Panama Top 10: Daily Oddities III
1. 30+ women with braces. How do you go to business meetings? Tell your children to go to bed? Go on dates? How?
2. Men selling children’s maps in the middle of the road. Is the demand really that high?
3.The lack of Valentine’s Day candy…I know this is a bit dated, but my commercial heart felt slightly saddened when I saw a regular box of chocolate with a red ribbon tied around it (by the drug store) as the only Valentine’s Day item for sale.
4. Spandex body suits from the 80s at the gym.
5. Zonians who won’t admit to being Zonian.
6. The pedicurist balanced my feet in her lap the whole time. Isn’t that harder work?
7. TV shows that have been long canceled in the US play with fervor e.g. “South of Nowhere” a lesbian teen drama.
8. General bad behavior and disregard for movie-going etiquette (talking, cell phones).
9. Babies playing alone in the road. Survival of the fittest.
10. Subtitles. “You goddamn rat bastard” somehow translates to “Idiota.”
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Dude stop writting crap!! I have my emails set up to pick news and stories about Panama! Do you actually live there or in costa rica , please say you live in costa rica , in panama you should get arrested for impersonating a panamaenian, only they should have the right to write BS like you about their country, if you don´t like what you see move the F%&k out, but stop critiquing My City. Can you find some worthy to write about! if you cant´s I will give you something nice and positive to say about my city and its people.
THE COUNT OF PANAMA
This really is a poorly written article. Thus far everything I’ve read on your website is also poorly researched. The byline says it all (”by Robin”…does she/he have a last name, maybe a bio? what are her/his credentials for writing about Panama?)
I do wish I could set my Google alerts to exclude you in favor of actual news. Or here’s an idea…start writing actual news. Then those of us who live in Panama and know it well will read it gladly.
Sincerely,
Jessica Ramesch
Jessica, you can
set the google alert to:
“panama -costaricapages”
CDP,
ouch! well most of us live here in Costa Rica, but Robin and the rest of the crew that writes about Panama, does indeed live in Panama.
If I’m not mistaken, the Jessica above is a writer and editor at International Living in Panama, the king of slanted articles and biased advertorials. For that reason, it amuses me for her to be complaining about the integrity of an article on Panama.
If there were a comment form below each of the International Living emails I receive from her (yes I am an IL member), I would write something similar: “Who is this Jessica? Why does she seem to be trying to sell us secretly on real estate through her “informative” articles and “newsworthy” seminars? When in reality, the information is spiked with ads and referral programs which they don’t tell you about?”
Lighten up Jessica: not everyone in Panama can be as interesting or forerunning as you all at IL.
PS. I thought this article was bad too
Why so angry Jessica? Do you have braces?
Hi Robin,
What makes you think I’m angry? I’ve simply submitted an observation about the writing on this site–your article could have been a good one, but missed…Constructive criticism is a good thing, take it or leave it…but know that it’s not personal. I appreciate “Doctor Clayton” submitting his thoughts.
BTW Doc, glad we agree on something. If you have a moment, kindly write to us and share which of my articles you find to be slanted. Be pleased to hear from you.
Bests,
Jessica Ramesch
P.S. No braces Robin, but kudos to the ones that do have them…takes guts to do something like that as an adult, don’t you think?
P.P.S. Admin, thanks for the tip.
Adult braces are for weiners. Ya heard of invisalign? Dig it.
I can’t believe that such a vanilla article got so much heat! Just wait until I post “Panama’s 10 Fattest Liars” or “10 Panamanians I’d Like To Give a Wedgie”.
Sorry for the crossfire Jessica…I like your blog and your cooking
Casey
P.S. Robin needs braces
p.s. Casey wears spandex body suits. IN NEON.
South of Nowhere hasnt “long been cancelled” in the US.
It was just cancelled in the beginning of March. Its final season doesnt even air until September.
I have to agree with all three parts in this series. I am from North America but have been living in Panama for 3 years. The point of this website (as I see it) is to provide info on Panama, the good, the bad and the ugly. No one here is trying to make Panama seem like the “best place in the world to retire” (as many English publications do). I love Panama. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have stayed here this long. On the other hand, there are many things about Panama that can drive a newcomer crazy! This article touches on those things. No one is trying to say Panama isn’t a great place to live, visit or retire. Panama is DIFFERENT than the US! People coming here need to be aware of those differences.
BTW: Who the hell needs to research an article about personal observations of Panama????? Research is for news stories, etc. No one was claiming this was a “hard hitting news piece”! It’s a funny, first person observation!
Kudos to Robin. I laughed my ass off reading this! This is the kind of stuff I talk to my friends about when discussing the cultural differences of Panama vs. North America.
I agree that Jessica is a kick ass chef! And pretty damn cool to boot! Jess, get your @ss to Las Tablas soon!
I would also like to add to the list that in Las Tablas at least, the gym attire consists of jeans and Crocs for guys and see-through lacy bar shirts and flip-flops with skin tight jean shorts for girls.
Please keep up with the INFORMATIONAL articles about Panama!
That’s true about the gym in LasTablas. It is like my good friend Roman said to me once, “i’m not dancing, i’m expressing myself”. If they want to go dressed like that , what the heck. They do dress like that and that’s the reason why i go there. It’s hilarious.
P.S. Casey also wears tighty-whities.