Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Novi Sad Meeting

Friday, June 6th, 2008

I met with some Linux friends at Novi Sad

there were people from all over Serbia there.

we had a chat about OpenOffice (that was rather boooring for me) and then we went to have some lunch.

after that we relaxed in a cafe

I traveled with two guys in an old Volvo from Belgrade

Here are the pics :)

A Puppie

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

I have a dog, Tony for like 10 years or so

he’s a mix of Irish setter and some bird hunting dog

now, Tony has been mixing with a neighbors German terrier female dog named Beta

and Beta has been mixing herself with maaaany dogs but she prefers tony

Tony is a gentleman

he’s also shy, has a lot of tolerance to anything

I guess kids could rip him to pieces and he wouldn’t mind ;)

Beta jumps over the fence to come to my back yard and see Tony

and one morning when I woke up I saw her in Tony’s house with blood on Tony’s blanket and a little black thing next to her

she gave birth :shock: to a small puppy

Tony could be the father

but so could any of the other dogs she hang out with

I won’t call her by the name I should call her

I’m a gentleman too :mrgreen: :cool:

now the puppy looks just like her

and Tony was the gentleman to sleep outdoors on grass while she was busy inside his house with the puppy

I called the neighbor the next day and he picked Beta and her puppy

but the next morning there she was again in Tony’s house with her puppy

she jumped over the fence probably while holding the puppy in her teeth and came here

she must really like Tony :?:

here are some pics from today

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and here’s a Tony video

More Anarchy

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

I wrote recently about the anarchy that happened when a couple of thousand hooligans started destroying property and stealing in Belgrade

here’s another video, this one shows them breaking open a computer shop and stealing hardware

I know these people exist in every society…

Corruption

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

people are really interesting

few days ago we’ve had huge protests in Belgrade against Kosovo’s self proclaimed independence

and while my neighbours went to the meeting to protest peacefully (there were like half a million people there) a group of a one or two thousand people split and attacked embassies of countries supporting independence

it was later that I found out that some people took advantage of the anarchy and broke into various shops at the city center stealing branded shoes, shirts etc.

two girls were captured on video doing that, see it here

those two said they didn’t have enough money so that’s why they stole things

in my mind, being poor is not an apology for stealing

and they don’t look poor, one girls has a tattoo on her butt ;)

now, a few days later I’m talking with some friends that would like to get some stuff and not pay for them

and I’m trying to tell them they should respect the law etc. but they don’t care, they just want the thing

it’s the same attitude that those two girls had

and constantly, on the TV, you can hear local politicians saying they’ll fight corruption etc.

most of the young people don’t have morals

and that’s sad, but that’s how things go here

I really have little hope for the future of this nation, as long as most of the people think this way

Total Moon Eclipse In Belgrade

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

15 minutes ago I saw a total moon eclipse

this is the first time I actually made a point to see a lunar eclipse

and I made some photos :)

fool moon

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moon is getting eclipsed

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total eclipse

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Disabled Spy Satellite To Fall On Earth

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Soon, we’ll be greeted with 11 ton of ex spy satellite material on our heads… potentially.

That thing is going to land somewhere.

The satellite is as large as a school bus, has been powered off and is going to fall.

Some people think about shooting the falling satellite with a missile, but some argue that.

Read more about it here.

Saint Nicholas Day

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Today, it was Saint Nicholas Day, according to Orthodox church. Here, almost everybody has a day in a year devoted to a Saint they celebrate.

I’m not religious (I’m not denying God, whatever that may be) but I respect all the religions and peoples feelings in that regard. So, I look at this as a tradiotion that should be honored.

My family’s Saint Day is Saint Nicholas Day, on December 19th. Each year, we go to my uncle’s house to celebrate. On this day we fast (no fatty food).

The day starts with a fish barbeque and at noon there is this cake/lunch we have. People come whole day long, have fun, eat fish, beans, cakes, drink vine, juices etc. It was a good day :)