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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
On here with the Good Morning Portugal Show live stream
and podcast. Mister s you're in nice and early and
somewhat disapproving. I think of my colleague the Portuguese last night.
I think he was joking, you know what he's like.
He said he was living somewhere between Carbonara and Capaueira.
I think I think it was perhaps and Miguel, Lovely

(00:24):
Miguel joined us last night and suggested it might be
carve after several years of living in Portugal. Geez, he's
putting the g's in Portuguese kre and antipatia antipathy, and
the common vocabulary for all of us who live in
Portugal is junta the flegazier. I think he does it
on purpose. And talking of which last night further rebukes

(00:47):
for us yesterday evening, we'll get into the BONDI your
daily in just a moment, our smattering of Portuguese news, weather, language, culture,
and a bit of well being. Actually have quite a
lot of well being this morning. With a particular iconic
item that you can see behind me on my wall
of Portugal behind me, then maybe you could give me

(01:08):
the translation for that. What would it be? My Parada
de Portugal possibly behind me there. There may be a
better phrase. What a different lineup in the mornings now
A mister s first did no longer James and the coach,
but I'm sure I trust they'll be with us in
just a moment. The Fregas and the other rebuke last

(01:29):
night just as we were finishing. Let me move your
comment for just one moment there if I may, and
perhaps put up a banner as well this morning urging
you to join us. And I also put a further
banner up with the number nine one three five nine
zero three zero three for comments if you want to
send them to me correspondents, pictures and videos nine one

(01:51):
three five nine zero three zero three, and removing your
your comment there for a moment. Mister s Kevlar joined
us towards the end of the show over the titles
there just going say something, just going to say something.
The fact you guys are streaming when Benfica are going
to play just shows that you guys are not fully integrated.

(02:14):
It's true, unless, of course we're sporting fans. And talking
of sporting fans, the great Nounal Management will be joining
us at eight twenty and we'll have our guests for
today joining us at around the same time of eight
twenty for our business update and a little bit of
help this morning. I thought it might be quite a
good idea to talk about the NIF. The Kantie went

(02:36):
and I don't say NIF number anymore because the N
in NIF stands for noumero of course, noumeto identific fishgal.
Possibly you don't need to repeat it. It's an unnecessary
extra word in the sentence. And we know when we're
speaking Portuguese we like to be economical. No wasted sounds

(02:56):
or words in Portuguese sentences. Coach is in Bondie dadership
for this go another mile of Dayehartforchas out for a
longer walk this morning, planning bars and restaurants for our
Tooble visit. Oh, great news, Coach. I've been in touch
with for Britzy Oni and they'd love to see you
when you arrive in Suble. Have a great day. Thank you.

(03:17):
Mel's here, simply live Mel. Bondie to you Mel and Hugh.
Good morning. It's a cold one. It was here. Missus
M was out in the garden in her dressing gown,
finding ice in the back garden. It's a cold one
minus three degrees. Someun about to come up over king
to thelema, oh, well I know that view. I know
that view. Oh no, sound are you kidding me? I think, Oh,

(03:39):
don't do that to me, mel It's just me, is
it me? Bondie? I agree? The cork does look a
little large for any bottle. Must be a solution for
any No, Peter, you're very keen, sharp eye, don't you.
That's an espermant. That was the fizzis drinking when I
said goodbye to me, I'll make Damien last week saw

(03:59):
the sur on zoom and what he would have wanted
had a little bit of fizz when we were watching
this very beautiful ceremony. Nice touch with the scarf this morning,
says Esto, who also says it's cool and chili up
in the north and good morning everyone. It's usually the
case is melt. It was only me or just me.

(04:20):
I don't mean you specifically, but when we say is
it me, the answer is usually yes. Right. Let's then
take a look, shall we at this news story. It's funny,
isn't it. The timing at the moment, political timing is
quite extraordinary here on the BONDI your dady, a bit
of news we'll look out in the advance of Nuna

(04:41):
joining us and the Raquel this morning, A good morning,
everyone says today is it isn't Chile? It's really cold
but he freezing basically as you might say if you're
in the UK. Now, Yeah, it's funny these coincidences around
the world. Or four degrees in lizbe in an hour ago.
That is cold for Lisbon, isn't it? And I dare

(05:04):
say no? And Raquel will have something to say about
this news article. Again, I'm not being partial and favoriting
the Portugal resident. Well, actually I am. Oh that's an
interesting picture top right of your screen, isn't it? Oh no,
come on, honor, I promise you. I haven't been searching

(05:26):
for chronic wind solutions. I didn't. I don't. It would
be missus Amy does that. I don't feel like I've
got a chronic wind problem. She might think that, but
I don't think I have. That's a very interesting advertisement
top right hand corner. It's a perky little bottom as well.
He's obviously worked out that gentleman in that picture there,
but obviously as well not taking too much care of

(05:49):
his diet. Right. The gentleman you see in this picture here,
this is possibly Portugal's efficiency Elon, which is our focused,
our news focus today. There's Elon eating Paschdel Denata. Now
it's amazing what you can do with his own Grock

(06:10):
artificial intelligence program. That's why I generated that on X.
So thank you X of the first lady who will
be probably making a lot, whole lot more noise from
next Monday onwards. And he's the kind of minister for efficiency,
isn't there in the US? And the doze Yeah, Department

(06:31):
of Government Efficiency or something like that is happening here too.
And this is this uncanny, isn't it this sort of
coincidence that goes on around the world. PM praises new supermanager,
stressing he isn't coming in on a bumper salary, honestly.
First choice wanted to retain fifteen Grand Bank of Portugal
pay packet. Is that a day a month? Surely not

(06:54):
a year? After all the unpleasantness of the you can
tell it's the political story. After all the unpleasantness of
their first choice for the top job. Portugal's government has
picked its Secretary General Portugal's answer in many ways to
the new job description of Elon Musk. So maybe it's
not a new thing. Maybe it is over in the States,
but not here. Maybe we've always had a Secretary General

(07:17):
here in Portugal. While Musk is to be charged with
reducing public expenditure in the United States, Nevish his brief
is to make public administration management more efficient in Portugal.
And a lot of people always will be saying, well,
good luck with that. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, just in

(07:37):
case you didn't know his name, outlined what he's hoping
for when Koshta Nevish was sworn in earlier. Today the
swearing in is bloody earl. Here we go. Not that
kind of swearing in. But yes, I promise to uphold
the values, et cetera. A workforce who feel that a
career in the civil service is worthwhile, not that it
is a stronghold of stability, safe job. In other words,

(07:59):
not a collection of labor privileges. The perk of the
job often cited by those who claim they have landed
a job for life followed by a civil service pension,
but a heat for the civil servants. Now I heard
a joke the other day. Why are civil servants not
allowed to look out of the window in the morning?
Why are civil servants not allowed to look out of
the window in the morning. I'll come back to that,

(08:21):
and in weeding out the malingerers and poor management, mister
Montenegro actually said his new supermanager will be paying to work,
since he will have a lower income in his role
than he would have if he were not here. What
not for him? The fifteen thousand a month requested by
the government's first choice, Koshta Nevish, will be taking roughly

(08:41):
the same salary as a prime minister around six thousand,
which according to mister Montenegro, is less than his previous
monthly pension. Six Is that for a year, nun We'll
be able to answer this. If it's a salary, is
that meaning that's bizarre, isn't it that's bare? Or maybe
he gets expenses as well, and that's where it makes
a difference. I think when you're a politician, the expenses.

(09:04):
The seventy year old has been persuaded out of retirement
after a career as a center right MP, euro MP
and former minister in the short lived government of Pedro
Santana lobbash and the longer running government of Pederal Pasoscuelo.
The technical niceties of his new role involved leading the
new General Secretariat that will provide technical, administrative and logistical

(09:26):
support to the Council of Ministers and members of the government.
So he's the kind of supercharger efficiencies are, is he not?
This change has been postponed for too many years and
has not been implemented for too long, said Luish Montenegro
today's official swearing in ceremony, and this government stants he's
not one of adventurism, but neither is it one of contemplation,
trying to strike a balance there in the political center.

(09:49):
Perhaps we're not taking a bigger step than we can
and should have should be taken, but we're also not
looking at the problem and fueling reasons to delay its solution.
And I'm liking the cut of this jib here. It
does look like that there is an effort to bring
more efficiency. It seems to be happening in the Immigration department,
does it not. The aim really is to gain efficiency,

(10:11):
to gain capacity, to gain predictability, to gain all organization,
to gain responsiveness. He stressed, what do you make of that.
Then it will be no small feet as well, and yeah,
there will be a lot of cynicism around it. I
suspect the first phase we'll see the extinction of nine
entities by merging them into the General Secretariat of the
government and will cut the number of management positions by

(10:31):
twenty five percent. Wow, he's going to be an unpopular guy,
generating savings of around and also lots of people will
be very nice to him at the moment, won't they. Oh, hello, hello, Carlosh,
how are you today? Please don't fire me? Generating savings
of around four point one million per year for the
state rights loose. So the question is what will they
do with that money? Will that just close the deficit? Well,

(10:53):
there isn't a deficit in puts because what will happen
to that four point one Where will it magically reappear?
Excellent stuff, And Raquel may have something to say about that.
The answer to why are civil servants not allowed to
look out of the window? Hold on, let's get ready
for this. Yes, why are civil servants not allowed to

(11:13):
look out of the window in the morning because they
wouldn't have anything to do in the afternoon? Hey, God,
bless you any civil servants who happened to be looking
after any of my official affairs apart from the taxation people,
go and have a longer lunch today with my full blessing.
Bond here from a bright and crispy avader or check

(11:36):
you out by Randy No, no wow, super cheesy and
lots of fun. What an amazing event? Oh super atavido
win event or fantastica What is Pete talking about? Oh
that might have been a bit some man cave business there.
Super cheesy and lots of fun. Sounds very man cave
to me. Thank you Mike for your excellent contribution last

(11:59):
night on our Solidarity with Los Angeles live stream. We've
already had some good words a good response from that
from Donna. Thank you Donna for your kind words as well.
And Pips is how lovely to see you, Bondia gumpas right,
let's take a very quick look at the weather. I
better open the browser up as well. If I'm doing that,

(12:20):
these spartan effects weather. Let me open that screen up
and just tell you briefly, we've had a lisbon a
weather reports so far, haven't we four degrees from an
hour ago? Hopefully he's got another degree or two and
it's warming up nicely there foreign exchanges. It should be
then with Spartan FX, and we'll take a look at

(12:40):
the principal parts of the country and see what the
weather's doing. Six degrees is the current temperature has gone
a couple of decrees in the capitol. Fourteen is your
hire today, and you'll have some sunshine tomorrow, sixteen and fourteen,
a couple of sunny days to come, that's nicest. Nay
Porto is four degrees with a clear sky at the moment,

(13:02):
a sunny day forecast eleven degrees, the high twelve and
thirteen tomorrow again, a sunny Thursday and Friday. It was
cold yesterday, but it was sunny. Coimbra one degree at
the moment. Chile Cooimbra, few clouds, thirteen degrees. The high
today and a sunny Thursday. Sunny Friday are fifteen degrees.

(13:22):
Very good fow. When it does warm up, it warms
up very nicely, doesn't it. In Central Portugal Furrow eight
degrees with a clear sky at the moment. Fourteen the
high today, sunny day to day tomorrow and Friday sixteen
high tomorrow and over in Braga the north west, scattered
clouds five degrees currently rising to thirteen. A bit of

(13:42):
a cloudy day, but again sunshine for Thursday and Friday.
Excellent to see Aviva as well last night on the
social call telling us all about my data and it's
weather yesterday. Lovely to see you. Thank you for being there. Right,
let's go to the haven't really been focusing very much
on well being, have I? So let us have a

(14:04):
look shall we at X and we've had a little
bit of language and culture. Juan de flexia is what
the Portuguese it was very badly reaching for last night.
Thank you mister Rest for starting us off with that
earlier on. And we might go to one or two
more Portuguese sayings of the day after we've taken a look. Well,

(14:25):
actually this is culture as much as it's well being. Oh,
good morning to Sandra as well from Winsurance. Good morning
Sandra here, it's a beautiful sunrise here in Cintra. Got
a picture that you might want to send to nine
one three five nine zero three zero three. Love to
see a sunrise in CenTra a sentra, you might say.

(14:45):
So let's go to X now and God only knows
what might come up on formerly Twitter now X when
you're looking at their feed over there, and this a
wonderful thread that I saw either late like last night
or this morning. You know what they are, don't you?
On the screen there, some canela now what it says

(15:07):
there if you haven't got your glasses on. Mainstream media
wants you to think cinnamon is just for lattes. It
might do in the United States, my friend Joey Yokheim,
but not here in Portugal. And you'll see this, and
it's behind me on my shelving here. I might actually
get a big stick out here. Oh, an excellent work,

(15:28):
Digbee on the Let me just show you here. My
son made some balloon art yesterday. He seems to have
the same puerile fascinations. I mean he can be hold
there we are. It's a sort of balloon arrangement you
might make at a children's party. Peter, he told me

(15:50):
it was a gun. I'm not so sure now looking
at on the screen there. He's got an excuse, being thirteen.
I'm not so sure about you and me, Peter. Anyway,
back to Twitter and we can show you here. I'll
tell you a little bit more about cinnamon, this ancient
spice of which I have a jar here, and those
are the sticks inside there, which you can grind yourself,

(16:12):
who doesn't like to grind themselves first thing in the morning.
And the powder, of course, which you can find ubiquitous
here in Portugal. This ancient spice is one of the
most powerful medicines on earth. You didn't know that, did you,
while you were standing there at the counter in your
local cafe and wondering whether to sprinkle or not on
your hearts, sometimes on the coffee as well as the

(16:33):
pash de eldonata. Here are the eight reasons you need it.
A blood sugar control. Apparently, a cinnamon naturally lowers blood
sugar by improving insulin sensitivity, reducing sugar cravings. Oh that's
a good quality to have, isn't it. Stabilizing energy? Can
you imagine then, when you're standing in your Portuguese cafe

(16:54):
with all those lovely confections beneath you, in you by
your nether regions, watchl like eat next, sprinkle on some cinnamon,
and that will control the sugar cravings, and you'll wish
to work your way through the cake section. Stabilizes energy
as well, better than any pill they'll try to sell you.
Often the way, isn't it with the old natural and

(17:14):
ancient medicines antioxidant powerhouse. Most superfoods are marketing bs. What
you don't say, but cinnamon is loaded with real antioxidants
that fight aging. Or sprinkle it on directly on the
ibags fights aging, protects cells, and reduces inflammation. I wonder

(17:37):
if you can massage it in topically. That's just benefit
number two. It kills inflammation as well. You don't need
ex expensive anti inflammatory drugs. Cinnam. We're gonna get shut
down by Phizer any minute if we carry on at
this rate, challenging the drugs companies like this. You don't
need expensive anti inflammatory drugs. I'm not saying that. By

(17:58):
the way, whatever drugs you're on, talks to your doctor
about that, don't say months and told me to stop
taking it. I'm reading what Joey Jr. Kaim is saying
on Twitter here. Cinnamon naturally lowers swelling. Can we keep
Can we keep the swelling but reduce the pain? Nurse
reduces joint pain, fights chronic inflammation. They go brain power.

(18:19):
Your brain can benefit from more than just caffeine for this,
although you can have a mare delate with a little
sprinkle of a knella can't you. Cinnamon enhances focus, improves memory,
protects brain cells, and makes you much more attractive to
the opposite sex. I added that last one. It probably does,
though I think we're making our way towards that as
well as the same sex, depending on your preferences heart health.

(18:40):
Want a stronger heart who doesn't improves blood flow low
as bad cholesterol reduces blood pressure, so I think it
might have some afrodisiac qualities as well, if it's improving
the old blood flow. Natural antibiotic before big farmer people
use cinnamon to fight infections, boost immunity, kill harmful bacteria.
And it's still works today, says Joey. Seven better digestion,

(19:03):
stop taking antacids, says Joey, not Carl by the way
consulted physician, Cinnamon reduces bloating, fights bad bacteria, improves gut health.
I'm guessing as well, there might be a few good
bacterias on your pot of canela that everybody touches coming
into the cafe every morning. Could be useful, could be harmful.
Fat loss support Number eight then finally, cinnamon helps you

(19:26):
get lean by controlling blood sugar, boosting metabolism, and reducing cravings.
But remember the bottom line, the most powerful medicines aren't
made in labs, They're found in nature. Cinnamon is proof
of this, says Joey. How about that. You can find
out more about him and his messages at Joey Jochaim
on Twitter. There very good, thank you. I'll put the

(19:48):
link to that post. If you want to feel great
about sprinkling cinnamon on your Pashtel donata, I'll pop that
noun who loves mushrooms? Apparently they bring another word being
tipped eat mushrooms, not saying exactly which type, Sandra, are
you there? We can ask him about this. We can
ask the man himself this morning, pips is here. Cinnamon

(20:12):
also helps prevent damping off on your seedlings. Well, that
sounds like a very uncomfortable nobody wants to damping off
on their seedlings today? By Randy in love a bit
of cheese grom it. That sounds like fun. What's going
on here? I've missed? I missed a vital bit of
content and always here cinnamon dusting on Paschdel donata equals heaven.

(20:33):
A lot of love for the pashtel donata topping of
cinnamon canela this morning. I think that's great. That's well
being as much as its culture and a little bit
of language here on the Good Morning Portugal show. Let
me put the right banner onto the screen. That was
your Bondia daily today, your news, whether language, culture and

(20:53):
well being in Portugal. Let's switch over now to our
more to the program when you are more accustomed to
It's good Morning Portugal. It's just after twenty past day,
and our guests will join us now Raquel first of
all of the lighthouse consulting. Nice big round of applause
for Raquel, by how does the sound you sound great

(21:18):
as ever?

Speaker 2 (21:19):
Yeah, I have new new mic sent actually get for Christmas,
No no, no, a bit before but for the podcast,
but actually the first podcast. I've recorded everything thinking that
I had this great microphone, and by the end I
realized I haven't chosen the this this microphone. I recorded

(21:43):
the whole thing with the microphone of the camera.

Speaker 1 (21:45):
But you know it can happen to anyone, It can
happen to it.

Speaker 2 (21:49):
Yes, I'll get there.

Speaker 1 (21:53):
Actually, well, congratulations and we will let's talk more about
your podcast in just a moment. Let's bring new norm
as well there, because often we wait for Nuna to
join us, but I find that the three of us
on the screen is an amazing chemistry and it works
wonderfully when we're all together. So I've invited him to
join us early and he accepted. Let's give him a
nasty It was Alladia.

Speaker 2 (22:15):
Hello,