The Great Jhonattan Vegas

Hey bloggers! This is your friendly neighborhood N.A.B.B tuning in! Well, as many of you already know, the past two weeks have been of great importance for my home country (Venezuela) when it comes to Golf. As a passionate golfer, these few weeks have been among the most important and thrilling of my golfing career, since for the first in the Venezuelan history a local won a PGA tour open, more specifically the “Bob Hope Classic.” In addition, this rookie tied 3^rd place in the world famous “Farmers Insurance Open,” where he played against the worlds’ top players. These include Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods. This is, without a doubt, an enormous achievement for this young golfer.

The accomplisher of this incredible goal is the humble Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas. Born and raised poor in an eastern Venezuelan city named Maturin, this individual showed great interest in Golf from a young age. His father, being a caddy, taught him how to swing a golf club with nothing more than a broom and a rock. Yet, despite the odds, Vegas showed great talent in this game and soon he was playing daily in the 9 hole golf course in the outskirts of Maturin. Soon, he started playing and winning tournaments, demonstrating to others his great talent. Finally, after training constantly with famous Venezuelan instructors, this talented golfer won a scholarship to study in the University of Texas. Here, he trained harder, until he won his first PGA tour championship last week.

The story of Jhonattan Vegas is truly inspiring, since he rose from being a humble child living in humbly in the Venezuelan country side, to a world class golfer, who won 1, 294,591 dollars in just two weeks. In addition, he has become living history by being the first Venezuelan golfer to ever win on the PGA tour, and that is something no amount of money can buy. He has proven that with practice, dedication and perseverance, you can achieve any goal in life.

Congratulations to Jhonattan Vegas on that incredible achievement!

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Walk Like an Egyptian

Hey bloggers, this is your friendly neighborhood N.A.B.B tuning in! A very popular topic that is currently circulating the Worlds media is that of the massive protest in Egypt. After 30 years in the presidency, the Egyptian people are demanding that the current president, Hosni Mubarak, leave the presidency in order for a new candidate to lead their country.  Yet, he is refusing to let go and, as a matter a fact, he is making matters worse by prohibiting internet and mobile network access throughout the country of Egypt. Also, riot control police have been dispatched to, through the use of rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons, control the massive riots.

In my personal opinion, the people of Egypt are setting an example for other countries, such as Venezuela, which are currently undergoing prolonged presidencies. Egyptians have gathered the courage to stand up against a force that’s has suppressed their rights for 30 years, and the international community should support and applaud this brave act.

In this blog post, I am going to try and encourage everybody who reads this to “walk like an Egyptian.” In other words, what I am trying to say is to speak your mind without fear of any greater force if you believe it is for a greater good, since this will usually bring great deeds upon everybody who surrounds you.  This is the reason why, it is incredible that the Egyptian people have risen from chaos in order to bring greater good; there truly is hope for the human race!

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Buddhism

Hey bloggers, this is your friendly neighborhood N.A.B.B tuning in! In my ancient civilizations class, my mind was exposed to a completely different culture than my own, that of Buddhism. Since I was born and raised a catholic, I find it fascinating how different our two cultures seem to be. In addition, it is incredible how deep and spiritually Buddhism is, yet they defy almost every rule of Christianity.

Buddhism originated from the teachings of an individual called Buddha. It is a common misconception to think he is the Buddhist deity, since the religion is named after him. However, this is completely false, since the Buddha himself said that no Gods exist. Moving on, Buddhist belief is that life is a cycle, and that every time you die you are reincarnated. This cycle is called Samsara. The ultimate goal in any Buddhist life is to reach the Nirvana state of mind. The individuals who accomplish this break free from Samsara and are no longer reincarnated; instead their soul is reunited with the universal soul.

 The people who follow this believe in the 4 Noble Truths:

1.       Life is suffering.

2.       This suffering is caused by ignorant desire.

3.       This suffering can be eliminated from one’s life.

4.       The way to end this suffering is to go through life with high morals and values (The Eightfold Path).

As seen, this life style differs greatly from our more familiar Western culture. Buddhist believes that the cycle of life is circular, that one reincarnates every time you die. However (since for them to live is to suffer) their ultimate goal is to break free from this cycle and reunite themselves with the universal soul. Finally, the only way to achieve this is to follow the “Eightfold Path,” and life full of respect and high morals.

It is clear that there are many differences and similarities between these two religions, and my ancient civilizations class has opened me towards this religion.

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