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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, October 09 2008 |
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I've never been the kind of American to overly commit himself in the language department when abroad. Against what's recommended in cultural immersion books and on the back of cereal boxes, I always figured simply immersing oneself in a culture would transmit, through a process I envisioned looking like osmosis, the improved ability to speak a foreign language whether you wanted it to happen or not.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, October 09 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Wednesday, September 10 2008 |
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Junior year of college, my friend Ben Wiley arrived in Madrid after being taken hostage by his drunk frat brothers while studying abroad in France, stuffed in a car trunk around three in the morning, only to wake up in Spain's capital city disillusioned at lunchtime and smelling of cheap pot.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, September 10 2008 )
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Written by Andrea Maizel
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Wednesday, September 03 2008 |
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Growing up in the United States I, along with an astounding number of others, had no idea that there were other countries besides the US. And that these others countries actually could have something to offer besides malaria and other third-world ailments. As many others in the US, I grew up with the "American Dream" embedded in my subconscious.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, September 03 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, August 26 2008 |
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There's no better time for an American to move to Panama. From a massive job crisis to politics, to inflation, more and more Americans are looking to the land of the Canal for refuge. Here are 5 reasons more and more Americans are considering leaving the USA and relocating in the Republic of Panama.
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Written by Pascale Schwander
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Monday, July 21 2008 |
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A new haircut, makeup, and clothes can change 80% of what you look like. Some
people would disagree with this high percentage but it is true. Mother
nature can help a lot but pampering yourself is what makes the
difference between the girl next door and the woman who walks into a
room and everybody (women included) looks at her. Cindy Crawford was
the girl next door back in her Georgia hometown.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, September 03 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, April 03 2008 |
As a young person in Panama, sharing an apartment with someone might just be the best decision you ever make. It slashes rent in half, offers a kind of default social life, and can even be the catalyst for various business endeavors. When I arrived in Panama though, I wanted originally to live with no one but myself.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Wednesday, February 06 2008 |
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Because things were slow in the office, I sent my assistant the other day on a kind of fanciful wild goose chase. She was to find a specific new palm pilot which I hadn't been able to locate-in fact, one which they said couldn't be purchased in Panama.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, January 29 2008 |
At the age of 22, I moved to Panama with, among a number of other goals, the intention of learning Spanish. I had planned not to buy dictionaries or enroll myself in language courses because those would have defeated the purpose. The idea was to pick up the language through osmosis; a process of natural cultural immersion which seemed way easier than it actually turned out to be.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, May 03 2007 |
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I often get emails of people asking me if I think they could make it in Panama. Do you think I could start a really excellent pool cleaning business? they'll say or what are my chances of making fine wood furniture and selling it to tourists? My response usually starts off explaining that we've only known each other for the extent of this email and from the sounds of it, you are pretty much a loser.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Sunday, February 25 2007 |
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Panamanians refer to their country by some very grandiose nicknames: “the bridge of the world”, “the heart of the universe”, “earth, wind, fire, with our powers combined we create Capitan Planet”. Ok, so I made the last one up, but Panama's nicknames are not the only embellished facet of its culture. Its language and more specifically its Spanish-English slang, has fully evolved into almost a quirky dialect of its own.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, September 21 2006 |
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I like Panama, but there are certain things I haven't gotten used to and in regards to some things, I probably never will. Below are seven pet peeves that go in order from the most annoying to the least abhorrent. But make no doubt, they are all extremely irritating. This is not a diatribe against Panama or Panamanians, I'm just talking about things I don't like. I know that Panama is a country with a completely different history and background than the US and therefore adheres to a different set of norms. But some of this stuff is just plain ridiculous.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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