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Mariposa

Posted in Science and Technology, Thoughts, colombia, tagged , on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Butterfly.
What comes to your mind when you hear the word butterfly? Probably something beautiful.
I saw a really cool butterfly in Colombia that had clear wings… you could see right through them! How amazing is that? Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths, so they really are genetically speaking, quite similar.
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Granadilla at Urban Fare!

Posted in Vancouver, colombia, tagged , , , , , , , on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, I just made the most exciting fruit discovery of the year! My favourite fruit (next to Guanabana) from when I was living in Colombia is called Granadilla and Urban Fare sells it! Mind you they just call it a Passion Fruit — which is a fruit I actually hate –  because it is from [...]

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Double or Nothing

Posted in Books, Movies, Science and Technology, Writing, colombia, tagged , , , , , , , on October 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

So back onto this idea of twins or doubles existing. I was looking into Jose Saramago, the Portugese author of Blindness, which has been made into a movie that everyone seems to be talking about. I am one of those people that usually finds the book is better than the movie, so I am reading [...]

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Juanes – Me Enamora

Posted in Music, Spanish, colombia, tagged , , , on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Juanes es un fantastico cantante Colombiano, en You Tube encontré una parodia bastante comica de su canción Me Enamora, pero solo es buena si entiendes español.
Juanes is a fantastic Colombian singer and I found a funny parody of his song Me Enamora on YouTube, but it is only good if you understand Spanish…
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Viva Chihuahuas! No Mas!

Posted in Movies, Spanish, colombia, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My favourite Spanish language film is Amores Perros, produced and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, and written by Guillermo Arriaga, the duo responsible for 21 Grams and Babel, although I was not nearly as impressed with those films as I was with Amores Perros. One of the most engaging storylines in the film is with [...]

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