Date: October 23 1996
I was born in Bogota ( cundinamarca) Colombia South
America. When I was ONE month old, my parents moved to Leticia Amazonas
carring this wonderful baby ( me ! ;-) ) with them. My sister Catalina
were born one year later there. Afer living in Leticia for five years,
we moved to Cali. We stayed there three years and finally we established
in Bogota.
I finished my high school at the salesian Industrial Technical Institute
"Centro Don Bosco" with a Mechanical Drawing as my speciality.
I decided to purse a professional degree in Computer Science - actually
Systems Engineering- and got my degree in june 1993 at the National University
Of Colombia.
Besides knowledge, the university gave me a lot of satisfactions ....ahhh
I miss those days.. anyway, I had the oportunity to practice gymnastic
(to be exact Trampoline and Tumbling) and I won a national tournament in 1988.
Oviously, just at university level, which is not as hard as a high level competition.
One year before my degree, I began to work at an Industrial Company as
a Systems Engineer. I had the responsability of analize, design and implement
an Inventory System Information. It took me almost one year to reach this
goal. Thanks to this system, the company threw away the anciant kardex cards.
In 1994, I had the oportunity to work doing research at the research center
of Colombian TELECOM! That was a great experience!. This academic environment
led me to consider the idea to purse the Master Degree in Computer Science,
or a PhD degree , so I applyed to the University of Western Sydney and got
a PhD place in order to work on neural networks. I had to begin in Sydney
this year in August...but I coudn't ...because of lack of money. Then I
had to say good bye to this excellent opportunity :-(
In October of 1995, I met a wonder girl called Narda, my gilfriend. I am lucky ! she is the woman I ever wanted. ....I lover her a lot! and so does she.
In december (1995), I made a trip to Europe! I traveled to German ,Italy an England. What a nice trip ( and cheap! ) I only spent US $ 2,200 during almost 30 days. I went to Roma, Pissa, Fiorenzi, Vennecia, Munchen, Frankfort, Bonn, Koln, Dusserdolf, Essen, London, and Cambridge.
1996, The year to prepare a great! change in my life......one of this changes is getting married and the other one inmmigrating to Canada!
In 1997, the plan was executed without any inconvenience. Narda and I got married and now we are happily living in Toronto Canada. We had had many opportunities to travel around to see other places. We also have a beatiful family. We thank God first of all, our families, and friends for supporting us during this wonderfull adventure up here close to the north pole.