Last week we had our final exams. It was a week full of tension, stress, books and staying wake until late studying. Afterwards, I took some time off during the weekend to leave campus and visit the North of the country, where we got time to visit Arenal volcano and relax a bit.

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible."

Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl

Happy about Costa Rica!

We´re in the World Cup!!! Germany, there we go!!!
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- The three regional favorites to make the 2006 World Cup are headed there after Costa Rica beat the United States 3-0 Saturday.
"We're in Germany, by God," Costa Rica coach Alexandre Guimaraes said after getting two goals from Carlos Hernandez and one by Paolo Wanchope.

Sad about what happened in Guatemala...

Steady rains in town of Panabaj kill at least 1,000 (2:01)
Guatemala rain rescue (1:40)
Hurricane Stan flooding (3:12)

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) -- Guatemalan officials said they would abandon communities buried by landslides and declare them mass graveyards as reports of devastation trickled in from some of the more than 100 communities cut off after killer mudslides.
Guatemala's death toll from torrential rains last week associated with Hurricane Stan stood at 652; 384 were missing.
The worst-hit communities will be abandoned and declared graveyards, officials said, after they stopped most efforts to dig out increasingly decomposed bodies.