Culture Shock: Fashion

I can freely admit that I think that Czech people are quite beautiful. At least thrice every week, I see a girl or a guy on the trams that could probably become models in the Philippines, just because they have the foreign features that Filipinos seem to covet (for example, matangos na ilong (umm, pointy…

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Beer, as usual

Every country is number one at something. The Philippines is the number one country in terms of text messages (SMS) sent. The United States has the most serial killers. Greenland has the most land per person. The Czech Republic has the highest beer consumption per capita.   I’ve been here for a month, and I…

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Health and Safety at Work

I was browsing through my company email inbox, and received yet another Czech message that I was about to ignore. It turned out that the latter half of the letter was in English, and it reminded me that I “only have 7 days to complete the course.” Stunned and worried, I was told that I had to complete exams…

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