Alfredo Fernandez’s Diary

Surprising Discoveries

During this last year, and a lot of free time during the pandemic, I discovered ways of accessing knowledge that I had no idea about before.

Is Remote Working Ethical?

Remote working is the greatest benefactor of this pandemic worldwide. Different news outlets say at least 30% of jobs have disappeared.

Rock Fan in My 40s

Santiago de Cuba, my hometown, is one of Latin America’s most musical cities.

End the Lockdown Already!

I continue to think that it will be very hard us to return to our old selves after this situation we are currently living.

Odd Jobs in Life

In the early hours of February 18, 1996, at a funeral home in Santiago de Cuba, I discovered that I had a strange attraction for odd jobs.

Are Self-Help Books Worth Reading?

This is the question I can’t stop asking myself, at least for two years now, after I lost both my sister and my mother in just four months of each other.

The Anatomy of a Lockdown

In Chinese, especially in the Mandarin dialect, the words “crisis” and “opportunity” are written with the same two Chinese characters.