GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 42 - October 2018

GPWA AFFILIATE INTERVIEW SERIES Juan David Vargas Quiceno Vargoso and the impressive sunsets where I got engaged. It is perfection! When you need to get as far away fromwork as possible, where do you go? I love the all-inclusive experience. I love going to a good hotel for a week and doing nothing — maybe just extending my hand for another mojito. What are your pet peeves? I do ev- erything by the book! If the traffic light is red, you cannot pass by, even if there are no cars. I cannot stand when people do not follow these small rules that make everyone’s life easier. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you take with you and why? Does my wife What do you do with your spare time? I loooooove music. It’s my biggest passion. I’m starting a CD collection (it’s not very easy, because record shops are disappearing). So seeing my collection, listening to some good old songs, it’s one of my favorite hobbies. I like classic rock, like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. And if there is a concert in my country, no matter where it takes place, for sure I’ll be there! What did you dream of doing, both professionally and personally, when you were a kid? I always imagined myself as a science person. You know, a serious guy with a white robe mixing some weird chemicals. I studied engineering, so I changed the white coat for a helmet, but that works too. And I always pictured myself as a family guy, with my wife, kids and pets. Now, I have my wife and pets, so the dream is coming true. If you won $10 million playing the lottery tomorrow, what would you do? I would book a cruise with all my family and friends, and I would throw a big party! Now, more seriously, after mak- ing some safe investments for the future, helping my family and some homeless pet foundation would be something I definitely would do. What were you like in high school? Very thin. I mean it. Today my weight is 70 kg and in high school was 50 kg. Seriously speaking, I was actually very nerdy, with big glasses and without a girlfriend. If someone from out of town were visiting you, what’s the one place you’d definitely take them to see? I would definitely arrange a trip to an area called “Eje Cafetero” (Coffee Area). There are so many local and great things to see there, from nature (Nevado del Ruiz is a great place!) to traditional lit- tle towns (Salento, Filandia), and very friendly people everywhere. We have our own “sunset factory” in Manizales. Not to mention the great food and huge plates. If you come to Colombia, be sure to have your stomach ready, because we eat a lot! And of course, Cartagena, the eternal walled city with the ocean sound count as an item? Haha! I would take a blank notebook, a pen and an iPod. I cannot live without music or writing. If you could invite any five people, living or dead, to dinner, who would they be? Steve Jobs, Emiliano Zapata, Fernando Vallejo, Joaquín Sabina and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Name three things that people reading this magazine don’t know about you. 1. Give me a charcoal grill and beer, and I will cook delicious food for 30 people and actually enjoy doing it. 2. I’m a complete technology geek. I have no glasses now, but I really de- serve them! 3. I was a vegetarian for six years. If you can trust your affiliate manager , you can build a long-term relationship . . . If there is honesty in the atmosphere, success will come . G P W A t i m e s . o r g 52