tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89807008114549977012024-02-19T07:35:56.833-05:00FonchoBaggins'sFonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-87435623107972336752013-05-08T04:27:00.002-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.413-05:00The pleasure of serving (Gabriela Mistral)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday i recalled a text from Mistral, i never thought about translating it...<br />
<a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2010/08/hasta-siempre-hermanito.html">Recalling Brother Arias</a>, of course; and all what scouting means.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">The Pleasure of Serving</span></strong><br />
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All of nature is a yearning for service:<br />
The cloud serves, the wind, the furrow.<br />
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Where there is a tree to plant, you plant it.<br />
Where there is a mistake to correct, you correct it.<br />
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Be the one who removes the rock from the road,<br />
The hate from the hearts,<br />
And the difficulties from the problem.<br />
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There is joy in being wise and just,<br />
But above all there is the beautiful,<br />
The immense happiness of serving.<br />
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How sad the world would be if everything was already done.<br />
If there was no rosebush to plant,<br />
No enterprise to undertake.<br />
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Do not limit yourself to easy tasks.<br />
It's so beautiful to do what others dodge.<br />
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But don't fool yourself to the error that only<br />
Great tasks done can be counted as accomplishments.<br />
There are small acts of service that are good:<br />
Sweep the floor of the house,<br />
Throw the trash away,<br />
Setting the table,<br />
Putting some books in order,<br />
Serving is not a labor for slaves.<br />
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God, who is almighty, serves and teaches to serve.<br />
To serve the poor, the kid, the ill, the weak, the elder, all the ones with needs...<br />
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Once more the scouting world gathers again for a massive event, this time in Kristianstad - Sweden. I am lucky i can participate here, and here i'm sharing some stuff around it. You can <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2012/03/wsj2011-vikings-part-5.html">check the previous post here</a>. <span style="color: #999999;">Una vez más el Escultismo mundial se junta en un Jamboree, esta vez cerca de la ciudad sueca de Kristianstad. Tengo la suerte de poder participar, y aqui publicaré algunas cosas que vayan pasando. Puedes ver el artículo anterior <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2012/03/wsj2011-vikings-part-5.html">haciendo click aquí</a>.</span><br />
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This is the 1st Jamboree that included a program for adults, or at least that's what the organizers said (marketing, politics... image hehe, hope that's true!)... and turns to be a great idea to give some actvs, although i feel they were a bit too exigent (however, that's always the trade-off... it it's too easy is not worthy). The instructions were contained in the handbook:<br />
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Among the activities for spare time, we got a nice variety... one that specially competitive was playing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgeball">dodgeball</a> in the nordic style (they use a ghost). Because of my lack of physical condition and my competitive spirit i ended the couple of games with scratches and injured... nothing serious, but duuuude... i'm getting old!<br />
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Got free time? Then, sounds like you want to go to the beach. Beyond the very main stream activity of taking sunbaths and getting into the water... if you are a scout (like us! ...or maybe not so cool, but a scout finally) you may want to build up such structures on the water to play some volleyball. Check carefully on the picture to see the net... because volleyball in the sand is too main stream.<br />
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If not having enough time to go to the beach, then there was some entertainment inside the subcamps as well... like the Salsa and Cumbia Workshop held by colombians in the Winter Sub Camp. I had a nice time with Sharlinda and Els there... the girls got their moves!</div>
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So, you don't dance hu...? Then maybe you are more into <a href="http://www.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx">legos</a>. In the Spring Sub Camp (for adults only), there was a box with hundreds of pieces and if you haven't look at the picture below yet u may try to guess what people made at the beginning. After that they got into a massive structure with a surrealistic approach... maybe some drugged architect can asses what was that.<br />
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If you walk around the sub Camps during the <a href="http://www.worldscoutjamboree.se/2011/08/cultural-festival-day-2/">Cultural Festival Day</a> (see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsj2011/sets/72157627355140282/">Jamboree's Flickr photos of such here</a>), you'll see that all the patrols are holding something to share, either food or games... but fun is assured ;) i enjoyed, particularly, visiting the guys from HongKong and Poland... on the first one i performed the Lion Dance with the proper costume and with the poles i had to read some of their words... even when my level of polish was pretty much (still) "kurczack i herbata, prosze" they were impressed by my language skills... ho ho ho :p<br />
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Did i mention you can go party? Well, of course you can! Contingents organize parties just so the people can go and have fun with their rhythms... i think the best one was the brazilian, organized by my friend Ricardinho (the boy has been improving, when i met him in 2004 he just a mortal rover and he became Head of Contingent... good job there!).<br />
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But the best... the best activity in the camp was, by far... well, not so "by far"; but we were so looking forward to get into this balls and see how was it like. Simply... EPIC. I want my own.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What else do you feel like doing?</span><br />
Taking a nap... Felix got a hammock and took an awesome nap in the woods<br />
Playing your musical instrument? There was a guy who played the violin for a couple of hours in the road, without asking for coins. In the previous Jamboree Simon and Edu were playing the guitar and the clarinet.<br />
Playing football? basketball? Yeah, you can still play your main stream games. There's where ;)<br />
Mini Golf? He he, there was a court in the British Tent... i kicked Felix's ass (sorry bro!)<br />
Sauna? The Finish Contingent built one in Spring Sub Camp.<br />
Yoga or relaxation stuff? Got it, it's on the map.<br />
Get bored? ...well, that's a hard one<br />
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Go check the <a href="http://www.scout.org/">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> and check for some evens, if you want...<br />
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Once more the scouting world gathers again for a massive event, this time in Kristianstad - Sweden. I am lucky i can participate here, and here i'm sharing some stuff around it. You can <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2012/02/wsj2011-quest-is-best-part-4.html">check the previous post here</a>. <span style="color: #999999;">Una vez más el Escultismo mundial se junta en un Jamboree, esta vez cerca de la ciudad sueca de Kristianstad. Tengo la suerte de poder participar, y aqui publicaré algunas cosas que vayan pasando. Puedes ver el artículo anterior <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2012/02/wsj2011-quest-is-best-part-4.html">haciendo click aquí</a>.</span><br />
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There is <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2012/02/wsj2011-quest-is-best-part-4.html">no doubt that Quest is best</a>, and in such context... i felt i met the best group of <a href="http://www.worldscoutjamboree.se/2011/02/international-service-team/">IST</a> in the whole Jamboree :) Of course, among scouts it's always easy to socialize and make friends, but this time i got a very special feeling, maybe because it was he first time i was taking part in the IST (International Service Team), but come on... it's still special!<br />
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Now check some pics here about the games and the nice Viking-time we spent together... and feel the viking spirit running through your veins. First, the games in our Viking World... and then some additional features. Special thanks to Felix and Karel for sharing the pictures and let me publish them here, guys... you totally rock! Thanks + Danke shön!<br />
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Sing along... (don't remember the name here)<br />
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"Be productive, not lazy" Stop<br />
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Weight the fish<br />
Photo: Karel // Edition: @fonchobaggins</td></tr>
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Horse shoes (any name for this one??)<br />
Photo: Karel // Edition: @fonchobaggins</td></tr>
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The Tower<br />
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The Ladder<br />
Photo: Karel // Edition: @fonchobaggins</td></tr>
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1st Vikings Reunion. Who's hungry??<br />
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These babies required a lot of maintenance and care<br />
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:) x6<br />
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Yup, we receive aprox 5000 scouts/day<br />
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i miss all my Vikings! got my rune right here with me!<br />
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Amazing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondeu">Fondue</a> organized by Roland!<br />
...and me delivering some entertainment (as punishment)<br />
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Awesome Boss is awesome... and we love her! ♥<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, the time with the Viking was so memorable that i thought about getting a frame for the our picture... and, in fact, i succeed :)</span></div>
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1st Vikings Reunion<br />
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Go check the <a href="http://www.scout.org/">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> and check for some evens, if you want...<br />
But if you are a scout, i really really tell you: go to an international activity and enjoy it as much as you can, and you'll have the time of your life. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Puedes ver la página de la <a href="http://www.scout.org/es">Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout</a> y revisar algunos eventos, si quieres... pero si eres scout, te digo... y te lo digo muy bien: ve a una actividad internacional y diusfruta todo lo que puedas, pues es algo espectacular.</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-15997578089218403922012-02-08T13:05:00.002-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.006-05:00WSJ2011 - Quest is Best (part 4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Quest is Best (part 4)</b><br />
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Once more the scouting world gathers again for a massive event, this time in Kristianstad - Sweden. I am lucky i can participate here, and here i'm sharing some stuff around it. You can <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/09/wjs2011-setting-up-part-3.html">check the previous post here</a>. <span style="color: #999999;">Una vez más el Escultismo mundial se junta en un Jamboree, esta vez cerca de la ciudad sueca de Kristianstad. Tengo la suerte de poder participar, y aqui publicaré algunas cosas que vayan pasando. Puedes ver el artículo anterior <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/09/wjs2011-setting-up-part-3.html">haciendo click aquí</a>.</span><br />
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When i was asked where i wanted to work in the Jamboree (because all the adults who go have to work!) i was really laid-back and said "whatever", knowing that i can either go and take pictures around... or clean the toilettes (which, if u think about it, it's a job with a high impact, its quiet important!). i'm not really skillfull for humanity purposes... i don't know anything about bakery or how to perform properly on the kitchen (i just cook to survive), not big knowledge on how to make beer (lost of people would love me, right!?), i don't know anything about carpentry or electricity (well, i know some theory but i rather avoid dealing with cables and stuff), i don't play properly any instrument, my medical skills are limited to the first aids and how to treat hung over (and that's just tea, avoid food and sleep) and in general... i feel a bit useless for society if no industries, organizations or projects to be executed. Well, maybe i can teach english or spanish and become a storyteller, so i think i have some hope. <br />
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Quest Opening Ceremony<br />
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So, the point is that i arrived where i was supposed to after a very interesting quest on my own... <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/08/hi-im-looking-for-noisy-cafe.html">looking for the Noisy Cafe</a>. It happened that i was assigned to work on the best are of the whole camp: where the scouts have to play, get dirty, challenge themselves and, of course, have a lot of fun. Quest is all about challenges+games for the patrols and i cannot think for a better area or people for my work... it was amazing! :) There were different "Ages" in Quest (Cave, Conquest, Viking and Medieval), as you can see on the picture below. The Planning Team managed to make a song with some steps for every Age, using the rhythm of "I gotta feeling" (i can mention this with no problems with the SOPA or ACTA, right? if not, before sending me jail please let me delete it!) and with some more songs to encourage people to have a good time...<br />
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Quest - Giving instructions to the patrols<br />
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And thank God there was no need for me to learn any new skills, just to be brave enough to face 5000 scouts every day (but i think they were more... help with the data, please!). That's specially intimidating when your boss (Hi Hanna, Bruce, Gustav, Hende! i miss you all) tells you to guide all this people to the different games/challenges in the area... but it was interesting hehe (Bram made a very good job there!). Look at these kids (picture below).... ready to get into the best activity of the Jamboree!<br />
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Quest - Scouts "dancing" YMCA<br />
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Yeah, they are dancing <a href="http://youtu.be/CS9OO0S5w2k">YMCA</a> because it was part of the ritual everyday before entering to all the Ages in Quest. Now, if you follow this link <a href="http://youtu.be/nad0CAnsQCE">Jam N - Episode 8</a> and go to the minute 2:11 you'll see what people think about Quest, but i think it may be even better to take a closer look to how day in Quest looks like, so here i leave you a video from a polish patrol (or maybe it's from the contingent). After watching you have no other alternative than saying and remember: QUEST IS BEST! ...and it always will be! Enjoy! Do zobaczenia!<br />
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Go check the <a href="http://www.scout.org/">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> and check for some evens, if you want...<br />
But if you are a scout, i really really tell you: go to an international activity and enjoy it as much as you can, and you'll have the time of your life. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Puedes ver la página de la <a href="http://www.scout.org/es">Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout</a> y revisar algunos eventos, si quieres... pero si eres scout, te digo... y te lo digo muy bien: ve a una actividad internacional y diusfruta todo lo que puedas, pues es algo espectacular.</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-65315308970879338782012-02-06T16:59:00.000-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.279-05:00The change of the country image and the National brand - The case of Peru<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<u>The change of the country image and the National brand - The case of Peru</u><br />
(Essay for my course of Public Diplomacy)<br />
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Even when there is no record or recognition that Frank Sinatra came to Peru, he didn’t have any problem on singing, back in 1957: “Come fly with me, let’s float down to Peru. In llama-land there’s a one man band and he’ll toot his flute for you”<br />
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Because of the theme of the song we know the invitation is under a romantic and exotic background and thus we can picture such labels to the country for the foreigners. On the other hand, 12 years later, there is a phrase on the Peruvian literature that will have a huge impact and will become part of the daily speech: “When did Peru got screwed?” In the book where this phrase is originally taken, Conversation in the Cathedral (written by 2010 Literature Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa), Santiago Zavala wonders why there is no sign for hope as the development, growth and freedom seem to be stagnant: “Peru screwed, he thinks, Charlie screwed, everyone screwed. He thinks: there is no solution”. The book illustrated the Peru during the 50s, that same country where Sinatra wants to take his lover is, in fact, full of corruption, immorality, social issues and gaps under the control of the military power, with General Odria as the dictator in charge. This phrase written by Vargas Llosa is powerful and full of meaning for the Peruvian population, because Santiago Zavala was not just a solitary student walking through the downtown but a picture of every Peruvian at that time.<br />
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Today, Peru is a country with more than 28 million inhabitants and 1 million of square meters in territory, its GDP per capita (estimated by the International Monetary Fund for 2011) is USD 5 593 and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) catalogues it as a “high human development” country in the <a href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/">2011 Human Development Report</a>. Known for its gastronomy and the archeological complexes that the Empire of the Tahuantinsuyo (commonly known as the “Inka Empire”) and many other pre-colonial cultures left, Peru was seen as an exotic touristic destination for many years but not as a business partner. Nevertheless, after dealing with big problems of inflation and terrorism at the beginning of the decade of the 1990, Peru found the way to be seen as an interesting location for business since the borders opened to the market under the IMF formula to fight against inflation.<br />
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It is not worthy to discuss about the cultural and historical heritage the country has to enjoy itself and to offer to the world (ranked number 4 on the category “Heritage and culture” of the <a href="http://www.futurebrand.com/think/reports-studies/cbi/2011/overview/">Future Brand’s Country Brand Index</a>). Just to describe roughly in a couple of lines, we can see the introduction that the BBC uses on its website (by December 2011) for Peru’s natural and cultural heritage:<br />
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“Peru's rich and varied heritage includes the ancient Incan capital of Cuzco and the lost city of Machu Picchu. The country boasts spectacular scenery, including Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. A growing number of visitors are being drawn to its variety of attractions, such as its archaelogical treasures, the Andes mountain range and the Amazon rainforest, which makes up about half the country”.</blockquote>
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By the beginning of May 2011 there was a big surprise for the interconnected Peruvians: the birth of the brand “Perú” along the internet, in a video that caught popularity quickly due to its creativity, professionalism and the bridge that build between the traditions and the feelings. There we can see recognized cheffs, actors, sportsmen, singers and other culture icons in a trip to Nebraska-USA, where they get into a small village with no more than 60 thousand inhabitants to deliver the experience of being a Peruvian. This is a video made in regards of tourism, with a cost of USD 350 000 although the whole branding campaign costed more than a million USD. Note that the logo of the campaign was shown on the New York Stock Exchange in March, just after days of the release of the video in Peru and, on the most important festival of the Spanish-speaking world, <a href="http://elcomercio.pe/economia/1330844/noticia-marca-peru-sigue-triunfando-gano-tres-ojos-oro-festival-iberoamerica">the campaign won the prize with the same name: “Ojo de Iberoamérica”</a> (The Ibero America Eye). Although the cultural manifestations caught in the video do not enclose the whole cultural offer Peru has for the tourists, it still holds the most representative expressions of culture that people may seems to be interested on getting to know; and the campaign has a broader panorama than just tourism, entitled as “(…) a Brand that unifies the efforts in terms of tourism, investment and exports".<br />
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Documentary: Marca Perú (Peru country-brand), with english subtitles [15 min, aprox]</div>
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As per the words of Martin Perez, Minister of International Commerce and Tourism. These are exactly the 3 base elements of the whole campaign, and no similar effort to manage the name of the country as a brand was made before, although the Peruvian Tourism Commission has been working for more than 30 years. In another interview for the local newspaper ‘El Comercio’ Mr. Perez mentions:<br />
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“Before, even when we didn’t have a national Brand, we managed to duplicate the amount of our exports up to USD 35 thousand million, today that our exporters have a solid marketing tool that will allow them to take a quality stamp, I am sure that there are conditions to increase substantially our deliveries. We have to conceive the Peru-brand as a supplementary element of the government’s promoter task and the constant effort for innovation and quality of the private sector”.</blockquote>
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If during the 70s and 80s the financial crisis due to the external debt was a huge problem for developing countries, now Peru is looking attractive to business further than only tourism, and there is the need to underline the differences with other countries in the region and show the relative advantages of investing and visiting Peru. As it’s pointed on the national website of the Peru’s National Brand:<br />
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“The country is currently in a renovation, sustainable-economic growth and consolidation process in the world map. We have achieved improvements on the participation of new sectors in industry, increased the public expenditure, investment on civil and touristic infrastructure, so as achieving stability in politics and economics. (…) This is the best moment to tell the world we are having a good time in the country, and that is a competitive advantage”.</blockquote>
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As per the website <a href="http://nation-branding.info/2011/06/29/can-a-nation-be-rebranded/">Nation Branding</a> indicates, there is the need of certain framework that will allow the national brand to have a positive impact on the world. We can mention: transportation, energy, water availability, communications, education, health, and a market-based economy market as long as people with skills or talent; as such elements. Therefore, it would have been a failure to deploy these efforts on the national branding during the 90s or earlier because of the economic instability. Today a whole new picture is in front of the Peruvians, although there are still social gaps that need to be fulfilled in order to reduce the huge differences between the very developed and globalized Lima and the unplugged population in the rest of “the provinces”, which is a pending assignment for the current and future governments. But the situation has changed, and now 55% of the Peruvians feel “pride” when asked what feeling they have for their country, according to a survey held by the most important company in statistics in Peru: IPSOS Apoyo, which results were published on the newspaper ‘El Comercio’ on July 31st 2011. <br />
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Beyond the economic growth and the benefits it brings to the society, lately Peru got more sport and cultural success than usual, considering (just to mention a couple) two Surf World Champions, a World Chess Youth Champion and a Nobel Prize in Literature. Then, nobody asks “When did Peru got screwed?” anymore, instead people are looking forward to locate a business opportunity or at least invest on the Stock Exchange (which had record results in 2007), if not complaining to be considered inside the growth model. Nowadays Peruvians are not feeling anymore this sensation of stagnation but recognize themselves as part of a rich heritage, starting by the food. This is also fed by a master parallel campaign led by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gast%C3%B3n_Acurio">Gaston Acurio</a>, a national Cheff who boasted the credibility, variety and quality of the Peruvian food both in the internal market and around the world. Food is now a recognized element of the Peruvian identity, and we can appreciate its impact on the Peru-brand video, where the Peruvian ambassadors who arrive to Nebraska say, in Spanish and to start with the whole idea to the local Peruvians: “You are from Peru; you have the right to try delicious food!” But gastronomy is just one element of the identity, recognizing the Peru-brand and the national symbols is also an important process, as Aldo Panfichi, Pdh on Sociology by The New School for Social Research (USA) and Head of the Social Sciences Department in the Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) explains:<br />
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“(…) the patriotic feeling is becoming stronger, overtaking the political or cultural disputes. Everybody claim to be Peruvians, from the bottom to the top, and that is a difference over what we’ve been historically saying about Peru: that we were a country with lack of identity, con a weakness on the attachment to the national symbols. This was true until 10 or 15 years ago (…)”</blockquote>
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Furthermore, the swiss <a href="https://members.weforum.org/pdf/GCR08/GCR08.pdf">Institute for Management Development (IMD), on its 2008 Competitiveness Ranking</a> shows Peru as the 2nd best country in Southamerica to do business, right after Chile; and also the 2nd rank on Economic Environment and in Risk. Chile is not only the country with the highest Humand Development Index in the region (as per 2011 the Human Development Report issued by the UNDP), but the country with the largest experience on the usage of a national-brand. As per it’s indicated on the <a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35762.htm">USA Department of State</a> (by December 2011),<br />
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“Peru's economy is well managed, and better tax collection has been increasing revenues, with expenditures keeping pace. Private investment is rising and becoming more broad-based. Peru obtained investment grade status in 2008. In view of his appointment of a respected economic team and actions taken during his first 100 days in office, many anticipate that President Ollanta Humala will continue the sound economic policies of several prior administrations. While seeking to continue the well-functioning economic engine inherited from its predecessors, the Humala administration is pursuing a social inclusion agenda with the goal of ensuring that the lower classes increasingly benefit from Peru’s economic success”.</blockquote>
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Let’s hope for the best future and a responsible management of the Peru-brand.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">♠
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-86092877314104342142011-11-20T13:55:00.001-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.369-05:00Reduction of the Amazon rainforest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(Essay for my course of International Protection of the Environment)<br />
by <a href="http://twitter.com/fonchobaggins">@fonchobaggins</a><br />
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Some trees on the street may look nice, especially when autumn or spring are going on, both for taking pictures and to have some kind of internal cheer up because there is some nature around. A trip to a rainforest may not be, necessarily, a life-changing experience but surely will give a lot of perspective to a person who still finds a couple of trees as part of a “green city” (or at least a “green street”). These trees on the street are a good source to transform carbon dioxide into oxygen thanks to the magic (rather “chemical process”) of the photosynthesis, and to appreciate this we can picture the reaction of a person breathing deeply right next to a car exhaust system or at the beach, at the top of a mountain or in the middle of a forest (excluding the chance of carbon dioxide sources being around). As part of the global carbon cycle, the presence of forests all around the world have a direct impact on (the reduction of) Global Warming, which is not just a factor of carbon emissions but also the reduction of the earth’s capacity to take emitted carbon out of the atmosphere (1). The Amazon rainforest is a massive carbon extractor from the atmosphere, representing over half of the global rainforest area. Thus, the preservation of the amazon rainforest turns into a global issue, even when the “Amazonia” is shared mainly by Brazil and Peru, both sharing over 73% of the total forest area . The reduction of the Amazon rainforest goes due to the conversion for other land uses, mainly agriculture and infrastructure; and because of degradation from fires, illegal and unsustainable logging, fuel wood harvesting, and climate change. Since 1970, over 600 000 km2 of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. In 2001 the Amazon was approximately 5,4 million km2, which is only 87% of the Amazon’s original state.<br />
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The effects of the reduction of the amazon rainforest also involve the reduction of biodiversity, the release of greenhouse gas emissions, drought and soil erosion and negative impact on the people who depends on the rainforest to live. When forest cover is removed, wildlife is deprived of habitat and becomes more vulnerable to hunting. Considering that about 80% of the world's documented species can be found in tropical rainforests, deforestation puts at risk a majority of the Earth’s biodiversity. Deforestation causes 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Of these, carbon dioxide emissions represent up to one-third of total carbon dioxide emissions released because of human causes. As a result of deforestation, trees no longer evaporate groundwater, which can cause the local climate to be much drier, increasing soil erosion. Furthermore, millions of people rely directly on forests, through small-scale agriculture, hunting and gathering, and by harvesting forest products. The reduction of the amazon rainforest lead to severe social problems, sometimes turning into a violent conflict (2).<br />
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Now it is clear that, for the wealth of the global environment, South American governments that are part of the integral Amazonian region have to take care of it for the whole rest of nations. This feature is set on the Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation, where it specifies that the Republics of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela undertake joint actions in order to develop their respective Amazonian territories. We can see here that property is set under the State Property regime (3). Among the questions we can start setting for this perspective we have to include the role of these other nations that have no sovereignty over the territory where the Amazon rainforest is located, how to involve them into its preservation and get some profit from it, considering that “preserving the global equilibrium” is not so profitable for not-top economies. In order to so, there is the need to change the State Property regime into a Common property one, where the nations on the globe will benefit directly. Because of the need of preserving the biodiversity, the people and stop the deforestation, the Amazon rainforest cannot be either private or open property.<br />
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Even when the Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation states the role of the governments into the search of development, no formal delimitation of the Amazonia or even the Amazon basin is taking into consideration. Thus we find small farmers who own land and base their agriculture techniques on slash-and-burn and are loyal to corporations investing on crops in the area. Therefore, Private Property doesn’t assure the preservation, no matter the conditions or contract this private entity may sign; and, even when Open Property may look like an interesting option due to the complexity of controlling the area in regards of its nature and extension, the need of preservation was already set, so the Amazonia cannot be helpless against any threat. <br />
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In regards of the transaction costs, to have a positive effect on the economic performance we need low transaction costs and high incentives (4). Nevertheless, this concept seems to be intricate when approaching to each production factor. We can mention, grosso modo, the need of setting [physically] the boundary of the Amazon rainforest in order to control de access, monitoring the area and assure no illegal activities are held, the management of international funds, reallocation or alternatives for the employment for the farmers and its respective induction on this new activities, meetings to empower environmental knowledge and coordinate actions, among others. We find the transaction costs are high, so there is the need of locate or develop strong incentives in order to achieve this positive effect. But, due to the complexity and magnitude of the transaction costs, it is important to focus on the factor that has the largest influence and thus, we need to review among labor, capital and land. After all the facts reviewed at the beginning of the paper, we can see that it is the Land that turns into the most important, due to it is directly what we want, need and have to protect. <br />
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Goals that are pursuit buy the countries that share the amazon rainforest area are, regarding the social dimension: to preserve the native population on their own environment, to increase the global and local aware of the importance of the amazon and to develop institutions for Amazonia governance, considering the need of a common supranational property. Knowledge for Amazonia conservation should be a target too, so local population can avoid being manipulated by not-precise-information from community outsiders. On the economical dimension, agriculture and wood exploitation should be corrected into a sustainable model, thus both timber and soy can keep being important exports. Here there should be a special effort from the government to redistribute the income and preserve the area and its native population and biodiversity. The provision of fresh water can be assured if there are incentives for sustainable projects that may involve local labor force. Consider also, that keeping nature alive can increase the touristic flow.<br />
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Certifications for timber and soy, in exchange of the compromise of maintain 80% of the forest on its own property. Thus, consumers can prefer the products from the companies holding such certification (5), but a previous condition is to have the boundary of the amazon rainforest well set and controlled. Carbon stocks markets that allow funds flow for the preservation of the amazon rainforest are also an opportunity for privates to invest in the Amazonia preservation. Permission for R&D for the pharmaceutical market, in exchange of a percentage of their profit on the new medicines related to products found on the Amazonia (thanks to the biodiversity). Local labor force can switch from slash-and-burn agriculture into hydrological services personnel.<br />
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As it was mentioned before, the transaction costs for the sustainable management of the amazon rainforest are high, and so the incentives should be. Due to the strong opposition of the local population to let the government or any external observer, the slow rhythm of the initiatives taken, the cumulative damage that the amazon rainforest already got and the not-so-strong incentives for private companies nor governments this problem just look to keep on its track. Between 1991 and 2000, the total area of Amazon Rainforest cleared for farming and infrastructure goes between 415 000 km² and 587 000 km² and year deforestation keeps on track (6). There is the need of a massive intervention to have control over it and avoid private interest to keep destroying biodiversity, but according to the numbers there is no real or feasible solution. <br />
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<u>References</u><br />
(1) A. L. Smith, Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology, 1997<br />
(2) Nature.org - Rainforests facts<br />
(3) Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation, 1978.<br />
(4) J. Platje, Institutional change and Poland’s Economic performance since the 1970s, 2004<br />
(5) Pita Verweij and others, Keeping the Amazon forest standing: a matter of values, 2009.<br />
(6) Wikipedia - Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest<br />
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<u>Websites</u> (i used more than this, but i think it's enough for further reading)<br />
<a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/deforestation">The Economist online, Chopping down the Amazon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazonfund.org/">The Amazon Fund, homepage</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazonteam.org/">The Amazon Conservation Team, homepage</a><br />
<a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/forests/amazon/">Greenpeace – Amazon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_137403367"></span>Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, homepage<span id="goog_137403368"></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/rainforests/rainforests-facts.xml">The nature conservancy, Rainforest</a><br />
<a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm">US Department of State, background note: Brazil</a></div>
...and of course u have to check Wikipedia :p</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">♠
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-59047019684261987072011-09-01T18:55:00.000-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.235-05:00WJS2011 - Setting up (part 3)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once more the scouting world gathers again for a massive event, this time in Kristianstad - Sweden. I am lucky i can participate here, and here i'm sharing some stuff around it. You can <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-jamboree-2011-getting-to-camp.html">check the previous post here</a>. <span style="color: #999999;">Una vez más el Escultismo mundial se junta en un Jamboree, esta vez cerca de la ciudad sueca de Kristianstad. Tengo la suerte de poder participar, y aqui publicaré algunas cosas que vayan pasando. Puedes ver el artículo anterior <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-jamboree-2011-getting-to-camp.html">haciendo click aquí</a>.</span><br />
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We left the action in the train, in my way to Kristianstad... right before arriving to the Jamboree. I decided to travel alone since it's easier to coordinate and find accomodation too. Now, after sailing from Kobenhavn to Helsinborg and visited Lund, Ystad an Malmö... i was finally arriving to the Jamboree. I wanted to go since 2007!!! i was very nervous, i must confess. Well... we have to start stepping out of the train... lets go!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at Kristianstad Train Station</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Preliminary) Check in, of course</td></tr>
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I was worried about getting streight to the Train Station in Kristianstad because on the form that we have to fill up i wrote that i wanted to be picked up from the Kobenhavn Airport, but since i got my Skåne Summer Card to travel all around the sothern region of Sweden (Skåne) with a flat rate... i decided to arrive to Kristianstad by myself. And after they picked us up in the train station, the next step was to Check In (but the real and almost final one), and for so... we needed to make a small queue :P<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small queue to check in.<br />
Is it possible to notice the computers + staff we needed to reach for so?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hum... so "Module Activities". Still, no clue about my job as IST.<br />
IST Patrol, my ID number... first activities, ok.<br />
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Next step: placing my tent. This is not that hard... since i'm very used to camp, the only problem is to find the square i am being sent to, but after spotting the guys in my contingent it was not that hard :P ...the hard part was to dialogue and set the camp layout for the peruvian contingent and the others contingents on the square. by the way... did the guys from Arabia Saudi got to enter the camp? they never arrived to the camp-grid, i think.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fonchy's tent (orange +beige) on the peruvian zone of the camp-grid</td></tr>
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So, i got pretty much what i need to start my Jamboree 2011 experience. I was very excited since it was the 1st time i got into an international Jamboree as an IST... i'm so full of energies!!! can't wait!!<br />
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Go check the <a href="http://www.scout.org/">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> and check for some evens, if you want...<br />
But if you are a scout, i really really tell you: go to an international activity and enjoy it as much as you can, and you'll have the time of your life. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Puedes ver la página de la <a href="http://www.scout.org/es">Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout</a> y revisar algunos eventos, si quieres... pero si eres scout, te digo... y te lo digo muy bien: ve a una actividad internacional y diusfruta todo lo que puedas, pues es algo espectacular.</span><br />
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All the International Service Team (IST) had to sleep at the green area, known as the Spring Town. My quest started kind of in the middle of that area, where my tent was placed. All the people i asked were wearing white scarfs... i had some hope on receiving help. Now, if u kindly follow me...<br />
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Hi, i'm looking for the Noisy Cafe, but i can't find it on the map.<br />
Hum... are you looking for any Meeting Point?<br />
Well, i am supossed to be at the Grid #9... just out of the Noisy Cafe.<br />
Ah, don't worry... that's the Meeting Point #9, they changed the names.<br />
Ok, good to know! Now, the Meeting Point #9 isn't on the map, either.<br />
It's out of the Spring Town... you have to take the spring Road and walk... you will find it somewhere over there.<br />
"Somewhere"... hum, very motivating. Ok, thanks! :)<br />
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Hi, i'm looking for the Noisy Cafe, but i can't find it on the map.<br />
Hum... are you looking for any Meeting Point?<br />
Well, i am supossed to be at the Grid #9... just out of the Noisy Cafe.<br />
Is the Grid equal to the Meeting Point?<br />
I have no idea... there is a map with the meeting points, where the #9 is missing since it's out of the Spring Town... and there is no Noisy Cafe either.<br />
Don't worry, just go to the Meeting #9 and for sure you'll find the Cafe.<br />
Great. Thanks!<br />
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Hi, i'm looking for the Noisy Cafe, but i can't find it on the map... and i've been walking around for a bit.<br />
"Noisy Cafe"... let me see the map. (After some seconds checking) It's not here, let me check by the radio. (After some seconds checking) They have no idea. See, there is a whole area of Cafes right there, maybe you can take a walk to find out wich one is the "Noisy" one.<br />
Sounds like a plan, thanks!<br />
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Hello. I've been looking for the Noisy Cafe walking around for one hour, but i just feel i am a bit too far away. Can you help me?<br />
Well, at least i can try... lets go to the Information Center (since this guy had something like and "i" i thought he may work there). Let me check the map... hum... i'll contact someone on the radio, hold on please (nobody replies to him). Just one second... (and after some minutes someone starts talking). (Talkiing on the radio) Ok... no, no... Noisy Cafe... ah, ok, but it's not on the map. Ah, ok. (Now he starts talking to me again) Well, seems there is no Noisy Cafe :)<br />
So, i am not supossed to meet my IST patrol then :(<br />
Well, you can do that... or i can tell you where is your IST Training, because you finally have to get there, intead of trying to find this unexisting place and taking who-knows-how-long.<br />
Hum... ok, i think that's a good idea.<br />
So, let me check a little bit (and starts talking to the radio again). Aha... you have to be at "<a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2012/02/wsj2011-quest-is-best-part-4.html">Quest</a>".<br />
Is that part of the Module Activities?<br />
Yes! and you have to follow this road... and then, after those trees you turn left and will find people around who may help you.<br />
Ok, thanks! I finally feel somebody actually help me. (!?)<br />
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Hi! i was sent here now because i failed finding the Noisy Cafe for my IST Introduction, i know i am supossed to arrive later, but the guy at the Information Center thought it may be better to come now... since i lost the hope of meeting my IST Patrol.<br />
Oh, sure.. no problem. This is were you have, finally, to arrive. Welcome to Quest! Let me check who your bosses will be. Do you want anything to eat or drink?<br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-66053469983644611582011-08-09T07:59:00.006-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.323-05:00WSJ2011 - Getting to the camp site (part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Once more the scouting world gathers again for a massive event, this time in Kristianstad - Sweden. I am lucky i can participate here, and here i'm sharing some stuff around it. You can <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/07/world-jamboree-2011-getting-to-camp.html">check the previous post here</a>. <span style="color: #999999;">Una vez más el Escultismo mundial se junta en un Jamboree, esta vez cerca de la ciudad sueca de Kristianstad. Tengo la suerte de poder participar, y aqui publicaré algunas cosas que vayan pasando. Puedes ver el artículo anterior haciendo click aquí.</span><br />
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Well, my Plan "A" failed... but not totally, since i did arrived to Malmö. I just didn't count on some stuff:</div>
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<li><a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/07/across-resund-strait-yo-ho-ho.html">The boat ride</a> will take me to Helsinborg instead of Malmö.</li>
<li>I needed a transportation card to get into the bus in Sweden.</li>
<li>There was nowhere to buy this card on the place i arrived to.</li>
<li>The freaking card would be so expensive.</li>
<li>Even when expensive, the card gave me a flat rate for all my transportation (train + bus).</li>
<li><a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/07/drivers-have-mercy-on-tourists.html">Swedish bus drivers were nice.</a></li>
<li>I would need accomodation 1 night out of my schedule.</li>
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Regarding this last point, i was very lucky that my friend Juan from Mexico was in Lund right on those days... and that i got his phone number. He helped not to be bedless the night of the 20th of July... Dziekuje Janek!!<br />
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So it was not that bad at all, since it was my 1st time sailing for real (and i mean beyond a 30-minutes-touristic-trip), got my card to travel to other cities by trains, take as many buses as i want... and of course, get some nice stories to publish here :P My travelling map turned into the following, not sooo far away from my plan, but real more interesting:<br />
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I never did tourism right in the middle of a raining day... but since i'm so far away from home i just thought it would be pointless to remain sit and comfortable... so i took my camera and my very creepy+short raincoat and went for some good pics! ...at Malmö, Lund, Helsinborg and Ystad.</div>
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2011 Lund</td></tr>
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2011 Lund</td></tr>
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2011 Malmö</td></tr>
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So, after some days i thought that i didn't need to get back to Kobenhavn to get to the campsite... i can go on my own since i have my beautiful JoJo Summer Card :) ...so, i'll pack in Malmö and go by train and by myself... Jamboree, here i go!!</div>
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Go check the <a href="http://www.scout.org/">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> and check for some evens, if you want...<br />
But if you are a scout, i really really tell you: go to an international activity and enjoy it as much as you can, and you'll have the time of your life. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Puedes ver la página de la <a href="http://www.scout.org/es">Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout</a> y revisar algunos eventos, si quieres... pero si eres scout, te digo... y te lo digo muy bien: ve a una actividad internacional y diusfruta todo lo que puedas, pues es algo espectacular.</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-48857137058188611772011-07-22T06:45:00.000-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.143-05:00Across Øresund Strait yo ho ho ♫<blockquote><br />
<i>Ahoj Captain Więciorkwski!<br />
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As per our coordinations, i really appreciate that you can help me to get across the Øresund Strait in your ship. I'll communicate with you when arriving to København, kindly wait for my call. It will be my pleasure to join your crew in this small but important and decisive route. I'm looking forward for your confirmation letter.<br />
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Best regards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for Captain Więciorkowski at København City Hall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting with Capt. Więciorkwski and Michał</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capt. Więciorkwski checking the charts</td></tr>
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I held my stomach for 5,5</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Więciorkowski's brave crew</td></tr>
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I don't remember a real experience sailing... and i mean something longer than a 30-min ride on a boat in a lake or by the shore, so i think this was my first time :) it was a nice coincidence to arrive on the same day as Damian to Copenhaguen. We met in 2009<a href="http://fonchobaggins-eyf.blogspot.com/"> when i went to Poland for an AIESEC Project</a>, and now he gave me a ride to Sweden from Denmark. Even when my stomach couldn't hold it any longer... i think i succeed standing 5 and a half hours with no sea sickness :P all the crew was amazing, and it's very relaxing to be sailing, specially in a sunny day, i'm totally up for another ride on the boat! Thanks once more, Captain Więciorkowski... and your whole brave and disciplined crew!<br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-49369952484888684252011-07-17T05:10:00.006-05:002018-02-03T00:02:13.190-05:00WSJ2011 - Getting to the camp site (part 1)<b>Getting to the camp site (part 1)</b><br />
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Once more the scouting world gathers again for a massive event, this time in Kristianstad - Sweden. I am lucky i can participate here, and here i'll share some stuff of my own highlights. <span style="color: #999999;">Una vez más el Escultismo mundial se junta en un Jamboree, esta vez cerca de la ciudad sueca de Kristianstad. Tengo la suerte de poder participar, y aqui publicaré algunas cosas que vayan pasando.</span><br />
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After dealing with the embassies more than what i expected, i finally got my papers to take part on this great even. But, before the Jamboree starts i need to get to it... and my flight arrives to Kobenhavn - Denmark. My original plan is to meet my friend Damian there and then get to Malmö by boat, across the Øresund Strait... then get back to Kovenhavn by bus to be picked up and taken to the Jamboree Camp Site in Kristianstad. On the map it looks more or less like this: <span style="color: #999999;">Luego de hacer más trámites de los necesarios en las embajadas, finalmente obtuve las visas para viajar al Jamboree, pero antes que este empiece necesito llegar al lugar del campamento. Mi plan es encontrarme con mi amigo Damian en Kobenhavn y él me llevará a Malmö a través del estrecho de Øresund. Luego de algunos días tomaré un bus de regreso a Kobenhavn para que la gente del Jamboree me lleve al campamento. En el mapa es más o menos así:</span><br />
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My original plan is to remain all the previous days to the Jamboree in Malmö and then get back to the Copenhague Airport to be picked up by the guys of the Jamboree and get to the campsite, but lets see how that goes :P <span style="color: #999999;">Mi plan original es permanecer los dias previos al Jamboree en la ciudad de Malmö para luego regresar a Copenhague y ser trasladado al lugar del campamento por la gente del Jamboree, pero veamos que pasa finalmente.</span><br />
Jamboree... here i go! <span style="color: #999999;">Jamboree, ya voy!!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">*****</div><br />
Go check the <a href="http://www.scout.org/">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a> and check for some evens, if you want...<br />
But if you are a scout, i really really tell you: go to an international activity and enjoy it as much as you can, and you'll have the time of your life. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Puedes ver la página de la <a href="http://www.scout.org/es">Organización Mundial del Movimiento Scout</a> y revisar algunos eventos, si quieres... pero si eres scout, te digo... y te lo digo muy bien: ve a una actividad internacional y diusfruta todo lo que puedas, pues es algo espectacular.</span><br />
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@fonchobaggins
Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-1575549554960380272011-07-06T19:47:00.001-05:002018-02-03T00:02:12.961-05:00¿Qué es educar?Hoy me llegó un correo muy simpático al correo del trabajo. Simpático de manera especial porque mi empresa ofrece cursos de capacitación, talleres y asesoría... y todos están muy atentos al impacto que tiene la educación en el desarrollo económico y mejora de la competitividad. Lo comparto ahora deseándole un Feliz Día del Maestro a todas las personas que, por vocación, ofrecen su trabajo a esta noble causa. A mis profes de primaria (Eda, Luz Elena, Leonor, Velma, Charo, Hugo, Lucha, Dora, Juani...), a los de secundaria (Alfredo, Franklin, Roberto, Humberto, Manuel, Chabuca, Silvia, Sergio, Nora, Isabel, Jorge, José, Marcos, Pedro, Ricardo, Pablo...), de la universidad (Juan Carlos, Yuri, César, Laura, Sergio, Elsie, Fortunato, José...) y de la vida (<a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2010/03/el-morocho-mi-viejo-my-dad-on-his.html">¡mi viejo!</a>)... ¡gracias por su tiempo y dedicación!<br />
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<blockquote><i><br />
Educar es lo mismo<br />
que poner un motor a una barca.<br />
Hay que medir, pesar, equilibrar<br />
y poner todo en marcha.<br />
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Pero para eso,<br />
uno tiene que llevar en el alma<br />
un poco de marino<br />
un poco de pirata<br />
un poco de poeta<br />
y un kilo y medio<br />
de paciencia concentrada.<br />
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Pero es consolador soñar,<br />
mientras uno trabaja,<br />
que ese barco<br />
–ese adulto, ese joven-<br />
irá muy lejos por el agua.<br />
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Soñar que ese navío<br />
llevará nuestra carga de palabras<br />
hacia puertos distantes,<br />
hacia islas lejanas.<br />
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Soñar que cuando un día<br />
esté durmiendo<br />
nuestra propia barca,<br />
en barcos nuevos<br />
seguirá nuestra<br />
bandera enarbolada.<br />
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<b>(Fermín Gaínza fsc)</b></i></blockquote><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>¡Feliz día, educadores!</b></span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-32124391808852336972011-05-15T14:55:00.000-05:002018-02-03T00:00:00.022-05:00Perú... in Peru, Nebraska, USA [Documentary] - with subtitles!<blockquote><br />
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This video was first released only in spanish, but it got subtitles in English, so it can be understood beyond my explanation <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2011/05/peru-in-peru-nebraska-usa-documentary.html">on the previous post</a>. This is an effort made by the government to increase the tourism and to appreciate what we have in Peru. Well, if u saw the previous post and watched the video, you know what it has... but now i kindly invite you to read the subtitles and become, hopefuly, more interested in my country. Enjoy :)<br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-46309448227363543022011-05-05T19:32:00.005-05:002018-02-03T00:00:00.115-05:00Perú... in Peru, Nebraska, USA [Documentary]<blockquote><br />
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I couldn't believe how amazing it was to see this video... (the one on the bottom of the post).<br />
It's so sad it's not in English, but the idea here is that there is a peruvian contingent (from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru">Perú the country</a>, the one in southamerica, where i currently live, where i am from) that gets into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru,_Nebraska">Peru City in Nebraska, USA</a>. (By the way... nice to see Perú is right on the heart of the USA... oh! and America is a continent, not a country)<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.eachtown.com/Nebraska/City/Peru%3B26464/">eachtown.com</a></span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru,_Nebraska">Perú, Nebraska - USA</a> is a small place with half thousand people living theer, so (as usual) we peruvians get there to make some trouble... and the contingent shares a lot of stuff that are typical for us, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru">Southamerican Peruvians</a>: food, surf, music... and even traffic. Press Play and get to see the video, even when the language may not be the one u speak or understand, i am sure u'll enjoy it :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"every peruvian,</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">just because of being peruvian,</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">how wonderful being peruvian is"</span></i><br />
<i>(now please tell me i got the right translation!)</i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>(¡por favor díganme que lo traduje bien!)</i></span></i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">♥ Perú ♥ Perú ♥ Perú ♥ Perú ♥ Perú ♥ Perú ♥ Perú ♥</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">♠
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-45257829120631412632010-10-13T00:17:00.000-05:002018-02-03T00:00:00.069-05:00Mafalda: Urgente vs ImportanteMafalda es uno de mis cómics favoritos, y a pesar de toda la sabiduría que uno puede extraer de las observaciones que ella hace, hay una frase en particular que encontré allá por el 2002 que es no sólo interesante para iniciar discusiones filosóficas sobre prioridades, sino también para no dejarse llevar por la cotidianeidad (al menos no "siempre"): "Lo urgente no deja tiempo para lo importante". <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Mafalda is one of my favorite comic stripes, and even when there is a lot we can enjoy among her wise observations, there is one particular phrase i foudn around 2002 that makes think no priorities: "As always, urgent doesn't leave time for important" (among other translations... this time english feels limitated).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As always: urgent doesn't leave time for important - Mafalda</td></tr>
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Al año siguiente de haber encontrado esta simpática conclusión, en el 2003; cuando actualizábamos el Cancionero de "Confirma", con la Comisión pudimos ponerlo en la página intermedia entre las canciones y las oraciones... y me dio mucha alegría saber que el texto ha dejado huella :) Seguiré compartiendo la sabiduría de Mafalda ;) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The year after i found this sentences (that would be the 2003), when volunteering at the Confirmation Programme in my high school, we got this picture (and of course the sentence) in the SongBook, between the songs and prayers... and i got happy to see it has printed again :) I'll keep sharing Mafalda's wisdom for sure ;)</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-80242975125789518612010-09-20T01:40:00.001-05:002018-02-02T23:59:12.383-05:00F n Ilo, Perú - First months (part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Me muevo por </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">S/. 0,50</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">is how much i move for </span></span></b><br />
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No es que precisamente trabaje en algún club bailando por 50 céntimos (o de manera privada), sino que eso es lo que me cuesta trasladarme en micro/bus. Yo vivo al norte de la ciudad, cerca de donde dice "Américo Garibaldi", y si no voy en carro al centro puedo ir caminando... me toma como 20 min a paso lento llegar al centro. Movilizarme en taxi a cualquier parte de Ilo cuesta S/. 2,50... siempre y cuando sea o dentro del área costera o dentro de "La Pampa", la cual es la parte más geométrica de la ciudad... Voy más o menos seguido al mercado, al Centro y una panadería por aquí... y un tanto también al malecón. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It is not that just work in a dance club for 50 cents (or privately), but that's what cost me move in micro / bus. I live north of the city, close to where it says "Americo Garibaldi," and if I do not drive I can walk to the center ... takes me about 20 min to reach the center slowly. Move around by taxi to any part of Ilo costs S /. 2.50 ... if it is or within the coastal area or in "La Pampa", which is the most geometric city ... I more or less followed the market, the Centre and a bakery in here ... and therefore also the boardwalk.</span><br />
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Market at night</td></tr>
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During the earthwuake simulation, how i saw it from the closest bus stop.</td></tr>
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View of a street when getting to downtown.</td></tr>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...y Dios dijo "hágase el agua caliente" </span></b><br />
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Lo mejor de las últimas semanas ha sido sin duda la reparación de la therma de mi baño. Si bien no llega a la temperatura que considero ideal para bañarme (calculo que serán como 80 °C), al menos ahora sí puedo ponerme bajo el chorro de agua. Lamentablemente no es algo constante, pues el otro día luego de haberme puesto el shampoo y enjabonado... de repente no había más agua a temperatura resistible. Tuve que proseguir con mi técnica de baño en agua fría. Una vez que salí de la ducha probé de nuevo... y no hubo falla alguna. Me siento engañado y manipulado por mi propia ducha. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The best of recent weeks has certainly been repairing the therma my bathroom. While it does not reach the ideal temperature to bathe think (I estimate will be about 80 °C) at least now I can get under running water. Unfortunately there is a constant, then the other day after I put the shampoo and lather ... suddenly there was no water at room resistible. I had to continue with my technique of bathing in cold water. Once I got out of the shower I tried again ... and there was no failure whatsoever. I feel deceived and manipulated by my own shower.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I used to take showers like this here, the water was too cold to be under it.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">y = f(x)</div><div style="text-align: center;">x = Temperature (°C) y = F's comfort level</div><div style="text-align: center;">α = 70°C β = 90°C e = ± 5°C</div><br />
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ya se que el gráfico no está hecho a la perfección, pero lo hice a mano alzada sólo para entender lo importante que es para mí el agua caliente :P <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I know the graphic is not perfect, but i draw it quickly just to show and idea of how important is for me the hot water :)</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Notas culinarias. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Cuisine notes.</span></span></b><br />
<ul><li>No es necesario cocinar como para una familia cuando voy a comer solo.</li>
<li>Es recomendable cerciorarse de tener todos los utensilios que se usarán.</li>
<li>El desayuno es lo más fácil de preparar. Amo a mi sanguchera.</li>
<li>Las lentejas, si bien las detesto, son baratas y rendidoras.</li>
<li>También fáciles de preparar son los tallarines/fideos.</li>
<li>Vale la pena comer fruta: no requiere de mayor preparación.</li>
<li>Es mejor lavar al terminar de comer (esto ya lo había aprendido cuando era scout)</li>
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<li>It is not necessary to cook for a family when I have to eat alone.</li>
<li>It is advisable to make sure you have all the utensils to be used.</li>
<li>Breakfast is the easiest to prepare. I love my sandwich-maker.</li>
<li>Lentils, although I detest them, are cheap and efficient.</li>
<li>Also easy to prepare: noodles.</li>
<li>It is worth eating fruit: does not require significant preparation.</li>
<li>It is better to wash right after eating (I've already learned this as a scout)</li>
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Me vi obligado a comer lentejas durante una semana porque gasté un poco más de la cuenta cuando me fui a Cusco y<a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2010/09/f-n-machu-picchu-2010.html"> Machu Picchu</a>, no me acordaba que estuviera tan caro. No es que no tuviera nada de dinero, sólo que me manejo un nivel de ahorro y no quería alterarlo. Bueno, en mi casa saben que detesto las lentejas... y en general las menestras, pero cuando hay necesidad... no hay mucho por escoger, así que preparé un poco, lo cual fue suficiente por una semana; por suerte no preparé mucho. Grabé un video para mi mamá, pensando que le podría resultar interesante ver que opto por un alimento nutritivo cuando estoy en épocas de crisis :P <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I was forced to eat lentils for a week because I spent a bit more than what i thought when I went to Cusco and </span><a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2010/09/f-n-machu-picchu-2010.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Machu Picchu</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">, I didn't remember that was so expensive. Not that I did not have any money, except I have a level of savings and would not like to alter it. Well, in my house my family knows I hate lentils ... and in general the beans, but when needed ... there is not much to choose from, so I prepared a little, which was enough for one week. Luckily, I did not prepare much. I recorded a video for my mom, thinking it might be interesting for her to see that I opt for a nutritious meal when I'm in times of crisis: P</span><br />
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I've been improving the presentation</td></tr>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Bienvenidos a Ilo. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to Ilo.</span></span></b><br />
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A la fecha he recibido la visita de 2 amigos: Petr (Pedro) y Miri (Miranda). Cuando vino Petr fuimos a Tacna y luego Arica, casi exclusivamente a tomar un poco de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mote_con_huesillos">Mote con Huesillo</a>. Miri vino por algunos días más, y fueron más también los destinos... tengo un post pendiente al respecto. Me alegra recibir visitas porque vivo solo y sólo converso con mi asistente durante la semana. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">So far, I have been visited by 2 friends: Petr and Miri (Miranda). When Petr came then we went to Tacna and Arica in Chile, almost exclusively to get some </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mote_con_huesillo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">"Mote con Huesillo"</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. Miri came for a few more days, and more were also the destinations... I have a pending post about it. I am happy to receive visitors because I live alone and just talk to my assistant during the week.</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-75560810676000733282010-09-17T20:54:00.001-05:002018-02-02T23:59:12.336-05:00Clean up the world weekend 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qO17rRcPXGI/TJQVCBq5ROI/AAAAAAAACtA/Ipx5VnQpufg/s1600/cuw10_theme_en_1000x1003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qO17rRcPXGI/TJQVCBq5ROI/AAAAAAAACtA/Ipx5VnQpufg/s400/cuw10_theme_en_1000x1003.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><br />
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<blockquote><i>"Held in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Clean Up the World is one of the world’s largest community-based environmental campaigns with an estimated 35 million volunteers from 120 countries participating annually in environmental activities - ranging from waste removal and tree planting to water and energy conservation projects". </i><br />
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I am sad i didn't post this earlier, because this event is about developing a voluntary-cleaning-activity and sharing it on the website i'm showing below... so to take part in the global project there is an activity that needs to be prepared. I've participated before (last year) with my Scout Group, and it was a nice time, specially because we knew there were people doing the same in the whole world. And here, you can check all the initiatives that have been registered in the globe... and I'm sure there are plenty that have been not.<br />
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So, I know I'm letting people know late... if they didn't know, but we can join this campaign too! :) So, in my case... my idea goes not register anything because there is no activity set or a group of volunteers i will join; but anyway... we can take some time to help cleaning somewhere... anywhere! I already said I'm a scout... and to end this short post I'd like to share a couple of words of the founder of scouting, hope you can feel something towards the world we live in:<br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>"Leave this world a little better than you found it".</i></span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-58413174313519005522010-08-05T19:47:00.006-05:002018-03-04T22:04:22.058-05:00hasta siempre, Hermanito...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_qO17rRcPXGI/TFkiXocZmcI/AAAAAAAABeQ/mzlR93qK-gU/s1600/sct%202004%20Hno%20Arias.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_qO17rRcPXGI/TFkiXocZmcI/AAAAAAAABeQ/mzlR93qK-gU/s640/sct%202004%20Hno%20Arias.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hno. José Luis Arias </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Obrajillo, 2004 </div><div style="text-align: center;">Foto: Alfonso Mendoza </div><br />
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<i>El Hno. Efraín Arias López SJ falleció el domingo 1° de Agosto en la Enfermería de la Comunidad de Fátima de Miraflores, donde se encontraba desde hace un poco más de un año. Había nacido en Camaná, Arequipa en Enero de 1921 e ingresó al Noviciado Jesuita de Miraflores el 25 de Diciembre de 1938. Pronunció sus Últimos Votos en la Compañía en Febrero de 1952. Es recordado por todos sus años de servicio en el Colegio de la Inmaculada y como indiscutible líder del Movimiento Scout peruano, donde recibió numerosos reconocimientos por sus logros y compromisos.</i><br />
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Alguna vez Charo leyó una reseña del Hno. Arias, y me acuerdo que le decían "camanejo" por su ciudad natal... aunque para nosotros, en el Grupo Scout era el "Hermanito" o hasta el "Brother Arias", y aunque pueda sonar algo insolente nunca se molestó por ello. Desde que empecé a participar de la Jefatura de Tropa tuve mayor contacto con él, y aunque era muy riguroso con el manejo de la Tropa siempre estaba dispuesto a sonreír cuando le hacía una broma. A sus espaldas le decía, sin embargo, "El Maestro Yoda del escultismo peruano"... siempre con muy buena onda :)<br />
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En las Reuniones de Localidad siempre me decía que apuntara... y de chibolo veía que nunca dejaba de ir a un campamento para revisar que todo estuviera en orden (era su chamba como Comisionado Local!). Con el tiempo me pude dar cuenta que todos lo querían mucho, y que es una persona influyente no sólo en la Localidad, sino en el escultismo nacional (y obvio que ni hablar a nivel de Grupo Scout!). Su trabajo ha marcado tanto a los dirigentes que la Localidad Scout de Surco ha pasado a llamarse "Localidad Scout Hermano José Luis Arias".<br />
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Lo que más puedo agradecer al "Hnito" es haber compartido conmigo una oración que leyó en alguna actividad scout allá por el año 2001... me gustó tanto que a la semana sgte le pregunté si la tenía, y sacó el mismo papel que leyó y que guardo en mi agenda de ese año. Inclusive puede usarla de manera improvisada ese mismo fin de semana en la Reunión del Programa de Confirmación (donde fui animador/catequista). Es un texto de Gabriela Mistral, no he leído el original así que ordeno las líneas como me viene el criterio....<br />
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<i>Donde haya un árbol que plantar, plántalo tú;</i><br />
<i>donde haya un error que enmendar, enmiéndalo tú;</i><br />
<i>donde haya un esfuerzo que todos esquiven, acéptalo tú.</i><br />
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<i>Sé el que aparta el camino la piedra, </i><br />
<i>el odio de los corazones y</i><br />
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<i>Hay la alegría de ser sano y justo; </i><br />
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<i>¡Que triste sería el mundo si en él todo estuviera hecho!</i><br />
<i>Si no hubiera un rosal que plantar, una empresa que emprender.</i><br />
<i>No caigas en el error de pensar que sólo se hacen méritos con los grandes trabajos.</i><br />
<i>Hay pequeños servicios preciosos a los ojos de Dios:</i><br />
<i>barrer la casa, recoger basura, poner una mesa, ordenar unos libros.....</i><br />
<i>El servir no es una faena de esclavos.</i><br />
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<i>Dios, que es todo poderoso sirve, y nos enseña a servir.</i><br />
<i>Servir al pobre, al niño, al enfermo, al débil, al anciano, a todos los necesitados...</i><br />
<i>es servir a DIOS.</i><br />
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No fue sólo por esta oración, pues hay algunos otros factores que también creo deben considerarse, pero de verdad que las palabras escritas por Gabriela Mistral y leídas por el Hnito calaron en mí profundamente, y a mi sencilla y quizá muy protocolar Promesa Scout repetida con eventualidad cuando fuera necesario le añadió sustancia y significado...<br />
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<i>Por mi honor prometo hacer cuanto de mí dependa</i><br />
<i>para cumplir mis deberes</i><br />
<i>para con Dios y la Patria</i><br />
<i>ayudar al prójimo en toda circunstancia</i><br />
<i>y cumplir fielmente la Ley Scout.</i><br />
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No es necesario compartir mucho tiempo con alguien para apreciar a la persona, pero sí debemos valorar el impacto que quienes nos rodean tienen en nosotros, y no tengo sino buenos recuerdos y grandes enseñanzas de parte del Hno., y seguramente que comparto el sentimiento con muchos dirigentes, ex scouts y persona que alguna vez se haya cruzado con el Hnito... en la Localidad Scout de Surco lo queremos muchísimo, y creo que todos quisiéramos que nos acompañe siempre y nos pueda seguir aconsejando para bien del escultismo...<br />
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Hermanito, muchas gracias por todas sus palabras, por su tiempo, dedicación, gracias por la sabiduría que predicaba y por la gran muestra de compromiso y fe que nos deja siempre. Decir que fue un honor conocerlo queda chico para lo que siento... y así, humildemente, le extiendo mi mano izquierda para darle etéreamente un saludo más, deseándole lo mejor en este nuevo camino que, para variar, nos aventaja como buen peregrino que es.<br />
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Quedo de Ud.,<br />
Siempre Listo para Servir.<br />
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Hermanito, disculpe... casi me olvido la canción...<br />
Desde hace mucho es el Himno de cada reunión de la Localidad de Surco "Hno. José Luis Arias". La coreografía no es difícil, tampoco cantarla... pero siempre que la cantes, recuerda que el Hnito nos la enseñó :)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">es lo que al mundo hace girar ♫ </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ratón, ratón ♪</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-47303282930389031342010-07-21T18:51:00.000-05:002018-02-02T23:59:12.239-05:00Reunión de Reencuentro por los 10 años de egresados1ro de Abril 1990: Primer día de clases en el Colegio de la Inmaculada.<br />
1ro de Diciembre del 2000: Ceremonia de incorporación a ASIA.<br />
17 de Julio del 2010: Reunión de reencuentro por los 10 años de egresados.<br />
Cuando sacamos la cuenta es un poco más de 20 años los que llevamos conociéndonos... y es muy importante recordar que durante los 11 años de colegio siempre estuvimos todos en el mismo salón (con algunos cambios temporales, pero finalmente siempre juntos).<br />
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Compartimos todo lo que normalmente se comparte en el colegio... empezando por las clases, jodas, pichangas, tareas, huevin' y obviamente que sin dejar de mencionar nuestros consagrados apanados, entre tantas otras cosas que en los primeros 11 años de nuestra amistad+hermandad vivimos. Gran tema el reunirnos 10 años después de los 11 años del cole... entre algunos habían quienes no habían visto a los demás en todo el tiempo que llevamos de graduados del colegio, aunque todavía tenemos pendiente incorporar a varios... algunos no quieren saber nada porque no guardan un buen recuerdo de esos años... y culpa no tienen, por el contrario, este tema me llevó a algunas reflexiones que compartí con uno de los del salón que ahora estudia para ser sacerdote.<br />
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Este post no es tanto para dar a conocer lo que discutimos y compartimos con mi amigo, sino para dejar algún tipo de huella (electrónica) que luego de 10 años de haber salido del cole... 20 amigos+hermanos nos reunimos un rato para compartir y recordar... y aquí pueden vernos:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">We had a reunion the last July 17th to celebrate 10 the years that had past after ending high school. We always belong to the same classroom... for 11 years. After that time we cannot be just class-mates, or even friends... we are brothers. Now, we're looking forward to gather more of ur class... we've been more than just the 20 u can see here. I'll post something alike within 10 years... :P</span><br />
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Lima, Perú</div>Fonchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03182022161710790267noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980700811454997701.post-64103576222286644032010-07-14T21:46:00.001-05:002018-02-02T23:59:12.286-05:00F n Ilo, Perú - Starting (part 1)...y ahora he venido a parar a Ilo. Esta vez no se trata de un viaje de placer, turístico, familar u otra cosa. El trabajo me ha llevado a mudarme (proceso que aún no ha terminado), y no he tenido mayor reparo en tomar la oportunidad y venir. Para ahorrar palabras, tiempo... y dejar que sean las imágenes las que expresen en qué ando... dejo con uds. imágenes con algunos breves comentarios. Propongo acompañarlos con un jugo de fruta de natural y galletas :P <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">...so now i'm in the city of Ilo, you can check the map below for a better reference :) this time is not about a pleasure, touristic or familiar trip... now i've come beacuse of work. It's a new one, as i explained in the last post regarding so... and to save words about how my days pass by here, i give u the pics. take them with cookies and natural juice</span><br />
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Este viaje empezó la tarde del 03 de Julio del 2010... mi bus salió a las 15:00. El bus que ven en la foto... bueno, no es el mío... es el que salió antes, pero visualmente podemos decir que son iguales. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This trip began on July 3rd 2010. My bus departed at 15:00, but it's not the one u see below... it was the one that departed previosly :P mine looks exactly the same</span><br />
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Vine a Moquegua a trabajar en el proyecto Quellaveco de la minera Anglo American. Al respecto del proyecto y mi trabajo en él, pueden revisar el <a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-job-on-july-2010.html">post anterior</a>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I came to be involved in the project named Quellaveco, that belongs to the company Anglo American. Find more info about my job in my </span><a href="http://fonchobaggins.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-job-on-july-2010.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">previous post</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">.</span><br />
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Este es mi dormitorio (foto anterior)... se ve muy ordenado porque me acabo de mudar jaja :P trataré de no acumular cachibaches para que no termine viéndose muy diferente. Aquí no se, pero tengo baño privado jo jo jo. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This last pic is my bedroom, it looks tidy because i haven't had enough time to make it messy :P i'll try not to accumulate stuff and toys so it can remain looking this nice. You can't see it here, but i got a private bathroom ho ho ho :D </span>Tener el baño privado es genial... sin embargo dentro he encontrado lo peor de la casa y de mi viaje... de verdad LO PEOR... y es que no hay agua caliente!!!! aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! no hay agua calienteeeeeee!!!!!!!! ...igual me he bañado, pero ha sido mentalmente agotador... continuamente tengo que mentalizarme en que no moriré de hipotermia y que la higiene es un buen hábito... NO HAY AGUA CALIENTEEEEE AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! NOOOOOOOO.......... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Having a private bathroom is great, but inside it i found the worst of the house and the trip... really... THE WORST... and it is that there is no hot water!!! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!! no hot water!!!!!!! ...i do take showers, come on... but it's psychologically stressing and exhausting... i have to repeat to myself that is good to be clean and that i won't die by hipethermia. NO HOT WATER!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH :'(</span><br />
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El domingo, antes de la final del mundial, salí un rato a ver los alrededores... resulta que estoy a unas escasas 4 cuadras del malecón :) y aunque hay un viento muy helado igual me puse a caminar, la vista es muy buena porque el puerto está hacia el otro lado de la bahía y puedo ver los barcos y bolicheras a cierta distancia. luego de haber tomado un par de fotos me he dado cuenta que necesito una cámara más potente... espero que no salga muy caro. alguien tiene una cámara semi-profesional que me quiera vender?? No salí antes porque está normalmente nublado y no me gustan las fotos con cielo gris. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Right before the World Cup Final game i went outside to see what's going on... and i happen to be just 4 blocks away from the seaside! :D (now, i need help with this translation because "Malecón" refers to the path/way/road that goes parallel to the ocean). Even when there was this cold wind, i could make it to walk a bit and got nice views that tried to capture into my lens... and i just realized i need a better camera.. i didn't go our before because it¡s usually cloudy in the afternoon and i don't like pics with gray sky :P.</span><br />
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...y de lejos lo mejor... pero LO MEJOR DE ILO... (y aparentemente de provincia) es el marcado de películas! (mercado no como lugar físico, sino como interrelación oferta-demanda). Estos 2 dvds me costaron S/. 2,00 cada uno... y en total tengo 15 películas por S/. 4,00... GENIAL!! :D (siempre y cuando dejemos de lado las discusiones éticas sobre la piratería). Si logro conseguir de este modo todas las películas que debo ver, creo que al cabo de un año no sólo me habré puesto al día con el cine mundial, sino que lo habré hecho a un precio razonable :P hehe ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">but the best, really THE BEST OF ILO... (and apparently, of being outside Lima) is the movie market! (not market as a place, but as the interrelation between offer and demand). These 2 dvds cost S/. 2,00 each, and i got 15 movies in both of them... only for S/. 4,00... great! awesome! spoko! :D (well, as far as we leave the ethical discussion about piracy). If i manage to get all the movies i need to watch, i think i can pay my debt with the world cinema industry in a year, and under a cost-effective method.</span><br />
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seguiré posteando de tanto en cuando... esperaba no escribir tanto :P hehe<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">i'll keep posting about the trip from time to time.. i didn't want to write so much this time :P</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Photos taken by</span> @fonchobaggins tomó las fotos, con excepción de los mapas <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(but the maps)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Translated by</span> @fonchobaggins tradujo el post <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(can u help me with the translation of "Malecón"??)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Written by</span> @fonchobaggins escribió el artículo<br />
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What better than just showing what it cannot be described so well with words and definitions? not really <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phd">"Doctor in Philosophy"</a>... but <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/">"Piled Higher and Deeper" (PhD)</a>. This is a comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in academia that i got into thanks to Pame (Gandalf's). The 1st comic strip i read was hilarious... but u need to be at least 50% geek to understand... and to enjoy this (yeah, something like <a href="http://warnerchannel.com/series/thebigbangtheory/">The Big Bang Theory</a> but in comic and without the great Sheldon). Few art works can explain so well what many people can't understand... and they even make graphs to show us the wisdom :D<br />
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Who are these guys (who write and draw the comic)? on its website they mention "The Matrix" to define who they are: "we are everyone, and we are no one". Piled Higher and Deeper is kept alive and growing by the fans: the legions of grad students who believe there is more to life than research--the vast underground of unsung heroes who support PhD by spreading the word, buying the books, wearing the merchandise. Our hats off to you, dear reader. They are proud to procrastinate with you.<br />
From <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/about.htm">About Piled Higher and Deeper</a>, but edited.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination">Wikipedia - Procrastination</a></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd032408s.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd032408s.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br />
yeah, i know... i'm a nerd haha... or a geek, at least... but come on, u can't deny this is funny. (u understood the humor among the lines and in the psychological background of the guy in the strip, right?). do u think u are geek yourself?? The definition of geek has changed considerably over time, and there is no longer a definitive meaning. The terms nerd, gimp, dweeb, dork, and spod have similar meanings as geek, but many choose to identify different connotations amongst these terms, although the differences are disputed... but being a geek rules, not so as the others :P<br />
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About the author: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Cham">Jorge Cham</a>. He got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, specializing in Robotics. His research at Stanford focused on dynamic legged "biomimetic" robots that incorporate novel manufacturing technologies and design lessons from biology. The resulting prototypes are among the fastest recorded running robots ever created (for their size), and achieve robust locomotion with no sensory feedback. Have i mentioned he is from Panamá?? <a href="http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~jgcham/">Check his website</a>.<br />
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