I am really sleepy.
MIA is quit boring. There is not enough amusement here. You would think a big airport like this would have more shops or even restaurants for that matter. Concourse D has one restaurant that you can sit for a drink and food, and a “food court” that consist of three restaurants: really bad Chinese food, although it smells really good, pizza store and a desert place that also sells cold sandwiches.
Even the Duty Free, which is all the way in Concourse C, is under construction and barely has anything that worth your time beside alcohol and cigarette.
Although I am running on so little sleep and have lost few hours but the trip was awesome. I finally got to go and swim with dolphins. Wanted to do this for such a long time but never got a chance. Fortunately I was able to convince my friend to go with me. I got a kiss from the dolphin on my cheek, felt so weird but it was cute
Interesting things about dolphins that I did not know before:
1. They have pleasure sex!!
2. They don’t fully sleep but put half of their brain into sleep when they need to rest
3. The pregnancy period is one full year!
4. Their skin is not slimy and slippery (I always thought that was the case from looking at the pictures)
5. They are born with mustache but they lose it on the same day
6. Some of them are smarter than the other ones but just like humans some try harder! Awww,,, I fell so bad for that one dolphin. The trainer told us that he was more enthusiastic to put up a show for audience. Just trying to please his trainer! The smarter one however was lazy and didn’t want to do much but he knew it all.
We also went to a water park which was in the same area. It only had few rides but they were fun! It is so good to have smart friends. It is easier to trust them with your stuff. My friend is not so good with direction, but great with money. So all I had to do was to pay attention so we don’t get lost and everything else was taken care of. My friend would even check the money I would get back from the bus driver to make sure they have not short changed me! Love it….
It was so good to catch up with my friend and of course the gossip around those we both know.
I danced so much and laughed so hard that I think I am going to be depressed for few days at work. Friday night we went to three different places and last night, Saturday, we went to CoCo Bongo. They put up a show by imitating famous singers and movies (from Elvis to Matrix!). Played many rock and roll songs which was great to sing along to and dance. It will take me couple of days to get my voice back! LOL
I think we did a lot given I was there for only 2 nights and one and half day!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Faculty of Wonder
“The only thing we require to have to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder.”
As human we have a tendency to get used to things. You wish people would consciously try to get enthralled by normal events. Those who grow up to take the world for granted bore me. It is amazing to know how to enjoy little things. Remember the first time you wrote with a sharp pen on the paper? Did you like how it felt? How the pen cut through the paper to make its mark? I still enjoy it…
Why do people find it so hard to keep the originality of things over time? Let your imagination free. Let is figure out how to keep things interesting for you.
A philosopher from Sicily believed that there are two different forces at work in nature: love and strife. Can’t it be a middle ground between these two forces? Can we not be neutral towards things?
Love is a bigger part of your life. You tend to avoid things that you don’t like and postpone thinking about it to sometimes in the near future. The funny thing is that it stays with you until you form an opinion about it.
“Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world? Why do people quit playing when they grow up?”
You see life as your playground. It is about having fun. Some, you enjoy more than others and some you want to keep to yourself! But it doesn’t work that way you have to tame them! You are not so good at that though. Some are very good at it but that is not one of your trades. Well actually you tame the wrong ones for some reason. Are “what you want” and “what you think you want” different?
Looking out the window of an airplane and seeing the clouds from the top is a beautiful scene. It is like looking at the ocean when it is windy. Clouds are just condensed vapor, aren’t they? So I guess they don’t only look the same they are the same.
Up here in the sky, this morning, your mind is occupied with only one thing. You really really wish that you could have it. :S
As human we have a tendency to get used to things. You wish people would consciously try to get enthralled by normal events. Those who grow up to take the world for granted bore me. It is amazing to know how to enjoy little things. Remember the first time you wrote with a sharp pen on the paper? Did you like how it felt? How the pen cut through the paper to make its mark? I still enjoy it…
Why do people find it so hard to keep the originality of things over time? Let your imagination free. Let is figure out how to keep things interesting for you.
A philosopher from Sicily believed that there are two different forces at work in nature: love and strife. Can’t it be a middle ground between these two forces? Can we not be neutral towards things?
Love is a bigger part of your life. You tend to avoid things that you don’t like and postpone thinking about it to sometimes in the near future. The funny thing is that it stays with you until you form an opinion about it.
“Why is Lego the most ingenious toy in the world? Why do people quit playing when they grow up?”
You see life as your playground. It is about having fun. Some, you enjoy more than others and some you want to keep to yourself! But it doesn’t work that way you have to tame them! You are not so good at that though. Some are very good at it but that is not one of your trades. Well actually you tame the wrong ones for some reason. Are “what you want” and “what you think you want” different?
Looking out the window of an airplane and seeing the clouds from the top is a beautiful scene. It is like looking at the ocean when it is windy. Clouds are just condensed vapor, aren’t they? So I guess they don’t only look the same they are the same.
Up here in the sky, this morning, your mind is occupied with only one thing. You really really wish that you could have it. :S
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Echt!? LOL
Living in a place for few months and knowing it is transient is not as easy as you might think. It is fun and it teaches to live free. How much you learn it up to you but being detached comes with the territory.
I remembered that they thought us something like that in our religion classes. If we learn to live life, like it is a transient stage then you would live a much more fulfilling life.
You meet a lot of new people. They are all different with different agendas, some nice, some not so nice. LOL. You are not going to let the “not so nice” ones bother you and enjoy the company of the great ones :$
Your new friend is funny, smart and of course weird. You are not sure who is weirder, you of your new friend?! After all, it takes one to know one… hehe
He doesn’t like the refinery because it is polluting the weather, when you say that it is creating so many jobs and it is a source of income for the island and he is ok with it. He doesn’t like to kill the 40 year old fish because it is old and big but it is ok to kill the small and young ones! He lets the old and big one go after catching them and is mad at Germans for eating them! He makes up words such as “sjonge jonge” lol
Who in the whole world would put his contact lenses in his mouth at night so it doesn’t dry-up and manage not to swallow it till the morning? Then wake up in the morning and swallow it?!! LOL LOL, seriously who would eat his contact lens?
You had an amazing weekend. Hiking with a coworker and diving with a friend. Hiking was very good. You are soaking wet by the time you are back down! You drive to the diving site.
There is no radio signal after a while…. You just drive and talk about everything and anything. You make fun of each other, the scenery, and the animals on the road, the tree with some orange stuff on it (wortel!) LOL Oh!
Diving was so awesome! Never thought you would like it. You were so tense but learned to let go of your fear and trust your instructor and your instinct. Your first breath underwater through the diving regulator was just one hell of an experience.There is truly another world under water, so quiet, so calm. You don’t want to disturb their life, their home. Lying on your back, looking up at the sunlight, you almost don’t want to ever go back up. It is just so peacefuuuuuuuuuuuuulllll. Tall cliffs lead directly into the warm Caribbean water. You swim in between colar reefs, observe different species of fish and feel the rush in every cell of your body. You are truly happy!
kusjes to my lovely friend for taking me diving and being so patient with me. Life just has just so much to offer. Going back to the normal life is not going to be that easy.
You have to pack and leave…you feel that you are kind of living a double life. Can’t do this for long, it is getting annoying.
I have to be in the airport at 6! LOL
I remembered that they thought us something like that in our religion classes. If we learn to live life, like it is a transient stage then you would live a much more fulfilling life.
You meet a lot of new people. They are all different with different agendas, some nice, some not so nice. LOL. You are not going to let the “not so nice” ones bother you and enjoy the company of the great ones :$
Your new friend is funny, smart and of course weird. You are not sure who is weirder, you of your new friend?! After all, it takes one to know one… hehe
He doesn’t like the refinery because it is polluting the weather, when you say that it is creating so many jobs and it is a source of income for the island and he is ok with it. He doesn’t like to kill the 40 year old fish because it is old and big but it is ok to kill the small and young ones! He lets the old and big one go after catching them and is mad at Germans for eating them! He makes up words such as “sjonge jonge” lol
Who in the whole world would put his contact lenses in his mouth at night so it doesn’t dry-up and manage not to swallow it till the morning? Then wake up in the morning and swallow it?!! LOL LOL, seriously who would eat his contact lens?
You had an amazing weekend. Hiking with a coworker and diving with a friend. Hiking was very good. You are soaking wet by the time you are back down! You drive to the diving site.
There is no radio signal after a while…. You just drive and talk about everything and anything. You make fun of each other, the scenery, and the animals on the road, the tree with some orange stuff on it (wortel!) LOL Oh!
Diving was so awesome! Never thought you would like it. You were so tense but learned to let go of your fear and trust your instructor and your instinct. Your first breath underwater through the diving regulator was just one hell of an experience.There is truly another world under water, so quiet, so calm. You don’t want to disturb their life, their home. Lying on your back, looking up at the sunlight, you almost don’t want to ever go back up. It is just so peacefuuuuuuuuuuuuulllll. Tall cliffs lead directly into the warm Caribbean water. You swim in between colar reefs, observe different species of fish and feel the rush in every cell of your body. You are truly happy!
kusjes to my lovely friend for taking me diving and being so patient with me. Life just has just so much to offer. Going back to the normal life is not going to be that easy.
You have to pack and leave…you feel that you are kind of living a double life. Can’t do this for long, it is getting annoying.
I have to be in the airport at 6! LOL
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