Nelson Pires
Fortunately, my father and mother gave me the opportunity to study what i love. Today I’m a beginner in survey engineering and i hope to work until I’m 80.
Top 5 of Books (random order):
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Gulliver´s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex by Murray Gell-Mann
Today I´m Reading:
Freeworld by Timothy Garton Ash
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Geodesy by Wolfgang Torge
Top 5 of Directors (not in random order):
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
Roman Polanski
Joel Coen £ Ethan Coen
David Lynch
Top 10 of Musical Projects (definitely, in random order):
Giant Sand
Scott Walker
Depeche Mode
David Bowie
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Velvet Underground
The Black Heart Procession
Howe Gelb
Air
Pixies
and so on, and so on….
My Hero: Winston Churchill, he just saved us….
Interests: Well, to many….listening music occupy 50% of my waked life, playing guitar and piano, shooting photography, traveling in Europe, playing tennis, and a problem with watching sports on TV, since tennis to curling, passing by snooker, Tour de France or athletics, I watch everything.
Don´t be afraid to contact me: nelsonrpires@gmail.com