Whenever I arrive in Lima, I use an old blackberry telephone. I'm only going to be here for a couple months, and it's stupid to spend the money on a phone upgrade.
Well, the other day I sat down and pulled a bunch of images off the memory just for the heck of it. I found this picture of a burdened woman standing outside the window at Cafe Haiti. It took quite a bit of time using both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to get the image at all presentable.
Anyway, I started chuckling to myself because I briefly considered posting the comment to the "Expatriates of Lima" Facebook page. Here's how the responses would go:
Random American: Did you pay that woman to take her picture?
Random American: Man, it's great to be a rich, successful American living in Lima. I'm probably the best businessman in the whole world...though I've never had time to go to Machu Picchu.
Random Englishman: You Americans always spend so much time talking about how great your business sense is...need I remind you your country is 18 trillion in debt?
Random American: Need I remind you that we dumped your tea in the harbor?
Random Englishman: Are you seriously bringing up the Boston tea party?
Random American Woman: I don't like how you exploited that woman by taking her picture.
Random American: I hate it when you're eating at a cafe and people come and ask you for money...and the car alarms go off.
Random Peruvian: That could happen in any country, if you don't like Peru you can go back to wherever you came from!
Ahhh...just another fine day on the internet :)
Oh, and for the record, I did pay the woman to take her picture. I paid her $1000 just like I pay everyone whose picture I use on "Streets of Lima" because I'm the best businessman in the world, and I'm better than all of you!
Make sure you read my books if you haven't yet. "Beyond Birkie Fever" is my most popular work, click on the link and check out the reviews. Also, I'm involved with this, got something featured here, and I've been wasting a lot of time lurking around here lately. If you want a free book to review, write me at walterrhein at gmail dot com. Oh, and read this too.
Well, the other day I sat down and pulled a bunch of images off the memory just for the heck of it. I found this picture of a burdened woman standing outside the window at Cafe Haiti. It took quite a bit of time using both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to get the image at all presentable.
Anyway, I started chuckling to myself because I briefly considered posting the comment to the "Expatriates of Lima" Facebook page. Here's how the responses would go:
Random American: Did you pay that woman to take her picture?
Random American: Man, it's great to be a rich, successful American living in Lima. I'm probably the best businessman in the whole world...though I've never had time to go to Machu Picchu.
Random Englishman: You Americans always spend so much time talking about how great your business sense is...need I remind you your country is 18 trillion in debt?
Random American: Need I remind you that we dumped your tea in the harbor?
Random Englishman: Are you seriously bringing up the Boston tea party?
Random American Woman: I don't like how you exploited that woman by taking her picture.
Random American: I hate it when you're eating at a cafe and people come and ask you for money...and the car alarms go off.
Random Peruvian: That could happen in any country, if you don't like Peru you can go back to wherever you came from!
Ahhh...just another fine day on the internet :)
Oh, and for the record, I did pay the woman to take her picture. I paid her $1000 just like I pay everyone whose picture I use on "Streets of Lima" because I'm the best businessman in the world, and I'm better than all of you!
Make sure you read my books if you haven't yet. "Beyond Birkie Fever" is my most popular work, click on the link and check out the reviews. Also, I'm involved with this, got something featured here, and I've been wasting a lot of time lurking around here lately. If you want a free book to review, write me at walterrhein at gmail dot com. Oh, and read this too.
