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Wow! Let see what is going to happen now, there it comes the real exitment. I am sure that you'll find the kind of musicians you have for a lont time looking for, because we all know that NY has it all in music, you'll have your space for sure. Good luck Ken! 
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kensuguro
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lol. Yeah, I'm in Jersey City. It's strange but the subway lifestyle is so much like Tokyo, that' I think I feel more at home in the NY area than in Miami. (Miami's great for what it is, but...) I'm still kind of feeling my way around the area, there obviously seems to be many no-go zones, or actually no-go at night zones..
Anyway, here's what's up with my setup 3 days after the move. Things are all over the floor, my desk isn't up, my PC is on the ground, and my monitor speakers are facing the wall. Still waiting for the rug I ordered to come, so it can alteast absorb some of the reflections of this concrete walled, wood floored echo chamber.
We could only affort a 1 bed room, so my stuff goes in the living room.
It's good every part of my setup is foldable, or break-down-able. Including my cheap big folding desk. Ya know, the kind brown ones you use at school for art class.
Have the pinao up so atleast I can keep working out my fingers.
Anyway, here's what's up with my setup 3 days after the move. Things are all over the floor, my desk isn't up, my PC is on the ground, and my monitor speakers are facing the wall. Still waiting for the rug I ordered to come, so it can alteast absorb some of the reflections of this concrete walled, wood floored echo chamber.
We could only affort a 1 bed room, so my stuff goes in the living room.
It's good every part of my setup is foldable, or break-down-able. Including my cheap big folding desk. Ya know, the kind brown ones you use at school for art class.
Have the pinao up so atleast I can keep working out my fingers.
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kensuguro
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oh darn! didn't think of that. Actually, I've never seen these old things in action so I'm really not sure how "hot" these things get..
Piano should be 4-5 feet, and PC will be several feet further.. guess I'll have to wait for the crazy northeastern winter and find out. It's actually starting to cool down already. Heard crickets chirping this evening.
Piano should be 4-5 feet, and PC will be several feet further.. guess I'll have to wait for the crazy northeastern winter and find out. It's actually starting to cool down already. Heard crickets chirping this evening.
Hope you've got a wooly hat Ken.
The only time I've been to NY was in Jan/Feb if I remember right. We landed on an icy runway which had seen an accident the previous day. It was way below -10 degees & NY was in 2-3ft of snow. On waking up in Manhatten for the first time the following day, we went out, walked towards 5th Ave from our hotel & on the first street corner a homeless tramp who'd frozen & died during the night was being dealt with by an ambulance team. Coffee & doughnuts warmed & cheered us up.
My point is really just that I think you might need those heaters switched on.!
The only time I've been to NY was in Jan/Feb if I remember right. We landed on an icy runway which had seen an accident the previous day. It was way below -10 degees & NY was in 2-3ft of snow. On waking up in Manhatten for the first time the following day, we went out, walked towards 5th Ave from our hotel & on the first street corner a homeless tramp who'd frozen & died during the night was being dealt with by an ambulance team. Coffee & doughnuts warmed & cheered us up.
My point is really just that I think you might need those heaters switched on.!
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well, the climate and hurricanes were okay.. actually the hurricanes were an interesting way to get to know the neighbors. The thing that hit me the hardest about Miami was that:
* if you don't habla espanol, many people will simply ignore you, and not even look at you. This isn't because they want to be mean, but just because many people can't speak english.
* You can't get anything done without feeling like strangling the dude who has no intention to do his job done what so ever.
* It will take 4-5 years to make any friends. Maybe even more. Most non-native Floridians, or specifically Miamians freak out after the first 2 years and flee. This transient nature makes it very hard to actually get to know people.
Of course, the good side is:
* Salsa gets embedded into your system, and you can start to tell between "real" cuban salsa, and "fake" salsa with a bad groove.
* You learn to appreciate the variety of latin heritage.
* You start to hear the difference between cuban spanish and Mexican spanish, and still not understand what they're saying.
* Great diving
* You naturally live the life of someone you might see on Animal Planet. My wife was thinking of volunteering to help manage confiscated illegal exotic pets.
* You learn more than you possibly need to about alligators, crocs, and the everglades ecosystem.
* if you don't habla espanol, many people will simply ignore you, and not even look at you. This isn't because they want to be mean, but just because many people can't speak english.
* You can't get anything done without feeling like strangling the dude who has no intention to do his job done what so ever.
* It will take 4-5 years to make any friends. Maybe even more. Most non-native Floridians, or specifically Miamians freak out after the first 2 years and flee. This transient nature makes it very hard to actually get to know people.
Of course, the good side is:
* Salsa gets embedded into your system, and you can start to tell between "real" cuban salsa, and "fake" salsa with a bad groove.
* You learn to appreciate the variety of latin heritage.
* You start to hear the difference between cuban spanish and Mexican spanish, and still not understand what they're saying.
* Great diving
* You naturally live the life of someone you might see on Animal Planet. My wife was thinking of volunteering to help manage confiscated illegal exotic pets.
* You learn more than you possibly need to about alligators, crocs, and the everglades ecosystem.
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Yup, some people are just plain assholes!On 2006-08-31 15:37, kensuguro wrote:
* You can't get anything done without feeling like strangling the dude who has no intention to do his job done what so ever.
They should reinstate slavery just for them.
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This is a very hard reality about most Latin people, very unfortunately! There are better and worse countries, but I could easily name a few where education in terms of “how to deal with life”, seems to be extremely poor.
Bolivia is the first in this black list with Guatemala and some other very poor places in South America. Bolivia is simply a chaos, without exaggerating, it really is a complete and absolute chaos, anything is done without thinking about it first, things are done while they are being made, do you follow me? No plans, no organization, no schedules to follow, everybody does more and less what they need to do to survive, period, and people drink in a euphoric way, every day... If you visit Bolivia for a holiday, you’ll be very pleased with people and the exotic side of things which is great, but this may last a maximum of 30 days as they are quite peaceful and kind people really, but if you were to live for more than 6 months there and you want to do something else than relax, then you will start freaking out and desperate. At that moment you learn there exists another world, inside this world, full of pain and deep ignorance, where technology is out of reach for most people, even basic food! It is very sad all that is happening there, despite the good will of this extraordinary man called Evo Morales, his prime minister, called in Spanish: “Presidente Evo Morales”. I hope all this people can some day see the light of a new beginning, because living like this does not worth living...
I think that Nordic people have a lot to learn from Latin people, and that Latin people have a lot to learn from Nordic people too. If you were to live in a country with opposite values and views, as I did myself, you enrich yourself much, and if you want, you can take all the things you are missing from your culture, and by contrast, let off all the things you have discovered that are bad from your culture, becoming a better human being, at least, you’ll live a more intelligent life, with a deeper perspective. I am convinced that moving around places, and actually living with people in countries far away from yours, is very good for your soul health. Many stupid things we say and think would immediately disappear, because we would “understand” better other peoples background and way of living, which are far, far away from being understood by mere intellect. You need more than a newspaper or a surfing thought the web to understand a nation, a country, a clan, you need to be there en experience first hand, how life is.
I whish you and your wife Ken, a good step in growing, it is a great opportunity you’ve got there, so far away from your culture.
Nestor
Bolivia is the first in this black list with Guatemala and some other very poor places in South America. Bolivia is simply a chaos, without exaggerating, it really is a complete and absolute chaos, anything is done without thinking about it first, things are done while they are being made, do you follow me? No plans, no organization, no schedules to follow, everybody does more and less what they need to do to survive, period, and people drink in a euphoric way, every day... If you visit Bolivia for a holiday, you’ll be very pleased with people and the exotic side of things which is great, but this may last a maximum of 30 days as they are quite peaceful and kind people really, but if you were to live for more than 6 months there and you want to do something else than relax, then you will start freaking out and desperate. At that moment you learn there exists another world, inside this world, full of pain and deep ignorance, where technology is out of reach for most people, even basic food! It is very sad all that is happening there, despite the good will of this extraordinary man called Evo Morales, his prime minister, called in Spanish: “Presidente Evo Morales”. I hope all this people can some day see the light of a new beginning, because living like this does not worth living...
I think that Nordic people have a lot to learn from Latin people, and that Latin people have a lot to learn from Nordic people too. If you were to live in a country with opposite values and views, as I did myself, you enrich yourself much, and if you want, you can take all the things you are missing from your culture, and by contrast, let off all the things you have discovered that are bad from your culture, becoming a better human being, at least, you’ll live a more intelligent life, with a deeper perspective. I am convinced that moving around places, and actually living with people in countries far away from yours, is very good for your soul health. Many stupid things we say and think would immediately disappear, because we would “understand” better other peoples background and way of living, which are far, far away from being understood by mere intellect. You need more than a newspaper or a surfing thought the web to understand a nation, a country, a clan, you need to be there en experience first hand, how life is.
I whish you and your wife Ken, a good step in growing, it is a great opportunity you’ve got there, so far away from your culture.
Nestor