La Codicia Y La Amistad No Van De La Mano

Ayer se quito la vida, José Miguel Centeno Sánchez, un policia de la uniformada de Puerto Rico en el pueblo de Isabela, cuando las autoridades llegaron a su casa con una orden de allanamiento. El agente, llevaba 20 años trabajando con la policia de Puerto Rico.

El policia era sospechoso de cometer el horrendo asesinato de una pareja de envejecientes. La pareja fue amordazada y baleada para robarle $200,000 de la venta de una casa. Segun la noticia, el policia llevaba una amistad de mas de 10 años con los envejecientes, y de vez en cuando hacia arreglos en la residencia de ellos. Ya lo dice el refran, "la codicia y la amistad no van de la mano".

Ex-Senadora PNP Evelyn Vazquez Se Lanza Para Alcaldia de Mayaguez

Segun Vazquez, el municipio de Mayagüez “se ha quedado atrás en la historia del progreso y pretendemos revivir sus mejores años". Por eso, en su primer proyecto para enfrentar la crisis de Mayaguez, Vazquez va buscar el tesoro del galeon hundido en las costas de Puerto Rico. 

El rescate de “ricos” tesoros sumergidos en costas de Puerto Rico podria convertirse en la solución a los problemas financieros de Mayaguez  y la fuente de dinero para garantizar su campaña politica. 

La verdad que estos politicos de pacotilla de nuestra isla no tienen verguenza. 

In A Bit Of A Conundrum

I am in a bit of a conundrum, now that I am spending more time creating videos and buying new gear for my channel.

I see myself relegating photography to a second place. Last night, I realized that since I purchased the DJI drone last January, I have not taken any pictures with my Nikon D7000 DSLR. Every single new pictures or videos have been taken with my cell phone or my GoPro action camera.

Let me rephrase the previous statement, the only pictures taken with my Nikon camera, are the old pictures scanned at my sister's house this past summer when I began to digitize our family old pictures.

Some changes need to be made, if I want to fall off the wagon back into digital photography.

Throwback Thursday - Childrens Camp

These are some images taken during my time doing volunteer work (15 years) at summer camp.

I have hundreds of summer camp images, these are some of my favorites. This five day camp gives kids ages 5-14, a chance to participate in structured sports and games, arts and crafts, group projects and field trips.

I don't think most people realize how important is for these children to be part of camp, especially for kids who are economically disadvantaged. They learn life skills in a safe and fun environment, that helps them develop important social, emotional and cognitive skills. 

The most rewarding part of camp for me, was seeing some of these kids now as responsible adults, building a future, while raising their own families. As a bonus, it was great to see some of them to come back to camp as grown-ups, as volunteer counselors and give back to the community.

Two Wheel Tuesdays - Biggest Motorcycle Regret

My biggest regret was selling my 1972 Kawasaki 750 H2 triple. It's a long story, but that bike gave me many years of fun memories.

In 1979, I was working as a technician at the Honda motorcycle dealership in my hometown. That same year American Honda had introduced the Honda CBX six-cylinder engine. It was their flagship motorcycle. It was designed to give Honda bragging rights about the fastest production motorcycle in the late 70's.

In my infinite wisdom, I thought I could purchase the Honda CBX with the measly wages I was making at the dealership. I was so naive, that I gave my bike away for measly $650.00 dollars. Like I said, it was my biggest motorcycle regret in life.

Fast Forward One Year

On a day like today last year, Hurricane Fiona landed in Puerto Rico and I was stuck on the island unable to leave until the airport reopened flights.

Fast forward one year. I had planned to attend a motorcycle event called The Modern Classics Ride in my area tomorrow. The event was postponed thanks to Tropical Cyclone Sixteen that is supposed to get here beginning today.

I know this tropical storm does not compare to Hurricane Fiona, but torrential rains, high winds and life threatening storm surge are expected in the east coast, especially in the Philly region this weekend. Let's be careful out there!

GoPro Cleanest Motovlog External Audio Setup

On Sunday, I spent the whole day testing various settings on my new audio recorder (Zoom H1n) that I plan to use to improve the quality of my GoPro action camera audio sound.

I plan to use my old trusty external Lavalier microphone on it. The trick will be to synch my GoPro voice audio sound inside my helmet with the Zoom H1n motorcycle exhaust recording. To record a wind noise free sound, a "dead cat windscreen" or windscreen foam pop filter will be used. This is an ongoing process, stay tuned!