Tuesday, May 25, 2010
TUESDAY QUOTES
- Francis Ward Weller
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
- Cicero
A happy life must be o great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
- Bertrand Russell
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
- Proverbs
Be grateful for what you have, not regretful for what you haven’t.
- Unknown
Be patient. You’ll know when it’s time for you to wake up and move ahead.
- Ram Dass
Better to be happy than wise.
- John Heywood
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
- William James
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Fast Facts Colombia
ColombianClimate / Weather : tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands Colombian Population : 42,310,775 (July 2004 est.)
Colombian Capital City: Bogota Colombian
Colombian Main Industries : textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Colombian Agricultural products : coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Colombian Currency : Colombian peso (COP)
Country History
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups and illegal paramilitary groups escalated during the 1990s. Violence has been decreasing since about 2002, but attacks continue to occur. The Colombian Government has stepped up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, and now has a presence in every one of its municipalities. However, concerns about violence still exist, being less than before.
From: http://www.facts-about.org.uk/places-geography-colombia.htm
http://www.omsinternational.org/colombia/fastfacts
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
For Today
First of all I am simply tired of people thinking that their problems are so big they could affect the whole world. they even think the world will be destroyed,that the biggest catastrophe will happen to evolve out of their "huge" problems. How can people be like that? well it all starts when they are born and they are so spoiled they think nobody else in the world exists until second grade when they finally find out there are more countries and more people, but they are still being spoiled (this is done until eleventh grade more or less) then their life is ruined- they don´t know how to do anything alone. All because they are spoiled Brats that forgot that they are not the center of the universe.
Second of all Ive seriously been trying to be patient with people that are so presumed. I´m so tired of people believing they are the beautifulest thing that ever happened in the world. By the way this are the same people that care about what others think which means they don´t have a personality which doesn´t make them the beautifulest thing that happened to the world. People simply need to see reality.
Third of all I love Colombia and I am scared of what may happen to Colombia when a new president comes. I hope for the best to happen and also want Juan Manuel Santos to be the winner or else the last eight years will be useless to every Colombian that has a better life.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
TUESDAY QUOTES
"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. " ~John Archibald WheelerThe American Journal of Physics, 1978, SS
"Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark-spattered wheels and a hoarse roar of power or terror. It's passing, yet I'm the one who's doing all the moving." ~Martin Amis, Money
"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day." ~Benjamin Disraeli
"A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours." ~John B. Priestly
"Time is like the wind, it lifts the light and leaves the heavy." ~Doménico Cieri Estrada
The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. ~C.S. Lewis
The time you think you're missing, misses you too. ~Ymber Delecto
Time is the only thief we can't get justice against. ~Astrid Alauda
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ~Buddha
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. ~John F. Kennedy
Monday, May 17, 2010
Cali-Colombia Fun Facts
Cali is located in Colombia’s southwestern region, about 995 meters above sea level. A diverse region of coast, foothills and the Andean cordillera. Cali is a rich archaeological area, as well as culturally diverse. See this interactive map from Expedia.
It enjoys terrific nightlife in the salsotecas, and visitors enjoy the historic center as well as excursions into the surrounding areas for sugar haciendas.
Valle del Cauca has the most sugar facories in all Colombia.
Facts from: http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/cali/Cali_Colombia.htm