Roel

random quote

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."Mignon Mclaughlin- read from a co-worker's wedding scrapbook today =)
Posted by Roel on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:55:00 PST

The Illusionist

Recently watched the Illusionist (Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel) on DVD. Great movie, intriguing w/ a good twist at the end. My favorite quote from the movie:"From the moment we enter t...
Posted by Roel on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:53:00 PST

Blind or deaf?

A question I've been asked before, and one which I recently posed to a friend. If you had to either your sense of sight or sense of hearing, which one would you be willing to give up, and why? A f...
Posted by Roel on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:59:00 PST

Random reflections 1/25

Random quote of the day: "Music is what feelings sound like." - anonymousRandom word of the day: Synergy. The interaction of two or more forces so that their combined effect is greater than the ind...
Posted by Roel on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST

In-Between Moments

So I'm walking out of Sevilla, ready to call it a night, and a friend of mine comes by. I ask him how he's been doing, and I listened for the next 15 minutes about his situation, being separated from...
Posted by Roel on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:03:00 PST

Validation from others

Interesting how a positive comment from someone can give us validation. I was salsa dancing last night, and I purposely sought out some of the "good dancers" that I hadn't danced with to better gauge...
Posted by Roel on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:42:00 PST

Compliments

So.. at work yesterday, instead of the usual learning center group work, we had a different activity for the students. Each kid got an envelope w/ the names of all the students in the class. They ha...
Posted by Roel on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:11:00 PST

Orphanage Trip

Spent part of my Saturday at an orphanage in Rosarito, Mexico. 23 of us from my church delivered gifts that were bought specifically for each kid at that orphanage. It brought me back to the spirit ...
Posted by Roel on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:38:00 PST

Random thoughts

What is it that causes you to fight for something even if you know it's a lost cause? Case in point in relationships, you express care for someone when you know what you feel won't be reciprocated. ...
Posted by Roel on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:00:00 PST

Back to Work

Ok, back to work after 9 days off.  I'm looking forward to... Christmas vacation.  =)  Actually, looking forward to teaching the group salsa class at my work every Wednesday.  On t...
Posted by Roel on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:14:00 PST