Yesterday we posted several photographs of small stands which benefit from the flow of customers who visit the market in search of a fresh catch of seafood. These humble vendors carry a variety of products such as lemons, nance bottles, avocados, cilantro leaves and so forth. Today I will share with you pictures of the [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Inside the Aisles of a Panama Seafood Market
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Business, Fishes, Food, Panama, Red Snapper, Seafood, Tourism, Vendors on October 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Around the Panama Seafood Market
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Building, Cilantro Leaves, Clams, Fish, Food, Japan, Lifestyles, Octopus, Seafood Market, Tourism on October 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I introduced the Panama seafood market by posting several pictures of the building located beside the Cinta Costera in Panama City, Panama. I also indicated the building was a donation from Japan to Panama as a gesture of goodwill between the two countries during the administration of Guillermo Endara. It was specifically designed for [...]
A Visit to a Seafood Market
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Buildings, Culture, Fishing, Food, Isthmus, Lifestyles, Panama, Sea, Seafood Market on October 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Panama is a narrow Isthmus located in Central America bathed by two of the largest oceans of the world, (e.g., Atlantic and Pacific Ocean). The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in world commerce through which merchandise from every corner of the world changes hands. We have a saying in Panama, “Panamá, [...]
Dribbling the Ball in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Beer, El Salvador, Fans, Food, Football, Panama, Photographs, Sports, Stadiums, Tourism on October 9, 2010 | 5 Comments »
In an effort to capture the action of a football game in Panama, I went to the Rommel Fernández Stadium at Juan Díaz. Before I go on, let me clarify that in this neck of the woods, football is the equivalent of soccer in the United States. Panama is becoming addicted to this game, after [...]
Cute Little Poem: The Raisin and the Almond
Posted in Literature, tagged Almonds, Literature, marriage, Poem, Raisins on October 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“Said the Almond to the Raisin, Don’t you think we ought to marry? I am sure ‘twould be as well, though you have lost your juices, and I have lost my shell.” From: Dining Room and Kitchen, 1894
Quotes
Posted in Quotes, tagged Adventurers, Arabia, Dreams, History, Lawrence of Arabia, Leaders, Quotes, Visionaries on October 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” T.E. Lawrence, a.k.a Lawrence of [...]
The Disposable Economy
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Durable Goods, Economy, Fans, Manufacturing, Microsoft, Obsolescence, Products, Quality, Windows 95 on October 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Back in the Fifties and Sixties I remember buying things that lasted for a very long time. They were called durable goods because they defied time. We had fountain pens, washing machines, automobiles, clothes, watches, electric fans, shoes and a trillion other goods which were made to survive the tear and wear of users. Nowadays, [...]
Major Web Browsers’ Global Markeshare – September 2010
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Chrome, Firefox, Global Market Share, Internet, Internet Explorer, Opera, Software, Web Browsers on October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m a curious guy. As far as I can remember, I was always asking all sorts of questions to my parents. Why do we have waves? Why are mountains blue? How do stones have babies? Asking…always asking. This is a habit that will stick with me as long as I breathe. That explains why I [...]
Orbiting Around Money
Posted in Movies, tagged Banking, Cinépolis, Financial Meltdown, Greed, Manhattan, Metro Mall, Money, Movies, Oliver Stone, Theaters, Wall Street on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During my heyday years, I was a consummate movie fan. I lived a few blocks from the Lux Theater at Avenida Perú, so this venue was my second home. Then I got married, and slowly detached myself from the silver screen. Yesterday, I decided to return to a motion movie venue in an effort to [...]
Obsolescence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Akio Morita, Electronics, Internet TV, News, Obsolescence, Sony, Technology, Television Sets on October 3, 2010 | 12 Comments »
As technology advances in strides, old products fall into obsolescence. What do I mean by that? Any good dictionary worth its salt will define obsolescence as “a process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date.” Example: A policy of planned obsolescence. Last Sunday, my old Sony RGB 23″ analog TV set [...]
