{"id":247,"date":"2006-09-05T08:30:39","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T12:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=247"},"modified":"2006-09-05T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2006-09-05T12:35:29","slug":"famous-in-our-own-lunchtimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Famous in our Own Lunchtimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catez<\/a> tagged me for this meme, and I am happy to oblige:<\/p>\n

1. What do you like most about where you live?<\/strong>
\nI like the fact that families here still have a strong influence. I also like the low cost of living, and the beautiful nature. Another thing I like a lot is the level of integration and mixing among the different ethnic groups living in Paraguay. I would be na\u00c3\u00afve if I think there is no racism; but thanks to God we have it easier than other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

Finally, and this is with all due respect for the ladies, I would like to say that something that I like a lot about here is the women. Women here are incredibly beautiful, charming, intelligent, passionate, and they know how to take care of their men. Believe me, I married one of them \ud83d\ude09 Sadly, many women here are still oppressed by unjust sexist practices and social norms.<\/p>\n

2. Is there anything strange about where you live?<\/strong>
\nIn fact, lots! In many senses, Paraguay is a land full of weirdness. How about this: Mennonites supposedly are pacifists, they refuse to hold political office and they object to military services. Well, enter Mr. Nicanor Duarte, President of Paraguay, Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces… and a Mennonite!<\/p>\n

Another thing I find really strange is the typical food. We are an almost tropical country, but judging from the calories furnished by our typical food, a stranger would think we are the Spitzbergen Islands or something near the vicinity \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

We don’t have coasts on the sea, but we have an important Navy for a country of our size… and I could go on and on and on…<\/p>\n

3. What’s one of your all-time favourite music albums, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one<\/a>. Since I discovered it some 6 or 7 years ago, Renaissance polyphony is my favorite music, and this recording is a superb example of it.<\/p>\n

4. Did you have a passion for something as a kid that you still have now? (If not – what is one of your passions now?)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I could actually cite two — Reading, and listening to classical music. Borges said once that his idea of heaven would be an enormous library, and I concur. As for Classical music, I loved it since I heard it. The only difference is the period: When I was a child, I heard mostly Classical and Romantic period music; now I hear mostly Renaissance and Baroque.<\/p>\n

5. What do you like most about having a blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always was toying with ideas and thoughts, but never had the drive to write them down and publish them. Now I can, thanks to the fact that I have a blog. I also enjoy interacting with my readers, and the fact that I could share my ideas all over the world.<\/p>\n

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Now, I should pick three or more people, so here they are: Tim<\/a>, The Hermitage<\/a>, and Rae<\/a>. If you’re not mentioned, that should not deter you… feel free to join me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catez tagged me for this meme, and I am happy to oblige: 1. What do you like most about where you live? I like the fact that families here still have a strong influence. I also like the low cost of living, and the beautiful nature. Another thing I like a lot is the level…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}