Some health-related news II
Mood:  sad
Nice. On top of all the stuff that I already suffer from, now I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Basically, I stop breathing while I sleep. My wife has noticed and it freaks the heck out of her. I also snore, and have a very dry nose (hence the bleeding). Finally, I have polips in my nose, that are also obstructing my breathing. Not too bad, the doctor said that the worst that could happen is that I have a heart attack in my sleep... :-(

So, next Saturday the 12th, I'm going to a Sleep Clinic, and then we'll see what happens. Now that's my idea of a Saturday night, going to sleep to a clinic...

Que lindo. Encima de todas las cosas que tengo, ahora tambien me diagnosticaron apnea. Basicamente, dejo de respirar mientras duermo. Mi esposa ya lo detecto, y le pone los pelos de punta. Tambien ronco mucho, y tengo la nariz muy seca, por lo que sangro seguido. Por ultimo, tengo polipos en la nariz, que tambien obstruyen el flujo de aire. Nada mal, el doctor dijo que lo peor que me puede pasar es tener un ataque al corazon mientras duermo... :-(

Asi que el sabado 12 me voy a pasar la noche a una 'Clinica del Sue?o' y veremos que pasa. Esa es mi idea de parranda de sabado a la noche, ir a dormir a una clinica...

Cute picture
Mood:  silly
Aca estan Carolina y Florencia, con pijamas haciendo juego.

Here is Carolina and Florencia, with matching jammies.

Some health-related news...

I've had a lot of tests and exams done. Some of the results are:
* My blood pressure is OK: I had 120/80 yesterday (thanks Novohydrazide (R))
* My heart rate is normal: around 60 (thanks Atenolol (R))
* My blood test came back normal. No cholesterol (!)
* My blood sugar levels are still high. So, on top of the diet that I should be following, I'm now taking some pills.
* My weight is still the major concern. We'll see what I do about it...

More tests, checkups and stuff like that are still to come. For example, I have an appointment with a cosmetic surgeon tomorrow, to see if I get a rebel vein in my nose fixed, so it won't bleed again.

I'll keep you posted...

Karaoke
Mood:  silly

It's been a while since I laughed this hard watching something on the internet.

Thank you so much, BaByLoN-G from noseasboludo.com

Watch this incredibly stupid karaoke video

New Picture!!!
Mood:  happy
My four kids - Feb/2005

Clockwise from top: Santiago (9) - Juan (6) - Florencia (1) - Carolina (7)

Repertoire/Repertorio
Mood:  suave

This is what I sung last Sunday

Por una cabeza (tango) - Gardel/Lepera
Garota de Ipanema - Vinicius de Moraes/Jobim
I've got you under my skin - Cole Porter
If I loved you - from 'Carousel' - Rogers/Hammerstein

While I was away...

...nothing much happened. It was cold, I was away a few days, we went places, etc. I drove all the way to Washington DC to take Dad and Cristina back over my brother's. I left last Tuesday, drove 13+ hrs., arrived there at 7PM, slept and left again at 7AM the following day. A little less than 12 hours and minus one tire later I was back at home.

I had a concert last Sunday, and it was my very first concert as a soloist (after all these years). It went pretty well, I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot. It was a fundraiser, so imagine my face when I got payed for it (and it wasn't bad at all). I had a great time and finally found what could be my 'musical contribution' to this choir. People seemed to like the two songs from the '50/'60s that I sang, so I'll be working on that.

...nada del otro mundo. Hizo frio, estuve algunos dias de vacaciones, salimos, etc. Maneje hasta Washington DC para llevar a Papa y Cristina hasta la casa de mi hermano. Sali de aca el Martes, maneje mas de 13 horas, llegamos a las 7PM, dormi y sali de nuevo para aca a las 7 de la ma?ana del dia siguiente. Un poco menos de doce horas y una goma reventada despues estaba en casa.

Tuve un concierto el domingo pasado, y fue mi primer concierto como solista (despues de tanto tiempo). Salio bastante bien; debo decir que lo disfrute mucho. Era para juntar dinero, asi que me sorprendi cuando me pagaron (y no estuvo nada mal). La pase muy bien y finalmente me di cuenta de cual puede ser mi contribucion musical a este coro. A la gente parecio gustarle cuando cante cantiones de los '50/'60s, asi que voy a empezar a preparar repertorio por ese lado.

Mood:  cool
Hola! Segui poniendo cuando puedas fotos de los chicos...Yo entro seguido, para enterarme novedades de uds....Te mando un abrazo, Paco

Brrrrrr....
Mood:  cool
And I thought that -18C or so was cold. This morning we had -32.3C by the time I was taking the kids to school. Now that's cold!

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I had a concert last Sunday. There was a very fine organist who came to play from Toronto, and he was quite impressive. I had a solo number, singing 'The three kings' with the rest of the choir. Two funny things happened after I finished singing: 1) Nobody clapped! (hey, it wasn't THAT bad) and 2) There was an ambulance passing by at the same time and its siren started to play at the same time I finished singing, providing an unexpected C# to a song that was in G Maj key. Yes, it sounded pretty bad.

But the concert was good. Now I have to prepare for another concert on Feb. 20. I have not idea of what I'm going to sing...

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(Spanish version)
Tuve un concierto el domingo pasado. Vino a tocar un muy buen organista de Toronto, y toco muy bien. Yo tuve un solo, y cante 'Los tres reyes' junto con el coro. Dos cosas graciosas ocurrieron al final: 1) nadie aplaudio! (che, no estuvo tan mal) y 2) justo paso una ambulancia haciendo sonar la sirena en el momento en que termine de cantar, sumando un Do sostenido al final de una pieza que era en Sol mayor. Si, sono horrible.

Pero el concierto fue bueno. Ahora tengo otro concierto el 20 de Febrero, para el que me tengo que preparar. No tengo ni idea de que voy a cantar...

Winter is finally here...
Well, it seems that Winter finally arrived (a little late, don't you think?). It's really cold today; according to the University of Waterloo's weather site (It's very cool; link is here: http://weather.uwaterloo.ca) it's -19C now. And it's almost noon!

Now that the cold weather is finally here, I can start planning my ice fishing trip to Barrie, ON with my dad. We'll see...

I don't mind cold weather. As I always say, I chose to live in Canada, after all... :-)

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Bueno, parece que el invierno por fin se acordo de llegar. En estos momentos hacen -19C, y es casi mediodia!

Ahora que por fin hace frio, podre planear el viaje de pesca en hielo con mi Papa en Barrie.

No me afecta mucho el clima frio. Despues de todo, como siempre digo, yo elegi vivir en Canada...