THIS IS THE LIFE OF A CHILANGO!!!

Yo.....

2008-03-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

Torre Mayor

2007-09-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

So...this is the tallest building in Latin America, obviously it had to be in Mexico. The strongest economy of the region.

hell yeah!

2007-09-11T19:32:00.000-07:00

Great song and better video...this is how things should be done

Some pics...

2007-09-08T20:18:00.001-07:00

as I wrote about my University I had tu take some pics to show it to you, so here they go!

UNESCO declared Central University City Campus of UNAM a World Heritage site

2007-09-06T17:32:00.000-07:00

Central University City Campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list for its architectural complex. The campus is regarded by the UN organization as "one of the most outstanding icons of architecture and urbanism in Latin America and the World". More than sixty architects, engineers and artists took part in its creation, accomplishing "a landmark settlement representative of XX Century Modernism"
Wow, such an honor to study at a World Heritage recognized complex..I guess not many people can be proud of that!
Here are some pics, I hope you like it and some day be able to come and visit my University!!!

Starting over...

2007-09-06T16:52:00.000-07:00

So, it's been a long time since I stop writing...such a shame, I said I was going to be writing constantly, but as I started my third semester in Architecture I've been as busy as never. But I'm here again, and as a promise I will be more regular this time!
For real...

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2007-05-27T21:44:00.000-07:00

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hola

2007-05-20T21:31:00.000-07:00

I'm just about taking one of the most important decissions in my life. But what can help me in the moment of doing it? how can I know if i'm taking the right step? how would you know it? i guess it's impossible...but the main factor in taking this decission is my happiness...it might not be the best, but it is what makes me feel better. Is that right? just thinking about what I care...being selfish?

Just wondering...

2007-05-12T18:41:00.000-07:00

I started this entry in english...but as i wanted to write somethig kind of poetic i couldn't do it, so this one entry will be in spanish.

A veces siento que el mundo me come, quisiera desaparecer y olvidarme de todo un poco, olvidarme de cosas tan superficiales y efimeras. Quiero sentarme y nunca tener que moverme, quiero congelar en mi alma ese momento perfecto en el que no siento mas que el latido de mi corazón y escucho mi respiración, quiero estar tranquilo. Se puede? no, es la respuesta...es acaso el proposito de nuestra vida el nunca llegar a obtener la felicidad por completo? no quiero creerlo así, pero a veces pienso que es utopico ese momento que siempre hemos imaginado, ese momento en el que por fin somos totalmente felices.
Al mismo tiempo que escribo esto voy dandole respuestas a mis problemas, pienso en como quitarme este peso que llevo sintiendo desde hace ya tiempo, pienso en como desvanecerme y hacer lo que realmete quiero. Siento que es el momento perfecto para hacer muchas cosas, es para mi el momento...no lo tiene que ser para nadie mas.

Picture of the Day!!!

2007-04-26T21:34:00.000-07:00

amazing picture taken by my friend Alejandra (runaaaaa) pupila del mal!!!
Great composition...i liked it a lot!!!! and what a model!!!! jajaja

a break!

2007-04-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

finally...after a so requested break i'm not going to school the next 5 days...which is better tan good!!!! i just need a long week end to have some (a lot) of beers, tequila, vodka...etc, and lots of fun in Aguascalienteeeees @ La Feria de San Marcos!!!!
take care y'all...
have fun!!!!
Those are the advertising posters of the Feria...love them!!!

In Mexico, Canada or the rest of the world it is the same....

2007-04-24T21:54:00.000-07:00

Everywhere...is the same, architecture is so unique!!
I took this from a canadian guy's blog, it is really good!!! i loved it, it has lots of thing about architecture!!!
go n check it out: http://jkhc.blogspot.com/

Picture of the day!!

2007-04-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

Picture of the day!!

2007-04-23T22:16:00.000-07:00

picture taken in Cholula, Puebla...a town near to mexico city, lovely place!!!
A pre-hispanic pyramid with a church a the top of it (in the image)

Question...

2007-04-23T02:05:00.000-07:00

Why do the inhabitants of the United States of America call themselves "americans"???
...the people from Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Honduras, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, etc. are also "americans"...Don't we live in the American Continent!!!???
Do you think you are Amercia??? hell no!!!

The draft of the Day!!!

2007-04-22T23:15:00.000-07:00

this is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico...don't you love it?
(...by the way, it is the biggest in the American Continent)
I also took the picure!!

from my English friend Sime....

2007-04-22T10:17:00.000-07:00

1. Maqueta keyboard
2. That's how my bedroom looks like...shame on me

Picture of the Day!

2007-04-22T10:10:00.000-07:00

i took it in my university

Picture of the Day!

2007-04-17T21:09:00.000-07:00

I don't know if you think so...but this picture resembles to me a perfect definition for EPIC!!!

I need to travel a lot more!!!

2007-04-16T07:18:00.000-07:00

Well i guess i'm ok...i'm just 18 years old!

Your Travel Profile:

You Are Mostly Untraveled in Latin America (20%)
You Are Mostly Untraveled in the Southern United States (15%)
You Are Mostly Untraveled in the Western United States (5%)
You Are Untraveled in Africa (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Asia (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Australia (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Canada (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Eastern Europe (0%)
You Are Untraveled in New Zealand (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Scandinavia (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Southern Europe (0%)
You Are Untraveled in Western Europe (0%)
You Are Untraveled in the Middle East (0%)
You Are Untraveled in the Midwestern United States (0%)
You Are Untraveled in the Northeastern United States (0%)
You Are Untraveled in the United Kingdom (0%)

How Well Traveled Are You?

My Celebrity Look-alikes

2007-04-15T21:03:00.001-07:00

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

My Celebrity Look-alikes

2007-04-15T20:42:00.001-07:00

http://www.myheritage.com

The draft of the day!

2007-04-15T13:37:00.000-07:00

I also be posting some of my drawings...here it goes the first one with a picture of the real building so y'all can make a comparisson!
This post is mainly dedicated to one of my best friends from high school: Berny Cepeda! He is creating a web page in order to show my art work...thanks friend!
I'll be telling you right in the moment the page is available.
Hope you enjoy it, if you don't then get out of my blog!!! hahaha

Picture of the day

2007-04-13T22:01:00.000-07:00

After writing about the quake i feel like posting a picture. Hope y'all like it!
I really love that picture, i took it at the downtown close to the Metropolitan Cathedral. What do you think of it?

Earthquake in Mexico city!!!!!!

2007-04-13T21:20:00.000-07:00

It was freaking horrible...i hate to live in a city where the aerth moves with that much strenght!!!!
Today at 00:42am an eathquake struck mexican capital, that's Mexico City, it measured 6.3 on the Richter Scale. Even it was centered 64 kilometers (40 miles) north-northwest of the southern coastal resort of Acapulco it was felt strong enough to waken all the slept people!!! It lasted for more than a minute, which was terrible for me...i'm deeply concerned about the consequences of an earthquake, i get really nervous, not at the moment but after it happens because when it hits once there are always more quakes. Today I heard in the news that there have been more than 20 little quakes after the big one.
If you have ever felt one you know what i'm talking about, if you haven't i do not wish you ever feel one.
I just don't want to imagine Mexico City like in 1985 with the strongest earthquake ever in this town, the city was completely destroyed (i was not even borned) but the images i've seen talk by themselves. It was the view from a city in war, thousands of buildings totally fallen, thousands of families death or missing. I guess that if a have a fear is definetly to the earthquakes.
The picture is from a fallen building in Tlatelolco in the 1985 earthquake.

Picture of the day

2007-04-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

I'll be posting a picture every now and then...today's pic is one i like a lot: It really speaks by itself.I took it long time ago on a trip to a bay in the US close to Houston..i love it, besides i could sell it to Hollister!!! jajaja

FREEDOM

Who cares!!

2007-04-11T09:17:00.000-07:00

Today i am supposed to turn in a project done...but as my sister is going to Europe tomorrow for more than a month i prefer to spend the whole day with her...school is gonna be there, but we never know what can happen to the ones we love tomorrow. Besides, family is the most important thing for me, wtf if i don't care bout school just for one day, right???

!!!!

2007-04-10T09:05:00.000-07:00

Have you ever felt like you are giving all you can? Have you ever felt like people is expecting more from you and your work has not been enough for them??? That's how i'm feeling right now...many things are happening in my life and though changes have been for good i'm pretty sure i'll be feeling like this for a while.
I just can't stand the emotion of not feeling sure of my decitions.
Hopefuly i'm not repeating the same mistakes from the past!!!

Je suis tres fatigué!!!

2007-04-03T12:05:00.000-07:00

I'm really tired...i just came back from the gym and i have a lot of homework, i guess i'm just going for a coffe to Starbucks, rest and start after that. Besides this week is supposed to be for doing nothing, we're on vacations thanks to Jesus Christ!!!
Why do we, Catholics, never respect our sacred days???? jajajaja i guess we just do it when we get some kind of benefit...jajajaja
Trés mal!!!!

my FORTUNE cookie

2007-04-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

Last friday i went to dinner to sushi itto with some friends, at the end the fortune cookies arrived, and since i'm not really into that i did not wanted to open it, but as everybody else did it i did it too. It was a nice surprise, what it has written was:

YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN SUMMER

God i hope it's truth!

My personality

2007-03-25T17:39:00.000-07:00

This is some kind of representation of who i am...

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VIVA COLOMBIA....i mean VENEZUELA!!!!!

2007-03-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

EPALE CHAMITA!!! I told you I was going to write about you... so many things we had gone trough, right??
I don't know, i have never really believed in destiny, but when I met Mariana in Houston i was shocked about all the coincidences between her and me. We were exactly at the same place, by the same reason, it was just meant for us to met...and of course el uruguayo and laura, ana, karina...everybody, but life is really great when it gives you friends like you Mariana.
That's why I commit myself to visit you as soon as possible...and now i'm being serious. Venezuela is waiting for me, Chávez is also waiting for the mexicanito...jajaja
Love you a lot Mariana!

UNAM vol.2

2007-03-15T07:59:00.000-07:00

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, abbreviated as UNAM) is today the most important Mexican university and was founded in 1551 by Royal Decree signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at Valladolid, Spain. Born as Real Universidad de la Nueva España, is the second oldest university University in the Americas just behind the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru.
It is the largest university in Latin America and is ranked the best in Latin America, Spain and Portugal according to a study conducted by The Times released in 2005-2006. A study by Beijing University also considered UNAM to be the best university in the region and also the sole most important university in the Spanish-speaking world.
It consists of faculties rather than departments. Both undergraduate and graduate studies are available. UNAM is also responsible for the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria (ENP) (National Preparatory School), and the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (CCH), which consist of several high schools, spread around Mexico City. Counting ENEP, CCH, undergraduate and graduate students, UNAM has over 269,000 students, making it one of the world's largest universities.
In addition, it is the only university in Mexico with three Nobel Laureates among its former students: Alfonso García Robles (Peace), Octavio Paz (Literature), and Mario Molina (Chemistry). (There is arguably a fourth Nobel Prize awarded twice to a UNAM member: Ana María Cetto was awarded the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the Pugwash Conferences and the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of the IAEA).

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) vol.1

2007-03-13T10:28:00.000-07:00

First some facts about it:

Motto: Por mi raza hblará el espíritu (For my race will the spirit speak)
Established: 1551
Type: Public university
Endowment: U.S.$1.5 billion or MXN $15 thousand million Mexican pesos
President: Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Staff: 32, 500
Undergraduates: 143, 405
Postgraduates: 19,000
Location: Mexico City, D.F. México
Campus: Urban, 6.5 km2 (1,606,185 acres), main campus only
Athletics: 40 varsity teams
Mascot: Puma

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2007-03-10T16:03:00.000-08:00

Estoy aburrido...jajaja, tengo mucha tarea y es sabado en la tarde, que hueva no??? Por qué no simplemente no hago nada, descanso, me voy de peda o algo asi normalon?? ps no se, creo que al final me doy cuenta que si soy responsable...claro, ademas influyen algunas otras cosas como el hecho de que estoy "castigado" y como que no quiero mover las cosas para que el tema del castigo se pase lo mas rapido posible. Hace mucho tiempo no escribia, pero no se si esto de hacerlo publico este chido, no me dejo conocer tan facilmente.
Cuando escribia esto era un sabado a las 6:08 pm y escuchaba Julieta Venegas, tenia mucha flojera y tarea y el dia era muy feo y gris. (Q tal??? ya sabes quien...jajaja)
au revoir
aaa...y no fui a la conferencia de Rem Koolhas (o como sea q se escriba)...estoy dolido

GOOD NEWS!!!

2007-03-06T23:25:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to let you all know I'm pretty excited!!!! I'm joining Mr. Giovannini's Architectural Firm!!! He just proposed it to me and 3 more friends yesterday...isn't it awesome??? I'm just a 2nd semester student of Architecture Undergraduate (i hope i'm using the right word) and i'll be learning how is it the reallity at the labor field. Wish me luck...though i know i don't need it, i'm just the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Idea!!

2007-03-04T08:48:00.000-08:00

Tnks Laura...even though it's been more than 2 weeks i wanted to tell you that i really loved your collage!!!

I's been one of the greatest presents i've ever been given (espero que si lo haya escrito bien jajaja) for Valentine's Day!

Keep on inspiring me with everything you do, ok??

so sad!!

2007-02-28T22:35:00.000-08:00

I was totally commited to write an entry after school, but life is cruel...i'm really charged with homework so i guess i prefer to sleep a little bit more than writting a lot.

Today i had to do some research about a famous and prolific architect, the one that i had to search about is the mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta...if you know something about this field you should know some of his work, which i think is one of the most important expression of mexican architecture. I love the way he uses colors, geometric volumes and solid compositions. Check out some of his work, it's really amazing: http://www.legorretalegorreta.com

Well friends of mine...have a nice sleep

I totally forgot to say that from 2 weeks ago i 've started gym...now i'm working out from 6 to 8 in the morning and taking kick boxing and capoeira classes, awesome isn't it???

FINALLY!!!

2007-02-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

Wow...it took so long for me to know how to create a new entry!!! but now i know...so i'll be writting after school, right now i'm meeting some friends at the subway and i'm kind of late.

I hope somebody is still reading my blog, and i hope it's you Laura!!!! ok???

See ya everybody and keep checking out my page

Au revoir mes amis!!!

and by the way, the image has nothing to do with the entry, but since i'm an architect...

Inicio...

2007-02-05T14:06:00.000-08:00

Esta es la primer entrada de mi blog y como soy nuevo en esto creo que no va a ser la mejor que lean, ok? Estas vacaciones de verano han estado algo locas y creo que he estado desconectado hasta el punto de no saber lo que hago. Me fui de vacaciones a Houston, habia planeado estar 1 mes, pero al estar alla me di cuenta de que todo esta totalmente diferente asi es que decidi regresarme a la segunda semana...todo cambia constantemente y hay momentos en los que me encantaria que el mundo fuera algo mas estatico, es imposible pero la realidad es tan acelerada que a veces no puedo con ella. Aunque fueron dos semanas la pase increible, hice muchas cosas y adquiri muchas deudas, lo cual me tiene algo preocupado pero pues al final lo material va y viene...lo que importa es que vivas al maximo disfrutando lo que puedas, no creen?

Saludos a todos y espero esta vez ser un poco mas constante y lograr escribir por lo menos una vez a la semana.

And for those who can't read spanish, don't worry i'll be posting some entries in english, it may be a good way to practice my writing...and by the way, this first entry is dedicated to Mr. Taylor, whose blog is very interesting, he encouraged me to create a blog long time ago.