If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it

This video has left me speechless. We should listen more often to kids, as they have amazing things to say, and very good viewpoints.

The New Year must re-start tomorrow

I was sure that 2009 would be a fantastic year. I was so certain about it that i tried to convince everybody around me. Economic crisis, unemployment, recession.... every one could see signs for a black year, except me. Today I find myself writing this quite scarred.... could it be that 2009 is going to be a terrible year? so far so bad. It hasn't been one month and already most of the people I love have suffered a death or a bad illness or an accident in their families. However, I cannot say I have been directly touched by any of this miseries. Could it be that 2009 is going to be bad for everyone but me? or is the year going to surprise me soon with something painful?

My little me inside myself refuses to believe that I am wrong. This year is supposed to be a good one, for me and for all around me, otherwise, how could I be happy if the ones I love are not? Then... have we made a mistake in our calendar? could it be that the New Year hasn't started yet? Maybe we should follow the Chinese calendar, which states that the New Year doesnt start until January 26th, which is tomorrow.

If your year hasn't started as good as you wish it had, why don't you celebrate tomorrow (even if just very privately) the beginning of the New Year, the one which is going to bring all those good things you want? Give it a try, you never know! It cant really get any worse, I guess....

So Happy New Year's Eve!!

Back to the Island

It has been two years, and here I am again. Manila, the Philippines. A country that has seen me cry and laugh, work and travel, hate and love. Some of the toughest moments of my professional life have happened here, but also some of the happiest times of my life. It is such a bittersweet taste when I remember those times. But now it is different. It is a new chapter in my life, just like it was a new stage then.

And he is with me this time. We are going to make the best out of our time here, both personally and professionally. So many plans, so many dreams. It is also a New Year, and new times bring new things. 2009, such a beautiful number! It is odd, adds up odd and if you add it up again you get 2. The 2 of us.