Date: April 25,2007
Time: 5:39 pm
Place: My House IM BACK!!!!
Well I'm back and I'm sick. I had to get sick. The day that I left Ecuador I had to get the cold. But this is not just any cold. This is the king of all cold. As I write this blog I can say that my eyes are red like tomatoes and my nose is running the NYC Marathon. I just need to figure out a way to get better tomorrow or I won't be able to go to work. I need to work so bad or I won't be alble to pay off the crazy T-mobile bill that I got recently. Me and my dad got a family plan so we thought we will be able to save a little money. Turns out that I have to pay 950 dollars by the end of this month. As of this moment I hate T-mobile. T-mobile can kiss my hispanic ass! Well I gotta calm down because if my professor reads this blog she is going to kill me. Well anyways tomorrow hopefully I will be able to write something much more interesting and much more insightful. Take care
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: April 23,2007
Time: 9:25 am Ecuadorian Time
Place : Cochancay, Ecuador
Today is my last day in this country and I´m happy that I´m going back to New York. However I know that my boss days are over and I have to go back to reality and work and go to school. I know I have to strive to become better and try new innovative ways to better my life. I feel sad that I´m leaving but I know I can´t make the money I make in New York. Even though living in this country is so peaceful and quiet and at the same very very delightful to be in I know that money matters at this moment. Money is what is going to make my life in a way much more easier. I will be able to have everything I need and when I get old I will be able to retire peacefully in my own home. Well tommorow you will be seeing me in my apartment arguing with my sis over some stupid thing and my brother over something that occured to hime at work and my mom who always wants me to do my chores. Later and god speed.
Time: 9:25 am Ecuadorian Time
Place : Cochancay, Ecuador
Today is my last day in this country and I´m happy that I´m going back to New York. However I know that my boss days are over and I have to go back to reality and work and go to school. I know I have to strive to become better and try new innovative ways to better my life. I feel sad that I´m leaving but I know I can´t make the money I make in New York. Even though living in this country is so peaceful and quiet and at the same very very delightful to be in I know that money matters at this moment. Money is what is going to make my life in a way much more easier. I will be able to have everything I need and when I get old I will be able to retire peacefully in my own home. Well tommorow you will be seeing me in my apartment arguing with my sis over some stupid thing and my brother over something that occured to hime at work and my mom who always wants me to do my chores. Later and god speed.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The saga Begins
Date: April 21,2007
Time: 4:34 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: La Troncal, Ecuador
Ok for this has to by far the worst day of my life. I had too overcome many obstacles to prove who I am to this wonderful woman who is the love of my life. I decided to do something really special however very painful .I decided to scar myself and show how much I truly mean to her. She was flattered of course but she did something afterwards that made me think of the thing I just did. Unfortunately she right next to me and I can´t write that information but for my fans out there I will tell you exactly what happened tommorow morning. Tkae care and have a wonderful evening.
Time: 4:34 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: La Troncal, Ecuador
Ok for this has to by far the worst day of my life. I had too overcome many obstacles to prove who I am to this wonderful woman who is the love of my life. I decided to do something really special however very painful .I decided to scar myself and show how much I truly mean to her. She was flattered of course but she did something afterwards that made me think of the thing I just did. Unfortunately she right next to me and I can´t write that information but for my fans out there I will tell you exactly what happened tommorow morning. Tkae care and have a wonderful evening.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: April 20,2006
Time: 12:06 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
Well it´s nearing the day that I have to leave and I´m not very satisfied with the overall progress of my house. It looks like I have to speak with my contractor and decide on what to do next. The best alternative for me at this moment is to create a contract and set a specific deadline to finish the construction. I believe this to be less costly and more efficient and I wont have to be worried about sending money every week. I´m on my way at this moment to buy the remaining sacks of cement . Till tommorow.
Time: 12:06 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
Well it´s nearing the day that I have to leave and I´m not very satisfied with the overall progress of my house. It looks like I have to speak with my contractor and decide on what to do next. The best alternative for me at this moment is to create a contract and set a specific deadline to finish the construction. I believe this to be less costly and more efficient and I wont have to be worried about sending money every week. I´m on my way at this moment to buy the remaining sacks of cement . Till tommorow.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: April 18,2007
Time: 3:20 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
Many things have occured to me lately in the past couple of days. I am currently thinking whether or not if I should get married. It´s been difiicult for me to make this decision because even though I love the person I am with my family however don´t want me to be with her. Her name is Fanny. To me she is the most beautiful person and at the same time my worst nightmare. Seems crazy but I can´t leave her when she makes me so mad. We break up for a couple of days but always seem to get back together. Just remebering the day I met her makes me feel so good inside. We met seven years ago whena cousin of my dad introduced me to her. At that time she was 15 and was having her sweet 15th birthday party. She needed a ¨Chabelan¨which means like a male companion for her party. She chose me and we got to know each other. She was annoying and a little brat at times but inside she was sweet and funny. We have a way of talking to each other that nobody understand but her and me. We have a way of just being together without saying one word. For me she is just perfect. I can´t imagine being with someone else and I love her. I love her with all my heart and I hope god always guides her through the right path and always takes care of her.So tell me fellow worshipers what should I do? Should I get married?
Time: 3:20 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
Many things have occured to me lately in the past couple of days. I am currently thinking whether or not if I should get married. It´s been difiicult for me to make this decision because even though I love the person I am with my family however don´t want me to be with her. Her name is Fanny. To me she is the most beautiful person and at the same time my worst nightmare. Seems crazy but I can´t leave her when she makes me so mad. We break up for a couple of days but always seem to get back together. Just remebering the day I met her makes me feel so good inside. We met seven years ago whena cousin of my dad introduced me to her. At that time she was 15 and was having her sweet 15th birthday party. She needed a ¨Chabelan¨which means like a male companion for her party. She chose me and we got to know each other. She was annoying and a little brat at times but inside she was sweet and funny. We have a way of talking to each other that nobody understand but her and me. We have a way of just being together without saying one word. For me she is just perfect. I can´t imagine being with someone else and I love her. I love her with all my heart and I hope god always guides her through the right path and always takes care of her.So tell me fellow worshipers what should I do? Should I get married?
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: April 17,2007
Time: 10:51 am Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
I´m here still waiting for some material to come in so I an close the construction of my house until next summer. I desperate to get things done as quickly as possible however things are not occuring that way. Also unfortunately my girlfriend had stones in her kidney for the past four days and I´m worried about her condition. All these barriers are making my life very difficult and very frustrating. In about fifteen to twenty minutes I have to make a four hour trip to cuenca ecuador to see if my order went through with te material because it´s taking longer than expected.
Time: 10:51 am Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
I´m here still waiting for some material to come in so I an close the construction of my house until next summer. I desperate to get things done as quickly as possible however things are not occuring that way. Also unfortunately my girlfriend had stones in her kidney for the past four days and I´m worried about her condition. All these barriers are making my life very difficult and very frustrating. In about fifteen to twenty minutes I have to make a four hour trip to cuenca ecuador to see if my order went through with te material because it´s taking longer than expected.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Sunday, April 13,2007
Time: 2:59 pm
Place: Cochancay , Ecuador
Let me start off by saying how hot it is in this place. Just imagine a constant 89 degrees all day long for an entire week. The warmth is nice but too much is just a pain. I am currently still under process of finishing the construction of my house. Since the day I showed the class the pictures of how the house looked at the moment you cant tell it looked almost done however there was much left to be done on the inside. At this moment I have to wait for my primary contractor on a estimate of how much material that needs to be bought by the end of the week. I leave saying tht I am in alot of frustration and with little money. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!
Time: 2:59 pm
Place: Cochancay , Ecuador
Let me start off by saying how hot it is in this place. Just imagine a constant 89 degrees all day long for an entire week. The warmth is nice but too much is just a pain. I am currently still under process of finishing the construction of my house. Since the day I showed the class the pictures of how the house looked at the moment you cant tell it looked almost done however there was much left to be done on the inside. At this moment I have to wait for my primary contractor on a estimate of how much material that needs to be bought by the end of the week. I leave saying tht I am in alot of frustration and with little money. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date : April 12, 2007
Time: 8:58 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
I apologize to all my fans who read my blogs that I wasn´t able to come up with anything new for the past couple of days. Let´s get started with what I had to go through with these days. First off lets start with arriving to the airport. When I arrived at the airport I thought that I would get home soon so I can go to sleep right?.... wrong. I spent most of my day dealing with Ecuador custom agents. It was a painstaking 4 hours where I had to speak with them and tell them the purpose of my trip. Unfortunately in order for them to release me and leave me alone I ha to bribe them. Ecuafor is a wonderful place but the only bad thing it has is lot of corruption. Instead of letting me go they decided beacuase I was ecuadorian american they could get some money of me. I know if I let them get away with it it would be wrong but I knew if I kept arguing with them that I would spend all day so I just decided to go with it.I spotted the officer 40 dollars and he let me go. The next step was to go to sleep as soon as possible so I can wake up early tommorow morning to get ready for work on my house. And so I did.
When I arrived to the construction site I realized there had to be much work to be done.I knew I needed to buy material for the house and that what I did. I got in my pickup and made a 20 minute trip to LA TRONCAL which is a small town south of Cochancay. I arrived and to my dismay I realized I didn´t carry that much money on me so I decided to call my dad to help me with some of the payments I had to make. He fortunately was able to help me pay half of the expenses. As I got the site I noticed that my house was yet done to my stisfaction and still needed alot of work. So I decided to gather every worker I had for a small meeting and tell them exactly what I wanted to see for the next 15 days I was going to be here.They soon left what they were doing and approached me. I spoke with them and told me the specific time period my needs were going to be reached. I then spoke about payroll and how I was going to pay them.Considering I was really tight on money I told them they would have to wait till the end of the month for their salary. They didn´t like that very muvh but oh well thats life.Either was I knew I had to be rigid and aggresive with my workers or else nothing would be done .
Time: 8:58 pm Ecuadorian Time
Place: Cochancay, Ecuador
I apologize to all my fans who read my blogs that I wasn´t able to come up with anything new for the past couple of days. Let´s get started with what I had to go through with these days. First off lets start with arriving to the airport. When I arrived at the airport I thought that I would get home soon so I can go to sleep right?.... wrong. I spent most of my day dealing with Ecuador custom agents. It was a painstaking 4 hours where I had to speak with them and tell them the purpose of my trip. Unfortunately in order for them to release me and leave me alone I ha to bribe them. Ecuafor is a wonderful place but the only bad thing it has is lot of corruption. Instead of letting me go they decided beacuase I was ecuadorian american they could get some money of me. I know if I let them get away with it it would be wrong but I knew if I kept arguing with them that I would spend all day so I just decided to go with it.I spotted the officer 40 dollars and he let me go. The next step was to go to sleep as soon as possible so I can wake up early tommorow morning to get ready for work on my house. And so I did.
When I arrived to the construction site I realized there had to be much work to be done.I knew I needed to buy material for the house and that what I did. I got in my pickup and made a 20 minute trip to LA TRONCAL which is a small town south of Cochancay. I arrived and to my dismay I realized I didn´t carry that much money on me so I decided to call my dad to help me with some of the payments I had to make. He fortunately was able to help me pay half of the expenses. As I got the site I noticed that my house was yet done to my stisfaction and still needed alot of work. So I decided to gather every worker I had for a small meeting and tell them exactly what I wanted to see for the next 15 days I was going to be here.They soon left what they were doing and approached me. I spoke with them and told me the specific time period my needs were going to be reached. I then spoke about payroll and how I was going to pay them.Considering I was really tight on money I told them they would have to wait till the end of the month for their salary. They didn´t like that very muvh but oh well thats life.Either was I knew I had to be rigid and aggresive with my workers or else nothing would be done .
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Tuesday April 2, 2007
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: My truck
I know I haven't been able to write for the past week but let me explain why. For one thing my stupid truck blew a radiator hose while going down the Goethals Bridge about 3 days ago. At that point I'm supposed to stop my truck immediately and call for a tow truck to send it to the shop to get that fixed because that is a really dangerous situation. However I took my chances and drove the rest of the way with radiator fluid leaking out the hose. My Engine temperature rose as I drove and I was scared that my engine would stall and I would lose my brakes. Fortunately for me that wasn't the case. I spent over this weekend about 400 dollars to get it fixed. I was really bummed out because till this day I've been doing nothing but work work work just to compensate for what I lost for that day. That is reason one why I couldn't daily write my blogs here comes now the big reason why I couldn't write blogs.
The second reason is turns out that I need to send out a large sum of money to fix a financial situation I have in my country. I'm really frustrated because I spoke with my financial partner on my construction of the house I'm building and he told me I wouldn't have to pay until next month. Now I have until next week to come up with that sum of money or the deadline to the construction of my house will go on until December and I need it to be done by this summer. I don't know what to do. I have school and If I leave school I can manage passing all my courses but It will be much more difficult for me and also my job. Each day that I'm not out working I lose a lot of money. So I'm in the clutch of just tearing out my hair. Somebody please help me!!!!
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: My truck
I know I haven't been able to write for the past week but let me explain why. For one thing my stupid truck blew a radiator hose while going down the Goethals Bridge about 3 days ago. At that point I'm supposed to stop my truck immediately and call for a tow truck to send it to the shop to get that fixed because that is a really dangerous situation. However I took my chances and drove the rest of the way with radiator fluid leaking out the hose. My Engine temperature rose as I drove and I was scared that my engine would stall and I would lose my brakes. Fortunately for me that wasn't the case. I spent over this weekend about 400 dollars to get it fixed. I was really bummed out because till this day I've been doing nothing but work work work just to compensate for what I lost for that day. That is reason one why I couldn't daily write my blogs here comes now the big reason why I couldn't write blogs.
The second reason is turns out that I need to send out a large sum of money to fix a financial situation I have in my country. I'm really frustrated because I spoke with my financial partner on my construction of the house I'm building and he told me I wouldn't have to pay until next month. Now I have until next week to come up with that sum of money or the deadline to the construction of my house will go on until December and I need it to be done by this summer. I don't know what to do. I have school and If I leave school I can manage passing all my courses but It will be much more difficult for me and also my job. Each day that I'm not out working I lose a lot of money. So I'm in the clutch of just tearing out my hair. Somebody please help me!!!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2006
Time: 4:10 pm
Place: My house
Right now at this moment I'm trying to think of how I can become a successful person. The other day I was watching the well known movie Goodfellas starring Robert Deniro and Ray Liotta. When I saw this movie I noticed something that I could use to become successful. I started to laugh to myself cause I found this in a Italian mafia movie. I noticed how the mafia is so well organized and always looked for ways to get around the system so they can get more money. I noticed that I wasn't organized with my work. I did my work but I never kept a logbook. If I didn't keep a logbook I'm unable to calculate the miles I run throughout the year and when the IRS comes around I will be in big trouble. Also I am getting too satisfied with what I am currently doing as a CDL driver. I know I must keep looking or the next best thing and go for it. The more money I make the closer I am to retiring at an early age and live life. Be able to go to my house and wake p whenever I want to and do whatever I want to do.
Time: 4:10 pm
Place: My house
Right now at this moment I'm trying to think of how I can become a successful person. The other day I was watching the well known movie Goodfellas starring Robert Deniro and Ray Liotta. When I saw this movie I noticed something that I could use to become successful. I started to laugh to myself cause I found this in a Italian mafia movie. I noticed how the mafia is so well organized and always looked for ways to get around the system so they can get more money. I noticed that I wasn't organized with my work. I did my work but I never kept a logbook. If I didn't keep a logbook I'm unable to calculate the miles I run throughout the year and when the IRS comes around I will be in big trouble. Also I am getting too satisfied with what I am currently doing as a CDL driver. I know I must keep looking or the next best thing and go for it. The more money I make the closer I am to retiring at an early age and live life. Be able to go to my house and wake p whenever I want to and do whatever I want to do.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date:Monday, March 27,2007
Time: 11:03 am
Place : My Truck
Today I didn't wake up in a good mood . I was so soar from Sunday's martial arts class that when I got up this morning all my body frozen solid. I couldn't move without feeling pain. It's funny that when I used to practice frequently waking up after practice was a piece of cake but now its a different story. It's been almost four years since I started practicing martial arts again. However I know in a couple of weeks I will be in the same top shape I was before. Now unfortunately due to work and school, I wasn't able to keep myself physically fit. I have a fat belly now and I get tired for doing normal day to day activities. I hope with me going back to class I will be able to get my edge back. I used to be a fearless fighter when I used to step in the mat to spar with another martial artist. Now I'm the total opposite and I have only my myself to blame.
It was funny when I first arrived at class. When they saw they were surprised to see me. They were happy to see my face again and asked why was I away. I explained to them my whole ordeal with building my home and working full time and the understood. They were just happy at the fact that I was back and ready for action. I was excited to know that I was going back and try to reach my best physical and mental fitness. I know that I will become a better person with martial arts in my life.
Time: 11:03 am
Place : My Truck
Today I didn't wake up in a good mood . I was so soar from Sunday's martial arts class that when I got up this morning all my body frozen solid. I couldn't move without feeling pain. It's funny that when I used to practice frequently waking up after practice was a piece of cake but now its a different story. It's been almost four years since I started practicing martial arts again. However I know in a couple of weeks I will be in the same top shape I was before. Now unfortunately due to work and school, I wasn't able to keep myself physically fit. I have a fat belly now and I get tired for doing normal day to day activities. I hope with me going back to class I will be able to get my edge back. I used to be a fearless fighter when I used to step in the mat to spar with another martial artist. Now I'm the total opposite and I have only my myself to blame.
It was funny when I first arrived at class. When they saw they were surprised to see me. They were happy to see my face again and asked why was I away. I explained to them my whole ordeal with building my home and working full time and the understood. They were just happy at the fact that I was back and ready for action. I was excited to know that I was going back and try to reach my best physical and mental fitness. I know that I will become a better person with martial arts in my life.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Sunday, March 25,2007
Time: 11:17 am
Place: My house
I apologize to all of you if I haven't written in two days. Its kinda hard to get up after working 6 days straight. If you have a full time job, go to school and take care of your family you know what I mean. Well I luckily managed to get up kinda early today about 10 am and I knew I had to catch up on some writing. Well for today I was thinking of just staying at home watch goodfellas all day today or watch soccer. Either way I knew I wasn't going anywhere and that I would just relax. Also I believe that my entire family is not going to be at my apartment so I think I wont hear another whisper for the rest of the day. OK this week nothing really happened today nothing really interesting to talk about except one thing. I'm quite relieved that the construction of my house I'm building in Ecuador is almost complete. I can finally go for a small vacation and relax and drink at my bar. Its incredible to think that I can own a bar at my house. I will be able to hang out with my friends and family and throw parties every weekend. I'm so glad to think that my dreams are actually coming true. I am getting what I always wanted and I'm striving for more. I have to thank my family for supporting me in everything that I did and above all Jesus Christ for blessing me with undying motivation to strive forward in life.
Time: 11:17 am
Place: My house
I apologize to all of you if I haven't written in two days. Its kinda hard to get up after working 6 days straight. If you have a full time job, go to school and take care of your family you know what I mean. Well I luckily managed to get up kinda early today about 10 am and I knew I had to catch up on some writing. Well for today I was thinking of just staying at home watch goodfellas all day today or watch soccer. Either way I knew I wasn't going anywhere and that I would just relax. Also I believe that my entire family is not going to be at my apartment so I think I wont hear another whisper for the rest of the day. OK this week nothing really happened today nothing really interesting to talk about except one thing. I'm quite relieved that the construction of my house I'm building in Ecuador is almost complete. I can finally go for a small vacation and relax and drink at my bar. Its incredible to think that I can own a bar at my house. I will be able to hang out with my friends and family and throw parties every weekend. I'm so glad to think that my dreams are actually coming true. I am getting what I always wanted and I'm striving for more. I have to thank my family for supporting me in everything that I did and above all Jesus Christ for blessing me with undying motivation to strive forward in life.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The saga begins
Date:Thursday, March 22,2007
Time: 10:35 am
Place: My Truck
Well I thought as I',m waiting for my box to come in to load it I might as well right a little something in the meantime. Um I would just like to say in this blog that it may seem easy writing blogs everyday for about ten minutes but if you have a life like me its gets kinda difficult. I really can't just stop work to start doing homework. I constantly on the road all day and my truck is basically my bread and butter. If I stop to write on my laptop I miss very valuable time to finish my trip. Luckily for today the ports are kinda busy so I kinda have between 15-20 min waiting time before my container comes in. Either ways I'm willing to sacrifice sleeping and social time for at the end become a better me. I'm striving to get my MBA and if I manage to get that I'm going to get my PhD in my field. I want to become the best and nothing else and I don't give up. I may leave it for a while but I don't give up. Giving up is for losers with low self esteem. I'm not that way I know for a fact if you really want it you'll get. So if anyone is reading this blog make sure to keep that attitude. Nobody will make your life easy, you must make it easy and wealthful.
Time: 10:35 am
Place: My Truck
Well I thought as I',m waiting for my box to come in to load it I might as well right a little something in the meantime. Um I would just like to say in this blog that it may seem easy writing blogs everyday for about ten minutes but if you have a life like me its gets kinda difficult. I really can't just stop work to start doing homework. I constantly on the road all day and my truck is basically my bread and butter. If I stop to write on my laptop I miss very valuable time to finish my trip. Luckily for today the ports are kinda busy so I kinda have between 15-20 min waiting time before my container comes in. Either ways I'm willing to sacrifice sleeping and social time for at the end become a better me. I'm striving to get my MBA and if I manage to get that I'm going to get my PhD in my field. I want to become the best and nothing else and I don't give up. I may leave it for a while but I don't give up. Giving up is for losers with low self esteem. I'm not that way I know for a fact if you really want it you'll get. So if anyone is reading this blog make sure to keep that attitude. Nobody will make your life easy, you must make it easy and wealthful.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The saga Begins
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Time:10:27 am
Place: In my truck
OK basically this blog is about the response I have to last night's presentation. I really was quite impressed to the different goals and aspects to the students in this class. People who have traveled the world, People who are set to having a production label, others having or have had already their own business. Its admirable how people who have been born into poor neighborhoods have turned into successful individuals.Well as for me I have to reach my goal and that goal is to make money soon so I will be able to live comfortably in Ecuador. I love my parents country so much that I'm willing to move from the U.S to live there. I have everything that I could possibly want from there so that is my motivation. My motivation to strive to become the best that I can be and become better than my father.Better than my father so he can proud of my accomplishments and will be relaxed to know the fact that his son is alright in life.
Time:10:27 am
Place: In my truck
OK basically this blog is about the response I have to last night's presentation. I really was quite impressed to the different goals and aspects to the students in this class. People who have traveled the world, People who are set to having a production label, others having or have had already their own business. Its admirable how people who have been born into poor neighborhoods have turned into successful individuals.Well as for me I have to reach my goal and that goal is to make money soon so I will be able to live comfortably in Ecuador. I love my parents country so much that I'm willing to move from the U.S to live there. I have everything that I could possibly want from there so that is my motivation. My motivation to strive to become the best that I can be and become better than my father.Better than my father so he can proud of my accomplishments and will be relaxed to know the fact that his son is alright in life.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: March 18,2007
Time: 5:34 pm
Place :My house
I was walking home the other day when I spotted something unusual. I see a guy with a whole bunch of lottery tickets in his hand. Nothing unusual there until I see what he does with those lottery tickets. He scratches them off and throws them on the floor. He keeps walking, scratching each of those tickets and throwing them on the floor. When I walked by the thrown tickets I realize that he didnt scratch nothing on the tickets. I kept thinking to myself why would he do such a stupid thing? My brothr was with me and we laughed at what happened. This guy bought tickets for nothing. We picked them up obviously and tried our luck with the tickets. Unfortunately we didnt win anything but watching that guy doing such an act was worth it. Then my brother figured out that he reocognized the person. Turns out that he was a pschitsofranic( I thinks thats how you spell it). Poor guy , just imagine that having a condition like that can really cost you money. Well either this is New york right ? You never know what may happen. There is always something new to talk about whether it be good or bad. You never see these type of things in other places. Only in New York you see drag queens walk into a burger joint to order something to eat. These crazy lifestyles have grown to be considered "normal". The United States of America accepts those types of people but if you were in another ountry you would probably be shot or in jail if you were to act or dress that way. When will people just be normal?!
Time: 5:34 pm
Place :My house
I was walking home the other day when I spotted something unusual. I see a guy with a whole bunch of lottery tickets in his hand. Nothing unusual there until I see what he does with those lottery tickets. He scratches them off and throws them on the floor. He keeps walking, scratching each of those tickets and throwing them on the floor. When I walked by the thrown tickets I realize that he didnt scratch nothing on the tickets. I kept thinking to myself why would he do such a stupid thing? My brothr was with me and we laughed at what happened. This guy bought tickets for nothing. We picked them up obviously and tried our luck with the tickets. Unfortunately we didnt win anything but watching that guy doing such an act was worth it. Then my brother figured out that he reocognized the person. Turns out that he was a pschitsofranic( I thinks thats how you spell it). Poor guy , just imagine that having a condition like that can really cost you money. Well either this is New york right ? You never know what may happen. There is always something new to talk about whether it be good or bad. You never see these type of things in other places. Only in New York you see drag queens walk into a burger joint to order something to eat. These crazy lifestyles have grown to be considered "normal". The United States of America accepts those types of people but if you were in another ountry you would probably be shot or in jail if you were to act or dress that way. When will people just be normal?!
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: March 18, 2007
Time: 2:07 pm
Place : My House
For this particular piece of writing I decided to explain the plot of a movie that has become one of my favorites Kill Bill starring Uma Thurman. Ok to start off this overview lets begin to talk about the main character Uma Thurman. In the movie her name was Beatris Kiddo (aka "Black Mamba") and she used to be part of a hit squad overun by Bill who is played by David Carradine however as things turns out she gets pregnant by Bill and decides upon herself to leave the squad. She escapes from the bloody lifestyle to go live under a different alias and get married. However Bill finds out that she was going to get married and finds her and send his hitsquad to kill everybody in the wedding rehearsal. However, as things turns out Beatris survives the massacre. She wakes up in a hospital and she realizes that she was in coma for 4 years and worse off she also realizes that she lost her baby. Filled with anger and revenge she sought off to find the hitsquad and Bill and kill them.
Ok that was basically how the movie starts off. She sets off to kill each member one by one. First member on her deathlist was Veronica Green alias "copperhead". She finds out that Veronica also decided to leave the squad and start a family of her own. She confronts her in her home and it was on. They fight , fist flying all over the place , random house applainces and furniture used a weapons to kill one another. At the end Kiddo kills Copperhead with a dagger thrown at her heart piercing her leaving her laying on the floor. Then it was off to Tokyo Japan to meet O-Ren Ineshii aka . She in the movie was known for being one of the top female assasins in all of asia. She later became the new Mafia boss overunning Tokyo's criminal business. O-Ren decides to go to a hi end barclub in Tokyn but she was accompanied by her crew of killers and her personal bodyguard. As they enter the club O-Ren didnt notice that Kiddo was sitting next to the bar waiting for the right moment to unleash her attack on her. Kiddo tried to approach O-Ren but was confronted by her gang of killers. Kiddo without breaking a sweat was able to get rid of her entire gang. O-Ren concerned of her own safety she sent out her bodyguard to get rid of Kiddo. Kiddo and the bodyguard fought and to Kiddo surprise the bodyguard had alot of skill and gave her a hardfought fight to the death. However as you know with most movies the good guy wins( In this case its a girl hehe) and and finally after all the fights she had to go through she finally stood face to face with O-Ren. They spoke a couple of words before they both unleashed their samurai swords and and fought to preserve each others honor.O_Ren want good enough for Kiddo and was killed at the place where O-Ren reighned supreme. Kiddo had but one only person to kill. She was going to KILL BILL.
Time: 2:07 pm
Place : My House
For this particular piece of writing I decided to explain the plot of a movie that has become one of my favorites Kill Bill starring Uma Thurman. Ok to start off this overview lets begin to talk about the main character Uma Thurman. In the movie her name was Beatris Kiddo (aka "Black Mamba") and she used to be part of a hit squad overun by Bill who is played by David Carradine however as things turns out she gets pregnant by Bill and decides upon herself to leave the squad. She escapes from the bloody lifestyle to go live under a different alias and get married. However Bill finds out that she was going to get married and finds her and send his hitsquad to kill everybody in the wedding rehearsal. However, as things turns out Beatris survives the massacre. She wakes up in a hospital and she realizes that she was in coma for 4 years and worse off she also realizes that she lost her baby. Filled with anger and revenge she sought off to find the hitsquad and Bill and kill them.
Ok that was basically how the movie starts off. She sets off to kill each member one by one. First member on her deathlist was Veronica Green alias "copperhead". She finds out that Veronica also decided to leave the squad and start a family of her own. She confronts her in her home and it was on. They fight , fist flying all over the place , random house applainces and furniture used a weapons to kill one another. At the end Kiddo kills Copperhead with a dagger thrown at her heart piercing her leaving her laying on the floor. Then it was off to Tokyo Japan to meet O-Ren Ineshii aka . She in the movie was known for being one of the top female assasins in all of asia. She later became the new Mafia boss overunning Tokyo's criminal business. O-Ren decides to go to a hi end barclub in Tokyn but she was accompanied by her crew of killers and her personal bodyguard. As they enter the club O-Ren didnt notice that Kiddo was sitting next to the bar waiting for the right moment to unleash her attack on her. Kiddo tried to approach O-Ren but was confronted by her gang of killers. Kiddo without breaking a sweat was able to get rid of her entire gang. O-Ren concerned of her own safety she sent out her bodyguard to get rid of Kiddo. Kiddo and the bodyguard fought and to Kiddo surprise the bodyguard had alot of skill and gave her a hardfought fight to the death. However as you know with most movies the good guy wins( In this case its a girl hehe) and and finally after all the fights she had to go through she finally stood face to face with O-Ren. They spoke a couple of words before they both unleashed their samurai swords and and fought to preserve each others honor.O_Ren want good enough for Kiddo and was killed at the place where O-Ren reighned supreme. Kiddo had but one only person to kill. She was going to KILL BILL.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Thursday March 15,2007
Time: 10:23 am
Place : My House
As you can probably see from my two previous blogs I'm not much of a writer. I never in my life ever expected to daily hand out blogs for my college class. But oh well if it means I have to do it to reach my goals so be it. Let see.... what can I write about ? ok I guess I'll talk bout how much I hate this country. This country has become so contaminated. When I say contaminated I mean how people have become so fake. They been somehow drugged by TV and the media and turned them into complete lunatics. I walk around the street and watch a guy who thinks he is a thug. Ok first lets explain what a thug is. A thug is a person who has lived a very difficulty life in his youth and has been in many criminal acts and committed violence. When I saw this person I recognised him. He wasn't brought up in the ghetto or in the streets he was born and brought up in the Hamptons. However he has his timberland boots on with his baggy pants on showing off his boxers aand also with his football jersey on. Then I said to myself " What has this world come to?" He ddin't look like a thug. He looked more like a clown to me. watching as swayed from side to side doing that whole gang walk was so hilarious. It even got better when he started talking. He started mumbling and screaming so many profanities and gang related phrases that I started to just not pay attention and just watched. Watched as he just made a fool out of himself. Oh well I guess that all you can do. Just watch as our country , our people slowly but surely become clowns for the rich's amusement.
Time: 10:23 am
Place : My House
As you can probably see from my two previous blogs I'm not much of a writer. I never in my life ever expected to daily hand out blogs for my college class. But oh well if it means I have to do it to reach my goals so be it. Let see.... what can I write about ? ok I guess I'll talk bout how much I hate this country. This country has become so contaminated. When I say contaminated I mean how people have become so fake. They been somehow drugged by TV and the media and turned them into complete lunatics. I walk around the street and watch a guy who thinks he is a thug. Ok first lets explain what a thug is. A thug is a person who has lived a very difficulty life in his youth and has been in many criminal acts and committed violence. When I saw this person I recognised him. He wasn't brought up in the ghetto or in the streets he was born and brought up in the Hamptons. However he has his timberland boots on with his baggy pants on showing off his boxers aand also with his football jersey on. Then I said to myself " What has this world come to?" He ddin't look like a thug. He looked more like a clown to me. watching as swayed from side to side doing that whole gang walk was so hilarious. It even got better when he started talking. He started mumbling and screaming so many profanities and gang related phrases that I started to just not pay attention and just watched. Watched as he just made a fool out of himself. Oh well I guess that all you can do. Just watch as our country , our people slowly but surely become clowns for the rich's amusement.
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Thursday March 15,2007
Time:10:22 am
Place: My House
Well this particular blog I'm going to write about the problems I have with President Bush. Yes I know this may seem overdone by most people but I just have to state why I hate this man so freaking much. Well first off just by looking at him he looks like a chimpanzee. That alone should have made many voters just think whether to vote for him or not. Ok that was a little cold but I don't care this is my blog. Anyway another reason why I hate bush is the way he tries to use fear as a tool so he can retain all the motherlovin oil he can from Iraq. He from the start made us think that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Ok I'll have to admit when I heard that I wanted our troops to go into Iraq and kick major ass. But then as we find out that they didnt in fact not have weapons of mass destruction I was pissed, I was really pissed. He gave the order to send off thousands of our soldiers into a far away country. Into a country where we had no purpose in going. However I would have imagined our president knowing now that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction that he would return the troops right?Wrong! As I'm writing this blog I can imagine many soldiers writing also thier letters to their families explaining to them the hardship they are going through. It has been 6 yrs since 9/11. We haven't found Bin Laden. Bin Laden is still walking around the mountains of Saudi Arabia enjoying a cup of tea waiting for the troops to find him. He laughs at us cause he knows Bush does not have the "balls" to find him. Thats the only logical reason I can find for not finding Bin Laden. Either way what President Bush should do at this moment is this. He should grab a rusty copper wire, wrap the wire around hs genitalia and hang himself of the washington monument so everybody could see. Well thats all I have to say about that.
Time:10:22 am
Place: My House
Well this particular blog I'm going to write about the problems I have with President Bush. Yes I know this may seem overdone by most people but I just have to state why I hate this man so freaking much. Well first off just by looking at him he looks like a chimpanzee. That alone should have made many voters just think whether to vote for him or not. Ok that was a little cold but I don't care this is my blog. Anyway another reason why I hate bush is the way he tries to use fear as a tool so he can retain all the motherlovin oil he can from Iraq. He from the start made us think that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Ok I'll have to admit when I heard that I wanted our troops to go into Iraq and kick major ass. But then as we find out that they didnt in fact not have weapons of mass destruction I was pissed, I was really pissed. He gave the order to send off thousands of our soldiers into a far away country. Into a country where we had no purpose in going. However I would have imagined our president knowing now that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction that he would return the troops right?Wrong! As I'm writing this blog I can imagine many soldiers writing also thier letters to their families explaining to them the hardship they are going through. It has been 6 yrs since 9/11. We haven't found Bin Laden. Bin Laden is still walking around the mountains of Saudi Arabia enjoying a cup of tea waiting for the troops to find him. He laughs at us cause he knows Bush does not have the "balls" to find him. Thats the only logical reason I can find for not finding Bin Laden. Either way what President Bush should do at this moment is this. He should grab a rusty copper wire, wrap the wire around hs genitalia and hang himself of the washington monument so everybody could see. Well thats all I have to say about that.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Juan Gavilanes The Saga Begins
Date: Tuesday, March 13,2007
Time: 8:38 pm
Place: My House
Well this is my first time writing a blog so please don't hate on it too much. Well let me start off, my name is Juan Gavilanes and I'm 22 yrs old. I was raised in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
I'm not really a normal person to most people usually due to the fact that I dont agree with the lifestyle in this country. I as a small boy living in the streets didnt know how society tries to on a daily basis keep us incarcerated in our homes. With their marketing strategies huge companies tries to keep us down. Try to brainwash us into thinking that there is nothing wrong with staying home after work stuck on a Tv watching watch on day after day after day. I loved watching Tv dont get me wrong. Its just as I grew up I noticed i'm missing out on a lot of things life has to offer. Tv in a way tries to in a way make us believe how were supposed to live as human beings. That were supposed to buy the latest brands of clothing or that we must get the new electronics appliances that came on the market in order to feel good or to "keep up" with whats going on. We see a celebrity promote a product or a line of clothing and our brainwashed minds tell us " Oh I have to get that!". But really sometimes you have to just stop and wonder and ask yourself " What am I doing? Where is my uniqueness? Who really am I?" They may seem like simple questions but the real answers may leave you shocked. You in fact realize that you've been manipulated into buying all this crap. You may think at this point that I'm writing all of this for nothing but I'll give you an example. Lets take ipod the handheld mp3 player from macintosh as our example. Ok they came out with ipod not a long while ago. It was a really cool mp3 player that can store alot of songs. People stormed to get one. Ok everybody's happy in getting one they know that they have the ultimate in music appliances right ?........wrong. Not too soon after that ipod came out with another product , the ipod mini. You would think that this would be a totally different product that would provide something new. Unfortunately the only different things to it was that it got smaller. It was really smaller than the old one and it had a smaller screen however through smart marketing this product also sold very well. The thing is that if you watch Tv and you see somebody cool or sexy using it they make you think that you will become sexy or cool having it. They make you spend hundred of dollars buying stuff that you don't really need. At the end they don't realyl care as long as you keep paying their vacations and their luxury cars which they're probably enjoying right now. Well just to cut this short just think for a minute how this society is . We must make our lives so we can be happy not follow what other people want out of us. Please dont become a robot.
Time: 8:38 pm
Place: My House
Well this is my first time writing a blog so please don't hate on it too much. Well let me start off, my name is Juan Gavilanes and I'm 22 yrs old. I was raised in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
I'm not really a normal person to most people usually due to the fact that I dont agree with the lifestyle in this country. I as a small boy living in the streets didnt know how society tries to on a daily basis keep us incarcerated in our homes. With their marketing strategies huge companies tries to keep us down. Try to brainwash us into thinking that there is nothing wrong with staying home after work stuck on a Tv watching watch on day after day after day. I loved watching Tv dont get me wrong. Its just as I grew up I noticed i'm missing out on a lot of things life has to offer. Tv in a way tries to in a way make us believe how were supposed to live as human beings. That were supposed to buy the latest brands of clothing or that we must get the new electronics appliances that came on the market in order to feel good or to "keep up" with whats going on. We see a celebrity promote a product or a line of clothing and our brainwashed minds tell us " Oh I have to get that!". But really sometimes you have to just stop and wonder and ask yourself " What am I doing? Where is my uniqueness? Who really am I?" They may seem like simple questions but the real answers may leave you shocked. You in fact realize that you've been manipulated into buying all this crap. You may think at this point that I'm writing all of this for nothing but I'll give you an example. Lets take ipod the handheld mp3 player from macintosh as our example. Ok they came out with ipod not a long while ago. It was a really cool mp3 player that can store alot of songs. People stormed to get one. Ok everybody's happy in getting one they know that they have the ultimate in music appliances right ?........wrong. Not too soon after that ipod came out with another product , the ipod mini. You would think that this would be a totally different product that would provide something new. Unfortunately the only different things to it was that it got smaller. It was really smaller than the old one and it had a smaller screen however through smart marketing this product also sold very well. The thing is that if you watch Tv and you see somebody cool or sexy using it they make you think that you will become sexy or cool having it. They make you spend hundred of dollars buying stuff that you don't really need. At the end they don't realyl care as long as you keep paying their vacations and their luxury cars which they're probably enjoying right now. Well just to cut this short just think for a minute how this society is . We must make our lives so we can be happy not follow what other people want out of us. Please dont become a robot.
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