Valley of desolation
Imagine you prepared and packed to go on adventure, to then discover the main bridge ahead is broken so you have to take a long way around it. Now imagine the situation and words in your mind while you wander…
Ligne Maginot
Ligne Maginot is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany, based on the trench warfare experience gained during World War I. The fortification is often used as metaphor for…
Tall poppy
Desde hace algunos días en las noticas o medios sociales la gente ha estado usando el concepto de “tall poppy” (amapola mas alta que el resto) así que aprovecho de escribir algo acerca del folclore local. Tall poppy se refiere…
Gratitude
Today is the last day of the hackathon, meaning I’ve been working non-stop since 20-21 days ago to finish few things before switching jobs/contracts. I wanted to test my limits when started this mode. No shaving, no social life, it’s…
Liberty
Days ago I had a short but vidid dream, I was having an argument with the king of a fallen world, when I said: “The law does not exist to limit free men, but to limit those who break it.”…
Moving on
We are in lockdown since couple days ago, COVID-19 delta variant finally made it to the country and the government (and most of the people) were OK about going into a sharp and hard lockdown to manage this. For the…
COVID – the whatever phase
I hope to be wrong but it seems we are already living the “whatever” phase of the pandemic, where governments like England or Australia are giving up and promoting the message that “people will need to live with it”, which…
Dropping the ball
The new normal, a coined phrase we used a lot last year during or after lockdowns. By then we assumed life should have to be different after the pandemic. Topics like remote work, better transportation, supporting local businesses and many…
Hobbiton
Easter weekend I was going to stay home and work a bit, but last minute decided going on an adventure! Visited the Hobbiton Movie Set, near Hamilton (about 2 Hrs drive from home) I’m not a big fan of the…
Housing
New Zealand or Auckland is an awesome place to live, nothing to say about that, so where is the catch or where is the problem when thinking about moving here? Housing, housing and housing – there is plenty of land:…
