by Eileen | May 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
I am truly astonished to find that I have never told the “Where’s the baby”/Dónde está la guagua? story. It’s a tale of chicken pox and vaccinations and inadequate medicinery and being pushy and explaining math. Pull up a chair, you’re...
by Eileen | Apr 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Move to another country and never again be at a loss for a conversation starter. Well, you might be, but the people you meet will not! And here’s a list of the top seven questions you’ll be asked as an expat living in Chile (as of 2009, subject to change)....
by Eileen | Apr 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
In a recent guest blog post over at Travelojos in which I talk about the contrast between formal and informal morality in Chile, I mentioned that there are two economies here, the formal and informal. The formal economy is just what you’d expect. People busting...
by Eileen | Apr 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
About two years after I moved to Chile, a couple of friends and I set to subtitling a movie short that a friend was submitting to an international film festival. We were doing it as a favor, and for fun. The footage involved several hiphoperos (hip hop artists)...
