Ultimos Posts 1. 10/11/2008 19:38 - Echo? I’m alive and well, too well perhaps. That is to say, when life is satisfying, I find that I have much less to write about. And if blog silence is any measure of happiness, I am deeply content. That said, I apologize for having disappeared into the nothingness. I do have thoughts bumping around in my head, things that I wish to discuss. Such as my theory that tico culture is ... 2. 15/04/2008 10:01 - Phase three: always a work in progress From the feelings of a casual vacationer to the powerful reactions of a new expat, the term “culture shock” explains away our experiences of cultural rejection and eventual assimilation, turning them into theory and process. But can an academic explanation of a very human experience really describe our feelings? As an anthropologist, I’m trained to say “yes,... 3. 11/03/2008 15:13 - Here, i give you my heart Two blogging buddies recently wrote that no one knows them completely. I know this feeling too well - to want to share everything with someone, yet know that you can’t is painful, torturous even. My divorce left me relieved and happy with my newfound freedom, but it also left me broken. What had been a hopelessly romantic girl had given way to a slightly jaded woman, and it w... 4. 11/03/2008 15:13 - Here, i give you my heart Two blogging buddies recently wrote that no one knows them completely. I know this feeling too well - to want to share everything with someone, yet know that you can’t is painful, torturous even. My divorce left me relieved and happy with my newfound freedom, but it also left me broken. What had been a hopelessly romantic girl had given way to a slightly jaded woman, and it w... 5. 03/03/2008 14:45 - Building a better me They say that 30-50% of expatriates in Costa Rica move back home within a year. Who are those unknown Experts? I don’t know, but it’s the statistic that gets thrown around the local expat community. For most, there is but one reason. We hear it, we fear it, we wait for it: the culture shock beast that beats up when we’re already down and shows no mercy to its prey... | Estadisticas Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |