Mauricio Alas

  • Adventure in a Spanish speaking group.

    This is a short editorial piece I wrote, which can be found on their website here. In this day and age of the Internet, finding individuals who you share common interests with is as easy as doing a simple Google search. It does not, however, take away the uncertainties of finding yourself face-to-face with…

  • Mauricio’s Mercenary Report:

    “Why do I care so much about getting your money? Because I am a multi-billion dollar bank owner!” Many of you may have seen – whether you like it or not – WestJet’s new “Why do we care so much? Because we are also WestJet owners” advertising campaign. Has anyone given some real thought…

  • The Night I Lost My One Eyed Cat

    First of all, bear with me while I get to it: For quite a while now, I had been thinking of getting a new cat. Have moved from place to place throughout the years yet it never seemed like the ‘right’ time. At first I blamed it on the location: No cats allowed, place…

  • Become the Organizer of a Social Group

    Hello Everyone, Yes, among my many interests, I have to say that being a ‘Good Samaritan’ is more like a part-time job. Do it sometimes, but like most people out there, our day jobs take a good chunk of our possible time doing our Samaritarian calling. However, not that long ago I found this…