La vida es un picnic

Sabiduría pura.

2008-08-29T12:45:00.000-07:00

Abandonar el egoísmo es el mayor logro.
Controlarse a si mismo es el mayor valor.
Buscar servir a los demás es la mayor cualidad.
Estar atento continuamente es el mejor precepto.
Ver la carencia de existencia inherente en todo, es la mejor medicina.
La mejor de las acciones es no estar conforme con las costumbres mundanas.
Transformar las pasiones es la mejor magia.
El desapego es la mayor generosidad.
Una mente pacífica es la mayor bondad.
La mayor paciencia es la humildad.
El mayor de los esfuerzos no espera recompensa alguna.
Una mente que sabe soltar es la mejor meditación.
La mayor sabiduría es ver a través de las apariencias.

El maestro Atisha

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2008-04-30T17:23:00.000-07:00

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Running south, an stop in Hoi An

2007-06-24T07:27:00.000-07:00

Hoi An is a very colorful place. The old town has very antique houses and pagodas. Most of them have dragon shapes and wooden walls. The most common goods sold are tailors, colorful chinesse-style paper lamps and typical food from the region (cao lau and my quang). As a good strategic planner, I took advantage from the Balassa Samuelson effect, and got this nice tailor-maide clothes. Check them out:

Light cream for the tropical weddings

For the formal meetings

For any ocassion, posing with my tailor and fashion designer.

I ask to shop to send them to my address in Cambridge. It will take 3 months since I ask for the cheapest postage costs. Lets see if my 250 bucks investment will show up!

Good bye Bangkok, Hello Hanoi

2007-06-15T21:40:00.000-07:00

After a fast flight with Asian Air Abe and me arrived to Hanoi. The city is crazy. Thousands of motorbikes are coming and going in the streets and everyone is horning in every corner. It seems that they drive with the ears instead of with their eyes.

A couple of days ago, I went to take an oil massage in a nice spa in the RCA road in Bangkok. Abe had a chat with a local in a cafe near Khao San Road and she invited him to try her spa free of charge. So, I went with him and gave it a try. The experience was extremelly relaxing. On our way back we were going to meet with some friends from the KSG (Kennedy School of Government) and took a ride on a motorbike, to feel a bit of adrenaline through my veins.

Taking a ride in Bangkok.

I am reading a very interesting book called Happiness by Matthieu Ricard. Ricard is a French buddhist monk that spends most of his time in a Monastery located around the Kathmandu valley in Nepal (See more about him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthieu_Ricard). I visited the Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery two years ago, but I wasn't lucky to meet him. In this book, Ricard describes the concept of experiencing "the state of flow". This idea, first introduced by a psychologist consists in performing an activity in full attention such that the time passes without noticing it. When we perform activities that we like we usually experience the flow. Whereas if we do things we don't like the experience of the time passing is noticeable. We got stressed, bored, and experience suffering.

The Atlanta and other Bangkok stories

2007-06-14T23:29:00.000-07:00

It's been 3 days since I arrived to Bangkok. Today I am flying to Hanoi, Vietnam to meet with some friends from the MPAID program. I am currently leaving an amazing hotel extremely affordable for backpackers and the like. The name is Hotel Atlanta and it is located in Sukhumvit Soi 2 in Bangkok.

Another highlight from my travelling around Bangkok was the meeting with Soyun, Mika and Jonathan in a very cool North Eastern Thai style restaurant called Cafe de Laos. We ate really good food that cause me very wired side effects. Mika and Soyun particularly liked the food.

We also took a picture of all of us in the entrance of the Restaurant.

Introducing my blog (for english speakers)

2007-06-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Today I received an invitation to post my blog in the site of the Masters Program that I am undertaking these days. I am writting this introduction in English for those clicking that link. First of al the meaning of the title of our blog "La vida es un picnic" is a translation in Spanish to what in French would read " La vie est un pique-nique" or in English "Life's a picnic". This name inspired me to describe this blog because it will include several impressions from my life-flow. Thus, it will contain different perspectives, places and emotional states, just like those experienced in a picnic. I dedicate this blog to the great sensei Kaliman (to know more about him see http://www.kaliman.com.mx/kal_16.html). Don't forget that accomplishment starts from our inner being and that you are in charge to make a difference in your lives and ultimately in the world we live. See you later!

"The kindness of the brave one is contrasted with the wickedness of the coward" Kaliman

La vida es un pic-nic

2005-05-04T14:49:00.000-07:00

¿Por que no? El día de hoy comienzo una fructífera vida publicando historias en mi super blog denominado La vida es un pic-nic. Muy pronto mi tiempo se verá relajado y con el las historias y anécdotas se tornarán mas ricas y exhuberantes. Les dedico este primer paso en mi vida internáutica, mágica, creativa y musical. No olviden llevar consigo las enseñansas del sensei mayor Kalimán y recuerden que no hay mayor ganador que el que lleva uno en su interior. ¡Hasta la próxima!