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Now that was a party. In 7 years living in Mexico, I’d never been to the main event in Mexico City’s Zocalo. Hundreds of thousands of people, fireworks, music, and foam. Lots and lots of foam. Seems the custom is buy a can of that fake snow foam and let rip on any and everyone. We obliged the tradition by buying some 80 cans.
As I’ll be entertaining guests this evening with some delicious Mexican fare, I thought I’d share a little how-to cooking blog entry with you, with one of my favorite Mexican dishes called chicken tinga tostadas.
To save a little time, I’ll use the recipe I found online at AllRecipes.
First, I’m off to the neighbourhood market to purchase the ingredients:
Guanajuato’s 35th annual Cervantino international festival is coming up – October 3rd to 21st. Official site at http://festivalcervantino.gob.mx/fic07-pre/
This is not one to miss…
…often find themselves in the minority, by a 10 to 1 margin against Americans. So, we tend to group together and do what we do best. Make fun of ourselves!
Pay no mind to the moose, eh?
I know of a good junior high school in Mexico City that is in need of a native-speaking French teacher for only a few hours a week. The pay is good, but with few hours. Ideal if you’re already here in Mexico City teaching…
Email me at guy@innovative-english.com if you’d like to know more.
NASA astronaut Barbara Morgan, originally a back-up to Christa McAuliffe (who lost her life in the Challenger disaster of 1986), fulfilled a two-decade promise to put a teacher in space and link up with students on earth.
From the ISS, she spoke to an audience of hundreds of yougsters packed into the Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise, US, less than 160km (100 miles) from the elementary school where Morgan taught before joining the astronaut corps.
Asked by one child how being a teacher compared to being an astronaut, Ms Morgan replied: “Astronauts and teachers actually do the same thing.
Not related to TEFL in Mexico in any way, but this is one piece of video I just had to share.
You Tube Video “Battle at Kruger”
In short, 4 lions snatch a buffalo calf. A croc battles the lions but withdraws. An army of buffalo assemble and rescue the calf, chasing away the lions.
Lorne Greene would’ve loved this scene of nature at its most ferocious.
As an English speaker, learning a new language can be both a difficult and enlightening experience. So tied up in culture is language that it is next to impossible to arm-chair learn the language of a foreign land…a foreign people.
I count myself lucky to have learned Spanish – but not so much for having learned the language but the culture of the language. Mexican in my case, but it makes the Spanish of other countries that much more accessible.
So, I’d thought I’d share some Spanish language song lyrics with you all, by Manu Chao, who himself speaks at least three languages. I leave you Spanish language learners to translate or appreciate the depth of the language.
Desaparecido
Me llaman el desaparecido
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido
We saw a very light hurricane season in 2006…a welcome respite after Katrina, Stan, and Wilma brought havoc to New Orleans, Cancun, and Chiapas.
However, hurricane forecasters are predicting a very active 2007 season, with warmer than normal Atlantic and Caribbean waters contributing to an estimated 17 named storms.
Not related to TEFL in any way, but I thought I’d repost and share this CNN story…
Incredible Shrinking Couple Loses 580 Pounds
(CNN) — When Maggie Sorrells looks at her husband, Andy, she doesn’t see the man she married. In fact, most days, she doesn’t even recognize herself.
Before the Franklin, Tennessee, couple met online, both had endured lifelong struggles with weight and emotional overeating. Together, they had a combined weight of nearly 1,000 pounds.
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