Theme of the Week – Open Diary

Theme of the Week 7 – Which of your values do you value most?

Axalotal

February 2, 2018

My commitment to the truth, freedom, transparency and democratic rights around the world. My entire life I have been someone who wanted the truth, not a bias position but the facts. This has caused the loss of family and friends. I have endured smear campaigns, name-calling, abuse and assaults;...

Theme of the Week 6 – When was a time that you stood up for yourself?

Axalotal

January 21, 2018

If I had to pick one defining moment would be in grade five. Three of us were walking home, and one friend hit the other with his backpack giving her a nasty gash over her eye. A few hours later while we were outside; minus her, a car pulled up, and her father grabbed me…

Theme of the Week 5 – The most surprised I’ve ever been…

Axalotal

January 14, 2018

... is how President Trump has been doing. I never expected it. I have never been a fan of the President. He has always struck me as goofy and strange, perhaps a little; or a lot, of a jackass. All that being said, the things he has achieved in his first year has been outstanding.…

Theme of the Week 4 – What is something you did as a child, that you miss doing now?

Axalotal

January 6, 2018

Wow, this week's theme is challenging for me. Afterall, I'm still a child in many ways. Perhaps I grew and regressed, but at this stage, I'm feeling more like a child than an adult. The more I think, the more I wish I could go back to that childlike emotional state where very few things…

TOTW3: What is an accomplishment you are particularly proud of?

Axalotal

December 28, 2017

A: Making the choice to let Medhia go to sleep for the last time. This weeks theme came at a particularly difficult time, and it is something that I'm proud of. Six days ago, I choose to send Medhia to sleep for the last time rather than let her suffer. It wasn't an easy decision yet…

Theme of the week 2 – What is one thing you would like to learn more about

Axalotal

December 20, 2017

Well, this is an interesting one and one that I don't quite know how to answer. On any given day I'm holding my own with PhDs and other "well" educated professionals across a multitude of disciplines. Advanced concepts seem somehow simplistic to me, yet I have always struggled academically. For m...

Theme of the Week 1 – If you could pick any place in the world to live, where would it be?

Axalotal

December 12, 2017

This weeks theme is quite easy for me, as I'm in the process of making it happen. (Above - The Canals of North Caribean, Tortuguero, Costa Rica) Tortuguero National Park, Limon, Costa Rica On my first trip to Costa Rica, I was lucky enough to spend a month travelling the entire country. While ...