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An Australian’s guide to Colombia

by The Crazy Colombian on October 19, 2009

in Books, Review

A short review of a fas­ci­nat­ing book about my native Colombia

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Fish! series, part 4: Be Present

by The Crazy Colombian on May 4, 2009

in Books, Fish! series, Life, Reflection, Review

An insight­ful arti­cle that explains how the sim­ple habit of Being Fully Present will lead you to have a higher sense of self-worth, and a more suc­cess­ful and hap­pier life.

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A fish guide to happy living

by The Crazy Colombian on March 30, 2009

in Books, Review

Image: Happy Happy Norouz 87 cour­tesy of Hamed Masoumi
Have you ever con­sid­ered the pos­si­bil­ity that a book writ­ten to help organ­i­sa­tions improve morale and deliver bet­ter results might just have the secret to a happy life? Prob­a­bly not. Yet that is exactly what you will find in Fish! A Remark­able Way to Boost Morale and […]

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WWhat hap­pens when you mix a lit­tle bit of ancient wis­dom with mod­ern legal tech­nol­ogy? You get a book that is not a book; a story told in pic­tures; an inter­ac­tive com­mu­nity where you are invited to share a bit of yourself.

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Eight years have passed since I read this book for the first time. A neigh­bour from across the hall rec­om­mended it dur­ing a din­ner party, and I was intrigued by the title. I was not sure what to expect, so I was delighted as I read it and found an inter­est­ing and easy to read […]

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A great colombian writer

by The Crazy Colombian on July 6, 2007

in Books, Review

Have you heard of Gabriel Gar­cia Mar­quez?
I thought you’d have.
And I bet you have not heard of Ger­man Cas­tro Caycedo. Unlike Gar­cia Mar­quez, Colombia’s most famous writer, Ger­man focuses on non-fiction. His pro­lific work has cov­ered an incred­i­ble range of top­ics that expose Colombia’s mod­ern and com­plex social land­scape; to name a few:

Mi alma se la dejo […]

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