Jefferson Martina and the island of Curaçao

Kiva Curaçao @ FRED

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:54:42 +0200

Kiva Curaçao @ FRED

Molenschot, Nederland (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:49:22 +0200

Molenschot, Nederland (Taken with instagram)

Paper Prototype Assignment (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:48:50 +0200

Paper Prototype Assignment (Taken with instagram)

Curaçao International Fashion Week

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:28:00 +0200

From May 21 to 25 Curaçao will be the focal point of the Caribbean and international fashion scene as the Island hosts its first Curaçao Fashion Week.

[ link: Curacao Fashion Week ]

[ source: CHATA ]

St. Anna Bay @ Curaçao [ source: CTB ]

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:12:27 +0200

St. Anna Bay @ Curaçao

[ source: CTB ]

Shermanology & Afrojack - Can’t Stop Me Other...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:52:56 +0200

Shermanology & Afrojack - Can’t Stop Me

Other Yu’i Di Kòrsou-s making it BIG! They are proof that passion and hard work pays off!

Enmeris - Me Tienes Loco

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:24:02 +0200

Enmeris - Me Tienes Loco

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:24:18 +0200

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:09:13 +0200

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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:03:21 +0200

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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:12:59 +0200

Why do I worry?

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:19:56 +0200

Why do I worry?

My heart is afraid to suffer

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:51:00 +0200

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day.

“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.”

“But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I’m thinking about her.”

“Well, that’s good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.”

“My heart is a traitor,” the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. “It doesn’t want me to go on.”

“That makes sense. Naturally it’s afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you’ve won.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?”

“Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. ”

“You mean I should listen, even if it’s treasonous?”

“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you’ll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them.

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer,” the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”

From “The Alchemist”

Christoffel Park @ Curaçao [ via Henk Looman ]

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:19:03 +0200

Christoffel Park @ Curaçao

[ via Henk Looman ]

Curaçao After Dark Awesome article in the NY times describing...

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:06:00 +0100

Curaçao After Dark

Awesome article in the NY times describing Curaçao’s music scene.

[ source: NY times ]

Modeling Enterprise Architectures

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:07 +0100

Business Process Management is one of the few courses from in bachelor of Information Science that I can truly say is useful. Besides business process modeling we were also taught how to model enterprise architectures.

I am currently working on a new business endeavor and my modeling skills came in handy for creating the supply chain diagram. Not that it’s difficult to create one or anything.

The supply chain diagram shows how the enterprise works together with business partners to produce the goods or services for the customers. You can look at it as a abstraction of the business model.

I’m not going to show the actual diagram I created, because that would ruin the surprise. But here is a clear example of a supply chain diagram of Center Parcs taken from the article of Koning et al.

[ Tool for BPM gliffy.com ]

1001 proverbs in Papiamentu

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:47:24 +0100

This book is a tribute to the colourful Papiamentu language. A language spoken by only 260.000 people on three islands of the former Dutch Antilles; Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba. Although this language is only spoken in a small region, this collection of proverbs shows how by use of creativity, humour and love the Papiamentu language managed to develop and maintain itself.

Papiamentu is an essential part of the island culture. It is important not to lose the beauty and richness of a cultural heritage as recent political and social developments can change the existing culture. People who know their past can build towards a better future.

On the website you can buy the book or donate it to different schools on the ABC islands. It is definitely a book you need to have in your collection of Papiamentu literature.

[source & image: 1001proverbio ]
[source: Karel’s Blog ]

Napoleon Hill

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:26:33 +0100

Napoleon Hill

“To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:23:00 +0100

“To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.” - N.W. Senior

I’m excited about #2012 . Working hard on my...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:11:46 +0100

I’m excited about #2012 . Working hard on my ideas.

gary:

2012 will be the year consumers “a scale” begin to air their dirty laundry on the social web and the impact will be substantial if it happens to a brand more than 5,10 or 100 times. This video shows you the blue print