Recent content by jayjane

Argh! I have been so happy with our portero. He has made me feel safe, fixes anything, never will take tip money (except Christmas), and has been extremely helpful and friendly. Well, I have learned even if you have a great portero here, your neighbors are likely to screw it up. The...

No, no benefit. I thought there might be since I was coming with my Argentine husband with plans to stay for quite a while. The jobs change so often in English teaching that they don´t care about longevity. In fact, some students prefer to change their teachers because they think the exposure...

By all means do the course here but go teach somewhere else! I enjoyed the course. I´ve had more luck than most people I know with getting work hours but I´ve dealt with a lot of bs. Private students are the best (ones that you find yourself.) Pay is low with most if not all institutes...

Yes, it was an example a long time ago & nothing has changed. That why I was saying it is old news. I am surprised they published the article recently. A lot of econ blogs and news sources talked about this a long time ago. It is recycled info. They should have at least added something to...

Old news maybe with a few new stats. The Big Mac has been missing from menus since I moved down here. You can order it if you ask though.

How well do you even know this girl? From the description you gave it sounds to me like she may be in on the scheme. First of all, I don´t think a genuine porteño friend would take you there at night. Porteños are often very protective of their foreign friends. I imagine a lot would feel...

Yes, buy clothes at home (if they aren´t too expensive in Ireland.) Clothes here are very expensive and the quality is not good. They rip easily and some hardly survive the washing machine. A decent plain T-shirt can run you the equivalent of 50 U.S. or more. Of course you can find cheaper...

My mother in-law told us to give ours around 250 pesos and she bought some Christmas treats for us to give him. Probably depends on the type of building and portero etc. We don´t have 24hr service. I imagine you would tip more for 24hr porteros/security. I don´t know if you would tip each...

Does that work? The tracks are a bit different than at home though. Not as deep, makes me wonder if a bit of jiggling would dislodge the rod. Maybe not though.

Having an unpredictable schedule is a good one. I currently have one. I had a job opportunity for a full-time normal 9-5 gig recently and this is one of this first things I thought of. Although I'd be helping my husband more than I do now with all the bills, it would just take one robber to...

You left your bags alone in Retiro? We all slip up but, the only logical conclusion to this is that you´ll get robbed. I wouldn´t leave my bags alone in a park in the U.S.

I second that. Bring enough savings to basically cover you for several months and cover a plane ticket home. Most people that come down here to do this leave very quickly. Search around this site. Most people will tell you it is very low-paying and there are a ton of disadvantages. Bad...

The paperwork and credentials really depend on the school. You will need a DNI. Schools here will not get you a work visa. I would look for jobs that are posted after the New Year. It doesn´t hurt to start now either. A lot of schools I know haven´t figured out their schedules for next...

We love our PSA water purifier. It hooks up to the sink. It tastes a lot better than the tap. You replace the filter every few months or so depending on how much you use it and what size you get. They have a sales stand at the entrance of Sodimac sometimes. http://www.psa.com.ar/

It isn't likely that you'll make enough teaching to pay your bills and get to enjoy a few fun things now and then. A lot of people dont realize this until they are a ways down this road. Most people I know teaching are using savings to get by and plan to return to the U.S. once they have...