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the map is not the territory: On my own two feet
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The map is not the territory. Saturday, July 07, 2007. On my own two feet. So here I am, emerging blinking into the sunlight after the long crawl through the tunnel of CELTA: yesterday was the Last Day! Unfortunately, we don't get even a provisional grade until two weeks hence, so I wasn't sure if I was celebrating or drowning my sorrows last night. But indications are that we've all done pretty well. So now the question really is: what next? Sounds like your're at a crossroads. They say things come ...
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the map is not the territory: February 2007
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The map is not the territory. Saturday, February 24, 2007. Worth 12,000 words. Friday, February 02, 2007. Yesterday, February 1st, was "car-free day" in Bogota. I first saw it advertised on the front of a Transmilenio. The city was transformed. It turned the smoky, noisy, clogged arteries of bogota into relaxed de facto. I feared we might come to blows. Fine: buy a comfortable car, and travel inside of it. Bogota has a crime problem? There is another angle on this too. It is embodied in this phrase f...
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the map is not the territory: January 2007
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The map is not the territory. Thursday, January 18, 2007. It's been fun living with Panda's folks. They've treated me really well, and by a lucky coincidence her brother's being at camp meant that I got my own room. But after a week of apartment hunting, I finally found this lovely place, and last night moved in. It's impractical but cool: one huge room with windows all the way along one side, and a small bathroom and kitchen along the other side. Thursday, January 11, 2007. Neither married nor engaged.
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the map is not the territory: September 2006
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The map is not the territory. Friday, September 22, 2006. City of night, city of night. I like cities at night. I've never been able to work out if i like Edward. Because his pictures so effectively evoke late-night lonely city places, or if I like late-night lonely city places because they remind me of Hopper. So anyway, one day last week we went out for a beer, then I accompanied her home, and then made the 40 minute Transmilenio. Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Monday, September 04, 2006. However, in a...
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the map is not the territory: November 2006
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The map is not the territory. Sunday, November 19, 2006. Six to eight black men. Arrived in town. Dutch children normally scare me by doing passable impressions of the Midwich Cuckoos, with their white-blond hair and piercing blue eyes. Today they were all cutely racially transformed, with blacked face-paint, red lipstick, and sporting curly-black-hair wigs. Apparently that's considered normal, in Holland. Takes up the story. A heartwarming tale of Christmas in a foreign land where, if you've. Wouldn't a...
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the map is not the territory: Bus drivers
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The map is not the territory. Saturday, June 16, 2007. In London, the Routemasters have been phased out, because they are not cost-effective, requiring two men to operate them - a driver to drive, and a conductor to collect the fare. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Is that a Concept Checking Question youre asking? No ASBOs in Colombia. Fluctuaciones de la Mujer Cözmika. True Love and High Adventure. British living in Bogota. View my complete profile.
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the map is not the territory: July 2007
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The map is not the territory. Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Is a kind of wide, low-slung bus with no windows or doors. Here is one in Cartagena:. I'm not sure if they were ever used as actual transport. Presumably, given that the number of speakers heavily outweighs the number of doors, they have always and only ever been used as party buses. Of aguardiente to get to. We drove around Bogota city centre generally pissing other people off and making sure we had been seen. I thought I should record for Posterity ...
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the map is not the territory: Is that a Concept Checking Question you're asking?
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The map is not the territory. Tuesday, June 12, 2007. Is that a Concept Checking Question you're asking? Something the CELTA folks are very big on is asking questions to confirm instructions are understood, and to check concepts. So are they big on asking questions? What two things do they like to ask questions about? The problem with this is that I have started doing it in real life :0. The classic correction by saying "Do we say, I do. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). No ASBOs in Colombia.
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the map is not the territory: October 2007
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The map is not the territory. Tuesday, October 02, 2007. Can it really be three months since I last posted? And three months since I finished the CELTA? Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. So that aside, what is new donde P. Well, since I finished the CELTA I have had the idea that I would like to teach in a public (state-run) school, for ethical reasons. Despite strong opposition from all my Colombians friends who all went to 'nice' private colegios. I think, not English lessons.
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the map is not the territory: April 2007
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The map is not the territory. Monday, April 30, 2007. La becerrada de Cami). On Saturday I went to a bullfight. I have been to Spain on several occasions, and the idea of going to a bullfight has always arisen, but I've never actually gone through with it. I mean, watching an animal being tortured and then killed as entertainment. I've never quite seen the attraction. But Saturday was not a strict bullfight as such, but a " becerrada". Oh yes, for lots of them, hahaha! It was hard to know if the boys wer...
