tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99696262008-11-18T21:07:31.375-06:00Marco's Blog About Nothing.I finally realized what I write about. I write a lot about nothing at all. In an ode to Seinfeld, I figure I would define my blog as Marco's blog about nothing. I will start limiting this blog to English, and perhaps open another for my thoughts in Spanish.Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-91844828139358425702008-11-15T11:28:00.003-06:002008-11-15T13:52:28.325-06:002008-11-15T13:52:28.325-06:00I am tired!!
As many are aware, I am working on my MBA. I was mentioning to somebody one day that I was working on my MBA. His comment to me was, "Maybe one day, if I had a lot of free time, I would work on my MBA too." Of course, the implication is that I have a lot of time on my hands, so I might as well fill it with study.
Here is a list of what I am currently doing:
I direct a short-term Bible SchoolMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-64352729759989073652008-11-09T17:33:00.003-06:002008-11-09T17:45:34.873-06:002008-11-09T17:45:34.873-06:00One Giant Step for the USSome people have asked me why I removed the post about Obama, after winning he won the elections. The truth is, I realized some people were very sensitive about the post, and it wasn't wise to keep it up.
In summary, I think Americans (specifically Christian Americans) had a tough decision. Do you vote for the most pro-choice and liberal candidate in ages, which is very eloquent, intelligent, Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-27813902705709406472008-10-16T17:03:00.003-06:002008-10-16T17:13:56.561-06:002008-10-16T17:13:56.561-06:00On Raising Support.
Today I was walking down one of the paths of our Bible School, towards the back gate, when Roberto, our maintanance manager pointed out that we would soon need to fix that path. "We will soon need to fix a lot of things, but we simply can't right now." I responded. Our septic tank system for the school has begun to collapse. One of our four separate septic tanks is behind my house, which Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-28416572658913214832008-10-05T10:31:00.003-06:002008-10-05T11:26:40.618-06:002008-10-05T11:26:40.618-06:00To MBA or not to MBA... That's the question.A couple of days ago, I was sent a link to a WSJ article regarding the US's top MBA programs. The article rates the programs in various ways, but the link was sent to me, because in a specific rating (I believe it is student's ratings of the programs) Thunderbird, is rated as the #2 MBA. I copied the link to my brother, Stuart who graduated from Kellog which in this particular list is rated as Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-48008654209993887272008-09-17T23:35:00.000-06:002008-09-17T23:36:10.907-06:002008-09-17T23:36:10.907-06:00On Mitsubishi Colts and the Love of Money.“You ain’t got no oil in your car.” The attendant at Jiffy Lube told my wife as she went to change the oil on our 1987 Mitsubishi Colt. He then proceeded to call the different attendants so that they could look at what to them was a miracle and a scientific mystery.
The Mitsubishi Colt isn’t an actual car. When you rent cars you have various options. You can get a full-size, mid-size, Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-38419672218946250332008-08-25T15:54:00.000-06:002008-08-25T17:01:17.535-06:002008-08-25T17:01:17.535-06:00Chapter 3. Final EditChapter 3: On Santa Claus and the Resurrection of Jesus.
I've never been crazy about music. I know this makes me a freak, and suddenly extremely uncool, but it's true. I never buy music for myself, because I don't care much for music. This makes me a very moral person, because I don't illegally download any music. It's not really related to my ethics, though, but just to my lack of musical Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-73094003301806892302008-08-13T01:05:00.003-06:002008-08-14T06:36:52.188-06:002008-08-14T06:36:52.188-06:00Desert Survival Kit.
After a flight from Costa Rica, where in the first 30 minutes of flying I spilled the entire glass of orange juice that I was served, directly on my lap, and therefore had to put up with another 3 hours of flying with soaking wet pants (I changed in the customs area in Houston), I arrived at Thunderbird. There were 6 of us from CR on that flight, and so I began getting to know my most immediateMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-45975961834801758412008-08-11T07:21:00.002-06:002008-08-11T07:32:38.101-06:002008-08-11T07:32:38.101-06:00Who do you say that I am?
So I had to take this test called a COI Report (Country of Origin Information Service). This basically gives me a profile of my personality. This is the COI wheel, which describes some of my traits, and is supposed to help me learn how to deal with, negotiate, understand, talk to people from other countries and cultures. Also it tells me what to avoid in my style vs. theirs. It's actually aMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-49472635894001822222008-08-04T12:41:00.002-06:002008-08-04T12:44:35.929-06:002008-08-04T12:44:35.929-06:00Bill Gates speech to high school class.
I read this today, and liked it. I don't know how legit it is. I'm sure it's been around the blgosphere forever, but it's new to me.
BILL GATES SPEECH TO A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $40,000 a Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-41006534386623108702008-07-29T09:16:00.004-06:002008-08-29T10:17:20.937-06:002008-08-29T10:17:20.937-06:00Chapter 1: Final DraftPerhaps every day and every moment builds upon a previous day or moment to take you to where you stand in the present. Perhaps life has particular moments that really transform your future. Perhaps we remember moments that stand out, as if they were life defining moments, when in reality, were it not for the continuous building of life’s previous moments, they would have been insignificant. Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-61131252575232553412008-07-29T08:58:00.003-06:002008-07-29T09:06:08.204-06:002008-07-29T09:06:08.204-06:00Chapter 2: Final draftI hate flying. I used to have dreams as a kid that I could fly. I would climb to the roof of our house and jump off, and somehow continue flying. That flying, though, was cool in my dream, but the actual one where you get on an airplane and fly… that’s totally different.
There are a few reasons I hate flying. One of them has to do with the actual reality that we humans weren’t meant to fly… Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-47426570199158951272008-07-22T23:21:00.001-06:002008-07-22T23:22:41.794-06:002008-07-22T23:22:41.794-06:00Chapter 3: Edit 1: Update 1Chapter 3: On Santa Claus and the Resurrection of Jesus.
I've never been crazy about music. I know this makes me a freak, and suddenly extremely uncool, but it's true. I never buy music for myself, because I don't care much for music. This makes me a very moral person, because I don't illegally download any music. It's not really related to my ethics, though, but just to my lack of musical Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-9445295168780916762008-07-20T20:09:00.004-06:002008-07-20T20:17:53.854-06:002008-07-20T20:17:53.854-06:00Chapter 2: Edit 1: Update 1Chapter 2: On Flying and Dying to Self
I hate flying. I used to have dreams as a kid that I could fly. I would climb to the roof of our house and jump off, and somehow continue flying. That flying, though, was cool in my dream, but the actual one where you get on an airplane and fly… that’s totally different.
There are a few reasons I hate flying. One of them has to do with the actual Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-55736193400511701172008-07-19T18:45:00.005-06:002008-07-19T19:10:47.421-06:002008-07-19T19:10:47.421-06:00Chapter 1: Edit 1: Update 1 (thanks Karey)Chapter 1: Only One God Perhaps every day and every moment builds upon a previous day or moment to take you to where you stand in the present. Perhaps life has particular moments that really transform your future. Perhaps we remember moments that stand out, as if they were life defining moments, when in reality, were it not for the continuous building of life’s previous moments, they would have Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-27399858279651817762008-07-17T21:30:00.002-06:002008-07-17T21:47:10.166-06:002008-07-17T21:47:10.166-06:00Thunderbird... Here I come!As many out there have been aware, I have been looking into the possibility of pursuing further education through Thunderbird. Through this process, a series of steps needed to take place. I needed to get all the paperwork in in record time. This included two sets of transcripts, because I have to be accepted by both Thunderbird, and Tecnológico de Monterrey. I needed to pass the GMAT (or theMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-41897063652824533832008-07-07T06:55:00.004-06:002008-07-07T07:00:06.080-06:002008-07-07T07:00:06.080-06:00Sex, Sushi and Salvation
So I read this review on a book. I of course stopped because of the title. Nonetheless, I found it interesting, because its kind of what I intended with my book. I've recently asked people to read my book, and let me know what/where I need to make corrections. This review inspired me to think that perhaps I could even publish my book.Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-27762594194054449152008-06-20T17:35:00.006-06:002008-06-27T16:05:43.653-06:002008-06-27T16:05:43.653-06:00Chapter 9. On Trailer Homes and God's Provision.When Leah and I got married we were really poor. After a few years of marriage, I wrote a book, that got picked up by a big publisher, with whom I was able to negotiate 50% in royalties, and after selling millions of copies, we were no longer poor. Well, that’s the hope, at least. Both Leah and I were college students. We both worked half-time. We both worked minimum-wage jobs at the Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-80518256177927591592008-06-20T10:59:00.004-06:002008-06-20T11:25:46.013-06:002008-06-20T11:25:46.013-06:00Personal Prayer Request
Please pray for a mayor decision in my life.
As many of you are aware, about a couple of years ago, I ventured out in the World of business. This started from a need to find some forms of financial sustainability for Portantorchas, as student tuition is not enough to make ends meet, and I was never successful in support raising. I was positively surprised by the "success" of these ventures. Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-7224556036041777212008-06-16T06:28:00.001-06:002008-06-27T16:05:01.891-06:002008-06-27T16:05:01.891-06:00Chapter 8. On Toilet Seats and Marriage.On Toilet Seats and Marriage.
“Did your parents never teach you to put the toilet seat down?”
It may sound cliché, but this was our first fight as a married couple. There are lots of those little things in marriage. It still bothers me tremendously when my wife will refuse to replace the toilet paper roll from the dispenser. She will bring a new roll of toilet paper into the bathroom. She Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-37498697652618377542008-06-11T21:53:00.003-06:002008-06-11T21:58:13.543-06:002008-06-11T21:58:13.543-06:00
I once went to lunch with one of my staff members and the director of a Christian organization in Costa Rica. I had called this man, in order to meet with him. I had often heard of his organization, in many conversations, and due to our common goals, felt it may be valuable to see if we could somehow be of service to them, and perhaps partner on a few different items. We talked. We shared Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-76124325304751372382008-06-05T14:38:00.008-06:002008-06-27T16:04:35.776-06:002008-06-27T16:04:35.776-06:00Chapter 7, It Wasn't All About Girls.I once got kicked out of class at Bible College. This is the place where you are supposed to see the grace of God in its full display. Professors at Bible College must have reached a really high level of spirituality to get to the point where they are allowed to teach you. I’m sure that not just anyone is allowed to be a professor at Bible College. I, for instance, have never been a professorMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-67491481099954537472008-06-01T21:58:00.003-06:002008-06-01T22:04:08.883-06:002008-06-01T22:04:08.883-06:00Liderazgo Cristiano. Humildad y Servicio.
“sabiendo Jesús que el Padre le había dado todas las cosas en las manos, y que había salido de Dios, y a Dios iba...comenzó a lavar los pies de los discípulos.” Juan 13:3,5
La Humildad
Mencioné la semana pasada que la primera característica de un líder cristiano eficaz es su total dependencia de Dios. La segunda característica de un líder cristiano que veo en el ejemplo de nuestro Señor esMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-28430382632058852312008-05-19T14:04:00.002-06:002008-05-19T14:09:26.477-06:002008-05-19T14:09:26.477-06:00Liderazgo Cristiano: Dependencia en Dios
Esto lo escribí hace unos años para Vida Abundante. Voy a empezar a poner algunos de mis escritos aquí. Es de una serie de cuatro mensaje.
¿Qué haría usted si al tener que ser operado el cirujano le confiesa que no estudió medicina, pero que ha visto suficientes programas por televisión?
La pregunta es ridícula porque todos sabemos que todo médico debe reunir los requisitos necesarios para Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-81705889096720097442008-05-16T16:23:00.002-06:002008-06-27T16:04:16.190-06:002008-06-27T16:04:16.190-06:00Chapter 6: To have and to hold.As mentioned before, I’ve always liked girls. I started noticing their existence at a very young age, and decided at an early time that I would one day like to meet and marry one of their kind. At the same time, I’ll admit to a certain degree of superficiality, and therefore, I was going to be picky about which one of their kind I would eventually marry. There were certain features that I was Marco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9969626.post-92109504253567936702008-05-12T06:29:00.002-06:002008-05-12T06:37:34.328-06:002008-05-12T06:37:34.328-06:00The Pelican Brief
A Pelican crash-dived into a fifty year old lady, while she was simply trying to swim. It left a gash in her face requiring 20 stitches. I wish I had some word of wisdom to add to this thing, but all I have to say is that I found this story to be shocking, while at the same time very humorous.
I used to be a good swimmer. It was the only sport that I ever excelled at... next to hopscotch ofMarco Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13749610843054004266noreply@blogger.com0