Saturday, October 25, 2008

Points of View or Point of Views?

Last night, I met Lara downtown in San Jose to visit the french alliance house in the capital, and we saw a movie by Luis Buñuel. It was in french subtitled in spanish, but I understood the majority of it. The movie was called "Cet obscur objet du desir" or The Dark Object of Desire. It was weird, funny and interesting. If nothing esle it was a cultural experience to add to the arsenal when I hear someone speaking of their favorite french film "Cet obscur objet du desir" I can now comment intelligently (in English). After that we found a (the only) Irish Pub in San Jose and enjoyed a Guiness.
As for today, not too much new here; had an awesome breakfast this morning at Yami's house (co-worker at St. Francis College.) Every Saturday she has her family over for a huge brunch, and we are kindly invited. It was also a cool cultural experience to be speaking spanish and enjoying the local fare. It was interesting to hear their perspective on the US election coming up in ten days. The majority were pro-Obama and anti-TLC (trato libre comercio) or free-trade with the US. I remained relatively reserved and just listened to all their opinions to gather a new point of view. Similarly to the US/Mexican issue of immigration Costa Rica has their own issues with the people of Nicaragua immigrating to Costa Rica. You can travel anywhere in the world and I guarantee there will be immigration issues; for this reason i look forward to working with immigration policy after law school. The issue has been around since the beginning of time and I don't see it becoming less important or prevalent in the future. With that said, I am off to take a siesta...

4 comments:

The MIZ said...

Hi ed,
It seems like the immigration issue has taken a back seat to the economy on the political front in the election. Whatever is foremost in the news seems to be the hot topic. The war has also become a "non-issue". November 4
will be interesting.
Love, Grandma S

gramma k said...

Hi Ed, I "lost" your blog site, and just now accidentally found it. I am caught up with your great experiences. love gamma k

Brian O'Shea said...

nice update mr. smith! and happy early birthday!

Kris said...

Hi Eddie,
Have a super-d-duper birthday! May the Dear Lord bless you(sung in my best singing voice).
Love, Krissy

Hi Eddie,
Have an awesome Costa Rican Birthday!
Your friend, Peter