frases sueltas...

por qué? te preguntas
porque, te respondo
tu te alejaste primero

Yo te busqué cuando estabas cerca
y te busqué cuando estabas lejos
pero cuando tu viniste a mi
no me buscaste

Y entendí que no era a mi
a quien necesitabas encontar,
que debias encontrarte a ti mismo

Tu soledad es realmente sola,
porque ni tu la acompañas...

en donde estás?
hay alguien ahi?
alguien que sienta?
amor, odio, cualquier cosa?

Explora Network up and running!

One of my greatest love is Explora as some of you already know, ok during the last weeks we had a meeting with 14 of the trainees who have participated in the program and some of our partners. It was just awesome to meet this people and hear their stories about the internship, and reckon the impact it has had in their life... it just gave sense to everything I do!
Anyways, I'm happy to announce that the Explora network community is already up and running! So if you are interested in Social Entrepreneurship and third sector (NGOs) in Latin America, feel free to join us! Cheers!

Johari window

It is very interesting and eye opening, when you get feedback about yourself, in general I like to know what is the impression I give to learn about myself, I found this link where your friends can tell you how they see you, so you can confront it with your ideas about yourself. I found it brilliant! the best way to get your Johari window! Check it out: http://kevan.org/johari?name=jgarcia

friends here and there...

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Originally uploaded by johy_81.

this was one of my greatest memories from my short visit to Barranquilla, meeting my dear friends at Javier's to kill my wishes to eat chuzo desgranado de pollo... those who have ever been in Barranquilla, know what I mean!
Orgasmic moment...

Rua Colombia

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Originally uploaded by johy_81.

How cool is this?? My country has an exclusive street in Sao Paulo, and actually is a very nice one!!
This was a picture I simply had to take before leaving SP! my kodak moment..

two new members

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Originally uploaded by johy_81.

friends of the UN is growing, our two new adquisitions from Europe:
Natasha from the UK
Fred (brazilian namee) from The Netherlands

guys, welcome to this great family, and enjoy Brazil!!! "Borracho hasta el amanecer!

just for the records

There is nothing worst to be sick when you are living alone. Thanks to the dramatic change of weather in Sao Paulo (from great sun to awful rain and cold) I got sick and can't stop sneezing.

Bless me.

Voy a extrañarte

Colombian Song that can't get out of my head lately...

Interprete: Andrés Cepeda

Voy a extrañarte todo el tiempo voy a pensarte a cada instante pues se que nunca habra un consuelo que me aleje de quererte si he sabido que es amarte hacerme idea que estas lejos imposible de alcanzarte que solo queda tu reflejo y ya no puedo ni tocarte

Voy a extrañarte para siempre porque jamás podré olvidarte voy a tenerte aqui mas cerca como parte de mi vida y voy a recordarlo todo aunque se abra mas mi herida no te imaginas cuantos sueños por las noches me persiguen y aunque pongo de mi empeño casi siempre me consigues

Voy a extrañarte para siempre y aunque mi vida siga y siga estaré un dia mas conciente de que jamás podré olvidarte

Voy a tenerte aqui mas cerca como parte de mi vida y voy a recordarlo todo aunque se abra mas mi herida no te imaginas cuantos sueños por las noches me persiguen y aunque pongo de mi empeño casi siempre me consigues

Voy a extrañarte para siempre y aunque mi vida siga y siga estaré un dia mas conciente de que jamás podré olvidarte.

back in Sao Paulo..

One of the things I couldn't do in Colombia was keeping my blog updated, lack of time, of internet access, but not lack of news!!

I'm back in Sao Paulo feeling different emotions:

Happiness, because of the things achieved in Colombia, Explora meeting was a complete success, and the program will get better and better, happy to have seen my family and some of my friends, happy for eating all my fav food (mazorca, arroz con coco, chuzo desgranado, granizado de mandarina, aborrajados... mmm yummy!)

Saudades, this is a brazilian word difficult to translate, is feeling the lack of something, and I already started feeling saudades of Brazil, I am lucky to still have almost two months to enjoy it, however some of my friends started to leave Sao Paulo, and soon some others will leave too, feijoadas with Samba, Ipanema, Ibirapuera, Vila Mariana, Baladas, I'll miss them too!

Anxiety, I'm about to finish my term here and I need to find my new path, defining my next step is becoming a hard decision, especially finding the right balance between a challenging work, an stable life, an a meaning and coherence with my passions and beliefs.

Well, this is what some call living :)