In certain rural areas of Colombia, children say that milk comes from cows and knowledge comes from donkeys. It sound strange, but it’s true. Thanks to an ingenious teacher who decided to change his country through grass-roots education, war-torn children are learning how to read and write. Since he was a kid, he was attracted [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Biblioburro – A Donkey Library
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Biblioburro, Burros, Children, Colombia, Donkeys, Education, Learning, Luis Humberto Soriano, Violence, War-Torn Children on November 30, 2010 | 8 Comments »
A Christmas Choir
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Amusement, Children, Choirs, Christmas, Christmas Trees, Decorations, Fun, Malls, Panama, Smiley on November 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Christmas atmosphere is rapidly taking over the city. Last week all our supermarkets were full of Canadian Christmas trees which will soon light our living rooms. My wife told me, prices ranged between $78 and $99 for a large tree. That is a dramatic comparison with $15-$30 trees back in the eighties. We won’t [...]
The Christmas Season is Here
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Christmas, Christmas Trees, Commerce, Decorations, Metromall, Panama, Retail, Shopping, Tourism on November 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve noticed that lately, the Christmas Season starts earlier than previous years. In an effort to boost their sales, local retailers are decorating their venues with all sorts of Christmas attractions. This colorful paraphernalia is a sure measure to attract customers to the cash registers. The same phenomenon is happening in the States. Yesterday I [...]
A Christmas Trio
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Cellphones, Christmas, Malls, Panama, Photographs, Tourism on November 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
During my last visit to a local mall, I happened to find a group of three women struggling to photograph themselves with a cellphone. Tried as they did, the photograph was elusive. I volunteered to take the shot and they were happy that I did. After taking the picture, I asked if they would pose [...]
Going Wireless
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Cable & Wireless, Cable Onda, Communications, Offices, Panama, Technology, Telephones, Wireless Telephony on November 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
After breaking with Cable & Wireless due to poor customer service, I plunged into wireless telephony and cable modem Internet connection provided by Cable Onda. That was roughly about a month ago. So far, the service has been better than expected. The Internet speed is a little over 4 MB and the audio quality of [...]
Celebrating Victory
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Baseball, Celebration, Children, Family, Parents, Sport, Trophies, Victory on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The San Cristobal baseball team is as happy as they can be. They won the fourth place in a recent baseball tournament in the city of Ciudad Radial in Panama City, Panama. It was the first time Abdiel participated in a formal baseball event. Everybody in the family is going over the moon for getting [...]
Victory
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Baseball, Championships, Panama, Players, Sports, Tournaments, Trophies, Victory on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There’s nothing sweeter than the taste of victory. Abdiel and his buddies know this first hand. He and his teammates won a trophy for obtaining the fourth place in a recent baseball championship for kids under the age of 7 years old. This category is known as Bing Bing and the name of the team [...]
Concentration
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Carrots, Children, Concentration, Food, Vegetable Shredders on November 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The “twisters” were home last week, and as usual, immediately made their presence known. Abdiel was hungry and dashed to the fridge to get something to eat. Like Bugs Bunny he went for the carrots. Karol followed suit. Abdiel has been a fan of eating raw carrots since he started “aiding” my wife Aura at [...]
A Blade of Grass
Posted in Photography, tagged Afghanistan War, Experiences, Life, Nature, Palm Trees, Panama, Perspectives, Photographs, Vegetation, Verdure, Vietnam War on November 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
In an effort to keep up to date with internal politics in the United States and other current international events, I usually watch C-Span several hours a day. This Internet TV stream is saturated with extremely useful information. One of my favorite programs of C-Span is Book Review which includes about an hour-long speeches and [...]
Grating and Shredding Raw Carrots
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Children, Concentration, Family, Play, Shredded Carrots, Values on November 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
