Something interesting from Bill Gates

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time..

Rule 10: Television is NO T real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher, If in English Thank A Veteran for keeping our country free.

Gone Fishing

I am back. I can't believe I remembered to post again. I wish I could make this a habit. Jairo stayed home today since he was so exausted from fishing yesterday. We went to lago Guajataca. We invited Julio Nolla who is Cano's uncle. He is legaly blind. Jairo thought his walking stick was a sword and kept trying to take it from him. I did not know those sticks were retractable.

With just a flick of your wrist the thing comes flying out. We were at the lake for over an hour and did not catch anything. We were both getting worried and I think Julio thought the lake did not have any fish. Julio has had alot of fishing experince in his life. We finaly decided to eat a sandwich. As soon as we started eating the fish wanted to eat too. I have never seen such a fast fisherman as Julio. The fish was just thinking about biteing the bait and he was on it. We had a small celebration In the picture you see Jaime and Julio showing the dupleta they caught. That was just before Julio let go of his fishing pole and caught Jaime with the hook. Jaime tried to take it out himself but he could not reach very well. Julio then told Jaime that he could not believe he did not know how to use and "alicate" since he pulls teeth with one. You should have seen a blind man trying to get a hook out of Jaime's leg with a fish on the other hook on the rapala and another live fish in his hand and a cigar in his mouth. He was not going to let got the fish or the cigar. I was just trying to help and then the blood started running. Little did we know all the blood was from the fish when we cut him off the hook. I finally got the cigar out of Julio's mouth so we could have some kind of communication other than the muffled sounds that were words that I did not understand. I finally cut the hook but the barb was still inside. Then he took the only surgical tool, pliers, we had away from me and proceeded to take out the remaining part of the hook. Can you imagine. It was not funny at the time. Just ask Jairo who's eyes were going to pop out of his head. After it was all over and we had all the fishing poles back in the water, Jairo was still frozen in the same position he was in. I told him his dad was OK but he did not believe it until Jaime told him he was ok. Then he said "What about the blood?" Jaime told him it was from the fish. Jairo was not convinced but kept fishing! We caught 8 fish. I am getting my frying pan ready for this weekend!

Welcome to my Blog!

I have been wanting to create a blog for along time. Jairo is growing up and I am not getting any younger. I will have to start to get things written before I forget. I have been an avid blog reader for sometime now. I love reading something well written. Maybe so of it would rub off on me but I don't count on it. My goal is to document our family's life. It is so ever changing but at the same time it remains the same. My baby who was just born yesterday is turning 3 this month. Time goes buy too fast. As soon as I get me keyboard replaced on my laptop I hope I will be on my way to at least a weekly blog. Yes, Jairo riped 12 keys of it! That is not the worse part. He dropped them one by one into the door frame with took me hours to get out so I can send the laptop to manufacturer with all the parts so the warranty will cover it. I also hope to get some previous dates posted too. I was just logging off but I deiced not to procrastinate any longer. I am now going to bed since I have a busy week ahead. Comuter crashed at the office with no backup available! Someone maybe in big trouble for this one. Lets see if I can get the info from the old harddrive. Jairo's Birthday plans are in the making. I have no idea what I am going to do. I am partied out! I have been to too many Birthay parties, Weddings and other social events in the last 30 days. Who knows? Anyone have an idea? Let me know. I am thinking simple this birthday. Lets see how the stress levels are doing by the end of this week.

Aristides' Wedding

Today was Aristides wedding. Everything was very nice. The church was on 129 Iglesia Bethania and the reception was at Camuy Club de Leones. We had a very nice time. Ivy's son Kevin is Jairo's age. Melanine is 6 years old and is Jairo's idol. On our way to the reception I stopped to buy Jairo a toy so he could play with to keep him entertained since he was running up and down the isle at the church with Kevin. I got him a set of 20 hotwheel cars. Little did I know they would be used as flying objects at the reception. Jairo was the life of the party.

Election Day and Motercycle Ride

Election Day! Obama for President! We can not vote for the president of the U.S. president but I sure wanted him to win. His speak was hair staning. That is what the United States needs. As for Puerto Rico, we voted for Luis Fotuno,PNP and Hector Rafael, PPD. Fortuno won! Hector Rafael lost. I guess I be helping Anibal Acevedo Vila move as soon as possible. Too bad Lemuel Soto won. We need a new mayor but I will have to wait another 4 years. I ofered my PNP con Hector Rafael shirt to Jaime so he can use it to wash the car. Then I thought again. I can use it in 4 years from now! Lets see what happens. We went to Ramiro's house so Jairo could ride around the yard with Jaime. He loved it. He had a great time!

Anibal Acevedo Vila

For all that have not seen this picture of Anibal Acevedo Vila at Disney World. Isn't that just so cute. I wonder how much this outfit cost. LOL

Jennifer's "Surprise" Party

Here are a few pictures form my birthday party.

Zoila Nursa con Paciente. Fijate que la Rx. es Cuba Libre.

Jaime with Hair. He wore the wig to the office for a whole week. Just kidding.