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Comments for Benjamin Tirone Nunes http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Straight from the Mind by The Big G: You learn by saying, not thinking http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=449&cpage=1#comment-10028 The Big G: You learn by saying, not thinking Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:13:43 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=449#comment-10028 [...] Straight from the Mind [...]

]]> Comment on Straight from the Mind by Andi http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=449&cpage=1#comment-10009 Andi Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:37:52 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=449#comment-10009 I’m so proud of you for finishing a story, Sweetheart–keep up the good work!! <3

]]> Comment on Unpredictably Lucky by Ben http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390&cpage=1#comment-9792 Ben Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:08:03 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390#comment-9792 And of course, I disagree. But I’ll get to that in a minute.

This post isn’t just about luck, it’s also about Risk, and that is what I was talking about in relation to the Champions League Final. I was saying that Alex Ferguson made a risky decision that didn’t even seem like it could pay off. Barcelona wasn’t lucky, only in the case that they were lucky that they started a great “cantera” decades ago or something like that which got them most of the players they have now.

When it comes to Naked Wines, I am very lucky, and having the opportunity to go for that position I attribute solely to luck, using it was a little harder work. The guy I hosted, he lives in the next building to us in Portugal (also had my mum as an architect) and he didn’t buy the house at the start, he bought it a few years later when the owner was reselling it, and he didn’t even know the best advantages of the house when the owner sold it to him, because he wasn’t told. The fact that we met him, thus, was lucky. And from that point on we had to befriend him, get to know him, want him over at our house in London…Also, the only reason I went to LIWF was because I’d already finished uni for that year. And on top of that I missed a whole day because I didn’t get out of bed early enough. It was many factors where I was lucky, to have a friend who could invite me, to go there at all, to meet the winemaker, to see the name tag, to go to the dinner, etc. I believe that this is luck, it’s too many chance encounters to be fate, too many small things bits and pieces. The hard work came later, and it wasn’t what got me the opportunity to apply, but only clinched it for me. The connections I had were only luckily got in the first place. And I didn’t fuck it up.

]]> Comment on OYES: A Seat in the Sky by Kima http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=364&cpage=1#comment-9791 Kima Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:22:58 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=364#comment-9791 This looks horrible. Chairs when they are at their normal size are to be sat on, and that is it. I don’t understand why they couldn’t build a structure that is actually beautiful, as well as useful. They could do it, but they choose to build a monstrous chair? This thing is hideous, doesn’t bring any beauty to the skyline, and as you mentioned, it takes away a lot of sunlight and uses up a lot of energy. It will bring a lot of resources to people and as it is charity, it will help in a lot of ways and benefit people, but this is just ridiculous.

Think about this: If by horrible chance this thing collapses from bad structure or other means, how much damage will that cause to the skyline, the people, the city, the economy?

]]> Comment on Unpredictably Lucky by Kima http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390&cpage=1#comment-9790 Kima Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:51:43 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390#comment-9790 I don’t know that I believe so much in luck. I do believe in chances, destiny, fate. But not luck. To me luck is like flipping a coin and it gives you a 50/50 chance of landing on either heads or tails. We could always argue that it’s more than just ‘luck’ with flipping a coin; that it’s mostly about how you flip it, what angle you use, and if you practice at it long enough you’ll know exactly how it will land. But the majority of the time, you’re not the one flipping the coin, so your ‘luck’ lies in the hands of someone else, and I just don’t like to think that life is about luck. I think it’s more of destiny, chances, and fate. What is meant to happen will, no matter how much work you put into it. That isn’t luck though; that’s destiny and your fate.

When you mention the Champions League final, I don’t count Barcelona as lucky because they won. No matter who played in that game, what decisions were made, and how awful Man Utd lost, it’s not luck. It’s skill mixed in with bad and good decisions on the coaches’ parts.

You mentioned Naked Wines and how lucky you are to have hosted a dear friend of yours who went to London for the fair. I don’t see that as luck. I see it as knowing the right people. Look at your life, Ben, and I do not mean this in a terrible way in the least. Just take a look at your life and where you are right now. Do you truly think that parts of who you are and where you are right now are because of luck? I do believe you worked hard to get to where you are, but what your future holds also lies in the fact that you know people and you have great connections.

Sometimes it’s a comforting feeling to believe in something such as luck, but I don’t think we have luck to thank when something great happens.

I do say “I have such bad luck” but it’s become something so often used that for me it’s just a saying, and very little meaning behind it.

]]> Comment on Unpredictably Lucky by Shishir http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390&cpage=1#comment-9780 Shishir Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:13:39 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390#comment-9780 Hey Ben, really enjoyed it! It does hold true for most parts. I am a firm believer in destiny. Sometimes things happen when you are not expecting them to. Your encounter with naked vines in one of them. And yeah, one does put blame on the “unforeseeable circumstances”, and not that we might have been having a bad day :D

keep writing!

]]> Comment on Unpredictably Lucky by Anastasia Kichaeva http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390&cpage=1#comment-9765 Anastasia Kichaeva Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:54:56 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=390#comment-9765 haha i live with strategy like this since i entered to my uni in russia by chance. HSE is one of the most prestigious unis in our country but i was heading to the linguistic uni and didnt attend the HSE courses. took the exam just for the company with my friend. and guess what. before admission exams the conditions in MSLU changed and those who paid for preparing for one subject lost their money and had to pay for the other quickly. i was pissed off and decided to give it up. and to HSE i didn’t achieve only 1 point for pass and was preparing to be nowhere that year. BUT! they called me to the interwiew cause there were some free places for people with half-pass score. and I won it) now I finished HSE studying for free. of course I wrote the exam good w/o attending courses and did well in the interview but I was totally lucky)

good story, huh?) and i have loads of these in my pocket. the same for example is for me and Italy lol – by chance) that’s how I live) and dunno why it happens all the time but am used to it)

]]> Comment on Ode to Wine by Unpredictably Lucky http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=184&cpage=1#comment-9763 Unpredictably Lucky Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:57:16 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=184#comment-9763 [...] In May 2010 I attended, by invitation of a friend, the London International Wine Fair – which I wrote about here – and there I met a very fun winemaker from southern France. We started talking, and at one point [...]

]]> Comment on A word too many by Anastasia Kichaeva http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-9762 Anastasia Kichaeva Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:07:03 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=346#comment-9762 well, Putin makes exagerrated claims very often. the most well-known phrase of his is “we will soak the terrorists in toilets!” (in russian to soak also means to beat hard or to kill) and abt libyan situation: it seems that he cannot determine the regimes around the world. he claimed that the Libyan mentality is autoritarian cause it’s historically surrounded by monarchies and isnt comparable for example to Denmark that is a democracy. he meant of course the core but was awfully mistaken theoretically. all Libyan neighbors like Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt are legally republics whereas Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. thats why in Russia we have kinda “sovereign democracy” – means a constrained democracy. Putin doesnt care abt the borders of the regime, the only thing important for him is benefit that is available.

moreover making such claims in a part of his image) the same as Berlusconi and women. some people like it.

in football the policy is also important. you have to sacrifice smth less important in order to achieve more benefit. unfortunately benefit is everything in our world. *sob*

]]> Comment on OYES: A Seat in the Sky by Kaleigh http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=364&cpage=1#comment-9730 Kaleigh Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:08:56 +0000 http://benjamintironenunes.com/blog/?p=364#comment-9730 it is horrendous. i can’t believe somebody would scale up a chair by 1000 and just plonk it on cape town. complete disregard of it’s setting and of the people they aim at housing there. and maybe, JUST maybe, people in townships wouldn’t like to live there? don’t even want to get into why structurally this is seriously dodgy..

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