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Author: Irina Pino

Irina Pino's Diary 

Teachers Should Be a Source of Motivation

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Irina Pino 1 Comment

My experience, my nieces and nephews’ experience and my son’s experience have all shown me that a strict methodology only promotes rejection.

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Tribute to Cats (Video)

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Irina Pino 0 Comments

Cats’ dreams must be wonderful adventures, for they continue to be a mystery for humankind. I hope you enjoy this video in tribute to cats.

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Barter for Intimacy

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Irina Pino 6 Comments

In one of the apartments she cleans she met an older man who would flatter her about her attractive figure, great body…

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We Have Scabies

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Irina Pino 0 Comments

I never thought that I would get scabies, but we humans still haven’t developed immunity to this disease yet.

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What I Like and Loathe about Facebook

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Irina Pino 4 Comments

Irina Pino writes about the things she likes and loathes about Facebook, the most used social network in Cuba.

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Vicissitudes of Crisis & My Experience at Dollar Stores

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 Irina Pino 5 Comments

My situation hasn’t been the worst during the pandemic. Friends and relatives have helped me by sending remittances. I am very grateful.

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Ray Bradbury: a Merciless Critic

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Irina Pino 0 Comments

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) is an enlightening read. Irina Pino writes about the work of the author on his centennial.

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Cell Phone Top-Up and Easy Money in Cuba

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Irina Pino 3 Comments

Irina Pino writes about some young neighbors invents to find easy money in Cuba as well as cell phone top-ups.

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Bells for Everyone (+Video)

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Irina Pino 0 Comments

When I first heard Bob Dylan’s Ring Them Bells song, I was impressed with its poetic, biblical, human bearing.

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When a Pet Dies

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Irina Pino 1 Comment

I’m sad. My cat passed away this morning. He was called Ringo, like the drummer from The Beatles.

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