TUESDAY QUOTES

A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself
- 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

Everything seems to be in it´s place for now at least that´s what everybody thinks, but not me. Lets just say that no one sees reality not even me. I know few things about reality actually, but anyways I can learn more about it. Anyways I do know that the world is a disaster while others don´t. There are so many weird people that only think they exist. Anyways what else can I do? People don´t get it.

Fast Facts Colombia

Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama Colombian Land Size : 1,038,700 sq km
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

For Today

I have been very sad and sick on the lasts days. This has caused me an uncreative attack. Which means I haven´t known what to write in the last days. Anyways I want to write of my opinion 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 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

Cali-Colombia Fun Facts

Cali is Colombia’s third largest city. Founded in 1536 by Sebastian de Belalcazar, it was a sleepy little mountain town until the sugar and coffee industries brought prosperity to the region.

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

Pictures

In this post I wanted to show some real pictures of Colombia. I just wanted to show why i feel what I feel about it.

TUESDAY QUOTES

It makes me happy to think that it´s Tuesday because I love quotes because they teach you and make you remmember about so many things about life.

" Be the change yo want to see in the world"

-Mahatma Gandhi

"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."
- Mary Engelbreit

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
- Maya Angelou

"Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives."
- Frederick F. Flack

"Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities."
- John C. Maxwell

It's a long road when you face the world alone, when no one reaches out a hand for you to hold. You can find love if you search within your soul, and the emptiness you felt will disappear."

-Mariah Carey

"Definition of forgiveness: The perfume a flower leaves on the shoe that crushed it."

-Source Unknown

Quote of the day: "Don´t judge the look, judge the soul."

I Was Wondering

I have been wondering in the last weeks why some people like to be seen as idiots. I was wondering what happens to those people I mean, I don´t know if they actually are idiots or they just make it all up. Well I´m not that sure but I just find it ridiculous and weird.
It might seem ridiculous but anyways that´s a brief something I wanted to talk about It´s weird but at least it´s logical.

Small post for the worst day of the week: Monday.

Shakira Does the Official World Cup Song

Once again Shakira will be presenting herself in the soccer world cup. This time she has the official song, it has a dialect that is probably South African I don´t know but it is a very good song.
The Video of the song Waka Waka by Shakira:


For more information of the 2010 world cup the official website can be of good use.

TUESDAY QUOTES

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity." Buddha

"The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression." Thomas Jefferson

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." Dalai Lama

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." Albert Einstein

"We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings." Albert Einstein

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." Mohandas Gandhi

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two." -St. Augustine

My Oh My

I haven´t written in a long time about Colombia and I was thinking I could write about the near presidential elections in Colombia. Well there are six candidates but the most important or influential are Juan Manuel Santos and Antanas Mockus. Antanas Mockus is from the Partido Verde or Green whatever, I don´t like him I mean he has gained lots of popularity in the last weeks but I still think he is crazy in thinking that Colombia can survive without an army and that the most important thing for this country is education. I´m not saying education isn´t important I´m just saying that in order to succeed in it there must be security for all. He is crazy. By the way he has shown many people his butt and has peed in a classroom- now you see why I say he is CRAZY. Funny. He wants to be a Colombian president.

Then comes Juan Manuel Santos- he is right for being an intelligent and not crazy president of Colombia. He was Ministro de defensa when Uribe was president and he did great. He actually knows what the situation in Colombia needs. I don´t know what´s going on, people don´t get it he is what Colombia needs. How can people be changed in such a small time can´t they see that what has been done in the last year has improved many bad perceptions of others about Colombia? can´t they see that we can´t go back to the bad times of Colombia? People just seem stupid. It´s so complicated. The worst thing is I can´t vote, just because I´m not eighteen. That´s funnier, I know the reality and I´m fifteen and there´s people that don´t know what Colombia needs and are thirty. Wow! impressively FUNNY.

The thing is that I would actually be sad if Mockus wins. I´m scared of what will happen I love Colombia with all my might and I want the best for it so I would really want for the good to happen. Colombian´s think, Please. Colombia is your country the one that will give you and has given you everything the one that has given us the passion and the proudness we feel for it.

Conclusion: It´s to bad I can´t vote.

TUESDAY QUOTES

I´m so happy it´s Tuesday I can relax and do a simple post that will make me happy and excited. I decided that the quotes of today will be more fun so I did them instead as pictures.

Juanes

Juanes or Juan Esteban Aristizabal is one of the most famous male Colombian singers, not only because of his way of singing but also because he sings for a cause he sings for Colombia he sings for peace. He has been a great image for Colombia and has been helping Colombian people throughout his career. He has made many concerts for peace some examples are the one in Colombia Venezuelan frontier and the one he made in Cuba.

He has been a great person and has not forgotten routes he has not forgotten that he is Colombian he has never lost the passion we Colombians have for our country.

Here are some videos of Juanes his songs his concerts and other stuff:

EARTH DAY

My whole blog has been based on Colombia and I have also been trying to make it about people´s values. People´s values are shrinking and with them the world is to. Our earth has been terribly affected by huamna beings in many aspects.
Here are some interesting facts of some of those aspects:

• The rate of warming is increasing. The 20th century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years and possibly the warmest for several millennia, according to a number of climate studies. And the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that 11 of the past 12 years are among the dozen warmest since 1850.
• Arctic ice is rapidly disappearing, and the region may have its first completely ice free summer by 2040 or earlier. Polar bears and indigenous cultures are already suffering from the sea-ice loss. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html
• 80% of the world´s forests are gone
• 2000 trees a minute are cut down in the Amazon alone. That is seven football fields a minute.
• Over 40% of all tropical forests have been destroyed and another acre is lost each second
• Raw sewage, poison runoff and other pollution have caused 8,000 beach closures
• Gas from cows is a big contributor to global warming.
• Coral Reefs Can Be Used As Global Warming Indicators
• One of the many global warming interesting facts is that coral which grows in the ocean can be used to determine the effects of this phenomenon. These underwater reefs are extremely sensitive, and even a temperature change of one or two degrees in the water can cause the coral to die off. This will alert scientists to areas which are increasing in temperature.
• Rising Sea Levels Will Affect Hundreds Of Millions Of People
  Rising sea levels are a big cause for concern. Currently more than one hundred million people live in coastal areas which will be flooded, and this can include entire states and countries, as well as islands.
• Global Warming Can Cause Many Species To Become Extinct
  Global warming interesting facts include the number of species that will become extinct if this trend is not reversed. Over a million species will no longer exist, except maybe in history books or museums, unless steps are taken to correct the issues and protect the earth.
• The Last Thirty Years Have Been The Warmest In Almost Half A Millennium
  In the last three decades the earth has seen warmer temperatures that were recorded in more than four hundred years before this point. More people, industrial plants, and pollution mean the problem is growing bigger and speeding up.
• http://www.bionomicfuel.com/top-10-global-warming-interesting-facts/

This is just a small portion of what´s happening I hope you do something to cange what´s happening in our earth.

A video from Shakira

This is one of the most recent video of one of the most famous Colombian Singers Shakira:

Gypsy
This is a video with the tenist Rafael Nadal

TUESDAY QUOTES

It makes me happy to think that on Tuesday´s I can come home and post quotes on my blog, it´s my favorite day to blog.
I hope you are enjoying them because the joy I feel by posting them is incredible.

"Life is just a chance to grow a soul."
-A.Powell Davies

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
-Abraham Lincoln

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
-Agatha Christie

"All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out."
-Albert Camus

"Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise."
-Alice Walker

"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death."
"Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living."
-Anais Nin

"Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process."
-Anne Wilson Schaeff

"Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back."
-Arthur Rubensteins

"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light."
-Barry Lopez

"There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."
-Carl Jung

And the quote of the day: Life´s uncertain, eat dessert first.

Just Monday

Every Monday is the same for me it´s not exciting and really gets on my nerves it doesn´t fill me totally with happy endings but at least it gives you things to talk about. Today was probably the most embarrassing day for me ever yes it was and the explanation would be even more embarrassing and I´m getting out of topic. Anyways I couldn´t be talking any better about Colombia´s beauty and kindness but it´s what the blog is about so you better be liking it because what we have is time, space, creativity and a person (probably more) trying to change a false perspective.

Today I will give you some interesting pages you should check out, they will be of the different topics I´ve been talking about here in my blog
COLOMBIA-SA: the best page I have found so far it has all the information you need to know about Colombia including music, maps, facts and much more.

Colombia- Official Site For Tourism: the best site for those encouraged to come and visit Colombia´s incredible places.

Colombian Food: this is a great site to find more detailed information of some of Colombian food.

Colombia Fairs and Party´s: Great place to see the different carnivals, party´s, celebrations, fairs and much more, and why not see if you might come to one and enjoy.

Some Foods

Colombia has plenty of foods to enjoy their flavors come form the saltiest to the sweetest and are so tasty they become irresistible. In this post I will show a picture of some foods describe it and where it´s from.

First let´s talk about the best rice you can ever eat: Arroz con coco/ Rice with coconut

This rice is from the Atlantic Coast of Colombia and it is incredibly delicious, it is a rice with a coconuty taste that will live in your mind forever.

The Bandeja Paisa, probably the most known of Colombias cooking, it comes form the Coffee zone of Colombia and it is conformed of rice, beans, fried platain, ground meat, chicharron(a kind of bacon), white arepas, chorizo (a kind of sausage) and avocado to make it even tastier.

Arepa de Huevo, yes the egg is inside the arepa, a perfect way of making the best breakfast. This comes form the Atlantic coast and the arepa is fried with a cooked egg inside. Irresistible.

Sancocho de Gallina/ Chicken soop, this spectacular soop comes form El Valle del Cauca. It is made up of cooked platain (not fried), yuca, chicken and a special herb called silantro which makes it the best sancocho you can taste.

Empanadas, they are done basically all over Colombia in different ways, some are done with meat, potato, sometimes they put chicken and the outer part is made out of corn. In many places of Colombia they are fried with different ingredients.

Something Sweet

Manjarblanco, wow it is the best thing you can EVER taste it is a kind of caramel only MUCH BETTER it is made with milk and sugar in a big copper pan where it´s stirred until it becomes chewy and delicious to eat. Manjarblanco comes form el Valle del Cauca.

It´s so much food it is uncountable I will talk about this some other day I hope you enjoyed and are willing to come to Colombia and taste some of it´s outrageous tastes.

What´s Going On?

My, oh my, this world is a total disaster while some people don´t know what to waste their money in others just can´t buy a thing, not even something to eat. I know I already wrote about this but I think it´s never enough, because it´s such a big reality. It´s all over the world everyone knows about it but, few do anything about it.



I just want to make you think and reflect about the things you worry about at the end they are simply stupid and ridiculous. I mean the world doesn´t spin around anyone. The world is not based in one single persons life or reputation or whatever it´s based on the whole world and off course the whole world makes it a disaster I mean you, me and evreyone makes it worst all the time. We polute it treat wrongly and underestimate what it can do to practically destroy US.



Oh well I know this is probably unworthy of my time to do but trying won ´t make me lose anything. Afterall everything was done trying the hardest as anyone could.



Know I want to show some videos of the world´s reality: