Colombiche has written 102 posts
WEll... there it is!!!
http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/freedom-of-expresion-in-colombia-and-at-pbh/
Libros escritos por autores colombianos
Que libro han leido ultimamente que sea escrito por un autor colombiano? Bueno, malo, regular? Porque? Yo en este momento estoy leyendo AM/FM Felizmente Mantenida o Asalariada de Mierda de Isabella Santo Domingo. Me esta doliendo el estomago de tanto reirme, este libro talvez sera mejor lectura para una mujer ya que nos describe tal y como somos.... las solteras buscando marido y las casadas buscando un amante. Cualquier hombre podria disfrutar mucho de este libro si sobrevive las primera ...
help.. how do you say
What is the proper way to say "workflow diagram" in spanish? I need a diagram tha flowcharts my customer's process from end to end so I can tailor a solution.
I have to share my laugh of the day with you guys....
WE got this email from our cranky office admin this morning: "Hi again everyone, This email is in regards to the bottled water in the door of the fridge. It seems that many here cannot read, or chose to ignore, the notice posted in the fridge, so to make it perfectly clear, with no room for misunderstanding, I will state the following; DO NOT USE THE BOTTLED WATER IN THE FRIDGE! It is intended for our guests ONLY! (This part was typed in size 32 bolded red letters) If you need wa ...
Question Question
Hey guys, Can anybody recommend some good business spanish courses in Bogota? Courses tailored to native spanish speakers who have been doing business in english for too long LOL. I am trying do a search for la javeriana and some journalism/writing courses/workshops as well but can't find any good resources online. I would love it if somebody could point me in that direction. I am interested mostly in courses offered in Bogota as I will probably be there in a few months. Graci ...
What is this lady doing?
Overview of the spanish language article: This lady in Colombia is current under investigation because of her foundation "People Winner". She is 52 years old, used to be a seamstress but claimed she was always somewhat of a math prodigy. Came up with a formula, 500 k pesos, went knocking from door to door to get her friends and neigbors to invest... and now 5 years later she pays 125 (???!!!) utility on the money collected. You can invest anywhere between 50k to a million pesos. Say f ...
Reaching out to all PBH'ers :(
Yes, I deleted GIB's posts because they were full of profanity and so were most of the responses that followed. We are hitting an all time low point at PBH. I ask you guys to please refrain from using foul language and profanity. I have a demanding job so I can't be here 24-7's, right now I'm actually at a meeting and I am typing when I am not talking to my coworkers about my 6 projects. This website is for you guys. This is for you to share information and resources. Please appreciate it ...
Poor But Happy Speakers Corner... Say it all here....
Three PBH scenarios, what do you think of each: a) Free speech - everybody is totally free to say whatever they please. Everybody is game. People can say whatever they want. You can insult people and let people insult you back and nobody is going to defend you because it is a totally unmoderated environment. Most people will be walking out with a black eye. b) Heavily Moderated - Moderators are strict and even handed. Politically correct environment, squeaky clean, NOBODY gets away wi ...
Para Colombia......
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Testimonial from a Guerillero that Deserted
13 guerillas deserted the Front 47 of FARC yesterday in Manizales. A couple of them were interviewed and said they left because the living conditions were dire. They did not receive pay from the FARC and joined because they were threatened to do so. They gave up their arms at Batallon Ayacucho. 13 guerrilleros del frente 47 de las Farc dejaron las armas. Llegaron ayer al Batallón Ayacucho de Manizales, donde los recibió el general Mario Montoya Uribe, Comandante del Ejército Nac ...
Six FARC Kidnap Victims Found Dead
Six FARC kidnap victims have been found dead, beaten to death and the corpses beheaded. They were kidnapped and murdered by Front 48 of the FARC on February 2 2007. http://www.eltiempo.com/conflicto/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3884307.html I honestly don't know how anybody thinks dialogue is possible with this terrorist organization. I'm all for demobilization as it seems as though manhy of the low ranking guerrillas have lost faith in the movement. ...
Beware of taxi drivers and their cell phones
Hey, Hey people this is colombiche writing. This is not something I received via email, or some chain letter. This happened to my best friend in at taxi in El Rodadero, Santa Marta on January 3rd. She was warned by a colombian acquaintance before her trip to colombia look out for this. She hailed a cab on the street, and halfway to her destination, the cab driver asked her to answer his phone. She knew right away and told him she wasn't going to answer and opened the door of the cab. Af ...
¡NO MAS FARC¡
TODA COLOMBIA SE CANSÓ DE TANTA MAMADERA DE GALLO, DE TANTAS MENTIRAS Y DE TANTA MALDAD. · Toda Colombia se cansó de que en los países del mundo que no saben nada de nuestro país existan JÓVENES INGENUOS que creen en la mentira que las FARC representa la lucha del pueblo colombiano. · Toda Colombia se cansó de ver como un puñado de ASESINOS Y CRIMINALES juegan miserablemente con el dolor de los familiares de los secuestrados para exigir privilegios que no se merecen. · T ...
Feria de Manizales 2008
Goes from January 5th to January 13th!
Listen to La Feria de Manizales (this pasodoble is like our anthem):
Calling on wine connoisseurs
What bottle of wine do I buy a my big wig corporate clients that I want to kiss up to?
Call Center Business Growth in Colombia
(I always though this was a big opportunity for growth in Colombia) Article from El Tiempo: http://www.eltiempo.com/economia/2007-12-18/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3864402.html In a nutshell: The call center business is experiencing steady growth in Colombia. 100,000 jobs are expected to be created in this sector over the next 4 years. Many spanish companies are moving their call centers to Colombia. The main reason is to cut costs: a call center operator in Colombia makes 4000 ...
Juanes and Reguetonero Tego Calderon pay homage to the now deceased Octavio Mesa
Juanes and Tego Calderon do a cover of "El Jornalero" by the now deceased Octavio Mesa. This is a pretty good version. The video is edited, it's not the actual video, but at least you can hear the song. It sounds better if you crank up the volume hehe. Desde Medellin Colombiaaaaa.......... para el mundooo enterooooo...
That clown Ortega is now threatening to take military action against Colombia over the San Andres archipielago. Uribe's response is that now we are focusing on resolving our internal conflict and Colombia has no interest in an international dispute. I think Chavez is unleashing his mutts against his neighbor. ...
Look Who Ran Away from the Pereira Zoo
I must be psychic. I was just cracking a joke on another thread about critters running away from the Pereira zoo, and I stumble upon this note on El Tiempo:
Orangután se coló en el Aeropuerto Matecaña de Pereira y provocó cese temporal de operaciones
(Orangutan sneaks into Matecaña airport and causes a temporary halt in airport operations).
http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/cafe/200 ...
Are Colombian Accents that Recognizable?
Just a question to our non colombian members, whether latino or otherwise. When you guys are not in Colombia but you hear a colombian (paisa, rolo etc etc) on the street or at party or wherever, do you pick out the accent as being colombian right away? Are there colombian accents that you get mixed up with accents from other latin countries (i.e. costeño with cubano). I just though about this because today a paisa friend and I were having lunch at a peruvian restaurant. The waiter gave u ...
Colombiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Le ganamos a Argentina...... 2-1 baby!!!!!
Asi es que se juega..... con amor a esa camiseta.
Tell me it ain't so......
Okay, here is what this guy at work is telling me. He says if I go to Cuba on vacation and I get the stamp I can be denied entry into the States, especially for work? I work with high security systems/US federal bank and other American banks and our headquarters in North America are in Washington DC. This dude tells me that because I am colombian born I am on the terrorist watchlist and a cuban stamp might hinder my ability to do b'ness in the States. Is any of this bologna true? S ...
Santa no Longer allowed to use "ho ho ho"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported. One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ...
Las Letanias del Guayabo
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Oh myyy Goood nooooooooooo
Is that snow I am seeing out the window? Yes it is, those are goddamn snowflakes. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Paisa Regueton - Voltiarepas in Monpirri's book
"Take Medellin for example, paisas do not know the difference between Colombian music vs. other type of music, Colombian movies vs. other type of movies." - Monpirri That's right, paisas can't tell the difference between a regueton or a bambuco, such a cultural vacuum.... LOL. "Soy Montañero de pura sepa Al desayuno como calentao y migas de arepa Al que me saca la pepa Le brinco como un sapo y le doy macheta"
Let's Tango
I must confess that Tango is one of my secret passions (after all didn't Gardel die on Paisalandia). I just never bothered learning how to dance, but I often wish I could. I think few genres out there pack the passion and cortavenas suicidal intensity of tango. Flamenco is my other secret passion but I will leave that for another thread.
Why didn't I think of this?
From Fastcompany.com Girl Power No rich relatives? No professional mentors? No problem. Ashley Qualls, 17, has built a million-dollar web site. She's LOL all the way to the bank. :) From: Issue 118 | September 2007 | Page 104 | By: Chuck Salter | Photographs By: Martynka Wawrzyniak Late last year, Ian Moray stumbled across a cotton-candy-pink Web site called Whateverlife.com. As manager of media development at the online marketing company ValueClick Media (NASDAQ:VCLK), he was s ...
How to Take a Year Off Without Ruining Your Career
How to Take a Year Off Without Ruining Your Career by Tara Weiss Wednesday, October 24, 2007 provided by Anjeanette Rettig was so overworked and burned out from her high-tech public relations job that she wound up in the emergency room from stress migraines. She needed a break, and a week at the spa wouldn't do. Her husband Kevin Rettig, a software developer, was up for taking one, too -- so the couple traveled around the world for an entire year in 2002, visiting almost 30 countries. W ...
How to Take a Year Off Without Ruining Your Career
How to Take a Year Off Without Ruining Your Career by Tara Weiss Wednesday, October 24, 2007 provided by Anjeanette Rettig was so overworked and burned out from her high-tech public relations job that she wound up in the emergency room from stress migraines. She needed a break, and a week at the spa wouldn't do. Her husband Kevin Rettig, a software developer, was up for taking one, too -- so the couple traveled around the world for an entire year in 2002, visiting almost 30 countries. W ...
How'bout music from this century?
I love reminicing... but what about music from this century... you know stuff you listen to at clubs or while you drive? ...
FYI - Thread Moved
I moved the thread "For those who are Tired of Vallenato" to the Off topic: do your thing" section. Plato brought up a good point. The rock thread was moved, why should that thread not be moved as well. I suppose we hadn't moved it because most of the music posted was in spanish and was listened to by anybody growing up in a latin american country. But I thought it was only fair. ...
Best Colombian Coffee Commercials
My all time fave was the one where they showed a train on the mountains and there was this colombian girl looking out the window of the train. They played La Colegiala. It was a stunning commercial, I remember seeing it as a little girl. I would LOVE to find that commercial. Here are some others:
I am still hoping the silver screen will be kind to Colombia one day..... (sigh)
"Sorry to bust your bubble, but the bad people in the movies today are the RUSSIAN MAFIA, not Colombians. Go to the movies and find out." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Traditionally, the bad guys in Hollywood flicks are: - Hairy, bug-eyed arab terrorists who look like they they have a perspiration problem. - Blonde, beefy, vodka-drinking russian mafiosos driving cool sport cars. They always speak in russian and we ...
Salsas que te llegan.....
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The Best Vallenato of ALL TIMES?
Just a cachaca's opinion, this is the best vallenato of ALL TIMES, and will always be the best no matter what. Have a good weekend y'all, I'm off duty, guaro time. ...
The Mexican Answer to Octavio Mesa
I want this as a ringtune on my cell ...
Top Cities in South America (According to Yahoo)
Yahoo just published their list of top cities in South America. Out of 16, 4 are in Colombia: Top Cities in South America 1 Buenos Aires 2 Rio de Janeiro 3 Santiago 4 Sao Paulo 5 Bogota 6 Lima 7 Caracas 8 Cartagena 9 Quito 10 Salvador 11 Belo Horizonte 12 Barranquilla 13 San Andres Island 14 Buzios 15 San Carlos de Bariloche 16 Machu Picchu http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191500012-south_america_vacations-i They don't exactly specify what ...
Bogota Major Earthquake Warning.. is this a Hoax????
I just received this from my best friend in Bogota. Apparently there is an earthquake warning, her sister is in the colombian army and says they have been warned of something similar. The warning reads something about techtonic plates shifting after 1000 years or so... I am not a sismologist, what do I know. According to this "communique" bogota is due for an earthquake of an intensity between 6 and 8.3 on the Richter scale. There is even a website related to it: http://www.conlospiese ...
El Tolimense Optimista
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Recycled Colombia Jokes...
Why is it that everytime somebody cracks a Colombian cocaine joke they howl like hyenas in like they just told the most original joke in the world? Do they think they are impressing you (the colombian) with their comic genius? I was at a customer meeting a couple of days ago discussing the timeline of a project. There were five people in the room. Me: One weeks time will be delivery of the final product. Jackass: Okay, please send me an email to that effect. Me: I will, you will have t ...
For Elmo and all the other colombianos @ PBH
Who cares if we are paisas or rolos, boyacos, bumangueses. We come from a beautiful diverse country. Rolos, paisas, bumangueses, payaneses, somos colombianos al fin y al cabo. Es el regionalismo y la rivalidad que nos tiene jodidos. This video was filmed in the lovely town o Jardin Antioquia, when I see it it really makes me nostalgic. It would warm my heart just as much if it had been filmed in Monteria or Leticia.
Costeños Ursurping Cachaco Classics
I am sure everybody that is slightly familiar with colombian music has heard "El Hijuetuta" by Lizandro Mesa. I know Elmo goes on about how stiff cachacos are and our music being so not danceable etc. I'll have you know, that El Hijuetuta was originally written and performed by a cachaco. The original cachaco version uses much coarser language, no holds barred. Who is the originaly composer you ask? The answer is in the following link (sorry no embedding allowed for this video) http: ...
* Well, it was a really noble idea, but...
PBH is not the place for a Canadian Civil War. If you must insult each other, do it in private. -Tinto
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I suppose this whole forum originally started out as a good idea on propagating information about colombia.
While I believe there are some excellent posters who make legitimately informed contributions, I am shocked at how quickly insults fly around in this place for the silliest of reasons. Take for ...
A picture is definitely worth a thousand words
I couldn't resist. This picture is right on the front page of today's El Tiempo, along with the headline "Reclutamiento de Bachilleres".
What was the photographer thinking?
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Okay Elmo, quit your whining!!!!!!!!!!
All this whining about white cachacas not paying attention to you!
I got you the perfect milk white Andean Rola cachaca, I met her on my way up to Sesquile Cundinamarca, and I absolutely GUARANTEE you that she will love you long time!!!!! ...
Coca Tea and Dried up Coca Leaves
Did anyone here ever try taking coca tea or prepackaged coca leaves back to the US or Canada....
Attention Webmanco
I noticed your new little millos banner for the poorbuthappy meetups on the left hand side of the page.
I have a new and improved banner for you:
Thanks,
Colombiche. ...
Colombian Salsa Classics
Colombia's salsa classics...
Manizales de Alma
I have noticed a lot of people lately are taking an interest in visiting Manizales and the coffee growing region.
I compilation some Manizales clips from Youtube.
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