romania – One Book a Week

Atinahika (supraorganism)

Şi-am murit fără să ştiu,Parcă-i adormire,Căci nu eram nici mort, nici viu,Simţind o nesimţire.Apoi o clipă n-a trecutŞi două firi depline,Doi “eu” întregi s-au desfăcutDintr-un singur mine. Eram un “eu” încremenitJos, cu condeiu-n mână.Sus, “eu” celălalt priveam uimitLa faţa-i de ţărână.Şi mă-ntrebam cum de putuiSă-ndur, o, Doamne Sfinte!Cincizeci de ani în pielea “lui”“Eu” – inimăContinue reading “Atinahika (supraorganism)”

A few pictures from rural Romania

As you all may (or may not) know, I’m Romanian. Been since birth. It’s only recently I’ve joined the ranks of the nation known for their strong accents and bad teeth (not the Aussies!) And sometimes, just sometimes, when I can’t travel to Scotland to see the sheep, I look at pictures of beautiful RomaniaContinue reading “A few pictures from rural Romania”

15 beautiful pictures from Romania

The Romanian landscape is approximately one-third mountainous and one-third forested, with the remainder made up of hills and plains. The climate is temperate and marked by four distinct seasons. Romania enjoys a considerable wealth of natural resources: fertile land for agriculture; pastures for livestock; forests that provide hard and soft woods; petroleum reserves; metals, includingContinue reading “15 beautiful pictures from Romania”

Romania is Beautiful But the snow is out of this world!

We “decided” to leave the EU – what does it mean for non-Brits?

Well, it’s been a punch in the balls waking up in the morning yesterday and seeing the #Brexit poll results. 17 million people want out of the EU, 16 millions want to stay in the EU. Brits wanna leave, they voted to leave, they never thought it was going to happen, but it did. CurrentContinue reading “We “decided” to leave the EU – what does it mean for non-Brits?”

Why I think Bucharest is worse than Cluj

Decided to do a city break in Bucharest this weekend and had a few surprises along the way. I’ll go in order so you feel what I’m saying! The maps are odd (old) Downloaded a few places I could go and visit on my trip and from Google Maps, everything seemed really far away fromContinue reading “Why I think Bucharest is worse than Cluj”

Je suis Roumain – Funny Video from a French guy

The Manole Maester and Hitobashira

Earlier today I was wasting some time on 9Gag and I came across some really nifty Japanese horror tales. As I was scrolling through them enjoying some ice-cream, I came across the story of Hitobashira: Tales of “human pillars” (hitobashira) — people who were deliberately buried alive inside large-scale construction projects — have circulated inContinue reading “The Manole Maester and Hitobashira”

Te duci copilarie (Poetry in Romanian)

Mi-e grea maturitatea, mi-e greu să fiu docil Aș da orice pe lume să redevin copil Zburdam prin curtea plină cu rațe și găini Trăiau pe-atunci părinții și rude și vecini Mi le-ai luat pe toate și-o lacrimă îmi storci Te duci, copilărie, și nu te mai întorci Nu mai există basme, nici eu nuContinue reading “Te duci copilarie (Poetry in Romanian)”

A short middle finger to @Channel4 for the s%$t spray on honest Romanians

The sweet and caring people at Channel4 have recently aired (and keep on airing to their shame) a show that not only shows a few stereotypes as the general outlook of an entire nation, but are also encouraging dissensions among legal immigrants in the United Kingdom and Brits. I’m a Romanian, I am working inContinue reading “A short middle finger to @Channel4 for the s%$t spray on honest Romanians”