Category: appalled

appalled, Chile, weird

Strange things are afoot at Dario Urzua*

Holy son of a motherless goat. I just had the weirdest experience with the world outside of my apartment. When I stepped into the elevator to take Obi outside for his evening stroll, I found this flier taped to the elevator wall: It’s a call to prayer to the entire “community” (i.e. building) in honor …

appalled, Everyday life, how it should be

The last name issue in Chile: another dilemma

I think my fellow expat friend was on to something when she wrote her post about her struggle to figure out what to do with her name following her marriage to a Chilean this year. You see, as she explained quite eloquently in her post, Chileans have a certain way of viewing the last name …

appalled, Everyday life, Masters program

Patience in the land of the impatient

I know I’m going to age myself here yet again, but there’s a commercial I remember from 1987 (when I was 10, mind you) for Heinz Ketchup (note that in searching for this video I just now realized that that the actor in it is Matt LeBlanc. Who knew?) Don’t ask me why, but from …

appalled, expats, G

What kind of Chilean man marries a Gringa?

Back in February, my friend Kyle posted the most offensive blog I’ve read thus far this year! Actually, as you’ll see, it wasn’t really HER sentiments that offended but rather, the sentiments of random weirdos who contact her via her blog (unfortunately one of the pitfalls of blogging is that you’re “out there” in the …