Where is Moldova?
07 May 2012 | Made in MD &Photography &Travelling
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Every time I go to IKEA I steal the little wooden pencils!
24 Dec 2009 | Life in Stockholm &Made in MD
This post is dedicated to the Facebook groups Every time I go to IKEA I steal the little wooden pencils! and Vrem IKEA la Durlesti 🙂
The article is written after my first purchase at IKEA Stockholm, Kugens Kurva (biggest IKEA store in the world, kind of…they haven’t seen yet the Stejaurul factory outlet in Chişinău 🙂 ).
IKEA is seen by many as the happiest place on Earth. I have even applied for a happy job in Älmhult (living room of Mr. Ingvar Kamprad). After being recruited as a supply planner and seeing my happy salary I have decided to leave immediately – I guess I am not mature enough to understand that happiness is not only about salary 🙂
IKEA is said to have been derived from I-Kill-Y(e)A due to the furniture’s ability to cause heart arrest in people who like popcorn. IKEA makes and sell flat-pack furniture but due to restrictions in the law in many nations are unable to deliver. Many people get around this by driving Volvo station wagons to IKEA and filling them to the brim with gaudy plastic tat made by Lars Larsson and Per Persson and as well Fredrick Fredricksson.
Three geeks getting excited over an IKEA catalog
Fairy tale country
31 May 2009 | Made in MD
Yes, it is a bad translation of the original title of the documentary I want to share with you, but it gives you an immediate hint what to expect from the documentary, especially in the XXI century, whereas fairy tales exist only in Cuba…
A quick question…How often you are waiting for credits of a movie or to see who are the authors of the movie, documentary…I guess, not so often. However considering the situation in my country, trust me, you should be quite brave to create such a documentary and make sure you don’t bring any offence to our dearest MR. President . Of course, the documentary doesn’t bring any political connotation, but still I was quite curious who is behind this creation…
Bingo! Chiril Lucinschi member of the Democratic Party from Moldova and son of Moldova’s second president
I was thinking why Denmark was chosen as an example and why is so much emphasis on physical education, sports halls etc.. but seeing the end of the documentary and that the idea of the documentary belongs to Chiril, everything makes sense.
Chiril indeed finished physics education in Denmark…My next question why Chiril deleted from his profile on Facebook the details about his studies from Denmark (which were available on Facebook before the elections) … to many questions for an amateur detective 🙂 …anyway nice movie, great initiative!
Tara Povestilor (Страна Сказок) from Denis Bartenev on Vimeo.
Source: clip.md
Välkommen tillbaka
01 Apr 2009 | Made in MD &Photography &Travelling
As I mentioned previously here it’s been a while since my assistant didn’t post anything here, so I should try improving this situation again 😉
1st of April – should be April Fool’s Day – a day invented to honour Dr. April Fools (according to uncyclopedia), but not this year. This year seems to be the year of every other day full of lies and only April Fool’s Day is the only day of the year where absolutely everything you see or hear is true 😆 .
Yes, I am now in Moldova and it is not a lie 😉 I came to vote and again it’s not a lie. Actually I am voting for the first time in my life and I am convinced that I will vote for a CHANGE – a better or worse CHANGE – time will show. The most important thing is that I have the CHANCE to vote for a CHANGE and I will not miss this CHANCE.
Besides voting, I am glad to be home close to dearest people with really good people from Sverige.
I don’t know how many foreigners write Master’s thesis about Moldova, but I am really glad and proud that Johan and Hedvig (alias Johanna or Hedvin or Victoria 🙂 ) decided to explore this country and I hope that they really had a great time and experience in Moldova – especially at the Central market in Chisinau 😉 and hopefully this is not their last time in Moldova.
I will let pictures to speak as usually 😉 :
Most beautiful country in the world
Cultural shock or being employed in Sweden
25 Apr 2008 | Life in Stockholm &Made in MD
It’s been a while since my assistant didn’t post anything here, so I should try improve this situation.
This time I’ll tell you a story about how is to be an employee in Sweden.
It started with a smile, then a warm “hello, how are you” and I then I told myself that’s all for the beginning. I thought it’s very typical way of welcoming a new colleague – a very tall one 😎 . However I was wrong, very wrong!
After 5 minutes of walking in the office and meeting almost 500 new colleagues I really understood how difficult is to be a president or a receptionist 😆 . Anyway was quite easy to remember them, since many people are foreigners and represent one certain country. Regarding the Swedish colleagues, was a little bit difficult, since everybody is relative with Mr. Ericsson, Karlsson and of course Johansson 😆 .
After explaining everybody and showing on the globe where the lovely Moldova is I decided to go next to the floor to introduce my self to the remaining 500 colleagues. Surprise ! They already know my name. I guess every employee receives in advance an e-mail that a new person is coming, something like this: “Dear all, please notice that we have a new colleague from Moldova, take into consideration that Moldova is not a GAME and it’s not a country from Balkans, so this time you may hide your guns” 😀 .
Mr. Putin’s occupation after the elections
23 Feb 2008 | Made in MD
Can you imagine what may happen with Putin’s vocation in case he will not be elected as a Prime-minister after the election which are on the 2nd of March 2008.
Few Guinness World Records from Moldova
09 Jan 2008 | Made in MD
Some friends from Czech Republic asked me, if Moldova has something truly spectacular to offer for its tourists. So far many might have gotten the impression that Moldova does not have anything amazing to offer. That is not quite true. There is one thing. A thing that will make your lower jaws hit the floor 😉 . One of the most mysterious treasures from Moldova is the largest underground wine cellar in the world, which is “hidden” in our country.
Just 15 km from Chişinău (the capital of Moldova), Cricova mines lay deep underground. The mined limestone has been used for centuries to build the city of Chisinau and surrounding towns.
After the Second World War, someone came with this brilliant idea to use the empty space of this underground world for wine storage. Since the average depth of the caves is 60-80 meters, the temperature is constant and low that makes it just perfect for the storage of wine and the fermentation of sparkling wine – about +12-14°C and humidity of 97-98%.
Nowadays, the length of mines is more than 100 km and the winery located there uses about 2/3 of them. It is a labyrinth of subterranean streets, named after wine types, so you can stagger along Cabernet Street before crawling east into Pinot Street and then on Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Feteasca, Aligote, Muscat Streets and so on. You need to have a guide not to get lost. The most fun is to drive a car in this world of large oak barrels filled with aged wine. It is so spacious down there that even a large truck can drive in.
Source: Piataauto.md
Taxis are available at each main intersection and don’t be surprised if you see a traffic light 😉 .
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Let’s make it in Moldova
06 Dec 2007 | Made in MD
Moldova posted a short advertisement on British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in order to attract more foreign investors. The advertisement costs “only” 50.000 EUR and the whole amount will be covered by European Commission.
Regarding young and well educated population I agree, less I agree with the expression “multilingual” abilities of our presidency/government administration…
Enjoy the video of making it in Moldova 😉 …
