freedom has now a new meaning to me. The power to decide where to go and what to do… If there are lessons we can take from all of this: we are all in the same ‘boat’ at the end of the day and we should enjoy life better. Appreciate the simple things in life.

I need to be honest, I don’t remember. But if I was asked to call out one that I really liked for sure The Cranberries would be the chosen one. I’ve listened The Cranberries since I was 15 and they are still one of my favourite playlists on Spotify. I was so lucky to have seen them playing in Portugal twice and was really sad when Dolores O'Riordan passed away almost three years ago. 

The plan is that when I turn 50 I pack a small backpack and visit the places of ‘Eat, Pray and Love’: Italy, India and Indonesia. By that time I should know a lot of our Team in India and I can pay them a visit and say ‘Namaste’.

The choice would be hard between cheese, (dry and salty) cod fish and custard tarts (AKA pastel de nata/ pastel de Belem)… I think I would pick the cod fish as there are 1,001 different ways of cooking it so it would take a while to get bored of it.