Pablo Escobar...the all-times drug lord...the big time mobster .... the coke king having his very own kingdom- Medellin Cartel, Colombia. I donºt know to how many people this name rings a bell, but for sure that if you heard it mentioned only once, you canºt easily forget it. You associate Pablo Escobarºs name with crime, violence, terror, bombs, killing, more killing and the list is endless. Strangely enough, some loved him. Plenty hated his guts. Poor people of Medellin and Envigado adored him. He was the one giving them jobs , money, even houses. The man gave them what the [View Full Entry]

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I bought this 2 days ago, it smells heavenly, exactly as the real thing and it is just as persistent...the question is still... is this legal?? Ok, 100 ml for 20.000 pesos, in US $, less than 10 :))), can you believe it? what made me buy it, was obvious, the low price, and the fact that it is my favourite perfume, what made me laugh was the inscription it has on one side , I quote: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH ANGEL@, A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF THIERRY MUGLER PARFUMES. How on earth can it not [View Full Entry]

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I moved three days ago, I live downtown now and thank God for that! I donºt mean that it was awful where I lived before, on the contrary, it was great, the only problem was that I was 5 minutes away from Eafit and I was in a way stuck in that perimeter. Now I am forced to take the bus, it is only minutes away, it is very cheap and it gives me the opportunity to see Medellin, I have been here for 2 months and during this time I went downtown only once!!Now I live there, I went shopping [View Full Entry]

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I have just come across this old portrait a painter had done for me ages ago in Santa Marta, on the beach. Does it bear any resemblance to me?? I think he made me look quite old...or am I getting old? :(( feedback, guys, pleaseeeee!!!!! Encontre un retrato mio que un pintor me hizo hace mucho tiempo en Santa Marta en la playa.Se parece a mi?Creo que me hizo parecer demasiado vieja....o...estoy... envejeciendo? Necesito una respuesta de ustedes, por fa! Jºai trouve un portrait vieux de moi depuis que je vivissais en Santa Marta et un portraitiste me lºa fait en [View Full Entry]

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I am hoping to write more frequently now, even if I donªt always have something worth-mentioning to share with you guys. For example today I gave a quiz to one of my semi-intensive groups and I just thought you would like to see a class of mine. Also me in the resource center. Thatªs all!! [View Full Entry]

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FERIA ARTESANAL....Hand-made jewellery, mostly bracelets,bangles and necklaces, earrings , and also home-made cookies, pies, and a bunch of other different sweets... a dozen of stands offering first-hand top-quality Colombian delights and souvenirs. It began on Monday and it will last for a week, I guess until Friday. Nice handcraft , quite cheap, if you are in Medellin you should have a look and go home with some nice souvenirs. I have to mention the absolutely delicious strawberries dressed in black and white chocolate, on a stick, at the price of 2500 pesos, exquisite, sounds like advertising :))....maybe it is, but it [View Full Entry]

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It°s strange how living in a country for a long time gives you another perspective , totally different from the one you had at the beginning. It°s true that some things never change, but some of them you grow to accept and strangely enough to tell yourself that their way is much better. Rest assured that I'm not getting lazy or irresponsible :)... jejeje... that's what I've been complaining a lot about the people on the coast. But not only that I understand them better and the way they think and see life in general, not only that I°ve started to [View Full Entry]

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Oh my God how can you not love Colombia? And when I say love I mean head over heels in love with this country? Puente? You know what a puente is? It s a long weekend, a 3 days weekend, from Friday all the way to Tuesday. They celebrate....things...saints...God knows what !! They surely don t!!! You only know you get 3 days off and you get paid for it!! If you ask a Colombian what s the puente for, no idea! But who cares? Nobody gives a shit! The point is you have 3 days to partyyyyy and we party [View Full Entry]

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GLOBAL VILLAGE CAME AND WENT...but the memories remain..it was an AIESEC event sponsored by EAFIT and on EAFIT premises...15 countries, with flags, food, laptop presentations, books, leaflets, pictures, press, cameras, reporters.....and of course, representatives of 15 different countries!Germany, New Zealand, Romania, Mexico, Colombia, England,South Coreea...it was a lot of work and a lot of fun. I wanted to do something typical Romanian ...traditional dish...but what? SARMALE? well...Romanians will know what I am talking about, but most of the others no and besides I lack any cooking skills whatsoever!! let s be serious! me and cooking! we just don't speak the same [View Full Entry]

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I left Santa Marta on a rainy cloudy day, not sure if I would make it on time for the terminal... well...I finally got there dragging the biggest suitcase mankind has ever seen or produced.. the bus had to leave at 6.30 pm. Of course we left at 7.00 pm...it is after all, Colombia!! :))... the trip was long, waaaaaay too long, we got to Medellin at 12.00 am on Thursday...2 guys came and picked me up, we had lunch and I left my things at Arturo s place...the Mexican guy, and we went to se the university..EAFIT, the language center [View Full Entry]

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