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September, 2015 I'm in a new apartment, and more students
September 4, 2015
I'm in a new apartment, yay! I was living in an old 1-bedroom apartment for the last 2 years, and it wasn't bad, just old. It was in a decent middle-class neighborhood. But now I am in a new apartment, just build 2 years ago, in a northern neighborhood I suppose would be considered upper middle-class or upper-class. It's a large studio apartment with very nice tiled floor, built-in closet and bookshelfs, the counter around the sink and 2-burner gas stove burners is coriander.
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Google data, new students, learning spanish
July 23, 2015
Do you have a Google account? Most likely. Are you logged into right now? Most likely, again. Even if you are not using google, even if you are not using your computer and browsing the web, are you still logged into that account? Google tracks everything you do that is internet related - from your computer, your phone, your tablet, whatever device you are using.
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This is a long one
June 21, 2015
Let go of the past and live for today.
Today I spent a couple hours writing this blog. And shed a few tears while doing so. This is more for myself than for anyone else. But it is necessary, for me, to do this.
I have a couple new students, a father and son, and the father says he will be asking me to add another hour per week to work with his twin sons. And a student that will be with me for 3 months only, but in that time she will be doing 10 hours per week of lessons.
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Two years in Colombia
May 31, 2015
Today, May 31, marks 2 years in Colombia, 2 years in Barranquilla. What has this experience been like so far? Is this new life what I expected? If not, how is it different from what I expected?
Before I came here, when I was just going through the TEFL courses to get certified as an EFL teacher, I had no expectations. I had no idea what to expect from a life in a different country, doing a job I had no experience doing.
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Coffee and salt don't mix
May 8, 2015
As mentioned in the title - coffee and salt don't mix. hehehehe. So, here's what happened - I was getting very low on sugar, so I went to the tienda to buy some. I'm at the store and I walk through the aisle, see the bags of white stuff, assume it's sugar, grab it and buy it. I never bothered to check the print on the package. After I got home I then poured the stuff into the sugar canister, which had some sugar left in it.
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