Facts! (and not) my Facts! — Part One

I haven’t been blogging for a while, but I think I’ve gathered a lot of energy (and at the moment, a lot of headache), so I’m writing. What about? What else to write about?! 

About Nobody’s Land - Romania

But I won’t go on stating my view, but stating pure facts as well. Something that many journalists failed to do. But then again… the Romanian journalists weren’t even sure how many deputies voted for, how many against and how many were present upon the debate over the suspension of Traian Băsescu!

Though there’s a big ammount of excerpts in order to have a comprehensive picture, I suggest you read the full texts, by clicking on the links!

 

1. Băsescu - Reuters’ key facts [Full article]

* EARLY LIFE: [...]
– A rank-and-file communist party member, a must for any ocean-going captain in the 1980s during the rule of former dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Băsescu’s only claim to fame was praise from the party newspaper in 1985 for being a good sailor.

* BECOMING MAYOR:
– After communism collapsed in 1989, he became transport minister in a centrist government, spearheading the privatisation of Romania’s vast but rusting commercial fleet.
– In 2000 he won a landslide victory against the Social Democrat Party (PSD) candidate for Bucharest mayor, Foreign Minister Mircea Geoană, with a campaign whose symbol was the red pepper — a staple of Romanian cooking and a warning to his rivals that he stings.
– Famous for trying to rid the capital of hordes of stray dogs, he dismissed angry reactions from Western animals rights activists. “I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs,” he told Reuters at the time.

* BĂSESCU AS PRESIDENT:
– Băsescu was declared winner of the 2004 presidential election runoff, snatching victory from the favourite, former President Ion Iliescu’s hand-picked protege Prime Minister Adrian Năstase.
– In 2005 Băsescu started the process of opening of Securitate records when he ordered the secret services to transfer their files to the National Council for Studying Securitate Archives. Researchers of the country’s communist-era secret police cleared the president in October 2006 of accusations he collaborated with the feared Securitate.
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My new wall :p

LATER EDIT

1. Gift for “Man’s Day”!
2. Perfect for Easter (rabbit)
3. Very good for my ego =))))))) But even so… who would have thought about something like that?!?! Ok, ok.. I have thought of buying a similar one, but it would have been too weird! But hey, now I have the excuse: I got it as a gift :p

Ankieta/Chestionar/Survey

I’ve got a mail from Agata, with a message from Monika, a student at International Relations Faculty.

She was asking foreign students to fill in a survey called Climate of Lodz “to see how international visitors (as You!) see Lodz after their staying in the city.”

I couldn’t help but send her some nice comments as well, after filling in the survey. =)

Pity for Czech People

I don’t know if they (Poles) thought about it, and I don’t know if the Czechs thought about it either. BUT

ŠKODA = Czech automobile manufacturer and one of the four oldest car producers in the world

SZKODA = pity in Polish (skoda, in Czech)

Not that nice when you see the cars in Poland, and then you think about ŠKODA, is it?!

Musical background: Sergio Mendes - Magalenha

Mathematicians

This very last weekend I went to Krakow again. I came back. I waited for the 57 bus from the train station to the dormitory.

I had no ticket and so I hopped in the bus, and went to the driver to buy one.

A 30 minutes bus is 1.50 PLN.

I told him “jeden studencki bilet… trzydzieści minuty” and put 1 PLN and 50 grosze on the table near him.

He said something in Polish… I acted like I don’t understand.

He was going for his tickets… and I said “pfiu…solved!”.

He gave me back a ticket of 10 minutes and 40 grosze back.

Brilliant!

Cat

Sini… Again!

Vodka! Cat!

No comment!

My Personality (& others)

I’m keeping track of another Romanian Erasmus who was in Poland - Andreea, the blogger of Andressa.

One of today’s posts was too catchy, not to react to it.

A personality test.

Here’s the outcome:

And just to continue along the idea of Andreea’s post: I have 0- as blood group! Quite rare, but there’s another important thing that itches my mind: if something happens, hell will freeze before they find me a quick donor!

LATER EDIT

I was kind of getting bored, so I began taking some more tests :D. The weird outcomes follow.

THE door, our door, my door

=)))

No, I didn’t have the curiosity to search for “kurwy” on Google, but there are lots of clicks coming to this blog, from this specific search :p

Sini

Sini doesn’t want to give away her blog address. Anyway… suite yourself, Sini! I won’t go into the “darkness” and blackmail you… and no, I don’t think I’ll read your blog after you delete stuff from it! I think it’s better if you don’t give away your blog address, and keep those wicked posts as well ;)

Post Scriptum

And she has her laptop in Danish, bought in Poland! And she said she knows a bit of Swedish… but then again she doesn’t want to speak to us in Suomi… and she really had no reaction whatsoever to the my Swedish phrases, nor Huvitelkaa… pfff… and she keeps on saying Dobrze and other Polish phrases!!!! No more!!