Jan

Tina’s language follies

Posted by Tina Published in Spanish language, funny

My ears were playing tricks on me yet again. This conversation yesterday was all in Spanish but you’ll get the idea.
J: A lot of people are coming to my neighborhood tonight because there is un recital del tonchon.
Me: Because of what?
J: El Tonchon.
Me: El What?
J: El Tonchon.
Me: I don’t understand.
J: Never mind, I’ll show you [...]

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Jan

New Day, New Beginning

Posted by Tina Published in america

This is a very important, historic day for my country.
I’m watching it all live, thanks to CNN online.
Welcome to the White House, Barack Obama.

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Jan

Daily Law of Attraction Quotation

Posted by Tina Published in Me

(This is one of many daily quotes I like to read from abraham-hicks.com.)
Make more decisions in every day. Because a decision is a summoning of life. That’s why a little chaos is good for you, because often you don’t make a decision until you get yourself in a jam. And then, in the middle of [...]

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Jan

2009 – lots to do

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, Italia, Me

So I’ve been here almost a year. Feb 2nd is the day I arrived. It’s amazing to think about that.
I was able to stay and do what I do because of my online work as a translator. When I knew I wasn’t going back to Seattle, I was relaxed because I already had my job [...]

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Jan

Getting change for the bus is about to get trickier…

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires, monedas

As if we didn’t already have enough of a challenge getting 1-peso worth of coins together for the bus (which only accepts coins by the way, and there is no bus pass, no magnetic card, you’d better have your coins. And by the way there is a coin shortage too), it’s about to get a [...]

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Jan

Stayin’ Cool

Posted by Tina Published in Buenos Aires

The internet at home stopped working so I wandered up to a cool cafe in my neighborhood. It’s not your typical Buenos Aires cafe. It feels more like a cafe in Seattle or Berkeley. It’s very open and spacious, light and airy, gorgeous dark wooden tables, exposed brick walls on two sides, very interesting decorations… [...]

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Jan

Happy New Year

Posted by Tina Published in Me

It’s been so long since I’ve written. Please don’t think I’ve forgotten you, it’s just that life has been so full of… things lately, change, movement, all kinds of activity. My aunt visited during the New Year and we had a tranquil beginning to 2009 (2009!) on the balcony of her rented apartment, along with [...]

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