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Catalan elections during a pandemic

February 18, 2021 Story 3 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

Surprisingly casting my vote was smoother than in pre-COVID years. Yes, the queue was long, we were there for about one hour. Most of the time, just standing on the street. 😮 Smooth and well organized The queue steadily moved …

Barcelona’s absurd water pricing

January 28, 2021 Rant 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

I’m calling BS on the whole pricing system for the water supply in the city of Barcelona 😤 I don’t even know how to begin my rant, I’m moving from anger 😡, to frustration 😭, to disappointment 😞. I have …

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Enforced IoT

January 21, 2021 Rant Leave a comment Reading time: 1 minutes

First of all, let me say I ❤️ technology. I make my living off it 💰 However, I don’t like when we’re not given a choice 😡 You see, my newly installed Samsung 🇰🇷 air conditioner can not be programmed …

Weeknote 51 (2020)

December 20, 2020 Weeknote 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

I have been busy. Busy and with my mind somewhere else. Where? My new apartment 🏡 I know… here I am again ranting about it. Only those who have undergone renovations can understand the pain of working with the contractors, …

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Weeknote 44 (2020)

October 30, 2020 Weeknote COVID-19 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

😔 Kicked in the nuts, again. The Catalan government has imposed new restrictions as of today. Amongst others, they’ve closed off all the sports facilities because they don’t deem them to be a “first necessity”. Thus, our school had to …

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October 23, 2020 Personal 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

I don’t like how the proper way of phrasing age in English looks like: “I’m 33 years old“. In Spanish, if we were to literally translate it to English it would look like “I’m 33 years“. Why couldn’t we adopt …

Weeknote 40 (2020)

October 2, 2020 Weeknote Leave a comment Reading time: 2 minutes

It has been nine weeks since the last update. So much for “weeknotes”, right? I haven’t been blogging much, not here nor in my travel blog, so here are some updates. 🛠 Renovations It has been a full month since …

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Is blogging dead?

August 3, 2020 Rant Leave a comment Reading time: 3 minutes

I was reading this blog post the other day: Blogging is dead. Long live ephemerality. A crude slap to the face with reality to those of us who still love blogging. I honestly think blogging is not dead, not yet. …

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Weeknote 31 (2020)

July 31, 2020 Weeknote COVID-19 2 comments Reading time: 1 minutes

🏖 Vacations, here we go. Finally. After having to cancel my South Korean plans back in April (of which I’m still emotionally recovering) today, end of business, I’ll start my deserved three-week vacation. No flying, not traveling afar. COVID-19 has …

Weeknote 29 (2020)

July 17, 2020 Weeknote COVID-19 4 comments Reading time: 2 minutes

I wish I didn’t have to rant but you know how most people are… a bunch of ***holes 😡 Some are so dense they’re only capable of caring about themselves, and their comfort. Selfish and unconscious, incapable of living in …