Oftentimes I find myself in the unenviable position that forces me to make a choice in regards to post-drinking eatables, and since I’m not one to be rolling in excess the options before me can be somewhat limiting at, say, 2AM. I recently found myself in that particular crossroads: I was at one of my [...]
Neither I nor the world was ready for what was unleashed upon the earth on December 23rd, 1994. An avid fan of games as you can probably tell, a young lad named Robert was psyched when one of his favorite games at the time was getting a movie adaptation. As it was, I was an [...]
The Dorado Shopping Mall (known in Spanish at Supercentro El Dorado) was the first of its kind in the country when it first opened in the late 70’s. From what my elders have told me, the whole Dorado district was a first for the country; constructed around the first avenue that would connect the entire [...]
It was Sunday night, and we were lounging about after a boxload of pizza and oversized drinks. We were waiting for 10:30 to come since that would be the moment we could walk into the dark movie theater and check out the latest exploits of detective John McClane in “Live Free or Die Hard.” The [...]
Extreme Planet helped me appreciate movies and grow up as a cinema fan, but like everything you grow out of there comes a moment where you are forced to move on, because as much as you’ve matured and demand a better movie-going experience, this place has stayed true to its beginnings established when I first [...]
A couple of weeks ago I went to this popular bar called Koppas. The time where I would go to trendy clubs and bars on a semi-daily basis is long and gone, but I had a good reason to step out of my comfort zone and expose myself to the sort of scenario trendy place [...]
For someone who’s really into what he likes, I usually tend to jump on the internet fad bandwagon a wee bit late, instead opting to use sites and resources that are actually worth a damn. But for every Kazaa, ICQ and LimeWire that comes around every other month, one can’t help but try them out [...]
Over the weekend my web surfing got me to land over to Leon’s blog where he had a somewhat interesting entry going on (and before you crucify me, I’m still on Day 3 of the Carnival adventure, but hey I’m human too) over there. I’m not going to repost everything written there because you can [...]
After the very real threat of being very raped by a very depraved and very drunk woman while visiting the Queen Wars in Chitré the night before, I woke up Sunday morning with an insatiable thirst for carnival hotness. I don’t know what it was, perhaps it was the 4-hour drive or the lack of [...]
I’ve heard many stories of Porto Diao. No one really knows where he comes from, as he never spoke much during the time I met him; someone in our camp asked him where he was born one night when we were grilling some burgers and potatoes. I wasn’t there when this happened, someone told me [...]
I arrived a little late to the Beer & Blogs deal which took place last night at Steinbock, but I can still tell you my impressions. The reason why I couldn’t make it on time, as it turns out, was because I was too busy having a hollow metal needle pierce one of my earlobes. [...]
February is a very contradicting month: not only do you have the annual opportunity given to you by Hallmark to tell the person you love that you do (and if you didn’t then oh noes!) but right a few days later you’re granted to a 4-day holiday fueled by debauchery and lack of self control [...]
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 happens when you were so caught up in things that you somehow forgot to make your New Year’s resolutions? I’ve been thinking about it throughout my long sabatical weekend and, given that there’s no rule that says there’s a window for said resolutions as well as opinions from several people I’ve asked, I think [...]