Saturday, November 17, 2007
Some about my life in Calgary like a UOC's student
Ecopetrol S.A., Colombian Petroleum Company, the best of my country
ECOPETROL SA is the Colombian Oil Company for which I'm working at the moment, this has 56 years of history and I want to share with you something about this one. The company is very organized, has good leaders and it’s excellent to work there. All Colombians wish to work in ECOPETROL SA because it allows the personal and professional growth and for being the best company of country, in addition because it has very good opportunities. At the moment, the company is modernizing its image to adjust it to the conditions of competition that demands the market, with the goal of become a company of world-wide level. Of same way, by means of the sale of actions, is being capitalized and turning a company of mixed economy (capital state and private).
Finally, I want to express my happiness because I’m working with the best company of my country, my gratefulness because it allowed me to grow and for this way I want present them the best of the best companies in Colombia, which we hope that it will be the best one in the world.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The wedding of my best friends in Canada
The civil ceremony was in a lounge in Calgary, Canada. Some Canadians and many Colombians attended to the wedding, so the meeting was excellent, the food was typical Colombian and merengue music varied between Juan Luis Guerra, Roberto Antonio, Bacilos, Bonka among others, and obviously Carlos Vives, Shakira and Juanes.
The ceremony was very nice, people behaved very kind and everybody enjoyed, the bride and groom receipted good gift envelopes and the meeting finished around the 2:00 a.m. of Saturday.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
My natal city, Cúcuta (Colombia)
Cúcuta is the capital and most populous city of the North Santander Department in Colombia. Due to its proximity to Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. It is situated in the Cordillera Oriental in the Andes.
It has an area of 1176 km², an average temperature between 28-30°C and 2 million people. The metropolitan area of Cúcuta has undergone rapid population growth since the 1960s, largely in the peripheral municipalities of Villa del Rosario and Los Patios. There are many schools, colleges and private and public universities.
Your people are very friendly and among outstanding people are Francisco de Paula Santander who was the first President of Colombia, the expresident Virgilio Barco graduated in my College Sacred Heart of Jesús of La Salle, the classic musician Elias M. Soto and the most successful Colombian tennis player named Fabiola Zuluaga.
Cucuta has beautiful and wonderful landscapes and all people on the world is welcome there.
Autobiography in brief words
Thursday, October 25, 2007
An famous colombian artist...Fernando Botero.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Rodolfo Llinas, a Colombian Neurologist among the best in the world, he works at NASA.
Dr. Llinas has wide researches, varied and complex but his main researches are based in hyphotesis about origin of the conscience. He also discovered the electric activity in the neurons and the ions of calcium that make a bridge between electricity neuronal and chemistry. Now he turns to develop a new technology for a cerebral exploration.
Rodolfo Llinas is considered one of the fathers of neuroscience.
He has contribued in:
-Discovery dendritic inhibition in central sistems
-Utilization of magnetoencephalography in clinical research.
He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group and has been recognized with doctorates honorarium, numerous prizes and distinctions.
He is a great Colombian and an example that we can do things well done!