{"id":616,"date":"2009-08-18T20:33:02","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2014-05-20T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:34:09","slug":"159820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/159820\/","title":{"rendered":"159820"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>know a good immigration lawyer? (not for me, but please read the third paragraph below)&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>driving the sentra is a bit interesting with a loose transmission. i&#8217;m getting better at it&#8230;.but to a passenger, it would feel a bit like i was learning to drive stick shift. when i&#8217;m driving (foot on the gas pedal), it&#8217;s fine. but sometimes when i stop, the gears will disengage and i&#8217;ll have to rev the engine (to 1.5 to 3 thousand rpm)&#8230;..then, the gears will pop into place and the car will jolt forward. i&#8217;m learning how to make the transition smoother, though. one trick is to press on both the brake and gas pedals when at a stoplight (thus the gears don&#8217;t disengage).<\/p>\n<p>this morning i met with some more people about finding a cool job here, and have a meeting with chile&#8217;s office of innovation tomorrow morning. it&#8217;s surprising how much MIT is thrown around by the people here. i&#8217;ll be introduced by MIT, then by name. as my friend suggested, maybe they&#8217;re &#8216;name whores&#8217; here.<\/p>\n<p>from there, i drove over to the concha y toro vineyard just outside of santiago. i was the only one there for an english tour, so i ended up getting a private tour! the woman was very friendly&#8230;.maybe too friendly? at one point, she told me a pretty tragic story about how she left the us (georgia) a couple of years ago&#8230;.but has a 4 year old daughter still there. her baby&#8217;s father is a jerk, and she&#8217;s having trouble returning to the us (immigration) or getting custody of the child. if anybody knows of a good lawyer who can help her out&#8230;send me an email (beto@sentradiaries.com) and i can put you in touch with her.<\/p>\n<p>along the way to the vineyard, i got a flat tire. that&#8217;s my fourth flat over the entire trip (well, sorta the third&#8230;.since the second one resulted from a poor patch job that i had done earlier). after checking out the vineyard, i decided to get some new tires&#8230;my six full-sized tires ranged from missing rubber to surprisingly good quality. now i have four good tires on the car, and two poorish quality spares&#8230;but good enough for a backup. and guess where i bought them? at the supermarket for $25 a piece! go figure.<\/p>\n<p>they also sell their used wine barrels for $10 each&#8230;.imagine all the possibilities&#8230;.wine rack, table, etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-616 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/159820\/usach_rain_courtyard\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/usach_rain_courtyard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/159820\/conchoytoro_vineyard\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/conchoytoro_vineyard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/159820\/tires_lider_supermarket\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sentradiaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tires_lider_supermarket-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>know a good immigration lawyer? 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