When I want to visualize my memory of Ecuador I like to show this picture I made in 2001. It's a butterfly in Mindo, Ecuador. It is so beautiful but also fragile just like Ecuador is for me.

The next time you hear yourself complaining about lack of Time, Call yourself to the order. We all have Time. How we use It is our own Choice

This month a lot of things will change. I will leave my current project and in the personal sphere a lot of changes will come. What I do notice is a constant change in my life. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast. Natural reaction is to resist the change. But in the end I like the change and I need the change. That's one of the reasons for me to be an Open Source Solutions Consultant

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me Yesterday it was a shame on me incident. I got lured into an offer too good to be true and an offer I could not refuse. It was a nice day and while working in the garden I was caught of guard. I nice man approached me, he told me he was from Switzerland and was coming from and exclusive exhibition in Brussels on his way back to Switzerland. And he offer me supposedly exhibition merchandise which he need to get ride off. I only had to pay...

A few days ago I wrote about the habitualist.com. I have used it for more than 2 weeks now, and I must say it is very nice. The interface is simple and clean, I like it very much. It helped to improve habits I already had, and it helps me developing new habits.

This month after more than 3 and a half year I finished my assignment at NXP. I had a great time and learned a lot. The time has come to start at a new project at a new company. I want to thank all my ex-colleagues for the great time I had and wish them all the best.

sometimes it comes sometimes it goes. If it goes you have to search for it again. Inspiration can be found in the little things like a mosquito flying in your room and annoying you. It can aspire you to also learn to fly or it can aspire you to be aggressive and hunt it down to kill it. Today it inspired me to write this small blog post and to let it live for a while.

By being yourself. Everyone is unique, there was nobody before you just like how you are and there will nobody like you after you. Standing out is your obligation to your uniqueness...

It was impossible to speak at a large distance, until the telephone was invented. It was impossible to travel 100km/h, until the car was invented. It was impossible to go to the other side of the world in a vehicle within 24 hour, until the jet airplane was invented. It was impossible to find instant information, until the internet was invented. Change your thinking and make the impossible possible.

Don't count on it that you can please everyone in the world. It is better you don't count on it. You'd better try not to please everyone,  because that will be of a mediocre quality . It is better not to please many, and to produce the best and most honest quality you can. You can count on it that some will hate you for it, other will appreciate it. Count on the people that love quality you can be proud of.  

Deciding to act will give you fruits. Some fruits might be bitter, others might be sweet.   But not acting will give you no fruits at all.  

Some just for fun parties like:  birthday parties,  mid-summer-nice-weather-BBQ-parties, fuck-the-economy parties . Or some some long-term goal parties like: graduation parties, changing jobs parties, get-out-of-debt parties.   Have some fun in life and plan some parties.