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Este comercial es una linda forma de recordarles a todos esos panzones, cerveceros, amigos de la calle, '"workaholics"... a esas jugadoras de cartas, amigueras, servidas...a esos jóvenes ingratos, malagradecidos, egoístas... a los padres de esos niñós que utilizan a la televisión como nodriza.... de que todavía existe un mundo que les ofrece participación en el cambio social, novedades, lindos paisajes, y sobretodo....el significado de la unión familiar, la participación en la institución y fortificación de la familia... un mundo real....

Eduardo, I am proud of this recognition and the trust endowed on you!

I am very proud to announce that my son Eduardo Valdivieso has been elected as a representative for the student council at the Johnson School of Business in Cornell University, where he has won a two year scholarship for his MBA. All through his life Eduardo has strived for excelence in whatever he does and being able to do what he has finally understood as his goal for his future life is his major achievement. Eduardo is a people's person. Please let him tell you in his own words, the importance of the student council in the life of the school he attends; this is his platform:

Eduardo Valdivieso
“Bringing people together, because that’s what I do”
Quite simply, my ENERGY and PASSION for people will greatly impact Johnson in the areas of business, service, and leisure. Furthermore, I am committed to improving our brand and, consequently, our ranking by making the world more aware of what we already have in place and what we are ready to do
Business: Throughout my career on Wall Street and as a leader in several organizations, I built many relationships with successful professionals across various industries. I have been able to leverage these relationships to secure panelists and speakers for many events and plan to do the same as a member of the student council. I am especially talented in connecting people with others who can help them with their professional needs, while building mutually beneficial relationships.
Service: I plan on creating more opportunities for Johnson MBA’s to participate in community service activities that are impactful to its beneficiaries, while simultaneously creating leadership opportunities for participants. Specifically, I would like to form a joint community service program that involves other graduate schools as well as the undergraduate population.
Leisure: I would consistently look to improve the quality of life for Johnson students. I would like to start a weekly newsletter, “all things fun in Ithaca and beyond,” that keeps us more informed about concerts, festivals, and other enjoyable activities that we can attend. This newsletter would include several suggestions made by Johnson MBA’s on an ongoing basis. Moreover, I would work with the CMC and corporate sponsors to come up with creative ways of putting together networking events that are substantially more fun and memorable than what we are traditionally used to. For instance, we could have a “Price War” paintball match featuring CPG’s battling each other, with Johnson students on both sides.
Brand and Ranking: Johnson has significant upside for even stronger brand equity. Getting involved with the greater Cornell community is an excellent way to improve our brand and make us more noticeable. I will find ways for Johnson MBA’s to participate in committees that organize large campus events such as “Slope Day.” I would also work actively with students and alumni to learn more about their favorite Johnson experiences to include in our marketing efforts. Finally, I will work towards improving the quality and variety of Johnson memorabilia, including fashionable clothing, iPhone cases, and laptop bags that reflect our Johnson pride and make us more recognizable.

The Crossfit the Rock Party: a celebration of our two years anniversary

Today, "Crossfit the Rock" turned 2 years old and Larry and Carlo their founders and all of its members threw a big bash for the occasion. Carolee and her mom shared their home with us for the evening...and boy, was it a wonderful one!  We sat under a fancy tent with a bronze chandelier and we admired the beautiful landscaping in the yard.

 There were beer pong games and other games of skill.  The beer cups were aligned over the ping-pong table and the kids were excited as they threw their ping pong balls into the other team's cups. So much fun! 

 Larry is throwing his best shot!

One more time!

I even got to "funnel" some beer while everybody shouted with excitement.  Since I had to drive, I only did this once at the beginning of the party; anyway I don't like beer that much so, who cares?  They even had arranged to hire cabs to ride home the "disabled"!

Me!!

I am tired of Barbequing!

                                                                                                      The birthday cake

Everybody brought food, desserts and all kind of goodies. I have never seen so much food! The pulled pork was excellent, and the chicken and ribs were out of this world. The barbeque tender, as I called him, kept making hamburgers and hotdogs forever...and Jamie's Cake was so artistic and out of this world. But what is mostly appreciated is the time that everybody that cooked something spent so thoughtfully in order to make this occasion a great one.

Debbie, Carolee's mom pampered us so much! Cleaning the tables, making coffe and tea to soothe our rumbling stomachs, getting out of her way, together with her daughter, to make of this a memorable night.

Debbie

In what concerns me, It was difficult to recognize some of the members dressed in their clean and neat outfits..we usually look sweaty and tired!  But beneath all this appearance, what really matters is who we are! It's nice to get personal for a moment and get to know each other and exchange all kind of ideas, instead of only plain old physical fitness and crossfit talk. I did not know that the people which whom I share some hours a week are firefighters, Long Island Railroad employees, pharmaceutical representatives, lawyers, nurses, teachers...all members of a greater community, who everyday contribute in very important ways to make a better world!  I am so proud of being a member of their team and very grateful for their patience with people like me, that need to scale their workout...for obvious reasons!! Take a guess!! I am proud of being part of this great family which I joined almost two years ago and even though I get discouraged sometimes because of the hard work involved, I still want to go back, because they have already dug real deep into my heart.

Here are some other pictures of us!

Carolee

Beca and Will

      Larry and some of the kids.

Matt has two beautiful girls by him

In case you are not familiar with the Crossfit program, I paste here a description of the program as posted in their web:

CrossFit is an extremely efficient and effective way to get into great shape. The CrossFit training system started at a maverick gym in Santa Cruz and quickly spread to Olympic and professional athletes, police and military special operations units, champion martial artists, and – like most of us here at CrossFit “The Rock” – everyday people looking for a superior way to get in GREAT SHAPE! ( my note:I AM WORKING ON IT!)

CrossFit workouts involve constantly varied (we can go months without repeating workouts), functional exercises (we do Olympic lifts, pushups, pull-ups, running, jumping, kettle bells, burpees, box jumps, etc.), done at high intensity (relative to your physical and psychological limits).

CrossFit is challenging, fun, and delivers incredible results. It’s also scalable so that anyone – from highly trained athlete to hardly-trained couch potato – can participate and achieve their fitness goals.

Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Everyday life, sports, combat, and survival reward this kind of fitness.

We can almost guarantee you that CrossFit is like no other training system you have ever experienced!

To find out more about CrossFit “The Rock,” please stop in or call 516-208-5894.

Compasión y Desprendimiento.

Una historia hermosa del poder del desprendimiento y de la caridad para con el prójimo. No sólo des limosna, emplea al que te pide un plato de comida, si está en tus posibilidades y ayúdalo a educarse. Aumentarás en este mundo a las personas provechosas y alimentarás tu espíritu. Lo que hoy se da, mañana regresará a tí con creces.



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This is Randy Pausch's talk in Carnegie-Mellon University

Positive Attitudes

I thought It would be productive to read about people that inspire positiveness to the people around them, although they themselves have one thousand and one reasons to be depressed.  Here I present you with two examples of persons who look at life like a gift, and not as a right.

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture - Carnegie Mellon University

This is a wonderful way of looking at life, even though his end is close, because it gives the people that stay, valuable advise on how to live a more productive life.  Sometimes we don't realize how much can a positive attitude  bring to one's spirit and how much time we waste complaining about what we don't have.  Life is a gift itself....it is a way of perfecting our spirits and looking for our ultimate goal...which should be the love of God and of all his children. 

Yesterday I was looking into the life of another great person, the famous writer and singer, Facundo Cabral, and he also is an example of positivity, amidst so much...let's call it: bad fortune.  He was one of seven kids, born to a woman who turned a widow when her children were small.  She had to struggle to survive, and unfortunately, 4 of her kids died of hunger and cold.  Facundo says that until he was 14 years old,  he was illiterate and lead a troubled life.  He thought of himself as a "lost person".  One day, as he was walking around his neighborhood, he found a loiterer...just like him...and the guy saluted him: "Hi, prince".  Facundo thought that he was making fun of him and asked him why was he calling him a prince.  The guy answered:  "aren't we sons of God, the king? We are princes, then".  That ocurrence changed his life, because he had never though of himself as he was more than a bum. Consequently, he called that incident "his rebirth". And so he went on and learned how to read and started writing poetry and singing and eventually, also through random happenings, he came to be famous.  He never forgot God and in all his music and interviews, he always praises Him and gives him thanks for his life.  Although he is also very sick, he maintains a positive attitude towards life and the opportunity that God has given to him in this world to better his spirit.
From Facundo: "When life gives you one thousand reasons to cry, show her that you have one thousand and one reasons to smile."  "God did not promise you days without pain, laughter without sadness, sun without rain, but He promised you strenght for each day, to shed your tears, and to lighten your path."

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Me gustaría que vieran esta presentación, porque representa todo lo que las mujeres de mi época y de la tuya fueron y son hoy en día....mujeres fuertes que no se dejan ni se deben de dejar amilanar por los obstaculos y alfileres que nos pone la vida. Disfrútenlo.

Mi cumpleaños

Hoy fue mi cumpleaños y me sentí muy importante; como hace tiempo no me sentía. Mi escritorio parecía el bufete de una persona muy importante. El teléfono no dejó de sonar con montones de mensajes que venían desde todos los extremos de Estados Unidos y del Perú...de gente con muchas demostraciones de cariño. Hoy tengo un año más de los no sé cuántos más me faltan para vivir; que ya no son muchos en comparacion con los que contaba antes. Este año he aprendido a que uno debe de vivir bajo sus convicciones. Que es necesario conservar nuestra fortaleza en los momentos de adversidad y no importar quién te critique o qué piensen de tí, cuando tu inteligencia y tu corazon te dicen que estás haciendo lo correcto. Aprendí que a los hijos se les orienta hasta llegada una edad...después, se les sugiere. Aprendí que la miel puede más que la hiel, y que las personas sí pueden cambiar con paciencia y devoción. Aprendí que las cosas no salen siempre como uno las ha planeado y que siempre existe un porqué divino o trascendental de las cosas que nos pasan. Hace tiempo leí un libro de Mitch Albom, "Las Cinco Personas que Encuentras en el Cielo". En él encontré una verdad increible: hay veces uno determina el destino de personas que ni siquiera uno conoce, o que hay personas que tocan nuestras vidas sin que ni siquiera las conozcamos. Siento que en cada libro que leo, en la lectura de cada uno de mis escritos por personas que ni siquiera conozco, soy influenciada o influencio a alguien.
Historias bellas que me animan a escribir como el hecho de que cada semana o cada vez que escribo, sirvo un poco de consuelo para un grupo de presos en una carcel de NY, o derrepente para esa persona que necesitaba tener acceso a un determinado tipo de información, y yo se la facilite. La vida trae muchas satisfacciones, y el camino que recorremos mientras nos adentramos a nuestra vejez o mientras simplemente avanzamos hacia nuestro ultimo destino, es un camino pedregoso, pero si tenemos fe, si tenemos esperanza y si creemos en un ser superior que nos acompaña, se nos hace menos difícil. Me siento como cuando tengo que ir a mis clases de Cross Fit (gimnasia extrema): lo pienso, estoy tentada de decir no, pero la esperanza de ser mas fuerte, sentirme mejor, aunque no baje ni un gramo, me dan la energía suficiente para superar cualquier obstaculo. Y más...si en todo lo que hago, tengo como guía a mi tutor espiritual. Cositas entre él y yo....