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February 4, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Owner Missing
It was 8am and I was waiting out on the sidewalk for my friend to turn up in his car. We had made this arrangement a couple of nights ago and as the time grew later I became concerned that he had forgotten our appointment. For me this was…
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February 2, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Getting the Bike
It was in between meetings, we had just finished our staff meeting and now there was a worship time with the students, that I talked with Sergio about our need to head into town right now. We had arranged to meet the real owner today at 11…
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February 1, 2006
Buying a Siambretta – Er, Siambroken
Blind Purchase Proud as punch, I took off on my new motorbike. This was my very first ride on it. It did not occur to me until after the purchase that I had never actually looked at the bike or checked it out for any mechanical failures or…
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February 1, 2006
Buying a Siambretta
Well, it has been over two years now that I have been here in Argentina and only recently have I decided that it was time to look at getting some form of transport. There are many options here, from the latest models of bikes and cars to…
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February 1, 2006
Siambretta – Fixing the Broken, Hurt, and Dieing
Picking Up The Papers There is not a lot of time this morning, after fixing my flat tyre and following Sergio to his mechanics it was already past 10am, leaving us with a couple of hours for both paperwork and buying some tyres. This was…
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February 1, 2006
Reminders of Where I Am
It has been almost 2 years now that I have been living in Argentina and although life has changed a little from what it was in Australia and New Zealand, it is also very similar in many ways. Sometimes I simply forget where I am.
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December 10, 2005
Spitting Fire
The other week the art students were being taught how to juggle and walk on stilts. Starting with balls they moved on to the bowling pins and then, to everybody’s surprise, to balls of fire and fire sticks. This was a challenge for each of…
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December 8, 2005
Fierce Storm
Only two days ago there was a fierce storm come over our city. In the city centre trees had fallen over and roofs ripped off. There was a mess everywhere. Where we are, the core of the storm bypassed us, but the strength of the wind was…
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December 7, 2005
Scorpion
I found a scorpion under our door stop yesterday. It is the first one that I have found since moving here and I was surprised at this little creature. When I disturbed it, it ran around inside my house with its tail elevated and looking…
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December 7, 2005
Missionary Conference in Virasolo (The Conference)
Arrival Having arrived at the church, we were shown to our rooms. Mine was the pastor’s office, converted to a bedroom with two beds. The girls lived in a house attached to the side of the church. My room was located in the middle of…
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