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I have an idea: Let's go to talk about ourselves!
Just for fun means speak about our life, our spend-time or hobbies, our feelings, our dreams.... just for fun!
I love literature, mathematics foreign languages and also the animals like cats. In fact I have 2 pussycats, Pelusa and Matilda.
Agatha Christie and George Simenon are my favorites authors and I also enjoy movies based on their novels.
I would like meet here lot of new friend with which to practice english, so I hope (or should I say expect, wait?) your answer soon.
Have a nice day!
That sounds like fun!
I work at my husband's company, it's a computer services company. I am not coming from this field and I find it fascinating, I've learned a lot and I have tons of more things to learn. My job here is administrative, but I will engage into web design soon.
I am reading "God is not Great and how religion poisons everything" by Christopher Hitchens, I recommend this book, it's pretty good. My next book once I'm done with this one, will be the biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz by Octavio Paz.
I love animals, but I don't have any pets; I will for sure have a pair of dogs in a near future. I prefer small dogs, I hate their poop so the smaller the dog the less of its poop. Maybe I'll get a cat, my hubby doesn't like them though, I will have to convince him.
Do you have pictures of your cats?
I paint, that's my hobby, I use Acrylics. I also want to take human drawing classes, I want to make portraits.
Have a wonderful day!
Hi Exotica!
Thanks a lot for your answer, I really appreciate.
It's amazing to heard you're interested in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, perhaps one of the women's lib first member :-) "Hombre necios que acusáis a la mujer sin razón, sin ver que sois la ocasión de lo mismo que culpáis"
But dealing with the book you're reading now, let me recommend you another one: "La **** de Babilonia" de Fernando Vallejo.
I have some pictures of my cats but I don't know where might I put here -remember I'm a new user-, so, if you have an idea, let me know.
Webmaster it's a nice job! Sometimes I work with them like an interface between the client and the webmaster, translating company's needs to a language less complicated for the client and more technical for the master.
That usually happens in websites design: clients don't know how explain their needs and webmasters don't know what the companies really need. The result? awful websites and lots of financial resources lost, even with greats companies! Did you hear about "integrated marketing communications"?
I hint you read my other post about differences ans similarities between work and prison.
Best regards
A pal of mine from Boston sent this paper and I would like to share with you....just for fun!
WORK or PRISON
Just in case you ever got the two mixed up. This should make things a bit clearer.
IN PRISON.. you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell.
AT WORK... you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle.
IN PRISON...you get three meals a day.
AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it.
IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior
AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior
IN PRISON...the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON...you get your own toilet.
AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat.
IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family.
IN PRISON...the taxpayers pay all expenses with no work required.
AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
AT WORK...you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK...they are called managers.
Funny! But I don't think that's how prisons from the third world are.
Anyways, I have to learn HTML, I kind of started, just like the basis, I just haven't taken the time to get further.
I will look into the book that you recommend. As a matter of fact, a dear friend of mine recommended me "Memorias de todas mis Putas" de Garcia Marquez. He loved it! He actually read the English version, I bet the Spanish version is better!
Anyways, if you want to post pics here, and your pics are in a website already, not on you pc, you just copy the link and paste it between the icons of "img" located at the top bar of every repost window. It has a tiny pic figure, just click on it, paste the link, click again and voila! If the pics are on you pc you will need an image host web page, you'll find tons of them in the web.
You are so right about customers, most people don't even know the basis about computers or the Internet. This will change with time though, personal computers are still a new product.
Also web customers don't comprehend that every little icon takes time to create, and the prices to build web sites go from 600 to thousands of dollars, depending on the complications, size, content, etc.
In regards of IMC, we do create websites with e-marketing and push it for the SEO to make the page up on the first three links to appear, so we do offer that service as well. Until today we do not sell anything though through our own website, but we do resell Dell computers.
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Exotica
dragonfly
08/11/2007, 10:14
Hi, I like this, seems to be fun
My english it is not so good, so I hope don't matter to mouch.
I am Special Educations Specialist, specialized in learning difficulties and emotional disorders. I work with kids and teenagers, mostly with teenagers by this time. I'm also a writer. I already finish my first book and by now finishing the secund one.
My hobies are read, monografiar, write poetry, dance and some chating with friends.
I´m reading "Los Ojos de mi Princesa" by Cuauhtémoc Sánchez (just beginning) something ligth because due my country reality, I have to read a lot of things (kind of heavy) every day, as the Reforma jeje. I already read "Memorias de mis Putas Tristes" by Gabriel García Marquez, his narrative as great as always, but the scheme doesen't convince me that mouch.
At home we have a pudle, older one by the way, and 3 hamster, they are so funny.
Nice day for the two of you
Kisessss
Dragonfly
What a noble job you have dragonfly, you gotta be a very passionate & loving person!
Are you going to publish your book? What's the topic? What kind of publishing difficulties have you encounter? I find this very interesting.
I met a lady long time ago who in fact had published her poetry book. She told me that it was very hard and kind of difficult to publish it, because it is very expensive (in the States). Also she had to be knocking on doors because she was of course an unknown writer. Once she had it published, then the marketing kicks in. It's not only the money for the printing and all that what she actually had to come about with, but from there she had to keep on knocking doors again to put it on the book shelves to sell it; goal that at the time I met her, she had not accomplished yet.
So I wish you all the success and luck from the bottom of my heart.
You have a full house by the way!
Have a wonderful day.
dragonfly
08/11/2007, 21:40
Jejeje… thanks sweetie.
I love my career; I enjoy a lot spending time with kids. Kids with difficulties teach a lot, every day they leave you a lesson, they used to share with you the real smile and when they love you, you know that it’s for sure. Since about 15 years ago I’ve been working whit teenagers two, and by now just with then, dealing with drugs, homosexually and any kind of emotional problems… and there is a marvelous experience. I work with parents too, as a counselor. I love what I do indeed.
The book I wrote it is about Adolescence, it names “Adolecencia, una guía para seres incomprendidos: los padres”, jejeje. It’s like a guide book, but basing on my experience thru life with then at work and as a mom of tow. Something to make parents understand that you have to work since the cradle so the way thru this phase will be way too easy.
The second book, it’s about DDHA, either way, thru my view as one… jeje. The way this person has to deal with a problem nobody really understands but the one who have it. I haven’t finishing yet, I’m on my way jejeje.
The manuscript of the first one it is in Spain (juju) and I’m waiting for the Editorial answer, but I’m hopeful… really hopeful that the answer will be the best, and sooner I’ll tell you all “my book it’s on the store, go and buy it” jajaja.
About the pets, yes, a full house… but none of then is really mine jeje, so I don’t have to take care of then, my daughter’s doe’s jajaja.
Well my beauty Titanium friend, thanks a lot for you support… really, I do appreciate it a lot.
Have a wonderful day too
Love and kisses
Jud.-
Dears Exotica and Dragonfly
How I feel close to you! Either Exotica and her customers troubles or Dragonfly and her job with people suffering emotional disorders or cognitive damage as Down syndrome (maybe DD... means "autistas?).
Let me tell you more of me, then you'll be able understand me. I'm business engeneer but like a part-time job I began work as part-time teacher at the age of 16.
When I divorced, I had a little girl (1 year old) and 2 months pregnancy, so I have quit the university but I did'nt want a fulltime job, then I worked one more time as part-time teacher.
Suddenly, a very close friend asked me to help him to manage his little company (wooden toys). We got succes, so I was required by another micro-entrepreneurs.
I came back to the university finish my studies (age 34) , but you know what happens all around the world. All new job are for people diplomated, at least 5 years experience at intermediate or top level (desirable in a great company) with age of 35. I was 36 but without experience at this level.
Then, I decide work with micro or little entrepreneurs through out government aid programs. During 1998-2001 I managed an insurance broker bureau. And I never left my part-time teacher job.
I had to be mother and father at the same time with no help/payment from my ex-husband. Do you realize how hard it is? Well, I was so tired, exhausted, and last year I decide to stop. Children are not children anymore (ages 24 & 21) and I wanted be free, so I left everything and reformulated my life.
Now I manage the insurance broker bureau (back again) half-a-day (morning from 9:00 to 14:00) and I work too in adults learning, part-time teacher, business consultant, developping government programs against drugs abuse
All that means I do only what I want to do and makes feel happy.
Well, I hope be in touch with you for a long!
Kisses
I am Special Educations Specialist, specialized in learning difficulties and emotional disorders. Dragonfly
Lately I began to work with Reuven Feuerstein's theories about Structural Cognitive Modifiability and Mediated Learning Experience. Did you heard something about?
Also you can visit www.icelp.org for further information.
SIC:
"Instrumental Enrichment program effectively improves thinking and learning skills not only among the culturally different and deprived, but also among high-functioning individuals"
"In the brain-injured and the elderly, Instrumental Enrichment slows down deterioration and may even reverse cognitive damage"
It sound amazing, doesn't it? Well, I expect some comments from you soon
Have a nice day!
In regards of IMC, we do create websites with e-marketing and push it for the SEO to make the page up on the first three links to appear, so we do offer that service as well. Until today we do not sell anything though through our own website, but we do resell Dell computers.
Exotica
Thanks a lot for your hints about how handle with pictures.
I would like to know how long do you offer this services? Oh, it's my engeneer's mind which works now :-) Maybe I can help with some hints (but naturally in spanish )... by the way, you didn't answer my question about Integrated Marketing Communications.
When a sells/marketing strategy doesn't work for a while, there is some wrong with, then reformulate it is needed.
As I see you love to read, so have you read any book by Michael Porter? He is one of the most world experts in competitives advantages and strategies.
Kisses
Dragonfly
I am amazed by your advances with your book, and I wish you all the luck!!! I am your potential client for sure! When I get ready to have babies I will be reading a lot about how to deal with them while they are growing up. My cousin has a autistic child and she does some voluntary work at her kids school, specially at those classes with kids with disadvantages. You reminded me of her, she says exactly the same you said in regards of how wonderful is to work with these children. Both of you have a big good heart.
I don't know what DDHA stands for...
Rosyfel, way to go woman! One day I'll be in the "mother" stage as you and Dragonfly. Being a single mother is already tough, having two little ones and no help is tougher. You are a wonderful woman.
Amazing resume you got there!
That is so interesting about your government job in the insurance field. I gotta tell you, I used to work as a Insurance Specialist for State Farm. I quit the insurance field but sometimes I kind of wonder if I'll ever give it another try.
Well, I did insurance for 3 years and then I quit. My city got hit by 4 major rain storms with hail of the size bricks, no kidding. So, I almost got crazy dealing with claims, and that's why I decided to just do administrative work far from Insurance claims. Also, all the insurance companies where interested in me because they wanted me to work the Hispanic market, but I was not interested in that; it's just tougher and harder to deal with Hispanics because they don't have the insurance culture.
I don't think you have to deal with these things, but I am telling you, it is not easy. So while I was interested in the whole insurance market, they wanted me to do only the Hispanic one so it didn't work out for me. Maybe I am not that patient.
I have also be getting kind of interested in teaching...How funny, maybe that's way we kind of click, haha...I will need a teaching license though, maybe in a future....I wanna do so much....
You asked me if I heard about Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) and I responded:
In regards of IMC, we do create websites with e-marketing and push it for the SEO to make the page up on the first three links to appear, so we do offer that service as well. We do IMC for our clients and for ourselves, of course each case has its own needs, special approach and codings. I don't do none of that, I am their "Schedule Master" (that's how the techies call me), but I also deal with their books and filings.
Girls, you both have a wonderful day..I'm getting hungry.
Love
Exotica
Hello sweet Exotica, everything is going on?
I think you are a quite wrong about my jobs; really government projets don't deal with insurance job.
By the way, I understand you pretty well on your "claims" about bearers' claims :-) I never should do that kind of job, neither anyone other dealing with general insurance. We deal mostly with cargo insurance (a better one), so our customers are always companies, then communications are easier cause we talk with a technical langague.
It seems to me you are gifted in customer service, me not at all! :-( It doesn't sound well, isn'i it?, considering I work with a wide range of people everyday) I do my best even though I'm not patient as well as you seem to be.
a big hug
Remember.... just for fun!
Management
A man flying in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. Reducing altitude, he spotted a man on the ground and descended to shouting range.
"Excuse me," he shouted. "Can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him a half hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below responded: "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees North Latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees West Longitude."
"You must be an engineer," responded the balloonist.
"I am," the man replied. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
Whereupon the man on the ground responded, "You must be a manager."
"That I am" replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."
Hello Rosyfel
Dear,
How could I be wrong about what you do when I didn't say nor assumed anything about it? I only told you my experience.
Very interesting job you have, it actually sounds kind of fun.
I wouldn't call myself gifted, that would be pretentious. I deal with it on daily basis and try to do my best. It's hard to deal with difficult people, I have deal with one of those psycho customers once, I wanted to choke him, haha.
What is your favorite TV show? Mine is The Office, and The Wire...I am so hooked up on these two.
Have a wonderful day.
Love
Hello sweet Exotica, everything is going on?
I think you are a quite wrong about my jobs; really government projets don't deal with insurance job.
By the way, I understand you pretty well on your "claims" about bearers' claims :-) I never should do that kind of job, neither anyone other dealing with general insurance. We deal mostly with cargo insurance (a better one), so our customers are always companies, then communications are easier cause we talk with a technical langague.
It seems to me you are gifted in customer service, me not at all! :-( It doesn't sound well, isn'i it?, considering I work with a wide range of people everyday) I do my best even though I'm not patient as well as you seem to be.
a big hug
Sorry... my english is very very veru very [...] basic. :-(
Dj_Julian
15/11/2007, 23:30
ah! i have in a prision of inglish, but for this your name is inglish.XD
i like the games online, enjoy mi life, can says so i is hapy with mi family and every lo que my god giveme.
Even I hope your contribution I gonna put more jokes to stimulate you. Come on girls & boys, let's do it!!!
Corporate Lesson number one
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story is:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.
Corporate Lesson number two
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Moral of the story:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.
dragonfly
07/12/2007, 23:24
Dragonfly
I am amazed by your advances with your book, and I wish you all the luck!!! I am your potential client for sure! When I get ready to have babies I will be reading a lot about how to deal with them while they are growing up. My cousin has a autistic child and she does some voluntary work at her kids school, specially at those classes with kids with disadvantages. You reminded me of her, she says exactly the same you said in regards of how wonderful is to work with these children. Both of you have a big good heart.
I don't know what DDHA stands for...
Rosyfel, way to go woman! One day I'll be in the "mother" stage as you and Dragonfly. Being a single mother is already tough, having two little ones and no help is tougher. You are a wonderful woman.
Exo
Thanks a lot for your words about me... (about us) I'll be back latter and explain about ADD...
Kiss
dragonfly
23/12/2007, 04:39
Hi Exo... sorry but I've been busy.
The confuse was mine, the correct terminology it is ADHA or ADA... and means: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or Hyperkinetic Disorder as officially known in the UK (though ADHD is more commonly used), is generally considered to be a developmental disorder, largely neurological in nature, affecting about 5% of the world's population. The disorder typically presents itself during childhood, and is characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity, as well as forgetfulness, poor impulse control or impulsivity, and distractibility (this, with the forgetfulness are the worst).
ADHD is currently considered to be a persistent and chronic condition for which no medical cure is available. ADHD is most commonly diagnosed in children and, over the past decade, has been increasingly diagnosed in adults. About 60% of children diagnosed with ADHD retain the disorder as adults.
The disorder appears to be highly heritable, with contributions on occasion from trauma or toxic exposure. Methods of treatment usually involve some combination of medications (Ritalin or Concerta), behaviour modifications, life style changes, and counseling. Certain social critics are highly skeptical that the diagnosis denotes a genuine impairment and question virtually all that is known about ADHD. The symptoms of ADHD are not as profoundly different from normal behavior as are those of other chronic mental disorders. Still, by definition those with ADHD must display impaired functioning and many adverse life outcomes are also associated with ADHD.
ADHD is considered a developmental disorder that is neurological in nature. The term "developmental" means that certain traits such as impulse control significantly lag in development when compared to the general population. This developmental lag has been estimated to range between 30-40 percent in ADHD sufferers in comparison to their peers; consequently, these delayed attributes are considered an impairment. ADHD has also been classified as a behavior disorder and a neurological disorder or combinations of these classifications such as neurobehavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders. These compounded terms are now more frequently used in the field to describe the disorder.Those with predominately inattentive ADHD often display few or no overt behaviors. The disorders doesn't afect the intelligence at all, just in case of distractibility and hiperactivity may concerns the academy performance or the yield, but not as a neurological consecuense.
Done jejeje... and againg, sorry for my delay... I'm ADHD person jajajaja and the forgetfulness it's the worst part to me, plus that as I already told you, was very busy. Even if I don't present all the criterias, those that I have are the worst jejeje... fogetfulness, distractibility and hiperactivity jejeje... so, I hope you forgive me jejeje.
Kisses an Merry Christmas!!!
dragonfly
23/12/2007, 04:45
Even I hope your contribution I gonna put more jokes to stimulate you. Come on girls & boys, let's do it!!!
Corporate Lesson number one
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story is:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.
Corporate Lesson number two
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Moral of the story:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.
Jajajajajajaja... Rosy... so funny and so cruel jajajajaja... great...
Kissessss
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