Australia, New Zealand & beyondhttps://gonzalez.nz/https://gonzalez.nz/ushinawareta-furusato/https://gonzalez.nz/ushinawareta-furusato/Furusato (故郷) is often translated as "hometown," but its resonance is much deeper; it signifies one’s soul-place, a landscape of belonging and origin. When prefixed with Ushinawareta (失われた)—meaning "lost," "vanished,"…Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/hiraeth/https://gonzalez.nz/hiraeth/Hiraeth is a Welsh word that describes the pain felt when the present reality contradicts the deep memory of the past , that feeling that leaves you with a longing for a world that no longer exists or only exists only…Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/the-root-of-all-evil/https://gonzalez.nz/the-root-of-all-evil/Hercules was a mythological hero, son of Zeus and Alcmene (a mortal woman), the photo I chose for this article is from the hand of Hercules (ruins) in Amman, Jordan. For reasons unknown, only fragments remain of a…Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophySocietyhttps://gonzalez.nz/japan/https://gonzalez.nz/japan/Found a great deal online for tickets to Japan, so I embarked in this last-minute adventure, first time in Asia! Narita airport vía Brunei The trip from Australia to Japan, with Royal Brunei, includes a 7Hr layover in…Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/san-francisco/https://gonzalez.nz/san-francisco/Came back couple days ago from a long planned but improvised visit and road trip to California, it has been the best holiday I've had in years! Initially I planned to go early 2020 but then COVID hit, then I switched…Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/chess-puzzless-01-checkmate-in-9/https://gonzalez.nz/chess-puzzless-01-checkmate-in-9/Will start adding the not so bad games that I play while commuting or cooking, useful for practice and to challenge yourself on game ending and other chess topics.Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTChesshttps://gonzalez.nz/the-sound-of-false-idols/https://gonzalez.nz/the-sound-of-false-idols/I've been thinking today about Korihor reasons to teach false doctrines: "I have taught his words ; and I taught them because they were pleasing unto the carnal mind ; and I taught them, even until I had much success,…Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTPhilosophySocietyhttps://gonzalez.nz/4-years-later/https://gonzalez.nz/4-years-later/4 years ago, March 3, 2020 , I started a business, without knowing that soon after the world would enter into pandemic mode. 4 years later, sometimes I feel like I am, somehow, still in 2020, back at the point where I…Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyhttps://gonzalez.nz/acuarela-de-culturas/https://gonzalez.nz/acuarela-de-culturas/Hace un par de días tuvimos una charla, todo relacionado con R U OK (organización en Australia/NZ que promueve buena salud mental) - escuchar a la persona hablar fue como viajar y estar de pronto en Nueva Zelanda! más…Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/peace/https://gonzalez.nz/peace/Haven't had time in a while to sit and look back, so I'm writing few words. This change has been a rollercoaster! Initially what I had in mind was to move from New Zealand to Australia, work and live here, then travel…Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/online-market-aussie-style/https://gonzalez.nz/online-market-aussie-style/Writing down few notes about the experience of buying online while in Australia. I moved here only with a suitcase and a backpack, initially I stayed at the most random places, AirBnB, cheap hotels... once I finally got…Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/somo-o-no-somo/https://gonzalez.nz/somo-o-no-somo/Hace algúnos días revise mi lista de contactos de Facebook, nunca he sido de muchos amigos pero aun así me sorprendió darme cuenta que después de vivir casi 8 años en Nueva Zelanda, no hice ningún amigo cercano kiwi,…Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophySpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/australia/https://gonzalez.nz/australia/As many others in New Zealand, I got tickets to fly away. Not because New Zealand is a bad place, but because after two years of isolation the experience of taking a flight or living overseas is pure joy. Coincidentally…Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTJournalTravelUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/would-beauty-transcend/https://gonzalez.nz/would-beauty-transcend/In 2007 The Washington Post asked Joshua bell, a Grammy-winning violinist, to pretend to be a street performer playing for change in the Metro. It was a social experiment for a magazine article : if a world-famous…Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/monster/https://gonzalez.nz/monster/Days ago I realized I’ve been building web thingies since before 2000, back then I did not own a computer so I had to use shared computers/terminals at university to learn how to create cool things. At that time my only…Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTEntrepreneurTechnologyhttps://gonzalez.nz/valley-of-desolation/https://gonzalez.nz/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 across a…Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyhttps://gonzalez.nz/ligne-maginot/https://gonzalez.nz/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…Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyhttps://gonzalez.nz/look-or-do-and-live/https://gonzalez.nz/look-or-do-and-live/This morning at church one of the messages mentioned the "look and live" story, if you are not familiar with that, it can be found in the Old Testament, Numbers 21. The Israelites were complaining or murmuring against…Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTPhilosophySocietyhttps://gonzalez.nz/tall-poppy/https://gonzalez.nz/tall-poppy/Desde hace algúnos días en las noticas o medios sociales la gente ha estado usando el concepto de "tall poppy" (amapola más alta que el resto) así que aprovecho de escribir algo acerca del folclore local. Tall poppy se…Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalSocietySpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/gratitude/https://gonzalez.nz/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…Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/liberty/https://gonzalez.nz/liberty/Days ago I had a short but vidid dream, I was having an argument with the king of a fallén world, when I said: "The law does not exist to limit free men, but to limit those who break it." The king replied: "look at…Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyhttps://gonzalez.nz/moving-on/https://gonzalez.nz/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 rest…Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/covid-whatever/https://gonzalez.nz/covid-whatever/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",…Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-wild/https://gonzalez.nz/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-wild/It seems, fingers crossed, that end of the year/early next year the borders will be open. Hopefully we can travel and visit each other soon. Meanwhile I just wanted to drop few lines of the good, the bad, the ugly and…Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://gonzalez.nz/dropping-the-ball/https://gonzalez.nz/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…Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalPhilosophyhttps://gonzalez.nz/desencanto/https://gonzalez.nz/desencanto/Hace tiempo no escribo en Español, anoche no pude encontrar una palabra equivalente a "entitled" en mi idioma nativo - el uso actual pierde sentido con las traducciones literales, se usa para indicar el sentirse con…Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTPhilosophySpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/hobbiton/https://gonzalez.nz/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 movies, I've…Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/wanaka-tree-syndrome/https://gonzalez.nz/wanaka-tree-syndrome/From a random Friday's informal conversation: someone was excited about one or two particular design patterns that are popular now but have been around for decades, that makes me think maybe in the tech industry we are…Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTPhilosophyTechnologyhttps://gonzalez.nz/housing/https://gonzalez.nz/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: the…Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/entrepreneurship-local-style/https://gonzalez.nz/entrepreneurship-local-style/Couple days ago I read in the news feed one of the local star entrepreneurs sold his company, a video/news/education? platform. That was a big thing in the news, today, however, it seems that instead of a successful…Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTCultureEntrepreneurUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/goodbye-2020/https://gonzalez.nz/goodbye-2020/Last night I didn't made a special dinner or BBQ, just went for a walk, thinking about my parents, friends and relatives away, it has been a tough year specially for my parents and the only way we have had to connect is…Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/covid-second-wave/https://gonzalez.nz/covid-second-wave/Couple days ago we went to lockdown again, not a surprise, given that couple cases of people flying from New Zealand tested positive COVID-19 on arrival to Korea and Australia. To be honest nobody was really taking much…Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/pandemic/https://gonzalez.nz/pandemic/Today finally things start to look better for my home country, Chile. I stopped checking the news from there for a while, mainly because it was painful to watch how a big group of people don't even care about social…Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/truth/https://gonzalez.nz/truth/While updating my blog yesterday I found an old quote that I love: "First, fill your mind with truth ; second, fill your life with service ; and third, fill your heart with love " - Thomas S. Monson I feel so grateful…Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/growth/https://gonzalez.nz/growth/I have several services, apps and experiments around AWS, Azure, Google so I decided to consolidate few things in one server The main issue to me is Azure/cloud platforms performance, Azure and Microsoft are great,…Sun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTEntrepreneurTechnologyhttps://gonzalez.nz/coronavirus/https://gonzalez.nz/coronavirus/Unless you live far from Earth we have been facing an epidemic, maybe similar to ones from hundreds of years ago: coronavirus or covid-19 Several countries downplayed the problem until late and now we have thousands of…Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMTJournalTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/bay-of-islands/https://gonzalez.nz/bay-of-islands/We headed north this long weekend to explore Bay of Islands, I went there years ago, but maybe the timing was not right This time we visited the Waitangi museum and it was a great experience, totally recommended I even…Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTJournalTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/beauty_and_terror/https://gonzalez.nz/beauty_and_terror/Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going No feeling is final Rainer M. RilkeSat, 23 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/tribus-nomades/https://gonzalez.nz/tribus-nomades/Hace tiempo no escribo en Espa ñ ol así que mientras descanso un poco de la rutina comparto algunas lineas Un par de conocidos y amigos estan con interes de venir a Nueva Zelanda y una de las cosas que me he dado cuenta…Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/rockstar-team/https://gonzalez.nz/rockstar-team/Just got back after attending U2 Joshua tree tour concert, it was amazing! Noel Gallagher from Oasis opened the concert, half part of his show was garbage, the last part were old songs from Oasis, still the guy is a…Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTEntrepreneurUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/chile/https://gonzalez.nz/chile/This weekend has been a low, sad and dangerous time in Chile so I decided to write and to try to explain a little bit what's happening there and why, from a neutral perspective The usual news in Chile, depending on if…Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/whats-wrong/https://gonzalez.nz/whats-wrong/Just went to a networking event, low profile, just to socialize a little bit with other entrepreneurs. Bad idea I'm not sure what's wrong, it must be just the wrong type of events so writing down few notes before moving…Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMTUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/rotorua/https://gonzalez.nz/rotorua/Last week I had a weekend off and went to Rotorua, I just realized I've never shared about it, but is a great place to visit: lakes, (big) redwood trees, mountain bike, geothermal marvels - everything close to enjoy and…Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMTJournalTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/unboxed/https://gonzalez.nz/unboxed/I had another meeting with a mentor today, I spared some time for this, I had couple questions in my mind and I just needed to talk to anyone with more experience Is not my purpose to complain about the meeting or about…Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/facebook-libra/https://gonzalez.nz/facebook-libra/Couple days ago Facebook finally released the details of its cryptocurrency, Tech Crunch put a great article about it but the good bites are: Low transfer fees (as reference PayPal and others are 3% or more,…Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTTechnologyhttps://gonzalez.nz/interviews-local-style/https://gonzalez.nz/interviews-local-style/I was just reading this article and is worth sharing and writing a bit about this Xero (a local tech company) director revealed a interview trick - he refuses to hire anyone who doesn't offer to take their coffee cup…Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://gonzalez.nz/california-dreamin/https://gonzalez.nz/california-dreamin/I guess is time for a change and I'm just writing few things to record this particular moment - I started this blog 4 years ago aiming to help friends to get some knowledge of what is to start from zero in a different…Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTJournalTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/dreams/https://gonzalez.nz/dreams/So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable Christoper ReeveSat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/road-trip/https://gonzalez.nz/road-trip/Casi se termina el año y quizá uno de los momentos de este 2018 fue un viaje improvisado a USA (America if you are gringo) Aproveche de arrendar un auto economico y como decia kilometros ilimitados ... sali a dar una vuelta de como 1100 kilometros en una semana! Para estándares de Nueva Zelanda eso es extremo - acá las distancias son pequeñas: tipicamente uno maneja 1-2 horas maximo para llegar a otra ciudad y mucha gente se complica cuando el viaje es más de 30 minutos En America, es comun viajar 4-8 horas en un día para ir a algún parque o visitar familia, por ejemplo: me encontre en medio de la nada, a mitad de carretera, con una pareja que estaba viajando en auto desde Ohio a San Francisco, como 4000 kilometros o 40 horas manejando, solo para llegar a la costa! (acá la playa en el peor de los casos queda a 45 minutos) Lo interésante de la experienca es que el solo hecho de viajar distancias grandes abre la perspectiva o la manera de ver las cosasWed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/cto-nueva-zelanda/https://gonzalez.nz/cto-nueva-zelanda/Acabo de leer un par de artículos y noticias relacionadas con el cargo de CTO de Nueva Zelanda y acá hago un resumen para tener una idea de como funcionan las cosas a nivel de gobierno local En Abril de este año el…Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTCultureEntrepreneurSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/meditacion/https://gonzalez.nz/meditacion/Hace un par de días fui a ver una película local, más que nada para cooperar con los organizadores etc La pelicula era "A mindful choice" y es acerca de meditacion y la busqueda personal de paz y felicidadSun, 26 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTCultureJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/god-first/https://gonzalez.nz/god-first/When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives Ezra Taft BensonWed, 08 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/tax-credits/https://gonzalez.nz/tax-credits/Got some info about a government program to use portion of the taxes as research expenses, so I went to check with an advisor - quite convenient to use that money if possible Goal was to use some time off, claim some…Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/arriendos-leyes-locales/https://gonzalez.nz/arriendos-leyes-locales/Nueva Zelanda es realmente un buen lugar para vivir, quizá la única cosa que da para pensarlo dos veces es el tema de vivienda en general Hace algún tiempo escribi un artículo acerca de los arriendos acá, es básicamente…Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/we-must-do/https://gonzalez.nz/we-must-do/Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do GoetheFri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/raspberry-pi-ml-setup/https://gonzalez.nz/raspberry-pi-ml-setup/Let’s go from zero to machine learning using the Raspberry Pi There is a really nice book that I would recommend: “Beginning Artificial intelligence with the Raspberry Pi” (Donald J Norris). The code from that book is…Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTTechnologyhttps://gonzalez.nz/rahui/https://gonzalez.nz/rahui/Kauri es un arbol nativo de Nueva Zelanda, en particular isla del norte, que está en vias de extincion - clima, abuso y ultimamente por hongos/esporas que entran en la raiz del arbol y lo destruyen desde el interior…Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTCultureSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/waitangi-day/https://gonzalez.nz/waitangi-day/Waitangi day se celebra el 6 de Febrero - en Chile uno pensaria que es como el día nacional con celebraciones, asado, buenas empanadas estilo Maori y buena musica, pero aca ese día es casi simbolo de dos o más culturas…Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTCultureSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/rodders-beach-festival/https://gonzalez.nz/rodders-beach-festival/29 de Enero es un día feriado, Auckland day! es comun acá que ciudades importantes tienen su día aniversario y celebran con un día feriado y la mayoría de la gente viaja a Coromandel o fuera de la ciudad Pero aun sin…Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTCultureSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/soar/https://gonzalez.nz/soar/Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right? Michelle ObamaFri, 26 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/queenstown/https://gonzalez.nz/queenstown/Queenstown! es el equivalente a Pucon/Villarica en Chile, con todas las aventuras existentes en los lagos del sur más una gondola y un barco a vapor! Abajo algúnas fotos de Queenstown, donde pase la mayoría del tiempo,…Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTSpanishTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/helpdesk-culture/https://gonzalez.nz/helpdesk-culture/Weeks ago I created a cloud environment for a customer, nothing unusual, just couple PowerShell scripts and everything was up in seconds … except … that SQL/database server failed to create Tried again, checked configs,…Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTTechnologyhttps://gonzalez.nz/tiritiri-matangi/https://gonzalez.nz/tiritiri-matangi/Hace un par de semanas encontre una pareja de Chile que vino de vacaciones, como estaban planeando algunos viajes locales finalmente les empecé a recomendar algunas opciones y finalmente dedici empezar a colocar algunos…Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTSpanishTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/wai-tomo-wai-kato/https://gonzalez.nz/wai-tomo-wai-kato/Este fin de semana es de elecciones en Chile, desafortunadamente para los que vivimos en Auckland la unica opción es viajar a Wellington y eso significa alojamiento y pasajes en avion (en bus es casi el mismo precio…Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTCultureSpanishTravelhttps://gonzalez.nz/luck/https://gonzalez.nz/luck/I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have popular saying, sometimes attributed to Thomas JeffersonMon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/all-blacks/https://gonzalez.nz/all-blacks/Ayer fui a ver mi primer partido de Rugby en el estadio! La mayoría de las veces los partidos son lejos pero está vez el partido de los All Blacks vs Sudafrica era muy cerca e incluso los tickets estaban más baratos que…Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/pacific-church-history-museum/https://gonzalez.nz/pacific-church-history-museum/Estuve en Hamilton el fin de semana y aproveche de visitar un museo de historia de la Iglesia en las islas del pacifico. sabía por películas or historias que la Iglesia es parte importante de la vida de la gente de las…Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTCultureSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/setting-our-aim/https://gonzalez.nz/setting-our-aim/The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark MichelangeloMon, 28 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/culture-shock/https://gonzalez.nz/culture-shock/"Culture shock" o choque cultural es ese sentimiento de desorientacion que se experimenta al vivir de golpe en una cultura diferente Ayer en un curso de tutor para ayudar a refugiados e immigrantes me pidieron compartir…Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTCultureSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/invincible-summer/https://gonzalez.nz/invincible-summer/In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger — something…Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/what-the-hack/https://gonzalez.nz/what-the-hack/Cosas que uno nunca se imagina... hace un par de días estaba configurando el correo de mis sitios web, eso da para un largo post en otro blog, pero mientras hacia eso revise algunos logs y sorpresa! varios ociosos…Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTJournalhttps://gonzalez.nz/immigration-changes/https://gonzalez.nz/immigration-changes/Hace un par de días fui a la oficina de inmigracion a hacer un cambio en mi pasaporte, esperaba perder un par de horas de la mañana en eso porque la oficina estaba siempre llena de gente, pero ahora cuando llegue la…Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/lets-encrypt-ssl/https://gonzalez.nz/lets-encrypt-ssl/Hace algúnos días cambie un par de sitios a un servidor privado, larga historia: comencé a trabajar como consultor, lo que inicialmente era ingreso extra se transformo en mi actividad principal y entonces inverti un…Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTEntrepreneurSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/love-and-joy/https://gonzalez.nz/love-and-joy/The most treasured and sacred moments of our lives are those filled with the spirit of love. The greater the measure of our love, the greater is our joy. In the end, the development of such love is the true measure of…Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/gibbs-farm/https://gonzalez.nz/gibbs-farm/Este Jueves pude finalmente visitar el parque de esculturas Gibbs. Es un parque privado de varias hectáreas que tiene una colección de esculturas que son muy llamativas. El dueño es un millonario que abre el parque un…Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/qixi-double-seventh-festival/https://gonzalez.nz/qixi-double-seventh-festival/Today at the Chinese course we learnt about festivals and this caught my attention, is called QiXi - the Double Seventh Festival and the Seventh Night Festival, Qixi takes place on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month (usually August) in China and is similar to Valentine's daySat, 04 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://gonzalez.nz/multicultural/https://gonzalez.nz/multicultural/Durante Febrero, cuando es luna llena, se celebra el año nuevo lunar en varios países de Asia. Es una gran celebración que dura varias semanas! En Auckland la población de Asia es numerosa y se celebra con música fuegos…Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/10-000-hours/https://gonzalez.nz/10-000-hours/I have been reading "Outliers the Story of Success" from Malcom Gladwell and wanted to share couple segments from a chapter that I really liked: the 10.000 hour rule Normally we may think innate talent and luck is everything, but that chapter starts sharing a research done in Berlin Academy of Music by K Anders Ericsson: Amateur pianists never practiced more that about 2 hours a week and by the age of 20 they had totaled 2.000 hours of practice. The professionals, on the other hand, steadily increased their practice time every year, until by the age of 20 they had reached 10.000 hours.Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTEntrepreneurhttps://gonzalez.nz/microsoft/https://gonzalez.nz/microsoft/Hoye día era el día de desarrollador Xamarin. Xamarin es un producto que permite crear una aplicación para múltiples tipos de dispositivos móviles (Android, iOS, etc) Lo principal es que está fue la primera vez que se…Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/decoding-the-kiwi-accent/https://gonzalez.nz/decoding-the-kiwi-accent/Hace algúnos días tuve la suerte de contactar a un empresario local como mentor en un programa de desarrollo personal Hablando de varias cosas empecé por fin a decodificar o entender más el acento Kiwi, he estado acá 2…Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/arriendos/https://gonzalez.nz/arriendos/Acabo de recibir una carta de la adminsitradora del departamento, indicando un aumento del arriendo Si no respondo en 3 días ellos asumen que no estoy interésado y publican el departamento para arrendar! Es una locura…Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/fiestas-patrias/https://gonzalez.nz/fiestas-patrias/Por diferencia de horarios y de cultura el 18 de Septiembre o las fiestas patrias son diferentes acá La primera cosa que es diferente es la primavera, en Chile Septiembre ya da pasó a las flores, fin de las lluvias y…Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/fracaso/https://gonzalez.nz/fracaso/Septiembre siempre ha sido un tiempo de cambios, tanto en Chile como en mi vida Y creo que es tiempo de aceptar y sacár provecho de los fracásos En Marzo de este año me inscribi en un programa de emprendedores, con la…Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/cofounder-once/https://gonzalez.nz/cofounder-once/After attending different local events, trying to launch my own business, I met my first Co-Founder, non technical but with great skills on business development and startups, ideal match! So we jumped into creating a…Tue, 06 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTUnboxedhttps://gonzalez.nz/chasing-great/https://gonzalez.nz/chasing-great/Hay una pelicula local que acábo de ver hace poco "Chasing great" Es una biografia o documental acerca de Richie McCaw, quizá uno de los mejores jugadores de Rugby de los ultimos tiempos Recomiendo verla para entender…Sat, 03 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/guacamole/https://gonzalez.nz/guacamole/Hoy en la oficina pensaba en el siguiente juego: whack a mole - que suena parecido a guacámole aunque no es tan sabroso :) El juego consiste en pegarle a un topo, pero le pegas a uno y salen 4 más en diferentes partes!…Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/write-or-do/https://gonzalez.nz/write-or-do/If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing Benjamin FranklinSun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/courage-2/https://gonzalez.nz/courage-2/Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one’s coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the…Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/gonzalez/https://gonzalez.nz/gonzalez/El apellido Gonzalez es comun, siempre es incómodo ver como lo escriben mal, pero revisando algo de historia encontre algo interésante: Resulta que el apellido ha cambiado a lo largo del tiempo y ahora se conoce con…Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/bye-bye-fitbit/https://gonzalez.nz/bye-bye-fitbit/El año pasado compre un Fitbit HR y ... lo acábo de vender :) Fitbit es bueno como una motivación para hacer ejercicio pero al poco tiempo empieza a ser molesto tener que usarlo todo el tiempo. En particular haciendo…Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/crystal-mountain/https://gonzalez.nz/crystal-mountain/La educación en Nueva Zelanda es relajada y el año escolar se divide en terms: algo parecido a trimestre y cada termino de ciclo los niños tienen mínimo 2 semanas de vacaciones. Buena tarea para los padres tratar de…Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/meetups/https://gonzalez.nz/meetups/Meetups! Una de las buenas cosas que se da en Nueva Zelanda son oportunidades de participar en organizaciones o clubes de lo que sea. Los meetups o reuniones de grupos de interés ayudan a coordinar pero lo esencial acá…Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/mundo-solitario/https://gonzalez.nz/mundo-solitario/Hace algúnos días me di cuenta que cambiar de país significa pasar por muchas experiencias y que no todo es felicidad así que ahora comparto algúnas reflexiones que espero sirvan a algúno pensando en emigrar y/o empezar una nueva vida En el mundo actual es casi anormal no tener facebook, algúna gente me pregunta por que no tengo que pasa conmigo?Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/truth-service-love/https://gonzalez.nz/truth-service-love/First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love Thomas S. MonsonMon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/dia-de-voluntario/https://gonzalez.nz/dia-de-voluntario/Hoy tuvimos un día de voluntarios en la oficina. La Fundación Spark fácilita un día al año para servir diferentes organizaciones y está vez fuimos a plantar o reforestar una isla local. Parecía trabajo fácil pero fueron…Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/josh-groban/https://gonzalez.nz/josh-groban/Que mejor manera de cerrar vacaciones que ir a un concierto de Josh Groban? Anoche se presentaba en la ciudad y estuvo mucho mejor de lo esperado Al principio, por la música, pensaba que él era un tipo medio melancólico…Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/cerrando-un-ciclo/https://gonzalez.nz/cerrando-un-ciclo/Estaba por escribir hace poco pero recién tengo algo de tiempo Me acábo de cambiar de trabajo y aproveche de descansar y conocer más algúnos lugares fuera de Auckland, luego más aventuras en Nueva Zelanda, ahora solo un breve artículo acerca de trabajos y cosas que uno nunca esperaWed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/entrevistas/https://gonzalez.nz/entrevistas/Hace algún tiempo no escribo pero como un par de conocidos en Chile están viajando para acá hago un resumen de mi experiencia con las entrevistas de trabajo y otras cosas. No menciono empresas no sea que en algúna vuelta del camino tenga que volver a tratar con ellas ... Llegué a Nueva Zelanda en Junio de 2014, estaba trabajando desde Chile para una persona acá así que ya tenía un contacto y luego que llegue acá nos juntamos y empezamos a hablar de algún contrato de trabajo En paralelo estaba postulando a dos o tres trabajos acá Al principio fue muy emocionante todo porque varias reclutadoras me estaban respondiendo y ya tenía algo avanzado, según pensé, con una de ellasThu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/achieve/https://gonzalez.nz/achieve/Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together Vincent Van GoghThu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/auto/https://gonzalez.nz/auto/Hace un año compramos un auto y ha sido de gran ayuda, el sistema de transporte en la ciudad es bueno, solo que un poco lento, así que para conocer otros lugares o ir de compras a los centros de descuentos (outlets) es…Sun, 12 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/conviene/https://gonzalez.nz/conviene/Hace un par de años estábamos haciendo los tramites y exámenes medicos para emigrar a Nueva Zelanda, la secretaria del doctor muy curiosa me pregunto: "pero conviene?" Es una buena pregunta y en ese tiempo teníamos solo una vaga idea de lo que significaba cambiarse de país, que había acá, etc. Creo que es buen tiempo para alcanzar a escribir algúnas ideas por si algúno de nuestros amigos o conocidos también tiene intenciones de emigrar acá (o para algún otro país)Sun, 24 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/anzac-day/https://gonzalez.nz/anzac-day/Este fin de semana se conmemoran 100 años de ANZAC y hubo varias actividades en Nueva Zelanda, aprovechamos de ir al museo para participar algo de este tiempo especial. Algunas partes del programa en Auckland comenzaban a las 5 de la mañana ... hubiera sido interésante ir, pero había como 30.000 personas y preferimos ir más tarde a escuchar algúnos coros y música. Fue solemne y difícil de describir en simples palabras por lo que solo agrego algúnas imágenes (mías y del sitio web del museo) y videos de los himnos de la ceremoniaSun, 26 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/fear-not/https://gonzalez.nz/fear-not/Fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith Thomas S. MonsonSun, 19 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/fitbit-review/https://gonzalez.nz/fitbit-review/Compre un fitbit charge HR hace una semana (25% oferta) y lo he estado usando casi todo el tiempo. Hay varios modelos pero elegi el charge HR porque tiene monitoreo constante de ritmo cardiaco Despues de usarlo una…Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/haka/https://gonzalez.nz/haka/En 1914 Nueva Zelanda se suma a Inglaterra y declara la guerra a Alemania, la postura Maori estaba dividida entre no pelear una guerra ajena o ir a la guerra y volver antes de navidad. Por otro lado la política del imperio británico no era favorable a llamar gente nativa a pelear. Mucha gente Maori pensaba que participar en la guerra podría mejorar su posición en una sociedad segregada (en esa época) y esa idea comenzó a tomar cuerpo entre las tribus locales, por lo que finalmente se permitió a un pequeño cuerpo de guerreros Maoris ir a la guerra.Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/anzac/https://gonzalez.nz/anzac/25 de Abril de 1915 las tropas ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps - primera guerra mundial) desembarcan en la península de Gallipoli (Turquía) Luego de 9 meses de intensa pelea, con pocos recursos y pobre planificación las tropas aliadas se retiraron. 2779 soldados de Nueva Zelanda perdieron la vida durante esa campaña.Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanishhttps://gonzalez.nz/courage/https://gonzalez.nz/courage/Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other opinions drown your own inner voice. And…Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTQuoteshttps://gonzalez.nz/fitbit/https://gonzalez.nz/fitbit/Acaba de llegar mi Fitbit !! Aproveche una oferta de semana santa 25% descuento y llegó a casa hoy, recién está cargando así que no hay dato aun, pero espero poder usarlo bien y ver que tan efectivo es para llevar una…Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTJournalSpanish