First refferences of Roma people appear in Romanian teritory around 15 cetury. A big part of them were slaves in Romania before the abolition on the slavery between 1833 and 1854( the movement movement to abolish slavery was a gradual process with first important movements at the end of the 18th century, which ended in England and France around 1848, and in US in 1865).

And this wdnesdqy (26 august 2009) Madonna had a concert in Bucarest. 60000 people assisted. And she tried to launch a tolerance message . The crowd responded in a shamefull way … they booooed her. Why ? They her message as a reproach … as she was accusing them of being racist. Well, just a part of the crowd responded by boooing …. let’s say 20%. But this is enough. Because this is the answer of somebody who doesn’t accept criticism and his guilt.

As a Romanian I know very well what’s happening in romania. At least 10 to  20% don’t like Romas. Why ? There are multiple answers, some more motivated (“i’ve been robbed 2 times by romas”), but the vast majority just because they have been thought by their parents or their friends that Romas are more often prone to stealing and robery.

I happend to see some otherwise very educated and usually nice persons who manifested straghtforward adversty towards Romas. Imagine that i have friends with high moral standards, except for the Roms. I asked them, how they can be fair in most cases, but totaly hate the roms. And they said they know it’s not right, but that tehy cannont help it : they had been educated from young age  to think that and they don’t want , or cannot change.

So a part of the romanians are racist toward Romas. And they don’t accept that. And the are offended that they are called racists.

Well, there is an important  part of the romanians which are nont racist(i hope that more than 90%. But this part never stand out, they won’t boo when acused of racism, so you’ll never notice them.

I hope that better education will get this 90% to 100% … and soon.

So … as a romanian who lives between foreigners, I have to say that I’m amazed about the myth created about my pour country . So, for my friends, I summarize the answer to the questions I have to answer each day:

Q: Are there cars in Romania ?	YES !!! (even roads – made 2000 years ago by the romans)
Q: All romanian people are Vampires?	NO !!! (just a small part)
Q: The capital city is Budapest ?	NO !!! (Bucarest, please !!!)

After seeing the oficial medal standings on the 2008 Olympic Games site , I was curious to see how the European Union stands out in the world of sports. So I summed the results for the countries in EU and I was very happy to see that EU comes in first place, by far.

Medal Standings					Total
1	EU	94	106	107	307
2	CHN	51	21	28	100
3	USA	36	38	36	110
4	RUS	23	21	28	72
5	GBR	19	13	15	47

Also, looking at a comparaison of GDP around the world(CIA World Factbook), I see that EU is starting to be the super-power we tried to create. A super-power that act very slow(because of the time needed to get the consensus of their components governements), but when is acting, is almost sure to make the best decision(or the best compromise). Between so many il tempered super-powers( US, China, Russia) , the European Union is like a calm mediator.

Rank	Country	GDP (purchasing power parity)	Date of Information
1	World	$ 65,610,000,000,000	2007 est.
2	European Union	$ 14,380,000,000,000	2007 est.
3	United States	$ 13,840,000,000,000	2007 est.
4	China	$ 6,991,000,000,000	2007 est.
5	Japan	$ 4,290,000,000,000	2007 est.

I hope that this union of countries will become a strong source of stability and prosperity in this so agitated and troubled world.

Am I nationalist if I say that I’m proud to be a citizen of the European Union ?

Din punctul meu de vedere, CORUPTIA este cea mai mare problema din dulcea noastra Romanie la momentul de fata.
Odata starpita coruptia, Romania ar putea sa progreseze economic foarte rapid, si s-ar reduce diferentele sociale intre clase. Un impact pozitiv s-ar propaga in toate domeniile – economic, social, politic, cultural.

 Ieri dupa amiaza pe bulevardul Kiseleff a fost accidentata mortal o studenta la nici 2 metri de 3 politisti care dirijau traficul!

Politistii nici nu s-au oprit din dirijat ( trecea o coloana oficiala, vezi domne ! ) .

Vezi video mai jos .
Vorbeste si scrie despre asta ! Ar fi pacat sa fie ascunse din nou astfel de cazuti .

Femeia care a accidentat-o (prezenta si in clipul de mai jos) , se numeste Anamaria Strauss,  un influent om de afaceri.

Throughout the holiday quarter, Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell an estimated 4.9 million PlayStation 3 console worldwide. Despite strong sales of the company’s latest console, Sony cut its sales PS3 target for fiscal year from 11 million to 9.5 million units.

Microsoft was able to sell 4.3 million Xbox 360 units during the fourth calendar quarter 2007 (fiscal Q2 2008). The number is slightly down from 4.4 million units the company sold during the Christmas season of 2007. Unit sales for the first six months of Microsoft’s fiscal year 2008 came in at 6.1 million, up from 5.4 million in H1 FY2007.

Nintendo employees will be throwing down tonight and waking up the next morning hungover, after receiving the news that they have sold 7.09 million units worldwide, and are hot on Bill Gates tail as they close in on the Xbox 360.

So 4.9milion PS3, 4.3 million XBOX 360 , and  7,09milion Wii .

If this trend continues, I see very good times for PS3, who managed to rise from small sales in 2006-2007.

Situatia nu e roza … peste 6 zile urmeaz o serie de 5 examene in 5 zile …. si eu nu am invatat nimic

In schimb m-am hotarat sa fac ceva amuzant- un loc unde sa radem, si sa ii facem pe si pe altii sa zambeasca.

Asa ca am lansat : http://www.pozne.ro

Pentru toti prietenii care m-au spamat cu mailuri sau link-uri amuzante – va multumesc si va indrept spre acest site.

Si daca tot ajungeti pe acolo, trimite-ti linkul si la alti prieteni (poate ei au mai mult timp liber )

pe curand … de maine ma apuc sa invat

Participare: 3450 persoane

Rezultate : 3236 NU ,202 DA , 9 NULE

(diferenta , 3 voturi … probabil au plecat cu buletinele acasa )

Deci ~ 94% din romanii din Paris au votat NU … Mai e ceva de spus ?

Sunt mandru de alegerea noastra !

PS . Inca neoficial (sursa – Andrei )

Cam asa arata coada la ambasada din Paris astazi la ora 15.00 . Daca nu se vede toata poza, faceti scroll la dreapta (poza, si implicit coada, e mai lunga).

Am numarat cati oameni au fost inaintea mea cand am ajuns la coada 296 (hai sa zicem 300). Surprinzator, am asteptat doar o ora si 10 minute (cand au fost alegerile in 2004, am avut colegi care au asteptat si 3 ore – eu am fost harnic si am votat dimineata atunci, ca sa nu prind coada). O mica regula de 3 simpla, ne spune rapid ca au votat in total cam 3000 de oameni azi la Paris. La alegerile din 2004 au votat la Paris 2.700 de Romani.

O mica amelioarare, dar de departe insuficienta. Se stia de la ultima votare ca o sa fie cozi imense. Se stia ca e nevoie de mai multe stampile, urne , persoane care sa inregistreze numele votantilor.

Am sunat si eu, si alti colegi sa intrebam de ce incepe votarea la ora 8 si nu la ora 6, cum e legal.

Normal, drept raspuns, am primit un telefon trantit in nas .

Cu o zi inainte , s-a afisat pe site-ul ambasadei un formular ce trebuia completat de fiecare persoana prin care declara ca nu a votat de 2 ori. Cum banuiam ca documentul se va distribui de o singura persoana, si ca va fi inca un motiv pentru incetinirea alegerilor, l-am imprimat in multe exemplare, ca fiecare sa il poata completa inainte de vot (dupa recomandarea MAE). Normal, acest formular a fost schimbat in ziua alegerii, si a trebuit sa il completam din nou, in sectia de votare .

Normal , sectia s-a inchis la 8.

Normal au fost doar 6 (sau 8 ) persoane care preluau datele de pe buletinele / pasapoartelor persoanelor care votau, desi am cerut de atatea ori sa fie macar 20/30 (voluntari au fost destui, chiar si printre colegii mei, si Normal, majoritatea au fost refuzati).

Normal, foaia de la buletinele de vot era asa de subtire ca orice buletin pliat inainte de a se fi uscat devenea invalid (cerneala de pe stampila se imprima imediat pe partea opusa a buletinului de vot.

Normal, totul merge ca pe roate in toata frumoasa mea Romanie (da, ambasada e considerata teritoriu romanesc )! Tot asa inainte, tot asa dragii mei !

Inca o poza despre cozile normale in frumoasa mea Romanie – va aminteste cumva de cozile de la PAINE de pe vremea lui Ceasca ? Si mie, dar de data asta noi stam la coada sa incercam sa facem ca in tara sa fie DEMOCRATIE si MAI PUTINA CORUPTIE !

Am votat impotriva demiterii presedintelui Basescu, am votat pentru mine si pentru tarisoara asta ce risca sa ramana in mana unor insetati de putere ! Ca si toti cei care vor ca NORMAL pentru noi sa NU mai fie ce am scris mai sus – cozi, impiedicarea populatiei de a vota, coruptie, coruptie, coruptie ….

UPDATE :

Ca raspuns la un articol din Romania Libera in care se spune ca “in Franta nu s-au inregistrat incidente sau nemultumiri din partea votantilor”, un coleg (Bogdan ) imi scrie :

“Ai citit? Cica nu am fost nemultumiti. Probabil pt unii daca nu te porti ca un huligan inseamna ca esti multumit. Eu le-am zis alora din comisie, probabil greseala a fost ca le-am zis civilizat. ”

UPDATE 2 :

De la un coleg (Andrei) din comisie :

Am fost 8 insi si am procesat 3450 oameni, adica norma tripla fata de o sectie tipica din tara unde sunt cam 1200 de alegatori.

Rezultate : 3236 NU ,202 DA , 9 NULE

(diferenta , 3 voturi … probabil au plecat cu buletinele acasa )

Deci ~ 94% din romanii din Paris au votat NU … Mai e ceva de spus ?