The Beautiful Life

Prompt Entry #2 A list of things I’m grateful for… Many, I think, but I’ve never tried to list them before, so I’ll start. I’m grateful for/because... My mom and dad, because they’ve been the best teachers in my life and they continue to be. My sisters, one that is my very best friend and another that makes me want to be a better person everytime. My niece and nephews, but mostly my niece because she’s a light in my life, is cheerful and makes me smile every time. The happiness and health of the people I listed above. My health. The roof I have over my head and the food in my table. My current Job, even though sometimes it makes me want to quit, I’m happy that I have it. My friends, because they’re still there even though I’m not the most talkative person. I got the oportunity to attend school and get a bachelor degree with a scolarship. I’ve travelled to wonderful places with wonderful people. All my mistakes, because they’ve made me grow into the person I am today. I’ve never been in...

When travelling is your thing... you can never have enough... The world is just too big! Haha but ok, I'll narrow it down to my favorite destinations which are Asia and Europe, still too big and full of wonders. That's the thought I've had ever since I came back from Japan some months ago. The trip it was awesome, I think I could've make some things better but still it was great... but as I came back I felt like I didn't belong back here... which is not right since everything I have and own is back here in Mexico, but still the feeling was there. As time passes one begins to move on and fall again into our routines, waiting for the next time the opportunity and the circumstances will be just right to do it again and feel the freedom of traveling. Why is it so difficult to do it often... well, I actually do have the answer to that, I don't have enough money to do it often; but in reality I think is a good situation to be in, because I know that if tra...

I think one of my biggest challenges everyday, well no, every morning is waking up my little niece (3-4 year old) strongly enough for her to wake up, but nice enough that she doesn't wake up crying that she wants to continue sleeping... Is so difficult, I can't get the hang of it... or maybe everybody has this kind of issues but doesn't say anything; I wouldn't know. Anyway, every day is a strugle and it is not the same everyday, one day she wakes up nice and happy but throws a tantrum because she doesn't want to change from her pijamas... or another day, I wake her up and she began crying because she doesn't want to wake up at all... So everyday is a new kind of bargain, negotiation, manipulation, extorsion hahaha that I have to apply in order for her to wake up and do what I want her to do... Maybe there is no formula for this... I've no idea... For starters, one of the main reasons that she doesn't want to wake up, and I think is in part my fault,...

So, today I finally decided to wash my car, after weeks of procrastination, because I just couldn't bear seeing it as dirty as it was. It has been a very weird rainy season here in my city. And since I decided I was NOT going to take it to a car wash I told my niece (3 almost 4 years old) to help me wash it, since he loves anything related to getting dirty and wet; so this was perfect! We started by rubbing off the dirt with water, I wasn't going to be very thorough with the wash since it's still rainy season and probably tomorrow will rain again; so I decided that new dirt in the clean car is better than dirt on dirt on dirt... So we started, and to encourage my niece I started teasing her. Me: come on!  Niece: I'm cleaning this door! Me:  I'll clean faster than you! And I'll win! Niece: No! We are going to win together!  Me: ...... [No words] It was teamwork, and I tried to make it a competition between the two of us... Haha something ...

I like travelling a lot, if you ever get to see around this blog you will see some of my trips re-cap.  Unfortunately I don't get to do it very often, only when I have enough money to do it and time... but I've done it enough to make a list of tips that may be helpful in case you want to make a short trip and keep it in your budget! 1. Find a bed I believe the most important thing when you already know you are going to travel is to find where to stay! Even though you could do it at the moment of your arrival, is always more comfortable to do it while you're at home.  There are very good booking sites, but the one i personally like the most is www.hostelworld.com because it offers very good quality places with very accessible places! Also, if you know to which airport, station, or place you will be arriving it offers hostel localization in a map so you can select those closer to your arrival place or close to a subway station and you don't have to walk ...

So, my last entry was about this Moment App, which again I’ll leave you BuzzFeed’s video that made me download it in the first place. So, my predictions were that maybe I use my iPhone around 2 hours and I pick it up from 60 to 80 times a day. Here are the results from the 1st day. Actually downloaded the app on January 26 (Enero 26) but it was at night so I started counting from the next day. So, it was almost the same amount I predicted... 127 minutes equal 2.12 hours, but I picked it up only 26 times... so probably some of those 26 were heavy usage pick ups haha.. I continued using the app for the following week and here are the results of the next days... why? because I thought the first day it was going to be "not very real" since I knew the app was counting my time on the phone, but by the 2nd day I totally forgot about it, and so I remembered yesterday when I was thinking about what my next entry would be about :) ! This is my week phone usage, in minutes!...

So I downloaded in my iPhone the Moment App.. which it is supposed to track how much I use my phone during a certain period of time... I'm going to guess that in 1 day I use my phone a total amount of time of 2 hours... and I pick it up... around 60 to 80 times a day =O Thats my guess... Later on I'll post my resoults :) I'll leave you with this video from BuzzFeed where I got the idea to try the app !! Click here for more information on Moment App .

Me considero una persona afortunada por tener expectativas e inquietudes para motivarme a hacer lo que muchos, a veces, no se atreven... Lo difícil de querer realizar mis ideales y objetivos, es que muchos de ellos implican un gasto... no es necesariamente algo malo, pero obviamente no soy millonaria ni siquiera rica... y este tipo de situaciones implican un esfuerzo definitivamente mas grande que tengo que hacer... Aun así, trabajo muy duro y gano mi dinero para poder cumplir mis objetivos. Me he propuesto, que este año 2014 será el ultimo año en el cual destinaré gran parte de mi dinero en viajes, y por esto mismo, como ultimo viaje estoy organizando uno a Japón! Aun y cuando fui una vez antes en 2013  y no me gusta ir dos veces al mismo lugar, Japón tiene una magia muy especial que quiero vivir una vez mas! El año pasado viaje con una muy buena amiga; y este año decidí hacer el viaje con mi hermana menor Luisa, quien también comparte el gusto por la cultura japonesa, y...

I always wanted to write about love... Love is a touchy subject for me for a lot of reasons... which, if I'm honest enough I may be able to list most of them... I'm really not used to having a love life... not because I didn't want to but because I'm rather scared of what might happen to me and my feelings. Experiences are what makes a person, and my experiences in general have been great... but in love matters I've actually have little experience... because I haven't permit myself to actually feel something towards someone else in a romantic way. It sort of sounds very drastic, but it has took me a long time to accept that I might be enough for someone else even if other say I am... is a personal issue I think I have to deal myself, and since I'm a good procrastinator, I have been pushing the matter further and further in time... waiting for that someone who may make me reconsider the lifestyle I'm trying to live in... Being honest with myself, I ...

Me gusta mucho leer, pero tristemente no es un habito al cual le dedique mucho de mi tiempo. Me gustan las historias, mas que textos inspiracionales, filosóficos o ilustrativos. Alguno de los libros que he leído, me gustaría enlistarlos a continuación con una pequeña opinión. No soy experta, pero me gusta dar mi punto de vista de las cosas. Yo creo que al día de hoy, mi historia favorita es la de Harry Potter, siempre he sido gran fanática de las historias fantásticas... y creo que Harry engloba mucho de lo que me encanta!! Entre los libros que he leído al día de hoy, en ningún orden en particular, están: 1. Mujercitas (este fue el primer libro que leí, por lo que es un poco especial!) 2. La saga de Harry Potter (7 libros) 3. La trilogía del Señor de los Anillos (3 libros) 4. La trilogía de los Juegos del Hambre (3 libros) 5. El Hobbit 6. El Principito 7. El Alquimista 8. El Código daVinci 9. Ángeles y Demonios 10. Conspiración 11. El Símbolo Secreto 12. El diario de...

As promised, this is the entry dedicated to a very special part of my trip to Europe, specifically England in January/February 2014. My visit to one of my very best friends who is currently living in Nottingham (... at least up until the time of this post was written), my dear Rocio Hinojosa. After a week long trip to London, France, Belgium & Netherlands we came back to England, picked up our luggage and headed to the bus station that would take us to Nottingham, which is located north of London and took us about 5 or 6 hours to get there. [NOTTINGHAM] We met with my friend Chio at the bus station and then went straight to her house, located in Beeston and also very close to Nottingham University. That day, I realized of a very stupid situation... I lost the key to open my suitcase, so I had to continue using the clothes I used for the previous trip.. bad luck! That same night we met Chio's house mates, Armando, Ulises (both Mexican) and also a neighbor called Ross (...