Archive for December, 2008
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Fun Moments
Monday, December 29th, 2008
Had a great birthday! Thanks all of you for your emails =)
Here are some pics of my great day!
On my bday i like to do many little fun things…like going to a store and just play or try on stuff…like the birthday hat and the capricorn goat =) shown on the first pictures.
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Dec 28…My birthday!!!
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
My birthday is a very special day for me…it is actually the one special day I have…everything seems perfect that day, I always get lots of calls, emails, cards, gifts…God even sends me some sunshine and blue sky on that day…(well, looking at this weather today I’m not sure if that’s going to happen, LOL)…last […] -
Meaning of Xmas by Garcia Marquez
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
I always loved Garcia Marquez, he has a sharp way of seeing things…i do not necessarily agree in all his observations but i do agree in most part of it, people that know me know about my point of view of Xmas, specially the shopping paranoia and those xmas songs starting late november that really […]
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Xmas EVE in Paraguay
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
I still remember the clerico we use to drink at Xmas celebration at friends or family houses when I was still living in Paraguay…the smell of flor de coco invading our senses, the xmas tree decorated with cotton on the top simulating snow even if the thermometer hit 40 degrees Celsius.
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Hot Hot very hot
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
This time of the year is almost unbearable in Paraguay, it is hard to even breath, the hot weather and the lack of rain make most people even sick…my friends complain about this all the time, and I complain about the snow, the storm and the freezing temperatures here, I guess it just in human […]
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Hair Salons and copycat business in Asuncion
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
It is incredible the copycat business that you can see in Paraguay, specially in Asuncion, once it was a big boom to open a photocopy place, once one came up with that idea in not time you could see many of the same kind of stores in the same block, that also happened with the […]
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Fernando Lugo’s first 100 days as President
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
This is my post for www.globalvoicesonline.org, many of you know that I’m the blogger representing Paraguay in Global Voices Online which is a project of the University of Harvard.
The first 100 days have passed since Paraguay’s elected President Fernando Lugo assumed power last August. Paraguayans were eager for a change, a change that had raised […] -
Paraguayan Sterling Silver Filigree Jewelry make great Christmas gifts
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Have you considered a original and exclusive Paraguayan handmade Sterling Silver filigree jewelry to give to a special one for Xmas?
If so please check one of my sites:
http://stores.ebay.com/helenavoigt_Paraguayan-Filigree-Jewelry_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ16040878QQftidZ2QQtZkm (ebay store)
My main store Larimoon:
http://www.larimoon.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4
Most of the jewelry is designed by me (Helena Voigt) and handmade by many Paraguayan families from Luque, this is a great […] -
Asuncion Paraguay Vacation Rental
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
While in Paraguay I have noticed that the hotels are expensive and always full, some are very very expensive around 300$ a night which is ridiculous…and there are also many nice places where you can’t even find a hotel or a place to stay, which is a pity. So, I came up with the […]
