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Pura vida!
Costa Rica es un lugar encantador, con gente amable, una estupenda infraestructura para el turismo, y con una espléndida flora y fauna. Allí disfruté de unas merecidas vacaciones entre el 7 y el 14 de Junio de 2009. El principal motivo del viaje, era asistir a la boda de mis amigos Jocelly y Steve en…
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SXSW 2009 – Relajado
El jueves regresé al centro para escuchar en Momo’s las bandas que SXSW tenía preparadas para esa noche dedicada la música del mundo: Cla – Portugal Kingman and Jonah – Jamaica Playing For Change – EEUU Ximena Sariñana – México Asa – Francia Monareta – Colombia Cómo es costumbre llegué tarde y no tuve oportunidad…
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Fiebre de Marzo
‘No Line on the Horizon’ es el nuevo disco de U2, una de mis bandas favoritas. El disco lo compré en la tienda en línea de Amazon por U$4, menos de lo que pago por un burrito de Freebirds (más saludable por supuesto). Por ahora me gusta el disco, y le estoy agarrando gustico. Es…
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Loving the Paella
Last Friday I was hanging with some friends enjoying a few beers at the Crown and Anchor pub when someone mentioned that the 6th Annual Paella Lovers United was going to be held on Saturday. I’ve never heard about this Paella event so my friend explained how it works: several teams compete by cooking Paellas…
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Algebra Age Word Problem
Ten years ago, Ricardo had two and a half times Daniel’s age. Today is Ricardo’s birthday and now Daniel is half of his age. How old is Ricardo turning today? Problem statement Solution Happy Birthday dad!!! Nobody should attempt to obtain the value of d.
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Election day
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Austin City Limits 2008
Another Austin City Limits music festival has passed successfully through Austin. The festival just keeps getting better every year and I really enjoy going to it. My favorite bands this year where: Manu Chao I saw Manu Chao last year in Austin and I enjoyed watching him perform again. It was the only artist I…
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Medellín 2008: Corralejas
Picture by Luis Pérez A corraleja is a typical celebration from the Colombian coast regions where people gather in a place similar to a bullfight ring and fight several bulls. The difference with a bullfight is that there is no matador in corralejas, but anyone can jump in and fight the bull. And the bull…
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Medellín 2008: The trip
View Larger Map It all started on July 30th at 3:30am when I get this phone call: Me: “He…mfff…llo…bmgrrr?” Cab driver: “Hello are you Mr. Jaramillo? I´m the cab driver and I´m waiting for you outside your house” Me: “Dude! I asked for a cab for July 31st! You came 24 hours too soon!” Cab…
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30 years and counting
It has been almost a month since I wrote my last post two days before my birthday. I have to thank everyone who made it to my birthday party. It was really fun. I also want to thank all the friends and family members that sent me happy birthday wishes through emails, instant messages, phone…