Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Funny commercials
My dad was into marketing and branding - in fact, taught it. Maybe it is in our genes, because I hate fast forwarding through commercials. I like to watch them and criticize or appreciate and laugh. Here are some one you might like, too. Some are pretty old, but still funny.
Monday, August 11, 2008
List Of The Day: Photobombers Of The Day
List Of The Day: Photobombers Of The Day
Warning - do not do what I did, and look at this while you are on the phone, because the person on the other side will think you have gone coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs as you laugh like a hyena.
| From Urbandictionary.com 1. | photobombing | |
| Intentionally posing in other people's photos, for a later surprise. Usually people making funny faces in the background, without the knowledge of the main subjects of the photo. Jim is always photobombing, he messed ups some of the best photos from the wedding. | ||
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Isn't old news an oxymoron?
Disclaimer: From now on, this blog will be an off shoot of random links I interesting or amusing, but not informative or necessarily related to what my 0ther blog talks about - i.e. living in Europe. This is simply for anyone's amusement.
I have a weakness for Buffalax type transliterations of foreigns songs into other languages. Indian languages into English, Spanish songs into hindi and english, and so on.
The original ones:
Inspired by the original:
I have a weakness for Buffalax type transliterations of foreigns songs into other languages. Indian languages into English, Spanish songs into hindi and english, and so on.
The original ones:
Inspired by the original:
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Yankees are on the move..to a new site!!
This Yankee not only travels around the world, but around the Internet too!
Check out the new site @ yankeeinnewworld.com!
Check out the new site @ yankeeinnewworld.com!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Travel Tip - Finding a non-Hostile Hostel
So, like I told you, I've done a bit of traveling about Europe - my friend and I spent some time traveling around the Eastern Front about a year or so - I always thought we did it backwards...Doing the Eastern Bloc in the dead of depressing winter and then doing Western Europe this summer, when it is sweltering. However we did get pretty savvy about the whole traveling on a budget - We're only students after all!! We take what we can get...in style. (Did you guys see Blank Check when you were kids? S-T-Y-L-E...STYLE!! ) Here's some tips to having a great and safe Hostel experience:
1.So, first of all, scope out possible Hostels beforehand and book them on the website in advance- This way you dont just show up and not have anywhere to sleep!
Some websites I found helpful
http://www.hostelz.com/
http://www.hostels.com/
http://www.hostelworld.com/
2. Set your pricepoint of how much you are willing to pay. This way, you can make a budget of about how much you can spend on accomodation
3. Know if you want to sleep alone, with your friends only, or would be willing to share a room. Dorms may be crowded, but you're never going to be there other than sleeping, b/c you'll be out seeing the town!! On the otherhand, you might like the privacy of a room with just your friends or just yourself, to quietly relax after a long day of site-seeing (or shopping!)
4. I can not stress this enough - READ THE REVIEWS of the hostel. The reviews by other travelers are invaluable! You can learn about things not listed in the site - like cleanliness, safety,courtesy of the staff, how convenient(or not) the location is and much more!
5. It's easiest, I've found, to pick a hostel either close and easily found from the train/bus station or airport or right in the center of town, just to minimize confusion and the chance of getting lost.
6. Make a list of things you want in a hostel. Our List:
* Free internet access - So you can be the envy of all the ppl you email as you gallavant about!
* Lockers to lock valuables in - Keep your friends close and your stuff closer!! You don't want to spend money of souvenirs just to have them stolen!
*Breakfast included - we had the sly trick of nicking extra stuff, like bread or nutella at breakfast and making it last for lunch or even dinner. We spent wayyy less on food, and were able to shop more or eat out a nice restaurant towards the end of our stay in the city
*Laundry service - or at least a washer/dryer so we can clean clothes along the way
7. Note - just because a hostel is hostel, doesnt mean it cant be really amazingly nice. So dont nix the hostel idea before you've even checked it out! Check out this one we stayed in in Prague:
...And yea, it totally did look like that. No lies in those pictures - It was heavenly!!
8. A Hostel with a bar or lounge area is great for students. In Vienna, having that bar there allowed us to find ppl to go out with, find tips about what is fun/cheap/interesting in the city, get inside tips, and make money off foosball bets with drunk Aussies!
9. A Hostel with a kitchen is also a nice touch. Its another way to save $$ on food, by buying cheaper food locally and cooking yourself. Also, I've found going into grocery stores is a neat way to look at another facet of local life and people, and to giggle at funny product names:
This definitely would not be legal at home!!
I wonder if Carrie knows about these...maybe she wouldn't have missed him so much...(If you're not into Sex and the City...it's a funny name anyway =0 lol)
Mmm...nothing like monkey nuts in the morning...Say what?!!
Ok, so the last one isn't real, but wouldn't it be great if it was?
1.So, first of all, scope out possible Hostels beforehand and book them on the website in advance- This way you dont just show up and not have anywhere to sleep!
Some websites I found helpful
http://www.hostelz.com/
http://www.hostels.com/
http://www.hostelworld.com/
2. Set your pricepoint of how much you are willing to pay. This way, you can make a budget of about how much you can spend on accomodation
3. Know if you want to sleep alone, with your friends only, or would be willing to share a room. Dorms may be crowded, but you're never going to be there other than sleeping, b/c you'll be out seeing the town!! On the otherhand, you might like the privacy of a room with just your friends or just yourself, to quietly relax after a long day of site-seeing (or shopping!)
4. I can not stress this enough - READ THE REVIEWS of the hostel. The reviews by other travelers are invaluable! You can learn about things not listed in the site - like cleanliness, safety,courtesy of the staff, how convenient(or not) the location is and much more!
5. It's easiest, I've found, to pick a hostel either close and easily found from the train/bus station or airport or right in the center of town, just to minimize confusion and the chance of getting lost.
6. Make a list of things you want in a hostel. Our List:
* Free internet access - So you can be the envy of all the ppl you email as you gallavant about!
* Lockers to lock valuables in - Keep your friends close and your stuff closer!! You don't want to spend money of souvenirs just to have them stolen!
*Breakfast included - we had the sly trick of nicking extra stuff, like bread or nutella at breakfast and making it last for lunch or even dinner. We spent wayyy less on food, and were able to shop more or eat out a nice restaurant towards the end of our stay in the city
*Laundry service - or at least a washer/dryer so we can clean clothes along the way
7. Note - just because a hostel is hostel, doesnt mean it cant be really amazingly nice. So dont nix the hostel idea before you've even checked it out! Check out this one we stayed in in Prague:
...And yea, it totally did look like that. No lies in those pictures - It was heavenly!!
8. A Hostel with a bar or lounge area is great for students. In Vienna, having that bar there allowed us to find ppl to go out with, find tips about what is fun/cheap/interesting in the city, get inside tips, and make money off foosball bets with drunk Aussies!
9. A Hostel with a kitchen is also a nice touch. Its another way to save $$ on food, by buying cheaper food locally and cooking yourself. Also, I've found going into grocery stores is a neat way to look at another facet of local life and people, and to giggle at funny product names:
This definitely would not be legal at home!!
I wonder if Carrie knows about these...maybe she wouldn't have missed him so much...(If you're not into Sex and the City...it's a funny name anyway =0 lol)
Mmm...nothing like monkey nuts in the morning...Say what?!!
Ok, so the last one isn't real, but wouldn't it be great if it was?
A warm apple (or pumpkin) pie!
Have you ever been homesick and had a craving of something so bad, you just had to have it? Well, last year in 06, my friend from Jersey, I. and I really really really wanted pumpkin pie around Thanksgiving time. Now, in my house growing up, we never did much for Thanksgiving, but every year we watched the Macy's parade, and at night had pumpkin pie. So that year we looked for canned pumpkin, pie crust, condensed milk - and nada. So we gave up.
This past thanksgiving, I was not about to give up in the least - if I had to grow the pumpkin myself I would. So I looked up so many pumpkin pie recipes and combined them and edited them and made substitutions and finally got it right. I made three pumpkin pies in 07 - two of which, I am not sad to say, I ate alllll by myself over the course of a week per pie. There was no sharing of those, no sir!!
***TRICK*** --->I've found that its better to make pie ahead of time, like 5 hours before or even the day before and just warm it up, because the pie comes out more solid with time and is easier to serve as actual pie slices. (Kind of like Lasagna)
So here is the crust recipe (can use for any pie):
1.5 cup all purpose flour (wheat,if you want it healthier)
1/3 cup COLD water
3/4 cup Butter,softened but not liquid (or margarine, which I use)
Mix flour and butter together first by hand, until mostly evenly mixed ,add water bit by bit until dough starts to make small clumps. I tend to roll it out between two pieces of wax paper into a roughly circular shape, about as thick as a pencil. Arrange into pie pan, in a pinch a 9" circular cake pan works about as well.
Filling recipe:
1 Pie pumpkin --- or 3 cups canned pumpkin or cooked and blended fresh pumpkin or butternut squash (DID YOU KNOW - that the canned "pumpkin" they sell in stores for pumpkin pie is many times butter nut squash, because they are easier to handle than pumpkins, but taste the same?)
1 cup sugar - may need more if using canned, not sure b/c I've only done it from scratch
1 cups of cooking cream (heavy or light cream), or some like buttermilk
2 tsp ground cinnamon
10 cloves,ground down to powder
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger (optional)
4 eggs
salt to taste
For this you need a pie pumpkin, which are those small pumpkins about the size of a tin can. Take a large serrated knife, cut out the top and scoop out all the insides. Keep the seeds to roast if you want. Then cut the pumpkin into eighths, and put in pot of water at a rolling boil. (Using a non stick pot is highly useful)/ Let them boil, until the pulp turns dark orange and is mostly soft. Make sure pumpkin is covered with water at all times.
Blend all of the above in the blender until smooth and pour in pie crust. It is liquid now, but it will harden in the oven. ( I know, it bugged me too).
Bake at 200*C for 10-15 min, then turn heat down to 175*C for 45min or until you can stick in a butter knife in center and it comes out clean. ENJOY!!!
FOR APPLE PIE...The american classic.
Make the crust like above, but make it double, one for the bottom crust and one to cover the top.
Filling:
3-4 Large apples (More if they're smaller - its always better to cut too many than too little, you just want to be able to fill the crust)
- peel, core, and cut them into cubes
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon (though I really tend to add more - I Like Cinnamon!)
3-4 ground cloves (optional)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
Mix last 5 items together in large bowl and add apple peices - Mix until apple pieces are evenly coated with mixture. Pour into pie crust. Put small dots of butter/margarine around the surface and then top it w/ the 2nd crust. Score slits into the top crust for air to escape.
Bake at 210*c for 40- 60 min or until juice begins to bubble through slits and crust is golden brown(Bake on middle or lower oven rack, so as to prevent too much browning of top crust)
Hope you like it!!
This past thanksgiving, I was not about to give up in the least - if I had to grow the pumpkin myself I would. So I looked up so many pumpkin pie recipes and combined them and edited them and made substitutions and finally got it right. I made three pumpkin pies in 07 - two of which, I am not sad to say, I ate alllll by myself over the course of a week per pie. There was no sharing of those, no sir!!
***TRICK*** --->I've found that its better to make pie ahead of time, like 5 hours before or even the day before and just warm it up, because the pie comes out more solid with time and is easier to serve as actual pie slices. (Kind of like Lasagna)
So here is the crust recipe (can use for any pie):
1.5 cup all purpose flour (wheat,if you want it healthier)
1/3 cup COLD water
3/4 cup Butter,softened but not liquid (or margarine, which I use)
Mix flour and butter together first by hand, until mostly evenly mixed ,add water bit by bit until dough starts to make small clumps. I tend to roll it out between two pieces of wax paper into a roughly circular shape, about as thick as a pencil. Arrange into pie pan, in a pinch a 9" circular cake pan works about as well.
Filling recipe:
1 Pie pumpkin --- or 3 cups canned pumpkin or cooked and blended fresh pumpkin or butternut squash (DID YOU KNOW - that the canned "pumpkin" they sell in stores for pumpkin pie is many times butter nut squash, because they are easier to handle than pumpkins, but taste the same?)
1 cup sugar - may need more if using canned, not sure b/c I've only done it from scratch
1 cups of cooking cream (heavy or light cream), or some like buttermilk
2 tsp ground cinnamon
10 cloves,ground down to powder
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger (optional)
4 eggs
salt to taste
For this you need a pie pumpkin, which are those small pumpkins about the size of a tin can. Take a large serrated knife, cut out the top and scoop out all the insides. Keep the seeds to roast if you want. Then cut the pumpkin into eighths, and put in pot of water at a rolling boil. (Using a non stick pot is highly useful)/ Let them boil, until the pulp turns dark orange and is mostly soft. Make sure pumpkin is covered with water at all times.
Blend all of the above in the blender until smooth and pour in pie crust. It is liquid now, but it will harden in the oven. ( I know, it bugged me too).
Bake at 200*C for 10-15 min, then turn heat down to 175*C for 45min or until you can stick in a butter knife in center and it comes out clean. ENJOY!!!
FOR APPLE PIE...The american classic.
Make the crust like above, but make it double, one for the bottom crust and one to cover the top.
Filling:
3-4 Large apples (More if they're smaller - its always better to cut too many than too little, you just want to be able to fill the crust)
- peel, core, and cut them into cubes
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon (though I really tend to add more - I Like Cinnamon!)
3-4 ground cloves (optional)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
Mix last 5 items together in large bowl and add apple peices - Mix until apple pieces are evenly coated with mixture. Pour into pie crust. Put small dots of butter/margarine around the surface and then top it w/ the 2nd crust. Score slits into the top crust for air to escape.
Bake at 210*c for 40- 60 min or until juice begins to bubble through slits and crust is golden brown(Bake on middle or lower oven rack, so as to prevent too much browning of top crust)
Hope you like it!!
Americans are....
Ever since I came here, I have come to realize something- there is no other country than America that attracts the most random comments, insults, and just plain idiotic statements. Anyone from any other country could say that (Fill in random country here) is the best country in the world, simply because they are from that country, and no one would find it contrary. But the second any American dares to do the same, all hell breaks loose! Out comes the torrent of how bad our country, economy, health care system, defense, music, you name it....I've heard it. Ok, some of it has merit, but some just take it to another level, and some comments are just plain random. Here's just a sample:
"You're American?!!....But you're not fat!" (why, thank you...I think)
"I hate your president,I hate your country, why should I like you?" (You don't have to....*run,hide*)
"Don't you guys all wear hoodies?" (Huh?)
"Where are you from?....Oh,New York - I know New York....where is it?" (No comment)
"Haha, you sound so funny speaking Hungarian....you sound like an American speaking Hungarian..hahaha..It sounds so stupid, it reminds me of how Americans sound speaking Norwegian!" (Wow, so unnecessarily rude. Not to mention at least I know enough Hungarian to try to speak it ----what I really want to say..."Maybe that's what you sound like speaking english to me?)
Some other misconceptions:
1. Americans are stupid - Ok , so Kellie Pickler didn't help, but we have some of the best academic institutions in the world and greatest scientists, inventors, and innovators. Edison alone gave us the light bulb, carbon microphone, phonograph (precursor to all our mp3 players), motion picture camera, and stock ticker.
Just we take our less than brightest and put them on reality tv for our entertainment, doesn't mean we all talk like Paris Hilton. Yes, I admit that we maybe weak in geography, and maybe not all of us are bilingual and just speak English everywhere we go. But surely, not everyone in Europe knows more than one language? And honestly, most every country in the world has English as a national language - thanks to the conquering Brits (who, btw, tell me I speak American, not English..who knew?)
2. We are sex-crazed - Apparently, tact and being friendly in Europe is simply translated into "Get in my pants!" Speaking of Paris.... To be frank, I think we are much less liberal and sexual compared to Europe - very much a tortoise in this hare game. Anyone remember the catastrophe that was Janet's Nipplegate? That would barely raise an eyebrow here, where naked breasts are on TV at 4pm, Hustler is on regular cable, and nudity widespread (almost literally) on newspapers. So we dance a little closer....its just our style - don't read so much into it. I've figured out that in Europe, I should stick to my history teacher's 'Book Of Mormon' rule - If you can't fit a Book of Mormon (or any other large fat book) b/w the two of you - you're just too close for words.
3. We're all rich - Sorry, hate to break it to you, but Bill Gates and Oprah have most of it, among a few others. Most of us are on loans, from the government or private companies, which unlike many europeans, we have to pay back in full, and then some. We might have bigger houses sometimes, but we have more land....basic principle of surface area, people - and not only that, but it depends on where you live in America. 160,000 may get you a fairly large house in Ohio, but it will get you diddly elsewhere.
4. Racism is at as rampant as it was in the Civil war - Yes, there are still many race issues out there, and everyone knows what was in the movie Crash. But I truly believe that we have made steps to a better place- look to our current elections. Maybe it seems like it took us a while to get there, but compared to other countries, America is a teenager - not even 250 old. I think we have taken tact and PC as our words and am proud of that. I've seen kids here throw racial epithets around like "N*****", "Ch***", and who knows what like they mean nothing and hurt no one, and I believe that to be despicable.
5. We are hypocritically religious - I was told the other day by someone Icelandic that even if our laws state a separation of church and state, we don't do it because we talk about religion, and Christianity all the time. "C'mon", he said, "you have 'In God We Trust' on your money." But, I said God is universal to all religions by definition and in any case, it has a historical base more so than religious. Even if it was, why is that related to church and state? Wasn't this country founded by people looking for a new life and to escape religious persecution, no matter who or what they worshiped or even if at all?
6. If someone doesn't have health insurance, and if something happens, then too bad, so sad - Not true, if someone is truly injured, and taken to the hospital - the hospital is, as far as I know, required by law to treat them, and will try to recover cost afterwards. If they cannot, they will simply eat the cost - which causes hospital fees to go up and insurance costs...but that is a whole other issue. Bottom Line...if you don't have insurance, it isn't the most ideal situation, but its not like we leave our poor, un-insured to die. Not to mention, the availability of free or low cost clinics, Medicare, charities, and so on. Yes , we need a better health care plan - but don't paint us so heartless.
What is the point in criticizing when no country is perfect? I know that we've made some mistakes lately in our foreign relations and have soured some of them, but America has made some great contributions to this world, along with many European countries - so why all the hate, people? Some of it is funny - most of the time, the misconceptions make me laugh - but sometimes it justs hits too close to home. I am thankful to the country that gave my parents, me and many others so many opportunities. And it also seems so hypocritical. The ones who criticize most seems to be the ones with the DKNY shirts, the Nike sneakers (translating from American to English - thats trainers to you Brits), listening to 50 cent on their ipod. If it bothers you all that much to be associated with something American, then stop wearing our fashion lines, stop drooling over our new technology, stop splashing your celeb mags and newspapers with our celebrities, and stop listening to our music artists.
There, I've said my piece....now, if ya don't mind...errr....I'mma gonna be sittin herr on mah big ol fat brown butt, hoping to God I don't fall off this here chair.
"You're American?!!....But you're not fat!" (why, thank you...I think)
"I hate your president,I hate your country, why should I like you?" (You don't have to....*run,hide*)
"Don't you guys all wear hoodies?" (Huh?)
"Where are you from?....Oh,New York - I know New York....where is it?" (No comment)
"Haha, you sound so funny speaking Hungarian....you sound like an American speaking Hungarian..hahaha..It sounds so stupid, it reminds me of how Americans sound speaking Norwegian!" (Wow, so unnecessarily rude. Not to mention at least I know enough Hungarian to try to speak it ----what I really want to say..."Maybe that's what you sound like speaking english to me?)
Some other misconceptions:
1. Americans are stupid - Ok , so Kellie Pickler didn't help, but we have some of the best academic institutions in the world and greatest scientists, inventors, and innovators. Edison alone gave us the light bulb, carbon microphone, phonograph (precursor to all our mp3 players), motion picture camera, and stock ticker.
Just we take our less than brightest and put them on reality tv for our entertainment, doesn't mean we all talk like Paris Hilton. Yes, I admit that we maybe weak in geography, and maybe not all of us are bilingual and just speak English everywhere we go. But surely, not everyone in Europe knows more than one language? And honestly, most every country in the world has English as a national language - thanks to the conquering Brits (who, btw, tell me I speak American, not English..who knew?)
2. We are sex-crazed - Apparently, tact and being friendly in Europe is simply translated into "Get in my pants!" Speaking of Paris.... To be frank, I think we are much less liberal and sexual compared to Europe - very much a tortoise in this hare game. Anyone remember the catastrophe that was Janet's Nipplegate? That would barely raise an eyebrow here, where naked breasts are on TV at 4pm, Hustler is on regular cable, and nudity widespread (almost literally) on newspapers. So we dance a little closer....its just our style - don't read so much into it. I've figured out that in Europe, I should stick to my history teacher's 'Book Of Mormon' rule - If you can't fit a Book of Mormon (or any other large fat book) b/w the two of you - you're just too close for words.
3. We're all rich - Sorry, hate to break it to you, but Bill Gates and Oprah have most of it, among a few others. Most of us are on loans, from the government or private companies, which unlike many europeans, we have to pay back in full, and then some. We might have bigger houses sometimes, but we have more land....basic principle of surface area, people - and not only that, but it depends on where you live in America. 160,000 may get you a fairly large house in Ohio, but it will get you diddly elsewhere.
4. Racism is at as rampant as it was in the Civil war - Yes, there are still many race issues out there, and everyone knows what was in the movie Crash. But I truly believe that we have made steps to a better place- look to our current elections. Maybe it seems like it took us a while to get there, but compared to other countries, America is a teenager - not even 250 old. I think we have taken tact and PC as our words and am proud of that. I've seen kids here throw racial epithets around like "N*****", "Ch***", and who knows what like they mean nothing and hurt no one, and I believe that to be despicable.
5. We are hypocritically religious - I was told the other day by someone Icelandic that even if our laws state a separation of church and state, we don't do it because we talk about religion, and Christianity all the time. "C'mon", he said, "you have 'In God We Trust' on your money." But, I said God is universal to all religions by definition and in any case, it has a historical base more so than religious. Even if it was, why is that related to church and state? Wasn't this country founded by people looking for a new life and to escape religious persecution, no matter who or what they worshiped or even if at all?
6. If someone doesn't have health insurance, and if something happens, then too bad, so sad - Not true, if someone is truly injured, and taken to the hospital - the hospital is, as far as I know, required by law to treat them, and will try to recover cost afterwards. If they cannot, they will simply eat the cost - which causes hospital fees to go up and insurance costs...but that is a whole other issue. Bottom Line...if you don't have insurance, it isn't the most ideal situation, but its not like we leave our poor, un-insured to die. Not to mention, the availability of free or low cost clinics, Medicare, charities, and so on. Yes , we need a better health care plan - but don't paint us so heartless.
What is the point in criticizing when no country is perfect? I know that we've made some mistakes lately in our foreign relations and have soured some of them, but America has made some great contributions to this world, along with many European countries - so why all the hate, people? Some of it is funny - most of the time, the misconceptions make me laugh - but sometimes it justs hits too close to home. I am thankful to the country that gave my parents, me and many others so many opportunities. And it also seems so hypocritical. The ones who criticize most seems to be the ones with the DKNY shirts, the Nike sneakers (translating from American to English - thats trainers to you Brits), listening to 50 cent on their ipod. If it bothers you all that much to be associated with something American, then stop wearing our fashion lines, stop drooling over our new technology, stop splashing your celeb mags and newspapers with our celebrities, and stop listening to our music artists.
There, I've said my piece....now, if ya don't mind...errr....I'mma gonna be sittin herr on mah big ol fat brown butt, hoping to God I don't fall off this here chair.
never fails ...
Anytime I'm having a bad day, it never fails to cheer me up --- reading advertisements posted all over town- So I'm starting a new periodical entry : Bad english instances all over. I used to be one of those people who gets annoyed with grammer issues (ok,still am) - but c'mon, these are just redunkulus!!
I wonder what you do in a "badroom"...and is that allowed so close to "The Big Church"....(btw, I love that there is only one big church in town, so everyone know what that means...)
Are you "quite"& "homely"...or correction... are you a completely unattractive girl that would want to live with me? I think I've been insulted and propositioned in the same sentence.
Ok, this one has less to do with the ad, then the additions to it...lol
I wonder what you do in a "badroom"...and is that allowed so close to "The Big Church"....(btw, I love that there is only one big church in town, so everyone know what that means...)
Are you "quite"& "homely"...or correction... are you a completely unattractive girl that would want to live with me? I think I've been insulted and propositioned in the same sentence.
Ok, this one has less to do with the ad, then the additions to it...lol
Saturday, April 19, 2008
My own Nina, Pinta...or Airplane,
So, I am a born and bred true American, with a smattering of Indian on the side (computer type, not casino), and I've been living in Eastern Europe (specifically , Hungary) for three years now. I've always noticed differences from each side of the Atlantic, and vent about it enough to my friends, so I thought why not blog about it? This virgin entry opens my foray into expressing all what I think and leaving it up to you to comment...I plan to fill this blogournal with culture disconnects, of which I can barely believe - whether through pictures or personal anecdotes. Also I have tons of travel tips, which I'll throw here and there, as well as advice about working/studying/living abroad. So basically, a smörgåsbord of whatever I can think of that you might find entertaining, interesting, helpful, or just plain distracting when you don't want to do what you are supposed to be doing(for me, that means studying.)
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