[ENG] 79 years lighting. 🍪 ☕️ / [ESP] 79 años iluminando. ☕️ 🍪

     

Yesterday, my good friend, admired colleague, respected and dear neighbor, Professor Benjamín Sánchez Mujica @besamu (pseudonym he adopted by the first two letters of his name and surnames) had a birthday and for me and my family it is a privilege to celebrate together with him his 79 years of age and fruitful existence. On the morning of my friend Benjamín's birthday, my wife and I got up early, we took a shower, then she made his breakfast, my son's and mine; After breakfast, my wife and son went to work, I stayed in the apartment and immediately prepared my friend Benjamín a surprise breakfast: two empanadas filled with banana, cheese and ground beef, coffee and a very thick strawberry juice and tasty, when everything was ready I called him and he, very happy, tasted his food at dawn.

     

My friend Benjamin; was born in the city of Barquisimeto, Lara State - Venezuela on February 17, 1943. He did his first studies in his hometown, then moved to the capital city, Caracas, where he began his engineering studies at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) continuing them at the University of Michigan, United States (USA). My friend Benjamín or El Profe as we affectionately call him, also graduated in philosophy from the UCV, (mcl), did postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics in London and at the University of Barcelona in Spain. He obtained his master's degree in Philosophy of Science at the UCV and did his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science at the University of Barcelona, ​​Spain. Two years ago I made a semblance of my good friend @besamu from which I extract the text below. Semblance of a friend.

     

The professor is a man with extensive professional experience in the area of ​​teaching, research, and critical, logical, and analytical thinking. His outstanding academic-administrative activity began as Director of the Philosophy Institute of the UCV, in 1984-1986, then for nine consecutive years, from January 1991 to June 1999, he was Director of Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Education from the same University, on two occasions he was elected Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, 1999-2005, at which time he retired, but his work did not end because he immediately assumed the Directorate of International Relations of the Central University of Venezuela, for three years. Later he is coordinator of the Academic Committee of Postgraduate Philosophy (masters and doctorate) of the same university. In addition, he was occasional adviser to UNESCO for Latin America. He was a professor of logic and philosophy of science throughout his career in the different schools of his faculty; he was visiting professor of the doctorate in Architecture and in the doctorate of Physiological Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine; In addition, he taught classes in the doctorate of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, in the postgraduate course of the University of Zulia and in the Simón Rodríguez University. Showing at all times mysticism and dedication in his work. _{Semblance of a friend.}

     

My friend Benjamín's birthday celebration began the night before (February 16) when I made him one of the cakes he likes, the Tortalina, a cake made with the same mixture of wheat flour, brown paper and spices (cinnamon in branch and powder, cloves, guayabitas and star anise) with which the traditional black catalinas are made, highly appreciated by the Venezuelan palate.

     

At the end of breakfast we had a black coffee with a rich aroma and unmistakable decaffeinated flavor, then we stayed talking in a pleasant way for a while until it was time to say goodbye. At the end of the meeting, I sent a sincere prayer to God to grant good health and years of life to my friend, colleague and neighbor Benjamín Sánchez Mujica @besamu .