LUMP IN THE THROAT - NUDO EN LA GARGANTA NODO NA GARGANTA - NODO EN LA FAUKO

PAINT BALL

2007-08-11T03:26:00.000+10:00

Eramos en total 24, pero no hay sino 18 armas, así que en la mala, toco 6 contra 6 en dos turnos. Una hora, 250 balas, y me dejaron un moreton en el cuello, ya sabía a que iba.

PARQUE ARQUEOLOGICO PIEDRAS DEL TUNJO

2007-08-11T03:19:00.000+10:00

Creo que no iba a este lugar desde los años 90, cuando habia paseo familiar el primero de enero, en aquel entonces eran 10 carros y como 60 personas, y un tremendo asado. Hoy ya ni se puede cocinar, en buenahora. No tenía ni idea que en este lugar habian jeroglificos chibchas de hace miles de años, los cuales fueron vandalizados.

ZIPAQUIRA SALT CATHEDRAL

2007-08-11T03:14:00.000+10:00

The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (Spanish: Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá) is an underground church built in a tunnel of salt mines 200 mts inside a salt mountain near the town of Zipaquirá, in Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Curving and twisting tunnels descend into the Roman Catholic temple, passing 14 small chapels representing the stations of the cross, which illustrate the events of Jesus' last journey. Each station has a cross and several kneeing platforms carved into the salt structure. The temple at the bottom has three sections, representing the birth, life, and death of Jesus.

ESCULTURA COLGADA EN LA PARED

2007-08-11T03:06:00.000+10:00

El mejor perro que he tenido en mi vida.

INFAUSTO MEDIO PAIS

2007-07-25T11:17:00.000+10:00

Camino por Bogotá, escuchando gente hablar, viendo atroces ejemplos de cero civismo, viendo una ciudad sin futuro, un país tal vez.
Hoy me siento menos atraído por Bogotá y por Colombia. El caos manda, y la falta de respeto por los demás y por las leyes reina. Nací colombiano y moriré colombiano, nunca me avergonzare de quien soy, de la educación de mis padres, sin embargo, es imposible no sentirse mal cuando se pueden ver conductores de busetas cruzando semáforos en rojo sin importarles los peatones, cuando las noticias son solo corrupción al mas alto nivel, cuando los periódicos son solo muertes entupidas, cuando las historias de todos los días son robos y atracos, cuando las calles están destruidas y muchas no están pavimentadas, cuando se ve la gente botar la basura en la calle, cuando los padres no le dicen nada a sus hijos por ser groseros, cuando la pobreza abunda, cuando se ven profesionales ganarse trescientos dólares al mes, cuando camino por la calle y da miedo que lo roben, cuando hay cosas tan o mas costos que en el resto del mundo, cuando a nadie le importa nadie, cuando todo mundo se paso las leyes por la brocha, cuando la gente no quiere pagar impuestos, y cuando los impuestos se usan para el lucro personal de algunos pocos, cuando ser honesto se volvió imposible, cuando existe tanta diferencia social, cuando se escucha a mujeres llamarse marica la una a la otra, cuando hay tanto anciano pidiendo limosna, cuando los niveles de maltrato a menores y a mujeres es tan absurdo, cuando el gusto y la estética se limitaron a unos pocos.

BUSETEROS LLENOS ERES DE DESGRACIA

2007-07-07T08:50:00.000+10:00

Alguna vez escuche de un profesor que montar en buseta en Bogota,era una de las experiencias mas enriquecedoras, que ver todo el conjunto de divinos niños y carritos en miniaturas ademas de tener la oportunidad de escuchar las mejores conversaciones de la vida era de lo mejor.
Incluso mi hermano el otro dia vio como a un loco que estaba sentando en un bus se le sento una loca bien linda al lado y dos minutos despues se lo estaba rumbeando (besando) esto en dos minutos y solo sucedio en un bus.

Con tanta belleza pintada, solo me queda decir que ahora tengo pesadillas con los conductores de busetas, pesadillas que se han vuelto realidad ultimamente.
Llevaba años sin montar buseta y ojala no tuviese que volver a montar. En todos estos dias en su maldita guerra del centavo he visto a estos señores manejar a 100 km por hora con un bus en sobrecupo, a chocar ciclistas y a no respetar señal de transito alguna, a cerrar motociclistas y dejar pasajeros en la mitad de una avenida.
A dejarme 5 cuadras despues de timbrar (desgraciado).

En hora buena hay transmilenio en Bogota, no por el bienestar de unos cuantos conductores toda esta ciudad tiene que seguir en este caos de personas que no saben ni leer conduciendo el transporte publico. Puede estar muy lleno, pero es algo digno y no es ese circo que tenemos.

Al menos en un transmilenio no le ponen un revolver en la cabeza a alguien para robarle un celular, como le sucedio ayer a las 3 pm a un compañero de trabajo.

Que se pudran todos los conductores de buseta....

BONBON - BASSET HOUND

2007-06-07T12:16:00.000+10:00

The Basset Hound is a short-legged breed of dog of the hound family. They are scent hounds, bred to hunt by scent. Their sense of smell for tracking is second only to that of the Bloodhound. The name Basset derives from the French word "bas" meaning "low;" "basset" meaning, literally, "rather low." They are very gentle with children.

MILLONARIOS - CUCUTA (3-0)

2007-06-07T11:54:00.001+10:00

MACCHU PICCHU - PERU

2007-05-10T05:39:00.000+10:00

Los latinos no sabemos lo que tenemos. Muchos quieren ir a EE.UU. o Europa sin antes conocer nuestros propios paises y nuestros paises vecinos. (Yo fui uno de ellos y por eso viajo por Sur America)

Mas fotos aquí!!

ICE CREAM IN OLLANTAYTAMBO - PERU

2007-05-10T05:35:00.000+10:00

This is an Ice cream I had in this little town. More about this town and near areas above.

All of the pictures are here!!

AREQUIPA - PERU

2007-05-10T05:30:00.000+10:00

With several volcanos around the city and the deepest canyons in the world (deeper than Grand Canyon, USA) Arequipa in Peru is a city at around 2600 metres above the sea level.

All of the pictures are here!!

LA SORBONA DE LIMA

2007-05-10T05:26:00.000+10:00

No esta ubicada en Francia, no. Esta localizada en Lima....
Mas fotos de Lima, presiona el siguiente link.

All of the pictures are here!!

IGUAZU FALLS - ARGENTINA, BRASIL & PARAGUAY

2007-04-24T02:04:00.000+10:00

Las cataratas de Iguazu....sin palabras.

¡El resto de fotos aquí!

BOCA JUNIORS VS. RIVER PLATE

2007-04-20T08:02:00.000+10:00

Desde que supe que había un clasico durante las fechas en las que iba a estar en Argentina inicie la busqueda de entradas. Miré por internet y encontré que iba a ser inmposible. Contacte un buen amigo argentino quien dijo iba a tratar de encontrar, desafortunadamente, ni siquiera el en Argentina puedo encontrarme un boleto. Ya en Buenos Aires vi que el hostal tenia tiquetes, estaban a $500 pesos, algo así como $170 dolares. mucho dinero, pues serían dos tiquetes. Menos mal el loco que trabajaba atendiendo en el hostal era colombiano y me las ayudo a conseguir en $330. Tuve la suerte de comprar los tiquetes con este loco, pues ninguno de los 150 extranjeros que comprarón las boletas de %500 pesos pudo entrar al partida, aparentemente al organizador lo embaucaron.
1-1 fue el resultado y ha sido el mejor partido que haya visto. No por la calidad del futbol solamente, sino por la hinchada que canto y salto por 90 minutos.

Mas fotos aquí!!

BUENOS AYRES

2007-04-19T02:51:00.000+10:00

Se acabo la etapa de Australia, es hora de volver a casa, el plan inicial era ir a Asia, pero como todo en la vida, los planes siempre van cambiando, ahora estoy en Buenos Aires, cumpleaños con tango y "Patricia, nene, chocolatico rico", en 3 dias a la frontera con Brasil a ver las cataratas de Iguazu, en estos momentos ando sin voz por dos cosas, aqui fuman demasiado y la ciudad esta muy contaminada y la otra es por que grite demasiado en el clasico Boca-River del domingo pasado en la Bombonera!!!

Todas las fotos aquí!!

CAFE PIET

2007-04-11T06:23:00.000+10:00

This post I owe to some of the nicest people Ive ever met. The Wang family and Zipkis. To be more exact, Shirley, Jack, Wendy and Lisa. Awesome people.

All of the pictures are here!!

WESTS TIGERS VS. PARRAMATTA EELS

2007-03-31T11:03:00.000+10:00

This wass my first NRL game, I head to the Parramatta stadium with Erick, Kate, Harold, PJ and me of course!! The final score was 22-20, a penalty kick in the extra time, 2 minutes before a draw. Erick's team, the eels won, it was a good show.

Full news in http://au.sports.yahoo.com/070213/2/13i3a.html

GUERRILLA GIRL

2007-03-21T18:40:00.000+11:00

Frank Piasecki Poulsen is a Danish who creates movies. In 2005 he released a movie where his intention was to show the human side of a "terrorist group" called FARC (Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia). He based it on the fact that FARC have been declared as a terrorist group by the US and the EU.

This movie was shown in Colombia in 2005 and I just watched it on SBS the other day.(http://www.sbs.com.au/).
I was greatly interested on taking a look to this documentary when announced in Australian TV, unfortunately, I felt like the movie was no real and without knowing it was from Denmark, I thought it was made by Venezuela's government.

What was shown in this doc was simply false. I am Colombian and I have lived there for 23 years. FARC men and woman are not victims and do not represent the people from Colombian, in fact, a majority of the population is sick of the war.

I am returning soon from a two years period of studies here in Australia. I don’t know if these two years here affected my hearing, but I am pretty sure the accent of some of the girls in the movie is Venezuelan and not Colombian, I might be wrong but that’s how I felt it.

COMING BACK TO THE PAST

2007-02-07T14:42:00.000+11:00

While trying to spend my last two months in Sydney and without a working visa I decided to give it a chance to the free-lance jobs I did a year ago again, websites for cafes, going around Kingsford I found a few places.

NOCTURNO III

2007-01-21T20:30:00.000+11:00

Una noche
Una noche toda llena de perfumes,
de murmullos y de música de alas,
una noche
en que ardían en la sombra nupcial y
húmeda las luciérnagas fantásticas,
a mi lado, lentamente, contra mí ceñida toda,
muda y pálida
como si un presentimiento de amarguras infinitas
hasta el más secreto fondo de tus fibras se agitara,
por la senda que atraviesa la llanura florecida
caminabas,
y la luna llena
por los cielos azulosos,
infinitos y profundos esparcía su luz blanca.
Y tu sombra
fina y lánguida,
y mi sombra
por los rayos de la luna proyectadas
sobre las arenas tristes
de la senda se juntaban
y eran una
y eran una
y eran una sola sombra larga
y eran una sola sombra larga
y eran una sola sombra larga.

Esta noche
solo, el alma
llena de las infinitas amarguras
y agonías de tu muerte,
separado de ti misma por la sombra,
por el tiempo y la distancia,
por el infinito negro
donde nuestra voz no alcanza,
solo y mudo
por la senda caminaba.
Y se oían los ladridos de los perros a la luna,
a la luna pálida,
y el chillido de las ranas.
Sentí frío. Era el frío que tenían en tu alcoba
tus mejillas y tus sienes y tus manos adoradas
entre las blancuras níveas
de las mortuorias sábanas.
Era el frío del sepulcro, era el frío de la muerte,
era el frío de la nada.
Y mi sombra
por los rayos de la luna proyectada
iba sola
iba sola
iba sola por la estepa solitaria.
Y tu sombra esbelta y ágil;
fina y lánguida
como en esa noche tibia de la muerta primavera,
como en esa noche llena de perfumes,
de murmullos y de música de alas,
se acercó y marchó con ella,
se acercó y marchó con ella,
se acercó y marchó con ella...
¡Oh las sombras enlazadas!
¡Oh las sombras que se juntan y se buscan
en las noches de negruras y de lágrimas!

JOSE ASUNCION SILVA

ONE MISSING PIECE

2007-01-07T11:42:00.000+11:00

Nick: 3 months

Patricia: 2 weeks

Time taken to put it all together (one freaking last piece missed)

NAN TIEN BUDDHIST TEMPLE

2007-01-06T14:41:00.000+11:00

I think this day was the first in the last three years that I have called sick to work, I felt sort of irresponsible, but it turned out to be a great day, went down to Wollongong with my girlfriend and at the end of the day we end up watching the Goonies.

All of the pictures are here!!

NYE 2007

2007-01-01T12:10:00.000+11:00

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STARRY NIGHT - VAN GOGH

2006-12-31T11:07:00.000+11:00

He drinks, she puzzles, next round will be "The persistance of the memory" and Salvador Dali

DAYS OF PUZZLES

2006-12-31T11:01:00.000+11:00

Not doing anything is a plan that starts with N (Nothing), days go by and I dont feel guilty of leaving time pass. chess, puzzles, kisses.

WHY IS BETTER TO BE IN PRISON THAN IN A OFFICE

2006-12-21T11:39:00.000+11:00

a)In prison you spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell. At work you spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle.

b)In prison you get 3 meals a day. At work you get a break for 1 meal and you have to pay for it.

c)In prison you get time off for good behavior. At work you get rewarded for good behavior with more work. In prison you can watch TV and play games. At work you get fired for watching TV and playing games.

d)In prison a guard locks, unlocks, opens and closes all doors for you. At work you must carry around a security card and unlock and open all doors yourself.

e)In prison you get your own toilet. At work you have to share.

f)In prison they allow you to visit your family and friends. At work you can't even speak to family and friends.

g)In prison all expenses are paid by taxpayers, with no work required. At work, you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for the prisoners.

h)In prison you spend most of your life looking through bars from the inside wanting to get out. At work you spend most of your time wanting to get out and inside bars.

i)In prison you can join many programs that you can leave at any time. At work there are some programs you can never get out of.

j)In prison there are wardens who are often sadistic and psychotic. At work we call them managers!

ONLY 4%

2006-12-21T11:19:00.000+11:00

The world known is only 4 percent; this aint nothing, I wich I could see more, but neither my passport nor my pocket let me do it. Hopefully next year I can see a couple more. To create your own map go to: http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries

U2 IN CONCERT

2006-11-16T21:34:00.000+11:00

2006-11-13: Telstra Stadium, Sydney - Australia

All of the pictures are here!!

Setlist:
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo / Pump It Up (snippet)
Elevation / Spinning Around (snippet) / I Should Be So Lucky (snippet)
I Will Follow
New Year's Day
Beautiful Day / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (snippet) / Blackbird (snippet) / Michelle (snippet)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Angel Of Harlem
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (snippet)
Love And Peace Or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet)
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (snippet) / One

Encore(s):
Until The End Of The World
Mysterious Ways
With Or Without You
The Saints Are Coming
Party Girl / I Should Be So Lucky (snippet)
Kite

CARLOS THE JACKAL

2006-11-05T12:05:00.000+11:00

The Jackal, is this guy that became one of the most notorious terrorist in the world, as big as Bin Laden back then, still alive and prisoned in France, Carlos (his real name is Ilich Ramirez) is been used in many movies, among them, "The Jackal" with Bruce Willis.

Watching this movie a few years ago I remember my father saying that the Jackal was actually south american, I was like, what....?

In fact and surprisingly, this guy was born in Venezuela and studied law. Guess where? Of course, Bogota, Colombia, in "La Universidad Libre".

For full biography, written by an American (obviously) go to: CRIME LIBRARY PROFILES

CHILDREN OF MEN

2006-11-03T16:43:00.000+11:00

Yesterday I felt like going to the movies, havent been there lately, checked online and nothing was really on, jus a bunch of crappy productions, checking what there was in Hornsby I found "Children of Men" and this is a sci-fi story with Clive Owen (Closer) and it is in the future, where human beings cannot procreate anymore (sounds fun) I went there not expecting much, but the movie was really good. Well done movie, made me think of second world war, sliders and Julius and all of his ideas about the end of the world, by the way, Julius is my boss and he is into all these conspiracy theories, human being creating biological weapons to depopulate this world by for instace no letting more human to be born. I liked the soundtrack, mix of bullets, screams and others...in the movie, adter 18 year without a birth, there is a immigrant in England pregnant (Immmigrants are to be killed by britons in the movie) England is the only place that has survived.

The movie was directed by a mexican, Alfonso Cuaron.

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN AVERAGE A WOMAN HAS SEX WITH DURING LIFE?

2006-11-03T16:20:00.000+11:00

My ex girlfriend once said if she got to be with 20 men in her life, she will sound as if she was a whore. How many people you have been with and how old are you so far? By the time she said this she was 27 and I dont know how many she has been with.

Answers

by soulful_kris

Here's the formula:
Age - 18 = maximum number of men she can sleep with before she's a whore.

by Mumbling Girl

Whoa! that's a lot dude, seriously!

I'm not a conservative person, but at 29 years old, I've been with four--3 of them were ex, the last one is my current BF.

by Julie W

First of all, if you love her, it shouldn't matter who or how many men she has been with as long as she has a clean bill of health. That was her past. You are hoping to be her future am I right? Then let it go. It really is none of your business.
I have had my share of sexual partners and my only concern for my future mate is that I am not bringing anything into the relationship that shouldn't be there. (you get my drift.) I am 28+ and if my man asks me that question, he will get this same answer.

by joeyboy_816

I say 1 new person a month from ages 21-30
thats 9 yrs 9 times 12 equals 96
moore than that and your a whore or my best friend

by Amanda

I am 19 and I have been with two people.

by Newfie_Girl

I am 25 and i ahve been with 7 guys and that's since i was 16

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PUBLICIDAD EN MIAMI

2006-10-31T16:54:00.000+11:00

No se si me parece bacano la publicidad por lo bien que habla de los colombianos, o tambien me da miedo pensar que los colombianos aplican tanto a esa visa, que ya nadie quiere quedarse en el pais.

NOUGHTS AND CROSSES IN THE SKY

2006-10-22T21:14:00.000+10:00

Now in the sky, two planes can play this game, crazy but cool.

EL SEÑOR PUNKERO

2006-10-20T11:08:00.000+10:00

My new house mate, Mr. No Frills´ son. El señor Punkero. This is a crown siamese fighting fish, and hes got a new house. LOL.

ESTE MORRACO

2006-10-13T21:05:00.000+10:00

Cuando era chinche, este morraco llamado Alf era el programa de TV mas visto en el mundo, a tal punto que toda niña conocida tuvo el famosisimo "copete de Alf"!! Hay que ver las fotos de todas mis primas, muy poquitas se salvaron la verdad.

EL POLLO Y EL MUNDO

2006-10-13T13:39:00.000+10:00

Un pollo al borde de una carretera, cruzo al otro lado.

PREGUNTA: Por qué el pollo cruzó la carretera?
RESPUESTAS:

*DESCARTES:

* Para ir al otro lado.

*PLATÓN:

* Por su bien. Al otro lado de la carretera se encuentra la Verdad.

*ARISTÓTELES:

* Esta en la naturaleza del pollo el cruzar las carreteras

*KARL MARX:

* Era históricamente inevitable

*CAPITÁN PICARD:

* Para llegar adonde ningun otro pollo habia jamas llegado antes.

*MARTIN LUTHER KING JR:

* He tenido un sueño donde todos los pollos eran libres de cruzar una carretera sin tener que justificar sus actos

*MOISES:

* Y Dios descendió del paraíso y le dijo al pollo: "cruza la carretera". Y el pollo cruzo y El vio que esto era bueno.

* RICHARD M. NIXON:

* El pollo no cruzo la carretera, repito, el pollo no cruzo nunca la carretera

*SIGMUND FREUD:

* El hecho de que te preocupe porque el pollo cruzo la carretera ya revela tu fuerte sentimiento de inseguridad sexual latente.

*BILL GATES:

* Precisamente acabamos de comprar la carretera con el pollo incluido para desarrollar el Microsoft Virtual Pollo 2003. Posiblemente en el Service Pack 14 se conteste la interrogante planteada.

*BUDA:

* Preguntarse tal cosa es renegar de tu propia naturaleza de pollo

*LA IGLESIA DE LA CIENCIOLOGIA:

* La razón esta en vosotros, pero no la conocéis todavía. Mediante un módico pago de $1.500 mas el alquiler de un detector de mentiras, le haremos un análisis psicológico que nos permitirá descubrir la razón.

*BILL CLINTON:

* Juro sobre la constitución que no ha pasado nada entre el pollo y yo.

*EINSTEIN:

* El hecho de que sea el pollo el que cruce la carretera o que sea la carretera la que se mueve bajo el pollo es relativo al referencial.

*ZEN:

* El pollo puede cruzar la carretera en vano, solo el Maestro conoce el ruido de su sombra detrás de la pared.

*NEO:

* El pollo no existe.

*STALIN:

* Hay que fusilar al pollo inmediatamente, y también a los testigos de la escena y a diez personas escogidas al azar por no haber impedido este acto subversivo

*EL MONO JOJOY:

* ¿Cómo logró pasar si teníamos minada la carretera?

*MANCUSO:

* Desplazaremos todo el gallinero y lo haremos desde el Congreso.

*GEORGE W. BUSH:

* El hecho de que el pollo haya cruzado la carretera con toda impunidad a pesar de las resoluciones de la ONU representa una grave ataque a la democracia, la justicia y la libertad. Esto prueba sin ninguna duda que teníamos que haber bombardeado esta carretera hace tiempo. Con el objetivo de garantizar la paz en esa región, y para evitar que los valores que defendemos sean otra vez atacados por este tipo de terrorismo, el gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América ha decidido enviar 17 porta aviones, 46 destructores y 154 fragatas, con el apoyo desde tierra de 243.000 soldados de infantería y por el aire de 846 bombarderos, que tendrán por misión, en nombre de la libertad y de la democracia, el eliminar todo asomo de vida en los gallineros a 5.000 km a la redonda, y después, asegurarse con unos disparos de misiles muy precisos de que todo lo que parezca de lejos o de cerca un gallinero sea reducido a un montón de cenizas y no pueda nunca mas desafiar a nuestra nacion con su arrogancia. Hemos decidido también que después, ese pais sera generosamente dirigido por nuestro gobierno, que reconstruirá gallineros según las normas vigentes de seguridad, poniendo a su frente un gallo elegido democráticamente por el embajador de los USA. Para financiar todas estas reconstrucciones, nos conformaremos con el control absoluto de toda la producción de cereales de la región durante 30 anos, sabiendo que los habitantes locales se beneficiaran de una tarifa preferente sobre una parte de la producción, a cambio de su total cooperación. En este nuevo pais de justicia, paz y libertad, podemos asegurares que nunca mas un pollo intentar cruzar una carretera, por la simple razón que no habrá mas carreteras y q ue los pollos no tendrán patas. Que Dios bendiga a América!

*ALVARO URIBE VELEZ: (Presidente de Colombia)

* Apoyaremos incondicionalmente al gobierno de los Estados Unidos

COMO DESPEJA LA X MAS DE UNA LOCA QUE CONOZCO?

2006-10-05T14:31:00.000+10:00

MATCH POINT

2006-09-21T16:52:00.000+10:00

The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a litte luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose.
Sounds familiar? I bet you know...

I am coming back to a subject that always interest me, chaos theory. Are we all part of a plan or there is free will, not sure yet, maybe next year!!!

KARTING IN EASTERN CREEK

2006-09-18T18:45:00.000+10:00

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PHILOSOPHY OF TIME II

2006-09-06T23:21:00.000+10:00

Presentism is the belief that neither the future nor the past exist; that the matter of the universe only exists in the present moment, that time is merely a concept of man used to describe what is going on around him.
The principle of causality is one of the main reasons that ends with any theory about time travel, what if I go back on time and kill my grand father?

UN CHIEN ANDALOU

2006-08-28T17:27:00.000+10:00

A french film made by two students, one of them "Salvador Dali" I really had no idea he also made movies, I can see the hand of Dali in this movies, however, he didnt follow a career in the cinema as buñuelo, the other student did. Dali, a spanish artist that change Spain for France made history in cinema as well.

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2006-08-11T14:32:00.000+10:00

WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRIES

2006-07-26T18:42:00.000+10:00

LONDON (AFP) - The tiny South Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu is the happiest country on Earth, according to a study published measuring people's wellbeing and their impact on the environment.

COLOMBIA, Costa Rica, Dominica and Panama complete the top five in the Happy Planet Index, compiled by the British think-tank New Economics Foundation (NEF).

Italy came out best in 66th place, ahead of Germany (81), Japan (95), Britain (108), Canada (111), France (129), the United States (150) and Russia, in lowly 172nd place

Does this sounds familiar?
"This is not a consumer-driven society. Life here is about community and family and goodwill to other people. It's a place where you don't worry too much."

Colombia is in the top 5 I can assure it is like that!!

Selected others: 17. Philippines; 23. Indonesia; 31. China; 32. Thailand; 44. Malaysia; 62. India; 64. Iceland; 70. Netherlands; 87. Spain; 88. Hong Kong; 89. Saudi Arabia; 99. Denmark; 112. Pakistan; 115. Norway; 119. Sweden; 123. Finland; 139. Australia; 154. UAE; 156. South Africa; 159. Kuwait; 166. Qatar.

Check the whole article in Yahoo news here!!

THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL

2006-07-19T20:11:00.000+10:00

Life in the tangent universe, what has been said about this, includes even books in mathematics, so I don’t pretend to talk about the theory, but what Hill happen in tangent universe if I disappear tomorrow, this existentialist question I am doing now takes me to think who will miss my existence, maybe not, but maybe my family and I mean my mom, my sister, my brother, dad, some days they don’t know whether I am alive or not, for a period of 24 hours is careless, maybe a week will make them wonder.
In a day I will be missed at work, either by Fijian Praneel or Philippine Julius, maybe they will call my mobile, maybe not.
Salazar the housemate will wonder also my existence, but if I don’t show up he wouldn’t say anything, I have done it already many times.
At the end for 24 hours the tangent universe opened will not affect the present one.
What to do then, during this 24 hours, it is freezing now, just landed some money in the account, I will go to buy a Ray Charles CD, go to a Colombian restaurant, spend 100 dollars in things I haven’t taste in months. Lie down in the middle of Hyde Park to listen my brand new CD and by the end of the day avoid doing something really bad, just after that, hot coffee, it is raining and I just observe.
What if the two tangent universes mix each other…first thing to do is go to myself and contemplate all the oblivious and idiot things I do.
I would like to say detail by detail what will be the consequences of thing done during the day, but stupidly my math level doesn’t let me comprehend it.
I read about petite anglaise and now I found her, just two hours after, maybe all the things that happen, they do happen I just don’t realize.

HYDRA

2006-07-17T23:12:00.000+10:00

Thinking on the violence problem and human beings, I wonder what was the biggest cause of deaths, and even though natural disasters and natural deaths and all that stuff counts for a lot of people dying, the reality is, we just kill each other, how? Mostly with guns, so I keep wondering who provides guns? I have always heard of countries such as USA and Russia (famous AK-47) think is Russian, and then I searched and found the five largest suppliers in the period 2001-2005, in order of value, were Russia, the U.S., France, Germany and the U.K. (is this magic?)
I know people in this countries kill each other, but I also know that is not as much as in countries in Africa, Asia and South America. I keep wondering and start searching results for Colombia and found that 80% of the homicides are done using firearms. (Is not that different in other countries).

The Hydra is mythical animal and real too with this amazing thing of having its parts growing when they were cut. (regeneration, let's call it).

That animal is named after this problem in Colombia, you do something here to fix it, but something then comes up!! I mention here Colombia because is where I come from, but I am sure that chinese, africans and some asians have a lot to say about this...

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/

DE COMO LOS COLORES EN LA OSCURIDAD CAMBIAN

2006-07-10T21:54:00.000+10:00

Nunca antes en la vida había tomado tantas duchas, en el mañana, pasado el meridiano y a las 2 a.m., tal vez cuando el gobierno de la florida subsidiaba el agua que venia de los pantanos y llegaba a la casa a las 4 no había nadie, y tomaba una ducha larga, fue el momento mas parecido al presente.
Esta vez no es así, esta vez los ecólogos me quieren asesinar, pues puedo estar toda la noche, debajo de la lluvia.
A decir verdad mi próximo invento es una lluvia entre la casa, y un piso en el que pueda dormir.
No necesitaré de la luz, pues ya puedo ver en la oscuridad, aunque a veces un bochorno de luz me asusta, pues no se su procedencia.
Cualquiera de los dos Enio Morricone o Martin emiten en el primer piso, yo no los puedo escuchar nítidamente pues el sonido del agua es más fuerte. Pero se todo ya.
Las letras podrían extenderse hasta el tamaño de los ensayos, pero no vale la pena, pues a nadie voy a poder matar.

TWISTED LOGIC CONCERT

2006-07-03T20:40:00.000+10:00

On the phone was Christian, he was listening to Chris Martin making jokes about how stupid he was, the truth is that Coldplay is awesome and the money paid for that ticket couldntve been spent better. I was reviewing what was likely to be listened in the Concert and "trouble" wasnt in the list, but when I heard the first two seconds and then stopped I knew I was gonna listen to...!!
The first song in the concert was "Square One", the numbers behind and 20000 mouths yelling and singing.
The last one was "In my place".

WWW.COLDPLAY06.BLOGSPOT.COM
TWISTED LOGIC CONCERT

CHECK ALL PICTURES HERE!!

HARBOUR BRIDGE AND OPERA HOUSE

2006-06-27T22:49:00.000+10:00

Sydney once again, now from a different perspective.

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

2006-06-27T22:47:00.000+10:00

Here is Uni, still missing the lake and the shopping centre in that picture.

HOME AT THORNLEIGH

2006-06-27T22:43:00.000+10:00

This is my place, there´s a forrest behind

WORK

2006-06-27T22:40:00.000+10:00

Here is work, next to Epping Road.

COLDPLAY, DAYS BEFORE...

2006-06-25T20:29:00.000+10:00

In less than 72 hours, I will have COLDPLAY singing TROUBLE right at my face!!

WWW.COLDPLAY06.BLOGSPOT.COM
CLICK HERE FOR A PREVIEW OF WHAT WILL BE COMING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

SPANGLISH

2006-06-17T19:30:00.000+10:00

No doubt USA is the country where Spanglish is widespread, however, Australia is not an exception, and even when I dont want to relate to names I can say I have heard, things such: "Tú eres más HAIRY en COMPARISON TO HIM", it should be "you are more hairy compared to him" or "tú eres mas peludo en comparacion a el".

Spanish speaking people call the city "la city".

There are others like "Tell me LO TODO", it should be "Tell me everything" or "Dimelo todo". (horroroso)

In USA is more common thought, the hispanics there use the word "so" in th middle of a conversation in spanish, and call things such a carpet, "la carpeta".

I remember being there listening to things like:

"Ya me voy a get up"
"Voy a diggear el piso"

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Una bien campeona es "te voy a llama pa tras" que viene del "call back" en ingles.
El pais que mas recuerdo ver mezclar esto, ademas de los chicanos (que no son un país) es Purto Rico.

CAMBALACHE

2006-06-15T20:42:00.000+10:00

Por Enrique Santos Discepolo

Que el mundo fue y sera una porqueria,
ya lo se...
En el quinientos seis
y en el dos mil también!
Que siempre ha habido chorros,
maquiavelos y estafaos,
contentos y amargaos,
valores y dublés...
Pero que el siglo veinte
es un despliegue
de maldad insolente
ya no hay quien lo niegue.
Vivimos revolcaos en un merengue
y en un mismo lodo
todos manoseaos...
Hoy resulta que es lo mismo
ser derecho que traidor..!
Ignorante, sabio, chorro,
generoso o estafador!
Todo es igual! Nada es mejor!
Lo mismo un burro
que un gran profesor!
No hay aplazaos ni escalafon,
los inmorales nos han igualao.
Si uno vive en la impostura
y otro roba en su ambicion,
da lo mismo que sea cura,
colchonero, rey de bastos,
caradura o polizon...

Que falta de respeto,
que atropello a la razon!
Cualquiera es un señor!
Cualquiera es un ladron!
Mezclao con Stavisky va Don Bosco
y "La Mignon,"
Don Chicho y Napoleon,
Carnera y San Martin...
Igual que en la vidriera irrespetuosa
de los cambalaches
se ha mezclao la vida
y herida por un sable sin remache
ves llorar la Biblia
contra un calefon.

Siglo veinte, cambalache
problematico y febril!
El que no llora, no mama,
y el que no afana es un gil.
Dale nomas! Dale que va!
Que alla en el horno
nos vamo a encontrar!
No pienses mas,
sentate a un lao.
Que a nadie importa
si naciste honrao.
Que es lo mismo el que labura
noche y dia, como un buey
que el que vive de los otros,
que el que mata o el que cura
o esta fuera de la ley.
That the world was and it will be filth,
I already know...
In the year five hundred and six
and in the year two thousand too!
There always have been thieves,
traitors and victims of fraude,
happy and bitter people,
valuables and imitations
But, that the twentieth century
is a display
of insolent malice,
nobody can deny it anymore.
We lived sunk in a fuzz
and in the same mud
all well-worn...
Today it happens it is the same
to be decent or a traitor!
To be an ignorant, a genius, a pickpocket,
a generous person or a swindler!
All is the same! Nothing is better!
They are the same, an idiot ass
and a great professor!
There are no failing grades or merit valuations,
the inmorals have caught up with us.
If one lives in a pose
and another, in his ambition, steals,
it's the same if it's a priest,
a matress maker, a king of clubs,
a cad or a tramp.

What a lack of respect,
what a way to run over reason!
Anybody is a gentleman!
Anybody is a thief!
Mixed with Stavinsky, you have Don Bosco
and La Mignon
don Chicho and Napoleon,
Carnera and San Martin.
Like in the disrespectful window
of the bazaars,
life is mixed up,
and wounded by a rivetless sword
you can see a Bible crying
against a water heater.

Twentieth century, bazaar
problematic and feverish!
If you don't cry you don't get fed
and if you don't steal you're a stupid.
Go ahead! Keep it up!
That there, in hell
we're gonna reunite.
Don't think anymore,
move out of the way.
Nobody seems to care
if you were born honest.
It's the same the one who works,
day and night like an ox,
than the one who lives from the others,
than the one that kills or heals
or than the one who lives outside the law.

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW, WE ARE NOT IN THE WORLD CUP

2006-06-10T01:46:00.000+10:00

And I mean Colombia, actually I was asked by many people if we qualified, to which I had to said, embarrased, No, we did not.
Checking back, why we are not a this world cup, I guess, it´s because we have a history of messing things big time in sports.
Let´s say! what do people remember about Colombia Soccer Team?
Yes!, of course Andres Escobar, and a drunk bodyguard shooting him, god knows how many times after USA 94 world cup elimination.
Just recently I think a few colombian soccer players were killed, not that I am proud of! But Colombia is passion, isnt it? Even when is the sort of wrong passion.
We are not this year in the world cup and if things keep going like this, maybe I won´t see my team in the near future playing in such event, I wish to see them next time.

SOCCER TV SPOT

2006-06-06T10:04:00.000+10:00

IF I WERE A DEAD RUSSIAN COMPOSER I WOULD BE IGOR STRAVINSKY

2006-06-05T22:48:00.000+10:00

If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Igor Stravinsky.

Known as a true son of the new 20th Century, my music started out melodic and folky but slowly got more dissonant and bizzare as I aged. I am a traveler and a neat freak, and very much hated those rotten eggs thrown at me after the premiere of "The Rite of Spring."

Who would you be? Dead Russian Composer Personality Test

FERRY MANLY - SYDNEY

2006-06-05T12:57:00.000+10:00

Every other sunday, I catch a ferry to go from Manly to Sydney, ever since the first day I have done this trip, I find this city, wonderful!! Probably one of the most beautiful cities in the world, I guess I still have to see other cities before making up my mind about that.
Yesterday the waves where huge, the water evern got inside the ferry a few times.
scary, but nice.
I was listening "nights in white satin".

CONTRADICTORIO

2006-06-04T01:10:00.000+10:00

Es como contradictorio decir:

Sabio es aquél que piensa antes de actuar
El que piensa, pierde

No dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy
Del afan no queda sino el cansancio

Mas vale tarde que nunca
Loro viejo nunca aprende

No por madrugar, amanece mas temprano
Al que madruga Dios le ayuda

Perro que ladra no muerde
Cuando el río suena, piedras lleva

A grandes males grande remedios
A veces el remedio es peor que la enfermedad

Definitivamente los dichos no sirven pa' un carajo!!!

DO YOU WANT TO KILL SOMEBODY AND GET PAID FOR IT?

2006-06-03T00:04:00.000+10:00

You simply need to join the US army!!!!
The number of civilians REPORTED killed by military intervention in IRAQ is at least 38000!!
This means, mums, grandmas, children.
So you know now, if you want to kill somebody, get away with it and get paid besides!! Join the US army.

NEMESIS

2006-06-02T00:46:00.000+10:00

En la mitología griega Némesis (llamada Ramnusia, la «diosa de Ramnus» en su santuario de Ramnus) es la diosa de la venganza y la fortuna. Es una deidad antigua, por lo que no está sometida a los dictámenes de los olímpicos. Castiga sobre todo la desmesura. Sus sanciones tienen usualmente la intención de dejar claro a los hombres que, debido a su condición humana, no pueden ser excesivamente afortunados ni deben trastocar con sus actos, ya sean buenos o malos, el equilibrio universal. Un claro ejemplo lo encontramos en Creso, que al ser demasiado dichoso fue arrastrado por Némesis a una expedición contra Ciro que provocó su ruina.

WHAT A WEEK

2006-05-31T11:48:00.000+10:00

International Accounting
Strategic Intelligence
Marketing Communications
This time is only three instead of four, I could say it should be easier, but is crap as usual, I guess the only difference is that I have no Kit Kats to study with. I miss Geraldine, I got up feeling homesick today. I feel dry, tired.

CAFECITO

2006-05-25T11:00:00.000+10:00

Que duro es sentir que el café se está quedando sin latte… no se empata mi corazón ni con la razón ni con nada…aniquilar una esperanza…Carpe Diem… Hoy se cumple el día No. 6 de este año…Preciso de café en "presente eterno"… Mi amas vin tre multe.

ME GUSTA TODAVIA

2006-05-10T15:50:00.000+10:00

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It really doesnt it matter if I´ve been here more than a year, anytime I have the chance to cross the harbour bridge or look at the Opera House, I do it, I still like this view and I am not tired of it as some sydneysiders might feel like.

THE PEOPLE FROM USA...HOW THEY DO NOT HAVE A GENTILIC

2006-05-09T01:22:00.000+10:00

Gentilic is defined as name of an inhabitant or inhabitants of a country, region or city.
In my case "Colombian" because I was born in Colombia, "Australian" then to someone born in Australia.
What is the gentilic for United States of America?
American?
Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
American citizens are so selfish in their language they call themselves "Americans" when America is a continent and not just one country.
In that case Americans are also from Canadians to Argentinians, even myself, I was born in a continent called America.
So how to call the people from USA?
At least in english there is not other way, leaving them as probably one of the countries in the world without a gentilic.
Even english (people from England) have a gentilic, so it is not a matter of english language.
In spanish we can call "estadounidenses" to the people of USA, however that is a second mistake, because there are also other countries named as United States, for example (Estados Unidos do Brasil or Estados Unidos Mexicanos).
This all lead me to only way the people from USA can be named, and that is a before-pejorative (derogatory) GRINGO, which is not a gentilic for white people but for the people of USA only.
By the way, gringo is actually coming from two words in english GREEN-GO, which became famous during Vietnam War, shouted by Vietnamese people regading USA soldiers.

LA CANDELARIA - BOGOTA

2006-05-04T12:46:00.000+10:00

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This is Bogota, and this is just an area in the city, is called "La Candelaria" and its gorgeous!!

PARO DE TRANSPORTE BOGOTANO

2006-05-03T09:20:00.000+10:00

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Esto esta una risa!!

CANBERRA

2006-04-28T11:36:00.000+10:00

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BEST LATIN JAZZ

2006-04-20T13:11:00.000+10:00

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HARRYS CAFE DE WHEELS

2006-04-18T17:06:00.000+10:00

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Investigando con los Australianos donde podiamos comer el mejor Aussie Pie, nos recomendaron en Woloomooloo ir a Harrys Cafe the Wheels, alli estuvimos con Nelson antes de que regresara a Colombia y esto fue lo que encontramos...un par de pies que estuvieron buenisimos!!! Hasta el capitan de KFC estuvo aca, al menos estaba en las fotos que este cuchitril australiano tenia.

MELBOURNE

2006-04-11T17:50:00.000+10:00

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I'm back!!! I've been out due to IT mismanagement decisions and bad luck, but anyway, in the mean time I took five days off and head to Melbourne to take a look to the Grand Prix and have AJIACO, yes!!!! This city is definately more cultural and more alternative than Sydney, here with the opera house and the harbour bridge we have a city to be shown to the world, while there with trams and wine I feel more back in time...There are more universities in the city which makes it different and definately the night life is also charged with things like for example the best Latin Jazz ever heard.

GREAT OCEAN ROAD AND 12 APOSTLES

2006-04-11T17:47:00.000+10:00

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The 12 Apostles is one of the world wonders, and hell it is!! We rent a Holden Barina and went along the Great Ocean Road, up to 180 Km/h, the landscape there left me speechless.

FORMULA 1

2006-04-11T17:07:00.000+10:00

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Como raro Montoya no hizo nada, faltando 10 vueltas se salio en una curva...ademas inexplicablemente en el safety car se dejo pasar de dos autos e hizo fila en pits con kimi...obvio aqui en la carrera no se puede apreciar tanto como en television...aunque hay pantallas gigantes igual para observar la carrera, la otra cosa son los motores de los autos, suenan tan fuerte como un avion y llega a ser hasta incomodo en algunos momentos...faltando 4 vueltas me fui hacia el podio y no me di cuenta de lo que le paso a Jenson Button, pero al menos se tomaron buenas fotos...Montoya no quiso saludarnos.

'YOU'VE GOT TO FIND WHAT YOU LOVE'

2006-03-15T22:33:00.000+11:00

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

LAS CUARENTA

2006-03-02T18:32:00.000+11:00

DE 1937, PERO MAS FAMOSA EN ROMEO Y BUSETA Y LOS TUTA

Con el pucho de la vida apretado entre los labios,
la mirada turbia y fría, un poco lerdo el andar,
dobló la esquina del barrio y curda ya de recuerdos,
como volcando un veneno, esto se le oyó acusar:

Vieja calle de mi barrio donde he dado el primer paso,
vuelvo a vos gastado el mazo es inútil barajar,
con una llaga en el pecho, con mi sueño echo pedazos,
que se rompió en un abrazo que me diera la verdad.

Aprendí todo lo malo,
aprendí todo lo bueno,
sé del beso que se compra,
sé del beso que se da;
del amigo que es amigo
siempre y cuando le convenga,
y sé que con mucha plata...
uno vale mucho más.
Aprendí que en esta vida
hay que llorar, si otros lloran,
y si la murga se ríe uno se debe reír;
no pensar, ni equivocado, ¿para qué?,
si igual se vive,
y además corrés el riesgo
de que te bauticen "gil".

La vez que quise ser bueno, en la cara se me rieron.
Cuando grité una injusticia, la fuerza me hizo callar.
La experiencia fue mi amante, el desengaño mi amigo.
¡Toda carta tiene contra y toda contra se da!

Hoy no creo ni en mí mismo, todo es grupo, todo es falso
y aquél el que está más alto es igual a los demás.
Por eso no has de extrañarte si alguna noche borracho
me vieran pasar del brazo con quien no debo pasar.

BIENES COMUNES, POR SUSANA RUBIO

2006-02-27T01:47:00.000+11:00

Estimada Cristina:

Ayer recibí una misiva de tu abogado donde me invitaba a enumerar los bienes comunes, con el fin de comenzar el proceso de disolución de nuestro vínculo matrimonial. A continuación te remito dicha lista, para que puedas solicitar la certificación al Notario y tener listos todos los escritos antes de la comparecencia ante el tribunal.

Como verás, he dividido la lista en dos partes.
Básicamente, un apartado con las cosas de nuestros cinco años de matrimonio con las que me gustaría quedarme y otra con las que te puedes quedar tú. Para cualquier duda o comentario, ya sabes que puedes llamarme al teléfono de la oficina (de ocho a cuatro) o al móvil (hasta las once) y estaré encantado de repasar la lista contigo.

Cosas a conservar:

- La carne de gallina que salpicó mis antebrazos cuando te vi por primera vez en la oficina.

- El leve rastro de perfume que quedó flotando en el ascensor una mañana, cuando te bajaste en la segunda planta, y yo aún no me atrevía a dirigirte la palabra.

- El movimiento de cabeza con el que aceptaste mi invitación a cenar.

- La mancha de rimel que dejaste en mi almohada la noche que por fin dormimos juntos.

- La promesa de que yo sería el único que besaría la constelación de pecas de tu pecho.

- El mordisco que dejé en tu hombro y tuviste que disimular con maquillaje porque tu vestido de novia tenía un escote de palabra de honor.

- Las gotas de lluvia que se enredaron en tu pelo durante nuestra luna de miel en Londres.

- Todas las horas que pasamos mirándonos, besándonos, hablando y tocándonos. (También las horas que pasé simplemente soñando o pensando en ti).

Cosas que puedes conservar tú:

- Los silencios.

- Aquellos besos tibios y emponzoñados, cuyo ingrediente principal era la rutina.

- El sabor acre de los insultos y reproches.

- La sensación de angustia al estirar la mano por la noche para descubrir que tu lado de la cama estaba vacío.

- Las nauseas que trepaban por mi garganta cada vez que notaba un olor extraño en tu ropa.

- El cosquilleo de mi sangre pudriéndose cada vez que te encerrabas en el baño a hablar por teléfono con él.

- Las lágrimas que me tragué cuando descubrí aquel arañazo ajeno en tu ingle.

- Jorge y Cecilia. Los nombres que nos gustaban para los hijos que nunca llegamos a tener.

Con respecto al resto de objetos que hemos adquirido y compartido durante nuestro matrimonio (el coche, la casa, etc) solo comunicarte que puedes quedártelos todos. Al fin y al cabo solo son eso: objetos.

Por último, recordarte el n º de teléfono de mi abogado (914070485) para que tu letrado pueda contactar con él y ambos se ocupen de presentar el escrito de divorcio para ratificar nuestro convencimiento.

Afectuosamente,

Roberto.

Nota: Ganadora del III Concurso Antonio Villalba de Cartas de Amor.

ACCIDENTE DE BAVARIA EN BOGOTA

2006-02-23T13:24:00.000+11:00

En el cruce de la avenida 17 y 19 en Bogotá, se pueden ver estas perlas.

INDIGENTE DEL CARTUCHO

2006-02-23T13:15:00.000+11:00

Cualquier parecido con la realidad es mera coincidencia, Osama escondido en el cartucho? Ese loco es mas inteligente d elo que pense, mientras que el tipo esta aca, el ejercito gringo lo anda buscando en Afganistan, que belleza.

UNOS VINITOS

2006-02-16T00:53:00.000+11:00

Angie, Pilar, Andrea, Felipe, Martin, Manuel, Monica y yo.

BEER

2006-02-15T14:56:00.000+11:00

Helping ugly people have sex since 1862!!!

MI MAR FAVORITO

2006-02-15T11:31:00.000+11:00

El mar Caribe no es de aguas heladas, y fue perfecto en Cartagena un dia en que la niebla estaba en todos lados, eran las 5 pm. llovia fuerte y suave, pero no era frio, el agua hasta la boca del estomago y no veia a nadie a mas de un metro. Yo se quien mas lo ha visto.

LECCIÓN DE MATEMATICAS

2006-02-15T10:28:00.000+11:00

A las mas fea (horrenda) de las mujeres, le están cayendo tres, (tipos), es una regla, guste le quien le guste, y ahí comienza el número, el cual se incrementa o con belleza o con licor, sin embargo toda regla tiene su excepción, (Munra, la inmortal) que era como llamaban a una compañera de la universidad, esta fuera de concurso, así que si a ella hoy en día le están cayendo tres tipos, debe sentirse afortunada, finalmente también no cuenta la mas vagamunda de todas, pues a ella no le caen, sino que cae!!

Así pues:

3 – La más fea
6 – Aguanta
9 – Como dice el Chileno “Entera rica”

MANUELS´ BIRTHDAY

2006-02-07T02:04:00.000+11:00

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In the night we all went to VIVAZ and we also have a BBQ the very next day!!!

YEAR OF THE DOG

2006-02-06T10:44:00.000+11:00

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I´m dog, so this is my year baby!!!

CHICAQUE - CLOUD FORREST

2006-01-29T20:40:00.000+11:00

Chicaque Park Website

A veces en lugares inimaginables comienza a oler a cafe, no lo puedo evitar.

GRATIS HASTA UN BALAZO

2006-01-28T18:24:00.000+11:00

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Australia Day - It´s all free!!!

FIREWORKS AT DARLING HARBOUR VIDEO

2006-01-28T18:18:00.000+11:00

Click on the image to play the video!!!!

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LUNCH AT THE ROCKS

2006-01-28T18:12:00.000+11:00

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OPERA HOUSE STAIRS

2006-01-28T18:08:00.000+11:00

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We were waiting for a spectacle that never came

WOGGAN-MA-GULE

2006-01-27T11:11:00.000+11:00

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Aboriginal Ceremony at sunrise.

MOTORFEST

2006-01-27T11:09:00.000+11:00

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Geraldine, Fernando and me, the parliament house, classic cars, Australia day.

AUSTRALIA DAY SURF BOARD CHALLENGE

2006-01-27T10:13:00.000+11:00

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THE ENTRANCE

2006-01-24T17:01:00.000+11:00

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Up the coast, just three hours from Sydney, this is a really nice place where sea water tranforms into something like a lake, Fernando and Nelson were there with me.

MOONLIGHT CINEMA

2006-01-22T17:00:00.000+11:00

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Geraldine from France and other french friends, pictures taken with my mobile, sorry for the resolution.

HUNGER FOR HILL - ORANGE MERLOT 2003

2006-01-13T18:04:00.000+11:00

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Hunter Valley , NSW - Vineyard and cheese, testing tour and a country place, what else can I ask?

SUMMER 2006, 23 YEARS OLD, AUSTRALIA, EARTH, MILKY WAY, UNIVERSE

2006-01-10T18:04:00.000+11:00

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CAÑON DEL CHICAMOCHA

2006-01-07T15:39:00.000+11:00

Ellos dormian y el tomaba fotografias

FOG IN COLOMBIAN ROADS

2006-01-07T15:38:00.000+11:00

More than common is that you are driving in Colombian roads, its sunny and all of the sudden you can´t see shit, the fog is all over.

LA QUINTA DE BOLIVAR

2006-01-07T15:35:00.000+11:00

This is the house where SIMON BOLIVAR died, located in Santa Marta, Colombia

FACES

2006-01-07T15:22:00.000+11:00