Snapshot of the Day

I just found this interesting speech about personal projects and how to make it happens. Some time we need to remind our self that a great idea it is just simply that: a great idea. Nothing will happen if we actually do not take action to implement it.

[click] Apr. 08, 2010(Thu) 04:41 pm

I was about to start my lunch today in the food court when I noticed in front of me two young men having their lunch as well. Theres was something unusual about the situation thought. These two fellows looks very young in their twenties maybe, but one of them had a stroller with a baby sleeping inside. All the suddenly another older person joined them and start having a casual conversation about the baby laying down on the stroller.

I couldn’t hear the whole conversation but this older gentleman was talking something about the responsibility to had risen 4 kids all by himself pointing out to the next table where in fact 4 kids where eaten as well. It was a unusual scene because the fact that in both tables there were  moms around. It made me wonder about what could be the story behind in both cases the older with their older kids and the young man with his baby.

Wherever was the reason no mothers were present I just thought to myself  how lucky those kids are because they still have someone to look after them.

[click] Apr. 05, 2010(Mon) 12:48 pm

Last weekend my family and I flied to Washington D.C. for a quick trip that coincided with the Cherry Blossom Festival. I just learned that the cherries were a gift from the city of Tokyo-Japan to the the city of Washington D.C. that ocurrend 80 years ago.
The city was all packed because of this festival, the  Spring break and most important the nice weather blue sky, sunny and around 27 degree Celsius. You could see the Sakuras (cherry in Japanese) along the Potomac river in the maximum splendor.  Really a beautiful scene.

The timing was perfect, because the cherry blossom last just 7 to 10 days and after that the flowers start falling down. In Japan, there is a special activity called Hanami, which the literal translation would be flower viewing. During Hanami, people goes to the park and contemplate the Sakuras seating closing to the trees and doing picnics.

Hanami, represents a very unique occasion for people to go out and enjoy viewing the cherry under the trees. That’s remind us the futile and ephemerals our pass is in our life and if we do not enjoy it at the moment, we might miss it.

[click] Apr. 03, 2010(Sat) 01:52 am