@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘I’m sorry, but we can’t accept that photocopy of your ID.’ ‘Eh, why not? It’s legible, isn’t it?’ ‘Oh, it is, it’s just it has to be enlarged to 150...
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Por: Wrong Way Corrigan@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘What is love?’ Those of a certain vintage may instantly think of the 1993 pop hit from Haddaway on hearing that question. It does, though, go back a little further. It has troubled the minds of our...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Having gone from a very casual cyclist in Bogotá to a more regular one over the last few months, I’ve become acquainted with the rush-hour hustle, in a part-time capacity in any case. The various...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] For some business people, the customer-is-always-right mantra is seen as a golden rule. It makes sense on numerous levels. For many if not most businesses, the goal is not only to keep current customers onside...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Getting used to the cultural quirks of one’s adopted land can take some time. Indeed, there are certain mores that the outsider may never fully understand or accept. From a Colombian perspective, this blog...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] It’s often how it goes. A person overcomes one addiction then another, for better or for worse, comes along to fill the void. (For background, see Coming clean on my Colombian.) China in my hand To be truly accurate — as I always strive […]
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Yes, we shall set them to work, but in their leisure hours we shall make their life like a child’s game, with children’s songs and innocent dance. Oh, we shall allow them even sin, they are...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Colombian tax reform. Many have tried it — or at least given helpful suggestions — but few have had much lasting success. The mere utterance of the phrase sends some folk into a paroxysm. In 2021, planned...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Friday the 13th. Considering all that’s happened since, some superstitious types — not me, I hasten to add — might deem it quite portentous that this was the date of the initial, tentative encounter...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] As the old adage goes, ‘never say never.’ So while I have let it be known that over the years I’ve grown quite tired of freelance English teaching since I first started such work in 2012, I...
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