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Monthly Archives: June 2013

Day 274 of 1827: Meetup Misfires

Day 274 of 1827: Meetup Misfires

This morning, I bought a muffin at OK Market for breakfast.  The cost was 890 pesos.  I tried to give the cashier 1400 pesos, but she would only take my 1000 peso bill because she couldn’t figure out the point of the other 400. I did what I could to educate her, but either she ... Read More
 
Day 274 of 1827: Meetup Misfires

Day 274 of 1827: Meetup Misfires

This morning, I bought a muffin at OK Market for breakfast.  The cost was 890 pesos.  I tried to give the cashier 1400 pesos, but she would only take my 1000 peso bill because she couldn’t figure out the point of the other 400. I did what I could to educate her, but either she ... Read More
 
Day 273 of 1827: It Finally Happened

Day 273 of 1827: It Finally Happened

Tonight marked a major milestone in my Spanish development! So, remember the other day I met an expat-to-be and had an extended conversation in Spanish? You don’t?  That’s ok; I linked to the blog post in that last paragraph so that you can go back and read it. No, please — go ahead; I’ll wait. ... Read More
 
Day 273 of 1827: It Finally Happened

Day 273 of 1827: It Finally Happened

Tonight marked a major milestone in my Spanish development! So, remember the other day I met an expat-to-be and had an extended conversation in Spanish? You don’t?  That’s ok; I linked to the blog post in that last paragraph so that you can go back and read it. No, please — go ahead; I’ll wait. ... Read More
 
Day 271 of 1827: Almost Skydiving

Day 271 of 1827: Almost Skydiving

Over the course of my travels, I have always wondered what would happen if I missed my stop on a long-distance bus. Today, I got to find out. My friend Dan found an awesome deal with a skydiving company called (appropriately enough) Paracaidismo Chile, and he bought a tandem jump. He was supposed to go last ... Read More
 
Day 272 of 1827: Becoming the Person I Should Have Been

Day 272 of 1827: Becoming the Person I Should Have Been

I think I’ve got it all wrong. Shortly after I began my Five Years Abroad, I started noticing changes in myself.  Very quickly, I became more extroverted, more creative, more confident, more entrepreneurial… I really felt like I had transformed into a completely new person. But when I think back to my life in my ... Read More
 
Day 270 of 1827: Working on the Weekend

Day 270 of 1827: Working on the Weekend

One of the tricky things about being a freelancer is that you are in charge of your own schedule. I mean, it’s really awesome… but it can lead to having to make some pretty tough choices. For example, when a client needs some work done by Saturday night so that they can present it to ... Read More
 
Day 269 of 1827: Not as Easy as It Looks

Day 269 of 1827: Not as Easy as It Looks

Wow, facial hair is a lot more difficult to manage than I thought. I was fixing up my ghoti this morning, when I noticed the left side was a little… off. Hm… something doesn’t look quite right here.  Maybe if I trim it just a little bit… oh.  Well, that looks awful. Ummmmmm, let me ... Read More
 
Day 268 of 1827: Learning Spanish Vowels the Hard Way

Day 268 of 1827: Learning Spanish Vowels the Hard Way

As seems to be the case these days (and much to my annoyance, I might add), a super productive workday is unerringly followed by a rather unproductive workday. Yesterday was a super productive workday.  Guess what happened today. I grabbed lunch this afternoon with my Colombian friend at a surprisingly good Chinese restaurant near my ... Read More
 

Jobs Recovery? Keep Dreaming

Jobs Recovery? Keep Dreaming By Hard Assets Alliance Team By Justin Spittler, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? These are the opening lyrics of Queen’s epic rock ballad Bohemian Rhapsody. For years, rumors circulated about the meaning of this iconic song, including a popular theory that it was ... Read More