rambles, poems, braindroppings, and stories

some cultural differences that have been a little challenging for me while living in colombia: keep in mind there is no right or wrong way to live. these are challenges i have faced, but this does not mean that my way (USA) is better than the cultural norms in colombia. one of the biggest challenges has been colombian time. now that i have lived here for over a year i will never leave my house until my colombian friends have actually arrived to where we are supposed to meet, because too many times i have arrived too early or my colombian friends simply don't show up to meet me. another challenge has been gossip. in new jersey the people are very direct and brutally honest. in villavo, colombia there is a lot of gossip. here the people are super nice, but sometimes the people like to talk about you behind your back. it's normal here. while where I'm from this is a very bad thing to do, you say something to someone's face. ironically is bad to call someone ch...

all i want to do is sleep, eat, travel, and share my time with a beautiful girl. it seems so simple, but it's not, in usa everything is complicated. although you make more money and you spend more money as well. people are more passive, in their own little world. never had i thought of having children before i came to colombia. why would i want all that responsibility and work, i thought. after over a year of living in colombia my perspective has changed significantly. it happened slowly. everyone would ask me "tienes hijos"? laughing i would reply "claro que no." how much i have changed. i still do not believe my life, i feel seperated from my experience like something special has happened to me, so lucky and blessed to be in colombia. i can list all the things i love about colombia, but i wont. why put it into words? maybe i cant help the path i am going down, it is what it is, all i have to walk down the road and enjoy the ride. when life is hard you have to...