Nomad JuanCa's Report

Not much to say about today, was a calmed day, a friend came over and i sold the plan and the mobile i mentioned yesterday everything went pretty fine.

have a good day all of you.

Hi, well today was a calmed day, had to do several things planned but really i have to fix some stuff before doing what i wanted.

The weekend was kind of moved.... i was in the middle of a fight... felt hunted, interrogated, my God.

There is this girl from my job who asked me to cover cause she wanted to go out with her bf and her mother is a pain in the ass... so i did.... but well, all was discovered and it was a real mess. Never again supporting this girl, it brings more troubles than solutions.

well... not much to say, it was agood day, calmed one and i loved it.

What did i learn today?

- A nap in the afternoon feels sooo nice.

- Never trust too much in people, they might fail you all the time. Once one person fail, try not to repeat the same mistake of trusting in her again

- The only way to cover your back properly....is to cover it yourself.

Well, today was another nice day, calmed, went downtown to deliver some stuff at Alegro PCS headquarters, then to Duran to my sisters place... for some silly reason i'm taking always the wrong bus....and end up at the end of the world, but today i got the buss off once i knew it was in the wrong direction and guess where i was.... in the middle of nowhere.

So i decided to take some shots, here is how it looks like to be in the middle of the way from Duran to Yaguachi.

Yes... there is nothing there, i was left about 1 or 2 km far from where my sister lives (and that is far from city of Duran). So what a nomad does in that situation? walk...so i did.

It was fun you know people passing in their cars looking at me... i dressed in sport clothe, taking pictures of myself in the middle of the road.... my God.

I was walking all the way to my sister's place when a car stopped next to me...damn! i was affraid... but it was only a family from highlands in a car asking me the direction to go to Yaguachi, so i told them. While walking i started to think that our life is sometimes like that way..... a long long long road to follow... sometimes lonely and surrounded by nothing, but the good nomads like us always find something special in the road, cause each one of them is different, in some of them you can even find.... beauty. Flowers in the middle of nothing huh? isn't it meaningful? same in our life good moments can come sometimes when no expected. You might also meet strange people in your path.... or those that get you affraid, but if you are wise.. you will learn that not all is what it seems.

I felt happy walking this road, guess i needed it, needed a bit of silence and sun, and God is so wise that i was just dressed for this: sport pants, light t-shirt, avia sport shoes, light luggage, and my black cap with the R (i think it means "Rich" or "Runner" may be ;).

Saw fire, birds, flowers, and many more things that also scaped from attention, but i felt happy, cause here i am... making my own path in this world.

This is where my sister lives (when i got off the bus.....it is at the end of the picture)

This is me almost arriving to my sister's neighborhood........ -->

And this is me arriving home... what's the meaning?

AT THE END OF ANY DAY, AND ANY ROAD, YOU WILL ALWAYS GET HOME, PERHAPS SAME PLACE WHERE YOU JUST STARTED, OR A PLACE YOU KNOW.... CAUSE IN OUR WAY IS NOT THE PATH THAT NEED TO CHANGE, BUT OURSELVES.

Long time ago in another post, i said there is no such a thing like a place (city, country, continent, house) called Home, and I keep it, as for myself my home is where my heart is and where my family is (cause they own part of my heart) and today they were far from the city, at the end of a long lonely road, in the middle of nowhere, between four walls and a roof, but i did it. I got there and it felt so rewarding to be with them.

The rest of the day was calmed, had lunch, went with mom to visit my god-mother cause her son had birthday today. Then back home, watch a movie on tv and then to write this and prepare to work tomorrow (yep i do work).

What did i learn today?

- Everything you read before

- There is no path long enough to keep us far from those we really love.

- There is not such a thing as horrible landscapes or things that are bad in our lives. It all can change depending on how you see it. Like bjork says wisely:

"All is full of love, it's all around you...

All is full of love, you have to trust it...

All is full of love, you just ain't receiving..."

Bjork - Song: All is full of love

I just ended up watching a movie, The Memoires of a Geisha, i had the dvd saved since about 5 months ago, when my laptop died, well finally i could see it ....it touched my heart, i know it might sound too... silly but i really loved the story and loved the final.

It's a really nice movie, sentimental, and pure, it reflects a lot of the Japanese Culture, something that has attracted me since long time ago (remember I studied japanese for couple of years).

The beginning was very painful, all the things that happen to Chyo, the main character, it was painful to me, really touched me, i almost could not stand it. I guess, i'm not going through much pain in life right now... and want to avoid it. Although like I just said to someone.... "You dont overcome pain by hidding from it, but by passing through".

I loved the final, thats how a love story has to finish, LOVING.... and it is actually how our own stories should finish too...LOVING.

There was a phrase at the end of the film that got my attention, it was something like: "You can't say the sun not to shine, you can't say the rain not to fall, you can't say a man that geishas can't become wives". When love is meant to be... it will be.

As for the rest the day was calmed, stayed home, cleaned my room, cleaned an small part of the house, did some exercise, chatted with some people, saw a movie on tv, it was mostly relaxing day.

What did i learn today?

- When love is meant to be...it will be

- There are beautiful Asian women with such a nice eyes!!!

- It's good to take your own time to relax, and enjoy your life.

- Nothing better than a beautiful film full of beautiful faces

- It is never late to love.

- The trail of pain... can be long, can be deep, and you must accept it, cause pain will never ends, which is actually fine, cause it means you can win it several times and find happiness in several moments of your life. Holy Bible says ... "we get to the happiness through the pain...same as we get to the light through the darkness"

Hi there, ok ok ok....i'm over proud of this cute smart girl who happens to be my niece, she is so nice, so charming, so smart and looks so good dressed like aborigen, i mean she looks good dressed in anyways :)

It was a good day, i had some troubles to get to her high school so i arrived an hour late but still on time to listen her explaining about the people in highlands.... she didnt dance like i did but she still looked nice.

It was funny when i got into her classroom cause what i saw was this....

I was sort of surprised... but it was funny, the kids did a good job everybody congratulated the teacher, it must have been a big effort, and one of the nicest things i saw was this.......

My brother-in-law asked for permission in his job and he was with my niece during her performance, ohh that was so nice, few parents (and worst fathers) would have done that, so thats something remarkable.

Also the other little person i love the most was there, my other niece Ivanna, you can see her in the pic, she is sooooooooo cute. And she was very calmed during the performance.... watching around and trying to touch as much as she could, she is a nomad lol always trying to experiment something new.

It was a good day, i spent there until 2pm aprox, then i had to go to my job to pick up some stuff for a client and then something else to fix there...so it was a long way, i left job at 5pm. Went to deliver that thing and then headed home. Called my friend to see how his mother was.... and it looks like it is something very serious... hope everything works out fine for her.

Nice day with my family, these days make my time here in Ecuador worthy.

And these two girls make my life happier, aren't they cute?

What i learnt today?

1. Never think that there is time... time is one of the most limited ressources in life so if you can arrive early anywhere... do it.

2. If you are going somewhere you dont know .... leave early so if you get lost and end up at the end of the world...you can still have time to come back ;)

3. These days i was reading other nomad blogs and everybody is having so much fun everywhere... i though...why to stay here in Ecuador...is it being a nomad? and today i have an answer... that came in form of a question in my mind "how far do you need to go to find yourself?" Then i understood we are nomads not because of where we are ... but what we are into... a trip, for some people this trip takes them to other continents, in my case my trip takes me to other sides of myself and my life i havent explored yet and i like it.

4. It is good thing to eat healthy to lose pounds everybody is telling me i have lost belly ;) yuppie!!!

5. if you click on the pics of my blog you can see them bigger (this blog client is awesome!! www.zoundry.com)

have a good night! Spokoikoi nochi

Not much to say, went to Alegro PCS headquarters, to deliver some forms from a client, went to the north to attend a training about the insurance we are provided by the company, signed a guarantee of 3000 usd that is the new request from Alegro to all employess.... hope they never use it.

Met Mom and my nieces and went to the south of the city to buy a new mobile for her, expected to spend 100 usd...but spent 129 usd.... well... she liked it, so i guess it worth the effort. Went downtown to fix other stuff with Mom and then to buy some things cause my older niece (8years old) will perform tomorrow dressed like aborigen from highlands (she will look so cute!!), funny that i did the same lot of years ago :))) when i was in kindergarden.

Talked to my niece about kisses, and i still think she is growing too fast :-/ Took my youngest niece (1,3 years old) to see the river...she loves it, as much as i do.

What i leanrt today?

- Things get repeated again and again. But...there is always a chance to make all different. When my sister and me were young...Mom could never be with us in our performances... sometimes not even in graduations...cause she was kicking her ass working.... not sure if she was in kindergarden when i danced dressed like an aborigen... i guess she wasn't, but i'm not sure. Tomorrow my sister and my brother-in-law will be working and wont be able to see her daughter performing, it was not much important for me also... but... since last week this 8 years old girl is asking me everytime she sees me...will you be there? will you attend my performance? she personally invited me.... i always answered..."not sure, dont know"...but today i understood. I MUST BE THERE. For her, for my sister, for myself and for my Mom. I'm definitely taking my mother with me to see her dancing, and we will be so proud of her, and will try to make my little niece happy....the performance is away from city....very far from my house.. but who cares, for my family i go anywhere, and this thing is something i owe my little niece, mom and to myself. After all.... the only reason why God let things happen again is for us to make them better. And we as a family will.

- Other thing i leanrt... it is hard to be a conservative uncle of a fast growing girl, guess i'm not ready to be father... dont know if i will ever be lol.

ok, going to sleep will have to wake up early to go to Duran. Will take some pictures for you to enjoy them :)

Ok, during some time i have been collecting some nice pics of my city so now that the stars are all together and well alligned (i have my lapop, have internet at home, and my blog client works properly) i guess it is time to finally share them.

Hope you like them as much as i do.

The Malecon 2000.-

It is a touristic place where you can go sightseeing, strategically locate on the border of the city with the Guayas River, it was remodelled on 2000 since then it returned to be one of the most visited places in town where everybody can have nice time, and relax.

The malecon is very large and it is composed by several parts but the one i like the most is the garden, i call it "the paradise" cause it really looks like, it is a very peaceful place, safe, and full of nature where you can relax yourself while reading, walking, chatting, and feel really in contact with nature, i love it, here how it looks like.

Isn't it a nice and peaceful place?

Here some shots of some statues at night and also, as the Malecon is placed in front of Guayas river, we have our own "Piratas del Caribe" ship: The Morgan that offers you a touristic and romantic trip around the river just like you see in this pictures ...mmm...isn't it tempting?

Here some shots of the Malecon from above (it was a real luck to get to have this view of it!)

There are also nice places around the Malecon, cause just right in front of it we have the Major's Palace and the Municipio, main offices of local government, settled in nice old fashioned buildings with parks just like this one.

Nice huh? well there is still lot show about Guayaquil, but dear Nomads if you are just passing by through Ecuador dont skip the chance to stay in Guayaquil for a while and drop me an email i would love to show you around. :)

Hi there, thanks to Dody i could finally configure this blog client properly ,so here is a pic if this appear then this shit works fine (yupiie!) Oups!! i just posted the image in the wrong site!! lets do it again.. works babe!!

Well.. today was a calmed day, had to do some stuff for a client in the late afternoon so it left me free around 6pm at the other side of the city, so went walking around...one of the skills i developed in Russia, the power to enjoy a walk. Then called a friend to invite him over for cinema (got a 2x1 ticket left to be used), then he told me his mother was diagnosed with cancer.... he was so sad....felt sorry for him and thanked God Mother is fine.

Around midday i had had a fight with my Mom, she lost her new mobile i just bought her 2 weeks ago.....100 usd gone!. Still with what my friend told me about his mother i didnt connect it directly with my Mom and what happened today. Then i met Yamile, she is an alumnus who is married with a lebanese guy, she is ok, we talked for a while, met her husband too and her sister-in-law, in the middle of the conversation Yamile told me she was pregnated...until last week, when she lost the baby.... she tried to simulate but was sad...i didnt know what to say...just could say sorry. I left then and went to eat something, after it while i walked around San Marino Mall...something told me.... go to the cinema. Going to the cinema alone is one of the things i hate to do.... but i could not take it off of my mind...i tried to invited couple of friends, but none cuould come.. so i did it alone.

The movie? CLICK.

Got in a bit late but it had not started...i was at the very first row...i though...shit, i wont be able to see this shit...i paid for nothing, but actually not. Well...i might be too sensible, but that movie touched me, ok ok ok....it is comedy, but the story itself is daily thing for us, a man in a hurry, kicking his ass to get things done, to achieve things and that slowly goes away from the only thing he really has....his family. The part that touched me more (and my tears fallen down silently) was a moment when the father of the main character visits him at office and tries to talk to his son but he refuses and fights... so the father sad...just go away, that was the last time father and son met before father dies.

I felt identified, what would happen if i lost my Mom,...i would die. I would lost the best friend i have ever had, the person i love and respect and trust the more in this world.... but hey... i had figthed... and screamed and refused her for something as stupid as the lost of a fucking new mobile, when there is nothing more valuable in my life than she. In the way walking to take a bus...i called her and told her i was sorry...it feels good when you say sorry to someone you love and that person pardon you.

I also discovered a part of my life i had never explored.... the part when i accept i miss my father. He died when i was 3 months old...and all the time i convinced myself that i didnt need him, but i dont know... when i saw this man missing his death father in the movie... i felt like missing mine... i wish i could have them both together to make them happy and listen to them saying they are proud of me. There are things one never accepts and try to forget and simulate them. Today morning with Mom we met a neighbor.. good woman who lost her son last year around November, he suicided with a gun. I was talking with Mom about the way this woman acts now... before she was calmed, i would say normal. Nowadays she speaks and speaks and speaks... and laugh laugh laugh... but still one realizes and feels there is something not normal going on inside her. I consider that the big lost she had left her unbalanced emotionally, and that she still suffers as normal but she probably lost a sort of motivation in her life, and she is trying to hide the empty space inside with lot of talking, not to let others to ask about how she feels, and also to convince herself and others that she is or can be happy, but still... you can't communicate what you dont have inside. Somehow during 29 years i have been the same saying i never needed a father i always missed.

When arriving home i talked to God and asked him to help me out not to fight with my Mother again for stupid things and asked him to help me out to make her happy and proud of until the very last of her days.

Now that i write, i find strange and funny to say it in some way the way that God arranges things in my life so at the end of the day i get to learn something new....Im not lucky for this cause i guess he does it for each one of us...im lucky cause i can recongnise it and read between the lines the good maker writes everyday for us. Have a good night.

Hi, i just came from my sister's place where we had a meeting with the whole family to celebrate their birthday ... it was cool to see them all again, i'm kind of tired right now and with such a headache... damn... i cant think properly....

Took few pics cause my cell was discharged, but anyways i cant upload anything yet cause i cant find Dody to tell me my password for the nomadlife ftp, if anyone has the chance to talk to him ask him to check his hotmail email please.

The headache is due to the few time of sleeping i have been having lately, hope to fix that soon, but again it is midnight and im still awake (actually just arriving home) and tomorrow have to wake up very early to do lot of things here.

What i learned today...?

• With the years your birthday become more and more important for you, and more and more you want to be together with those you love instead of being alone.


• I also learnt that when one love, one can sacrify a birthday celebration for someone who deserve it. My sister did it today the celabration was for both: Mom and she, but she stayed on the side of the celebration, letting Mom to be the center of it all, i admire her for that, for loving so much to be able not to look for fame or recognition eventhough she worked hard today. Carmen, I love you! Happy Birthday.


• Last thing i learnt, i'm not ready to grow children yet, i was seeing my niece playing with some boys in the neighborhood and i didnt like some things i saw. It might be that my imagination flies... well...for all of you mothers and fathers out there... here there is a jealous uncle ;).

will try to post pics later, have a good night to all of you.

Juanca

Well it's almost a week since my laptop is back and it feels so good to have it, i dont know how could i have lived without it.

I'm testing now a new blog client, which seems to be very complete, the problem is that i dont know how ot fully configure it, .....getting old? :(

Despite from that all is fine, i am trying to re-arrange things in life and home, and found out i have lost of things...starting from my MMC that i used to save lot of pics from my mobile...damn :(

But good news also come with this, yesterday night i talked to Kaire from Estonia and guess what....she is six month pregnant. WOW!!! i'm so happy for her, she sent me a pic (that i could not upload with this programe yet,but once you see it online it is because this f*cking program works. Also Mayca just got her first child, and Ericka got her second (suddenly we really became a FAMILY). It's strange i still can't believe everybody is having children around me and im becoming uncle for n-times, but that feels good :) i'm very glad for everybody.

Plus today is my mother's birthday...and as usual i forgot, and as usual... my sister called me to remind me (my mother does the same every year with me cause my sister's birthday that is in few days too). Hope you dont think bad, i am not a bad son and God knows i love my mother a lot, she is all for me, i am just not good with dates.

well... if you read this, this program works, in the mean time i go to eat something and then prepare to go to work. Happy birthday Mom!!

• Me: Hi i wonder.. what is this chain for?
• She: Hi, it is just for security....you know...
• Me: Security? but you are in front of your laptop who could take it?
• She: Yeah but you know there are lot of ppl coming in and out and well...
• Me: Yeah but you are in the Aiesec Office... i mean..
• She: I know but i keep the chain just because of the feeling...
• Me: mmm so you feel you will get stolen???

After that... she stopped replying me. I mean, at the very first time i didnt want to be rude, just trying to find something to talk to and well... this chain thing was... "peculiar". But after touching the topic of the "feeling" i have to admit i felt insulted. What does this mean? So people feel that just because they are in Ecuador they will get stolen??? they have... the feeling? Thats stupid.

I dont say latin america is safe, but i mean... The university campus is, and the Aiesec Office FOR SURE IS (or was in my time) and also... if you carry a laptop with you anywhere you cannot take your eyes off of it, but it has nothing to do with the "feeling" of being stolen in my country, to place a chain inside the Aiesec Office is IMPOLITE. If someone would get to my house and place a chain in his/her stuff... due to this feeling i will kick her/him out.

Well what else.. guess who is applying for National Alumni Coordinator? Me!! I know, i know i might be too old for this Aiesec Stuff again but i really wanted to do it, dont know.. i feel that i can contribute. So lets see what happens. Ok, gotta go right now, will come back later to tell you a bit more of what is new here.