Panama is a prime example of how what one person does will inadvertently affect everyone else that lives with him in a society. Since the place is so small, the ripples someone’s action makes can be felt in practically every level of life here, and I’ll give you an example of this right now: I [...]
In recent years measures were taken by the government and dubiously necessary Carnival Office to ensure that carnivals in the nation’s capital, Panama City, lived up to the hype garnered in no small part by the country’s dashing strides in tourism and real estate, and whoever lives near this murder scene can grab their complaints and shove them up their sour-trout asses… myself included.
Let me begin by saying that I am not an economist and the rabbit hole goes much deeper than I’ve managed to crawl myself into regarding the following, and this thesis is open for discussion in and out of my chunk of the internet. Having said that, I was having lunch writing down facts to [...]
I’ve been called a megalomaniac before. A “pathological egotist.” I wonder why that is, but then again, if I didn’t have to wonder then it wouldn’t make me much of a megalomaniac because they have delusions of grandeur. Keyword here being “delusion.” People who are delusional usually don’t know it because they’re so into their [...]
I was with my dad doing the morning commute to the office and while he rambled on about the topics he likes to angrily rant about I kept prying into other cars, trying to tune out the noise. We were in Via España, a 5-lane, one way avenue that is one of the main arteries [...]
After a rather upsetting Super Bowl XLI, I’m back to talk about something I’ve been meaning to get around to for about a week and thankfully it’s managed to stick in my head this long so that tells me it’s important that we talk about this. I’m not great with snazzy introductions when [...]
Just when I thought I wouldn’t have anything to talk about today, I am received by a Godsend resting comfortably in my email inbox. Ironically, I was going to publish a piece called “Panamanians and Education,” but then I saw this and I decided it would be a great preface to the article so without [...]
Hey, it’s Marco’s birthday so make sure to drop by his chunk of the internet and say hello; to honor the kid in the day of his birth I’ve decided to post another one of our crazy talks because I’ve been getting emails and I find them hilarious. This was earlier today, so they’re funky-fresh [...]
What does it take for someone to believe in another? Is it a higher call, or is this just our desire to believe that there’s someone greater than ourselves pulling the strings so that we can feel better whenever we fail to accomplish something? Panama, being the melting pot of race and culture that it [...]
I’m not big on introductions, so I’ll get right down to it: here’s an honest-to-goodness list of 10 things you absolutely have to do while you’re in Panama. Did you know that Panama is in the top 10 of tourist destinations in the world and in the top 3 of places where people want to [...]
If you’re not in Panama at the moment then you might not know what happened yesterday so I’m going to do a quick recap; I apologize beforehand for not mentioning this sooner but I’m going through the motions and was not going to post today anyway but I found an angle that pushed me into [...]
Yamile sent me a very asserted post over at CaDs Online today that got me to think a lot about the state of my country… I suggest you read it when you have the chance to do so, since my fellow blogger sums up the point quite nicely, wrapped around a Rambo knife of truth: [...]
This one hits close to home. Last weekend I summoned a superheroes meet at the Hall of Justice when the subject of gossip was addressed. In short, our resident director and lovable bohemian Smoth found out then and there that people were badmouthing him because of the project he’s trying to give sturdy legs, the [...]
So I was on my daily endeavors minding my own business when a sumthin’-sumthin’ drop in my inbox. Upon reading it, the rant turned into the most on-point, assertive commentary I’ve heard about the Panama Canal referendum and Panamanian society in general. I’ll post the original article written by fellow writer and old friend Carlos [...]
We Panamanians (and I include myself in this one because I’m just as guilty as the next guy regarding the subject) have a rather askew sense of time when it comes to anything from appointments, opening time, closing hours, overtime, what’s a half hour, what’s 5 minutes, yadda yadda yadda and a bottle of rum. [...]