This is what I call serendipity

Serendipity means a "fortuitous happenstance" or "pleasant surprise". And what a joieus serendipity is to fall in love, isn't it?

"Paperman" is a 2012 black-and-white/3D/hand-drawn/computer animated/romantic comedy short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by John Kahrs; it won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards.

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My 7 years in Facebook

After all these years, and the collection of memories... one looks forward for what is next.

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The year in pictures

2013, a year in pictures
Music: American Authors - "Best Day of My Life"

#flipagram made with @flipagram
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Something funny I found while on FB

Something funny I found in my Facebook timeline, worth "stealing and posting" for you all to enjoy, specially for my music fan friends and performers...

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How is a baseball game in Korea

Recently, while in Korea, I got the chance to go to a baseball game in Jamsil. It was my 2nd time there, and of course I was wearing my team's jersey!
Baseball in Korea is brilliantly different from what you are used to -- that is if you are from the Western side of the world and you watch US MLB.
I am dear to say that my team is LG Twins (for the most obvious reasons), even though they are not having the best season at this moment... Anyhow, what makes the game night interesting is not the game itself (odd!) but the spirit from the bleachers, the fans, the cheerleaders!
This is a video from someone that went to a game 2 days after me, never-mind: the crowd is as energetic as you will expect.
Odd! But a lot of fun! Thanks Gary, we had a blast!
And of course, Gangnam Style was played :)

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Thunder-Thunder-Thundercats, hooo!

I must confess, I grew up hooked to the original series back in the 1980's, enjoyed a lot the re-runs in the 1990's... but now with the new series (started 1 year ago, and close to end the 1st season) it's fair enough to say that I enjoy to still be a "kid".

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Modelo argentino de la resolución de problemas

No podía evitar NO compartirlo...

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Mi visita a "Sukhi"

El viernes salí a explorar una opción diferente de comer en nuestra cosmopolita Ciudad de Panamá : comer comida tailandesa en Sukhi.

Según su sitio web, "Sukhi" significa "gente contenta y saludable"; puedo decir que salí bastante contento y (creo) que comí bastante saludable...

Les puedo comentar de lo que comí (y de lo que piqué de mis compañeros comensales):

• Thai Money Bags: 3 wantones fritos rellenos de una mágica mezcla de puerquito, camarones y castañas de agua, con un toquecito de picantito y dulce de salsa.
• Pad Thai y Drunken noodles, (ojo: compartidos, que no soy 'tragaldabas'), son como una sinfonía en tu boca por la variedad de sabores que armónicamente se mezclan en tu paladar para contrastar lo dulce, lo picante, lo amargo, con una variedad de tonos entre los fideos, los vegetales y la carne.
• Más info en el menú.

Para refrescar la garganta, una limonada con menta - admito, pedida con cierta curiosidad y reticencia, pero totalmente ¡recomendada! Como colofón, hay un postre que no está en el menú que es de galletas, helado y chantilly que les recomiendo pedir.

La relación calidad-precio es buena, el ambiente es relajado y la atención es cordial.

Dos recomendaciones:

• armése con un poco de paciencia ya que como la comida es preparada en el acto demora un poco (pero no mucho, no se asuste);
• ponga atención si alérgico al maní o a los mariscos: mucha de la comida preparada y servida contiene estos ingredientes.

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Happy birthday to me...

Thanks all for your best wishes... posting later: the open bar is already open... 

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Hay razones para creer en un mundo mejor

Es incríble lo mucho que me gustan los comerciales de Coca-Cola. A pesar de que no suelo beber ni Coke, ni Pepsi, etc, me declaro fan de sus comerciales - y por tanto les genero publicidad con solo mencionarlos, a pesar de que no cobro un centavo de eso...


En fin, este mensaje es eperanzador que todo lo bueno es más y mejor que todo lo malo y que hay esperanza para creer en un mundo mejor...

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Open Happiness (Coca-Cola Christmas add)

The Holidays are coming!

This 2010 Coca-Cola Christmas advert is called Snow Globes, even though is not the "classic" delivery-truck-with-lights commercial we used to see in the 90's, it still adds that concept -- which I love, since for me seeing those lighted vehicles go by is a simile of "let's start the Christmas season" (pop culture quote and pause here please).

So, you'll see how in a town (like this), inside a snow globe, its inhabitants experience the spectacular to the magic of Christmas Eve, by the means --of course-- of Father Christmas shaking the artifact, while drinking a Coke (and everyone noticing because of the "fizz"). Featuring Train's "Shake Up Christmas", this is an add that I pretty much won't get tired to watch...

Anyhow, enjoy the video... Most likely I'll post some more in the coming days (let me just surf a little for that).

Meanwhile: the Holidays are coming! ♫

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Happy Halloween

Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

Marilyn Manson's "This is Halloween"

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This blog's QR

I just found my bit.ly's QR (Quick Response) code. 


How cool is that?


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Living his life faster

Living My Life Faster - 8 years of JK's Daily Photo Project from JK Keller on Vimeo.

Oct 01 1998 - 2006
If you want the total experience, visit the project site: http://www.c71123.com/daily_photo/
music derived from: Jankenpopp
http://jankenpopp.free.fr
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

This is a project from JK Keller "The Adaption to My Generation (a daily photo project)" where he took a picture every day from 1998 to 2006. An interesting project, if you like it don't miss his website and vimeo, where you can learn what else he does.

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2 Rules for Successful Presentations

Presentations go wrong for various reasons, but the most common is poor preparation. These two rules will make sure you're ready before you step in:

1- KNOW your audience.
Speeches are about the audience, not the presenter. Be sure to know who you're addressing; size, attitudes, and emotional state of your audience should affect the length, style, and content of your presentation.

2- Tell them ONE thing.
It's sad but, audience members remember very little of what they hear. Keep it simple: focus on one idea and eliminate everything that doesn't support that idea.

Sumarized from: Harvard Business Review blogs
Illustration image by Piero Tonin, taken from Cartoon Stock

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Confidence = Body Language (part 2)

People say: "A picture is worth a thousand words"; well if that is so, you certainly want to make a good impression! How to express confidence without opening your mouth doesn't need to be challenging. Here there are some interesting pointers that may help you project a strong, confident, capable attitude. Please don't hesitate to add it in the comments!

Confidence = Body Language (part 1)

"A picture is worth a thousand words", right? Do you make conclusions after first impressions? What about YOU when making first impressions?!

10 ideas to project positivism

Fact: in life everything will (eventually) gravitate toward positive people; so if you desire to be gravitated you have to shine positivism. But, alas, I'm not saying that everything should or will be sunshine and fresh-air scent all the time, nor that you have to impersonate someone else, but (of course) there are ways to extend that bliss and power up your a PA (positive attitude). In order for this, these are a couple of good pointers I came across recently -- be my guest and add yours!

UEFA Champions League Final Madrid 2010

Browsing in YouTube there are these 2 videos of today's UEFA Champions League Final that I pretty much liked; here they are -- you can also look them up in YouTube!

Viendo YouTube encontré estos 2 vídeos de la final de hoy de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA, que me encantaron; acá están -- los puedes también buscar y ver en YouTube:

Bayern vs Inter - UEFA Champions League Final Madrid 2010 Promo HD

Promo Finale Santiago Bernabeu 2010

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La fiebre empezó...

Primero fue empezar el tradicional álbum del Mundial, el clásico Panini que aunque me esfuerce por "intentar" no hacerlo, lo termino comprando, volverme loco comprando media caja de figuritas. etc. Ahora también estoy haciendo el álbum vitual en fifa.com


Es increíble como los tiempos cambian (y eso que solamente sumo una treintena a la cédula) y como el envolvernos en este ambiente virtual ya es prácticamente una segunda forma de respirar.


¿Con qué satisfacción me quedo? Poder comprar mi media caja de figuritas sin tener que pedirle permiso a nadie -- hehehe.


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