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...

Cool link
Mood:  a-ok
Encontre esto en un blog de alguien que tambien vive en Waterloo. He aqui la lista de los paises que he visitado hasta ahora...

I just found this in a blog of somebody else living in Waterloo. The following is the list of the countries that I've visited so far...



create your own visited country map

Ahora, los estados de USA en los que he puesto el pie.

Now, the US states that I've set foot on.



create your own personalized map of the USA

Still a long way to go!!!

Peor aun es cuantas provincias de Canada conozco...
It's even worse if you see how many provinces of Canada I know...



create your own personalized map of Canada

Yeah, it sucks. Especially if you consider that all I know of Quebec is from having crossed the bridge from Ottawa to Hull...

De vuelta al trabajo
Mood:  blue

Spanish:

Bueno, aqui estoy de vuelta en el trabajo, luego de una semana de ?merecidas? vacaciones.

Vere si empiezo a actualizar este blog mas seguido a partir de hoy.

Tengo mas fotos de los chicos para poner, hoy les toca a Carolina (7) y Juan (6)

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English:

Here I am, back to work, after a week of (deserved?) vacations.

I'll try to update my blog more often starting today.

I have more pictures of my kids to put here, today's is a picture of Carolina (7) and Juan (6)

Happy Birthday
Mood:  celebratory
Hoy es mi cumplea?os. 38 y no le han mentido.

Uno se pone viejo, que va a hacer...

Dos a?os mas y mi edad va a ser igual que mi IQ...

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Florencia Almada
Mood:  happy
He aqui a mi hijita Florencia (14 meses)...
Here's my daughter Florencia (14 months)...



Isn't she pretty?

In the beginning...
Mood:  energetic
(In Spanish)
Hoy comienzo a escribir my blog. No tengo muy en claro que voy a poner aqui, pero una cosa tengo casi definida y es que va a ser todo en ingles. Perdon a aquellos que no lo entienden mucho, pero es una buena forma para que nosotros podamos practicar nuestro segundo idioma. Estoy escribiendo con Florencia sentada en mi falda, que se empecina en tocarme la tecla de Shift, cuando sabe positivamente quE nO La VoY a DEJar.

(In English)
I start my blog today. Not sure what I'm going to write about, but I'm almost sure it's all going to be in English. My apologies to those who don't understand the language too well, but it's a good way for us to practice our second language. I'm writing with Florencia sitting in my lap, trying to hit the Shift key, when she positively knows that I'm NoT gOINg tO lET hER.