Gunnar Wolf - Nice grey life - page 109

Today, I will eat at my office — It’s the easiest, and as I arrived at ~11:30 and am leaving at ~18:30, I don’t want to invest ~1hr in getting a proper meal, which is at ~3Km from here (joys of working in a very large university, joys of coming to work during the vacational period). Anyway, I don’t do this often, so I started looking for names of takeaway/delivery restaurants in the area, thinking about a chapata (ciabatta? How would you write it in anything but es_MX?) or something saladish. I have a menu in my fridge door of...

gamaral / Guillermo / Memo / William/ Billy / Willy / Wonka / Antonio / Anthony / Tony talks about how names are constructed or used in Mexico. However, the formula is not for all of Latin America (i.e. it does not apply to the South Cone, as they still don’t find a use for keeping the mother’s family name). Also, while in the USA the mother’s family name is not used, in most of Europe it is. The use of second given names is quite strange IMO: You are supposed to go in your life by your first name,...

People who know me also know that, although it seems impossible due to the generalized opinion, I love living in Mexico City. I love the city, I love its chaos — And I love its beauty. I truly love the two paradigmatic volcanos that lie across the valley, South-East from us, Popocatépetl (in Náhuatl, «smoking mountain») and Iztaccíhuatl (in Náhuatl, «white lady», often called «sleeping lady» as its profile reminds of a dreamy princess). I never avoid mentioning to my friends when, on a clear day, I get to see them. Yesterday was one such day, most beautifully… Sadly this...

I will here translate the text of a petition a friend is starting, which will be delivered to the Hondurean embassy in Mexico. Original text in Spanish In the early hours of Sunday, June 28 2009, the legal Hondurean president Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from his position. A coup de etat, perpetrated by the Hondurean army, air force and navy, and with the consent of the Supreme Court. In his place, they imposed Roberto Micheleti, until then the Senate president, a conservative politician (although he is formally part of the Liberal party). The coup took place because many areas...

Comments 2009-06-24 10:50:53 nice shirts :) nice shirts :)

Comments 2009-06-27 09:56:00 Bonita luz.. bonitos colores, pero parece que estas chavas se querían golpear… oh, sí…