Tener residencia permanente en Canadá permite vivir, trabajar y estudiar de forma indefinida. Además de salir y entrar al país sin restricciones, acceder a diferentes beneficios, como atención médica y social, precios más bajos para educación, acceso a créditos bancarios,(...)
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@wwaycorrigan As I’ve always said, it’s better (and more profitable for me!) to actually come to IQuiz “The Bogotá Pub Quiz” for real. Of course, for those not residing in Bogotá, physical attendance at the city’s top trivia night is next to(...)
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@wwaycorrigan An old friend once told me that in the world of gambling on horses, it’s best to be in one of two camps: The first is to know a lot about it, where you make an informed, “backed-up-by-facts” decision on your selection. The other is knowing nothing(...)
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@wwaycorrigan There is a general belief that ‘true’ journalism — the old, honest, non-fake news kind that is — and marketing don’t go together. Or, by definition at least, the former should always be very suspicious of the latter. A science versus religion(...)
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@radiobrendan Colombia’s powers-that-be place a fair amount of importance, in theory anyway, on improving the level of English here. There was even a ridiculously ambitious plan from the government to have the country bilingual by 2019. Still on track with that guys?(...)
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@radiobrendan There’s a scene in the Godfather Part II movie where a sick Hyman Roth, in Havana, is being seen by a Cuban doctor who only speaks Spanish. Before leaving, the doctor gives his instructions as to what Roth should do to recuperate. As this is being relayed in(...)
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@radiobrendan As a society, we tend to place a lot of value in higher education, especially in relation to the loftier institutions. On the face of it, this isn’t a bad thing. Generally, those who go through universities and the like go on to have much better lives, measured in(...)
@radiobrendan Well it may have seemed like a good idea at the time. In fact considering the pretty poor level of English in Colombia in general, most people probably have no issue with it, insofar as the meaning is lost on them. Plus, what it represents is something largely(...)
@radiobrendan Things have started to stabilise a little for me here of late. Well about as much as they can stabilise for somebody with a wanderlust mind in a not very reliable and at times frustrating country. Everything is relative. A major part of this stabilisation has been(...)
@radiobrendan There have been plenty of column inches, in Spanish, devoted to the poor level of English in Colombia. It’s something that the country’s leaders are keen to address. The first step of course in solving a problem is realising you have one, and just how(...)
