ME haces bien

Stuff that makes me smile

A day in the life

Wednesday, Jan 28

Morning Meeting with Venture Capitalists; really insightful
Social Wealth Venturing Class; Got me really pumped
Office, client negotiations going really well
Meeting with web developer; great potential
President's office; Productive
Office; emailing
Conference team meeting
Call family; great news about bro's venture
Walk home; random encounter with ex
Home; frustrated about people not cleaning
Enjoy dinner; play with stocks; read finance

House Renovation!

Today was the first day at the construction site of the renovation project for my City Planning class. The point of this class is to renovate the house at 20 n 42nd St, in Philadelphia.
I am very excited for this class, since it is very different from the financial and development work I have always done. I am eager to get my hands dirty, and learn about construction. I like the hands on class approach, and know that this project will help me be more realistic about timing, costs, and processes related to construction of properties.
Last year's class acquired the property, replaced the roofing, demolished the internal walls, replaced the floor plates and the staircase. The house right now is looking good, walls are being fixed, doors have been selected, closets set, etc.
There is much going on in the house on Fridays and Saturdays, when students work in many different projects. Walls are being leveled and plastered, the staircase banister is being scraped, moldings are being placed, and the electrician runs back and forth throughout the house to complete the installation.
There are many things that need to be done, walls need to be finished, doors need to be scraped, sanded, painted and polished, the bathroom needs to be installed, everything has to get painted, flooring has to be placed, and the backyard needs to be redone.
This semester I will be in charge of the backyard renovation, which is right now looking awful, and is complicated because three houses share the backyard.
Today I dedicated my day to scraping a beautiful banister post on the top of the stairs. While working on this project I learned my first construction lesson: Read the Instructions!
I was commissioned the project, and without asking many questions I jumped righted in and applied scraper, and started scrubbing it intensely. The effect obtained was that instead of peeling of the paint, I uniformly distributed it, painting the entire thing of a deep red. It took me the rest of the day to sand off the layer of painting I had distributed.
When my teacher saw the mess, he came by, and simply asked me to read the instructions. There, on point number 6 was the secret to the scraper's kingdom; Let the scraper sit for 15 minutes before scrubbing off. Oooops. At the end of the day I left a banister that is looking much better, though not entirely completed.

Office Space

That's right, we got it now!

Nieve

Intente subir una foto de la vista de un dia nevado, como hoy, desde mi ventana.
Desafortunadamente, la memoria de mi camara esta "corrupta"
Creo que es el adios de una camara, que fuerte.

Dejo, entonces, una foto de la que fuera mi camara en sus buenos tiempos, antes de que su memoria se la llevara.............

New Year

To all my friends:
Happy new year from Mexico City!!!
2009 will be an exciting year, full of challenges and great moments. I am so excited for this year.


My biggest resolution for this new year:
-Dedicate some of my time to others

Drown out

You had to walk, in darkness...
without, the only thing you care about

And we drive away and head for south
We found our way and blocked it out

Cry alone, and die alone
Pray alone, and stay alone

Linda Cancion

Una bella cancion para un dia triste como hoy...

I am buried under piles of work.
School, thesis, business, job.
Three more weeks- survival mode-no life.

Es el dia del pavo

Esta celebracion es algo nuevo para mi, celebre mi primer thanksgiving cuando vine a Philadelphia a estudiar la universidad. En mi cuarto anio, y habiendo celebrado tres dias de accion de gracias muy diferentes entre si, creo haber empezado a entender el valor de esta celebracion.
Accion de gracias es una ocasion para compartir con la familia y los amigos, para ver en retrospectiva las cosas que nos han sido dadas, para reenfocarnos en las cosas importantes y para reir un poco de todo lo que nos hace estresarnos y preocuparnos de mas.
Yo por mi parte tengo mucho por lo que dar gracias, la salud y la unidad de mi familia, los increibles amigos con los que he sido bendecido, los avances en mi ultimo anio de la escuela, los avances en mi compania, todo lo aprendido en este anio, y tantas, tantas cosas mas.
Asi que eso hare, manana preparare una gran cena para compartir con mis amigos, estare extranado a todos los que estan lejos, y agradeciendo tanto tanto por todas las cosas maravillosas de la vida.

Hoy en tu Cumpleanos

Es el cumpleanos de mi pequena y bella hermanita.
Muchas felicidades pequena, te adoro, y este anio sera increible, ya lo veras!

All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.

~William Shakespeare, "Sonnet XLIII"

I can not change the errors of the past. I can only try to learn, and hope to make it better, a bit, each day. We've been here for over a year, and it scares me, but maybe these are the things that are truly worth, the complications, the things that make you happy, and the things that make you mad. All I wonder is will be get to a balance, will be step past our prides, will this feel fine?

Ricorderò e comunque anche se non vorrai
Ti sposerò perché non te l' ho detto mai
Come fa male cercare , trovarti poco dopo
E nell' ansia che ti perdo ti scatterò una foto…
Ti scatterò una foto…

Ricorderò e comunque e so che non vorrai
Ti chiamerò perché tanto non risponderai
Come fa ridere adesso pensarti come a un gioco
E capendo che ti ho perso
Ti scatto un' altra foto

Perché piccola potresti andartene dalle mie mani
Ed i giorni da prima lontani saranno anni

E ti scorderai di me
Quando piove i profili e le case ricordano te
E sarà bellissimo
Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore con te
Vorrei soltanto che la notte ora velocemente andasse
E tutto ciò che hai di me di colpo non tornasse
E voglio amore e tutte le attenzioni che sai dare
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire

E riconobbi il tuo sguardo in quello di un passante
Ma pure avendoti qui ti sentirei distante
Cosa può significare sentirsi piccolo
Quando sei il più grande sogno il più grande incubo

Siamo figli di mondi diversi una sola memoria
Che cancella e disegna distratta la stessa storia

E ti scorderai di me
Quando piove i profili e le case ricordano te
E sarà bellissimo
Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore con te
Vorrei soltanto che la notte ora velocemente andasse
E tutto ciò che hai di me di colpo non tornasse
E voglio amore e tutte le attenzioni che sai dare
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire

Non basta più il ricordo
Ora voglio il tuo ritorno…
E sarà bellissimo
Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore
Lo stesso sapore con te
Io Vorrei soltanto che la notte ora velocemente andasse
E tutto ciò che hai di me di colpo non tornasse
E voglio amore e tutte le attenzioni che sai dare
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire
E voglio indifferenza semmai mi vorrai ferire…

This one is actually for you.


He wrote a note that said:
"You are right
I owe you a face-to-face apology.
Let's not make such a big deal out of this.
No more complications.
You should know how much I care, as much as I know that you do.
Besos, if you want lets see each other soon."