'It was the mother who explained to him that her daughter had said that he would never amount to anything in life. He was shocked. He used to live on the 13th floor, and he wanted to throw himself off, but he held himself back and said, ‘No, I’m going to show her, this person, I’m going to work that much harder to show her who I am.’
Completing his studies at Pontifical Catholic University in Ponce, Rivera studied design and fine arts, and resolved to build his UFO house and make it with his own hands.
Purchasing the land in 2002 for $95,000, Rivera spent the next ten years and $150,000 constructing his unusual futuristic home - even wiring it up to emit the famous five tone signature theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The spot he picked is visible for miles around by drivers on the passing highway and Rivera intentionally chose the hillside so that the unnamed girl who broke his heart would see the UFO home and know that he had amounted to something.
Scrimping and saving over the ten years it took him to build the house, Rivera fitted out his home not with expensive high tech appliances, but with dollar-store ashtrays made to resemble antennae and used $1.99 salad bowls for his flashing light fixtures.
As the fame of his alien house on the hillside grew in the surrounding area, Rivera received an unusual visit four years ago in the dead of night - the girl who had broken his heart 40-years ago.
During those years he had married, had two children and divorced himself, but his first love called him up out of the blue and he invited her to see the home which he had built with any piece of scrap metal he could find.
The octagon home was in its final stages of completion and the girl was so impressed she told Rivera that she wanted to get back together with him, but Rivera knew that finally his feelings for the girl had gone and turned her down.
Satisfied that he had completed what he promised himself he would, Rivera, who claims he has no interest in science-fiction has advice for anyone who finds himself in the same predicament. 'You should never say to any human being, 'You can never accomplish anything in life.'
【资讯快讯】
为了兑现自己40年前对前女友许下的承诺,58岁的波多黎各工艺美术教师里维拉建造了一幢UFO形房子。报道称,40年前里维拉是个穷学生。他曾向当时的女友承诺,要为他们两人建一栋UFO形房子。但女友嫌他穷抛弃了他。这令里维拉伤心欲绝。
虽然已和女友分手多年,但里维拉始终没有忘记当初的承诺。他于2002年买下一块土地,花费10年时间,建造了这栋充满科学幻想的“UFO屋”。据悉,里维拉的前女友看到房子后欲破镜重圆,但里维拉对她已没有感情,一切已是覆水难收。
雅思听力中的动物学知识点
60个雅思听力核心必备词汇
雅思听力:新生报到场景详细解析
雅思听力技巧备考之熟悉澳洲口音
雅思听力笔记:学习方法
雅思听力高分必备三要素
雅思听力词汇:图书馆场景
每天17分钟 轻松练习雅思听和说
雅思听力笔记:常考场景
雅思听力笔记:技巧训练-计量和货币单位
浅谈雅思听力中的海外生活问题
雅思听力笔记:做题原则
影响雅思听力考试成绩的6大因素
雅思听力笔记:问答题
雅思听力笔记:技巧训练-分数、小数、百分比
雅思听力笔记:基本要求
名师指点:雅思听力全面备考策略
雅思听力笔记:技巧训练-电话号码
雅思听力笔记:地图题
支招雅思听力单项选择题之预测法
雅思听力考试中的澳洲口音介绍
雅思听力高分六大注意事项
雅思听力中详情规律的原则
雅思听力得分点:动物学知识
雅思听力笔记:搭配题
雅思听力笔记:基本技巧
如何应对雅思听力最关键的考查项目
雅思听力笔记:需要注意的问题
雅思听力笔记:问题
高效利用雅思听力时间的方法
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |