?? El turista dice: – Hola, ¿de dónde eres?
Le respondo: – Hola, soy de Costa Rica compa.

?? El turista : – Ah, la tierra de los nuevos narcos, la marihuana fácil , crímenes y sicarato.

El Tico (yo) – ¿Disculpeee?? es usted adicto, verdad?

?? El turista- No, ¿por qué?

El Tico (yo) : -Porque si usted fuera deportista nos habría identificado con Hanna Gabriels, Keylor Navas, Alejandro Morera , Andrea Sánchez , Andrey Amador, Nery Brenes etc.

?Y si usted fuera culto, me habría preguntado sobre nuestras culturas como los Bri bríes, los Cabecar, los Huetares o Chorotegas por ejemplo.

? Y si usted hubiese viajado me preguntaría por nuestras ruinas arqueológicas Monumento Guayabo , Ruinas en Cartago, ciudad colonial de Nicoya , o nuestras exhuberantes playas, incluso por nuestra biodiversidad de selvas, o bosques.

? Me habría identificado con nuestros gran escultor Jorge de Heredia, nuestro Premio Nobel Dr Oscar Arias, pintores como, Aquiles Bigot, Tomás Povedano, Enrique Echandi, o Francisco Amiguetti nuestros compositores: Julio Fonseca o Benjamín Gutiérrez, o nuestros escritores y poetas: Joaquín García Monge , Fabián Dobles o Carlos Luis Fallas, o nuestros inventores y científicos como el Dr Franklin Chang Díaz , Adelaida Chaverri o Clodomiro Picado.

? Y si usted fuera un gourmet me habría preguntado por la receta de los Tamales, el gallo pinto, la gallina achiotada, le merjungia, etc. Por nuestras bebidas: tres plumas, las águilas , los vinos artesanales, agua dulce y las cervezas.

? Sin embargo, con tristeza; veo que solo conoce al proveedor de su adicción.
Y me conoció a mi, simple labriego y sencillo.
Sólo quiero probarle que Costa Rica es mucho más de lo que la gente cree. Que somos muchos los costarricenses honestos, que incluso si no nos conoce le abrimos las puertas de nuestra casa y le encantará conocernos y visitarnos, porque Costa Rica es pura vida y aún muchísimo más maravilloso de lo que yo pueda contarle.

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Ivan Madrigal #exitosoivan #ticomagnate ..is a costarican, meaning that I live in Costa Rica. Graduated as an industrial engineer and later worked for my father businesses before having the great opportunity to have a small internship in England, at the company Vinten Broadcast that manufactures equipment for the broadcasting industry. After that I decided to learn another language and tried French. However the unstable labor market here forced me to try other career paths like sales and marketing, which I now self-study or implement. Also developed more experience in Customer Service at several Call centers like at IBM Business Transformation, working as Payroll manager for a company that downsized me, named Dana Corporation... later at Fujitsu, where its big account BellSouth, moved to other country.. and finally Hewlett Packard within their biggest account: Pfizer. Because I didn't want to miss my experience at UK dealing with broadcasting, I studied this career at INA which graduates high level technicians for Central America. Nevertheless, I am trying to make multinational companies recognize my degrees, and get in a position were I can be more productive and creative. But the truth, the best way to show my potential is by owning my business and create presence by networking with people. That´s why I am here, because I need to move on, leave my country for many years, and challenge my skills using new languages that I can learn gradually. There seems to be many obstacles for me to achieve this, but I will deal with this using time management and other tools. I wonder, when will be the time when I recover completly from my motorcycle accident and win the trial, before walking normally with a cane and finally dance... dance with the wolves. The wolves that are in MySpace and Facebook, for example, where I am profiled.