Mostly about me, too boring?

Hi there! This week I'm in Munich. Today should be the first day of spring but look at how the city looks this morning. :-)

Hi there! This week I'm in Munich. Today should be the first day of spring but look at how the city looks this morning. :-)

Hi all. Just landed in Helsinki and I found a warm welcome waiting for me: a snow storm... :-) I spent the weekend in Milan, where I saw few friends and I had a ride on my motorbike. It was a very nice and relaxing weekend. :-) Tomorrow I'll fly again. To Munich! Ciao, Alfonso

Yesterday (Monday) it was my birthday. I'm now 29 and soon I will be 30. Amazing.

I received a lot of messages from you (my friends!) and I was very happy about it.

Usually is not really something important for me but maybe since I'm not in the best mood these days I appreciated it even more.

Thank you!

It's the second birthday I spend in Latin America. Last year I was in Brazil... ;-)

To celebrate I went out for the weekend to Querétaro and San Miguel de Allende, two very nice cities about 4-5 hours bus from Mexico City.

In San Miguel I rented a horse with Amelie (a French friend) and I had a ride in the countryside. Very relaxing. Trotting was not very good for my back, so yesterday I was very soar... :-)

It was my first time on a horse and I was very surprised how simple it was to learn the basics. They helped us climbing the horse and then they put us in closed ring and taught us for 20 minutes how to let the horse go straight, turn left and right and trotting. Afterwards we rode in the countryside for one and a half hour.

Monday evening I went to eat in very nice Japanese restaurant, as you can see from the picture. :)

Happy birthday to me!

Cheers,

alfonso

Today, after a meeting with the customer I went with some colleagues in a restaurant and we had a long (very long - as you can see) business lunch.

Among the very many subjects of conversation (believe it or not, two guys at the table worked in Japan for several years... guess what was one of the main topics?!?!) we bumped into Chinese zodiac. Since I'm not really used to check zodiacs, I had a look on the net and I found out I'm a horse.


Then, once at home, I read that page, and frankly I'm quite impressed. Here is what I think it applies most to me:

- Horse people are active and energetic. Horses love to be in the crowd.

- The horse is very quick-witted and is right in there with you before you have had the chance to finish what you are saying: he's on to the thought in your mind even before you've expressed it. In general, the Horse is gifted. But in truth he is really more cunning than intelligent - and he knows that. That is probably why, most of the horse people lack confidence.

- All Horse people invariably leave home young.

- Although they have boundless energy and ambition, Horses have a hard time belonging.

- The Horse is hot-blooded, hot-headed and impatient. He is a bit of an egoist, well, selfish sometimes, that it is rare for him to interest himself in any problems except his own. And though this egoist works only for himself and for his own success, his work nevertheless benefits everybody.

- The Horse is a worker, adepts at handling money and a good financier. But unfortunately, he is also famous for suddenly losing interest on something. In his relationship with opposite sex, the Horse is weak. He will give up everything for love.

- Being born a Horse, there are many contradictions in his character. Horses are proud yet sweet-natured, arrogant yet oddly modest in their approach to love, envious but tolerant, conceited yet humble. They want to belong, yet they are burdened by their need for independence. They need love and crave intimacy yet often feel cornered, pressured.

- Hard working, self-possessed and sharp, the Horse skillfully acquires power, wealth and respect. However, the Horse's sometime-appreciated frankness can be tactless. The Horse's impatient pursuit of success may become selfish and predatory. Horses can be obstinate.

- With the Horse, movement is everything. Freedom and independence are as essential to Horse-born people as the air they breathe. A low boredom threshold, both in terms of interests and friendships, is characteristic of those belonging to this sign, and adds a whimsical quality to the otherwise level headedness of these folk. Consequently, they tend to act on impulse, and this means there is an element of unpredictability about them.

- They love to take center stage and delight audiences everywhere. Sometimes rash and willful, they can be prone to rapid changes of mood and, although seldom really explosive of temper, when they do see red, it is not a pretty sight. Those who have suffered a Horse's rage will never feel quite the same about him again, for his fits of temper are inevitably a bit childish. If he wants to succeed, he has to master them.

- Resourceful and self-confident, Horses approach all things enthusiastically. Quick-witted and mentally alert, they are quick to catch on and efficient in all their undertakings.

- He is an extrovert and he needs to be surrounded by people who approve of him and flatter him.

- When they fall in love, Horses seem to lose all logic, all sense of perspective.

- Noncomformists, free thinkers, thirsting for life, Horses risk daring romantic adventures.

By the way, according to the Chinese zodiac, a good match for me should be born between Jan. 25 1982 and Feb. 12 1983. Leave a comment if it's your case... ;-)

alfonso

PS As you see, it won't last with a Dragon...

Hi all!

Few days ago (the 24th of February) it was my blog's first birthday.

It's been a while since I started writing this, so I think it's good time to stop and think.

During this year I traveled in Brazil, Check Republic, Italy, France, Austria, Poland, the UAE and Mexico, so it's time to draw the world map again.

I also did some math, and it's not really true that I travel a lot... During this year I was abroad only 45% of the time... This means I've been in Finland much more than I thought I would be able to bare. ;-)

If you care for comparison, my previous map is here.

Now I'm again in Mexico, and you know what? I really have no clue when I'll be back in Europe...
;-)

Now, let's have a beer.

Ciao,

alfonso

UPDATE: I did some mistake when I was trying to find out how much time I spent abroad. It is 60% of the time, not 45%... ;-)




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