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Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-24108081629134918272009-04-26T15:28:00.001+04:002009-04-26T15:29:11.861+04:00

It's a commercial (so forgive me), but I think the message makes it worth watching nevertheless.

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Today me and Sarah realized the difference between traveling and going on a vacation. You don't bring your laptop to the latter one.

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These are the main places I've been to since leaving Cancun. Today is the 12th day of my trip.Playa del Carmen is a party town - and that's what I did there. I stayed in a hostel called Marina Sabina where they organized a party each night and it was a lot of fun. I also met a Canadian guy Greg there who is more or less doing the same trip as me - and we've been travelling together since.After

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I love traveling and I love getting to know places as they really are, try to look behind the curtain, the first impressions. People that visit other countries with organized tours often miss it all.As some people prefer going with tours as its an easier choice for some, there is now good news for for those people. My good friends from AIESEC days just started an eco-tourism company and provide

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-20221659664877402602009-02-21T23:29:00.004+04:002009-02-22T00:40:58.941+04:00

It's my 4th day in Mexico. Yesterday I went to see Chitzen Itza, once a powerful Mayan city of 50,000. It was impressive. I've put together a video of my experince there (its 18 min total, just to let you know): While the glory of the Mayan civilization is in the past, its not like the Maya have disappeared. In fact, they are everywhere. A great deal of Mexicans are direct descentants of Mayas.

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I started my month-long trip from Cancun, Mexico. Arrival went smoothly. The immigration lines were huge, the advertising on the airport walls had spelling errors. After I had bought my bus ticket to town, I noticed that it said "Niños" (children) and the ticket price mentioned was 2x less than what I paid. So that's how they're making some extra pocket money. The bus driver let me on board with

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-34004801682873216152009-02-14T23:48:00.003+04:002009-02-15T00:02:50.034+04:00

I watched the new movies about Che Guevara (both part 1 and 2). What a great story, what a great movie. I must say Benicio del Toro does an amazing job.Movies have power. Some make you want to drink wine (Sideways), some white russian (Big Lebowski) - so this movie makes you want to smoke cigars. And to join a revolution.Anyways, I recommend you see this movie.

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Vatican has recently announced that they agree Darwin was right and that the threory of evolution is a story of what actually happened, man did evolve from ape.The Vatican also dealt the final blow to speculation that Pope Benedict XVI might be prepared to endorse the theory of Intelligent Design, whose advocates credit a “higher power” for the complexities of life (naturally they still say god

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-90297000672321950542009-02-06T06:05:00.002+04:002009-02-06T06:09:55.770+04:00

I'm now finally going on the trip I've been thinking about in the past couple of months. The theme of my trip is "In the search of the Mayas". I have my one-way ticket to Cancun, Mexico, hang out there for a few days and then continue my trip south.I plan to visit the main Mayan sites in the area, see the local life and culture as much as you can in such a short period of time. After seeing the

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So I was here (in the US) for the Superbowl. Not too much is known about it outside the US, but here its BIG. "People go crazy!", I was told. But as with everything in life, not everybody cares that much about the same things.The event I attended had a decent amount of people, but only like 2 people in the crowd knew American football well, but even they didn't care that much. Of course the Texan

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-22544701464256414932009-01-29T08:44:00.003+04:002009-01-29T08:48:28.940+04:00

Exercise is good. Since I started my new healthy lifestyle on October 1st, I've lost 9 kg of excess weight and gained in strength and general fitness level. Feels food.In the next coming days I will be launching also the first product in a series of online fitness programs that I am developing along with Dr. Bomben. If you want to get a firm butt, then look no further.

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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.

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"To find out what you love to do demands a great deal of intelligence; because, if you are afraid of not being able to earn a livelyhood, or not fitting into this rotten society, then you will never find out. But, if you are not frightened, if you refuse to be pushed into the groove of tradition by your parents, by your teachers, by the superficial demands of society, then there is a possiblity

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-65679575436763461102009-01-11T23:10:00.002+04:002009-01-11T23:16:41.052+04:00

Like many of you, I have made a habit to myself to watch TED videos every now and then. While I knew of Eve Ensler and her work before, this video was breathtaking. Once again it made me realize how each one of us has a choice in this life. The choice between playing small (have a job, go to the grocery, buy bread, watch tv) and playing big (change the world). The amazing thing is that the people

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-18170484873026026572008-12-25T00:36:00.004+04:002008-12-25T00:42:37.953+04:00

I've spent 3 Christmas's in the last 4 years abroad - away from home. And not a single one of them felt like "real Christmas" (especially when its like +25 outside!). All the elements were there - food, presents, Christmas tree, music, good people. But still. So I guess nothing can be an equally good substitute to a Christmas that you grew up with. We have this emotional stamp in the brain,

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Am I playing too small, I asked myself? After giving it some thought, I decided that I will change the world. After all, its possible. And I have a vision I want to realize. I'll tell you all about it later.If I haven't changed the world by the time I'm forty, I'll become a painter.

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-56741150961835618112008-12-20T06:45:00.003+04:002008-12-21T07:30:56.218+04:00

What has kept me from writing into this blog more often is the fact that I put more focus right now into my business blog on internet marketing. So sometimes even when I have had something to say, I haven't as it seems difficult to find the time.So Im changing the format - mostly for my own fun. Im gonna try twitter-style postings (a bit longer still) that capture the essence of what I am

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-48771592704437731752008-11-19T23:13:00.002+04:002008-11-19T23:26:14.291+04:00

The other day here in Hawaii we were looking for a restaurant to get some food, and we stumbled upon a really great one which happened to be packed. What the hell, we wondered. Then we realized: it was lunch time (on Monday). When you live your life as you please then you start to forget about these things - that people follow a certain routine. They wake up with an alarm clock to go to work.

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-49292787220203068742008-11-13T10:12:00.006+04:002008-11-13T11:34:42.055+04:00

Hawaii is a kind of a paradise. It has what you would expect from a postcard beautiful tropical place - white sands, teal color water and lots of palm trees. But it's so much more diverse. We're on a Big Island (Hawaii) right now and its amazing. It has mountains, live volcanos (heading to see flowing lava soon), arid deserts, forests, jungle, green hills. Also it has several seasons at the same

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-49385674568213923332008-11-05T19:12:00.002+04:002008-11-05T19:26:48.287+04:00

I spent the of the election day among Americans. The whole day felt like Christmas. It was a cool experience for me to witness the atmosphere of the night and the sincere joy when Obama won. He has instilled hope like no other. People feel this is the beginning of a new era.

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-63475023523331329462008-10-21T05:30:00.005+04:002008-10-22T06:39:20.436+04:00

I've been in Austin now for over a month. Life has slowly taken a "normal" route. Highlights of the past 30 days:I have a home now - when visiting me here in Austin you can stay at my place.Property rental system is totally different from any country I've been to or heard of. Here if you want to rent a place you have to fill in an application and pay a fee(!). The fee can be $100+ per person (yes

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-44515056539181378602008-09-15T23:18:00.003+04:002008-09-15T23:57:58.913+04:00

Three and a half months I spent in Estonia went by quickly. There is always something magical about being home - and it is easy to get used to it. Even though I have been away for most of the time for the past 3 years, its always great to come back and find that all the people close to you are still close. And some even closer now.Another thing I found is that even though I was in Estonia for 3.5

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-81738204995223944312008-09-04T17:50:00.001+04:002008-09-04T17:52:03.219+04:00

A virus or trojan hijacked my mailbox and spam was sent out to everybody in my address book... delete this as I'm not the sender. I will try to do damage control now...

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-27617550369955878502008-08-22T16:25:00.002+04:002008-08-22T16:28:11.414+04:00

AIESEC has a new recruitment campaign called "I am an AIESECer". I am featured on one of the campaign posters (used in Estonia) that is focused on entrepreneurship.

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-82962456019914261472008-08-18T13:37:00.004+04:002008-08-18T13:44:51.092+04:00

I stumbled upon this cool website - yearbookyourself.com. You can make these cool photos of yourself:

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I haven't written about Georgia yet, but seeing this made me really disappointed in the world:This is a poll result from CNN.com. Unless this is the result of spam voters from Russia (which is not impossible), it is very troubling that the world sees what is going on in Georgia as "just one those fights in a country nobody has ever heard of nor cares about". Russia's propaganda machine has been

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-52866516902985403492008-08-06T00:39:00.002+04:002008-08-06T00:40:24.429+04:00

I recently finished a project for a client. In case you're looking to buy Panama real estate look no further.

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-47558606195705491812008-07-31T21:58:00.002+04:002008-07-31T22:03:06.827+04:00

more over here

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-73177880546309690282008-07-21T23:04:00.002+04:002008-07-21T23:09:01.253+04:00

Technology is cool. Thanks to lasers and stuff, my vision is perfect now. Not only I got my eyes fixed, but I got to experience the best customer service in Estonia.Estonians: for best silma laseroperatsioon turn to KSA:)

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I'm noticing there's a stark difference in my productivity based on where I'm at. During the last year in Panama and in the US I was hyper productive and accomplished so much. Based on my track record I made plans for work I intended to get done in Estonia... but then life happened.I am surprised how much time relationships take... and how much time it takes "just to feel home".I guess my

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-53326952833233570052008-07-04T15:41:00.000+04:002008-07-04T15:42:42.515+04:00

To win a trip to China you have to answer a few simple questions:1. Which one of the students is sleepy?2. Which two of the students are twins?3. How many students are female?4. Who is the teacher in the picture

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For those who don't get the point: the picture on the left is a famous picture from the Soviet era (and says "no" in Russian). On the right is the new president of Russia, Medvedjev.

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The most popular beer in the US is light beer. Bud light, Miller light, Keystone light, whatever. I am surprised by this to say the least. US has their own quality beer too, I've had plenty. But for some reason it's not popular.My guess always was that it's because it's just people feel it's responsible to drink "light" for the same reasons they drink Coke Light or Diet Pepsi. But now I'm having

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-31713156577006860882008-05-20T03:36:00.002+04:002008-05-20T03:38:34.668+04:00

Alustasin internetiturunduse, elustiili valiku ja elufilosoofia küsimuste üle mõtiskleva ja nõu andva blogi.Kae siit: internetmarketing.ee

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I'll arrive to Estonia on the 4th of June and I will stay until the middle of September. See you soon.

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One week from now the Panama-chapter of my life is getting over. It's been a different kind of experience, one that I am very grateful for. I will miss Panama. It is the most beautiful place I've ever lived in, and ever visited. The natural beauty is just amazing here. Parts of Panama are as close to paradise as I can imagine. The photo I've included in this post is what Panama symbolizes for me

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-35927266535019040572008-04-21T00:17:00.002+04:002008-04-21T00:31:04.347+04:00

A while ago I had a post about Sarah's experience in a remote jungle village in Ngobe-Bugle (northern region of Panama). That was the beginning of something big. Now Sarah is working with the indigenous women of that community to empower them, help them make a living and support their kids and revive the art of making kras.The women in the Ngobe community are making the most amazing handicraft -

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-38756416596610939062008-04-19T22:46:00.003+04:002008-04-19T22:58:02.133+04:00

Yesterday I watched a documentary called Zeitgeist, recommended by a friend quite a while ago. I wish I had seen it sooner. It is a truly thought provoking movie you just have to watch.It is about religion, the US, European Union, the grey cardinals behind the scenes and the world order in the wider sense. After seeing it so many things I witness in this world make more sense, and so many more

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-12414092264800532272008-03-16T05:59:00.012+04:002008-03-16T08:59:18.009+04:00

Just got back from Cuba, where we spent 5 days. It was amazing. You can fit a lot of experiences in that short period of time when you're in Cuba.Cuba certainly has a reputation, and we were not sure what to expect. We got on the plane and started the trip like any other. Our first experience that showed us this country is something different was already in the airport. Sarah went in first (just

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-83193089338739893292008-03-05T03:19:00.004+04:002008-03-05T04:21:14.709+04:00

How are you doing, Peep? I'm doing great, thanks for asking!Every single day I only do what I want to do. I sleep until 9 usually and wake up because the sun fills my bedroom. I'll proceed to brew some tasty coffee grown right here in the highlands of Panama and I eat yogurt that comes from delicious Panamanian cows. I enjoy the view of the Pacific Ocean from my rooftop pavilion and look at the

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-88288591435850577662008-02-14T03:26:00.004+04:002008-02-14T08:34:24.640+04:00

The first 5 days of February was Carnival - the most important holiday in Panama. Everybody knows the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but there are big festivities as well in other countries, including Panama. Every country has their own story and has had their own evolution, and carnival in Panama is like no other.As I mentioned, it is the most important and most anticipated festivity in the

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-78709475465116895962008-02-02T00:50:00.000+04:002008-02-02T01:54:14.730+04:00

Every country in the world has it's good things and bad things. I sure am enjoying the good stuff here. Two weeks ago I was again discovering the beauty of Panama, this time in the mountain regions. We stayed in the best hotel in David, Chiriqui (David is the capital of the province of Chiriqui), went to flower and coffee festival in a nearby city Boquete (which is a very popular retirement

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-23691230843683171242008-01-17T18:35:00.000+04:002008-01-17T20:00:31.578+04:00

Panama is a paradise. It has everything: the prettiest beaches you can imagine, pristine rain forests, mountains and hills, rivers and lakes, even 2 oceans. Everything grows here really fast. The temperature is near perfect (can get too hot and humid in some months). Sometimes when working indoors its easy to forget what a paradise I live in. But I do am grateful for being here.Some snapshots

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-87948583262464149722008-01-04T22:02:00.000+04:002008-01-04T22:24:38.161+04:00

I am back in Panama. A month in the States went by so quickly. Something that I always wonder about is how going from one country to another is kind of like going to another dimension at the same time - especially if the countries are far apart, with quite different everyday realities.Life in Panama is unique and the everyday rhythm is different here. So is the US, Estonia and Dubai. Whenever I

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-67684414695322521892007-12-09T02:47:00.000+04:002007-12-09T02:51:36.609+04:00

Do you know yet what is your purpose in life? Are you living your passion?I think living a life of purpose is a spiritual experience.I recently revamped the The One Question website that provides spirituality information and helps you discover your purpose in life.Happy self-discovery!

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I'm currently in Austin, Texas - a nice change for hot Panama. Here the weather remind me of autumn in Estonia. There golden leaves on the trees, and it's cold. Didn't think it can get as cold in Texas, but what do you know. Now it's gotten better, but on the weekend it was around 6 degrees.I'm staying in Austin for almost a month, going back to Panama after Christmas. So I get to experience the

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-10631511988003698412007-11-13T00:11:00.000+04:002007-11-13T00:14:02.099+04:00

A real estate developer is destroying a highly disputed rare strip of rainforest in Panama City against government 6rders. We can stop them right now, we just need your voice. We need to tell the world what is happening, how unique rainforests are being destroyed in full view of public authorities who are are impotent to act.Let's tell the world. Read about it here: http://www.crea-panama.org/

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-80124015119635171712007-11-07T05:35:00.000+04:002007-11-07T06:51:57.560+04:00

That's a picture I took 2 days ago. I have finally been to Paradise. It's the land of the Kuna people, indigenous tribe living on more than 350 islands off the coast of Panama.As there was a long weekend here due to Independence Day celebrations, we had an offer to go to the Carribean side of Panama, to spend 3 days in the Kuna Yala territory. I am so glad we took it. I had heard of the beauty

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-166484933396298602007-10-29T00:15:00.000+04:002007-10-29T00:44:06.956+04:00

As the Panamanian tourist visa is valid only for 30 days, we had to leave the country and decided to go to Costa Rica. We traveled to Costa Rica bus and the trip lasted for too long - 17 hrs. The only good thing was that we could admire the amazing landscape and cloud forests of Costa Rica rural areas. During the trip the bus stopped several times as the road needed to be fixed - constant

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Sarah just spent a week in Ngobe Bugle, in a village called Soloy. Read about the amazing experience here.

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A month has gone by fast (doesn't it always?). Nevertheless, so many experiences fit into this month. To be honest, I already feel quite settled in. I can orientate in the city, have some easy conversations in Spanish and I know what to expect. Panama is kind of easy to learn, I think. Naturally I still know only the tip of the iceberg, but I feel I know much more than I did after my first month

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-49269655780215229542007-10-10T01:07:00.000+04:002007-10-10T01:39:40.111+04:00

... is naturally Catpert: The Expert on Cats. Cat health and cat care, pictures of cats and and more. Anyone who knows me enough knows that I love cats. A while ago I discovered that there were no good cat sites in the world. So I made one. Reminds me of that story how Jack London said he didn't think there were any good books around, so he decided to write some. So I'm like Jack London in a way.

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Our new home here in Panama City is called Casa Arias. It was built for one of the founders of the Republic of Panama (president 1903-1904), Tomas Arias. The house is grandiose, in a good condition and still has most of the original pieces. The stair case is made from marble imported from Italy, the banisters are handcarved mahogany. The house itself is big and old enough to make a good location

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On August 15, 1519, Panama City was formally established. It was built on the location of an Indian village on the shores of the Pacific. The city survived several disastrous fires, but finally was destroyed by pirates led by Sir Henry Morgan (know the 'Captain Morgan' rum?) in 1671.Founded in 1673, Casco Viejo is the second Panama City, built after the famous pirate attacked and destroyed the

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Panama is covered with rain forest and has the largest rainforest in the Western Hemisphere outside the Amazon Basin and its jungle is home to an abundance of tropical plants, animals and birds - some of them to be found nowhere else in the world.There is a rainforest national park just 10 min drive away from downtown Panama City, and yesterday we went for a small hike there. I had never been in

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-51744829241887552842007-09-24T17:50:00.000+04:002007-09-24T18:38:25.831+04:00

As it was the weekend, we decided to check out the local beaches. As we don't have a car and can't easily go wherever we want, we decided to take a bus to the nearest beach to Panama City - Veracruz.We went to the bus station and tried to figure out how the bus system works. It turns out there are no schedules for buses. When a bus comes, it waits until its filled with people and then leaves.

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As I mentioned in my previous post, its the rain season here at the moment. Still for the most part of days it doesn't rain, but is sunny instead. When it rains it mostly drizzles, but sometimes has heavy rain as well. I personally had never seen a tropical rain season rain before, so in case you haven't as well, I recorded a short video.

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Today is my 5th day in Panama City. In quite many ways it has been surprising so far.As there are quite a few impressions and I haven't blogged yet, I'll make this post a long one.Some background information: Panama is a rather small country (75,000 km2) with a population of ~3.3 million. Panama City, the capital, has about 1 million inhabitants. US dollar is used as currency here, although they

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In a few days from now I will board a plane taking me away from home once again and to a new adventure. Its a strange kind of feeling I have. Excitement, thrill, sadness, joy... It is kind of hard to leave your family and friends behind for such a long time, but it is so exciting to go on this journey at the same time. I know I really want to do this. I know what a living abroad experience means

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-53768917838676016832007-09-06T15:49:00.001+04:002007-09-06T16:09:36.571+04:00

Doing B2B sales has been part of my job description for quite many years. It kind of seems to me that as time goes by, people are more and more afraid of being sold to.When one gives a business a call and the person on the other side feels even slightly that this might be a sales call, they get very defensive - even aggressive. How many great opportunities are missed like this, how many good

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-31509608527627480142007-08-30T17:21:00.000+04:002007-08-30T18:00:08.978+04:00

I've been laying low and living a quiet chill-out life. Spending time with my family, resting in the forest, hanging out with my friends. Just what I needed and wanted. But now - it's time to move on and get ready for the next adventure.So in about 2 weeks or so me and Sarah will be going to - Panama City. The goals for me will be to learn Spanish and get to know the local culture and the region.

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-6207404123538902362007-08-10T13:56:00.000+04:002007-08-10T14:17:44.412+04:00

This is a question most of us ask ourselves, and it is often really difficult to answer. Journey of soul searching, trying to figure out what our passion is might take years. I have tried to find myself and my one purpose for a few years now and I know first hand how hard it can be.The one thing I have learned is that only those who seek will find. So I have gathered the best resources out there

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-32806890041739582532007-08-08T18:29:00.000+04:002007-08-08T18:36:08.311+04:00

All my dear socially responsible friends, now the time has come to think. It is imperative you that you go to http://www.greenchallenge.info and submit your idea that will save the world.Green challenge is about inventing ways for a greener lifestyle. Invent a product or service that can help to restore the planet's harmony, submit it to the competition by 30 August, and you could win € 500,000.

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I've been enough time away from Dubai. All the bitterness I had inside is gone (or at least most of it). Now Dubai has become a beautiful memory and I am nostalgic about it. Isn't it always so? Even a bad experience becomes a sweet memory. Dubai wasn't a bad experience, it was a damn good one. The time I spent there were one of the best years of my life. Sometime I think back to all the good

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-68256923040460568682007-07-09T15:25:00.000+04:002007-07-09T15:59:19.117+04:00

I was first exposed to the ideas of taking responsibility for our world and making a difference in my last years in the university, when I joined AIESEC. Then the gates were open and I could walk into this world of people eager to make a change, to make the world a better place. At first I thought it is this organization that I joined that opened eyes, but I came to see that there were so many

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Whatever you can do, or dream, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now.- W.H. Murray paraphrasing Goethe

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Happy birthday to me. Another year has passed and for the first time I truly feel older. It was hard (tiring) for me to party 2 days in a row. The good thing is that I don't really want to either, so its not like I'm missing out on something. I guess that's the good thing about aging - even though you get older and can not do all the things you did when you were 20, you start to want other

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-55003733867343902242007-06-09T01:19:00.000+04:002007-06-09T01:52:36.959+04:00

The best way to raise money to fight AIDS is to make sure that marketers make some money on the deal. RED is not a charity, its an economic initiative founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) founded RED to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund (fight against AIDS).They have teamed up with some of the most well-known world brands - launch partners

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-40167443844155907552007-06-07T22:56:00.000+04:002007-06-07T23:00:10.769+04:00

While I am an avid reader most of the time, I couldn't read much during March and April. Now being here I have found time to read again every now and then and I'm enjoying it to the fullest. It keeps me energized, empowered and I just love the feeling of knowing a bit more about the world.Just recently I discovered a fairly new website called Goodreads that I find cool and useful and I believe

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-34558237247901265092007-06-02T03:06:00.000+04:002007-06-02T05:10:26.335+04:00

All good things must come to an end and so did our road trip. I will try to capture the highlights of the last 2 weeks and the trip as a whole.America is a country full of amazing natural beauty. Our next destination after Stockton was the famous Yosemite National Park. "It's maybe the most beautiful place on earth", a friend of mine told me once. He wasn't wrong - the park was amazing. Full of

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-53571559094501023002007-05-18T21:38:00.000+04:002007-05-18T23:05:44.469+04:00

California is cool, I could totally live here. We've been here now quite some time and still enjoying it very much. It's mostly sunny, warm and has a cool atmosphere. California is also very socially responsible and you can find so many cool fair trade cafes, shops and so on. A lot of organic products available and specialized stores. People are quite conscious of their impact on the environment

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We have been on the road for quite some time now, and we're loving it. We're having so much fun and it has been a cool adventure so far.After leaving Sarah's uncle's house we started to drive through the mountains towards Arizona with the aim to spend the night in the forest somewhere (in the mointains). We rarely (if ever) know where we're gonna spend the night before its a couple of hours until

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-24509064884353631952007-05-05T21:52:00.000+04:002007-05-05T22:21:32.585+04:00

Today is the 3rd day of our road trip. So far so good! We see a lot of road (as seen on the picture below), but the landscape that surrounds it luckily varies a lot. We've seen fields, plains, desert and forest so far.The trip has been very enjoyable. I've seen old(er) and new kind of American buildings, many small towns (population between 1,000 and 10,000), cool plants, large skies (larger than

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-62874418918532175502007-05-01T22:49:00.000+04:002007-05-01T23:26:06.306+04:00

Tonight I'm sharing my culture with my people here by cooking Estonian dinner and tomorrow the month-long journey across the country starts. Road trip! I have heard that USA has so many breathtakingly beautiful places, that I can't wait to start. Before that I will have the chance to attend a NBA play-off game (Spurs vs Nuggets).I'm gonna give you an overview of where we're going by showing some

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-30152959952900668312007-04-29T21:25:00.000+04:002007-04-29T22:08:57.401+04:00

I had the chance to attend the wedding of Sarah's brother-in-law's brother. The wedding consisted of 1 hour long ceremony in a catholic church and a small reception later. Now this was my first time participating in a catholic mass and ceremony - and it was a spooky one. Catholic rituals seemed no less weird and intimidating to me than what I observed about Islamic rituals like praying, call to

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-45841540801005437872007-04-27T19:50:00.000+04:002007-04-27T21:08:17.650+04:00

This blog post is aimed at my international friends.If somebody would rape you, your family, neighbors and other people for years and years, would you keep this person's picture in your bedroom? Even if he once beat up another bad man? I didn't think so. We wouldn't want to see that picture ever.This is what is going on in Estonia right now. There is (was) a bronze statue erected for Soviet

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-38856514636723047092007-04-20T22:34:00.000+04:002007-04-21T00:14:53.896+04:00

I guess there's a stereotype that most Texans speak English with a Texan accent - which I have found to be untrue. In fact I yet have to meet somebody who has the pure Texan accent and I've been here 2 weeks now. There is something that almost everybody uses and that is "ya'll" (meaning "you all"). How ya'll doing? Whatcha ya'll been up to? What can I getch ya'll? are some of the questions you

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Every day I'm doing or eating something for the very first time. Yesterday I had my first peanut butter jelly sandwhich (good stuff!) and my first marshmallow. Today I ate sweet potatoe fries for the very first time.Yesterday morning I attended my first little league teeball game (which is like baseball only instead of throwing the ball to the dude with the bat the kids hit the ball off a post).

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Entering the US went smoothly, the border guard looked at my passport and asked "Where the hell are you from?". When I arrived to the US, my bag didn't and was left behind in London. Good thing the airline paid me 50$ for compensation (I got the bag also 2 days later).When waiting for my connecting flight quite a few people sparked up a conversaton with me which would never happen in Estonia and

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-4582069059176459922007-04-05T16:09:00.000+04:002007-04-05T16:19:38.348+04:00

Saturday evening I will land in the US. I got my ticket today and I am eager to go. Can't wait to be again with my love, and to meet her family. My trip will be about 2.5 months where every day I get to do whatever I want.Whenever I have the chance I will try to post my experiences and insights on my blog - as it helps me to capture my learnings plus I can share it with you.I'll be back by

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-29197091196470452432007-04-03T14:28:00.000+04:002007-04-03T23:09:32.360+04:00

Yesterday I got my visa to the US. What a good feeling that was to hear "Visa will be sent to you...". Pheew! I was initially refused the visa in Dubai - I guess it was Dubai's attempt to get even with me after all that anti-propaganda. Well, I won - in your face Dubai!US Embassy in Estonia and Dubai are like 2 very different organizations. The latter treats people like shit, in Estonia its a

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-11484547383124603752007-03-29T12:57:00.000+04:002007-03-29T18:51:47.754+04:00

Yesterday I arrived back to Estonia. Dubai is history now. Many people asked whether I felt sad to leave - the truth is no. I was eager to leave. It was a very good experience, but I was happy to go. I made some good friends there, but I don't need Dubai to have those friends. I'm sure none of them will stay in Dubai for too long anyway.When I was trying to think what will I miss about Dubai, I

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-57618433141908629942007-03-23T19:41:00.000+04:002007-03-23T19:51:24.261+04:00

I'm right now in Serbia - chairing an international (40 countries) AIESEC conference, EuroXpro 2007. It is quite amazing and I'm having so much fun. In January when I chaired the AIESEC in Estonia Annual Conference I thought that one will be my last and many people told me it was not. They were right. I can't imagine a better way to leave AIESEC (although I've been out for over a year now) than

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-11063473671565894552007-03-15T13:58:00.000+04:002007-03-15T14:08:14.578+04:00

...is Secret Dubai that got the Bloggies award as the best blog for this region. That is good news! Secret Dubai is a blog that follows Dubai's everyday life and points out all the hypocrisy, double standards and moronic things happening here. It's wonderful. The ray of light in this censored country.Today is my last day at work. End of an era and a new beginning. Yay for me!

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-54393912542900159522007-03-13T18:46:00.000+04:002007-03-13T18:52:00.810+04:00

Today when leaving work I was waiting for an elevator with my colleagues. Suddenly we got this brilliant idea to ring the doorbell of 2 neighbors doors. We waited for the perfect moment until the elevator was on our floor, we rang the bells and ran straight into the elevator.It still felt as exciting as 20 years ago.PS My days in Dubai got suddenly much shorter. I'm leaving already on the 16th

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-36206993024860598052007-03-12T12:12:00.000+04:002007-03-12T12:38:14.051+04:00

As I mentioned in one of my posts, the Gulf is clashing with my values which is one of the key reasons why I want to leave. There are disgusting things happening which the rest of the world has probably no idea about.Your housemaids are pretty much your property and they have no rights. I'm sure torturing cases like this are not rare, most don't have a way to escape or are too afraid to come

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-25102553192096448512007-03-08T19:33:00.000+04:002007-03-08T19:35:28.080+04:00

This guy is the next big thing, I can feel it.Find more here: http://www.ingredientx.com/main.htm

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My last post about leaving Dubai seemed to communicate that I hate Dubai. No, I don't hate it, otherwise I would have left long time ago. As with every place in the world, there are the good and bad sides. Negative sides always get more attention as it's much more fun to bitch about something than to praise it. We tend to take the good things for granted often.Sure, there are a lot of things that

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A must see!

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In less than 30 days I will leave Dubai for good. I came for a life-changing experience and I got one. I'm very grateful for that. The experience turned out to be very different from what I expected, but that's a good thing. Living and working abroad experience has had a huge impact on me. Sometimes it's hard to tell how much of the development is because of this experience and how much is a "

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Everyone is talking about it. I think you better watch it too. I found it quite intriguing. I see many parallels in my life where I think the Law of Attraction was at work. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. I decided to test "The Secret" out for myself. Seeing is believing, right? I will keep you posted. Here's the trailer:

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Do you love your job? Is okay good enough? Are you satisfied with the way things are? If not, then what exactly are you going to do about it?I believe people have natural talents and considerable amount of innate potential. I believe we spend about 1/3 of our adult life at work. I believe we all are capable of being passionate.So if you have a job where you don't feel as happy as you potentially

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-356429075840622762007-02-11T20:52:00.000+04:002007-02-11T21:00:50.028+04:00

How many of you feel that taking care of basic survival is stopping you from living the life you want to live? I mean do you feel that doing your 9-5 (or whatever) job to earn money to buy food (and other necessities) is not enough to live the life you want?Let's say you want to visit Vanuatu. Then a month later you wanna go to France. Then you wanna do some cool stuff elsewhere. Go to the forest

Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16621894538208259575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14017003.post-33958044461284802552007-02-09T17:09:00.000+04:002007-02-08T16:43:35.994+04:00

I haven't posted much pictures recently, so I decided to do that now. Today is Friday, first day of the weekend. This is my Friday in pictures.

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Yesterday I went for the first time to an Arab gents saloon. As Arabs are a minority in this country, I have previously always gone to Indian or Filipino places - because they are everywhere and always close by when you need one. First of all they were surprised to see a white guy entering their saloon. When another customer entered and saw me he burst out laughing and then they were all talking

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This is a subject of a spam e-mail I got today. Sometimes these spams have funny as hell subjects. And somebody has to come up with those cool subjects to make a living. If there's a brainstorming team behind it, Im sure they have loads of fun every day. It would cool to be in their team for a day. Most of the spam mails are trying to sell me viagra and penis enlargement stuff.Some more examples

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Read more about this video and Media That Matters Film Festival

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Just yesterday I read a post on liveyourinspiration.com that I found very powerful.Many of us wrestle with the question "what should I do with my life". What's the purpose? But what if we knew it from the very beginning, what if it was really obvious, a common knowledge.Imagine you were told as a child that your purpose in life is to experience intense joy.What choices would you have made as you

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