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Panamá, Old And New

December 13, 2008 – 7:35 pm | 18 Comments | 0 Read this

Panamá is a strange city, some­what a bit schiz­o­phrenic. Half of it is old, half of it is new. Any­thing in between is either demol­ished or in construction.

Buenos Dias Panamá!

December 11, 2008 – 7:26 pm | 15 Comments | 1 Read this

It’s a dif­fer­ent world here. Palm trees and coconuts, food stalls in the streets, peo­ple hang­ing out chat­ting at 3:00am, mil­i­tary and policía with machine guns at every cor­ner, tinted win­dows and bul­let proof doors…

Of Laundry And Losing Everything

November 20, 2008 – 4:17 pm | 23 Comments | 0 Read this

We didn’t do any­thing. Just tried to do some laun­dry. And yet, we ended up at the police sta­tion… and got into a big mess.

On The Road Again

November 19, 2008 – 3:52 pm | 30 Comments | 0 Read this

As much as I love Canada, I just can’t stand the idea of spend­ing another win­ter here. As much as I like my job, I just can’t teach another minute. As much as I love my nor­mal life, I need some freedom.