"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." – James Dean
Mar 15th, 2010 by Don Ray
This morning as I was listening to Pandora. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” came on sung by Israel Kamakawiwo.
Israel was an artist that was loved by all of Hawaii and mourned by the world when he died. His memory lives on through his music and his music seems to always fit the world as I see it looking out of my window in Panama.
It just doesn’t get any better than this.
Mar 15th, 2010 by Don Ray
I just received the following email from my dentist ( Dra. Miriam in Dental Esthetic).
From……: Dra. Miriam
Email…..: miriamperio@hotmail.com
Url…….:Hi Don,
I am currently offering dental implants at $1,200 these normally cost around $1,500-$1,800 in Panama (and double or triple that in the USA), I am happy to give Chiriqui chatter followers a free evaluation, I have 11 years of experience and lots of references from satisfied implant clients, I use very high grade materials from the US. The office is located at Plaza Mallorca in David City. please email miriamperio@hotmail.com for more details or call (507) 730-2826
Mar 15th, 2010 by Don Ray
I have been using VPN for a couple months now. The company I am using is ACEVPN. For the most part I am pleased, but it has not been perfect and I am not sure if the times I have performance problems are related to my specific VPN or to Cable Onda or to the sites I have been trying to access. If you have no idea what a VPN is or why you might want it, go back and read this previous post.
As I mentioned in another post, the primary reason I started this experiment was to access NetFlix for movies, which requires having a US IP address.
To this point, I haven’t felt that I consistently have performance that was good enough to sign up for NetFlix. Most of my testing has been using the HULU site, which has may TV programs and some movies. Sometimes it works well and sometimes it has buffering interruptions that would be intolerable if I were watching a NetFlix movie. Continue Reading »
Mar 14th, 2010 by Don Ray
Nerd to Geek
By Don Ray Williams
March 14, 2010
( For My Daughter Kim) Continue Reading »
Mar 14th, 2010 by Don Ray
Yesterday there was a request for guest English speakers to participate with students of the American School in conversation practice. These are activities I always enjoy. This was the first time I had done this activity at the American School, which is a stone’s throw from where I live.
There were five English speaking volunteers, so the students were broken up into five groups. In the time I had, I was able to talk with all but two students. I am sure this activity will be held again.
For English speaking retirees that are interested in meeting Panamanians, and helping them learn the English language, this is an excellent way to do it. If you follow the TAG ( English Lessons), you can see some of the past times I have done this.
This is the first group I was with.
Mar 14th, 2010 by Don Ray
Indian Chief ‘Two Eagles’ was asked by a white government official, “You have observed the white man for 90 years. You’ve seen his wars and his technological advances. You’ve seen his progress, and the damage he’s done.”
The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, “Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?”
The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. “When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.”
Then the chief leaned back and smiled. “Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.”
Mar 14th, 2010 by Don Ray
Yesterday was the Saturday’s Farmer’s Market. I took the following photo of a nice display.
After buying a weeks worth of vegetables and fruit, we headed for Subway for one of their omelette breakfasts. What a great way to start a Saturday.
Mar 13th, 2010 by Don Ray
Yesterday, I dropped into the Stylo Restaurant in Hotel Ciudad de David. The last time I was there to eat was on Thanksgiving and the restaurant didn’t have their permanent menu yet. I thought yesterday would be a good time to drop in and take a look at the menu.
I wasn’t aware, but the restaurant is offering a buffet all days of the week. Monday through Saturday the price is $12 per person. Sundays the price is $16 per person. All days have two offerings of meat or fish. The Monday through Friday Executive Lunch comes with a glass of wine.
On Sundays, the meats are located on the buffet table and you can go back for seconds. On the other days, you select the type of meat you want and it will come from the kitchen. I was just looking yesterday, but I did take some photos.
Following is the buffet for yesterday. Lets start at the left and work ourselves around the buffet.
First comes the soup. I think this was a seafood soup.
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