Friday's Feast #04

Appetizer - What is your favourite beverage?
I don't drink alcohol, so I have to go for the obvious choice: Coca-Cola. Particularly, Diet Coke or Coke Zero. Unfortunately, because: a) I can't stop drinking it and b) it's making my belly even bigger.

My second choice would be mate, specifically mate in tea bags ("mate cocido", in Spanish). I drink a lot of those at work.

Soup - Name 3 things that are on your computer desk at home or work.
At work:

1. A few rocks from the beaches of Quequén, the Argentine city my family comes from (and which is a twin city with Necochea, my hometown).
2. At least one drawing and one picture from each one of my four kids.
3. A toy car (a Jeep, specifically) on top of my laptop's docking station.

Salad - On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how honest do you think you are?
Definitely a 9 or a 10. I have no secrets at all with my wife, and I'm very honest with everybody else. Which sometimes causes me some grief, of course. I learned that it's way better never to lie to my kids. They will come back to ask me the same question again, and they have way better memory than me.

Main Course - If you could change the name of one city in the world, what would you rename it and why?
I live in Waterloo, Ontario. Our twin city here is Kitchener, which changed its name from Berlin after WWI. I guess I would like the city name to go back to "Berlin", but I understand it's practically impossible, since it's been so long, most people have only known this city by its second name.

I will have my hometown eventually renamed after me, but that will be long after I die. If I decide to die one day...

Dessert - What stresses you out? What calms you down?
Things that stress me out:

• Whenever my wife or kids are sick.
• When my kids are unhappy at school or feel lonely.
• When I feel I have nothing to do at work.
• When I think about all the money we owe.

Things that calm me down:

• Watching TV late at night with my wife, both sitting together and covered with a blanket.
• Listening to classical music, especially Chopin's waltzes.
• A hug from any of my kids.
• When my little daughter hugs me in her sleep.

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