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This is the second part of a comment to a post from a fellow blogger. You can find his post here, and the first part to my response here. I hope you enjoy these new reflections on his essay about the dangers of overspecialisation. – The crazy Colombian REFLECTIVE COMMENT #2 – ON LETTERS AND [...]

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Hello reader; we find each other again. I have an announcement to make. Over the last month, I found someone very similar, and at the same time very different to me. His name is Andres Melo, and like me, he is a Colombian expatriate in an English speaking country (Canada). Like me, he has a [...]

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Over the last 12 months , I have been on a journey of self-exploration and disclosure. Through this journey, I’ve had some difficult times and challenging moments. I also have had people I respect tell me I lost the plot. One thing in common in both instances was that I let my emotions and my [...]

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How to have an eco-friendly winter

by The Crazy Colombian on June 16, 2007

in How to,The Environment

Image from ecosmartfire.com Winter is truly here, bringing with it childhood memories of nights by the fireplace, cooking steak on a grill over the open fire. Who would light an old-fashioned coal or wood fireplace in these days of global warming, and still have a clean conscience? Lucky for us all, a creative Australian inventor [...]

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Background noise

by The Crazy Colombian on March 31, 2007

in Personal Development,Reflection

I recently heard an interesting show on ‘Radio National’ talked about the effect that noise has on the classroom . It talked about how noise distracts students, and in extreme cases, a seemingly minor distraction can change the meaning of the whole lesson. It gave the example of a children’s story read to a group [...]

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