“Deer” Readers Series 1.4

Where are going those two guys walking??  To take a class!!

These deer live in the gardens of a local College, Tec de Monterrey.

They are roaming freely, sometimes being right in the path of the students (or maybe is the other way around).



¿¿A dónde van esas 2 personas caminando?? ¡¡ A clase !!

Estos venados viven en los jardines de una Universidad local, el Tec de Monterrey.

Van libres por el campus, incluso algunas veces en el camino de los estudiantes (o tal vez los estudiantes en el camino de los venados).

“Deer” Readers Series 1.3

Here's more background to help you guess where these deer live...



Algo más de fondo para que tengan una idea donde viven estos venados...

“Deer” Readers Series 1.2

Here they are sharing a drink.

Where do you imagine they are?? Any ideas from the background?


Aquí están compartiendo una bebida.

¿Dónde creen que están? ¿Alguna idea con el fondo?

“Deer” Readers Series 1.1

A nice sightseeing, a deer right in the middle of the City.

In the following days, more details will become available.


Una bonita vista, un venado dentro de la Ciudad.

En los días siguientes habrá más detalles al respecto.

The Eye

This is the dome that covers a pool inside the Tec de Monterrey main campus.

It is entirely closed except for this part in the center from which the daylight enters to lighten the pool.

Looks like an eye, doesn't it?


Este es el domo que cubre una alberca dentro del campus principal del Tec de Monterrey.

Está completamente cerrado excepto por esta parte en el centro de donde entra la luz del día para iluminar la alberca.

Parece un ojo, ¿no?

The Other Face

Yesterday I introduced you to this sculpture, which is located in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon's (UANL) main campus.

The real reason to do so was that I wanted to show you today's photo. It the same sculpture, only from a different angle so you can see other of the faces... and also its new look by being painted in yellow, which I think makes it stand out even more.



Ayer les presenté esta escultura, que está ubicada en el campus principal de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL).

La verdadera razón de ponerla era porque quería mostrarles la foto del día de hoy. Es la misma escultura, sólo que desde un ángulo diferente para que pudieran ver otra de sus caras... y también su nueva imagen al estar pintada de amarillo, que creo hace que sobresalga aún más.

Tech Support

This is a sculpture in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon's (UANL) main campus. Is located right beside the Information Technology school and pretty close this building that I posted a few weeks ago.

It has 4 sides each featuring the same face, in this photo you are looking at two of them. If you look it from the top its like an plus sign. I'm not sure what it represents, communication maybe? what do you think?


Esta es una escultura en el campus principal de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL). Está justo a un lado de la facultad de Informática y muy cerca de este otro edificio que publiqué hace algunas semanas.

Tiene 4 lados cada uno con la misma cara, en esta foto pueden ver 2 de ellos. Si la ven desde arriba es como un signo de suma. No estoy seguro que representa, ¿talvez comunicación? ¿Qué opinan?

Philosophy Major

The UANL (University of Nuevo Leon) is a public college that also happens to be the biggest in the State, with around 115,000 active students in all.

Each major has its own school inside the UANL's big campus, each one with its own sub-identity. Every student or alumni is known as a Tiger, but the sub-identities are as varied as the majors offered.

Here is the mascot from the School of Philosophy, the unicorn.

In future posts I'll show you some others mascots.

La Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León  (UANL) es una universidad pública que también es la más grande del Estado, con alrededor de 115,000 estudiantes en total.

Cada carrera tiene su propia escuela dentro del gran campus de la UANL, y cada una con su propia sub-identidad. Cada estudiante o ex-estudiante es conocido como un Tigre, pero las sub-identidades son tan variadas como la oferta de carreras.

Esta es la mascota de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, el unicornio.

En futuras entradas les iré poniendo algunos otros.

Alfonsine Chapel

This is a library from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL).

According to their website, it's called “Chapel” for being a sanctuary for culture, literature and knowledge.

The other part of the name, “Alfonsine”, its dedicated to Alfonso Reyes who is one of the most outstanding Regios (that's the name given to people born in Monterrey) in history and whose personal library is inside the building.


Esta es una biblioteca de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL).

De acuerdo a su página, se le llama “Capilla” por ser un santuario para la cultura, literatura y el conocimiento.

La otra parte del nombre, “Alfonsina”, está dedicada a Alfonso Reyes que es uno de los Regios (así se le llama a los nacidos en Monterrey) más destacados de la historia y cuya biblioteca personal se encuentra dentro del edificio.

New Metro Station

This is one of the newest Metro Stations in the City, right beside the Nuevo Leon's Autonomous University (UANL - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon) the State University. 

They all have this wavy kind of style and had been cause of protests since the City Council decided to make this Metro line over the streets reducing the space to drive. Also it took a couple of years to complete in which the streets were almost closed entirely.

Esta es una de las nuevas estaciones de Metro en la Ciudad, justo al lado de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), la Universidad Estatal.

Todas las estaciones nuevas tienen este estilo ondulado y han causado protestas debido a que la Ciudad decidió hacer esta línea de Metro sobre la calle, reduciendo el espacio para manejar. También estuvo en construcción durante casi 2 años en los que la calle estuvo cerrada casi por completo.

The Mascot

This is a sculpture of Tec de Monterrey's Mascot, a Ram.

The sport teams are known as the Wild Rams (Borregos Salvajes). The most sucessful is the American Football program which has reached the Championship Game the last 12 seasons, winning 8 of those.


Esta es una escultura de la mascota del Tec de Monterrey, el Borrego.

Los equipos representativos se conocen como los Boregos Salvajes. El equipo más exitoso es el de Futbol Americano que ha llegado al Juego de Campeonato las últimas 12 temporadas, ganando 8 títulos.

Theme Day: Graffiti or street mural

Since this blog just went live yesterday, it was a little bit late to be an “official” participant of the Daily Photo Community Theme Day. Anyway, here is what would be my photo for March's Theme.  

It's the mural located just below the front entrance to the Chemestry Science School from the UANL (Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon), which is a public school and  the biggest college in the State with some 115,000 students.

Debido a que este blog empezó apenas ayer, ya era tarde para ser un participante “oficial” del Tema del Día de la Comunidad la Foto del Día. De cualquier manera, esta hubiera sido mi foto para el tema de Marzo.

Es el mural que está justo en la entrada principal de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas de la UANL (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), la cual es una escuela pública y la más grande del Estado con alrededor de 115,000 estudiantes.

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The only way to begin...

Welcome to the first post!

The only way I can imagine to show you my city is with its most important landmark: El Cerro de la Silla (The Saddle Hill). This is as seen from the ITESM or Tec de Monterrey as is most widely known.

The name comes from its shape, which seems like a horse saddle. This has become the “official logo” of the City and even for the State.

¡Bienvenidos al Primer Mensaje!

La única forma en la que puedo mostrarles mi ciudad es con su distintivo más importante: El Cerro de la Silla. Aquí es como se ve desde el Tec de Monterrey.

El nombre sale de la forma, la cual es como una silla de montar. Se ha convertido en el “logo oficial” de la ciudad e incluso del Estado.