[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]
Monday, October 29, 2007
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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