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August 06 The Killing Jar....I really love this song! Kinda discovered this band late but its great!The lyrics are brilliant! Lyrics | Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Killing Jar lyrics July 29 Quote for July 29, 2009
So very true....The determination of an individual is such a powerful force...tap into that force and never give up!
   July 27 Quote for July 27,2009
Another one of my favorite quotes..because life can never be easy....but we must be strong and endure whatever difficulties it might throw our way...giving up should never be an option!
July 23 QUOTE 4 JULY 23 2009
A beautiful quote I found so very in tune to what my philosophy is all about...carpe diem baby....
July 20 HAPPY FRIENDS DAY!FELIZ DIA DE LA AMISTAD! ^_^ I am so lucky, to have had in my life, come in contact with such good people I now call friends..... Because... "True wealth can not be found in your bank account. It can only be found in those you call friend. Those with whom you share your deepest feelings. And those who accept you for who you really are." Mary Vandergrift To all my dear & loved friends I wish you only the best now and forever....You know that whenever you need me, be it near or far, a true friend is here for you....your friend Ingrid Me siento tan afortunada, de haber tenido en mi vida, la suerte de encontrarme gente tan buena que ahora llamo amigos..... Porque... "La verdadera riqueza no se puede encontrar en tu cuenta de banco...solo se puede encontrar en aquellas personas que llamas amigo.A esas personas con las cuales compartes tu mas sincero sentir.Y en en sas personas que te aceptan por quien realmente eres." Mary Vandergrift A todos mis queridos y adorados amigos....les deseo lo mejor hoy y siempre...Saben que cuando me necesitan. a pesar de el tiempo y la distancia, aqui se encuentra una amiga sincera...tu amiga Ingrid  July 19 Moving to Bellevue..has been... One of the most hardest things I have had to do in my whole life.....I have moved several times even from one country to another and back again but this move was filled with much more heartache .....Although we were eager to move away from New Jersey and start a new adventure we did leave behind the place we called home...the friends we loved to laugh with....the family we have shared special occasions and moments...our life left behind in hopes of building a better tomorrow a better future...and we knew it would be hard at first but we didn't expect to feel homesick and sadness so soon....It will take some time...hard work....perseverance...blood, sweat, and tears but I have a good feeling in the end it will pay off...I won't fail ......^_^ July 17 July 17 2009 HEY Hahaha...well I thought I could keep up with all these online sites but it's too hard...even so I really liked Spaces and I used it so often ...I got so busy with so many more online sites that I all but abandoned this site... all these social networking sites...forget about it! All my friends had this or that...I try to keep up but wow it is crazy! I have MySpace because of my daughter Karen....Facebook because of my good friend Cheri ( and now everyone of my ex co-workers from the Census are there...) hi5 beacause of my friends in Mex and South America.....Twilight Saga...well because I like Twilight...and then of course Achievement Hunter because of an obvious reason ...I am a gamer and a HUGE achievement whore! Those of you who are gamers understand......and so this just got left behind....I will log on more often see if I can pick where I left (kinda..) I mean already I was deleting all these Spaces I used to love to read and visit and now they are gone or deleted or I have no more access to...and so ..."hey, spaces....^_^ " February 09 RETURNING TO MSN SPACESDamn! Incredible how
time passes by....Last time I blogged about something Halo Wars was
recently announced and now it is soon to be released! Well...I'm back.. I abandoned my msn space due greatly to 2 big reasons.... 1.) MSN spaces became msn spaces windows live and it slowed down sooooomuch for me especially since my pc back then was not up to par and so it was very difficult to edit anything in my profile sometimes I could not even log in! 2.) I went back to work.....and at one point I had not time to even check my emails.....I went back in forth between work home my kids and my video games....and so i lost interest in keeping my msn space up. And so why am I back? Therapeutic of course! I am currently back on disability again and so I have more time for this kind of thing although the pain is so bad at times that I spend days on a medicine binge which makes me extremely sleepy and out of it most of the time...still I must continue to search for the light at the end of the tunnel.... September 28 HALO WARS ?!?!?!? I'M ENLISTING!
HALO WARS TRAILER!!!
Yesterday at X06, Microsoft's yearly gaming conference event, a new game based on the Halo universe was revealed...HALO WARS. Although this game is a RTS(real-time simulation) it looks and sounds like it will be awesome! We (my kids, my bf and I) are very exicted and just cannot wait to get our hands on this baby. It was not announced as to when this title would be gracing the shelves but we really hope it's soon. It's time to play new Halo titles! Halo Wars takes place before the Halo 1 storyline and, by what my son saw, he says he thinks they got the inspiration off of the Halo novel storyline. The company in charge of making the game is Ensemble Studios (who developed the famous Age of Empires series). Let's just hope they take the Halo series to a whole new great level. September 20 Quote for Sept. 20
This quote defintely hits the nail on the head....the memories that make me cry more are not the bad ones but the good ones....especially when going through a rough patch in my life beacuse they are the constant reminder of what I lack at that moment. I wish I could go back and feel the warmth of that beautiful memory and for a brief moment I do but then I am hit with th reality I am living. Right now I wish I was living in 2002 ...when I felt hopeful and I felt positive of the future.....I keep telling myself ..Happier times will come....I am waiting.....
September 11 NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN...is this day....
A day that was silenced with grief ...
A day that is etched by painful memories.....
We can never forget September 11, 2001
August 18 Quote for August 18, 2006
August 17 Quote for August 17, 2006
Quote for August 16,2006
August 15 Quote for AUG 15, 2006
August 13 A TEAR IN THE DARK
July 10 I NEEDED SOME TIME OFF AND AWAY...JUNE 23
I had fallen into a semi-deep state of depression....it was like if everything I had been through these past few months all of a sudden fell on to me and blocked my view...not to mention all the financial problems I have run into because of my inability to work. To top it all off I have some very difficult problems with my mom...and our living situacion here together is not healthy anymore. It is a very complex problem that has been brewing for months but that had been suppressed to the point where neither sides are willing to give in. And so I let myself grieve....it is always good to let out all the negative so that we can be renewed with positive vibes. This is why I didn't even write anything here or anywhere.. I kind of needed to put some thought and some distance between it all....and so I did what I always do every year to recharge my internal bateries.. I went to Argentina....it's a media company I have worked for in the past and luckily they had something for me...so it was a business/personal trip....ah Buenos Aires....I do love it so.....
JULY 10
I started writing this shortly after my trip to Argentina and was writing some other stuff but a lot happened and I never got a chance to publish any of the entries and so I am doing so for all of them now...I did adjust somethings as I started writing them on those specific dates....
I have so much to fix up in my life! My son Danny got very sick...I almost had to take him to the hospital! Aparently he might need to get his tonsils taken out...I have been taking care of him day and night for about a week I was getting very worried since he had a non stop constant fever of about 102! Finally yesterday it seemed to break and he looks a little better....that was not the only health problem I had to deal with....I also got sick and I took a turn for the worst on Saturday...so that now I was bed ridden all day yesterday! REALLY when it rains it pours! ANd so that is why I have been out for so long....I don't know what will happen with all my problems...but I will try to keep a positive atitude .....I will try....and I won't run away...I musn't run away...I won't...
(Shinji knows what I am talking about
 ) ARGENTINA 2006
Specifically, I don't know what it is about going to Argentina, that always helps me both mentally and physically. I have been doing this yearly trip since 2001...I have friends I call family over there and I feel like a fish in water...I know Buenos Aires almost just as much as I know NYC ( my birth city) and somehow I feel right at home....
Ever since I went for the first time...it was like deja vu...it was as if somehow I had been there before although of course I had not. The smells seemed familiar and the faces looked like a blur from the past. It was as if I had come back home after a long trip. And so ever since, I return every year..I use to even go twice ...but that was when I was working full time for Argentine media... still I can't complain....I get to go every year ...visit my loved ones and I always get to make new friends.
My great friend Laura, Her Husband Gustavo and I They are like family to me...
Martina (Laura's Daughter) Laura and I
Another great friend of mine Luz Finochietto...thanks to her I had one of the best times of my life!
A new friend I made, Cintia, thanks to Luz Cintia and Luz are best friends
My best best friend in Argentina...Manuel He is one of the few people in this world that know me in & out backwards & fowards...and one of the few people in this world I can trust... Thanks Manu for all your love! Here we are eating in our fav place, Parrilla Acapulco (funny how this place is called after a Mexican beach...hehe) to eat the traditional Argentine dish...parillada...yummy...
The best meat in the world is defintely from Argentina... This dish includes udder, intestines, blood sauseges, kidney, steak and fries! I LOVE THIS!!!
Here I am having a drink at Sofia's Night Club in General Belgrano Prov. de Buenos Aires.. I had so much fun there and I drank a lot too! But always responsibily...Thanks Luz for letting me tag along with you and the girlz!!!
With some of the girlz...Jorgella, Juliana, Cintia and Moi! It was Jorgella's 21 st B-Day!
El Obelisco Buenos Aires Argentina
Unbelievable! Two of the most importante avenues in Bs As, Avenida Corrientes & Florida, was empty at 4 p.m.... Why? Because Argentina was facing the Netherlands in the world cup...they are truly fanatics when it comes to soccer or should I say footbal as it is known in the rest of the world.
Well I hope I can make the trip again next year, although I really never know, I love Buenos Aires and hope one day I cn buy a house down there and live out the rest of my days drinking mates with me dear friends...Mate as I might have mentioned before is a tea which almost everyone in Argentina drinks ( I also drink everyday) some here in the States might not consider it higenic since everyone drinks from the same bombilla (which is like a straw) and mate but believe me it is so nice to sit down with good friends share an inteligent conversation while drinking some warm mate! ....Mi Buenos Aires querida...espero verte muy pronto otra vez..... By the way here is a pic of mate...yummy!
NO IT'S NOT WEED!!!
A VERY BELATED HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!...HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY TO ALL AMERICANS!!!
U.S.A!! U.S.A!!! U.S.A!!!
...But it's never to late to express my love for this country! I know that it is because I am an American that I feel such an enormous emocion when I hear the U.S National Anthem and I am so proud to be an American even if I don't agree with this governments policies...I was born in New York City (the best city in the world!!..at least for me of course
) into a family of Mexican Immigrants...although by the time I was born my mom was already a US Citizen..my dad became a US Citizen some 16 years ago...Enough of me! Let me leave you with what to me seems like the most beautiful and inspirational anthem in the world......THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER!!! In its full original length with an artist's rendering of the battle of Fort McHenry in the background...the battle which inspired, in 1814, a poem written by Francis Scott Key, a 35 year old amatuer poet and lawyer...I am also including some interesting facts of the United States of America....
* Independance was declared on July 4th 1776 but it was not
recognized until September 3, 1783
* Our original motto was E Pluribus Unum which is Latin for "out of
many, one or from many, one" It referred to the integration of the
13 colonies that made up the nation curiously it has exactly 13
letters...It was selected by the Great Seal Committee and the motto
can be found inside the Great Seal.
* Our current motto is In God We Trust it replaced E Pluribus Unum in
1956
* At over 3.7 million square miles the U.S is the 3rd largest country
by area. Home to nearly 300 million people, it is the third most
populous nation.
* The largest city in the U.S is New York City, it has a population of 8.1
million within an area of 321 square miles. It's metropolitan area
has a population of 18.7 million
* The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes
the 13 original colonies.
states first adopted it.
* The 48 star flag has been the longest version used (1912-1959)
and the current 50 star flag will tie it, with 47 years, if it is still in
use on July 4, 2007.
* The union of the current 50 star flag was designed by Robert G. Heft
He was 17 at the time and did it as a class project...He originally
recieved a B- for the project and as a joke the teacher told him if
the flag was accepted by congress the teacher would change the
grade. The teacher did so when his flag was chosen...changing the
B- to an A.
* Heft's design was chosen and adopted after Alaska and before
Hawaii was admitted into the union in 1959.
* June 14 is Flag Day and it was instituted on 1916 by Woodrow
Wilson.
Artist rendition of the Battle of Fort McHenry
Great Seal
Map of the U.S.A.
I got much of my info from Wikipedia ....thanks Wiki!
9 DE JULIO/JULY 9TH ARGENTINE INDEPENDANCE DAYHAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!
TO ALL MY FILIA EN ARGENTINA!!
& TO ALL ARGENTINES!!!
I SALUTE THE GREAT PEOPLE OF ARGENTINA!!!
Some facts on Argentnia:
* It's the 8th largest country in the world
* Population is nearly 40 million
* The name Argentina derives from the Latin word argentum which
means silver. And that name was given by the conquistadores who
discovered El Rio de la Plata (River of Silver). Natives gave gifts
of silver to the survivors of the shipwrecked expedition led by
Juan Diaz de Solis.
* The name Argentina was first used in Ruy Díaz de Guzmán's 1612
book Historia del descubrimiento, población, y conquista del Río de
la Plata (History of the discovery, population, and conquest of the Río
de la Plata), naming the territory Tierra Argentina (Land of Silver).
* The fight for independance from Spain was started on May 25 1810
and that day is a national holiday in Argentina.
* It's independance was declared on July 9 1816 and was first
recognized by Portugal in 1821.
* In Argentina the voseo is commonly used. Voseo is the use of the
second person singular pronoun vos in the Spanish language instead
of tú, which is often considered the standard.This pronoun comes
from the Old Spanish form vos, which was the formal expression
for the second person of the singular (in contrast with the modern
usted), while vosotros was the formal expression for the second
person of the plural. Nevertheless, vos is now an informal form, used
instead of tú. Example...
* Many recognize and identify Argentines with the word che. Che
Spain. Che is used instead of the person's name or as an expression
Example... "Che la cervesa esta buena" Man this beer is good or "Che
a que hora venis?" Hey what time are you coming? or even "Que
estas haciendo che?" What are you doing? and instead of using the
persons name you use che instead.
developed at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th
century in the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires. Lunfardo
is frequently found in the lyrics of tangos, many lunfardo
expressions have entered into the popular language and have become
part of the Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay. A couple of
words have even been recognized officially by Real Academia
Española. The Real Academia Española (Spanish for "Royal
Spanish Academy, RAE) the institution responsible for regulating
the Spanish language. Examples of lunfardo which are used today...
Here are some interesting pictures...
Map of Argentina w/ all its Provinces
Coat of Arms
Map of Buenos Aires w/ it's Neighborhoods
If you want to know more about Argentina or anything check out Wikipedia...that's were I got a lot of my info about Buenos Aires' tourism visit their official site at Turismo Bs As or visit Argentina's official website for tourism at Argentina - Secretaria de Turismo
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