yesterday, my friends from zastava fan club went to kragujevac, to the Zastava now Fiat factory to say goodbye to the last zastava car produced
I wasn’t able to go since that was a working day but I see they had a great time
now for some clips…
Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
A Visit To Kragujevac
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Police Dash Cam Of Meteor Over Edmonton, Canada
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008people more than 700 kilometers apart report seeing this meteor hit Canada
check out this video shot from the police vehicle
BBC Sunday November 16th, Belgrade Arena
Monday, November 17th, 2008we had a great meeting at the Belgrade Arena parking with BCC, B92 and some media from Kragujevac
here’s the BBC video link 
and BBC website link
Linux Install Day
Thursday, November 6th, 2008at saturday, I was at this linux install day in Novi sad with friends, had a good geek time
it took my mind out of the things I face each day…
if you look really hard you can spot me in the pics 
Belgrade Dog Show 2008
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008I was at my first dog show at Sunday trying to figure out how to get into the breeding/show dog business
I came like 90 minutes late so I missed Dogo Argentino’s, German Shepherds and American Staffordshire Terriers
but I got to see other interesting breeds
my favorite breed is Cane Corso because it is strong, mastiff, calm, smart and obedient
and it’s really easy to show him, he will patiently wait for his turn to go to the show ring and you wouldn’t need any help showing him to the referee
but there’s one big problem with Cane Corso… drooling
I mean, a LOT of drooling
which is really bad because it’s such a great breed
I saw this one Cane Corso that was 11 months old, I guess some people from Zagreb own him
he was HUGE
really HUGE!
and he stood from all the other dogs in his age group, all of them were smaller and not his quality
but the problem was, the owners were nervous, since it was both their and the dogs first show
so they made a couple of mistakes handling the dog, trying to switch guides, calling the dog while he was running… that kind of stuff
and they lost 
I was really pulling for them to win the show
so, I can easily breed Cane Corso and show him but drooling is a big negative
I’ve missed Dogo Argentino show but I got to see the dogs around the show ring and they were impressive in size and demeanor. All of them were calm except for one Dogo that was really aggressive and was caged.
they weren’t drooling which was a big + when you think about Cane Corso
but I somehow have the impression that they are not really smart
sure they’re nice, obedient but I want to see some Dogo obedience, tricks etc.
now let me talk about Rottweilers
I consider rotties my favorite breed right now
they are strong, smart, calm, trainable
they don’t drool much although I guess they drool some but nothing like Cane Corso
but they also tend to overeat (I would fix that ), can show people agression (I would influence that), and they’ve got REALLY strong prey drive
I mean they lock on to something and they are REALLY focused on that
and that’s something I think is misused at the dog shows, or at least this one
rotties had the entire ring, a huge ring, just for themselves for the whole duration of the dog show
what I didn’t like were people clowning themselves with toys so that the dog would stand focused on the toy and the ref could see the dog better
now, the ref didn’t ask those people to goof around
some of them were running outside the ring while the dogs were running in the ring circle, calling the dogs, playing funny sounds from using dog toys etc.
I REALLY didn’t like that
from what I’ve seen, it’s really tough to show a rottie
you need to have someone to occupy dog’s attention while you’re with him in the ring
that means either taking someone with you (wife, friend, cousin) that will loose the day with you or paying someone for the goofing job
Doberman Pinschers were a bit easier to show than rotties but not that easy
you still need to have someone to goof around with dog toys so that the dog would focus on the toys
but the ring is smaller, the dogs are not as aggressive as rotties, and dobbies don’t have such strong drives as rotties
or at least that’s what I saw
dobbies looked impressive with their athletic build and size
they looked great without tail and with cropped ears but I guess it’s cruel to the dogs
but on the other hand, how does a dobbie with a tail and natural ears look like? nothing much? I guess so
rotties have ugly, curled tails but I wouldn’t cut the tail from my rottie
I guess I’d have to if I was in a breeding job because people wan’t them without the tail
I guess I’ll learn more at my next dog show
but from what I hear, next show wouldn’t be until spring :-/
Biometric Passport
Thursday, October 9th, 2008if you want to get a passport in Serbia then prepare yourself for problems…
I went yesterday to ask about the papers I need to get them to obtain a passport and it was simple
citizenship and a paper detailing where I was born I got fast and I paid like 15 euros for the taxes
I took a photo of me and paid some for that too
I found out that there are just too many people trying to get a passport these days
in fact there are so many of them that you have to wait A LOT
so the next day, I got up at 7am and was at the police at 8am
when I got there I was number 31 in line
that means 31 people showed up before 8am, some as early as 6am were outside the locked building, waiting to get listed
the list was maintained by the people themselves, the police didn’t handout numbers or did anything
I guessed it would take like a couple of hours before it was my turn to get them the papers I obtained a day ago so I left for home and then, at about noon I got back to find out there were two people in front of me
and I was so happy thinking I will finish this in a reasonable hour or so but then the police computer system broke down
for an hour
and that keeps happening a lot
I guess the computers too have to drink coffee as do the computer operators, so thats why they break
during the whole day a lot of people wanted to get inside the operators office without standing in line or signing up for the list
one time a police officer had to be called since one guy got pi$$ed off and took the list and threw it away
all the time decent people were waiting other police employees were going inside taking envelopes with them so the operators could do their stuff first… talk about corruption
some people say they saw some people handing papers to the operators through the street window… and I’m not surprised to hear that
at one time a mother and a child came and ignored our line and all the people waiting
people can be so selfish but I never expected a mother with a child to behave like that
I mean, what is she going to teach that kid to do in his life
will he bully his school friends, steal, lie…
that kid deserves a decent mother
anyway, I finally finished getting them the papers at like 2.30pm
I have to get back in 30 days and stand in line almost another full day to pick up the passport
I joked with some people saying once I get the passport I’ll use it and won’t come back here soon
the passport is biometric, meaning they took photos of me, fingerprints, my signature on digital medium, probably my eye scan and I expected to get an id on my arm just as the cattle is tagged with burning steel mark
I mean, wtf, why does my passport has to be biometric, why are they treating us that way
most normal citizens oppose having an ID card but no, we need to have biometric ID cards and passports…
Belgrade Beer Fest 2008
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008or in Serbian, “Beogradski festival piva”
yet another beer fest
and I’m as always regular at beer fests…
this year was so like other years
Guinness beer is once again served warm (ewww smiley here)
best beer is Paulaner weisbier (white beer)
beer prices are really high, much higher than at the stores which is kind of strange since this is a beer fest, prices should be lower
music is rather booring but I guess people don’t really listen to the music when they’re high on alcohol or other
Kiril Dzajkovski was here tonight and he was great (look him up at youtube.com)
he really has 3 big hits (drum and bass music) and the other tunes are high energy and very listenable but not something you’ll remember in a few years time
actually his hits are songs I used to listen a couple of years ago
I see he’s been combining etno music from the Balcans with high energy tunes and it sounds cool
the best part was a little black girl that did some rap music and then combined with Kiril in one of his songs…
I couldn’t really understand the lyrics she was singing but she was great
Cedric Gervais was booring as was Timo Maas
you’ll find clips at youtube, I couldn’t be bothered to make my own
Cure For Homerism
Sunday, July 13th, 2008is there cure for homerism?
I watch and enjoy basketball for a long time
and I always stick for the underdog, especially if he’s my countryman (patriotic) and if he’s maybe right
well I’ve been sticking for Darko Milicic for a long time
but I finally understood that they have a life of their own… yeah, it took me quite a while
but some other people are so blind…
this is the same kind of games as who has better internet connection, who’s dick is the biggest, who had the biggest orgasm, who’s national team beat the crap out of another national team or who’s daddy is the strongest (mine is in case there is any confusion )
well that all is really childish but so are people
and this childish competition makes money
just ask NBA
and other sport associations
and while people measure their ego by watching World Wrestiling Stupidism, dog fights and similar crap some people are counting cash these events bring and selling us “We do care about our community” game
So I ask just one thing… be smart… stop the ego games… do something good for yourself and people around you
even if the people around you don’t appreciate it
you’ll feel better
and be smart!
ZastavaFanClub Meeting
Saturday, July 12th, 2008again…
now it’s like regular, every week or two (or three)
here’s a vid
and some pics from today
I’m on the left
Exit Festival, Novi Sad 2008
Saturday, July 12th, 2008oh man… where do I start
pics first
we got some really cheap tickets (read it as FREE passes ) for Friday and since we’ve never been to Exit festival in Novi Sad we (my friend and I) decided to try it out
and it was a disappointment
the most notable performers for the night were Rony Size on the Main stage and Laurent Garnier on the Dance stage
Rony had a good sound system, great visual effects and good rhythm but I couldn’t understand a word he or his singer sang.
his singer was a bit more understandable though and the lyrics were not something I’d sing if I knew them
I like Kosheen more
Laurent Garnier had a problem with the bass on his sound system, you heard a crack instead of veeery deep bass.
and he ran some boring techno, a bit more dancey but still boring.
the other stages very mostly techno, at least in that part of Petrovaradin fortress where we hanged out
actually, the best part of the night was us hanging out in a small bar with some interesting girls from Bristol
I didn’t know Serbia had that many inhabitants as the number of people that were at the festival
the weather was great, there wasn’t any rain like few years ago, but it was pretty dusty, crowdy and without a decent number of places where to sit and rest
food was overpriced by at least 100% and I thought the Tuborg beer was good while my friend actually didn’t like it (more for me, hehe)
I drove back home completely sober (hehe) with a big hangover and my heart beating at sync with the techno tunes we’ve listened to
