Traditional or too open minded?

In the way back to the office from a nice Thai lunch, one of my colleagues was asking me about how it feels after 3 years of relationship with my boyfriend. At the question, I thought, " he should be asking since it is not that usual to have such a long term relationship in India since the engagement happens in a shorter term..."

After a while I realized he was actually curious because he had an arranged marriage. I got me really interested on the topic and started shooting my questions... I always thought of "arranged marriages" as something "forced" while for this guy, it was actually as a blind date as those sort of US shows (eg. bachelor) where a groups of girls are introduced to a guy and he has to pick one up as a couple. Of course, the indian way is a bit more traditional, a girl (or guy) has a program where he/she shows his/her abilities and skills to make a perfect husband/wife ;)

Once got to know the candidate, you can always say that you are not interested, its not what you are looking for. There are woman, but most commonly man who saw a good number of 6 girls introduced by their parents before choosing the one...

Of course some families are more traditional than others when concerning to arranged marriage but still I found some stories quite open minded

Scary

"A car bomb planted in central London would have caused "carnage" if it had exploded, police say" BBC news (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm). In the afternoon the whole block from my work was closed due to another alert and there has been a couple of more cases during the day.

The environment today in the streets reminds me those times in Peru fifteen years back when the terrorism was very strong and people were very uncertain in the streets. My cooleagues leaving the office today saying "be careful" was similar to the "Take care of yourself " "Cuidate" of those years in Peru.

Weather in London - We are in summer yes!
i am totally a weather person so these days havent really help much to cheer up. Lets see how it goes in countries around the coming ones ;)

Patience

This is what I learnt today from a colleague of mine... Its said that every day there is something to learn and maybe I havent seen it lately, but today I have.

He took around 45 minutes explaining the structure way of thinking of a basic planning... and there was me next to him supporting his ideas and trying to believe what was actually happening ha... I guess sometimes MBA grads forget something in the way?

Step ahead for a new peruvian brand!

As a third reason of my visit to Peru, my dad and I finally sat and talked about a project together. Once a good idea comes, you get names of talented enterpreneur people you met that can join you on board, so I called a couple of good friends (casually peruvian alumni; Martha and Gaudhy) and things started getting shaped.

We are designing, and exporting silver jewelry to the UK! As off now, the first essential developments are happening, expecting to kick off with an peruvian international brand coming soon!

We got some great ideas on how to work with the artesans and build capabilities for them to start their own business on a later stage... so exciting! Stay tuned...

My nona!

Another reason for my short visit to Peru was to see my nona. Isnt she the cutest?

Birretes al aire - Graduation ceremony

Another check of my visit to Peru. A celebration for the end of something I started. Extremely exciting!