Category archives: Life

The Highest Bungee Jump in the World

October 11, 2010


…Or the craziest 24 seconds of my life. I thought it was 5 seconds (that’s what I have been told), I did the math and turns out is was 24 seconds! Before jumping I was (honestly) not scared.  In fact… continue reading »

Bangkok, Traffic Jam

September 30, 2010


I decided to go and buy some books today, I googled for a library that had English books and found three places to go it seems like I picked the one that was the closest yet it took me like… continue reading »

Expectations

September 26, 2010


I woke up this morning, particularly early, I went straight to the bathroom and I had a shower. While I was showering I realized that I had many expectations about Bangkok and that’s why I was being disappointed. I have… continue reading »

Bangkok, Thailand

September 26, 2010


I arrived yesterday to Bangkok. (9/25/2010). I got some trouble in immigration, nothing too bad. Mostly a misunderstanding “my country my law”, I will use that line one day. In the Thailand consulate in HK they told me that I… continue reading »

101 Days & 15 Books

September 20, 2010


I read 15 Books in 101 Days. 1 Book every 6.7 Days in average. List of Books: I will try to use only one word to describe each book. Why? I am lazy. The Purple Cow by Seth Godin: Remarkable… continue reading »

7 Decades

September 3, 2010


7 decades is the current world average life expectancy. Life is indeed short for those still doubting: Think how fast the last decade of your life went by.

Asking the right question

August 30, 2010


A lot of people ask me about my life choices. Why I don’t go to College? Why I played poker Professionally? Is poker gambling? and many other questions along the same lines. Instead, I would like to discuss Why everyone… continue reading »

My official retirement as a professional poker player

August 22, 2010


Open letter to family & friends. I have made the decision to retire from poker. I remember once telling Dan, a poker buddy that I met in Buenos Aires “I will never retire from poker”. That was early in may… continue reading »

Self-limiting beliefs: A personal story

July 10, 2010


When I was six years old, I took my first swimming class, It was vacation time. At the beginning of the classes, I was doing good, I was able to actually swim, but of course, bragging about my early swimming… continue reading »

Taxi drivers: interesting people with a lot of stories

July 7, 2010


If you are anything like me and enjoy the randomness of life, you might as well enjoy the very random stories taxi drivers have to tell. In my hometown, I used to take many taxis with my friends, either to… continue reading »

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