This year has been quite a major one for me. I could describe it as eventful and flawed. Unlike 2006 which was "absolutely flawless" as George Michael says.
Mostly it was very stressful...studying for the Bacalaureat exam was not at all delightful. We had to go to school even if all we did was waste time and get up early in the morning (although as I said in one of my previous entries, I miss Sincai), the BAC-subject teachers were really demanding and pressured us to study, while the others were either understanding or annoying. But no-one cared about the latter anyways ;).
Then after the BAC obstacle was passed with good grades, I had to get ready for the Architecture university entrance exam. Underprepared and not innately gifted, I failed so I ended up studying Civil Engineering. Which is not proving too enticing so far, but hey it's been just the first semester of the first year, what's best is yet to come. Or at least I like to think that.
The rest of the summer was pretty much boring...all I did was sleep and waste time. I had 2 short trips during August, but as I said before, I had a brilliant autumn. The best of my life. But that was the topic of a previous entry.
2007 was filled with plenty of deaths. Among people who I knew were Mrs. Colceriu (the "famous" History teacher, my 2nd fave all-time teacher), a classmate's mother and a middle school classmate who died in a car accident. And then there were the well-known people: Octavian Paler, Florian Pittis, the patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Ralu Filip, Antonio Puerta, Boris Eltsin, Luciano Pavarotti, Chris Benoit and just a few days ago Benazir Bhutto. And these are just a few. It was definitely a black year.
But there were 4 new entries in my family this year! My cousin Brigitta and her husband got their 2nd daughter in January, and her sister Cristina and her husband are the parents of triplets born just a few weeks ago. Yay! I can't wait to see them!
My wishes for 2008? Many. Too many to mention.
It is extremely hard for me to choose one last song. 2007 was crazy, exhausting, freaky and unpredictable. Bittersweet. So yes, the song is "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Commercial Break
Dear oh dear, it's ages since i wrote here, but now I have a good reason to do so. Last night was a prolonged commercial break for me as I went to the Night Of The AdEaters and I can say that it was worth the effort of sitting for more than 6 hours on those terrible chairs that Republica cinema have (seriously now, do they even realize that they're ridiculous to ask for 8 lei a ticket and provide those ass-killing seats?!).
6 hours filled with ads of all types: hilarious, sad, boring, shocking or plain stupid. Half of them were "wear a condom!" campaigns, others condemned child abuse, pollution or smoking and the rest...well the rest were product advertisements. Of course, the very popular football-related commercials were on display again...the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Raul, the omnipresent Ronaldinho and the even more omnipresent Beckham showed off their skills for Adidas, Nike or Pepsi (which is still not as good as Coca-Cola no matter what they do haha!). The only other celebs were Madonna advertising for BMW (a funny clip with the great "Song 2"by Blur as its soundtrack) and Nicole Kidman kicking it off with some dude for D&G, which is good because I always find these type of ads really boring and corny.
Speaking of boring...have you heard of "carosello" commercial? If not, you are one lucky person. Goooooosh they killed me. Those damned Italians. They had like 5 minutes commercials where all they did was sing and then they sit down to eat and one of them realizes how delicious the butter is and the host takes out the butter pack and says that it the best. Gaaah.
Most videos were from The Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Belgium, but the Brits had some good ones too. And I'm glad to say that two of my favorite ads were Romanian ones: an anti child abuse ad whose punch-line was "Hide and seek is not a game for an abused child" (quite disturbing vid...it got me thinking for a while) and an ad which encouraged viewers to read books saying that "For our brain cells, reading is like sex". Needless to say that the video presented brain cells having a veeeeery good time. But the whole concept was very original so thumbs up.
All in all, the show was well worth the money and effort to stay awake and despite the fact that almost 3/4 of the ads contained either sex or nudity or just innuendo, it was nothing too out of line and I'm pleased I attended it.
Song of the day? Obviously "Song 2" by Blur. I wish I could've posted some ads from the AdEaters but I can't find any :(
6 hours filled with ads of all types: hilarious, sad, boring, shocking or plain stupid. Half of them were "wear a condom!" campaigns, others condemned child abuse, pollution or smoking and the rest...well the rest were product advertisements. Of course, the very popular football-related commercials were on display again...the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Raul, the omnipresent Ronaldinho and the even more omnipresent Beckham showed off their skills for Adidas, Nike or Pepsi (which is still not as good as Coca-Cola no matter what they do haha!). The only other celebs were Madonna advertising for BMW (a funny clip with the great "Song 2"by Blur as its soundtrack) and Nicole Kidman kicking it off with some dude for D&G, which is good because I always find these type of ads really boring and corny.
Speaking of boring...have you heard of "carosello" commercial? If not, you are one lucky person. Goooooosh they killed me. Those damned Italians. They had like 5 minutes commercials where all they did was sing and then they sit down to eat and one of them realizes how delicious the butter is and the host takes out the butter pack and says that it the best. Gaaah.
Most videos were from The Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Belgium, but the Brits had some good ones too. And I'm glad to say that two of my favorite ads were Romanian ones: an anti child abuse ad whose punch-line was "Hide and seek is not a game for an abused child" (quite disturbing vid...it got me thinking for a while) and an ad which encouraged viewers to read books saying that "For our brain cells, reading is like sex". Needless to say that the video presented brain cells having a veeeeery good time. But the whole concept was very original so thumbs up.
All in all, the show was well worth the money and effort to stay awake and despite the fact that almost 3/4 of the ads contained either sex or nudity or just innuendo, it was nothing too out of line and I'm pleased I attended it.
Song of the day? Obviously "Song 2" by Blur. I wish I could've posted some ads from the AdEaters but I can't find any :(
Thursday, November 29, 2007
On day 7, God created rock music
I hope I don't sound too blasphemic. My intention is not to disparage God, but to highlight the great value called rock music. This entry is mostly meant to worship this type of music, so if you don't like it then this is your chance to close my blog and go watch some Rihanna or Akon on youtube.
As you probably know, music is a big part of my life: I can't study/do homework without it, I can't travel without it and it's hard for me to walk without my headphones (if I am by myself). And most of the time, I listen to indie/alternative type of rock, the one I can't get enough of. Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Placebo, Stereophonics, Interpol, Coldplay, The Killers, Radiohead and Arcade Fire are only a few from my never-ending list of favorite bands and I recommend them to anyone who wants deep lyrics and complex sounds. Why do I love indie?
Hmm, I can't put my finger on what I like about it...the guitars, the drums, the bass (Franz Ferdinand have the most incredible bass ever!), the attitude, the shoes, the metaphoric lyrics and the voice. The vocal part is very important to me because if I don't like it, a band could have the greatest intrumental in the world and I still wouldn't listen to them. There is no "voice-pattern" that I look after in a band...there's a variety of voices that I love. From the androgynous one of Brian Molko to the throaty ones of Kelly Jones and Richard Ashcroft, from mellow like Thom Yorke and Chris Martin to the intense voice of Win Butler, from boyish like Alex Turner to manly like Paul Banks . However, I'm very picky about female voices: I tend to avoid strong voies like the singers' from Nightwish or Evanescence, and go for soothing ones, like The Cardigans, Massive Attack or Portishead (the last 2 are rather electro than indie).
Enough jabber about voice analysis. This music is my fuel and I'm not joking. You should see how slowly I walk when I don't listen to music, but I go up to Observator from downtown in 15 minutes when I do.
Of course, rock isn't only about alternative. It's also heavy metal, punk rock, death metal, psychedelic rock, classic rock, glam rock and many more. I listen to some of these according to my mood, like Rammstein, Marilyn Manson or Metallica. Because you know....alternative has some negative parts too. And that is represented by bands like Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance and a few other American bands which promote the 'emo' culture....I think I told you about those emo kiddies at the OCS concert... So alternative rocks, emo sucks. End of discussion.
And now to end my little review (I could write more, but I've never been this tired in my life and I'm not feeling 100%) I will post the lyricsand the video of Suede's song "Trash"
Oh maybe maybe it's the clothes we wear,
The tasteless bracelets and the dye in our hair,
Maybe it's our kookiness,
Oh maybe maybe it's our nowhere towns,
Our nothing places and our cellophane sounds,
Maybe it's our cheapness,
We're trash, you and me
We're the litter on the breeze,
We're the lovers on the streets,
Just trash, me and you,
It's in everything we do,
it's in everything we do
Or maybe maybe it's the things we said,
The words we heard and the music we play,
Maybe it's our sweetness,
Oh maybe maybe it's the times we've had,
The lazy days and the crazes and the fads,
Maybe it's our cheapness,
But we're trash, you and me,
We're the litter on the breeze,
We're the lovers on the streets,J
ust trash, me and you,
It's in everything we do,
It's in everything we do
As you probably know, music is a big part of my life: I can't study/do homework without it, I can't travel without it and it's hard for me to walk without my headphones (if I am by myself). And most of the time, I listen to indie/alternative type of rock, the one I can't get enough of. Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Placebo, Stereophonics, Interpol, Coldplay, The Killers, Radiohead and Arcade Fire are only a few from my never-ending list of favorite bands and I recommend them to anyone who wants deep lyrics and complex sounds. Why do I love indie?
Hmm, I can't put my finger on what I like about it...the guitars, the drums, the bass (Franz Ferdinand have the most incredible bass ever!), the attitude, the shoes, the metaphoric lyrics and the voice. The vocal part is very important to me because if I don't like it, a band could have the greatest intrumental in the world and I still wouldn't listen to them. There is no "voice-pattern" that I look after in a band...there's a variety of voices that I love. From the androgynous one of Brian Molko to the throaty ones of Kelly Jones and Richard Ashcroft, from mellow like Thom Yorke and Chris Martin to the intense voice of Win Butler, from boyish like Alex Turner to manly like Paul Banks . However, I'm very picky about female voices: I tend to avoid strong voies like the singers' from Nightwish or Evanescence, and go for soothing ones, like The Cardigans, Massive Attack or Portishead (the last 2 are rather electro than indie).
Enough jabber about voice analysis. This music is my fuel and I'm not joking. You should see how slowly I walk when I don't listen to music, but I go up to Observator from downtown in 15 minutes when I do.
Of course, rock isn't only about alternative. It's also heavy metal, punk rock, death metal, psychedelic rock, classic rock, glam rock and many more. I listen to some of these according to my mood, like Rammstein, Marilyn Manson or Metallica. Because you know....alternative has some negative parts too. And that is represented by bands like Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance and a few other American bands which promote the 'emo' culture....I think I told you about those emo kiddies at the OCS concert... So alternative rocks, emo sucks. End of discussion.
And now to end my little review (I could write more, but I've never been this tired in my life and I'm not feeling 100%) I will post the lyricsand the video of Suede's song "Trash"
Oh maybe maybe it's the clothes we wear,
The tasteless bracelets and the dye in our hair,
Maybe it's our kookiness,
Oh maybe maybe it's our nowhere towns,
Our nothing places and our cellophane sounds,
Maybe it's our cheapness,
We're trash, you and me
We're the litter on the breeze,
We're the lovers on the streets,
Just trash, me and you,
It's in everything we do,
it's in everything we do
Or maybe maybe it's the things we said,
The words we heard and the music we play,
Maybe it's our sweetness,
Oh maybe maybe it's the times we've had,
The lazy days and the crazes and the fads,
Maybe it's our cheapness,
But we're trash, you and me,
We're the litter on the breeze,
We're the lovers on the streets,J
ust trash, me and you,
It's in everything we do,
It's in everything we do
Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Ghost of Highschool
If you read a few posts back, I bragged about how well I knew at the Mechanics exam. I didn't expect a 10 but I expected around 7-8. Well, on Wednesday, the professor brought us the results (or rizalts as he calls them) for the application. Reduction of forces 7 (i can't believe he took 3 points away because I forgot to do a bloody summation that gives the resultant; i found the moment of force correctly and I don't think a summation was worth 3 points) and centres of masses 4. Which means I will get an application from centers of masses in the big exam. Grrr I'm so pissed about that 7. I don't give a damn about that 4 because I'll improve until January, but grrrrrr I could've got more than 7 if he had marked me more 'humanly'.
And speaking of marking methods...mom told me I'm not in highschool anymore, to expect points even if i messed up some calculus or didn't finish the exercise but got the idea. And this made me a bit nostalgic...I miss highschool. Not because of those damned grades. But because of the atmosphere...as soon as the bell rang, I was outside in the lovely park that Sincai Highschool has, chatting and laughing with my friends. I used to be late to most classes because we extended our conversations. And then after sitting at my desk, I used to take out my sandwich and eat it then, since breaks are meant for talking, not eating. All that atmosphere I was familiar with (especially since Sincai had been my 2nd home for 8 years) is now gone. Instead, I go to a university with no nice park, with buildings scattered all around the city (including one on Bulevardul Muncii at the end of the world! i have to go by tram there), with teachers who don't let you in if you are late (some of them), who give us tests from what we learnt in that lesson at the end of the class and who get upset and become drama-queens because they think your tone when greeting them wasn't appropriate. Geeesh. But my Sincai time is gone, it's history, and I have to move on and get used to living 'university style'.
By the way about eating during classes...the first hour of the Phyisics lecture on Friday was so cool, we learnt about sound waves and octaves and all that cool real-life stuff and I was finally happy that I understood something at that subject. Eating my yummy sandwich at the same time :)). But then in the 2nd hour, it all went back to normal: same old babble, pointless, rubbish 'omega' and 'psi' and all those Greek notations that I hate.
Today's song is my all-time favorite song: Special Needs by Placebo. Please watch the video too.
Remember me when you're the one who's silver screened
Remember me when you're the one you always dreamed
Remember me whenever noses start to bleed
Remember me, special needs
Just 19 and sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Remember me when you clinch your movie deal
And think of me stuck in my chair that has four wheels
Remember me through flash photography and screams
Remember me, special dreams
Just 19 this sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Just 19 and sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Remember me...
Just 19 this sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Just 19 and sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Remember me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elVMHKb8A4A
And speaking of marking methods...mom told me I'm not in highschool anymore, to expect points even if i messed up some calculus or didn't finish the exercise but got the idea. And this made me a bit nostalgic...I miss highschool. Not because of those damned grades. But because of the atmosphere...as soon as the bell rang, I was outside in the lovely park that Sincai Highschool has, chatting and laughing with my friends. I used to be late to most classes because we extended our conversations. And then after sitting at my desk, I used to take out my sandwich and eat it then, since breaks are meant for talking, not eating. All that atmosphere I was familiar with (especially since Sincai had been my 2nd home for 8 years) is now gone. Instead, I go to a university with no nice park, with buildings scattered all around the city (including one on Bulevardul Muncii at the end of the world! i have to go by tram there), with teachers who don't let you in if you are late (some of them), who give us tests from what we learnt in that lesson at the end of the class and who get upset and become drama-queens because they think your tone when greeting them wasn't appropriate. Geeesh. But my Sincai time is gone, it's history, and I have to move on and get used to living 'university style'.
By the way about eating during classes...the first hour of the Phyisics lecture on Friday was so cool, we learnt about sound waves and octaves and all that cool real-life stuff and I was finally happy that I understood something at that subject. Eating my yummy sandwich at the same time :)). But then in the 2nd hour, it all went back to normal: same old babble, pointless, rubbish 'omega' and 'psi' and all those Greek notations that I hate.
Today's song is my all-time favorite song: Special Needs by Placebo. Please watch the video too.
Remember me when you're the one who's silver screened
Remember me when you're the one you always dreamed
Remember me whenever noses start to bleed
Remember me, special needs
Just 19 and sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Remember me when you clinch your movie deal
And think of me stuck in my chair that has four wheels
Remember me through flash photography and screams
Remember me, special dreams
Just 19 this sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Just 19 and sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Remember me...
Just 19 this sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Just 19 and sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene
with six months off for bad behaviour
Remember me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elVMHKb8A4A
Sunday, November 18, 2007
OCS!!!!
Finally! November 17th has come and it was time for the Omul cu sobolani concert. I met up with my friend Daniela at8 o'clock but the concert started only after 10. grrrrreat! the 2 hours of wait were looooooong, but filled with good music! They played Muse, The Cure, The Killers, Keane and Placebo (just to mention a few of my favorite bands):X so I was entertained :)) There were so many 13 year old emo kids that I freaked out :-ss. Call me old-fashioned if you like, but I'm a bit scared whenevr I look at these kiddies...what will they be when they grow up? Urgh, I'd rather not think about it.
Back to the concert. They started with 'Nu incerca asa ceva acasa", one of my favorite songs and sang a few songs from their latest album, as well as some older ones. The microphone really sucked and poor Dan (the singer) had to hold the cable in a certain position or otherwise his voice could not be heard. So boo for the sound! Big boo! But they were funny, interacted a lot with the crowd and the atmosphere was alright. I was on the right side of the stage, quite close to them and I managed to get away without being stepped on! My shoes look like new :D But don't think that I just stood there and watched. I headbanged and danced around, sang along to their songs and had a good time. Well what a normal person does at a rock concert. By the time the concert ended, I was soaking wet. I have to say, I prefer outdoor concerts because you have plenty of air, but here...geesh we were close to suffocating. Where's the AC when you need it?!
All in all, the concert was ok. Thumbs up for Dan, Cezar, Nucu and Mihnea, their music is great and they are funny, but big boo for the sound. It pretty much blew it. But I'll surely be there at their next concert! OCS rock!
Song of the day is "Razna" by OCS :D youtube link included :)
chiar nu ma intereseaza
parerea celorlalti nu conteaza
nu-mi pasa, stiu c-or sa vorbeasca
nebuniei mele sa se-mpotriveasca
inseamna atat de putin pentru mine
oricum fac cam tot ce imi vine,
nu urmaresc chiar sa displac
da' refuz mereu sa va fac pe plac.
vad sanatorii cu balcoane,
borcane de pastile goale,
camasi de forta dantelate,
reflexe neconditionate.
nu imi pasa ce-or sa zica,
stiu oricum c-or sa-mi poarte pica
tu esti mai putin nebun decat mine
eu sunt cel ce stie totul despre tine.......
sunt nebun, imi spun nebun, ma simt nebun....
razna am luat-o cu totii,
dar voi, ca tontii, nu observati
ca am luat-o razna cu totii,dar eu....
vad sanatorii cu balcoane,
borcane de pastile goale,
camasi de forta dantelate,
reflexe prea conditionate!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzRerpVuwR8
Back to the concert. They started with 'Nu incerca asa ceva acasa", one of my favorite songs and sang a few songs from their latest album, as well as some older ones. The microphone really sucked and poor Dan (the singer) had to hold the cable in a certain position or otherwise his voice could not be heard. So boo for the sound! Big boo! But they were funny, interacted a lot with the crowd and the atmosphere was alright. I was on the right side of the stage, quite close to them and I managed to get away without being stepped on! My shoes look like new :D But don't think that I just stood there and watched. I headbanged and danced around, sang along to their songs and had a good time. Well what a normal person does at a rock concert. By the time the concert ended, I was soaking wet. I have to say, I prefer outdoor concerts because you have plenty of air, but here...geesh we were close to suffocating. Where's the AC when you need it?!
All in all, the concert was ok. Thumbs up for Dan, Cezar, Nucu and Mihnea, their music is great and they are funny, but big boo for the sound. It pretty much blew it. But I'll surely be there at their next concert! OCS rock!
Song of the day is "Razna" by OCS :D youtube link included :)
chiar nu ma intereseaza
parerea celorlalti nu conteaza
nu-mi pasa, stiu c-or sa vorbeasca
nebuniei mele sa se-mpotriveasca
inseamna atat de putin pentru mine
oricum fac cam tot ce imi vine,
nu urmaresc chiar sa displac
da' refuz mereu sa va fac pe plac.
vad sanatorii cu balcoane,
borcane de pastile goale,
camasi de forta dantelate,
reflexe neconditionate.
nu imi pasa ce-or sa zica,
stiu oricum c-or sa-mi poarte pica
tu esti mai putin nebun decat mine
eu sunt cel ce stie totul despre tine.......
sunt nebun, imi spun nebun, ma simt nebun....
razna am luat-o cu totii,
dar voi, ca tontii, nu observati
ca am luat-o razna cu totii,dar eu....
vad sanatorii cu balcoane,
borcane de pastile goale,
camasi de forta dantelate,
reflexe prea conditionate!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzRerpVuwR8
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Aaaaaaah what a fine day for science!!!!
Dexter's famous line defines today perfectly. It's not like I'm a genius when it comes to Mechanics (or Michenix as our professor pronounces it, the syllable in Italics being the stressed one) but I think I did quite okay in the partial exam. I knew the theory about the reduction of parallel forces (I just hope I wrote enough), I think I solved the problem with reduction of forces right and then I messed up a bit the problem with centers of masses, but I hope he'll give me half the points for it as I wrote quite a lot of correct things. After the exam I had a coffee with my colleagues Mia, Sorana and Paul in Hard Rock Cafe (they played 'Plug-In Baby' from Muse among other lovely songs :X) and then headed to another building of the university for 4 gruesome hours of Algebra. God I hate that subject. Not as much as Physics, but 4 hours in a row of this subject are simply too much.
Some other good news for me was that the English teacher accepted me in the preparation group for the LCCI exam (a more professional type of Cambridge exam) which will be held in April 2008. I’m looking forward to this new challenge and I hope it won’t prove too difficult for a 1st year student.
Oh well, 2 more days of Uni and then the weeeeeekend!!! And I’m going out on Saturday to the OCS concert \:D/ I can’t wait!
Today’s song is “Dakota” by Stereophonics, which gives me a bittersweet sensation, but I love it a lot. It’s probably my favorite ‘phonics song so I’ll put a link to it’s youtube video (for the ones who don’t know it)
Thinking about thinking of you
Summertime think it was June
Yeah think it was June
Laying back, head on the grass
Children grown having some laughs
Yeah having some laughs.
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
Drinking back, drinking for two
Drinking with you
And drinking was new
Sleeping in the back of my car
We never went far
Needed to go far
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
I don't know where we are going now
I don't know where we are going now
Wake up cold coffee and juice
Remembering you
What happened to you?
I wonder if we'll meet again
Talk about us instead
Talk about why did it end
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
I don't know where we are going now
I don't know where we are going now
So take a look at me now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHjDJxkcSE[/youtube
Some other good news for me was that the English teacher accepted me in the preparation group for the LCCI exam (a more professional type of Cambridge exam) which will be held in April 2008. I’m looking forward to this new challenge and I hope it won’t prove too difficult for a 1st year student.
Oh well, 2 more days of Uni and then the weeeeeekend!!! And I’m going out on Saturday to the OCS concert \:D/ I can’t wait!
Today’s song is “Dakota” by Stereophonics, which gives me a bittersweet sensation, but I love it a lot. It’s probably my favorite ‘phonics song so I’ll put a link to it’s youtube video (for the ones who don’t know it)
Thinking about thinking of you
Summertime think it was June
Yeah think it was June
Laying back, head on the grass
Children grown having some laughs
Yeah having some laughs.
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
Drinking back, drinking for two
Drinking with you
And drinking was new
Sleeping in the back of my car
We never went far
Needed to go far
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
I don't know where we are going now
I don't know where we are going now
Wake up cold coffee and juice
Remembering you
What happened to you?
I wonder if we'll meet again
Talk about us instead
Talk about why did it end
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
You made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
I don't know where we are going now
I don't know where we are going now
So take a look at me now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUHjDJxkcSE[/youtube
Friday, November 9, 2007
What a fine day. Blah.
Great. This is just great. I hate whining but my state of mind screams to me to do so. I hate having arguments with people, especially the ones I consider close, but I feel so damn stressed out right now that I simply cannot control myself and my reactions. It’s been a crazy week of arriving late at home and waking up early in the morning and an even crazier week awaits me, with a partial exam at Mechanics and a big test at Building Materials (where I’ve already landed some quite fucked up grades) so this weekend has one word written all over it: STUDY. Yes. Study hard, study a lot because I cannot afford to mess up even more…now I’m starting to feel the repercussions of treating the first month of university as an appendix of the summer vacation. The snowball has grown from fist-size to snowman-size and I don’t want it growing even more. It’s not the quantity of material that I have to study, but the quality, because all the elements that we’ve been taught are important for the exams we’ll have in Jan-Feb and if I don’t understand them now, I might as well search for another university. And in addition I’ve taken up Spanish classes, which are very cool because I’ve wanted to learn Spanish for like 3 or 4 years and now that I’m finally getting round to doing it I’m really pleased, but the thing is that the classes are in the evenings so I get home even more tired. So no, I don’t feel like going out. There’s simply no more fuel for the engine.
And I promise this is the last time I whine in a blog entry. But I felt like I had to pour it out somewhere and this place is the best to do so. The ego box is not so pink right now…but I hope it will be next weekend.
And I promise this is the last time I whine in a blog entry. But I felt like I had to pour it out somewhere and this place is the best to do so. The ego box is not so pink right now…but I hope it will be next weekend.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Closer to the past
Hello there!
Today I went to the cemetery with my parents as it was the day when we remember the dead. We got there late, at about 6 pm when it was already dark. All the graves were decorated with candles and and the ocean of light really impressed me. It was as if the past had come to life. I compared it to Tuesday afternoon when I went to clean my grandparents' grave and it was a gorgeous autumn day. Then the gloomy spirit of the cemetery really caught me as I was coming down the hill...I kept on stopping to take a closer look to some graves that were old and tried to imagine how those people lived. I felt the whole place pulsating with history and I felt so small and overwhelmed. But today it was different. The spiderweb of candlelights filled me up with a sensation of past inserted into in the present. In addition, from the top of the hill I saw a panorama of the city and I have to say I realized (again!) how much I love my city and what a big feeling of belonging it gives me. Wherever life may take me, I know a piece of me will be here.
And probably from now on, each post will have a song's lyrics in it. I guess "Hoodoo" from Muse is the song of the day as I listened to it about 10 times today :)) I like to call it the "mad-scientist song" especially because of the piano part :X the lyrics are beautiful :X
Come into my life
Regress into a dream
We will hide
And build a new reality
Draw another picture
Of the life you could have had
Follow your instincts
And choose the other path
You should never be afraid
You're protected
From trouble and pain
Why
Why is this a crisis in your eyes again
Come to be
How did it come to be
Tied to a railroad
No love to set us free
Watch our souls fade away
And our bodies crumbling
Don't be afraid
I will take the cold for you
I've had recurring nightmares
That I was loved for who I am
And missed the opportunity
To be a better man
Today I went to the cemetery with my parents as it was the day when we remember the dead. We got there late, at about 6 pm when it was already dark. All the graves were decorated with candles and and the ocean of light really impressed me. It was as if the past had come to life. I compared it to Tuesday afternoon when I went to clean my grandparents' grave and it was a gorgeous autumn day. Then the gloomy spirit of the cemetery really caught me as I was coming down the hill...I kept on stopping to take a closer look to some graves that were old and tried to imagine how those people lived. I felt the whole place pulsating with history and I felt so small and overwhelmed. But today it was different. The spiderweb of candlelights filled me up with a sensation of past inserted into in the present. In addition, from the top of the hill I saw a panorama of the city and I have to say I realized (again!) how much I love my city and what a big feeling of belonging it gives me. Wherever life may take me, I know a piece of me will be here.
And probably from now on, each post will have a song's lyrics in it. I guess "Hoodoo" from Muse is the song of the day as I listened to it about 10 times today :)) I like to call it the "mad-scientist song" especially because of the piano part :X the lyrics are beautiful :X
Come into my life
Regress into a dream
We will hide
And build a new reality
Draw another picture
Of the life you could have had
Follow your instincts
And choose the other path
You should never be afraid
You're protected
From trouble and pain
Why
Why is this a crisis in your eyes again
Come to be
How did it come to be
Tied to a railroad
No love to set us free
Watch our souls fade away
And our bodies crumbling
Don't be afraid
I will take the cold for you
I've had recurring nightmares
That I was loved for who I am
And missed the opportunity
To be a better man
Monday, October 29, 2007
Favorite Worst Nightmare: Physics
[rant]Even if there are 2 more days until the Physics tutorials, this subject is really bugging me...
I've never been a fan of this science, maybe because my 6th grade teacher was a hysterical bitch whose main hobby was showing off her high-pitched voice and then my 7th and 8th grade teacher, also known as Hot Sexy Grandma, had a story-telling voice that made it impossible for me to keep my concentration more than 5 minutes, my mind drifting away quickly. Obviously, during highschool I never gave a damn about Physics so here I am, a student of the Technical University where this subject is very important and I know basically nothing about it. And the teacher isn't too helpful either. "She just can't stop writing" as my friend Sak used to say back in the day during Chemistry classes. She just talks and writes at the same time at an incredible "velocity" (this is the term she uses most) so it's impossible to pay any attention.
Darn. What am I going to do about this...I guess I will have to study very hard for this subject in order to pass the exam. If I get the 5 I'll be the happiest person in the Milky Way.
The other subjects are cool...I really like Calculus and Building Materials and Topograph isn't bad either. But Physics is just killing me :-s [/rant]
I've never been a fan of this science, maybe because my 6th grade teacher was a hysterical bitch whose main hobby was showing off her high-pitched voice and then my 7th and 8th grade teacher, also known as Hot Sexy Grandma, had a story-telling voice that made it impossible for me to keep my concentration more than 5 minutes, my mind drifting away quickly. Obviously, during highschool I never gave a damn about Physics so here I am, a student of the Technical University where this subject is very important and I know basically nothing about it. And the teacher isn't too helpful either. "She just can't stop writing" as my friend Sak used to say back in the day during Chemistry classes. She just talks and writes at the same time at an incredible "velocity" (this is the term she uses most) so it's impossible to pay any attention.
Darn. What am I going to do about this...I guess I will have to study very hard for this subject in order to pass the exam. If I get the 5 I'll be the happiest person in the Milky Way.
The other subjects are cool...I really like Calculus and Building Materials and Topograph isn't bad either. But Physics is just killing me :-s [/rant]
Saturday, October 27, 2007
My first post: a review of a very beautiful autumn
Bonjour!
Here I am, writing my first post of my blog also known as "The Pink Ego Box". Why this title? Well, apart from being an alernative title of Muse's song "Instant Messenger", I consider that it suits the blog very well. Pink ego box....a collection of thoughts, more or less random, that build up a virtual person, my blogger ego. Hopefully it's a very pink one :))
And now to stick to the title. It's impossible for me to begin a journal like this without summarizing what has been the best autumn of my life. After an exhausting summer filled with exams and university madness, early September was set to make up for all the stress. A fun BCR Open Romania tennis tournament was beckoning and I was more than ready to go. I spent a great time at my friend Sandra's place, going to the tennis arenas and having fun in each of the 9 days of the tournament. Diego Hartfield, an Argentine player, caught my attention this year and I was very sad to see him leave early as he lost in the first round. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Andreas Seppi, Gael Monfils, Florent Serra, Gilles Simon and the Polish doubles team Fyrstenberg/Matkowski also got my support and fortunately Gilles managed to win the title. I wasn't there for the final but I'm really happy he won. I hope I'll be able to see my favorite player, Fernando Verdasco, in next year's edition.
After 3 weeks, I was on the Cluj-Napoca - Bucharest train again, this time heading there for a megaconcert: Muse, one of my favorite bands, was here for a show! I have to mention that I've never been to a concert before, I mean a concert of Iris 3 years ago but I'm not a fan of them and I couldn't enjoy it properly, so my excitement was out of control. Along with Andreea (my host), Aleka and their sisters we arrived at the rugby stadium 1 hour before the gates were to be opened and the queue was HUGE. We got in at about 7 pm, not long before the support act was starting. It was Brett Anderson, Suede's former frontman, who had a nice performance, but the public was a bit rusty, clearly anxious to see Muse. I'm a bit sorry that I didn't listen to Suede before seeing Brett because they have some really awesome songs. But I know now, so I can sing along the next time I see Brett live :)). Whenever that may be :P
Muse showed up after a 40 minute break, starting with "Knights of Cydonia" and delighting the public with "Supermassive Black Hole", "Hysteria", "Buterflies and Hurricanes", "Take A Bow", "Invincible", "Soldier's Poem", "New Born", "Sing For Absolution", "Apocalypse Please" and my favorite "Stockholm Syndrome". The crowd was great on "Time is Running Out", "Feeling Good", "Plug-in Baby" and especially on "Starlight", singing all the lyrics...it was great. I've never jumped and sang and shouted and clapped that much in my life. The best 100 minutes of my life. Absolute bliss.
After returning to Cluj, I got started with university....civil engineering is going to be a serious challenge for me because it has some subjects where I lack some basic knowledge like Physics or Mechanics. I hope I'll pass all my exams and get over this first year, because I heard that this is the worst.
Meanwhile, I found out that my favorite Romanian band, Omul cu sobolani, will have a concert in Cluj on November 17th. Woohooo!
I guess that's about all for today, I'm off to watch Tsonga vs. Grosjean on TV :)
Here I am, writing my first post of my blog also known as "The Pink Ego Box". Why this title? Well, apart from being an alernative title of Muse's song "Instant Messenger", I consider that it suits the blog very well. Pink ego box....a collection of thoughts, more or less random, that build up a virtual person, my blogger ego. Hopefully it's a very pink one :))
And now to stick to the title. It's impossible for me to begin a journal like this without summarizing what has been the best autumn of my life. After an exhausting summer filled with exams and university madness, early September was set to make up for all the stress. A fun BCR Open Romania tennis tournament was beckoning and I was more than ready to go. I spent a great time at my friend Sandra's place, going to the tennis arenas and having fun in each of the 9 days of the tournament. Diego Hartfield, an Argentine player, caught my attention this year and I was very sad to see him leave early as he lost in the first round. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Andreas Seppi, Gael Monfils, Florent Serra, Gilles Simon and the Polish doubles team Fyrstenberg/Matkowski also got my support and fortunately Gilles managed to win the title. I wasn't there for the final but I'm really happy he won. I hope I'll be able to see my favorite player, Fernando Verdasco, in next year's edition.
After 3 weeks, I was on the Cluj-Napoca - Bucharest train again, this time heading there for a megaconcert: Muse, one of my favorite bands, was here for a show! I have to mention that I've never been to a concert before, I mean a concert of Iris 3 years ago but I'm not a fan of them and I couldn't enjoy it properly, so my excitement was out of control. Along with Andreea (my host), Aleka and their sisters we arrived at the rugby stadium 1 hour before the gates were to be opened and the queue was HUGE. We got in at about 7 pm, not long before the support act was starting. It was Brett Anderson, Suede's former frontman, who had a nice performance, but the public was a bit rusty, clearly anxious to see Muse. I'm a bit sorry that I didn't listen to Suede before seeing Brett because they have some really awesome songs. But I know now, so I can sing along the next time I see Brett live :)). Whenever that may be :P
Muse showed up after a 40 minute break, starting with "Knights of Cydonia" and delighting the public with "Supermassive Black Hole", "Hysteria", "Buterflies and Hurricanes", "Take A Bow", "Invincible", "Soldier's Poem", "New Born", "Sing For Absolution", "Apocalypse Please" and my favorite "Stockholm Syndrome". The crowd was great on "Time is Running Out", "Feeling Good", "Plug-in Baby" and especially on "Starlight", singing all the lyrics...it was great. I've never jumped and sang and shouted and clapped that much in my life. The best 100 minutes of my life. Absolute bliss.
After returning to Cluj, I got started with university....civil engineering is going to be a serious challenge for me because it has some subjects where I lack some basic knowledge like Physics or Mechanics. I hope I'll pass all my exams and get over this first year, because I heard that this is the worst.
Meanwhile, I found out that my favorite Romanian band, Omul cu sobolani, will have a concert in Cluj on November 17th. Woohooo!
I guess that's about all for today, I'm off to watch Tsonga vs. Grosjean on TV :)
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