ShazCas has written 12 posts

Spanglish, any good?

The American film "Spanglish" is opening in the UK next Friday, I think. I know it probably screened in the US ages ago, I don't know about Colombia or the resst of Europe, but if you have seen it, is it any good? Now I must point out, when I say 'any good', I don't mean in a 'Citizen Kane' type way, but in a cheesy, light-hearted, I-only-need-one-brain-cell-for-this type way... Might go and see it, what did you thik of it? ...

By ShazCas on 2005-02-19 01:24:09. 11 comments.

Sick and tired

I'm so sick of all the gringa-bashing that goes on on this website, it's really putting me off posting here and visiting the site, sadly, because there's so much I love about it. Recently, there was a certain troll who offended everyone a lot with all his bad language, and his posts were rightly removed. But for me, there are other types of trolls, like those who moan about hygiene and worst of all, those who like to put women from North America and Europe down in any way they can and as often a ...

By ShazCas on 2005-01-23 09:26:26. 115 comments.

Alfredo Gutierrez

Hola muchachos,

Primero me gustaria que me parece muy buena idea charlar en español y en ingles en este foro, por muchos motivos - los "gringos" peuden practicar el español, y los colombanios se pueden escribir en su lengua materna si quieren tambien. Entieno la preocupacion de que podira dividir la gente un poco, pero es importante mantener todos los foros aqui, y yo escribire en ingles y en español tambien.

Bueno, queria hacerles una preguntita - sabe alguien s ...

By ShazCas on 2004-12-09 13:30:51. 14 comments.

Hi

Hi everyone!

Nothing important, just wanted to say hi, it's been ages since I've been able to have time to participate in my favourite website! There are a lot of familiar handles still, I see, which is nice, and it's great to see lots of interesting discussions and information. Love the new look Peter, and it's so much more user-friendly! ...

By ShazCas on 2004-11-25 13:24:01. 2 comments.

Political Leaning of El Tiempo

Hi guys,

I need your help with my dissertation topic. I'm thinking of comparing newspaper articles about Ingrid Betancourt in English, French and Spanish. I can find articles from The Guardian and Le Monde Diplomatique pretty easily. Both of these newspapers are moderately left-wing, or liberal, so if I'm going to compare newspaper articles I need to ensure that they are "comparable", ie, written on the same date, have the same function, etc. What I need your help with is this: wo ...

By ShazCas on 2004-09-07 05:03:14. 17 comments.

Colombian Football Shirt

Hi all!

Can anyone tell me where can I buy a Colombian football (that's soccer to you American guys! ;-) shirt over the internet? I looked in Google but could only find online auctions selling them, and I just want to buy an ordinary seleccion colombia one from an online shop. Your help would be very much appreciated! ...

By ShazCas on 2004-08-23 14:52:09. 6 comments.

Frijoles

Hi!
I have two Spanish friends coming round for dinner on Saturday night, and my partner and I would like to make Bandeja Paisa for them. Does anyone have a good recipe for frijoles? I'm going to use a can instead of dried beans, and I think I will use bacon instead of tocino, but I can't remember the rest of the ingredients. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks! ...

By ShazCas on 2004-08-06 04:13:38. 10 comments.

Peter - Offensive Sexual Personal Attacks

Hi Peter, could you please do something about joal2k4? This person is making sexual, personal attacks against someone, which is against your rules on the site?

Cheers, and love your website! ...

By ShazCas on 2004-08-05 12:15:26. 3 comments.

Photos

Hi everyone!

Well, I'm not the greatest expert on computers and after having been a visitor to this site for a long time, I have only learnt to post photos now! Oh well, better late than never, and I hope you enjoy the photos I have put on my photo gallery. To see them, you can either go to the home page, or click on my name above this message.

Let me know what you think! ...

By ShazCas on 2004-07-25 15:35:43. 14 comments.

To those who are so critical of Kevin and Cholula

Gator, Sam, Utopiacowboy et al: I would just like to ask you something. When was the last time YOU did something for Colombia? I mean, actually spend some time and effort doing something to help the country???????? ...

By ShazCas on 2004-06-12 04:51:00. 23 comments.

A Strong Colombian Man

You very rarely hear anything positive about Colombian men, so I thought I'd like to tell you about one very strong Colombian man-my husband. He came over to Scotland with me a year and a half ago. He's a Graphic Designer and in Bogota worked as a professor in three universities. He loved his job and his life. However, we decided to see what Europe would hold in store for us, I wanted to continue my studies, and my husband was paid very little in Bogota and wanted to try working as a designer ra ...

By ShazCas on 2004-06-03 12:52:19. 15 comments.

Bogotanos and Ingrid Betancourt

Hi,
Just wanted to say that one of the main reasons why Bogotanos are so ambivalent about Ingrid Betancourt and her kidnapping is that they believe her supporters think she deserves to be set free more than the some 3,000 other kidnapped people. The French (and British, to some extent) media go on and on about her as if she were the only kidnapped person in the country. I don't agree with them deriding her, and yes, it was stupid of her to go into FARC territory, but she doesn't deserve t ...

By ShazCas on 2004-05-24 14:22:42. 0 comments.