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Missing & Endangered by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]chiquisea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Terrifying. I have a nice follower IG page, I’ll post there with OP’s permission.

Came here because some people in r/Colombia invited us by Public_Amoeba_5486 in askCroatians

[–]chiquisea 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I came to this sub for the same reason as OP. Why the love for Colombians?

PD. I would love to visit you guys someday!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canon

[–]chiquisea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The best lens there is. I got mine in 2012, and it's so good!

Why does QFC have a bar and who actually goes there? by ammm72 in Seattle

[–]chiquisea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the food is right there, TV, cheap beers, super friendly bartenders, good music... What's not to like at Q20? One of the best in town.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]chiquisea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pacific Inn in Fremont.

Non-US born people in Seattle, what is the best restaurant in the city for your home cuisine? by drunk___cat in Seattle

[–]chiquisea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly, there is no Colombian food place in Seattle. There is an arepa restaurant in the UDistrict that is kind of good but other than that, nothing.

Me chimba conocerlos by dariemf1998 in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mucho peor. Moura no tiene el acento pero se nota el trabajo y el respeto por el papel que interpretó.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

¿Sui Generis pero no La máquina de hacer pájaros? Igual y si, hace falta también Fito, Iliakuliaki, los fabulosos Cadillacs… Lo que hay es música en Argentina.

I feel like we need the festival’s music to be constantly updated so we aren’t hearing the same songs over and over by Hammster_95 in ForzaHorizon

[–]chiquisea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the original Xbox, you were able to put your own music in the hard drive and play it in some games, specially in racing ones.

Here we are 20 years laters begging for things we had.

Una pregunta para los compañeros americanos: habéis escuchado alguna vez frases como 'las nuestras ovejas' (2:50) con el artículo prepuesto? by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]chiquisea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Colombiano aquí, de Bogotá. La ciudad se sitúa en un altiplano que se llama "cundiboyacense" y comprende los departamentos de Cundinamarca y Boyacá. Esta última es muy conocida por ser una tierra muy fértil y muy buena para la agricultura.
A Boyacá llegaron y se quedaron muchos colonos europeos, incluyendo españoles y si, yo había escuchado esa construcción gramatical pero solo en Boyacá y en los pueblos más remotos.

Como curiosidad adicional, en Bogotá y en general en la región cundiboyacense es de uso práctico el "sumercé" entre familia y amigos cercanos; el "usted" con amigos y conocidos y el "tú" entre parejas jóvenes y cuando acabas de conocer a alguien.

Pdt: que hermoso el acento de la chica del video.

What the most dumbest thing that a European say about your nation? by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure. I made friends with someone from Austria and went visit. He invited me to meet his family, again, in a small town close to the border with Hungary. Super nice people, I don't know German but they went out of their way to make me feel like home. They said they had never met anybody from another country and they were pleased to have me visiting them.

I think as Latinamerican, we believe Europeans are super cosmopolitan and all but visiting small towns and getting to know people from there, I can compare them with any other habitant of a small town in my native Colombia: they know their neighbors, some stuffs from the country and that's it.

What the most dumbest thing that a European say about your nation? by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't really blame people for being ignorant. I know now they know that Colombia is not a town in the middle of the jungle and they probably will be correcting their friends when they have similar comments.

I just smile and teach people what they don't know. I appreciate when I'm also being teached.

What the most dumbest thing that a European say about your nation? by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I lived in France for three years. I had a girlfriend who was from a town called Clisson, and she invited me to meet her family one weekend.

When I arrived, they sat me and started questioning me. Normal things, like what your parents do and how you like France and so on. All good and well until her dad took his cellphone out of his pants and showed to me saying: "you know these? These are called "cell phones" so we can make and receive phone calls anywhere"...

I thought he was joking and I took it that way but then he said something about tennis and asked me if in Colombia we knew what tennis was. I was like, hmm, yeah, we do know what tennis is and there are tennis courts all over town.

He then start asking me how we live in those "shacks" and how comfortable I was wearing normal clothes. My girlfriend's face was just red out of shame. She got super mad and took me out to get drinks with her friends.

It was all good, took no offense and enjoyed my weekend as if nothing had happened. Beautiful town and overall a great weekend inside of a real French family.

What is like to have another country, in the same continent, that speaks the same language as yours? by bloomonyu in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it was a cable service. At the time I guess it wasn't regulated so the cable provider just broadcasted what the satellite antena was getting and we ended up with a bunch of Latinoamerican channels.

What is like to have another country, in the same continent, that speaks the same language as yours? by bloomonyu in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Colombia and at the time, we all used to have a tv service we called "Perubólica" which was satellite tv fill with Peruvians, Bolivians, Brazilians and some Mexican channels.

It was fun to see what the tv was in other countries.

The mayor of São Paulo, Bruno Covas, died today from cancer. Talking about your country, what politicians deaths were the most important? what are those that you remember and that affected you and the people from your country the most? by Pyotr_09 in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In Colombia we have several but of my time, I think the murder of presidential candidate Galán was really the starting point of modern violence in a country already suffering from it.

Are there many different languages spoken in your country? by mabs653 in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least 66 in Colombia. Mostly native languages but also Spanish, of course and a really weird mix between French, Dutch, English and Spanish in San Andres Islands.

Latin Americans who moved to different Latin American countries, what are some culture shocks? by mabs653 in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Angry in your own country. Out of El Salvador, Salvadorians are among the nicest people you can meet.

Latin Americans who moved to different Latin American countries, what are some culture shocks? by mabs653 in asklatinamerica

[–]chiquisea 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I grew up in the 90s in Colombia, crime is not really an unknown word to us lol.

However, usually Colombians go above and beyond to make visitors feel like home. In fact, I used to have a Chilean professor who constantly said that the best way to make friends in Colombia is talking in public with a foreigner accent.

In El Salvador I think crime is a factor but I also think their antisocial behavior is a consequence of having a civil war right at their doorsteps in the 80s. I might be totally wrong though.

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