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Plan Ahead...: November 2011
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Wednesday, November 16, 2011. A little bit of update. The receptionist job they offered P earns the same as a bellboy; the bellboy receives tips and doesn´t have to say a single word to the customers, while they wanted P as a receptionist because he speaks 3 languages. Where´s the balance here? We were indignant about it, and of course P rejected the job, but later I reflected on something that happened our first week in Manuel Antonio:. And he t...
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Plan Ahead...: A little bit of update
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Wednesday, November 16, 2011. A little bit of update. The receptionist job they offered P earns the same as a bellboy; the bellboy receives tips and doesn´t have to say a single word to the customers, while they wanted P as a receptionist because he speaks 3 languages. Where´s the balance here? We were indignant about it, and of course P rejected the job, but later I reflected on something that happened our first week in Manuel Antonio:. And he t...
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Plan Ahead...: February 2010
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Saturday, February 6, 2010. As the (Personal) World Turns. Later, I thought about a story of my American friend M*, whose Spanish b/f is really outdoorsy and likes to go hiking and trampling through the woods and stuff. M* and I come from the same basic city background, where it's just not normal to go out in the nature and hang around (no electricity? Then what's there to DO out there? Dropping 7 pants sizes simply by walking instead of driving!
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Plan Ahead...: Lessons Not Only Taught
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Saturday, February 5, 2011. Lessons Not Only Taught. Often confuses me - I see many days or even months spent in confusion, time spent lost in foreign languages and trapped inside myself like a child. I see a young woman who´s often so insecure as to push people away by instinct, keeping them at arm´s length, while paradoxically looking for only a little recognition or reward for simply being herself. More importanly, could I? The answer to this ...
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Plan Ahead...: From tinto to guaro in only a month!
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Tuesday, October 4, 2011. From tinto to guaro in only a month! Good to know: I prefer the tinto hangover to the guaro - at least I know a good cure for the red wine hangover (eat a raw tomato before bed, licopene, apparently)! How did these changes begin? Why Costa Rica, then? On that front, I´ve got one major lead on an online English company - small world: an American girl I met through Craigslist when apartment-searching actually works fo...
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Plan Ahead...: July 2010
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Thursday, July 15, 2010. As in, my waist line : ). I´m planning my first trip home to the US of A in over 2 years (less than 2 weeks away)! Of course included in my food tour is visiting absolutely everyone that I can. Since who knows when I´ll get to come back. I´ll need to get creative and incorporate visits and food since I´ve only got 2 weeks.omg, I´m gonna gain 20 pounds! What I´ve been missing for almost two years:. Eats and Drinks USA:.
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Plan Ahead...: Lessons of Semana Santa, Fourth time ´round
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Saturday, April 23, 2011. Lessons of Semana Santa, Fourth time ´round. My first year here, I remember forcing myself out of a hostal bed with Matt, my travel companion, on Easter Sunday of all days, just to get to the main cathedral and see the procession and mass there (once in a lifetime, right? I guess we can make this one exception and go to church on Sunday! Is contracting an infection a worthy price for their spiritual well-being? Seville a...
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Plan Ahead...: February 2011
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Saturday, February 5, 2011. Lessons Not Only Taught. Often confuses me - I see many days or even months spent in confusion, time spent lost in foreign languages and trapped inside myself like a child. I see a young woman who´s often so insecure as to push people away by instinct, keeping them at arm´s length, while paradoxically looking for only a little recognition or reward for simply being herself. More importanly, could I? The answer to this ...
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Plan Ahead...: October 2009
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Friday, October 9, 2009. People Who Need People. I'm in a strange state of ambivalence at the moment - one part of me feels like it wants to stay inside and watch old movies, cook a good meal and drink some good wine, while the other is frantic and anxious for any opportunity to run hysterically from the quiet comfort of my house. Do I need professional help, or just a good gal pal? Sunday, October 4, 2009. A little gloom never hurt anybody.
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Plan Ahead...: June 2009
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Travel chronicles of potential success(and other stories). Wednesday, June 17, 2009. And then there was blah. Anyway, here's to making the most of what little time you have left! A random anecdote from today:. I was eating lunch on a bench near my bus stop today, sitting in the shade, when a well-dressed Spanish man of about 50 years old or so walked up to me and hovered close to my face, staring quizically into my sunglasses. I had my earphones in and probably shouted bit, "Desculpa? Do you want to work?
