Archive | January, 2010

26 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Creative advertisment sign

I just walked by, liked the idea, snap and posted. Later I thought, is it normal for the New Zealand’s local weather forecast invest on advertisement? Anyway, the idea was nice. Borges decia: ¨hablar del tiempo es perder el tiempo¨ asi que no me extiendo mucho mas. Cheers,

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24 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

My work at Auckland

As I mentioned in the post New Zealand wants me a little more I decided to stay a little longer in Auckland because of a job opportunity that came up. Today I’m going to explain whom I’m working with and which are my responsibilities. I’m working for Results; it is a NZ company, with offices [...]

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23 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Summer readings

While I was on vacations I finished three books, two of them very recommendable. The first one was Angels and Demons, from Down Brown. It was very gripping but I didn’t like it, some of the nights I stayed until 2 or 3 in the morning reading it, what it confirms it was gripping. The [...]

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21 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

New years resolutions

Since I was 15 or 16 years old, every end of December or beginning of January, I used to write or draw some New Year resolutions, to keep in mind where I want to be by the end of the year, which was starting. Some of them were personal goals, other about business, studies, people, [...]

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19 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Terri Irwin, discussing the role of entrepreneurship in her life.

When I came to New Zealand a colleague put me the contact with Howard Frederick. He is one of the specialist of entrepreneurship in Australasia and author (with Donald F. Kuratko) of Entrepreneurship Theory Process Practice (I haven’t read it yet but it is on my list). At the moment he is living in Australia, [...]

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15 January 2010 ~ 4 Comments

Find the 7 differences

I returned to Auckland on Monday after sailing for 5 days and a week traveling around the north island. I haven´t cut my hair since I left Argentina and I haven´t shaved since Christmas. Now I ¨civilized¨ my self and you can see the differences: The short hair is more comfortable but I prefer it [...]

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12 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

North Island of New Zealand

From the 5th to the 12nd of January I was traveling around the north island of New Zealand with a crazy friend from Colombia. We rented a car in the last-minute and I drove from Auckland to New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, returning by Napier, Matamata, Lake Taupo, Rotorua and Hamilton. Driving on the left is [...]

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05 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Those who are dead, those who are alive and sailors,

Socrates said that there are three kind of people, those who are dead, those who are alive and sailors. The last days of December of 2009 I had my first experience sailing, it was with Crocodile, an elliot 770, from Auckland to Great Barrier Island, with Clovis. Great Barrier Island is the fourth biggest island [...]

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