Thoughts of the day

Dear friends, it's me again...and this time I'm going to write down some thoughts of the day.
The first one is coming from the book I'm actually reading. (The DNA of the Leadership).
I was reading the "the gene C" part, regarding the community concept, and I found this interesting sentence:

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

This sentence could have different meanings but as always, I like to link old sentence with actual issue. So, that time I found an interesting link between this sentence and what is happening today in New York.
During these days, at the UN Building, is on going a worldwide meeting were the most important leaders of the world are discussing on the current issues...and trying to find common solutions.
Probably is not only having their own speach that they will find all the answers to the actual problems, but... it's also true that we cannot think forever that there are two different worlds. The first one, political and regarding power people; and the second one, regarding all the rest common people.
Everyone has his role in this world...and the world needs the cooperation of everyone. So, when we heard news or when we read on the newspaper regarding IRAN, IRAQ, USA, OIL, DARFUR etc... probably is the right time to think to this old sentence... and starts to do something. Something for waht? The answer is...let's starts with the community around you, with people who meet all day, with your friends an family....and be ready.... because when you talk about COMMUNITY, you will find again this old sentence... and ...it's your turn!!!

Take care...

New York Life...a tipical day during the week

What'up my dear friends? I hope everything is going well to everyone.
It's time to write down something regarding life I'm doing in New York, during the week.

During the week most of the time is dedicated at work. Wake up early in the morning, drink my daily glass of orange juice, eat some cookies and....let's go, let's get it started,
Subway is coming, more or less is one hour trip from the house I'm living to the place I'm working. Yes, its so far, but it's the best solution I have at the moment. Working in the middle of Manhattan don't give you the chance to find a cheap rent and so...everyone use to find something out of the Island. But let's continue our story.

During the subway time there is the first decisional moment of the day. You can choice between:
- reading a book
- reading a newspaper
- listening to music
- sleep
-starting to talk with people around you.

Excluding the last one, because in the morning nobody wants to talk, very often the choice is between sleep and....sleep. Nothing is better than sleep deeply for at least 25 minutes..:-)

But like all the best thing, these moment are not going to live forever.... time to get out from the subway is arrived. "GRAN CENTRAL- 42th street". It's time to come back to the reality and walk 5 blocks before to arrive in my job place. Under the shadow of the Empire State Building, the working day started and will go on until 6 or 7 o clock PM, with the launch time in the middle.

Now, a new choice is coming up:
-go home, cook something, clean up the house or take some nice rest.
- go to work out
- hang out, go to drink a couple of beers with friends
- partecipate to social events around the city.

Whatever you will decide... You will never go to sleep before than midnight. And...did you hear it?
parapapppapparappaa....

Yes, it's the clock alarm!!!! Wake up, Wake up!!!
A new day is already started!!!
Take care
Big hug from the city that never sleep!!!

John and Jack are back!!!

Hey my friends,
only for people who can read italian.

John and Jack are back!!!

September 9th 2006
The new daily history is out..:-)
TOPIC: "Nulla accade per caso"
WHERE: http://storiediformiche.blogspot.com/

Keep in touch...next life secret is at the door!!!

The Young Professional Forum-Values Based Leadership: Perspectives from a Finance Executive"

Hey dears,

happy to announce the third event of the season regarding the Young Professionals Forum.

Below all the information:

"The Young Professionals Forum is proud to welcome Grant Kvalheim, Co-President of Barclays Capital, to facilitate our third event of the season.

TOPIC "Values Based Leadership: Perspectives from a Finance Executive"

WHEN "Thursday, August 31st, 8:00 to 10:00 PM

WHERE Grand Hyatt New York - 42nd St. (bet. Park and Lex) - Ballroom A RSVP Free event, limited space: RSVP to ypforum@gmail.com wuth guest names

The Forum is a monthly group discussion facilitated by prominent business, law and community leaders. Our purpose is to learn how to most effectively apply our skills and experience to make a difference in the world. Open to all, the Forum is an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded young professionals in a unique setting.

I will be there, and you?

New adventure, new ideas, new weblog ...life is going on...

Hey my dear,
it's a long time I'm not writing in my blog but, I'm still alive..:-).
Yes, I just came back to Italy for 3 weeks in order to get the new VISA and now, I started my new experience in New York, where I'll live for the next 18 months. Yes, it was a tough decision but at the end, I'm really happy to start my working experience here.
And so, after few days, I started to find out what new I can do in the future. In the middle of thousands of idea, one it's already started. What is that?

In few words, I love to read books and I love share my ideas with my friends. So, at the end of the day, the decision to have a new weblog in which I can write down my book. Yes, I'm not a writer, but who is the writer if not who write something? So, I'll start in this my new adventure. You can see the link on the right of the homepage, going down... anyway, the new weblog address is http://storiediformiche.blogspot.com/
Enjoy your reading. This time, I'm really sorry for my international friends, I decided to write in italian. It's the best way to explain all my toughts, and, it's a good balance with my italian friends who don't know english and cannot understand 100% what I'm writing on my main weblog.

In any case, I'm waiting all of you in New York and we will discuss about everything in the international young language? Which one? The language we speak in front a good beer and again... in front a second good beer ... and again... in front a third good beer... and...and... ops, probably we will get drunk!!!

Take care friends

The trip is going on...on the bridge of my life

And so my friends, the trip is going on. After six months spent in this incredible city, it's time to take a break and come back home, on the Italian ground.

I hope everything will be ok for my new VISA, so I can come back and stay here for the next 18 months.

It's time to trace a balance of those incredible 6 months spent in this huge city.

Positive, positive, positive. No other words can explain this amazing experience here. I met so many people, new friends, new life style... and in all this change I discovered day by day something more regarding me, my ambitions...

I hope I can continue soon this experience.

And today, I was again in the place that inspired this weblog. It's incredible walking on this bridge and looking around you.

And now, some weeks in Italy again. It's the first time I was out of my native borders for so long time. I will have the chance to relax my self, to enjoy all my old friends and to reach the love of my family... and at the end, I will be ready to start again...and I know...this bridge will be the place where my adventure will start again.

What is the life if not thousands of adventure put together? And all these adventures are linked by thousand of bridges. Walking on those bridge is the story of OUR LIFE. In which bridge are you walking right now?

Take care my friends

When pictures are colored of RED,WHITE and GREEN!!!

Step 1... (on going...)

step 2... (World Champions and...good luck Ale&Eduardo)

step 3... (siamo noi...siamo noi....)

step 4... (Little Italy July 9th 2006...)

step 5 (what's the next wish for my birthday???)

When Pirates met dreams....the history

....and now it's the time to tell you what happened when pirates met dreams..:-)
It was a common day, busy like always and with just one end: come back home and take some rest.
But, something was missing and for instinct I decided to walk a little bit more in this huge city. Like all the time, walking means thinking, thinking means something new at the door..:-)
And so, my dreams arrived in the McSORLEY'S OLD ALE HOUSE(http://www.mcsorleysnewyork.com/), one of the oldest Ale House in New York where many personal histories took place.
I was there one week before, with all my friends of my previous english school. It was amazing been together and singing all the national anthems, drinking and having fun.

But this time, I was there just to eat something, drinking a couple of good beers and coming back home not too late.

One of the greatest quality of New York is to meet every day new person. And that was true also this time.

I started to talk with people around me and at the end I met a Pirate and his idea of freedom in our society. Believe or not, in the 2006 Pirates are still living in our society. They are alive.

So, we started to talk about our life, and step by step...beer by beer, my concept of "dreaming with open eyes" and his concept of "freedom in our society" met each other. Everything around us started to have different colours, we were on the same waive, and we started to think about all the different life-histories of everyone sitting in this place, that night...and in all the nights from 1827.

And John, owner of this place, was with us. Believe or not, that night we drunk for the Italian Team, playing the World Soccer Cup. The day after, we won against Germany...and some days after we won the world cup.

You can believe or not...but I met a pirate, we drunk and dreamed together, and we won the World Cup. All this, started when "dreaming with open eyes" met "Pirates" in New York.

Take care all my new pirates friends, living all around he world..:-)

Gianpy

Soccer World Cup: Germany-Italy 0-2

Grazie ragazzi...e adesso sogniamo la finale!!!!

When Pirates met dreams....

Everything started after a long working day... when Pirates met dreams....

coming soon.... a real story into the New York night life

I call it "l'equilibrio relativo"!!!

Hey hey hey, travelling in the subway everyday, give you the chance to read some nice book, some newspaper, or listening to music...or reflect about people in front of you...or.. think about a new concept...
Some days ago, I was thinking about this concept, "l'equilibrio relativo". I don't know how to call it in english, probably "the relative equilibrium", but I will try to explain the concept.

Everybody use to change during his life. Everyday something happens, you meet new people, you do something new, you make choices. So, our body and our mind...try everyday to get a balance between the past conditions... and the new ones in order to find the best way to live.

But, imagine what happens when you see a nice and interesting person(girl or boy, it depends what are you looking for) and... you have the chance to talk and to know better this person. Imagine this person kiss you and you feel something for her/him. Your balance is out of order!!! Your priority is going to change. And you, try to find the new equilibrium.
It's exacly the same when you find a new job, or when something new happens.

In that case, like in all the cases, we don't need to keep quite our emotions. Leave them free because this is what we need in order to promote our personal growth.
What can we do, is to create a positive ground for these situations, going out, talking with new people, without fear to be lost. Only in that way, we can help our mind and our body to be ready for the new change... walking everytime towards a new equilibrium.

We cannot skip the change of our life...but we can be faster to go towards this condition. But...pay attention... the equilbrium is not the final one... we are talking about relative equilibrium. The goal is not achieving it...but the way to walk towards the final results.
In that way, we don't depend from the results... but we depend from our attitude. And...if we have a positive attitude...as consequence, we'll obtein the best results.

Now...

1. If you are a dreamer... you fight everyday with this situation...asking for a new quite life.
2. If you are not a dreamer...probably you are thinking:"I have no this kind of problem...nothing happens in my life".
In any case, our world and so, our life is going to change every minute. It's our nature... and the beauty of our human being. Also if we don't do nothing new, the world around us continue to change.
We need just to refresh this concept...and probably we'll appreciate what we have in our hands.

Are you confused? If yes, and if you are trying to understand this message, probably you are already different from the person who starts to read this article 1 minute ago!!!

Life is change and change is life. Enjoy it.

Take care my friends

Sentences never old

Good morning to all... I was reading some emails regarding the past... and there are sentences never old.
I wrote this one after a period of hard dedication for the final paper of my university bachelor....and I think could be a moment of reflection for everybody...including my self.

"When a person knows what wants to achieve and dreams something for the future, concentration and efforts become tools and not the final goal"

"Quando una persona sa cosa vuole e sogna di voler realizzare qualcosa, la concentrazione e quanto c'è da fare diventano il mezzo e non il fine ultimo da raggiungere"

Have you a nice saturday my friends

Emotions from NBA Play-off

"That's just us. Just the heart of a champion," Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace said. "Yeah, we're down right now 2-1, but we think that we can overcome any deficit that is put in front of us."

This is just one of the sentences that can describe what is going on in the NBA Playoff Games. When I was in the high school, I used to wait sunday morning to watch one of my favourite TV Series, "NBA Action". And I also remember that one of my favourite video-games was about the NBA series. Who can forget Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls!!

Every day, I'm enjoying the NBA play-off... and this time...watching directly the TV. No better way to relax yourself at the end of the long day.... ops...that's true if you like basketball and...so, NBA..:-)
There is no Chicago Bulls at the end of this year competion...but... it's always present the magic way to play basketball in USA. Enjoy the match!!!

Amnesty International Annual Report: Refugee rights and hypocrisy

If you want to reflect about the state of the world, a good resource to read is the annual report of Amnesty International. In particulary, I found interesting two part of this report: the first one is regarding the italian results on the the immigration policy. We, as italian, should accordly reflect on what we can change in the future, and about what we can propose as European Union.

The second part, is regarding the hypocrisy of some countries, that use to "export" democracy and people like if they have power to do that all over the world.
Below you can find some parts of this report...but if you want to read more and make new questions on the various issues, you can exploit the entire report on the Amnesty International website.

"Refugee rights were threatened by implementation of a new immigration law, the failure to legislate specifically to protect those seeking asylum, and reports of plans by Italy to build detention centres for migrants in Libya. The expulsion of more than 1,425 migrants to Libya throughout the year took place in defiance of international refugee law. Officials and civilian personnel convicted of physical assault and racial abuse at a detention centre for migrants received suspended prison sentences. The trials proceeded of police officers charged with assault and other offences in 2001 at the time of mass demonstrations in Naples and during the G8 Summit in Genoa. Italy failed to take action to address the impunity enjoyed by law enforcement officials, including by setting up an independent police complaints and accountability body, making torture a specific crime under the penal code, or requiring police officers to display prominently some form of identification".

"HYPOCRISY In 2005, the US Administration acknowledged the use of "renditions". Rendition is the practice of transporting persons forcibly and without due process from one country to another where they risk being interrogated under torture or ill-treatment. Renditions are illegal under international treaties to which all European governments are party.2005... year in which evidence was made public of involvement of European governments in US-led renditions.1000... approximate number of secret flights directly linked to the CIA that used European airspace between 2001 and 2005, some of which may have carried prisoners.100s... estimated number of persons who may have been subject to renditions around the world.6... number of European countries implicated in the rendition of 14 individuals to countries where they were tortured. 1... number of European countries that has issued arrest warrants for CIA agents suspected of kidnapping prisoners for rendition".

Dreaming the development of the African Continent: the ADMADE Program in Zambia

Walking on the bridge continue to live and it's the right time to talk about one of the most exiciting place to discover...yes, my dear friends, it's time to talk about Africa.
I never had the chance to go there but I'm sure that one day I will travel in this unbelievable continent.
My first intensive meeting with Africa was one year ago. Yes..I never been there phisically, but I travelled with my mind reading the Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Incredible book and incredible history. From that moment, I'm dreaming to have the chance to meet one of the most inspiring people in this world...and...never says never.

I was, and I'm currently interested to visit South Africa, living on my skin the emotions of the past and the challenges of the future of this Nation. But I also like to go around Africa, discovering what's going on in all the countries.
Living in the 2006 has the advantage to be in each place just connecting your computer to internet. And, today I found this incredible initiative, regarding Zambia and a Community Based Natural Resource Managment Project. The name of the project is ADMADE PROGRAM.
I just report some information...

"Zambia is at a crossroads. Many challenges remain for Zambia to achieve nationwide growth and awareness in resource conservation and rural development. To meet these challenges head-on, Zambia must assess its previous successes and failures. Degrees of success vary greatly and leaders and practitioners helping to expand the ADMADE approach must learn from these past experiences to ensure results improve and become more predictable. ADMADE is a national program that has spread into most provinces of the country with almost universal appeal and support among its community constituents. It is also politically accepted among it national leaders, who view it as a positive approach for decentralizing Government authority over the use and management of natural resources. Furthermore, it has begun to fuel renewed confidence among private investors for wildlife tourism in Zambia and in game management areas in particular......"

if you want to read more, please visit the following website... and maybe... one day one of us will be directly involved in the development of this kind of projects.
http://www.africancollege.edu.zm/future.htm
I wish all the best for the people of this continent
Take care... dreaming Africa from your house