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Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere...
and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere you find youself.
Keep trying, keep going!
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Monday, December 26, 2005
Who's fault is it?
I someone is talking bad things about you (behind your back), Who's fault is it?
Is it their fault because they can be honest enough, and they can have the courage to say what they think about you in you face?
or is it your fault because you haven't create the environment of "trust" that will permit them to say what they think about you in your face?
Is it their fault because they can be honest enough, and they can have the courage to say what they think about you in you face?
or is it your fault because you haven't create the environment of "trust" that will permit them to say what they think about you in your face?
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Mery Christmas!!!
Thursday, December 22, 2005
What do you want to be?
Why do we ask children:
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Shouln't we ask them:
"What do you wanna do in life?"
and therefore help them find their dreams and vision by showing them that there is not only one way to achieve their dreams...
just compare:
"I want to be a doctor"
"I want to contribute to improving people's health"
A simple sentece can change it all.
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I heard this today... and I've learned from it...
Words are a powerful tool.
so be careful with your thoughts and speeches... people may hear you.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Shouln't we ask them:
"What do you wanna do in life?"
and therefore help them find their dreams and vision by showing them that there is not only one way to achieve their dreams...
just compare:
"I want to be a doctor"
"I want to contribute to improving people's health"
A simple sentece can change it all.
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I heard this today... and I've learned from it...
Words are a powerful tool.
so be careful with your thoughts and speeches... people may hear you.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Hotel Rwanda
A few days ago I saw Hotel Rwanda... I been trying to find out the best way to explain the way I felt after I saw this movie...
This is a mail that i received two months ago... this words may refelct... somehow... the way I felt.
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Hotel Rwanda
From: Matthias Lehmann
Date: Thu, October 20, 2005 19:26
To: Ethel Nuila
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I am just coming from the cinema. And I watched Hotel Rwanda.
It is about people saying cockroaches are disgusting.It is about people hating cockroaches.It is about people killing cockroaches. It is about people wanting to extinct all the cockroaches in their country.
A Cockroach is what they call their neighbours who happened to be born as Tutsi and not as Hutu as they were. The film is about people.It is about the the rest of the world ignoring genocide.It is about one man who risks everything to save some few people.It is about one million people dying in less than a year just because of being in a different group.
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What do I expect from you? Nothing. My honest advice to you: delete this email now and enjoy your day. Life is short and you should get the most out of it. Meet your friends, drink some beer and have a party, that´s the most important thing.
If you disagree, call five people and go with them to watch the film.
You will not enjoy it.
But maybe they will tell others about it. Maybe they will tell other people to watch the film. Maybe there will be more people starting to think about what is happening in the world.Maybe there will be some people wanting to change it. Maybe the next time these people will raise their voice and make the United Nations react when genocide is happening.
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After the movie I was sitting down with my friend I watched it together with. We did not talk too much, rather thinking.Genocide happened so many times in History. It happened n my country.It just happened in Kosovo, just in the neighbourhood of the EU.It is happening right now.Is it natural for Human Beings? Would I participate in something like that? How am I acting?Where does it come from?Hatred. Prejudices. Rage.
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"This is a homeless."
"This guy looks gay."
"This is a gypsy."
"This is a muslim."
"This person is black."
"That woman voted for Bush."
"This person is fat."
"That must be a Jew."
"This girl is blonde."
"That guy is a Catolic"
"These people are immigrants."
"Tutsi are Cockroaches."
What do the sentences above mean to you? What assumptions come automatically to your mind when you hear them? How do you act towards these people? What do you say if someone makes an assumption about a person just because this person happens to belong to a group?
Maybe I cannot do too much against genocide now.But I can do something about my attitude towards the people around me.I can make people think about what they are saying. I can influence my friends.
Go take them to watch the movie.Ask them the questions I just asked you.
Matthias
This is a mail that i received two months ago... this words may refelct... somehow... the way I felt.
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Hotel Rwanda
From: Matthias Lehmann
Date: Thu, October 20, 2005 19:26
To: Ethel Nuila
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am just coming from the cinema. And I watched Hotel Rwanda.
It is about people saying cockroaches are disgusting.It is about people hating cockroaches.It is about people killing cockroaches. It is about people wanting to extinct all the cockroaches in their country.
A Cockroach is what they call their neighbours who happened to be born as Tutsi and not as Hutu as they were. The film is about people.It is about the the rest of the world ignoring genocide.It is about one man who risks everything to save some few people.It is about one million people dying in less than a year just because of being in a different group.
___________________________________________________________________________
What do I expect from you? Nothing. My honest advice to you: delete this email now and enjoy your day. Life is short and you should get the most out of it. Meet your friends, drink some beer and have a party, that´s the most important thing.
If you disagree, call five people and go with them to watch the film.
You will not enjoy it.
But maybe they will tell others about it. Maybe they will tell other people to watch the film. Maybe there will be more people starting to think about what is happening in the world.Maybe there will be some people wanting to change it. Maybe the next time these people will raise their voice and make the United Nations react when genocide is happening.
______________________________________________________________________
After the movie I was sitting down with my friend I watched it together with. We did not talk too much, rather thinking.Genocide happened so many times in History. It happened n my country.It just happened in Kosovo, just in the neighbourhood of the EU.It is happening right now.Is it natural for Human Beings? Would I participate in something like that? How am I acting?Where does it come from?Hatred. Prejudices. Rage.
___________________________________________________________________________
"This is a homeless."
"This guy looks gay."
"This is a gypsy."
"This is a muslim."
"This person is black."
"That woman voted for Bush."
"This person is fat."
"That must be a Jew."
"This girl is blonde."
"That guy is a Catolic"
"These people are immigrants."
"Tutsi are Cockroaches."
What do the sentences above mean to you? What assumptions come automatically to your mind when you hear them? How do you act towards these people? What do you say if someone makes an assumption about a person just because this person happens to belong to a group?
Maybe I cannot do too much against genocide now.But I can do something about my attitude towards the people around me.I can make people think about what they are saying. I can influence my friends.
Go take them to watch the movie.Ask them the questions I just asked you.
Matthias
Sunday, December 04, 2005
once upon a time...
Once upon a time,
there was a house...
IN THE SKY!!!!
I was there!!!!!
This house was built with the purpose of raising money to build real houses for poor people.
The goal was: enough money for 200 houses.
We reached 207!!!!!!!
www.untechoparaelsalvador.org/casa
mis fotos en el aire
Friday, December 02, 2005
LAST DAY ON CAMPUS!!!
Today is my last day in University :D
I have the last exam in a few hours and then... PARTY!!!!
this is the only time in the year when people can ge drunk inside the campus!!!
I'll upload pictures soon!!!!
I have the last exam in a few hours and then... PARTY!!!!
this is the only time in the year when people can ge drunk inside the campus!!!
I'll upload pictures soon!!!!
I'M SO HAPPY!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Thursday, December 01, 2005
1 day, 1 final exam and 1 final project to go!
Tomorrow is my last day on campus.
Right now, I'm at the computer lab with most of my classmates. Everybody is so behind on their finals projects, nobody wants to study for our final exam, people is talking about getting drunk tonight and be drunk tomorrow during the exam... anyway the party starts in front of the campus right after the exam, with a lot of beer provided by the professors.
I can almost believe it... tomorrow I'll be part of the Labor force. Tomorrow is my last day on campus.
:D
Right now, I'm at the computer lab with most of my classmates. Everybody is so behind on their finals projects, nobody wants to study for our final exam, people is talking about getting drunk tonight and be drunk tomorrow during the exam... anyway the party starts in front of the campus right after the exam, with a lot of beer provided by the professors.
I can almost believe it... tomorrow I'll be part of the Labor force. Tomorrow is my last day on campus.
:D
