8.12.2011

Woody en Crepes

Crepes y Waffles es uno de los restaurantes MAS RICOS de Colombia. El crepe favorito de Woody es el de Palmitos, y Waffle el de una bola de Chocolata, con otra de Vainilla, con salsa de CHocolate.

Crepes and Waffles is one of the most delicious restaurants in Colombia. Woody's favorite crepe is the crab meat sticks in curry, followed by a waffle with a chocolate and vanilla ice cream, covered with chocolate sauce.

8.11.2011

Jugando Tenis



Llevo mucho tiempo sin publicar videos, ya era hora! Este es corto, menos de 2 minutos.

It's been a while since I posted a video; this one is a short one, just under 2 minutes.

8.10.2011

Reflection 003

Esta foto fue tomada el 13 de Julio del 2009 por Newen; en KUIDATE, un Spa que hay en Bogotá, Colombia. Yo soy el reflejo de atrás con chaqueta anaranjada.



This photo was taken by Newen, on July 13, 2009 in KUIDATE, a spa in Bogotá, Colombia. I'm the orange reflection in the background.

8.09.2011

Hoover Dam

El famoso Hoover Dam.
The famous Hoover Dam.

Leeloo, y un puente para carros que se ve pequeño, pero en realidad es inmenso.
Behind Leeloo, a vehicular bridge which is amazingly high and big.

Adentro del Hoover Dam, por ese tubo pasa una cantidad exagerada de agua por segundo.
Inside the Hoove Dam, through that tube a tremendous amount of water goes through every second.

The Brother's Bloom

Man: "I want an unwritten life".

That would be amazing, a Life I can decide for myself, opened to real possibilities.
...

Man: "So, what are your plans in Greece?"
Woman: "I don't plan."
(pause)
Man: "Good for you."

This one I liked because of the "I don't plan"; take life as it comes, improvise; like Indiana Jones said "I make it up as I go along". That should be our philosophy of Life.
...

Man: "Your smile is like the sun my dear;
and fallen men like us, we need the sun."

This one I liked because it's a very original way of saying, you're beautiful, your smile makes my day, I could get lost in your smile and live happy for the rest of my life, etc. I wish I could come up with lines like this one.

Excerpts taken from the film "The Brother's Bloom".

8.03.2011

Reflections 002

Foto tomada en Diesel, en el Promenade, Santa Monica, Enero 5, 2009
Los dos niños son Luciana y Jacob, hijos de dos personas maravillosas.



Photo taken inside a Diesel store, at The Promenade, Santa Monica, Jan 5, 2009. De two kids are Luciana and Jacob, the children of two amazing friends.

Ayuda Help

Cómo hago para ayudar a alguien que no se quiere dejar ayudar?

Conozco a una persona que está pasando por uno de esos momentos hartos de la vida; le he hecho saber que "aquí estoy si me necesita".

Pero ella no quiere ayuda de nadie; aunque nos cuente que está en problemas, que necesita ayuda, al final del día no se deja ayudar.

Es obvio que este es un caso en los que le deberíamos hacer una de esas "intervenciones gringas"; pero es difícil por que, cómo le ayuda uno a alguien que no quiere ayuda? (asi diga que si la necesita?)

Así es como yo lo veo, ella esta manejando un carro a una velocidad altísima, sabemos que mas adelante hay un barranco, sabemos que si no para y da la vuelta, se va a estrellar contra un abismo sin fin. He tratado de decirle -con mucha sutileza- que de la vuelta, que para que sigue por ese camino, pero mis palabras le entran por un oido, y le salen por el otro.

Es como que a ella le encanta ser "probrecita de mi".

Lo tiene todo para darle vuelta a su vida y tomar el mundo en sus manos, pero ella esta practicando el "voy-a-autodestruirme" como una religión.

Así que aquí estoy, observando todo esto, y me pregunto, será que insisto y la trato de ayudar? O mejor me hago a un lado y dejo que se estrelle contra el mundo?

Vuelvo a preguntar, cómo hago para ayudar a alguien que no se quiere dejar ayudar?

PS: como me gustaría volver a mi antiguo yo, al que no le importaba un pepino el bienestar de las personas a mi alrededor, por que 'ese' no tendría este dilema.

...
How does one help someone who doesn't want our help?
So, I know a person that is going through one of those weird/bad moments in life; I've let this person know that I want to help, that "I'm here for her".

But she isn't accepting any help, although she does let everybody know that she's in trouble and needs help, at the end of the day she doesn't accept any help.
It's obvious that this is one of those cases where an intervention would be mandatory. But it's hard because how do you help someone who doesn't want to be helped? (Even if she does say she needs help?)
It's like this, she is driving a car at full speed, and we know up ahead the road ends in an amazing cliff, we know she is going to crash against an endless abyss, I've tried to tell her that she needs to slow down, that she has to stop, that she has to turn around; but she has no ears for my words.
It's like she enjoys being "poor little me".

She has everything to turn her life around and take the world by surprise, but it's like she's practicing "self-sabotage" as a religion.

So I'm here, looking at this, do I continue trying to help? Or do I just stand and wait for her to crash?

Again, how do you help someone who doesn't want to be helped?

PS: I wish I could go back to my old self when I didn't care about anyone's life; I wouldn't be having this dilemma.

8.02.2011

Reflections 001

Siempre he notado que nuestros reflejos viven a diario en nuestras vidas; desde el espejo en el baño, pasando por las ventanas-de-vidrio-reflectivas de los edificios modernos, hasta el espejo de cuerpo entero en una tienda de ropa.

Así que un día decidí tomar fotos del reflejo. Tengo 17 en este momento, que voy a emepzar a publicar aquí.

Esta es la primera; que fue tomada por Newen, uno de mis 2 hermanos; estabamos en una tienda en Cartagena, Colombia, y vimos esta bola metálica divina que reflejaba todo lo que había alrededor.

Todas estas fotos van a estar acompañadas del siguiente tag "reflection" para poder verlas en un mismo lugar.



I've always noticed that our reflection lives a lot in our everyday life, from the normal mirror in a bathroom, to those glass-reflective-windows in modern buildings; to a full body mirror in any department store.

So one day I began taking photos of the reflection; I now have over 17 and today I will begin posting them.

Here's the first one; which was taken by Newen, one of my 2 brothers. We we're in a store in Cartagena, Colombia, and we saw this beautiful metallic ball that reflected everything around it. Very very cool!

I will create a new tag called "reflection", so I can keep them all together in one same place.