@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...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] As has been well documented on this blog, I’ve visited several rather similar Colombian towns — pueblos — over the last few years. Now, some cynical types might say that all Colombian towns are pretty...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] On occasions, according to some mental health experts, it can be good to just do nothing. Or the very bare minimum in any case. Indeed, the deft Dutch have a term for it: niksen, which literally means ‘to...
@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 […]
@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...
@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 impossible. So,...
@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...
@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...
@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...
@wwaycorrigan Considering I’ve had seventeen — that’s not including extended trips back to Ireland — house moves in Bogotá since I started living and working here in early 2012, one would think that I’ve become a master of the art of decluttering. OK, as a...
