Recently in a Facebook group, we were given a list of very personal 20 questions asked by an A.I. to know us better. I did answer them and I found them very entertaining and enlightening for me. So as this blog is basically about me, I will like to share them here, both in Spanish and English.
20 Questions
1. What is your most significant achievement and why is it so important to you?
There has been several achievements but maybe the most important is my ability to be reborn from ashes and restart my life even if that means quitting what I had achieved before. To set up an example of this, I quitted my 6 year career as Electronic Engineer because I wanted to live from the dance in a beautiful city like Puerto Vallarta. Many people told me that was a very platonic idea. And here I am.
2. What do you wish you could say to someone who is no longer in your life?
Sorry for not trying hard enough to keep you in my life, before you passed away. I love you!
3. Have you ever had your heart broken? If so, how did you deal with it
Several times I got heartbroken. I faced it with visits to the psychologist, blogging, drowning myself in work or traveling solo. A couple of times with tequila and mariachi.
4. What is something you have always wanted to do, but have been too afraid to try?
I have always wanted to sing in musicals. But I am afraid to even sing at the Karaoke by myself. I need always someone with me to make a duet. I need singing lessons.
I have always wanted to sing in musicals. But I am afraid to even sing at the Karaoke by myself. I need always someone with me to make a duet. I need singing lessons.
5. What is your most precious childhood memory and why is it so special to you?
I won with some friends and my brother a Halloween prize for dressing up as the real Ghostbusters. My brother was Slimer.
6. What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your life so far and how did you overcome it?
When I was at elementary school, I really wanted to enter the Tec de Monterrey High School but my parents were passing through a tough economical situation. My only chance was to win a 90% scholarship given to the top students in the city but my grades were not that good. I spend 2 years of my teen years being a real nerd to get that place. And I did it.
7. What is your favorite book or movie and why does it resonate with you?
As a movie that resonated with me, I think it is The Mask with JIm Carrey. During my teen years, I was a shy guy wanting to be extroverted, being great at the dance floor and getting the most beautiful girl without loosing my sense of humour.
As for a book, it might be “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach about a Seagull that loves to fly and forsakes everything in live to get the best flying techniques and in the way, develops an interesting spirituality. Pretty much it resonates with my own seek for perfection in what I do and the seek of spirituality in my own twisted way.
8. What is your favorite way to relax and unwind after a stressful day?
Lying at the floor of my house, stretching my legs by leaning them to the wall, peting my dog Rumba and playing videogames on my cell phone.
I won with some friends and my brother a Halloween prize for dressing up as the real Ghostbusters. My brother was Slimer.
6. What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your life so far and how did you overcome it?
When I was at elementary school, I really wanted to enter the Tec de Monterrey High School but my parents were passing through a tough economical situation. My only chance was to win a 90% scholarship given to the top students in the city but my grades were not that good. I spend 2 years of my teen years being a real nerd to get that place. And I did it.
7. What is your favorite book or movie and why does it resonate with you?
As a movie that resonated with me, I think it is The Mask with JIm Carrey. During my teen years, I was a shy guy wanting to be extroverted, being great at the dance floor and getting the most beautiful girl without loosing my sense of humour.
As for a book, it might be “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach about a Seagull that loves to fly and forsakes everything in live to get the best flying techniques and in the way, develops an interesting spirituality. Pretty much it resonates with my own seek for perfection in what I do and the seek of spirituality in my own twisted way.
8. What is your favorite way to relax and unwind after a stressful day?
Lying at the floor of my house, stretching my legs by leaning them to the wall, peting my dog Rumba and playing videogames on my cell phone.
9. What is something you are passionate about, but that others may find unusual or unexpected?
I have an obsession with writing the right name, year, genre and artist for all my mp3’s songs and adjusting the right date and title with my pictures both on my computer and on Facebook. In Facebook or Instagram I try even to put a title in English, French and Spanish. I enjoy doing it but I know it’s unexpected.
I have an obsession with writing the right name, year, genre and artist for all my mp3’s songs and adjusting the right date and title with my pictures both on my computer and on Facebook. In Facebook or Instagram I try even to put a title in English, French and Spanish. I enjoy doing it but I know it’s unexpected.
10. What is something you wish you could change about yourself and why?
Physically, I will like to be 5 centimeters taller and to have a skin less damaged by the sun. And with my personality, I will like to be able to nurture friendship more with the people I care. I will also like to be less workaholic.
Physically, I will like to be 5 centimeters taller and to have a skin less damaged by the sun. And with my personality, I will like to be able to nurture friendship more with the people I care. I will also like to be less workaholic.
11. What is something you are passionate about and how did you discover that passion?
It’s not a secret that dance is my passion. I started dancing for fun at parties when I was 12. But when I was 16, I skipped a class and a male friend invited me to his Tango dance class. There were more women than men so I ended up having to learn everything and I did quite good. I came back for more lessons. Then I saw a show with choreographies from Michael Jackson and I decided I wanted to audition for that group and actually to become a dancer. I got in the group, and in the dance classes, the teacher invited me to help him teaching classes. The rest is history.
12. Have you ever had a moment where you felt really alive? What were you doing at the time?
I was alone and lost in the middle of the night in a forest in Gujarat, India. I had no cell phone, my family was 20,000 km away from me; I didn’t speak the local language and I didn’t have fear. And I realize that if I didn’t have fear at that moment, I would not be fearfull never. I felt really alive and aware, living the moment.
13. What is something you have wanted to do for a long time, but have not yet achieved?
Travel to Argentina. In love, meeting “The One” if that even exists.
It’s not a secret that dance is my passion. I started dancing for fun at parties when I was 12. But when I was 16, I skipped a class and a male friend invited me to his Tango dance class. There were more women than men so I ended up having to learn everything and I did quite good. I came back for more lessons. Then I saw a show with choreographies from Michael Jackson and I decided I wanted to audition for that group and actually to become a dancer. I got in the group, and in the dance classes, the teacher invited me to help him teaching classes. The rest is history.
12. Have you ever had a moment where you felt really alive? What were you doing at the time?
I was alone and lost in the middle of the night in a forest in Gujarat, India. I had no cell phone, my family was 20,000 km away from me; I didn’t speak the local language and I didn’t have fear. And I realize that if I didn’t have fear at that moment, I would not be fearfull never. I felt really alive and aware, living the moment.
13. What is something you have wanted to do for a long time, but have not yet achieved?
Travel to Argentina. In love, meeting “The One” if that even exists.
14. What is your idea of a perfect date and why?
When spontaneously you feel a deep connection with the other person. You can laugh together, talk for hours or be silent without feeling ackward. It could be eating churros at the street, or in the fanciest restaurant of Puerto Vallarta. In a perfect date, there is not this constant question bumping your head “What should I do next?” Everything happens organically.
15. What is the most important lesson you have learned from a past relationship?
It was hard for me to say “I Love You” because I felt too vulnerable and in a loosing position. I have slowly learnt to say what I feel.
It was hard for me to say “I Love You” because I felt too vulnerable and in a loosing position. I have slowly learnt to say what I feel.
16. What is something you find challenging, but rewarding at the same time?
Now that I’m aging, being able to keep up with the long hikes and the dance jumps and stretches that I was able to do before. It might be more challenging as I grow older, but it’s great that I can still do it.
Now that I’m aging, being able to keep up with the long hikes and the dance jumps and stretches that I was able to do before. It might be more challenging as I grow older, but it’s great that I can still do it.
17. What is something you’ve always wanted to learn or try, but haven’t had the chance yet?
To sing, to break dance, to speak German and Japanese.
To sing, to break dance, to speak German and Japanese.
18. What would you change about the world if you could?
I will love that people be more conscious about the impact humans do to the ecology and reduce their footprints: Produce less trash, pollute less the oceans, have less children, walk more, care more about bees and trees, etc.
I will love that people be more conscious about the impact humans do to the ecology and reduce their footprints: Produce less trash, pollute less the oceans, have less children, walk more, care more about bees and trees, etc.
19. What is something you find beautiful or inspiring, and why?
I find all forms of art inspiring: Music, dance, paint, sculptures, theather, etc. I find art is what separates us from animals and what makes us valuable as a specie. Art inspires people to get in touch with their emotions and unifies people from different nations.
I find all forms of art inspiring: Music, dance, paint, sculptures, theather, etc. I find art is what separates us from animals and what makes us valuable as a specie. Art inspires people to get in touch with their emotions and unifies people from different nations.
20. What is your biggest dream or goal in life and what steps are you taking to achieve it?
My goal has been to inspire as many people as possible to change their lives in a positive way through dance. And now, I should add, I love to be an ambassador of my country as I show foreigners all the natural beauties of Puerto Vallarta. My steps are to keep in this direction, make it profitable, keep in shape and keep smiling to life.
My goal has been to inspire as many people as possible to change their lives in a positive way through dance. And now, I should add, I love to be an ambassador of my country as I show foreigners all the natural beauties of Puerto Vallarta. My steps are to keep in this direction, make it profitable, keep in shape and keep smiling to life.
Thanks!
Israel Andalón 
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