BrT

Thirteen years ago, I left Mexico to study a Ph.D. in the U.S. In the meantime, apart from doing that, I got married, we moved to Switzerland, and we formed a beautiful family. I have learned so many things, I have changed in so many ways. In the words of my advisor, during one of our very early email exchanges, before I went to Purdue:

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It’s March already and my last post is still “Happy New Year” – unbelievable. I just returned from a very nice, very relaxing month of vacation in Mexico with the family. It was very nice because it made me remember and realize how important family contact is for all of us, who are growing accustomed [...]

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Soon it will be time to begin working on dinner for tonight, so while there is still time: Happy New Year to everyone! All the best for 2009, may it be a good year for you.

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Two and a half months ago, on June 26th, 2008, my second daughter, Fabiola Aimée, was born! She was born healthy and weighing 3,160g. I am only now getting to post about her (I tweeted about her birth, although I was so tired I posted the wrong name), but it has been an amazing [...]

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Leo of Zen Habits has written a very interesting post about diet hacks. Most of these are very good, but my problem with many of the tips is that I really, really enjoy eating, and I really enjoy good food, much of which is not really the best for a diet. I like the [...]

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I’m not commonly one to participate in chain-letter-like things, but I find this one cute: I have been blog-tagged by Raffy Marty. So I have to tell you five little-known things about myself. Without further ado, here they are:

I have an IMDB entry. Yup, that’s actually me. If you are curious enough to follow the [...]

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One of the nice things of having a baby is that one gets to learn and participate in a completely new social circle – that of people with children. Susana has started a blog where she documents and rates all the different activities, groups and information having to do with babies that she has found [...]

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My daughter Karina Aileen was born on February 12th, 2006, at 11:19AM. She was born healthy and very big (4370 g), and both her and mom are doing extremely well.
I am so happy. I had expected to be happy and enchanted with the baby, but nothing prepared me for the sheer magnitude of the [...]

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The baby’s due date is February 11th – that’s less than a week away! The baby could be early or late, but chances are around that date she will be born. Wheee!

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