The Blizzard

Más de mil vuelos se han cancelado. Las escuelas están cerradas. La gente se queda en casa en vez de ir a su trabajo. ¿Qué pasa? Una gigante tormenta invernal se dirige al noreste del país, incluso de las ciudades de Nueva York y Boston. Esperan 20-30 pulgadas de nieve en Nueva York, con vientos hasta 50 millas por hora de velocidad.

Lo maravilloso es que no veo ninguna señal de la tormenta donde vivo, en el sureste del país. Tenemos algunas nubes de color gris, pero la temperatura está cerca de 10 grados. Quizá la única indicación de la inminente tormenta en mi vida sea que he visto pocos correos electrónicos de mis colegas en Nueva York. Junto con el hecho de que es un día de fiesta en la India, donde tengo muchos otros colegas, ha resultado una mañana bastante tranquila.

La palabra en el título, "blizzard", quiere decir una gran tormenta de nieve. Me pregunto de dónde viene.

I Love You

Every time I kiss you, I feel that don't seem enough,
every time I have got you, I go crazy.
And every time, when I look at you, every time,
I find a reason to go on living.
...
It is like to discover the universe.
I love you, I love you
and you are the centre of my heart.
...
like the earth to sun.
Every time the night goes to her hair,
I feel jealous from every white star.
And every time, when dawning , every time,
I feel caught from your look a little more.
And every time, between your embraces , every time,
it wakes a song and a kiss is born.
lyrics

I Snuck in a Party

He didn't invite me
but I went to,
around the corner, I waited the moment
that no one looks at me
to step into inside.
It was my chance,
some go inside,
others are going out
and while a racket happens
I sneak within.
I snuck there and appeared in your party,
Coke for all and snacks,
a lot of pretty women
but no one of them alone,
colored lights,
I will have a fun,
I wondered
Who might introduce me to him?
I wondered
What can we talk about?
I saw her to pass and hid,
with her transparent dress,
she was provoking people.
She saw me and approached to me,
it was love at first sight
and she fell  in love.
Lyrics

Pasos para reducir la propagación de la gripe en casa

(Una traducción de un folleto en la cafetería)

Al cuidar a un familiar que está enfermo con la gripe, las maneras más importantes de proteger a ti mismo y a los otros que no están enfermos son:

Guarda al enfermo fuera de otros todo lo posible.

Recuérdale al enfermo cubrir las toses y frecuentemente lavar las manos con jabón y agua o desinfectante para manos a base de alcohol, especialmente después de toser y/o estornudar.

Haz que todos en casa laven las manos con frecuencia, usando jabón y agua o desinfectante basado en alcohol.

Pregúntale a su médico si familiares en contacto con el enfermo — particularmente los que tienen condiciones crónicas de salud — deben tomar medicamientos antivirales como Tamiflu o Relenza para prevenir la gripe.

Popular Phrases from Pope Francis

It isn't necessary to believe in God to be a good person. Somehow, the traditional idea of God is not been updated. You can be spiritual but not religious. It is not necessary to go to church and give money. For a lot of people, nature can be a church. Some of the best people in the history didn't believe in God, while a lot of the worst acts were done in his name.
Pope Francis.

Toledo

Yesterday, we have been visiting Toledo at southern of Madrid. I recognize I love medieval cities, Toledo is an important medieval city where you can see a lot monuments and old buildings. It is an important factory of medieval weapons and armours.

Plus, you can see a great Cathedral, a mosque and a synagogue, and the whole old city is walled with a medieval wall as a castle, of course.
The most curious characteristic of this city and others in Spain is in seeing a mixture of cultures in its architecture. It shows a coexistence among Christians, Jewish and Arabs peacefully. In spite of some try to demonstrate that they are destined to live in war.
In the photo, you can see a important synagogue decorated with arabic arches that finally was become in Christian church. I could see an olive tree dedicated to Palestina too. Finally the Asian presence was an evidence with a lot of Chinese tourist. :)

Talpa

Estudio un cuento corto de Juan Rulfo, del libro que compré en Querétaro hace casi dos años. Este es "Talpa", que es aparentemente una región de México. La primera oración usa el verbo "meterse", que conozco de "No te metas", que quiere decir "Mind your own business". En el cuarto el uso es "meterse entre los brazos de su madre". La oración termina con "quedito", una palabra desconocida a mí. Voy a adivinar que quiere decir "íntimo" o "de corazón". Déjame ver qué dice el diccionario... Hmmm... no está allí. Tendré que buscarla en linea más tarde. A continuación, el párrafo incluye "aguantado" en un contexto que implica el significado "held in". No conozco "aguantar" bien. ¿Es relacionado con "guante"? El DRAE dice quizás — no es claro.

Goodbye 2014!

2014 has been the worst year of my life. In total, I spent more days in medical offices, hospitals, and clinical labs than at the gym, beach, and in other leisure activities.

In June, after three weeks of hospital stay because she contracted cellulitis in her legs, and three more weeks bedridden in our house, my grandmother had a heart attack. She died before my mother and me, and we could not do anything. I was emotionally devastated, but I didn’t have time to recover.

During the hot summer, my father’s symptoms from his neuromuscular disease (myasthenia gravis) got worse, and I took him two times to the emergency room. After that, he underwent a costly treatment of IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin). This treatment is bearable and easy, like a normal serum, but filling out the health insurance documents and waiting for the approval is time-consuming and grueling. My father is better now, considering his condition, and probably he will receive another round of IVIG in January. Sadly, more health problems in my family were still to come.

In October, my mother was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. She required surgery, and the surgeon took out a 9-centimeter cancerous mass from her uterus. Fortunately, she is healing well and doesn’t have any side effects after the surgery. In January, the doctors will decide whether she needs radiotherapy or another procedure.

I hope I will not see many white coats (doctors) during 2015, at least after January.

Best wishes to all Scribblando writers!!!

Bubbles of Love

I have a heart
mutilated of hope and reason,
I have a heart that gets up wherever
Oh!
And that heart
takes off itself impatiently
before your voice,
Poor heart that doesn't catch its sanity.
I would want to be a fish
to touch my nose in your fish tank
and make love's bubbles wherever,
to pass the night unveiled
wet in you.
A fish,
to embroider of corals your waist
and make love's figures under the moon,
to satisfy this madness
wet in you.
Sing heart
with an essential anchor of hope,
dream heart,
don't full yourself of bitterness.
...
One night
for sinking us up to the end
face to face
kiss by kiss
and living forever
wet in you.
Dominican Lyrics

I Don't Care At All

You play to love me,
I play you think that I love you,
by searching an alibi
you give me a passion that I don't expect.

And I don't care at all,
you play to cheat me,
I play you think that I believe you,
I listen to your nonsenses
about love and desire.

And I don't care at all
if you are laughing or dreaming,
if you are saying or doing something.
And I don't care at all,
as much as I put my mind to it,
I am playing and I don't care at all.

You play to have me,
I play you think that you have me
serene and confident,
I invent words that hurts you.

And I don't care at all,
you play to forget me,
I play you think that it matters me,
I know the game,
I can manage me in short distances.
....Lyrics