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Category Archives: Cultural Exploration
What’s Up, Chile? and Related Musical Adventures
On the Giants: I hate being right, though this is a classic example of the difference between reading about a game afterward and actually getting to watch it. Why did they take Sadowski out so early, giving up one run … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Giants, jazz, music, rap, Santiago Radio, The Whole Empanada, What's Up Chile?
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Pucón: Hot Springs, Cold Winters and Zip Lines
In a spur-of-the-moment decision, I decided to head to Pucón for the weekend with a group of friends, other La Chile students who apparently like me felt the sting of a short break. After begging off work for the next … Continue reading
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Tagged black sand beaches, Brits, cama, downtown, hot springs, Italian, Los Polzones, Mexican food, Pucon, semi-cama, skydiving, termas, Tree House Hostel, Tur Bus, zip-lining
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This will be a long post of highs and lows.
Before this post truly begins, a short note. The last few days have been filled with both extraordinary fun and hair-pulling frustrations. I will describe the happy moments in full detail, but first, a short rant (chee chee to follow). … Continue reading
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Tagged Advanced Chorale, audiobook, behavioral economics, cold, Dan Ariely, FREE, freezing, Giants, Internet, New York, Nuts4Nuts, Pucon, Riverside Church, Santiago Radio, Santiago Times, snow, TED, There's a rickroll hidden somewhere in this post, weather, wine, wine is good
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Zarchy: First Month Part II
For those few intrepid souls who made it to the end of the last post, I question your sanity as much as I value your readership, so thank you. The last few days have been really interesting working for the … Continue reading
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Tagged andrés velasco, apple, computer, ibook g4, mac, rambo, santiago, Santiago Times, valparaíso, velasco
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One Month Reflections: On Power, Journalism and Pool
“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.” Boy, ain’t that the truth. And as I’m pretty sure the great thinker Kareem Abdul-Jabar was trying to say, in our time, when your … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Giants, journalism, one month, reflections, santiago, Travel
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City in a Valley Surrounded by Mountains… Press?
Attempt 2: Rewriting is really hard, but I’ll do what I can. So even though CVSMP doesn’t have as nice of a ring to it as my old newspaper, it seems I’ve found a place that I like to get … Continue reading
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Tagged CHIP, CHP, Giants, journalism, Machu Picchu, Peru, pool, Santiago Times
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1810, commonly known as the Year of the Physical Challenge
As I sit here watching this craziness, I feel like this cultural phenomenon is something that has to be shared. Tonight, a virtual holiday throughout Santiago, is the finale of 1810, a popular reality show that’s something like a combination … Continue reading
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Tagged 1810, 1910, craziness, Daddy Yankee, hamster wheels, Mooch, reality shows, Survivor, television, TV
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On Language, Esotericism, Salmon, and Latin American Health Care
So a few things, and the first and probably most important content of this post are the results of my trip to the doc. Details to come, but the crux of it is: I do not have pneumonia, I do … Continue reading
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Tagged asthma, bachelet, doctor, empanada, health care, ILP, La Católica, medicine, mushroom, pharmacy, salmon, swine flu
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The Young and the Restless: Santiago
Happy Lady of Carmen Day, everyone! Chileans love their holidays, and today we have the day off. Which of course means that we have class on Saturday to make up for it, but whatever. A day off is a day … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, ccr, creedence clearwater revival, drug, guitar, holiday, live music, micro, public transit
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Back From the Beach: A Summary
Full update to come, for now a few key highlights: • Beach at night • Pasta with crazy sauce (with crazy) • wine • the Pacifier / Rambo – the two movies that can be most easily translated to Spanish … Continue reading