I’m going to tell you a story today that you think you know but you don’t. And because you think you know it, you’re going to have to resist the urge to let your mind race ahead and tell you that there’s nothing new here to think about. In the year 2003, when all of us were a lot younger and in a time when … Continue reading Maya He
If you ever decide that writing is for you, one of your passions, and you want to do it on a website and turn it into a job and make lots of money doing it, do not follow my example! But if you write because you have to, because it is in your heart, then strange and wonderful things can happen. I began this little … Continue reading Degeaba eu am aici de toate
You know, people often ask me why I live here. Oh gosh, I don’t know, about a THOUSAND reasons (hence the name of this category LOL). Here’s even one more! YES!!!!! Oh my gosh, let’s count at least 12 ways how flipping awesome this video is: 1) It’s got a beat and you can dance to it! Seriously, I don’t care if you don’t speak … Continue reading Mămăligă cu mălai
I think the Unsleeping Eye is about to burn out, watching all that’s going on in this country. I tell you that for the first time I truly am beginning to understand exactly why so many “regular” Romanians are obsessed with pranks, jokes, the superficial and the stupid. It’s clearly some kind of psychological coping mechanism. I got to tell you it’s going to take … Continue reading Exit Music (For A Country)
What with the cold rain and my nostalgic look at the past yesterday, I must admit I found myself listening to a lot of sentimental Romanian music. One of the songs on my playlist was Cu bani nu cumperi ani, the linked version sung by Nicolae Guta although it’s not a manele song but rather a kind of Romanian ballad, sad, sweet and about the … Continue reading Word of the Day: Povața
All Things Romania 