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A good experience

While hitchhiking, got picked up by this guy

he was 82 and told me the story of his life

he had been working as a sailor and got to go to many countries in asia and south america

and was thrilled to meet people from distant lands

lived by himself in a very remote area of new zealand

only 20 people lived in his town

so he was feeling a bit lonely

invited me to stay at his place for a few days and offered me some cookies and coffee

was so glad to have someone to talk to

someone to keep him company

after some time, thinking about that good experience

i remembered other experience i had with the elderly

it was about 3 or 4 years ago, when i was in perth

just finished some meditation at the budhist temple and on the way back steeped into someones front garden

a very old guy came out and stared shouting "GET OUT OF MY PROPERTY!!" in a hostile tone

this leaves me to wonder how will I be when I'm 82

will i be like a greedy person who is afraid of strangers or would i be a friendly guy who picks them up and invites them in to have some cookies?

if I'm the first one I have to say sorry to you all

you have to understand I'm this way because i'm afraid of other people, specially people who have less than me, because I'm afraid they will take the things i worked so hard to achieve

I'm afraid they will take my precious

and if i'm the second guy i should say welcome to my house, this is my address: "---" and you're all always welcome

i've been helped by tons of people through out my life

been given money, food and shelter in countless countries

been taken care of when i was sick

they kept me company when i was lonely

and gave me a jacket when i was cold

my experiences taught me I'm not alone

we have to be kind to each other

and now it's MY time to pay it back

because it's just the right thing to do

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The now cup

The now cup is a coffe cup, a mug that has the word "now" written on it, we use it to remind us to live in the present. Every time someone forgets what's important and start worrying about silly things.
I would make a cup of coffee or tea and the cup would remind them it's now, not yesterday, not tomorrow. there's just this, and this is what matters.

The one hour training program

The one hour maintenance program consist of 4 parts of 15 minutes each


15 minutes cardio, run or whatever to warm up and keep your heart healthy


15 min strenght work, pull ups, push ups, squats, etc


15 min strecthing, holding every stretch for at least 20 seconds


and finally 15 minutes meditation to calm down


why not trying it for a few days and seeing how it works for you?

About kachu tenshin amaguriken

火中天津甘栗拳 was a technique in Ranma 1/2 that let ranma get some hot chestnuts out of a very hot place, he had to do it very fast otherwise he would burn his/her hands

I learned that special move as a teenager after watching ranma doing it and practicing it a bit, never really thought it would come in handy though.

Until this year in New Zealand, i had 2 jobs where i actually had to use to kachu tenshin amaguriken. The first one was at a farm picking kiwis, we were paid per bin, so the more kiwis we picked the more money we got in the long run so i just went berserk sometimes and picked them like a monkey.

other job was at a chocolate factory where I had to place chocolate bars as fast as possible on a machine that would pack them up. In this case I didn't get paid per amount of chocolate, the thing was that they kept coming and coming all day so if i missed one chocolate it would get accumulated and had to be put twice as fast afterwards, and after a few hours of laying chocolates it could get a bit tedious. but it was thanks to ranma that i got confidence to
do those repetitive mechanic jobs.

thanks ranma and thank you takahashi rumiko for drawing ranma so he could teach me.

Sitting is death

All recent scientific research shows that sitting in a chair daily for long periods of time is the single worse thing you could to yourself. Maybe even worse than
smoking. So during the last 2 years I decided to spend as little time sitting as possible.
My only excuse for sitting is recovery time, when too tired after strenuous exercise.

First problem I faced was the internet, as most of you I spend too much time in front of the computer, writing stuff like this. This was easily solved by starting to use my
laptop while standing. Would just find a shelf to put it, or pile up a bunch of books or stuff for it to be higher up.

This helped my stretches also, as many times
feeling tired after sstanding for a few hours my body would naturally adopt a leg split position, not that i'm addicted to the painkillers my brain releases while stretching. no no no, this has nothing to do with that.

my second problem was people of course, as they would just not understand that sitting is bad for you and they would keep saying "why don't you have a seat?" or "get yourself comfortable" because they think sitting is comfortable and standing is not. And so many people just didn't understand and thought I was being rude.
Others saw me as an idealistic and that was cool :)

We have to literally stand for what we believe in, even if it means going against the current, don't we? maybe.

About K-pop

Why do you do the things you do?

like what?

like everything, most things you do, they are things most people wouldn't even dream them possible

I'm not most people

I know but there has to be more to it

alright, it took me a while to figure it out but I think it's because I'm constantly high

high on what?

on k-pop of course

how's that even possible?

you can get high on anything, whatever makes you tick right?

I guess, but k-pop, really?

when something makes you click you don't care what it is and don't care about anything else, in my case, I often think the only reason I'm in new zealand is so that i can
save money to support myself in korea while auditioning till i get a part on a drama or become part of a boys band, kind of like those people who move to california
with the expectation of getting discovered and making it big in hollywood

you know what, that kind of makes sense actually, I can see you as part of a korean boy band, except because well you know, you're not korean

that's like saying I can't be a samurai because I'm not a 12th century japanese noble male in his 30's

that's exactly what I'm saying

but becoming a korean pop star is my purpose in life, that's why I live, you know?

but you're not korean!!!

so?

you can't be korean if you're not korean duh

I can try though

yeah but that's just crazy

and that's why you love me right?

guess so

About Jenny Puisto

Jenny was not the best in many ways, she was a very nervous girl, always biting her finger nails and sometimes would complain that's too cold or that we have to sleep outdoors in the dark cold night

but jenny was unique in her own way and was the best in the sense that she would always encourage me, even though things I do were quite difficult, dangerous or
just plan insane, she would always encourage me and say I can do it no matter what it was

and that's why i liked her~

Veterans

???????: That's pretty rude, my father was a veteran you know.

Bruno: Yeah soldiers are the worse shit.

Veteran's son: They sacrifice their lives for you, for your freedom and you say they are shit?.

Bruno: Worse shit ever, they don't sacrifice anything for anyone, they go to wars and kill people. They think they are the good guys, but guess what, so do their so called "enemies". Your father was a piece of shit and so are you for supporting the army in any way.

Common friend: Wars are a problem, and soldiers are a part of it.

Bruno: No, they are not part of the problem, they are the problem, paid assassins  mercenaries who kill people for money like your father.

Veteran's son: My father was a hero, the piece of shit is you.

Bruno: Yeah? Why? Because I don't kill people? 

Veteran's son:  Wars happen, but my father fought for peace.

Common friend: You know what they say...

Bruno: Yeah, fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity, and wars don't just happen, they happen for a reason, and you know what's that reason? Your father is that reason. The reason there are still wars is not the oil or the politicians, or the economical interests, or the borders or the religion. There are wars because soldiers go to war. People go to war, you know the politicians or presidents wouldn't go to war themselves, wouldn't risk killed or getting killed.

Veteran's son: You are pissing me off, I'm gonna break your neck  


Bruno: Alright good man, come on punch me. You're just gonna prove how retarded you are. Can't have a serious discussion, can't win an argument so have to resort to violence.That's very mature.

Veteran's son: I'm gonna kill you.

Bruno: Go ahead. You are no better than those soldiers. You kill because you loose an argument. So come on go ahead and prove everyone how intellectually inferior you are. Show me your big muscles big boy. Grrrrr. Guess what your father was a piece if shit and so are you for thinking violence solves something.

Veteran's son: ...

Why no more japan

Why don't you like japan anymore?

Because people i've met there have no empathy and are oblivious to everything around them, makes me think it's exactly the opposite im looking for.

Is that the reason you don't watch anime anymore?

Oh, about that, I also don't watch movies or anything else anymore either. Don't feel the need to be entertained anymore and value my real life too much
to waste it sitting in front a computer screen the whole day. So no more videogames either.

Makes perfect sense, and it's quite surprising actually, as most people I know still feel the need to be "entertained" by games, movies, tv shows, etc

I used to play monster hunter a lot, loved the part of gathering ingredients and materials, digging, climbing drilling and just seeing what you find, heading out
there and hoping for the best, plating the seeds and growing lots of food for your cats to make meals for you, yeah you make get eaten up by a dinosaur
sometimes but it was totally worth it! so now I would rather go gathering to the forest or to the beach nearby where I am, scavenging and getting lost.
Monster hunter is based on a prehistoric world but countries I live in, new zealand, south east asia are actually not so different from those prehistoric worlds.

Used to play lots of final fantasy when I was in argentina, dreaming of this mysterious new places, being an adventurer, doing every day something new and meeting
new characters every day, that was the life I was dreaming of, and now is the life i have, what else could be better?
when I was at simons place last week they always asked me what was I looking forward to, and i always said nothing, this is it, this is as good as it gets for me.
And developing relationships with those people you meet like in the game persona, and letting them join you on your travels like in suikoden, and getting
scared while exploring your city at night like in silent hill
and going dancing on the streets like in audition, bust a move, miku hatsune, in taipei is very easy to join the street dancers near sys memorial hall, and in osaka
they get together in namba.

Possibilities are endless once you get off the couch and leave your place, I realized getting out there has limitles benefits.
Once you are out of your house you get adventures x10, out of your city is another x10 and out of your country is another x10, thats x1000 more adventure chances
just fore leaving your confort zone, just for being out there, now if you're actually looking for adventures you get even more bonuses, you get a x20 if you start
talking to strangers everywhere, a +5 if you're wearing something cool, a x10 if you sign up for random jobs or courses, another +7 if you carry an animal
companion with you, another +30 if you learn to use couchsurfing, meetup and other websites for getting together with people.


There's no limit to it, really.

About a warrior

Driver: Where ya heading mate?

Me: Heading far towards the horizon, where the forest meets the sea, light fades away and shadow shapes the landscape

Driver: Whatever, jump in

Me: you have my gratitude and therefore shall be rewarded for your troubles

Driver: Where are you from?

Me: from the forgotten territories

Driver: Where's that?

Me: It's a different world, full of thieves, dwarfs, magicians and assassins

Driver: And what brigs you to new zealand?

Me: nothing but the unrelenting search of a warrior's true path

Driver: are you a warrior?

Me: a warrior i am indeed

Driver: yes you are

Bruno walks dog

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Forgot some stuff

What did you do today?

Just watched some movies

Movies? Really?

Yes, 2 movies

Was that it?

Yes, why?

Well, that means you forgot the cardio, forgot to build strength, forgot the meditation, forgot to train your brain with some equations, forgot to improve your creativity, eat some fruits, forgot to tell your friends you love them, forgot to go for a walk to clear your thoughts, forgot to write your diary, forgot to visit a new place, forgot to learn a new language, Bruno forgot so many things!

Yeah, I was planning to do those after the movie

I don’t believe you

It’s true! look, I even wrote it in my calendar:

8 am: watch the new rurouni kenshin movie

10 am:  watch monoke hime (again)

1 pm: going for a run

2 pm: doing 50 pull ups (or more)

3 pm: vipassana meditation

4 pm: solve for x

5 pm: paint a free representation of a yet undiscovered world resting inside the mountain (and his inhabitants)

6 pm: tell Taiwanese people you love them

7 pm: eat 10 fruits

8 pm: go for a walk around lake Matheson or lake mapourika (you get to choose)

10 pm: write the story of a stray puppy on your diary

11 pm: hitching a ride across a transatlantic heading towards eastern island (?)

Sometime after that: learn the islander’s language, maybe.

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Ellen knows!

The thing about Ellen is that she has the mind of a child. While most of us complicate our existence overthinking every little thing that happens, Ellen sees the true nature of things.

Some years ago, when we were in her car, I think she asked me how do I make money.

So I just told her the truth, that I usually find it on the street.

After that I explained where, when and how I usually found it.

She replied “oh now I know why you find money on the streets”.

‘Why?’ I asked, and she said “because you’re looking for it!”

It was so simple but yet I haven’t really thought about it before, she saw right through me and just said it with that striking confidence of hers

*surprised*

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about 30

Man, I’m almost 30

You’re not even 29

Almost 30 is terrible!

Why?

Well, I’ve been wasting my life, I don’t want to turn 30 and realize I’ve never cycled around south America, never took the transiberian across Russia, never climbed Kilimanjaro, never saw the northern lights

That’s crazy, what have you been doing with your life?

I don’t know, time just slept away somehow

Just like that?

Yeah I don’t know what happened!

It’s not too late you know

I know, but still

There’s still time!          

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Evolution of hitchhiking

Shall we use a sign? 

Signs are for beginners, we are pros now!

We don’t need one?

When we started hitchhiking we used signs because we were shy, we didn’t know what to do or where to stand and wanted the sign to do the job for us

And now?

Now we are pros, we don’t need a sign, or a backpack to look like backpackers, or a map to show our driver where we’re going, or a compass, nor we need those books and glasses we used to carry around while hitchhiking to pretend we were harmless students

So what do we need now?

A drink of course

You mean an alcoholic drink?

Not necessarily, any drink would do it, sometimes even a fruit or vegetable, carrot and apple specially because they are not messy

And how to do it now?

Drink in right hand, left thumb up facing the cars you want to stop

That’s it?

That’s the magic of it you see, same as at a party, the drink conveys the message that you are very relaxed and they should pick you up because you are awesome

Or drunk

Either way

About Ariel

Probably no other moment had a greater impact in my life as those 10 seconds when I was walking around the pedestrian street in Rosario and saw a familiar face walking towards me.

It was ariel gutierrez, he was listening to some song with his headphones but he wasn’t just singing along, he was shouting the song, so loud everyone was staring and creating an opening for him to walk through as they thought he was just some crazy person screaming on the street.

But I knew him, I knew he wasn’t crazy; he was just special, like me.

And he didn’t care that everyone was looking at him or that they thought him crazy. He kept walking and singing and smiling and doing a little dance.

And I thought that’s the person I want to be, I used to admire him.

I thought I want to be happy and sing without caring what others would think.

I want them to know I’m special too and they should open the way for me, because I’m also coming through and don’t care if they think me crazy.

I’m coming through anyway.

Note: ariel gutierrez was my best friend for a while, someone I would tell everything and trust my life to, then we fought because of some silliness and never saw each other again. He was probably also the reason I stopped eating meat. And I used to have a crush on his sister, who also had a crush on me, but nothing ever happened because when I was in argentina I was afraid of talking to girls, and she was also afraid of talking to guys, so we never talked, Just blushed and giggled nervously.