“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 16th, 2008
I received information today that Paul and Jenny Saban (Paradise Gardens) were injured yesterday in an automobile accident.
Their car was hit by a speeding car that did not have headlights. My understanding is that one of the other car’s occupants was killed and the other is in critical condition.
I was told that Jenny is at [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 16th, 2008
This morning I received an email with a video of Salsa dancing. It was of a dance competition. The email implied that it was a Panamanian couple living in Florida. Her name is Janette Manrara (24 years old) and his is Romulo Villaverde (19 years old).
I did some searches on the Internet, but was unable [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 14th, 2008
I received a request, from Lic. Wee-Mingh Fung, to publish the following announcement from the Chiriquí Chamber of Tourism.
We invite all people interested in learning, contributing, or being part
of the Chiriqui Chamber of Tourism to attend a “General Assembly” meeting.
When: Thursday, 20th of November
Where: Club David
Time: 7:30 PM
Dress: Casual
The task at hand will be to:
1. [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 13th, 2008
I finally got around to going by the last Bilingual school, that I know of, in David. I spoke with Vice-Principal Paola Ramalli. She said, if any reader needs any further information, you could contact her at paolaramalli@yahoo.com.
She said that the Cambridge school has Pre-kinder through the twelfth grade. There are mandatory classes in Spanish, [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 12th, 2008
Yesterday, Dario invited me to attend one of his evening Universad Latina English classes to provide a conversation exercise for his students. My last visit with one of Dario’s classes had only two students. This class had 13 students. When you take Dario plus his thirteen students and toss in an aging extranjero, it makes [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 11th, 2008
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 11th, 2008
The sun is shinning and the sky is clear. It couldn’t be a nicer day. Well that was until about 5 minutes ago.
Now COUGH, COUGH, COUGH!!!!!!!
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 10th, 2008
A Chiriquí Chatter reader sent me an email notifying me that the David Museum of History and Art has been transferred to the City of David. A Google English transaction of the La Prensa article follows:
REQUEST. The grounds of the Museum of History and Art José de Obaldía were transferred to the City of David [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 10th, 2008
Football is very big in Texas. My grandson, Noah, lives in Austin and at the age of 12 loves the game. Luckily for me, one of the parents, videos all the games and stores them on a server that I can access.
Noah’s team, the Lions, is in the playoffs and, if successful, will get to [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 9th, 2008
You may remember my posting some photos of Lucca, having fun at a Halloween party in Panama City.
This past week Lucca was having fun at a Pizza Hut, in Panama City, and fell and broke his right arm in three places. Here is a photo of Lucca after having his arm pinned and set. He [...]
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