Tuve una llamada dificil y me siente abajo. Mi amiga, Lana* escuchome. En un rato, ella me trajo un helado de mamey (1) para animarme. No puedo comer helado hoy por mi periodo pero su accion me hizo sonreir y me ilumino. Unos dias despues, Lana fui con su mama para acompanar una prima quien …
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Dia de Acion Gracias Diferente
Mina*, buena amiga de Lana*, invitionos a unir a su familia para un viaje en Tekis y Belen (La Pena), dos pueblos magicos. Ella rento una casa grande con jardin, cocina, y rancho. Fuimos 12 personas y 3 perros. Caminamos en Tekis, un pueblo con muchos colores de casas y flores. En centro, hay una …
Tlacoyos Masteria y Hospitalidad Mexicana
Mi amiga, Lana*, me trago a visitar a Dunia Yoli* quien hace lo major tlacoyos en el pueblo. Ella ponga frijoles en maiz y hace tlacoyos en la cocina cuando entramos. Dunia Yoli es en mitad de 70s, alta y fuerte, con pelo gris y corte, habla en voz suave y amable como una abuela. …
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萍水相逢 Meet by Fate
In the 2 weeks trip in Portugal, we had several fun and memorable encounters, E.g. To me, the best way to learn a culture is through the local. A friend’s son living in Porto not only showed my friend and I around but also gave us food, restaurant, and music suggestions. We had great fun …
Work Smarter than Harder
A friend asked me about hackathon: instead of explaining what it is, she encouraged me to walk her through the journey in a story, making it visual and memorable. I came up 3 characters, a participant, a mentor, and a judge and talked about their interactions. Well, it didn’t impress her, more accurately, it’s more …
Being Vulnerable
I asked several experienced toastmaster friends their recommendations for me of high impact area to work on communication/ public speaking. I was surprised to hear ‘showing vulnerability/ sharing difficult personal stories’. I signed up for a speech tonight and I had no time to prepare. I thought of dropping off but felt bad to do …
Letting Go
3 biggest takeaways for me from Letting go: – others is a mirror reflecting what we’re unaware of ourselves: A person doesn’t create fear, rather, if we have fear inside, he/she may trigger that. If we don’t have fear, nobody can trigger that. – past is a little teddy bear: agonizing for what we did …
What Will You Choose?
After writing ‘Where is positivity from?‘, I needed to use the restroom. As I walked toward a nearby building, rain came down quickly. I ran for a cover by an entrance. The door was locked and required a pass to enter. I watched the rain and wondered what I should do. A student came, swiped …
Where is Positivity From?
I’m sitting under a big tree at Harvard campus. The sun pokes through the leaves while breeze travels through the air. A young man walked by with a bunch of roses in his hand, I cross finger for his successful conversation. 5 young ladies walked by with a badge in their hands, attending a summer …
Be ‘Real’
Friend shared this video with me…WoW! No question that Sydnie has amazing voice and she was cute and funny yet what really made her stand-out, in my view, is… She was very Real Sydnie said ‘I really felt heard, I’d never forget that’…oh, yes, I/we all heard her, loved her, and possibly cried along with …