It was a good day after all...

Today was a good day after all.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Park

This week I was invited to the 6th anual DSO @ Exall Park, which happens to be my neighborhood when I used to live downtown Dallas.
It was a particularly hot day, even by 7pm, we sat by the shade picnic style, Cesar and Ben made sangria and refreshments, the Orchestra started playing, it was a cool day after all...

Day at the Museum

I spent a day at both the Dallas Museum of Arts and the Nasher Sculpture Center the other day, with my friend "chef".

 

 



Fotos que encuentro en mi camino...

Primas Hermanas-Hermanas Bebes-Bebes

How great to find such treasures, capture the emotions and personalities of the infants that will later become the heads of a family dynasty...

Buenos Dias con una taza de cafe

Gracias por mi taza de cafe, el calor en el jardin esta mañana y por el perrito Jacobo

Does your resume pass 30-second test?

Picasa and PicNik

I know I should have started to use this features from Google sooner, I just think this is a great free service to edit and upload and share your pictures.

This was taken last year, my beloved sister's birthday, it is one of my favorite memories with them.

Things to remember when you are writing your resume...

A well written, attention grabbing resume is crucial to getting an interview. It is important to be concise, highlight your qualifications, and present yourself as a proactive employee. Recruiters will only briefly skim your resume to determine if you are worthy of an interview. Therefore, it must be easy for recruiters to find the information that sells them on you.  The following is a critique of my resume from the folks at Career Builder prepared for me:

In order to more effectively showcase your skills and abilities, Illustrate what you can do for the employer:

• Use the top of your resume to emphasize your competitive advantage and most relevant skills. Make sure that your resume sells yourself to the hiring manager in one glance.
• Don’t include references, employers know that you will provide your references to them at their request. So, don’t waste valuable real estate by stating this fact on your resume. Wait for the appropriate time and place to provide this information and use this space to convince the recruiter that he/she can’t live without you.
• Consistently format your resume: When a hiring manager sees a consistently formatted resume, they know that you pay attention to detail and take pride in your work. You want to show the employer that you will put as much effort into the job as you did into your resume. Put your best foot forward and consistently format all of the abbreviations you use for states and dates. Also, be sure that you present headings, job titles, school names, etc in the same format.
• Don’t use 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person references: A resume is a formal document in which convention calls for you to eliminate the use of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person references. A resume that is well put together shows professionalism and an understanding of appropriate word choice.
• Highlight your more recent accomplishments:Focus on what you've achieved over the last several years rather than emphasizing your early career successes. Employers will want to know what you have been doing as of late, not what you did years ago.
• Put your best foot forward: Your resume has only 10 seconds to make an impression. Be sure that an employer can quickly understand who you are and what you have to offer. We recommend that you grab the hiring manager's attention with a brief overview of your most impressive and relevant strengths.
• Include your first and last name in the file name: In order to prevent your resume from getting lost on a hiring manager’s computer, we recommend that you use both your first and last name in the file name of your resume. If you use a generic file name like “Resume{2}”, it makes it difficult for an employer to locate in their “my documents” folder. You should position yourself as the easy to hire candidate – easy to contact with an easy to find resume.
• Keep in mind that your resume is a marketing tool. You must display only the most pertinent and impressive pieces of your experience.

The View | Featured | Joy's Lasagna Recipe

The View | Featured | Joy's Lasagna Recipe

Taking the job search into social media

Taking the job search into social media....Suggestions welcome :)

View my Resume

Los 7 Principios para lidiar con gente negativa (haters)

Esto lo extraje de un interesante articulo de un autor que admiro, Tim Ferris, para los que hemos tenido que confrontar energía negativa en un contexto de la red social.

1. No importa cuanta gente no te entiende (o no quiere entenderte). Lo que importa es cuanta gente SI te entiende.
2. 10% de la gente encontrara la manera de tomar TODO lo que digas muy personal (muy a pecho), mantén la expectativa de que así será…
3. “Tratar de conseguir que les agrades o que les caigas bien a TODAS las personas, es un síntoma de mediocridad.”(Collin Powell)
4. “Si realmente eres efectivo en lo que haces, el 95% de lo que se dice de ti será negativo”. (Scott Boras)
5. “Si deseas mejorar, acostúmbrate a que la gente piense que eres un desatinado o estúpido.” (Epicetus)
6. “Vivir bien” es la mejor venganza…(George Herb)
7. Mantén la calma y continúa.

Tim Ferris es el autor de “The Four Hour Work Week”, este autor toma el concepto de cómo tomar la retroalimentación negativa y sacarle beneficio a la crítica en cualquier plataforma

Si te interesa tambien COMO LIDIAR CON RETROALIMENTACION NEGATIVA DE CLIENTES Y/O EMPLEADOS en el ambito de la red social, checa estos tips de Mashable: http://mashable.com/2010/02/21/deal-with-negative-feedback/

Hello 2010

Hello 2010 !
I hope you don't think I am rude for not saying "hello" sooner, but you know how it can be at times where hours turn into days and nights turn into hangovers :-)
It was most definitely a  better than expected end of 2009, which now feels decades ago. I am feeling quite optimistic today (maybe that's one of the reasons I decided to come back and say hello!)
Pita informed me that's she's having a baby girl! And that alone has me psyched!

We went to a party last month and we had some much fun! It filled my heart to see my sister finally producing a smile in her lovely face.
Business WILL be good in 2010  I know it! I am working really hard to make that happen.
I think I will start this week with more technology updates and try to give it a more "local" spin to it, so maybe someone from the area could actually maybe benefit from your's truly insight :-)

See you next week!!

los comienzos de piwa

Piwa es mucho mas talentosa de lo que mucha gente piensa, su carisma y su angel puede ser apreciado solamente en preciosos momentos cuando logras conectarte con ella.

Status: There is no status

On my first week after being disconnected from Facebook. I am beginning to show the symptoms of withdrawal, not being able to catch on the latest from all my "friends" and contacts or being able to post a daily and sometimes minute-by-minute answer to the ubiquitous question: "What's on your mind?".

Being caught by my sister after poking in from her laptop and checking out our mutual contacts, I realized my problem was more serious than what I thought, but at the same time I can get a better idea of how much time I was spending on other tasks not related to my day to day activities.

Brought me to the obvious conclusion of the many ways someoe

I got this crazy feeling...

So no more facebook…After being spammed for the last time and receiving complaints from one of my trusted contacts, his blackberry contacts got a phishing link apparently trigged and sent by my facebook account.

I have a very good antivirus software and malware protection as well as also configured all of my web browsers to prevent any phishing or malware attacks. After Facebook “Privacy Revision” in late August I had also configured the privacy settings in facebook to make sure I wasn’t contacted when I was not supposed to.

After receiving that uncomfortable email from my contact and seeing that all these facebook safety precautions weren’t enough, I decided to delete my facebook account permanently, “not before I contact all my friends and let them know” I thought. Then I took the task of going through one by one all of my friends list on facebook, to then after that ultimately decide to only email 88 of the 347 “friends” whom I thought were worthy of notifying I couldn’t be their facebook friend anymore.

To be honest, I will probably miss being "in touch" with all my facebook "friends" on a daily (more like minute-by-minute) basis. It's been almost a week since I deleted my facebook account and I have to say I almost feel like a weight has been loaded off m shoulders.

By the way if you are reading and to this date have not receive any “facebook” news from me, I probably have an outdated email address from you, which means we haven’t been in touch for the last six months or so.

Feel free to leave me a comment on the blog or follow my twitter account

Fredo

09092009

I know it has been more than a month since my last entry, I should be more disciplined specially since this is something that I truly enjoy.

I've been receiving a lot of comments via twitter and facebook regarding the meaning of today's date the ninth day of the ninth month in 2009. The last of the single digits for quite a while. 1001 years to be precise. For some of my friends and colleagues, it seems like a good day to celebrate and look forward to.

Nine | Astrology

Some sources indicate that according to "spiritual numerology". Nine was considered to be a sacred number by the ancients and was consequently not assigned a numerical equivalent to any letter in the Chaldean alphabet. It represents change, invention and growth which springs forth from inspiration. Nine is the humanitarian. Nine has traditionally held esoteric significance which is evidenced by the fact that it takes nine calendar months to bring a baby into the world from its initial conception.

2009| Chinese Numerology and Astrology

According to Sri Janarrdhana Guptha, the Chinese Lunar Year of 2009 which runs from 01/26/2009 through 02/13 2010 is called Ji Chou - the Year of the Yin Brown Earth Ox or Bull or Buffalo. In a sense, as Yin implies Female, some Chinese Astrologers prefer to call it as the Year of the Female Brown Earth Cow. It is also the Sixth Year in the New Fengshui Land Luck Cyclic Age of 8.

The Year of Ji Chou is an extremely strong Yin Earth Year as both Ji as well as Chou are of Yin Earth. Thus the analysis of the Five Elements reveals 2009 as Yin Earth sitting over Yin Earth. It means the elemental relationship of the year is productive and not destructive, but it could also be fiercely competitive.

Dr. Guptha also predicts 2009 will be a demanding year that will extract extra hard work and large commitments but without proportional rewards. Transformations, policy changes, conviction politics will mark the year distinctly. He continues by adding that "the hyperinflation will continue haunting the world and the economic tsunami will continue to ravage most of the countries. Public anger will lead to strikes and demonstrations. Unrest, general discontentment and social violence will be visible strongly. 2009 will carry over the torch of instability but will show signs of recovery dawn by the year end. Prices of valuables, properties and stocks will fall heavily but will try to limp back in the second half of the year".

However it is not all doom and gloom for everybody. Wealth will be made like any other year but it will be extremely tricky to retain it. More and more people will resort to unethical tactics and illegal short-cuts to gain quick money. Aggressive competition will add fuel to fire, leading to open confrontations, fraud exposures and legal mess. Business people will indulge in staff poaching, unethical acquisitions and forced mergers. Impulsive buying sprees and unplanned budgets will be common, resulting in financial chaos. Controlling the expenses will be a tough challenge for one and all. Armed robbery and religious conflicts will reach new high levels.

09/09/2009 What it means to me

Definitely and without a doubt 2009 has been a year of change and challenge for me, like the Ox I remain strong and resilient and at the same time cognitive of change.

inspiracion, gracias

Hoy debo creer, debo ser un hombre de fé
Me encuentro completo, vivo ahora y no despues
Hoy me levanto bien, hoy no tengo miedo a perder
Y estoy despertando la conciencia de mi ser

Hoy debo creer, debo ser un hombre de fé
Mis ojos al cielo y en la tierra estan mis pies
Me empiezo a conocer, hoy se que me pone bien
y estoy despertando la conciencia de mi ser...

-E. Pena, Raul Al
"Hombre de Fe" , Aleks Syntek

So here's the thing: Just because I am not sure about what I am doing with you, it doesn't give you the right to ignore us. It's going to be too late when you realize your mistake and see what a fool you have made of yourself by dismissing me on a hunch. Does the previous statement sound bitter? You betcha' it does! That's why I'm writing it, typing away on my handheld at 2:00am so I can feel better about in the morning, I don't think I've ever felt like this, what a blow on my ego, but I know I am way stronger than this. Good night

bad back part deux

Out for a jog, after more than 6 weeks of no workout, I hope my back can take it.
I pray for good health, to feel good from the inside as well as on the outside, focused and enlightened.

pulled in two different directions...

Feel like I've been lured simultaneously in two different directions. Someone told me that I nostalgically long for the simpler days to return, but they won't; they cannot. Once you accept the fact that your future is more complex than the memories of your past, you'll have a shot at what's most important to you.