Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 5 (beautiful people and funny pics)

Next... my two favorite Canadians... my best friends... KT (my little sister) and Mikey... (eyes all swollen of too much crying)...


Andrea, a really sweet woman (Steve, you better treat her well, she is awesome)...

My favorite son, Tony... he cooks and cleans the dishes...


Marcel, a LOTR addict, very nice person too and new friend ...

Naughty Tony... mom doesn't wanna see this!

Marcel working (?)... how come that we, animation people, play and joke, and space out all the time but still manage to get work done?
With lil' sis KT at Marcel's...

Justin as a dwarf... I mean not as A dwarf but THE (Gimli)... sorry... if not Marcel may get mad at me... is the spelling correct?


KT, I won't embarrass you with the other pic... so I will post only this one... yeah... doggy's love to the max... pretty hair...

And another pic with KT...

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 4 (snowy winter)

In here... Mikey, Lu and Tony... enjoying the snowy slippery floor...

KT and me, last day I went to Pip... booo... snif... What a pretty building! (see our OMG-its-the-last-day faces)...


Mikey and me...

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 3 (like at home)

Yeah... that was like my, what, 3rd home?... one is home-home, one is Oakville-home, and the third would be Ottawa-home... Thanks KT and Andrea to make me feel like at home! =D That futon will always be MINE! muahahahaha...


What the heck am I doing brushing my teeth in the living room and not in the washroom... only God knows... ha!

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN - part 2 (food related)

Ok... this post will continue in a weird way... food related... This was the Sushi night... here Mikey, Tony, Justin (flower head), KT and me... with bubble tea... oh how I'll miss my bubble tea! darn...

The other side of the table... (again me), Andrea, Gerry and Marcel and a cucumber...

Mikey... after too much wasabi...

And my beloved Unagi... I will miss that too! boooo...

This is a staaaaaaaaaaam dish... my very last meal in Ottawa... snif... Cooked by Tony and KT, I think... maybe Andrea too, not sure...


Pubwells... this time I didn't go, but I had great times there... so Im going to miss it too...


yeah... now... What's next? Its weird that what its next you will read it before you read this... but whatever... NEXT!

Ottawa left me HEARTBROKEN

Ok... this is just a small part of what this post its going to be... so keep checking!

First Im going to post the bestestest card Ive got so far (I know KT will make more for me =P )


Pufff... if I cried with this card... boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

And then Im going to say: Im going to miss you guys, all the new friends I've met from Ottawa... Marcel (I found out today you where in the 4 fantastics movie... the elastic guy. Thanks for driving me everywhere), Justin (that is stealing my emoticons), Gerry (no fatty anymore, awesome cheesecake and poker night... I will return for my black chip! damn) and my old friends, Andrea, my son Tony, and my best friends KT and Mike, whom I love with all my heart... that now its broken in pieces... all the pieces are in Ottawa... it feels so empty.

"Tango Addiction" by Linda Walsh Casas (fragment)

"Argentine Tango is more than a dance or a musical style. Many Tangueros say it is a way of life. It has been called a "secret danced between two people", a "feeling that is danced", and a "walking embrace". It is said that Tango is not in the feet; it is in the heart. It is more about the connection with your partner and the expression of feelings than about choreography.

Although Tango continues to evolve, its essence has not changed after more than a century. The beauty of Tango lies in being totally "present", being completely aware of, and focused on, your partner and the music. Tango is an imporvised dance, and no piece of music is ever danced the same way twice. Each dance is unique. Because neither partner knows exactly what will come next, Tango requires heightened sensitivity to your partner, while still expressing yourself. It can bring out the best in both of you.

Tango dancers will tell you that, once experienced, the magic of Tango is addictive."

Thanks Linda for sharing this!!!

TANGO in Argentina

This pic was taken at the school Carlos Copello. It was one of the girl's b-day (Ayelen, the one with the flowers), she is only 14 years old and dances beautifully. In the pic there are teachers and students from Tango 1, 2 and 3 and the Tango ballet of the school. My teachers are: Maricel Giacomini, the girl behind the flowers, not with the flowers, and Maxi Cristiani the guy near the red column that has the same design on the black t-shirt than one of the girls kneeling. And my Tango partner is Jose, the guy on the far right.

I miss you all!!!

(click on the image to enlarge - clickear en la imagen para agrandarla)

Mom's Head Sculpture

And the last one I did was for my mom... and as I didn't have time for a whole head I did it like a mask...

Dad's Head Sculpture -rotation

As the title says... the rotation (half only)

Dad's Head Sculpture -step by step

After step one... which is nothing...


Step two... is taking more shape...


Kissing the final head... by the real head


Painting it when its dry enough...


After taking the paint off... (the one that I didn't want to keep on, of course)... after this, the oven... (the final one should look pretty much like this)

Brother's Head Sculpture

This is the sculpture that I made of my brother... in clay.

Done...
Painted... before the oven... (the colors of the pic are totally off, but I like it like this... to see the real color go to Dad's Head Sculpture)

Summer Christmas at home

Christmas night OUTSIDE and my dad's birthday... (it was a little bit chilly, but really nice)

With my cousins (from left to right) Sebas, Pitu, Ju (brother), me and Martin...

Dancing Tango with my step brother Javi...

At home in ARGENTINA: Poker afternoon

My first poker day (in the afternoon I played with my family, and at night I went with my brother's friends and I lost badly... cause he taught me how to loose... not how to play and win... bah)
nooo... si yo estaba destinada a ganar con esa mano! pero quien carajo repartio?!?!? (basically complaining "who shuffled that horrible hand"?)