Monday, May 9, 2011
Non-verbal Learning Disorder
I just read a blog entry that I found very interesting entitled "Lessons Learned on the Development Industry in Mexico" (http://hackerdou.com/?p=553)
I strongly agree with the Most of the points exposed, and where you may have differences will simply matters of perception or slight nuances that do not affect the focus of his writing. For my part I wish to enrich those thoughts with other insights and lessons I learned in my several years of working in this fascinating, funny but also hateful industry.
Fortunately I have worked for many different companies, from the public sector with its storms of developers, consultants and other fauna in this sector, the securities industry, where there are whole squads of personnel systems to small companies where their "area of \u200b\u200bsystems" is a guy who just finished high school and only is responsible for connecting the PC's they buy, so I hope my lessons and experiences especially help future members of this community to get an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat they face.
We are a technology area but we love the paper and bureaucracy
Before my rain of flames, I should clarify that I have nothing against the process, not control, nor do I deny order, in the end this is one of the many goals of my work, to bring some order and control the chaos, but it is a fact that several people in an effort to keep better control, exaggerated in their proposals, plane or go astray.
This symptom is seen perfectly in those involved in defining policies and procedures within the area of \u200b\u200bsystems. I recognize that in most cases are fairly successful proposals on the issue of lead follow-up development processes and quality of software products, but I do not understand is why they insist on bringing these controls in Word and Excel? even my eyes cry where such documents have their change control tablita way in the first sheet of paper.
If you are part of a technology area, why not apply the technology to control your own area? Even use the exchange control offers Office (which honestly is far from ideal). It is also typical for the documentation of analysis and design that many people use the mail down, not sure if this is the most current version of the document, or duplicate information across many documents with a different objective, what has resulted? inconsistencies, everyone handles their account, in addition to how much you fill your PC number of files, which let's be honest, you're never going to read carefully or you will complicate the search for information there, especially if you do not have a centralized document repository, and you have to browse tons of emails or folders to find the document you need
And it is not necessary to invest a huge amount of money, with a client MediaWiki implemented as a solution to centralize information on software projects, with appropriate plugins, you have version control, access roles, export to PDF and even trims generating UML syntax and effortlessly. Save
regardless
Some companies (and entrepreneurs), fine wool that invest in technology, purchasing Oracle licenses (which cost several thousand dollars), paid to middle and high-wage high enough, they dream about servers, but you get to see how workers who actually generate the product, and also makes you want to mourn.
am getting to see many places where developers, technical leaders and others who produce the real target technology area (sorry, in my opinion nor the Power points, nor the beautiful Gantt or architectural documents, UML diagrams and the fundamental believe are necessary if, but is not the purpose an area of \u200b\u200bsystems) working under precarious conditions, in work tables or desks with a bad ergonomics, chairs rather be ideal for sunbathing in a garden, not to sit for 8 to 12 hours in a same position, and the worst of it, with older equipment throughout the organization, with which by definition are those most in need of computing power, or do little the manager really needs the most powerful computer and the license most current Office?
There are good tax strategies to maximize the deductibility and depreciation of computer equipment and is shown that in an environment, a person engaged in intellectual activities pays much more than when you have under the lash. But as the subtitle indicates, sometimes the idea is to save whatever it takes, you'd better make a few cents extra, even if you lose weight on productivity issues.
The importance of hours
buttock
many times have we seen in many places, the most respected person is the one that spends more time in the workplace and is considered the hardest working, to the extent that there are places where contract resources "per kilo with a meter, where they pay per hour of" work "of the resource, regardless of the effectiveness or performance.
recognize it is a very sensitive issue, and that definitely measure the productivity of a person can be extremely subjective, and although sometimes I wanted to mathematically determine a formula that relates the concepts of "economic compensation", "experience" and " work actually performed, "I have not found a practical way to carry it out, but I definitely know that there may be solutions to help mitigate this problem without having to fill out timesheets in excel (which more than control, I feel that disturbs productivity, and force you to find justification for the time spent), I have seen tools como Tasktop, donde calcula automáticamente un timesheet de acuerdo al código que modificas dentro de Eclipse, por ejemplo.
Administración de proyectos orientada a los caprichos del cliente
La administración de proyectos es una técnica complicadísima y definitivamente tiene un poco de arte por detrás también, pero también es un hecho que si no eres cuidadoso y como administrador de proyecto no involucras a todas las partes críticas, o simplemente demeritas la opinión de la gente que realmente realiza el trabajo rudo, estás condenando el proyecto a un fracaso rotundo.
Nunca voy a olvidar una experiencia curiosa que me ocurrió en mi primer trabajo, was part time because I was in fourth or fifth semester of studies, I was about to start a project, where my boss then asked me "We need X, Y and Z requirements, how do you see? as long as you shove them? "as is my usual insane, I started to make some notes on paper, take a few strokes, draw some charts, ideas connected by arrows, etc, and I replied in an almost certain" I believe that in month and a half we can have it ready. " Then, my boss is watching me with annoyed face and he says "but I already committed myself to the client remains in a fortnight", may thereupon imagined Series of evil thoughts and curses that went through my head.
fully agree to be negotiated and wherever possible to meet customer needs, ultimately will pay and feeds us, but on the other hand, as a company that provides solutions, we have to land the client in the realm of what is possible and guide you in the best solution in terms of time and scope, burn your employees just to "win" a solo project will lead to weeks of delays, sleepless and horrors. Never underestimate the opinion of a programmer, but junior to be, finally, he will be pushing forward your project, no matter what you say your most perfect and calibradísimo diagram Gantt
Juntitis!
Yes, sometimes I wonder if the goal of managers, project managers or the like, is wasting time in meetings, likewise, not demonize the appearance that the seals are bad, nor the amount of these, provided they have a tangible meaning and set goals and commitments, but many times there have been no meetings where three quarters of the time is wasted in vain justifications or throwing mud, and another quarter to agree in what they see at the next meeting.
Nor will I forget another project, we had a meeting with the project manager wanted to cut forces times project, of course, all this upon request (see above). So we are dedicated to reviewing business activity, planning and explaining the details of each of these, as the manager had little experience in a matter of systems (but had a thousand PMP certification and its derivatives). The meeting lasted 8 hours, and at the end of the day, we reach an agreement to cut some activities, which meant four hours reduce the length of the project. Although I do not help much, because we had a delay of eight hours, to be invested in the board, rather than the activities already scheduled for that day. Already
to finish, I think this post helped me very well to take a bit of catharsis = P, does not mean that everything is bad in that class, if so would not be in it, but I think there are many areas for improvement in future entry probably will fill with suggestions and experiences positive.
Invitation Format For Lohri
Well, after months of absence, to keep on hold all my experiences in those frigid Russian lands, as I'm back at it again. You could put any excuse as to why not continue updating the blog more often, especially the classic "I have not had time" but not true, there's always time for everything, you just have to organize it, rather it was a matter of laziness, not I can promise not do it again, but meanwhile enjoy these brief periods of lucidity and inspiration.
Before continuing, I would give a small errata regarding my post about Russian Banya, messed up a bit compared to the temperatures, but it is also difficult to take a good indicator when you're not exposed to them, fortunately My friend Masha quickly corrected me, but as soon as I shape around here.
The joke is that Banya temperatures exceeded any expectations I had, Masha Banya told me that a less than 80 ° C is cold! and then to confirm this in various places on the internet, effectively, a quietly Banya over 93 ° C! I sometimes have trouble understanding it, but makes little sense, and I understand because that burning eyes and headaches, the contrast is really criminal, so when I turned to snow and back, I was going to temperatures of 90 ° (for me conservative) at -20 ° C or 110 ° C difference in just seconds! no doubt that the human body is a wonder in this whole issue of homeostasis.
'll end for now, I hope others soon join the one hand I'm missing including Russia and Ukraine, which are involved in some other adventures in Kazan, Moscow, Kiev and Mariupol, I just hope I win the damn nostalgia =)
Friday, April 15, 2011
Enclosure Hd-338-comp
Ruidera is a small town in the province of Ciudad Real, with a population of about seven hundred inhabitants, whose economy revolves, almost entirely, on tourism.
Set in the middle of the Upper Guadiana river basin, giving name to the lake rosary; basin is located in the northern part of the Campo de Montiel. This zone covers an area river approximately 4,000 hectares, of which 3772 belong to the NATURAL PARK LAKES RUIDERA and declared July 13, 1979.
Ruidera To visit, you can do for the national road N/430 (Badajoz, Valencia). If from Albacete in the direction Badajoz, locate the town a hundred kilometers from the capital of La Mancha. In the opposite direction is far one hundred kilometers from Ciudad Real and fifty of Manzanares. Travelling from Madrid is accessed from Manzanares or from Villarta of San Juan, the latter locality where there is a diversion to Argamasilla de Alba which is about twenty miles Ruidera.
history.
What we consider as the scope of Ruidera presents "fingerprints" of human beings in a very remote past, reaching prehistoric stages in which the weapon more accurate and precious few songs were cut back in the Lower and Middle Paleolithic (200,000 to 30,000 years).
Other settlements closer in time, vague chronology, we dare to frame them in the Neolithic period, but will be in the Age of Metal when the ecosystem Ruidera or Alto Guadiana display pools populated by social structures, to a considerable level . In that phase of the early history we find some intriguing buildings and badly damaged, known as "The Motillas" whose chronology of 1,800 to 1,200 would be BC. Already
Iberian-Roman phase, this area was located in the region Laminitana. Belonged to this site and was Lamini term mentioned by Pliny and Ptolemy, as military mansion way from Rome ended in Cadiz, which ran from Mérida to Zaragoza, and the starting point of which was headed to Toledo Consuegra.
Ruidera The word appears in the Middle Ages. "The Ruidera del Guadiana" might express the noise of falling water over the falls of the sinking. However, in the sixteenth century Atlas of the Escorial, a contemporary of Topographic Relations of Philip II, it appears as Riadera, perhaps by the frequent overflowing of the lakes. Ruidera
belonged to the Order of Santiago to the founding of the Royal Ruidera site in 1783, with the lagoon or Hung Long, the King's Cave and part Morenilla Coladilla, which for 550 years were in the hands of the Order of Santiago, became part of the Royal Place and therefore belong to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
Real Ruidera Site has been belonging to the municipality of Argamasilla de Alba (population of the Order of San Juan), a hamlet attached to the day September 21, 1990, when Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha independence agreed upon admissibility of the proposed segregation, courageously made by local politicians at the time and unequivocally supported by most ruidereños.
Heritage. Talking
Artistic Heritage de Ruidera es sin duda adentrarse en un paraiso natural sin igual en todo el territorio. Las Lagunas de Ruidera.
Camino de Ruidera, a catorce o quince kilómetros de Argamasilla de Alba, pasamos por el pantano de Peñarroya, y siguiendo por esta ruta nos vamos internando por una zigzagueante carretera hasta encontrarnos con la última laguna, la CENAGOSA o CENAGAL, divisándose vagamente en dirección oeste, oculto por la vegetación lacustre, el puente de la Esclusa. A la izquierda de la carretera está el caserío del Real Sitio de la Magdalena, con su relevante ermita, siendo ambas construcciones obra del gran arquitecto Juan de Villanueva, levantadas por los años 1783-1785.
Más arriba está la laguna COLADILLA, convertida, como la anterior, en zona pantanosa, aunque con un espacio abierto en la lámina del agua, marcado por el típico cerco de carrizos y masiegas.
La laguna inmediata a éstas es la MORENILLA o CUEVA MORENILLA, con una longitud y anchura máxima de 500 y 200 metros respectivamente. Kilómetro y medio más arriba nos encontramos con la población de RUIDERA. Al visitante que se hospede en los establecimientos hoteleros de Ruidera le resultará más fácil contemplar algunas ruinas y dependencias de la antigua Fábrica de Pólvora, construida por Juan de Villanueva, la Casa del Rey, aposento del Infante D. Gabriel, hijo de Carlos III, y también el HUNDIMIENTO, que destaca como maravilla natural en este environment, carved by torrents of water to overflow the ponds.
to continue visiting the lakes upstream, you must turn onto the road to the left, the winds, still the KING of the first where we are. Before you should visit the Reception Center Park, located in these lakes, which provides timely information. La Laguna del Rey is the second largest lake in the whole series, with a length of one kilometer and an area of \u200b\u200b33.72 hectares, taking "in the deepest ravines over a hundred feet," says local people. United
to the King for a short river, the lake is HUNG, which has a surface of 103.93 hectares, with a very irregular contour length approximately three miles. At the point of the boundary between the provinces of Ciudad Real and Albacete is a place known as La Isla, where there was a medieval fortress. At the end of the lagoon Hanging beside the road, is the Youth Hostel "Alonso Quijano." Hanging
Lagoon BATAN communicates with a channel made by the hand of man. Batan has the oval profile in the vicinity are relics of old mills and fulling. Separated from the lagoon
Beat the lagoon we SANTO Santo MORCILLO or cherubs. The separation step or travertine forming a waterfall, in relation to the sheet of water, usually between 10 and 15 meters.
exceeded the Holy Morcillo, we find the SAVING, separated from the former by a band travertine, and along the lake chain reached the tongue, which in times of flood, to pour into the savior, is a gorgeous ravine or fast . Language no marsh vegetation along its banks to be bounded by a monumental wall Tobazo.
And so we reached the lagoon smallest of all (although a little higher there was another smaller, the Cup), the Redondilla, oval and 3.72 hectares, separated from the language of the iconic travertine usually leads to a spectacular cascade.
If we visit the Cave of Montesinos and Castle Rochafrida, we can do this by going along the road that branches off to the Lakes, left, at the height of the Redondilla or deflected by an asphalt road that bathes the Laguna San Pedro. Before we reach the hermitage of San Pedro de Sahelices, a sanctuary that must have existed when the Reconquista, and its early Christian origins perhaps. Continuing up the road leads to the Cave of Montesinos, whose fame comes mainly from the adventure that she spent the hero of La Mancha Don Quixote.
Descending from the cave we see a deviation labeled indicating the route to follow to reach the Castle of Rochafrida, contained in the year 1216 as the castle of San Felix. It is believed that the name "Rochafrida" sixteenth century.
If we reach the beginning of the Upper Guadiana while contemplating the rosary lagoon, we must go back to the road again along the Laguna San Pedro, which, like the language, at its mouth is flanked by a picturesque wall calcite.
The San Pedra TINAJA refers to the lagoon through two channels trephining travertine. The Tinaja shaped, more or less, tub, with an area of \u200b\u200babout ten hectares. An important point to highlight this gap is the large amount of printed schematic displayed on its walls, many of them prehistoric.
Above this gap in sight of the lagoon thyme, triangular shape. From here, if we continue the climb, we must do it for roads, skirting Lake CITY, with a length of 1,800 meters. The ecological environment of the lagoon is the most acceptable of all the Natural Park.
Finally, from the Council to Laguna Blanca, the journey becomes quite difficult, especially for passenger cars, making it convenient to do so by road from Ossa de Montiel, Villahermosa, especially if we want to see the source of the Zampullones.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Used Sprinter Conversion
Introduction:
We now have an abundance of asparagus in our markets so I have not missed an opportunity to buy and develop a new recipe with them: Asparagus Tart .
The asparagus comes from the Greek word "Asparago" which means "outbreak." When the soil temperature is warm and there is enough water, asparagus sprout from rhizomes. If you do not cut these shoots or asparagus, the plant would exceed one meter high, with some areas of the Mediterranean is used as a hedge to demarcate plots.
620 grs. fresh green asparagus
1 spring onion 2 eggs 1 garlic
75ml evaporated milk 60 grs. mozzarella cheese 1 base striped mass
Brisa
2 tbsp.
olive oil ½ teaspoon pepper ¼
ground.
nutmeg PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 180 gr. C. Spread the dough on an oven-proof container. Prick the dough with a fork, place a piece of tracing paper on the surface and add a few vegetables in order to prevent the dough rise. Bake approx. 10 min. and set aside. Wash
spring onion and garlic and chop. Heat olive oil in skillet at room temperature medium-high. Incorporate the onion and garlic, season, add the pepper and saute until it begins to soften, approx. 5-8 min. Remove and set aside.
Meanwhile, wash asparagus and cut off the bottom (white). Eight asparagus whole book to decorate the cake. Others cut asparagus sliced \u200b\u200b½ -1 cm approx.
In a large bowl, add eggs, evaporated milk and cheese. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper. Mix well. Incorporate the mixture of chopped onions and asparagus.
Pour asparagus mixture over the dough and place the asparagus on the surface that have been set aside, pressing slightly in the mix. Reintroducing the cake in the oven and bake for 35-40 min. at 170-180 gr.C or until mixture is set and crust is golden. Source
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Remove Kidde Smoke Detector
Before I begin my story let me talk lightly on the Temazcal obviously am not an expert in history, much less in Mesoamerican traditions, etc. and tell you all what is my experience and opinion about Temazcal, for all those fans who are not from Mexico.
Well, roughly Temazcal is a kind of sauna bath house designed by ancient Mesoamerican peoples (as might be the Maya or Nahuatl), naturally with certain rituals to perform within it. In my personal experience, you go in a bathing suit and a mixed (men and women), going to a place made of mud and or other material for style, this place has no windows or other opening than the front door, is circular and there is a bench across the shore. People sit on that bench, while watching the coals and hot stones in the center. Finally, the person driving the Temazcal closes the door and everything goes dark and silent. This person pours water with some herbs to stones, creating a very pleasant aroma steam. Then they can be certain thoughts or talks within the Temazcal, I've had varied from fairly deep talks rituals, to simply the enjoyment of being in a place like this.
The heat can become intense thing, and certainly exhausting, leaving the Temazcal you feel the freshness of the environment (in my case was in Veracruz), then one must take a shower with cold water to stop the process, which leaves one with a sense of unique tranquility and inner peace.
Well, this brief and incomplete account of Temazcal comes up because in Russia have their own tradition about the sauna, I mean the banya. It is very common for people in Russia have a house of "field" or Dacha, say that is the equivalent of homes in Cuernavaca that many people in Mexico City comes to own, a place to escape the stress of city \u200b\u200band can relax, even on weekends or short periods of time.
Dacha interesting thing about is that many people take to plant things in the garden, as I came to talk, some vegetables, berries (it's quite common for them to have their own jellies and jams made from the berries in their gardens), I imagine that some fruits, etc.. everything that can be given in these latitudes before the onset of winter. And as a good place for rest, recreation and quiet, could not miss the Banya, as opposed to Cuernavaca, there would be a very suitable place to have an outdoor pool (unless you want ice skating a good part of the year .)
Well However, the Banya is a small room located outside the Dacha but within the same field that point, the room is separated into two, a dresser and the implications of the Banya itself, which is the principle very similar to the sauna.
The Banya tried it two weeks ago with the father of Masha (the girl with whom I was staying) and Bryan, another guy who was also staying with us. Both Bryan and I were first-timers in this matter, and Masha's father (Vladimir) do not speak English, and then our Russian was little more than bad, so gradually and based on gestures and how little we understood we were following indications.
We left the Dacha
garden at -20 ° C approx. and we go to Banya, entered the station, and we strip away all the clothes to be as it came to the world as a simple mass of skin and hair, then Vladimir had already prepared everything in Banya, so only we had to go. Within the Banya, it is difficult to describe, a number of seats at different heights from the ground, and a kind of oven, too hot stone, radiating in a way never experienced in my life was like taking a walk at noon Mexicali during the heatwave.
Vladimir gave us some indications and we sat on the bench three highest, leaving our heads (the thinking) about 15 ~ 20 cm from the ceiling. At first it was extremely hot but bearable, but they did not even two minutes when I started to feel an intense burning in the eyes and ears. At that time Vladimir fell from the banks and smaller banks dipped, which was almost flush with the floor, I leaned over to put his head almost to the knees, the heat was unbearable, I felt I was literally cooked alive, I can not describe the feeling, but I could swear I was about 60 ° C in that part of Banya, really was too much, you could not even focus well in sight.
Bryan and I went down and sat on the small bench near the floor, there the heat was much more tolerable, about 40 ° C I count, and began to throw us out buckets of water, warm of course, the interesting thing is that there were two faucets, one red, cold water, and blue, hot water, which I discovered in a bad way to fill one of the tubs of water and burned holy me back, finally, I should have tested the water before echármela above. We
cooled with water several times until Vladimir told me to come back up to the highest bench, that disturbed me a bit, as it came to my mind again so intense ardor. I went, but this time told me to lie down on the bench, his head as far away the oven, I did, and then Vladimir took a bunch of herbs and began to shake from my body. After a while he got off the bench and did the same with Bryan.
then told us that we left the dressing room. We went out and I was about to take my towel, but I stopped him, this had not yet. We sat in chairs that were there, and we cooled down a bit, I consider that the temperature at the station was above 10 degrees, but did not reach 20 degrees, something fresh. We relaxed a little, drink a glass of orange juice that was there, and then the unexpected happened. Vladimir
opened the front door and told us to get out in the open, and we did, if we go naked in the garden, at -20 ° C, then we come to a railing that was right up front, we took a little snow and we spread it to us in the limbs and face to chill, this time I can not describe in great detail the sensations, but I can assure you he was not too cold, the body in some way was a bit unbalanced I guess, from the extreme heat and extreme cold as that caused no major problem, however, only were a couple of minutes in the open.
re-enter the Banya, and continued to shoot water ritual while we supported the intense heat, but now also we took bunches of herbs and we los "azotábamos" en todo el cuerpo, obvio de una manera gentil, tampoco era sadomasoquismo. Después de un rato otra vez salimos al vestidor, y nuevamente a la intemperie.
Repetimos el proceso unas cuatro o cinco veces, yo estimo que en total estuvimos entre hora y media y dos horas en el Banya, lo que si, aunque suene muy extraño, al llegar a Kazan tenía una leve infección en la garganta, y me agoté los antibioticos que llevaba y no terminaba de curarme, y después del Banya, prácticamente me curé al 100%, no se si las bacterias también sean muy sensibles a los cambios extremos de temperaturas, ya que ir de +40°C (por vernos conservadores, pero se que era mucho más) a -20°C suddenly not everyone is patient.
What I, as the Temazcal, Banya after we take to the room, and I can not remember if I fell asleep or at least if extremely relaxed, no doubt it is something like a Temazcal but taken to extremes, even a friend from around here told me that in some regions of Siberia, enduring one Banya causes the local people catch you respect.
I hope you enjoyed this story, come
Monday, February 14, 2011
How To Avoid Swollen Eyes
Perhaps this is the blog entry that many have expected, and therefore no wonder, since people in general is very curious and in fact quite different I have been accustomed.
For obvious reasons, and out of respect for many people, my language in this post will be extremely moderate, and besides I have no strong opinion, and since any comments duendezco and evil people will be treated with usual haha.
First of talk about people in general. Since my experience in Ukraine I expected to be a bit closed in terms of their feelings are concerned, in general, in public people over there do not smile, or when you purchase your bus ticket, or when you ask for something in the street just a smile in a public space with strangers is something I'll never be able to obtain, and if you try to do, people you look so strange.
Do not expect long answers or gimmicky, rarely hear "please", "sorry", "thank you" as often, does not mean that they have no manners or being rude, just not as ceremonious as Latinos and go straight to the point, even it is not uncommon that the answers are limited to a simple "Da" or "Niet."
in confidence
But people change radically in the early days, I met a guy, Igor, to give everything, I was introduced to the customs of relaxation and there is alcohol in these places, which are generally quiet but no less fun, and talk more in detail about it in future entries.
really are very warm, Igor introduced me to his fellow University, a whole generation of future architects or civil engineers, really did not understand exactly what is involved ("construction", "construction"), but the truth is that they are great people, from the beginning I tried to excellent, good friendship, obviously with a lot of curiosity because they in particular had not dealt with any Mexican before, and they were there having fun speaking a strange mixture between English, English and Russian, which true, since my prescription has become to communicate in these areas, though as I still feel bad tossing to speak Russian, but I think I'm getting much more.
I had a great time with them, and after a while started calling me "brother of Mexico", the truth is that like that if I am filled with emotion, the truth is that in a few locations outside my homeland I felt so flattered and so in confidence.
What if it is a fact, their reputation is completely true drinkers, drank with these guys not too much, but some of them followed the party and went to Andrei house, another friend of Igor , to take a drink. Oh that big mistake, drink a different way to ours, while at least in my case the drink is more like a social issue, take your whiskey, I serve on the rocks or with water, and drinking going slowly as socializing, on this side of the world is literally grab the pony, whiskey or jammed As you go through alcohol and echártelo in one gulp, and again and again, until you lose consciousness and will wake up on Monday with tremendous raw, as happened to yours truly. Do not do again, because apart from all the alcohol mix and have gotten nothing nice, this ideology is empedar.
Beyond that, again, people are in full swing, large adults with whom I've met people also generally very friendly, once the know, suddenly you can joke with them, but understand 30% of what they say.
I think the only people who have brought me are the old ladies wave or "babushki" the other day on the bus, stood near the door, I was not full but at that stop people going to descend bastantita The case is that a babushka told me something I did not understand Russian, I infer that gave permission to pass, so I stuck as closely as possible to the tube so he could move smoothly, the fact is that as they did not like ( maybe he wanted me to be completely removed) and I started screaming and pushing to let go two three shots. The truth is that I got a lot of wave and did not know whether to laugh or to expression of confusion, since I prefer to stay as far away as possible from the babushki: P
Let the party which perhaps many of my dear readers want to hear, women. Obviously I will address them with a broad and absolute respect as they deserve no less.
In general, all are extremely pretty, and I repeat, are extremely beautiful. I have met with some appearance of the face that I have never seen in America, and that my taste is extremely attractive, a large majority have a look and a gentle expression, even in public transport and elsewhere, have a way of very flirty dress, despite the weather ranges from -35 ° C and -10 ° C at best, know how to choose their coats, their nets, his boots to be quite smart and some even sensual.
That's another thing that strikes me, the whole floor is uneven because of the amount of snow and ice, and women do not hesitate to wear boots with high heels and walk like that, I have to ask what is your secret because today I came back to whip, fell to my knees and oh how it hurt!
Finally, in terms of physical description is basically this, there are black women, very white skin, light eyes, verdozos, blue, gray, almost all the rainbow, redheads, blondes, etc. overall I think are cozy and simple.
However, in the way of being is something also that I found it very complex to assimilate, they are very nice people, really, all the women I've tried are nice, with a certain dose of tenderness, too open and happy, the truth is that all I've known I've caught some affection and not pretty eh?
What is really complicated, it's true attitude of the Russian girls as opposed to Latin, and a lack of physical contact, and I mean lack of physical contact as something totally, not even a kiss of greeting, go, not even a handshake and a hug because it is definitely beyond any possibility. This is supposed to only happens when you do not know well, and that because you know they are warmer, but I still do not get to that point with the girls I know, the truth is frustrating, if it misses, even the kiss damn cheek, but hey, are things here and there to learn to live with them.
I've already externship with several people, several foreigners strangely coincide with me, others, like Masha, think I'm completely crazy, and that physical contact with someone "unknown" (although it is supposed to be someone with whom you befriend and everything must be honest and positive) is pretty nasty.
Well, well, I seize the opportunity to talk I met a girl here, by way of example, here I will not give names, but I can comment that it is still a student, barely speak English and I hardly speak Russian, but we found the opportunity to go out together one day and meet us. The truth is that we had a great, super nice, very smart girl and good conversation, tried to teach me a little Russian, but my dyslexia would not let me = P, it was still interesting to know. I was pleased because I realize some of the ideals of Russian youth, lifestyle, and have fun, and much more, and I must be honest, I liked a lot, have beautiful eyes, and what pleased me most was his tenderness, laughter, in short, could enjoy myself the rest of the blog describes it is not the case.
All I can say in conclusion to all this text is that it pays to have friends in Russia are great people, I find no better words to describe, you have to experience to know what I mean
Driver For Compaq V6000 Coprocessor
a separate space to public transport and car use in general and a subject I find fascinating what they're doing here, besides fun, well, sometimes.
the outset, I mentioned earlier that some multi-lane avenues have disabled some of the amount of snow, but this is on main roads where it is most clean, small streets that go between the areas of departments, only a few days I could see the pavement, the rest of time is a mass of compacted snow and ice from passing cars, I have even come to see several cars buried in snow not being used for long periods of time.
Masha told me that in many cases, as low temperatures and extreme, not light vehicles because the battery loses charge by the cold, then you have two options, use one of those chargers for connecting the battery power to the house or flat every time you get home, remove the battery from the car and take it with you.
The fact is, it really is difficult to handle in the snow, I honestly did not disperse them to do so without prior experience, every time I get to see the high and slow the cars before, and skid on the ice about 3 or 4 meters before stopping, however, in general already have well-measured the distance and almost never stick, plus it never exceeded a speed greater than 40 ~ 60 km / h.
for parking if that is quite an ordeal, because as I mentioned in the narrow streets everything is quite full of ice and snow and you have to hit it into tight spaces, to the turns or to enter into a parking space, in many cases, people who have given her enough experience to give good derrapones curves, despite ranging at very low speed, and in other cases, when they turn on "or" need to tap the handbrake and the drift ice to tumble much more closed. Have a good level of technical skill here.
generally not touched me to see traffic police, except a day that seems to put up a stone and everyone came out of there, they began to stop people like crazy, in fact the same day we had they stopped the taxi in which a friend and I went and we were like 20 minutes in the car waiting to see what the driver was negotiating with the cops, who as I have understood and have been rumored, are quite susceptible to bribes.
Regarding the sidewalks, is another story quite funny, just the machines that clean the streets stop most of the snow on the sidewalks, which by design in general are very wide, and as always there are trails to walk the nominee regardless of snow, which when compacted tread and ice, generally where I am staying many days the snow was between half and one meter high, so in the corners or intersections, there was like ice steps made by the same people as they passed, to enter the trail, the good news is that forces forces you to cross at corners or crosswalks, so yes, sometimes the path is very narrow and almost alone be a person, which can be a problem if several people want to go out there the other day I wanted to step aside but to walk on the soft snow I sank to the knee, and would have sunk more were it not for the other leg is left in the trail.
also something that caught my attention at first is that people walked very funny, as taking baby steps all the time, like those silent movies where the number of frames people seem to walk funny. I soon realize the reason for this, if you try to take bigger steps or at least normal, you slide very easily, and after my ass kissed the ground for the fifth time, I decided to imitate them and walk funny too.
One issue that deserves special attention is public transport. Itself is not bad, and there are two three details that definitely should imitate us, but if there are other things that are really frustrating.
Overall I have had to travel only by bus or taxi, although one of these days I will use the subway just to test. The bus concept is generally quite good, are medium-sized vehicles, as it should be in Mexico, just stop at your stop, and expect a good time to go up and down the ticket. Another fact is that the driver does not charge, and you have to pay just to go up, but there is a girl or guy to be walking around the truck and is gaining as it moves the same, so that you can ride, sit at your place, and calmly make the change to pay, and the girl who will not be pressing charges to pay right at that moment.
Another point, and I'll constantly repeating all the blog posts, is that girls with gorgeous, and very flirty, know how to dress well despite the low temperatures that force you to cover yourself with multiple layers of clothing, and even though the bus was stuck in rush hour is not so complicated if you're just surrounded by beautiful girls . Although at times it becomes frustrating to me I really pushed hard to stop beating down, as it is sometimes chivalry mine, and therefore already a couple of times I missed my walk down by letting in girls before me, and the problem is there is no way to walk back, I have to take another bus back down the distance that is the other station.
Sometimes if it to be frustrating because it goes so jammed you can not even go up, and as I am right bottle for that, I prefer to leave two or three buses (which also run every 15 to 20 minutes) and freeze in the cold, walking a pure crowding.
As for the taxis I like your concept, you are charged by distance and tables to calculate, so the price is always the same, and do not hang out with the rows of taxis and others pulled apart all have GPS (as in the rest of Europe, I guess) then there is no way you kidding walk.
In general if this is another experience of transport in Kazan, I find many words to describe it, you have to live
Ski Boat Dog Clutches
As I struggled to start this blog entry, but as always, how difficult is to start throwing around phrases and then begin to accommodate himself.
After arriving in Kazan in general everything went great, the truth is that I do not regret anything that I chose this city as my first point of contact with the Russian civilization, and I think that has helped me to have more contact warm with Russian culture, that maybe in larger cities like St. Petersburg or Moscow could not have.
The transfer from the airport to the house where I am staying was fascinating, I had my first contact with the Russian winter, and yes, the truth is that the cold is quite strong in these two weeks we have been between -5 ° C and -38 ° C, but the truth, down to -10 ° C do not feel a major difference. Something I've noticed a lot, unlike Mariupol (which is the only city with which I can truly compare right now), this city is in a very strong process of modernization, the suburbs have very modern apartment buildings, the not really ask anything to cities like Miami and Chicago (at its proper level, of course).
Rumors that Russian roads are terrible are not entirely wrong, if they are bad, the pavement is pretty crappy and uneven, but I think what most concerns at this time the year is that there is so much snow and ice on all sides, 4-lane roads become two, because more than clean snow is always overflowing the sidewalks onto the street.
Upon arrival to the department (or floor, as I like to call it here in Europe), the treatment was super hot, the place is excellent, although it is a bit far from downtown, but it's really quite comfortable. It has two floors, but downstairs, where I am staying is very nearly an entire department to myself, I have TV, bed, sofa, kitchen and bathroom, what more could you want?
The family with whom I am staying is great, the girl who is hosting me called Masha (Maria) and as half of the week is with his parents, and another season will be his dacha (country house) in the suburbs. Masha she studied and lived for a time in Galicia, and the truth is that he speaks both English and English in an impressive, if I find on the street and speak in English I could swear that is not English and Russian.
They have treated me with enough love, which also surprised me in general is that the people here and in confidence is very warm, very hospitable and always in the mood to make you feel comfortable.
Something I thought I was going to be hard going to be food, which I got to see on the Internet did not look very appetizing to be very honest, but being over here I've noticed some things that are pretty tasty, and what little I've tried really great great food is delicious, as far as seasonings, and richness of flavor not ask for anything Mexican. Of course, a big problem I encountered is when buying the food at the supermarket, for several reasons, first is that I'm used to purchase prepared meals (I'm lazy, so what?), And here is more as a super 15 years ago, where only find fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, dairy products and others, and they have to take the chance to buy all the ingredients separately to prepare your food. There are some things I did not want to buy it than if I'm pretty rusty on it and cooked, as well as missing other important ingredients (like lemon) to throw good flavor to the issue. So my diet has largely been processed meat, Pilmeni, which are a kind of ravioli stuffed with meat, very rich if you cook with butter, and yogurt.
We do, took almost a week of not eating Pilmeni, I decided to prepare 500g of it, because I said, "if I just why not?" And go, if it was too, I had food, dinner and breakfast the next day.
Out there, in restaurants I've eaten the food is generally varied and rich, I tried the Tatar Azu, which is like a beef stew with potatoes, but as with herbs as well, the most delicious things I've tasted in my life, I declare myself a fan.
For now finish this blog entry, the entry while others, as there are many things to say of life around here
Friday, February 11, 2011
Egg White Mucas Days Before Period
Fernandez honorableness Noronha has never been questioned, it is clear that it does not, Felipe Calderón's alcoholism is not a gossip, being a heavy consumer of alcohol (I) and cronies who share my passion I recognize who walks drunk raw or creed (ethyl state is achieved when not enough sleep to get to the raw nor too little to go fart.) I never saw Felipe Calderon in any of the above states, or in person, while attending the bullfights (the, I'm still attending) or in interviews, speeches, opening or receiving any that have been televised. As President of Mexico, Felipe was neither better nor worse than any of his predecessors, to express this assertion I can not based on anything other than my perception, economic indicators, statistics and figures, may say "mass" the reality is overwhelming. We remain a country where "divine injustice" trumps the social utopia of equality.
To complete the cast of this tragi-comedy we have a journalist Carmen Aristegui like all journalists, has their level of reliability, for some have much and others is almost nil, I place myself in a middle ground between quotas.
Now enter into the exciting world of the assumptions of the need to know the reason that prompted the deputy to put the blanket in the House of Representatives, an act that is the trigger for this "Tragedy Sheakespiriana" no casualties.
1 ª Hypothesis
led Mexico to the dark caverns of the lawlessness to be at the mercy of the decisions of a dipsomaniac. If this hypothesis were true, I have very clear that apart from vulgar, Fernandez would be a pendejazo Noronha. There is no way that a blanket Felipe Calderon had to leave the Presidency of the Republic.
2 nd Scenario
Unmasking a sick alcoholic with no ulterior motive which "balcony" in bad temper (bad milk Noronha, not Calderon). To achieve this exposure blanket is as useless as the prayers for the health of patients, for a forceful unmasking tests are needed "hard" a dress with the semen of a president could serve, Bill Clinton can attest.
3 rd Scenario
Branding (anglicized used in marketing that refers to the process of making and building a brand through strategic management of the whole set of assets linked directly or indirectly to the name and / or symbol (icon) that identify the brand influences the brand equity for both the customer and the company that owns the brand. ), in this case the mark is Gerardo Fernandez Norona and the same is the owner of this.
What is achieved by positioning a brand? ... Without going much into the intricate byways of marketing summarize ... MONEY, and in this case also POWER.
what is the "target market" brand Fernández Noronha?, Millions Mexicans who through ignorance, weariness and disappointment in solidarity with anyone who threatens whom they believe are responsible for their woes, no one is more popular in school that it breaks a mother who has broken the mother to " little ones, no matter if it's broken "right", the point is that it breaks.
What do you want Fernández Noronha, branding and recognition? The question may sound silly and it is, still remain, the courts, the perceived Sueldazo, the privileges of his position and fame (which attracts many women), all these are reasons to which "the end justifies the means." Felipe
Calderon did not lose or gain anything, will remain the Precise, Aristegui wins position as "journalist who does not shut up" (no matter if what you say is crap or pearls of wisdom, she did not keep quiet), but on the other side loses a chamba now that are so scarce that the should be worried. Fernández
Noronha ... that deserves the award for best publisher of the year, no spectacular city, no radio or television announcement has given so much to talk like a blanket of 1.6 by 3 meters whose cost should not be greater than I'm spending a month in whiskey.
Carmen Aristegui received his commission or chopped in kind, in this case, fame and position, "Carmen does not quiet at all."
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Grecian Wedding Tiara
After a long silence, caused by several reasons not to go into detail at this moment, I've decided to write here. And a good way to do is to talk about travel.
any chance I think I mentioned that I love to travel, and that in some way, I need to. Traveling is inspiration, novelty, although the destinations involving roads already traveled.
Traveling allows me a kind of reflection that I have at home, much to repeat certain conditions: a seat not very comfortable, low light, heat and people snoring. What is different is that here I lose control of what goes on around me, my unit is absolute in the hands of the driver, and external things are no longer part of my influence.
now trying to get some sleep for 12 hours a little shorter.
Monday, January 31, 2011
What Does A Community Service Letter Look Like
For my first 24 hours here in Kazan, so I think that I can give my first impressions and adventures here.
all started from the arrival at the airport in Mexico City, I had no setbacks and joined the rank of Aeromexico's Club Premier to document, then I threw my sister's hand not and persuaded the airline's kids so she could go faster that way.
I thought I was going to charge for excess baggage (he had two bags of 19kg) but I had no problem, the only detail is that the lady wanted to give me the tickets and the keys to direct the baggage arrived in Russia, but I said "I'm watching your bags sent to Russia" to which I replied "that would be great," and says "but I can not," ouch, so either way, would have to pick them up in the U.S. and re- document.
I went to Wings with my family and had a good breakfast, I started a skirt to tampiqueña, the last MEXA dish I was going to throw in a great while, so I jumped and super comfortable. In that a person approaches me and asks me "I can take a picture with you?" I took a lot of cool, and I well "as it?" As I already saw it and asked me "you is not TV Azteca? "," errmmm no! "," oh you apologize ", and goes, really gave me a good laugh the matter.
Well, way to the waiting room and everything fine, no delays or anything except click a thousand reviews (I insist, is purely psychological question no real effect) entered the plane, and start the journey. He was very happy because I was in the window seat but no one in the middle, then had two gustisimo seats to make me and the truth is that the girl next door was not a bad view, but did not cross word, I was not in a good mood. The flight was good but what if they gave us breakfast there (if, I had breakfast twice, big mistake) was the most horrible thing I've tasted in my life were a few eggs were cooked sausage but as mass were all hard and chewy, sweaty separate the aluminum container, as well as that hurt me, and the time will clarify. New York
looked good from the air, all gray and snowy, adds a rather interesting that I had not touched to see one day come back to these times to see detail. We landed at JFK airport and go migration was quite fast, there was no other flight so that the line was very light, so if the officer does not find my visa and asked me "have you lived here?" I so "no", "is that it brings visa, and I thus" if there is, "" no, not here, you take my passport and I open the page where I was and I put mug and "that dude you", I said nothing, just "okay, go" hahaha I was laughing inside.
Anyway, I go to check-in area and go to the Aeroflot counter to document my next stop, Moscow, I met a guy there and in India it that caught my attention, but the whole process was quick, so do not beat me is that after you weigh your luggage checked and had to take him to a safe area to document it, as it gave me a bad feeling that. Soon I
at JFK, about half an hour without doing anything, because the other times the invested in the classic procedures of documentation, migration, and others. Finally we entered the flight to Moscow and the truth was very impressed by the Aeroflot planes, super modern, an A330 Airbase or something, but very comfortable, and something caught my attention is that the Russians going to know how to travel by plane all with comfortable clothing, slippers to walk barefoot all the time, and with their pillows and more.
The food in this plane was delicious, but was beginning to upset the breakfast hours ago. In this case I ate a beef stew with mushrooms and a salad of beans and yellow corn, all very rich, tomato juice, you know very different to American, but rather sabrozón. Contrary to what I came to pass in Ukraine, the extremely nice, very decent and friendly people, I really liked, there was also helping an American girl to complete their entry form to Russia, although I do not have much idea : P, but I had pretty eyes, so who was I to refuse. They also gave us some breakfast pancakes that were not obvious that, in fact half scared me because I missed something that had the color and shape of scrambled eggs (lurid images came Aeromexico breakfast to mind), but hey I knew I would have to endure many flavors that may not be to my liking, but oh great surprise, it was not egg, was a kind of cheese rich enough, I really liked it quite well.
Shemeritovo landed at the airport, and everything was also very quiet, it took me a while to pass migration because the official had never seen a visa like mine, even had some as portable microscopes and was used to examine in detail each part of the document. Then finally scanned my passport and let me pass, the cold was very relaxing, -4 ° C, but what if the jet lag was starting to hit me really hard, also began to feel the ravages of bloody breakfast Aeromexico nothing serious, but it seemed that two aliens were fighting in my stomach, a growlery impressive that I even felt sorry for loud.
took me almost an hour to collect luggage, but thankfully arrived safely, the document for the transfer had a problem since the weight limit is much less, so I finally had to pay excess baggage. It also took ratote another because the system did not allow them to charge but not left to register the case, finally got the supervisor's supervisor and shift manager unlock the system, also noting that the deal was amazing, really did not expect the Russians wow that good detail.
I went back to the area of \u200b\u200brooms, and a curious thing, as each country adds its touch to the security here was very quiet, but for example, you got a pair of shoes such as a surgeon for you stretched them out and did not walk barefoot, and are not as sangrona as in Mexico or USA.
While there I spent a very bizarre, jet lag brought him everything that was, so much so that not even started While the time and thought it was half an hour when in fact going to be about five in there, I tried to go to the bathroom to see if that slowed my intestinal fight aliens, but there was no toilet paper, so I put up with the growlery, and besides I was so tired I wanted to sleep, but I was sitting with some cold (the room was at room temperature) I started having a series of bad trips rather intense. Just close my eyes and began to dream strange things, but linked to what was happening at that time, gave some indication of the speaker and listened to my dreams in English, and woke up when Cannon dozed well apart, on top worse, I forgot my book, and I lost my laptop's battery in New York, so nothing else was making time to wey, how horrible is waiting with nothing to do, I was watching the news on the TVs, and I chute two-hour special of the crisis in Egypt, where they repeated the same five pictures over and over again. Finally
room assigned to my flight, which was also a mess because there were like five flights to Kazan and all of Aeroflot, and the room for my flight brought another flight information on your screen, the trouble is that we had to address a bus in the cold to go to remote terminal and I had not changed, brought clothing to move in Mexico, at -15 ° C as the temperature had fallen, but there was so much trouble, and that brought astronaut jacket, put it with no problems, only that the bus took about 20 minutes to reach the remote location and to hold the tubes were frozen .
I finally boarded the plane, not to lose the window and I had no one in the middle seat, just a strange girl in the aisle seat, which manages the seat is literally next door, but I did not care, I just sat back and tried to sleep while the aliens were already struggling to get out through my chest, I swear it was a symphony that horrible.
After an hour and a half, Captain gave notice of commencement of the descent, I could wake up and realize that nothing could be seen, the mist of all that did not even see the damn wing, in that the plane began to sway from side to side with some violence, like in those cartoons where the pilot tries to hit it to the track, there was a crosswind and it was just super beggar at that moment that I could see the ground, could not tell because everything was white with deep snow, but we were about twenty feet high, I apaniqué but if I changed a little. Zigzag kept dropping until it was above the door, and just a meter before touching, could literally straighten the ship and said "now or never" and left down the plane on the runway, if it was a rather strong impact, but at least it was flat, not skidding or felt anything like the truth if it felt close.
Finally at the airport I was expecting a college kid, cool, collected the luggage (there if I called the baggage tickets, as they often do in Mexico) and we left the parking lot. With the war in aliens and fatigue was an ordeal, walked about 300 meters in the snow, dragging suitcases, pack ice sometimes helped, sometimes bags are sinking and you had to strain to drag, finally almost reaching the I had tremendous car slip (the first of many to come) and I fell buttocks to the ground, fortunately only hurt the pride (as all times).
In the car I had my first impression of Kazan, the truth is that at times looked very modern, asks nothing in a matter of architecture to cities in the northern United States or Canada, to get me Masha and her family received , fine people, I made dinner and pork, and had a super pleasant conversation, perhaps only overshadowed by the noise of my guts, no manches, I lasted two days and took off from nothing, that was my epic arrival in Kazan I hope in the coming days is to post what is even more interesting: D
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
How To Relieve Sore Muscles From Snowboarding
Sometimes I would twitter power on the street or mental way could compose tweets or blog entries without losing attention to my surroundings, there are many times when I think that creativity comes to me just when I'm walking down these dark streets city, feeling the cool night breeze and in the face, but anyway, I'll have to settle for reaching my home and make a real keyboard and a glass of water to bring back all those experiences a few moments ago.
wore no time to travel around the city as well, walking alone, enjoying my solitude, but best of all, going for a while in this technologically Javer, systems, etc. and focusing on other things that 90% de mi vida consideraría intrascendentes, pero que de vez en cuando resulta sabroso para relajar la mente.
Es muy interesante observar a las personas mientras caminas, tratando de entrar en sus mentes, armar una historia acerca de ellos, ver como varios llevan esa cara de fastidio y las ansias de llegar al hogar, ver como para otros tantos el día apenas comienza, y algunos como es que la vida simplemente los lleva, un simple ir y venir, en una existencia monótona y vacía. A veces no me explico como podemos estar tantas personas tan interconectadas, compartiendo espacios y tiempos, pero a la vez en una situación de aislamiento absoluta, muy en el fondo no me molesta ya que a final de cuentas mi fuerte no son las relaciones interpersonales, but sometimes that makes me very curious as my mere presence could alter the fate of others, from the simple fact of a discreet push addressing the Metrobus, a hostile look, the humor out of someone's armpit more.
As today was a day of my reconnection to the world, where I escaped for a while me and my immediate environment, to experience and live with what I have around.
All this prompted by an external agent might call date, an exit, but it was just a coffee, and unleashed a series of events that do not become very common. I have the custom to dress up once a day, unless very special occasion or formal Pandrosus my style is definitely not fake my appearance because I have a pretty dress hides your idiocy only until you open your mouth, and I am of those who prefer to be underestimated by first intention, until these people realize the capacity of one. In short, this is discussion for another time, the fact is, today I managed that, I changed my look for my work Pandrosus more formal look.
The real reason I did is a bit uncertain, sometimes even I understand my emotions and impulses, but try to explain with words just as scarce given me written language. I know a girl can not say I'm in love with her, but I can not say is inconsequential to me, I can not say I like for my taste has always been a very tricky emotion, you may like a juicy steak, but when you just ate plenty of it is difficult to want to know about it, the tastes are very married to your mood and the situation you're in the moment, a day can dawn thinking about a girl and liking it passionately, and one day you wake up bad and do not want to know about it. No, I do not like it's definitely not that way, I could not take it into that category where everything is subject to my hormones, my state of mind or just a whim.
describe it then becomes difficult to transmit that feeling is still closer to the impossible, I perceive more as a source of inspiration, something of a muse and a person you admire, we have crossed a very short time conversation, but there are details and features in her very hidden from any other eye but I find them remarkable. Curiously, our destinations safe walking trails far apart, probably because his mind does not pass any of this, but at least adjust my behavior, alter my thoughts, and makes me feel good. Reminds me in some respects (remember? That means that I'm not so?), I'm surprised its moments of strength, but also comforts me knowing frail lady, and have these just as scarce seconds to comfortable, dimly protect and make her feel safe. Love? I do not know, but it motivates me to make the best of me, still be me and not wanting to excel in what I am.
might say this, but not the time nor the way, as you said, everyone is on their trail, we met occasionally when the truth is that at least for me is a unique experience, unfortunately our paths will separate a good stretch of time, she lives her life, and I will be fighting on this side, and things happen, but meanwhile, I can stay with satisfaction and eternal gratitude for having shared with her a day like today.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Should A Towel Ring Be On The Right Or Left Side
confess that if something I envy the talent and intelligence, and the text of Don Mario .. envy has made me much more .. That desire to have written this!
bullfighting and other evils - Mario Vargas Llosa
Enemies of bullfighting is wrong to believe that bullfighting is a pure exercise of evil in the irrational masses to overturn an atavistic hatred against the beast. Indeed, behind the Fiesta, there is a loving and devoted cult in which the bull is king, the bulls won there because there are runs and not vice versa, if the party disappears, inevitably disappear with it all herds of bulls, and these in turn to carry forward the Bonanca vegetative life, swallowing grass in the pastures and away flies with their tails they want abolitionists, will the simple absence, and I dare to assume that if left to choose between being a bull or not, it is likely that the magnificent beasts, a symbol of life energy from the Cretan civilization, choose what they are now rather than nothing. If the abolitionists
visit a cattle ranch fighting bulls, they would be shocked to see the infinite care, dedication, and the excessive effort, not to mention the material cost which means raising a bull from being in the womb until it exits to the plaza and the freedom and privileges it enjoys. Therefore, although some people seem paradoxical, only in bullfighting countries such as Spain, France, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal, we love the bulls with passion, so there are nuances that these strains have to do with local traditions and customs constitute an entire culture that has created and cultivated with great dedication and pure love without a variety of animals whose existence is a very significant part of the work of García Lorca, a Hemingway, a Goya, a Picasso, to name just four of the very long line of artists of all genres for which the party has been a source of inspiration for teachers creations, would be quite impoverished.
Is it morally serious violence that may result from aesthetic and artistic reasons than pleasure derives from the ventral?, I wonder after reading an article by Albert impressive Boadella (ABC 04.18.1904) accusing Pharisees who horrified by the cruelty of bullfighting request to close the streets, and have no qualms in choking yet tasty Catalan sausages. What requires the development of the quality of this exquisite delicatessen Mediterranean? that two million pigs live their entire lives in just two square feet, while constantly trying to elevate your legs on a flowing bars by their droppings, their only movement possible is reduced to slightly tilt his head to eat feed, as transport to slaughter is carried out under identical conditions.
pigs are not only brutally tortured to satisfy the palate of human whimsical, almost no edible animal to increase appetite and enjoyment of the guest, not be subjected without anyone seem to care much, a baroque variety of tortures and atrocities, from the liver of birds artificially inflated to produce the silky pâté, to lobsters and shrimp are tossed alive into boiling water because apparently the final agonizing spasm experienced charred flesh seasoned with a special bonus, and the crab to which a leg is amputated at birth for the other is deformed and dramatically and provide more food to fine taster.
I say about hunting and fishing, so widespread and prestigious sports on five continents, it is true that Anglo-Saxon countries, there are periodic campaigns against fox hunting, animal is gutted by the thousands at each station is just open season for the sheer pleasure of killing hunter shot an animal whose meat is not going to eat and whose skin is not going to entertain, but also true that if the reproduction is not somehow contained within certain limits, would end up causing real ecological disaster. As for fishing, an activity that so far as I know, with the exception of whaling, it has not mobilized against the militant animal rights front or the peace at any cost. I recommend to lovers of literature and especially sadistic practitioners of sadism, read an article where Luis Maria Anson ("The recreational fishing and bullfighting," "The Reason" 28/11/2004) describes the details of the pike fishing on a river between the mountains caracoles Swiss. Although different, no blood flows, the operation is a refinement in the performance of the cruelty that makes the hair stand on end, especially at the end of the long agony when the fish, with the palate and destroyed by the triple hook tip, is dying suffocated with bulging eyes and astonished between tail going off in slow motion. Mal
many consolation of fools, I'm not trying to prove anything to these examples that could extend to infinity, but saying that if it comes to putting an end to the violence that humans inflict on the animal world to feed , dress, play and enjoy, ideal perfectly legitimate, indeed healthy and generous offers frightful consequences, we must make a definitive and comprehensive, without exception, yet at the same time sacrificing the bulls and the zoo and of course the gastronomic pleasures especially carnivores and fur, and all clothing and utensils, leather goods , skin and mop up campaigns and eradication of certain species of insects and vermin. What fault can have the female Anopheles transmit malaria, plague, rat and bat rabies?, Is perhaps humans exterminated carriers of AIDS, infectious syphilis or cold?, Better than the world reaches that utopian perfection in which man and animals enjoyed the same rights and privileges, but of course is not the same duties, because no one will understand a hungry tiger or a snake that was moody prohibited by morality and the laws morning to a biped or strike him a peck. While there is utopia to materialize, I will continue defending bullfighting so beautiful and exciting can be a matter of course, trying to drag them to anyone who rejects them because they're bored, or because violence and blood in them runs repugnant.
also repugnant to me because I am a more peaceful, and I think that happens to the vast majority of fans, what moves us and embellished in a good run, is just the fascinating combination of grace and wisdom, courage and inspiration of a bullfighter and the bravery, nobility and elegance of a bull, get a good task, in that mysterious complicity that binds, overshadow all the pain and risk invested in it, creating images that participate at the same time the integrity of the music and dance movement, plasticity pictorial art and the depth of a theatrical ephemeral. Something that is rite and improvisation, and is loaded at a given moment in religion, myth and symbolism that represents the human condition, that mystery that is made this life of ours, there is only thanks to its counterpart which is death.
Bullfights in the spell remind us that we join in the good afternoon, how precarious is the existence and as a result of this fragile and perishable nature that is yours, can be incomparably wonderful. Mario Vargas Llosa
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
How To Sooth A 3 Year Old Stomach Ach
Or what is the same, damn stress!
vent I've tried all different ways, so a cry over this side is not bad.
Finally, the fact is I've been making plans for a big event for three or four months, all well planned and calmly, without omitting any single detail, to get a bunch of bureaucrats and begin to spoil everything , demons, fortunately all is not lost, for now, but it is forcing a number of steps in the last minute of the term, which also makes me quite bad, because if something can go wrong, it is especially these moments.
It bothers me because people do not know what it really means to me is part of my life plan if they want it to land in a few words, there is much at stake, many parts of me that need this, I got too much time, money and effort, and everything to be put in this situation, and then grinding to finish I have to sit and wait, I can not take any proactive action, except to hope that no third parties involved and do their chamba cooperative and things I come at the right time and right place for it then yes, you can take action on the matter.
Damn it ... bad is that in the meantime will continue with my insomnia ... I