Monthly Archives: December 2006

Last night my neighbourhood has a traditional celebration for the Virgin de Guadalupe, ahead of the 12th December when Mexicans from all over the country make a pilgramage to the Basilica de Guadalupe. They like fireworks here, and they like … Continue reading →

Today’s the big charity day in Mexico City, with their version of Comic Relief, or ITV’s Telethon. The money collected here goes towards the millions of poor people in their own country, rather than over to Africa, but then given … Continue reading →

So how hard is it to teach English? Can’t be that hard, right? Ponder this. One of, if not the, most common words in the English language is ‘the’. How do you teach this? It’s not as easy as you … Continue reading →

It’s just passed 10 years since I first got a few patches of psoriasis show up on my scalp. And for most of those ten years I have used Cocois, an oily cream, to treat it. When I first used … Continue reading →

Today was the big day! After 12 months of campaigning, voting, counting, recounting, calling for more vote recounts, recounting some more votes, court cases, protests, phony inaugurations, more protests, fights in the congress between rival parties….there is finally, officially and … Continue reading →