{"id":126,"date":"2006-11-28T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T15:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/marcos_test\/?p=126"},"modified":"2006-11-28T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2006-11-28T15:38:21","slug":"the-tropical-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/28\/the-tropical-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tropical Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing beats a view from a tropical beach with a cold drink in your hand during summer. I mentioned &#8216;tropical&#8217; to refer to any part of the world where the weather seems to be mostly humid and partly rainy, most of the year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">There&#8217;s always a certain charm to these places that defy explanation &#8212; no matter how hard luck the countries these places are mostly situated in. What can be simpler than a view of the ocean, some tropical flora and the occasional breeze, where you ponder upon your state of existence?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Ah, there are more pressing matters than these reflections. There are bills to pay, phone calls to make and e-mails to answer. But, then again, where are all of these &#8216;important things&#8217; going to lead me to when my life is over?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Had we all fallen to the trap of the centrifugal effect in the circle of life? Sucking us in to conform to the norms of man-made society?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Our existence, maybe, is like the ocean that ebbs and flow but, sooner or later, momentarily assumes the form of where the shift of the Earth leads it to. \u00a0Maybe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>note: \u00a0Ported \u00a0from my original, June 15, 2004 entry at Google&#8217;s Blogger <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing beats a view from a tropical beach with a cold drink in your hand during summer. I mentioned &#8216;tropical&#8217; to refer to any part of the world where the weather seems to be mostly humid and partly rainy, most of the year. 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