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Anyone can walk on water...

2012-01-08T09:11:00.003Z

... it just needs to be cold enough! (by Loesje)

But does it need to cold enough?

Kinder jajcek...

2011-12-04T19:32:00.001Z

... se je odprl.No, vsaj suslja se kaj je v njem. Bo... vsaj upam da!

Sploh ne vem...

2011-12-03T14:36:00.001Z

... na kaksen izid upam na teh volitvah.

Moja drzavljanska dolznost je opravljena ze nekaj dni in sedaj cakam in tuhtam. Nobena od koalicij se mi ne dopade. Mogoce sem ze tako dalec, da bi bila se najboljsa med Janso in Pahorjem. In pa Kahel bo spet drzal vse za jajca...

Se najboljse moje obcutke povzame Mladinina diareja: Ko bodo mimo te volitve, ostanejo nam le molitve.

Voli me...

2011-11-28T20:01:00.001Z

... ne voli me.Dobil sem papirje za volitve. Sedaj pa: Res ne vem koga naj volim. Vem pa vsaj koga ne bom volil!

Prvinski nagon...

2011-11-27T11:49:00.001Z

... prevzame psa in jelenjad v Richamond parku je ogrozena.
Najbolj mi je vsec "high english" gospodarja Fenton-ja in njegov koncni, skoraj neslisni "Oh fuck".

Nekateri postavijo drevesce...

2011-11-24T19:12:00.001Z

... drugi pa prepleskajo pub.

Ze nekaj tednov je odkar so prebarvali pub blizu pisarne. Ne vem ali naj se pritozujem zaradi zgodnjega bozica, komercializacije ali samo kica in neprimernosti za London.

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Sreda zvecer...

2011-11-23T21:00:00.000Z

... je pogosto namenjena ogledu Champions League tekem.
Navadno je to pred televizijo doma ali pa v s prijatelji v pubu. Minulo sredo pa je bilo to na San Siru. AC Milan - Barcelona v zivo.
San Siro je bil nabit, vzdusje fenomenalno, nasi sedezi pa tudi :)

In tekma ni razocarala. 5 golov, 2 izenacenji, sumljive sodniske odlocitve - ljudje so bili v elementu!

Po tekmi se je stadion hitro izpraznil... ostali so le navijaci Barcelone. Te so spokali cisto na vrh. :)

Mi smo stadion zapustili "skupaj" z sedaj ex Il Presidente Bunga Bunga (zamegljena plesa v ozadju).

Za krepat...

2011-11-19T19:26:00.001Z

... od smeha

Biti clan...

2011-11-13T13:52:00.001Z

... Tate Modern se splaca tudi zaradi members cafeja s super teraso

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Prezivel sem...

2011-11-12T17:38:00.000Z

... Mens Health Survival of the Fittest.

10km posejanih s preprekami kot bale sena, napihnjeni gradovi, bazeni vode, bazeni ledu, tek skozi Battersea Power Station z vreco peska, skakanje cez sto in eno prepreko, itd.

Zabavno in izcrpajoce. Terance, ki me je zvabil v to me sedaj prepricuje, da se udelezim Hell Runner-ja. Mmmm, bom malce pocakal.

Drago Delo, nakljucne slike...

2011-11-07T08:13:00.001Z

... niso najboljsi material k clanku.

Clanek o Evropski krizi in Irski, kot primeru, da je resitev mogoca, ima kot slikovno gradivo "recepcijo" MF Global. MF global ni IMF, ampak veliko podjetje, ki je slo v stecaj 31 oktobra - nenajboljsi primer uspesnega resevanja.

Ampak koga briga... saj vemo, da so novice vedno bolj povrsne. Dokler je samo slikovno gradivo neprimerno je ok, velikokrat je vsebina zavajajoca, ce ne kar preprosto napacna.

4,470,664,036...

2011-10-30T16:14:00.003Z

... oseba na planetu sem bil... baje. No, tisti, ki smo rojeni na isti dan.

Poleg tega sem 79,069,992,740 oseba, ki je zivela na Zemlji. Seveda te stevilke bazirajo na zelo rahlih temeljih in niso nekaj kar naj bi jemali resno. Povedo pa nekaj o tem kako hitro populacija narasca.

Pa se link do vasih stevilk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

Lekcija...

2011-10-27T22:17:00.000+01:00

... st 1: Ko gre za small talk, ne povrasaj po rezultatu, ce ga ne poznas!

V ponedeljek sem imel 1:1 sestanek z nasim CEO-jem in ko sva sla nazaj proti pisarni se je bilo treba pogovarjati... small talk. In to je navadno v UK nogomet. In ker vem, da je velik obozevalec nogometa in Chelsea-ja, sem ga vprasal kako komentira vikend (poznal sem samo 1:6 rezultat iz Manchesterja in to je bila tekma na katero sem ciljal).

Izkaze se da je Chelsea izbil proti ekipi iz dna lestvice, da so bili nesportni in da je sedaj njihov kapetan obtozen rasisticnih opazk. Verjetno ni potrebno posebej poudariti da ni bil navdusen. :) Upsss....

EU vs UK...

2011-10-20T22:13:00.001+01:00

... se najprej pokaze v komunikaciji.

Spodnjo analizo sem ukradel pri Zivi.

Paul McCartney...

2011-10-09T17:07:00.000+01:00

... se je porocil.

Hmmm... normalno bi me ta novica popolnoma obsla in svet bi se vrtel naprej v istem tempu. Danes zjutraj sem sel v gym blizu doma in okoli stavbe je tekla zenska z velikim fotoaparatom. Cudno, vendar v Londonu dozivis marsikaj in cisto zraven je en izmed top hotelov, tako da sem gladko predvideval, da je nekdo a la Johnny Depp v mestu.

Po kosilu sem se odpravil v trgovino in pred stavbo (cez cesto) "me" pricaka gruca ljudi in paparazzov.

Naj na tem mestu omenim, da je diagonalno cez krizisce magistrat za Westminster Council. Povprasam kaj se dogaja in z izbuljenimi ocmi (na katerem planetu pa ti zivis) mi povedo, da cakajo Paul-a McCartney-a, ki je v stavbi s svojo wife to be. In ker je bil sofer ze pripravljen, sem se odlocil malce pocakati.

Najbolj zabavne so bile reakcije paparazzov (pa tudi ostalih) na vsak malo visji avtomobil (kaj sele avtobuse in tovornjake), ki so zakrili pogled cez cesto. In po moznosti so morali tam se malce pocakati zaradi gnece v prometu. :) Zvizganje, buuuuuuu in mahanju ni bilo konca dokler se doticni ni premaknil.

No, in potem sta prisla...

P.S.: Slike so kar so... telefon

Moja pripadnost...

2011-10-09T10:55:00.003+01:00

... se je spremenila.

Sport... seveda je dalec spredaj Slovenija! Potem pa? Do sedaj je bila Angilja - konec koncev tu zivim. Sedaj pa se je to spremenilo in Francija je No.2 - kaj drugega nebi bilo zdravo :P.

In ker sta se vceraj Anglija in Francija srecali na svetovnem prvenstvu v ragbiju, sem imel pester petek s sodelavci. Francija do sedaj ni igrala na nivoju (Anglija tudi ne) in zgodovina je bila na strani Anglije. Toda... Francija je zmagala in v ponedeljek se bom zabaval.

Produktiven dan...

2011-10-06T19:42:00.001+01:00

... sem zacel ob 8.30 s tekom.

Pozen zacetek, ker sem imel let ob 12.30. Sestanek... Ze nekajkrat sem na take zgodbe slisal: o, kul. Ja, v resnici to zgleda tako:

Po teku, tusu in zajtrku so sledili podzemna, vlak, letalo in taksi skupaj 4 ure in pol. Sestanek 45 min in sedaj ponovi vajo v drugo smer. Se prej pa 3 ure v Belfastu...

Jetsetting... hahahaha.

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Najboljsa igraca...

2011-10-05T22:28:00.002+01:00

... ki sem jo odkril v zadnjem casu.

Ceprav sem poznal Hansa Roslinga preko TED predavanj, se nikoli nisem poglobil v software, ki ga uporablja. Kot del BI projekta v firmi, sem se z kolegom pogovarjal o najboljsi predstaviti podatkov in gibanj. In seveda sva prisla do Hansa, njegovega stila predavanj in orodja. In takrat mi je predstavil njegovi ekscelenci Gapminder.org in podatkom v ozadju, ki so kri orodju.

Ce vsako leto nekaj dni ves vzburjen prelistavam Economist-ov World in Figures, potem si lahko predstavljate, da me sedaj par dni ni bilo na obzorju. Zalostno? Mogoce za koga... vendar ne zame :)

Random...

2011-09-28T22:08:00.001+01:00

... funkcija ali poletno vreme v Londonu.

Prvi poletni vikend je bil velikonocni vikend, drugi nekje v juliju in tretji prihaja. Se cetrti obeta za bozic? In kot po navadi me spet ne bo v Londonu.

Napoved je ukradena z www.bbc.co.uk\weather

Upam, da takih...

2011-09-27T23:58:00.000+01:00

... ne delajo vec!

Pa kje hudica so na BBCju dobili tega pajaca? To je cisto neodgovorno novinarstvo in scaremongering. Jutri ima, da ga cakajo na vhodu firm s skatlo. Verjetno bo se vesel in imel mokre sanje, ker bo imel vec casa sluziti denar v recesiji - ampak na zalost s svojim denarjem in ne z denarjem drugih.

Nedeljsko...

2011-09-26T23:07:00.000+01:00

... popoldne v Richmond parku.

30 minut iz samega centra Londona je "vas" Richmond - v resnici je le del Londona. Ampak je zelo umirjen predel, z velikim parkom in srnjadjem. Pa kar nekaj prijetnih pubov ob Temzi.

Prijatelji...

2011-09-24T19:09:00.001+01:00

... so vedno blizu.Ceprav smo "dalec" se skupaj delimo veselje in ostajamo blizu. Se enkrat cestitke vsem in hvala vsem. Najbolj pa me je nasmejal prijatelj, ki je blizu tudi po lokaciji.

P.S.: Na Pobarvanih trenutkih je nekaj slik s pocitnic... tezko, tezko...

J#*!%¥....

2011-09-03T09:09:00.000+01:00

... smrkce!

Iz vseh slovenskih Facebook statusov vejejo smrkci in ociten primankljaj stevilke 3!?! Pojma nimam kaj so ti Smrkc, amapak dokler so ena glavnih debat ze ne more biti tako slabo v drzavi. Ali pac?

BTW, cigava marketinska poteza je to?

ring, ring...

2011-08-24T18:55:00.001+01:00

...
Yes please...
holidays calling!

Tralala... pocutim se kot trileten otrok. :)

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Čeprav sem zapustil...

2011-08-22T19:36:00.000+01:00

... Deloitte že več kot leto nazaj, še vedno sledim ponedeljkovim emailom njihovega glavnega ekonomista. Glavni dogodki prejšnjega tedna in nekaj mesa zraven glavne teme so dobro branje zraven zajtrka v službi.

Prilagam del današnjega emaila, ki se ukvarja z razlikami v družbi. Zanimivo bi bilo analizo razdeliti še naprej na mesto in podeželje...

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The Monday Briefing, written by Ian Stewart, Deloitte's Chief Economist in the UK, gives a personal view on topical financial and economic issues. Please feel free to forward the Monday Briefing to your clients, colleagues and friends who can, in turn, subscribe to it at:

www.deloitte.co.uk/mondaybriefing

Monday Briefing: Inequality on the Rise

* One of the striking features of most industrialised economies in the last 20 years has been growing income inequality.

* In the US, the share of total income earned by the top 1% income earners, a commonly used measure of inequality, more than doubled from 8% in 1975 to 18% in 2007.

* In the UK, the share of total income earned by the top 1% income earners rose from 6% in 1975 to 14% in 2005.

* An OECD study in 2008 found that income inequality rose in 19 of 24 OECD economies between the mid-1980s and the mid-2000s. This process was not just confined to mere free market economies such as the US or the UK. In traditionally egalitarian Norway, Finland and Sweden, inequality rose at a faster pace than in the OECD as a whole.

* In the US, a significant section of the population has seen little growth in their real incomes in recent decades. In the 30 years to 1979, median family incomes after inflation, a proxy for middle-class household income, rose more than 110%; in the ensuing 30 years they rose by just 11%.

* In the UK and Israel, rising inflation and low wage growth have hit middle income earners hard, over the last 3 years. Since mid-July, thousands of Israelis have flocked to the beautiful Rothschild Boulevard in central Tel Aviv to join demonstrations demanding relief for the nation's middle class.

* There are a number of factors behind the growth in income inequality.

* Globalisation and the rise in the number of high-skill jobs in areas such as finance and technology have boosted demand for skilled labour, enabling individuals with special skills to earn higher wages. In 1973, US chief executives were, on average, paid 26 times the median income. Now they command more than 300 times the median.

* Rising immigration, offshoring and the rise of new technology have weakened the bargaining power of semi-skilled and unskilled workers in the developed world. Since 1997, for instance, the number of foreign nationals working in the UK has risen by 2 million, far more than the 766,000 rise in employment among UK nationals.

* Over the last two decades, most OECD nations have sought to make their labour markets more competitive and adaptable. Employment protection legislation for workers with temporary contracts has become more lenient in several countries. Minimum wages, as a percentage of average wages, also declined since the 1980s. Wage setting mechanisms have changed and there has been a dramatic decline in union-membership among public and private sector workers.

* Taken together these trends have meant that, since the mid 1980s, wages for high earners have risen significantly faster than for low earners.

* The changing structure of households in developed nations has also contributed to rising inequality. The growth in one-person and smaller households has reduced the scope for families to benefit from the savings associated with pooling resources and sharing expenditures.

* Finally, among couples so-called assortative mating means that top earners are increasingly pairing up and having children together. Today, among 40% of working couples, partners belong to the same or neighbouring earnings deciles compared to 33% two decades ago. These trends have contributed to higher household earnings inequality.

* Rising income inequality is a feature of most industrialised economies. But there is little consensus on how much this trend should be resisted. More importantly, with the global recovery looking shaky, policymakers and politicians have more pressing concerns on their hands.

Izgredi v Londonu...

2011-08-09T20:59:00.001+01:00

... ali brezciljno unicevanje, ki vsaj za eno noc da moc osebam brez moci.

Kaj je cilj? Sproscanje frustracij nevkljucenih v druzbo in brezposelnih mladih, ki nimajo priloznosti? Verjetno, vendar ne samo to. Nekateri od prvih obsojenih so studentje, graficni dizajner... ljudje za katere nebi mogel reci, da so na obrobju. Se pocutijo izdane, brez besede, nerazumljene?
In kaj je odgovor? Vse to se ni zacelo z nekim zakonom, na katerega lahko vlada odgovori. Karkoli se mora spremeniti bo potrebovalo cas. Kako pa to hitro ustaviti? In kaj se mora spremeniti?
Hkrati pa... konec koncev vse to povzroca velika manjsina ljudi. Arentiranih je 500 ljudi v mestu z 8 milijoni prebivalcev. V Ljubljani bi to pomenilo manj kot 20 ljudi. Nic drugega kot tolpe. To niso "mnozicni" nemiri.

In da nimajo pojma kaj in zakaj lepo pokaze BBC-jev prispevek:

Oprostite, ampak dve klofuti in na praznjenje zelodca (cetudi ga ne potrebujejo)!

Sedaj tudi tukaj (Baker Street) policija non stop vozi okoli z luckami.

Za konec pa se komentar izpod videa: "Fucking stupid ignorant dangerous retards." in nekaj komentarjev prijateljev:
1) the rise of the Prejudiced Uber Stupid and Selfish Youths continues..
2) Electronics shops ransacked. Bookstores entirely untouched. It's either a literary revolution or a bunch of illiterate reprobates.
3) If they really are using BBM to coordinate these riots, maybe BlackBerry could do us a favour and disable the service for a couple of days? Might give the police a fighting chance.
4) Is wondering why the police aren't beating the living bejeesus out of these idiots!!???? Water canon at least!!

Brez besed...

2011-08-08T21:18:00.001+01:00

... sem ostal ob posnetkih BBC-ja.

Popolnoma neupraviceno in te ljudi (vecinoma mulce) je treba vec kot naseskat. Kje so starsi? Tudi na ulici? Verjetno je cas za malce trsi prijem s strani policije in ce je treba tudi vec...
To ni vec lokalno in niso vec policijske postaje in avto. Gori na severu in jugu, gorijo trgovine, osebni avtomobile, stanovanja....
Zgrozen... in zaenkrat vesel, da zivim v samem centru.

Treba pa se bo vprasat zakaj? To ni zaradi moskega, ki ga je ustrelila policija. Vsa obmocja, ki gorijo, so obmocja z najvisjo brezposlenostjo med mladimi. In clanek Guardiana zadane zebljico na glavico.

Malce nogometa...

2011-08-07T16:05:00.001+01:00

... v nedeljo popoldan.

Wembley in Man U vs. Man City. Odlicna tekma.

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Robidnice...

2011-08-06T18:04:00.000+01:00

... nabrane v Londonu so bile slastne!

Na bregu Temze med Putney in Hammersmith bridge je polno robidnic. In ce se malce stisnes of trnje jih lahko naberes se pa se. Mmmmmm....

Mesec...

2011-08-04T21:20:00.000+01:00

... poln novih, lepih izkusenj.

Od pokore v dvorcu v Franciji, kina na prostem (The Skin I Live In ter The Apartment - oba odlicna in vec kot vredna ogleda), piknika na strehi in degustacije Cloudy Bay vin in hrane parku, do chillaxing v parku na soncu s prijatelji....

Sedaj pa trije napeti tedni (sef je na dopustu) z nekaj kosarke in potem.... poroka Gregou-ja in nekaj vec kot dva tedna pocitnic... wiiiiiii....

P.S.: Odkritje meseca je prazen krompir z zatarjem

W14, SW7, N17,...

2011-07-02T17:22:00.000+01:00

... SW4, E15, WC2H in sedaj NW1.

To so zacetne postne kode vseh stanovanj kjer sem prezivel dva meseca ali vec.. septembra bo 5 let od kar sem v Londonu in danes sem se vselil v 7 stanovanje. Za kaksno leto bo ze :)

Popoldan sedim v kaficu...

2011-06-11T17:39:00.001+01:00

... in mimo se pripelje nagec na kolesu. In potem se en in se en. In se ne konca 15 minut. Vmes pa se kaksen ekstremist na rolerjih in pa kaksen ki tece. Brez izpusnih plinov... ali pac

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Prevec denarja...

2011-05-31T22:09:00.000+01:00

... imam na voljo na kreditni kartici.

Ni tako kot se slisi. Kar nekaj ljudem so ze pobrali denar za olimpijske karte, meni pa ne. In me skrbi, da nisem nic dobil. Se je cas, 3 tedne... vendar postajam nestrpen. Naslednje leto ob tem casu verjetno ne bom vec funkcionalen zaradi prevelikega pricakovanja.

Naj slika...

2011-05-14T11:23:00.000+01:00

... pove vse.

Slika, slika,...

2011-05-03T22:28:00.001+01:00

... sličica ali nekaj slik iz prejšnjih dveh tednov na Pobarvanih trenutkih.

Dva 4 dnevna vikenda po vrsti sva izkoristila za Lizbono in Edinburgh, vmes pa še odličen koncert Tim-a Minchin-a v Royal Albert Hall z orkestrom. Oba vikenda fenomenalna ampak verjemite ali ne, vreme je bilo neprimerljivo lepše na Škotskem.

Pa še zanimiv filmček (courtesy of Miha) o tukajšnjih geografskih pojmovanjih..

Lizbona je postregla...

2011-04-30T14:30:00.001+01:00

... Z dezjem prejsnji vikend, Edinburgh pa se koplje v soncu. Tezko nam je...

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Brez veze...

2011-04-16T19:22:00.000+01:00

... ali 66 ur v tednu.

J*b*ni odvetniki! Ampak work hard, party hard in ze dolgo nisem bil zunaj do 6.30 :o Zivljenje gre naprej in sledita dva 4 dnevna vikenda. Najprej velika noc, potem pa "pomladni dan" in poroka. William, hvala ti!
Najprej Lizbona in potem Edinburg. Bulli in Miha... se veselim!

Kiliknil sem Submit...

2011-04-03T12:01:00.000+01:00

... in prijava za olimpijske karte je oddana.

Nisi pogosto rezident mesta, ki gosti olimpijske igre in odločil sem se da grem all in.

Prijavil sem se za 14 stvari (otvoritev in odločilne dogodke v košarki, rokometu, nogometu, plavanju, atletiki, gimnastiki) in povsod za 4 karte. Pa da vidimo... če dobim vse karte bo veeeeliko denarja vezanega v karte :O in nekatere stvari se tudi prekrivajo. Pa tudi moj kolega, ki pride v kvoto 4-ih kart, ima iste prijave. In za glave stvari se bo prijavila tudi Lara. Ampak po mojem mnenju jih ne bo težko prodati če jih bo preveč.

Pa da vidimo...

Za vse ostale pa, čas za prijavo je do 26 aprila.

Občasno je potrebno...

2011-04-02T16:57:00.000+01:00

... osvoboditi otroka v sebi.

In današnji dogodek na Trafalgar Square-u je bil en teh trenutkov.

Normalen dan na Trafalgar Sq...

Trg je nabit s turisti, ki se plazijo po levih, slikajo pred olimpijsko uro in National Gallery... Ali pač ne? Ob 3 smo iz nahrbnikov povlekli povštre (blazine) in začel se je vsesplošen pretep. :)

Do konca! 20 minut udrihanja je kar utrujajoče ampak odlično!

Prvič...

2011-04-02T03:07:00.001+01:00

... v življenju sem dobil klofuto!

S prijateljem sem šel ven in ko sem sem vračal domov so se na ulici prepirale 3 cca. petindvajsetletnice. Ko sem bil zelo blizu je ena udarila drugo. Ne da bil He-Man sem stopil vmes, da jih malce pomirim in preden sem uspel kaj reči sem dobil kloputo. Kr neki... tretja me je opomnila da to ni moj problem.

Vprašanje.... kdaj naj kod tretja oseba pomaga?

Rasti, rasti...

2011-03-31T22:51:00.000+01:00

... delnica, oj delnica debela.

Dva tedna nazaj sem kupil moje prve delnice. In do danasnjega dne so veselo rasle... kar dobro. Danes pa je bil prvi dan, ko je skupek vseh treh sel v minus. Pravijo da vse kar gre gor mora enkrat priti dol. Upam da ne do konca. No ja, tudi na taksne dni se bo treba privadit. Ma je vse ok... :)

Piki, konkurenca je tu ;)

Cas je...

2011-03-30T21:14:00.002+01:00

... da zmanjsam uporabo podzemne.

Prelozili so uro in to pomeni, da vecino dni koncam delo, ko je zunaj se svetlo. :) In potem je veliko lazje teci nazaj domov ali pa si sposoditi Borisovo kolo.

Danes sem otvoril sezono...

Ljubezen...

2011-03-22T21:32:00.004Z

... do okrajšav.

Angleži imajo radi okrajšave. Še posebej pa so okrajšave in ulalala izrazi razpaseni v svetovalnem svetu. Osebno me najbolj živcira "let's touch base" - a se nebi raje slišala in je to to?

No, danes pa sem dobil email od našega IT service menedžerja, ki je razložil kako se bo lotil problema in obljubil, da bo PDQ. PDQ?!?!? WTF??? :) Najprej sem se obrnil k sodelavcu in mojemu šefu, ki sedita zraven mene in tudi prihajata iz svetovalnih vrst. In sramota... nista vedela.

Dvojni klik na Internet Explorer, www.google.co.uk in vtipkaj define: PDQ. Rezultat: Pretty Damn Quick
Šef je svetoval naj odpišem, da je to RSI (really stupid idea) in over and out.

Kr neki... jaz se vdam!

30M...

2011-03-19T11:53:00.003Z

... za nogometasa in kot izgledat je to res samo za brcanje zoge. Tudi oblacenje ne spada pod core competencies nogometasev! :)

Jaz vpijem...

2011-03-19T10:52:00.004Z

... I scream ... Ice cream!

Blizu mene se je odprla nov ice cream parlour - v bistvu sladoledarna :)

Kako v Londonu izstopiti iz vse ponudbe? Seveda je treba biti drugacen.

Icecreamist pa je to zagotovil z stylingom, ki je bolj povezan z drugacnimi "institucijami" in z njihovim sladoledom Baby GaGa.

Kaj je tako posebnega pri Baby GaGa okusu: Ne bazira na vodi ali mleku (opomba: kravjem mleku) ampak na cloveskem mleku. Zaradi tega so seveda prisli v medije, inspekcija jih je vzela pod drobnogled in Lady Gaga se je baje obregnila.
Po vsem tem pa so sedaj baje dobili blagoslov inspekcij in sladoled prihaja nazaj kot Baby GuGu.

Tezko je postati...

2011-02-06T12:12:00.003Z

... najboljsi, se tezje pa je ostati najboljsi - No, tako vsaj pravijo.

Cirque du Soleil to uspeva. Ce sem bil navdusen nad prvo predstavo, so me vceraj s predstavo Totem "odpihnili stran" (I was blown away).

Ce imate priloznost vam res priporocam!

Indija me je presenetila...

2011-01-09T18:21:00.002Z

... saj je veliko bolj razvita, kot sem pricakoval! No, vsaj Kerala je bolj razvita kot Kambodza ali Laos.

Vtisi pa super:
- poroka je bila lustna in super je bilo videti prijatelja,
- obala je OK vendar nic posebnega.. vsaj kjer sva bila midva,
- notranjost je fantasticna,
- hrana je fenomenalna in pridobil sem nekaj kg,
- ljudje so prijazni in nevsiljivi, ceprav jim ni nic nerodno da se vstavijo in te gledajo ali pa fotografirajo.

Nekaj slik pa je na Pobarvanih trenutkih.

Nazaj doma...

2011-01-09T13:22:00.001Z

... In London je as good as it gets pozimi.

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Out of Office...

2010-12-24T10:08:00.002Z

... v Outlooku je vkljucen.

Potni list je v zepu, letalska karta sprintana, nahrbtnik pripravljen pri vratih in Heathrow baje ociscen in funkcionira.... "What is your good name Sir?" ze odmeva v glavi :)

Uzivajte cez praznike in krasen zacetek 2011!

Vsakemu ščetko v roke...

2010-12-20T22:46:00.002Z

... in gremo "odkidat" Heathrow!

Počasi se bodo morali tudi tukaj naučiti, da vsako zimo zapade nekaj snega in da se morajo na to pripraviti. Do takrat pa... upam, da zadevo uredijo!

Karta in viza sta v žepu, nahrbtnik pripravljen....

Prevec se dogaja...

2010-12-09T22:14:00.003Z

... na ulicah Londona danes.

Studentje so se odlocili protestirat, amapak kar nekaj jih je izgubilo razsodnost in situacija ni roznata. Zakaj protestirajo? Zaradi dviga solnin in 3000 na 6000, potencialno na 9000 funtov na leto. Ja, veliko denarja. Ampak denar mora od nekje izvirat. Ali iz davkov, ali od non-EU studentov ali pa iz solnin. In ce se solnine podre z dobrim sistemom poceni posojil, ki je zacnes placevati, ko tvoja placa preseze postavljen nivo, potem je to treba malce bolj trezno premisliti.

Glede na moje izkusnje iz studentskih let solnina ni napacna zadeva. Ampak seveda samo ce je podprta s sistemom stipendij in poceni posojil, ki so dostopna vsem in cloveska.

Poslovni model...

2010-12-09T21:20:00.002Z

... ki se malce razlikuje od stav in lota.

Vceraj so mi predstavili zelo zanimivi igri. Vsak dan prodajo par hi-tech stvari (iPad, home cinema,...) za najmanjso unikatno ponujeno ceno. Torej, ce si edini, ki je ponudil 1 penij (v EU cent) potem si za 1p + cena ponudbe kupil kakovosten domaci kino.

Seveda je vkljucenih nekaj ekonomskih in nekaj psiholoskih trikov:
- vsaka ponudba te stane 1.5 funta
- ce ponudis npr 20p in je toliko ponudil ze nekdo drug, potem ti sporocijo, da tvoja ponujena cena ni unikatna
- ce ponudis npr. 57p in je tvoja ponudba unikatna, potem ti to sporocijo. Hkrati pa ti sporocijo, ce je to najnizja unikatna ponudba v tem trenutku ali ne in tu ce je na voljo kaksna nizja cena, ki se ni bila ponujena
- ce je ponudba unikat, ti sporocijo takoj, ko se nekdo odda enako ponudba

Seveda je tekla debata o tem kaksna je najboljsa strategijo. Sedaj pa je treba napisat program in stestirat. :) Seveda bo firma zasluzila, mogoce pa tudi mi :)

Odpustiti...

2010-11-04T20:53:00.001Z

... Sem "moral" nekoga.

Bilo je prvic. Rekli so da ne bo bolelo. Ni bolelo, vendar ni bilo prijetno. Potem sem potreboval
"a strong drink". C'e la vie...

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Kakovost...

2010-11-03T22:02:00.002Z

... podatkov je najlazje zagotoviti pri samem vnosu, ampak malce pameti je pa le potrebno pri tem!

Slovenska ambasada v Londonu je poslala obvestilo o natecaju Poslikajmo Slovenijo. Pa sem sel na stran in se odlocil, da bom dodal nekaj svojih slik. Seveda se je potrebno prijaviti. In za to je potrebno vnesti naslov. In kot del naslova je potrebno vnesti postno stevilko. Moja postna stevilka pac ni slovenska in je v formatu XX1X 1XX. Izkaze se, da ne morem izpolniti prijave, ce ne vnesem necesa v formatu slovenske postne stevilke. Dajte malce odpret obzorja... No ja, there is always a workaround. Lahko dam naslov starsev, lahko pa vnesem stevilko, ki preslepi sistem in jim naredi se vecjo zmedo? Pa naj malce razmisljajo...

Pisem z desno...

2010-10-26T23:02:00.002+01:00

... srce imam pa na levi.

Naslednji rek pripisujejo kar nekaj ljudem in zato ne bom citiral, vendar neko bolj pameten/izkusen kot jaz je nekoc dejal: "Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of
want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head" oziroma prosto po Klemnu: "Ce nisi na levi ko si mlad nimas srca in ce nisi na desni ko imas druzino nimas pameti." No, s tem se sicer ne strinjam, ampak... nekaj pa je na tem.

Naj bo to uvod v moj problem. V firmi bomo imeli veliko reorganizacijo in nekaj ljudi bo najverjetneje izgubilo sluzbo. Jaz sem varen, ker z moji direktorjem sele gradiva oddelek, ki je novost v reorganiziji. Kar pa ne pomeni, da je vse roznato. Problem nastane, ko ti aktivno isces ljudi, vsi ostali pa imajo negotovo prihodnost. Pa ni problem v odnostih v firmi. OK, vcasih pride kaksna opazka. Pa kaj... Kar mi predstavlja vecji problem je kako obravnavati prijave znotraj firme. Jasno je, da nihce od trenutno zaposlenih nima znanja/izkusenj, ki jih potrebujemo. Vendar je treba zaradi situacije obravnavati to skrajno pazljivo... Ali naj gledam na to skrajno poslovno in kaj je potrebuje firma ali kako obdrzati ljudi. In ce vzamemo nekoga notranjega in investiramo pol leta izbrazevanja in ucenja in se izkaze, da to se vedno ni to... kaj potem?
Ja ja... treba je dobit pravo razmerja... ampak glava ve kaj naj! Srce pa tudi....

Prijetno...

2010-10-26T20:43:00.002+01:00

... ste me presenetili Pirancani!

Za zupana ste izvolili priseljenca. In to temnopoltega!!! Res sem presenecen. Bravo... ponosen sem na to kako odprti ste bili. Vprasanje pa je v kolikih obcinah bi bilo to mogoce. Upam, da v veliko in ne samo na obmocjih, ki so bolj narodnostno mesana.

Hkrati pa je to verjetno najvecja reklama za Slovenijo poleg svetovnega prvenstva. Vecina velikih medijev je to objavila kot novicko in kar nekaj sodelavcev je prislo danes do mene po komentar.

Soncni vzhod...

2010-10-25T07:53:00.001+01:00

... Ni nekaj cesar bi se veselil v ponedeljek.

Ampak je bil lep.

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Blackberry, Blackberry v roki povej...

2010-10-11T21:08:00.004+01:00

... kdo najvecji kraj v grapah je teh.

Pred kratkim sem odprl zemljevid na mojem Blackberry-u in radovednost me je popeljala na zemljevid okolice Tolmin in Baske Grape - prosto po Research in Motion. Sem se nasmejal....

Koliko pozornosti potrebuje....

2010-10-08T14:56:00.001+01:00

... Clovek, da tako prebarva (pokvari) lep avto, ki ze normalno obraca glave?

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Na letaliscu...

2010-10-07T21:29:00.003+01:00

... sem postal nervozen!

V Munichen sva letela iz London City letalisca in takoj, ko sem prisel na letalisce so me preplavili spomini na zgodnje lete v Svico in nenormalne ure, ki smo jih delali na projektu.... brrr....

Se je pa splacalo iti skozi to, saj je bil Oktoberfest super! Nekaj slik je na Pobarvanih Trenutkih.

Danes odhajam...

2010-10-01T18:18:00.001+01:00

... Na eno veliko kmecko veselico.

Oktoberfest prihajam... In baje imajo zame pripravljene ta prave lederhosen. Mogoce pa od jutri naprej ne bom vec nosil kavbojk.

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Perpetuum Mobile? Ne, ne,...

2010-09-28T22:44:00.002+01:00

... Perpetuum Jazzile prihaja v London

Povabilo prijateljem je poslano, dve pa sta ze na emailu! Se veselim....

Vse je drugace...

2010-09-26T17:19:00.002+01:00

... sedaj ko sem vstopil v cetrto desetletje.

Na dan vstopa sem bil v Sloveniji in v skladu z mojo zeljo, da vedno ko sem pri nas dozivim neko novo zadevo, sva sla z Laro letet s padalom iz Kobale nad Tolminom. Super zadeva... na zacetku se sicer pocutis malce cudno, ko teces (vsaj hoces tect) po hribu navzdol, ampak ko te dvigne je pa to nekaj novega. Nekaj slik je na Pobarvanih trenutkih.

Emirates stadium...

2010-09-15T21:26:00.001+01:00

... In Champions League. Se en vecer v Londonu...

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Kaj se zgodi...

2010-09-11T10:55:00.001+01:00

... Ko pridejo prijatelji iz Slovenije na obisk.

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Stanovanje ni vec...

2010-08-26T22:14:00.004+01:00

... votlina iz pradavnine. Dobili smo internet! :) Poleg tega je bila dostavljena tudi televizija. In baje naslednji teden dobimo kavc. Dogaja... bo treba preziveti kaksen vecer tudi doma. :)

Cez vikend sem zamenjal ...

2010-08-23T14:18:00.001+01:00

... Sivi London za soncen in vroc Pariz. En najboljsih vikend izletov!

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I want to ride...

2010-08-01T09:33:00.001+01:00

... My bicycle. No ja, Borisovo kolo (Boris je zupan Londona).

Minuli teden je v Londonu startal program javnih koles, kjer za funt na dan (ali 45 na leto) dobis dostop do kolesa na eni izmed mnogih tock v Londonu ter neomejeno stevilo do pop urnih vozenj. Ampak to ne pomeni, da ne mores preprosto nekje vrniti kolesa po 25 min, vzeto novega in odditi naprej.

Ker je to se novo, te avti pozdravljajo, ljudje na cesti in v avtih sprasujejo koliko stane in kaksno je kolo... Zgleda da bo to z lahkoto zazivelo. Jaz jih bom uporabljal z voznjo v sluzbo in nazaj. Sicer je sistem kopiran iz Pariza in verjetno po potrebo vec kot 6000 koles kolikor jih je sedaj, pa vendar... Sedi Boris, odlicno pet.

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1,2,3,4....

2010-07-24T18:46:00.001+01:00

... Shoreditch festival.

Kaj bomo pocel danes? Pa bejzmo na festival... To se mi pri Londonu dopade.

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Nov Knezan...

2010-07-18T12:12:00.001+01:00

... je zapisal moj prijatelj v statusu.

Ma super je... Cestitke se enkrat!!

Na rdeci preprogi....

2010-07-15T18:52:00.001+01:00

... na premieri Karate Kid-a.

Pa da vidimo zakaj vse to vpitje.

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Zazelel sem...

2010-07-14T22:56:00.001+01:00

... najbolj iskren srecno do sedaj, se odmaknil in pocasi odkorakal proti stanovanju.

Zanimivo mi je bilo kako razpolozenje diktira kaj nasi (vsaj moji) cuti zaznavajo. Moji koraki so odmevali po prazni tlakovani ulici. Ob kraju je sedel brezdomec in potiho igral na orglice. Nasproti mi je prisel objet par. Pred mano je v ulico zavil taksi in odbrzel naprej... Ko sem vstopal nisem vedel ali naj se se enkrat ozrem po ulici ali ne...

Srecno...

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Hr, hr...

2010-07-13T00:11:00.001+01:00

... hrcek!

Kaksen teden nazaj sem objavil sliko vse sare g lasti mojega cimra. Danes je njegova punca presortirala par teh vrec in med drugim nasla baci cokoladice, ki jim je rok pretekel v aprilu 200 pazi to 6!!!

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Spanska okupacija...

2010-07-12T00:00:00.001+01:00

Picadilly-a po zmagi je bila neizogibna.

Vsi sestanki s Spanci so prelozeni za par dni!

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V petek zvecer se v Londonu...

2010-07-09T19:21:00.001+01:00

... vecina ljudi iz pisaren odpravi v pub na "en" pir.

Tako izgleda pod nasim oknom... In sedaj ko je lepo toplo in soncno je res super. Ta nas se je preoblekel in sedaj se grem pridruzit kolegom...

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Pred vhodom...

2010-07-08T22:06:00.001+01:00

... v stanovanje prodajajo malce ekscentricne zadevscine.

Opomba: zivim sicer v centru vendar v normalnem predelu.

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Pa sem mislil...

2010-07-06T01:32:00.001+01:00

... da imam jaz veliko sare.

Danes smo dobili veliko posiljko iz ikeje in dostavili stvari od cimra v novo stanovanje. Dobro da smo imeli ta velik kombi ker ce ne... no, toliko stvari ima da je bilo treba zlagati stvari eno na drugo. in ne, nic od tega ni pohistvo! Se bo zanimivo...

Sledi Ikea party...

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Nikoli se mi ni bilo..

2010-07-04T12:55:00.001+01:00

... potrebno javljati starsem, da sem srecno prispel.

Delujemo po principu ce je kaj narobe bo ze poklical, ce je pa tako narobe da ne more, bo pa nekdo drug.

Vceraj sem bil do poznega vecera pri kolegu in ko sem odhajal mi je rekel, naj mu sprocim, ko pridem domov (zivi v malce bolj nevarnem predelu - vendar nic bolj kot jaz pred selitvijo). Jaz sem seveda veselo pozabil in danes zjutraj je zaskrbljen precekiral in me ostel...

Zgleda, da se bom moral malce pred 30 nauciti tudi tega.

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Po skoraj 4 mesecih...

2010-06-30T13:38:00.004+01:00

... se moram jutri spet prebuditi za službo. Za nekaj časa je konec brezdelja in 24/7 uživanja. :O

Se vedno...

2010-06-27T22:05:00.003+01:00

... sem na pocitnicah. :)

No, to je bolj zaradi HR in njihovih procedur (in procesij) - preverjajo kje vse sem bil obsojen in kolikokrat sem bankrotiral. Ce bo vse prav (vsa preverjanja koncana) zacnem se ta teden...

Tako da zadnja dva tedna pohajam po Londonu in okolici. Na spancir v Oxford, polezat v park, v kino, se dobit s prijatelji, razstave, vecerje, seveda nogomet... ma mi ni slabo. Med vrhunce pa sigurno spada ogled tekme na centralnem igriscu Wimbeldona, nogometna tekma Anglija - Nemcija in BBQ na terasi privat stanovanja (navijali za Nemce ;) ) ter film Whatever Works.

Nogometna tekma...

2010-06-23T21:47:00.003+01:00

... je ustavila vse v Londonu!

Ne bom komentiral... (no, skoda... vendar pravicno) To pa je slika izpred ene vecjih bank v Evropi. Bog nam pomagaj.

Slovenia vs England predictions...

2010-06-22T21:45:00.002+01:00

... based on figures that should in a way predetermine the result!

I've played around a bit with numbers (wanted to also get the financials for the football associations, but the Slovenian doesn't seem very transparent :D - yeah, you don't have to tell me, I know... (about financials and transparency :)) and came to the conclusion that Slovenia doesn't stand a chance on paper. But as we say in Slovenia: "Paper withstands everything", i.e. you can write a lot of cr*p, but it doesn't mean it will happen! ;)

So, what do the numbers suggest (of course the score is not a linear correlation, but what the hell...)?
Pool of people (population - wiki): 51M vs 2M or 25:1
Value of teams (futebolfinance.com): 440M€ vs 45M€ or 9:1
Salaries of coaches (futebolfinance.com): 8.8M€ vs 245k€ or 35:1
Number of players (fifa.com): 4.2M vs 0.1M or 42:1
Number of proffesional players (fifa.com): 6110 vs 284 or 21:1
Number of amateur players (18+) (fifa.com): 657k vs 10k or 65:1
Number of clubs (fifa.com): 40k vs 328 or 121:1

Of course all above is a load of rubbish, but all in all (I really wanted to use summa summarum, but I'm not sure it is used in English...) you would really expect England to beat Slovenia on any given day. But where there is a will there is a way and our players are a good bunch that doesn't plan to be a spectator in the game.

My honest prediction? England needs to win and has the quality to win. They will pull it together and show a much better display than in previous games. So yes, if I would bet, I would go for England even though I believe and hope that our boys can get at least a draw.

But whatever happens the Slovenian teams has already surpassed expectations and...

Vuvuzele niso najbolj nadlezene...

2010-06-16T09:00:00.002+01:00

... najbolj nadlezne so reklame na spletni strani Dela!

Spletna stran Dela je bila moj glavni vir novic o Sloveniji. Vendar pa so me sedaj dokoncno izgubili s svojimi reklamami, ki so odprejo rahlo nakljucno in so obupno glasne in odbijajoce. Cau cau... grem h konkurenci!

All good things...

2010-06-03T23:25:00.003+01:00

... must come to an end and so did my trip and so will my writing in English :P

I will not dwell on highlights and lessons learned - not just yet... I have another week in Slovenia before I get back to life as usual (if it will ever be the same :D). I've also uploaded some photos from my last two destinations.

Current state of mind...

2010-05-26T06:26:00.005+01:00

... and lessons learned are best summed up in a couple of old songs from Slovenian teenager/children films.

To all non Slovenian this will probably make no sense what so ever if you don't translate the lyrics... and even then :P

1) Cisto pravi gusar - Also as adults we should be entering the fairytale world and letting ourselves go....

Vse naše pravljice s papirja nam bežijo,
junaki njihovi med nami živijo.
Vse naše pravljice zaklepamo v svet zase,
na vratih piše le:"Ni vhoda za odrasle."

Pustite nam ta svet,
nedolžen in drugačen,
naj vsak ki vanj je ujet,
bo pristen, ne popačen.

Vse naše pravljice, so naše prve želje,
kdor ne sanja več naj ne zahaja vanje.
Vse naše pravljice so stvarnost, ne prividi,
kdor sam ni del tega, ne sliši in ne vidi.

Pustite nam ta svet,
nedolžen in drugačen,
naj vsak ki vanj je ujet,
bo pristen, ne popačen.

2) Kekec - Let's see how long I can keep it up after coming back... ;)

Jaz pa pojdem in zasejem
dobro voljo pri ljudeh.
V eni roki nosim sonce,
vdrugi roki zlati smeh.

Kdor vesele pesmi poje
gre po svetu lahkih nog,
če mu kdo nastavi zanko,
ga užene v kozji rog.

Jaz pa pojdem in zasejem
dobro voljo pri ljudeh.
V eni roki nosim sonce,
vdrugi roki zlati smeh.

Bistri potok, hitri veter,
bele zvezde vrh gora,
gredo z mano tja do konca
tega širnega sveta.

Jaz pa pojdem in zasejem
dobro voljo pri ljudeh.
V eni roki nosim sonce,
vdrugi roki zlati smeh.

3) Poletje v skoljki - No comment :)

Dlan išče dlan,
da res prepletejo se prsti,
v stiskih nežnih, gorkih, čvrstih,
na dobri dan ...

Dlan išče dlan,
dotik dotiku gre naproti,
nasmeh z nasmehom se zaloti,
na dobri dan ...

Odveč so izrabljene besede,
pogled potaplja se v poglede,
v podobe sanj,
na dobri dan ...

Dlan išče dlan,
vzkipelo je pričakovanje,
z dlanjo se poiskala dlan je,
na dobri dan,
na takšen dan,
na dobri dan ...

Dlan išče dlan,
dotik dotiku gre naproti,
nasmeh z nasmehom se zaloti,
na dobri dan ...

Vzkipelo je pričakovanje,
z dlanjo se poiskala dlan je,
na dobri dan,
dlan išče dlan, podobe sanj,
dlan išče dlan, podobe sanj,
na dobri dan ...

"Why not??"...

2010-05-25T08:05:00.003+01:00

... was the usual response of our guide in jungle.

Exclaimer: The more squeamish of you may want to stop reading here.

And this answer goes also for question: "Do you eat ... (insert anything that has a mother and is not human)?". The only thing Smy (the guide) doesn't eat is wild chicken... go figure! Something to do with the spirits as they are animists.

In that mode we went for a night creek "fishing/hunting/collecting" expedition and had a night snack of small fish, crab and frog - all eaten in full with bones/shells. Had a guana for lunch on the last day and loads of different plants and fruits along the way. But no, it doesn't finish here.. after the trek was over he took us (I was travelling with an Ozzie guy) for some more food tasting. But because his friend already sold the monkey we had to settle for dog meat and eggs with fetus.

I've posted some photos from Ratanakiri on Pobarvani trenutki, but the food section was documented by Drew and here is the midnight snack.

Job interview...

2010-05-17T13:31:00.004+01:00

... with a difference!

Today I had a job interview for what will hopefully be my job when I get back. But instead of sitting in an office with no windows I was sitting in a hammock on the porch of my hut with the following views...

When you think it can't get...

2010-05-16T10:32:00.005+01:00

... more chilled out than Laos in general, you come to Si Phon Don. Super slow pace of everything, hammocks, silence,...

Due to loads of different IT issues (viruses, Picassa malfunction, connections,..) I can't give you a proper update, but finally, I manager to get at least a taster of Laos to my Pobarvani trenutki (Moments coloured in).

Should I stay...

2010-05-12T10:34:00.003+01:00

... and enjoy or should I go and see more?

The end is slowly approaching and I need to decide if I want to speed up a bit and see at least some of the planned things or slow down even more and unwind completely before flying back. :) I guess it will all depend on the mood and company when I get to Si Phan Don which is supposed to be even more relaxed than other placed in Laos (don't know how that is possible). But before that I'm renting a moto tomorrow and going to get lost in central Laos.

In the last days I noticed that my addiction with sticky rice (*I* *love* *it* and can't get enough of it) is helping me to pile on any kg that I might have lost in Cambodia and Vietnam. :) And I also took a cooking course so that I can maintain my addiction back home. :P

Apart from the cooking class I also went to see their traditional opera and although I can't say it is my prefered type of art it was definetely a good experience. But these days also brought a new highlight of my travels. I went to an elephant sanctuary to get to know more about them and bathing them was brilliant! Mine was super playful splashing around all the time. Loved it!

P.S.: Puntaaaaaar!!! :)

Feels like...

2010-05-09T10:09:00.004+01:00

... home!

If you would compare Laos and Slovenia you could use the phrase that is heard constantly all over SE Asia: Same same, but different! I know some of you will go WTF, but the landscape is very similar apart from the wider rivers and tropical vegetation. Both countries don't have anything special re resources or industry and are a crossroad for bigger neighboring countries. There are no big cities and even the capitals are small and relaxed.

Anyway... I feel almost like at home. Loving it! There were just to many photos and events to write everything down...

Luang Prabang is a nice French colonial town with is in a way very similar to Hoi An in Vietnam. Old, chilled out, a bit up market due to turism... but Luang Prabang has a few additional elements. Mainly loads of temples and monks and the night market.

After I headed up the Nam Ou river to Nong Kiaw and Muang Ngoi Neua. Both are in a high mountain valley with spectacular views! And specially Muang Ngoi Neua is very small. It is only accessible my river and there are no cars, no motobikes... even no bicycles. There is electricity... but only between 6 pm and 10 pm. I loved it... went to even smaller villages around, kayaking, going to caves, bathing in the river, playing with children and the guys I met there are really nice. I almost stayed even longer, but I'm slowly starting to run out of time... two or three more days in Luang Prabang and then I need to head south!

Follow up...

2010-04-28T13:16:00.003+01:00

... on the days spent with Pete and Freyja in Vietnam.

They've posted their photos on Facebook and I really wanted to share this one also with those of you who are not on FB. :)

(Copyright Freyja)

Goodbye...

2010-04-26T05:30:00.002+01:00

... Vietnam.

I'm slowly saying goodbye to Vietnam and moving on. Sure there is more to see and more to do and I was thinking of extending my visa and skipping Laos. But decided not to...

Sapa and Halong Bay were amazing although very turisty. But especially in Sapa you can steer of the beaten track quite fast and have some peace. :) I also met some interesting and nice people to keep me company during these days - interestingly enough they were all north american.

But I also met another Slovenian - when we were watching football (English premiership) he came to me and told me that "they" will beat "us" in the world cup!?! That aside they guy turned out to be a loose cannon... I wanted to write a whole rant on this topic but I decided to keep it in my notebook. All I will write is... I'm a human being first. And then I'm a member of my family. And then I'm defined by my close friends. And only then do other kind of attachments like nationality come into place. Therefore, if you are Slovenian, but an idiot (according to my own, for many other people probably wrong standards) I do not feel any kind of need to spend time with you!

Anyway... you have new photos uploaded.

As my dear friend says...

2010-04-19T12:01:00.002+01:00

... sometimes the air valve faces up and sometimes it faces down (I know, I know... even most Slovenians will find it strange :)).

The days in Hanoi were up and down... after the initial news that my parents are delayed I spent the evening with Pete and Freyja before they departed for Bangkok. Bia Hoi (15p for one) on the side of street with the small chairs spilling out to the crossroads. But the joy is often interupted by passing of the police as everybody has to pick up their chair and cram on the pavement. But hey, minute later everything is back to normal. We ended a night in a lock in bar and then tried to find our way back home. In the end we all three took one cyclo with Pete sharing the driver's seat with the guy and draging his feet on the ground.
The next day was spent searching for updates about the big bad vulcano and it's ashes and ended in the decision that family isn't coming to visit. When the decision was made final it was the first time that I felt alone. I walked out of the crowded and noisy internet hallway towards the room feeling rather lousy. But I didn't have to walk long until an old guy called me back for tea by the side of street. A fascinating guy who travelled most of the world and also knew how to curse in Serbian. Had a couple of cups of tea with him and a phone call from UK my spirits were once more up and wanting more. Speaking with the guy it turns out that he called after me because of my "happy pants" or "clown monthly trousers" or whatever you want to call them... photos to follow in the next batch :)

It's a big shame that family didn't make it but there is nothing any of us could do about it. C'est la vie and I'm heading to Sapa on the night train.

And to finish a story on how to outweasel a weasel :D I was buying weasel coffee which is quite expensive and it is quite difficult not to get piiiiiip. But since I'm used to eating coffee beans I played the role of an expert, took a bean and ate it. Hmm... not quite the right quality is it? He smiled, brought a different vase from behind the counter and gave me a lower price than quoted for the previous one straight away. We had a cup in his shop and it was good.

And ashes...

2010-04-17T09:00:00.002+01:00

... brought down my mood.

After planning the moment in my head for a year, arriving to the meeting point, already gathering information for the coming two weeks and being childishly excited about the arrival of my parents and brothers tomorrow morning, I got a text for my dad. They are stuck in Vienna - airport was closed a couple of hours before they were supposed to take off! :( I really hope that they reopen the airport tomorrow and that they can make their way here!

But as promised I found time and uploaded 3 new albums to my coloured moments page.

Over and out from Hanoi - going for food and coffee

This is much...

2010-04-13T11:15:00.003+01:00

... more the way I like it. Don't get me wrong... I liked the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Ming City, but outdoors and sports are where I feel much more at home.

A very quick update, but I promise photos this week (hopefully I'll manage) :)

1) From Ho Chi Ming City I headed to Dalat which was superb. Rented motobikes and enjoyed the magnificent roads which are still under construction and suddenly turn from an empty "highway" to a proper badly maintained dirt road. Dalat is the place of veg, flowers and coffee for Vietnam.
2) Went canyoning and although the canyoning there means less water sliding than in Slovenia it involves a lot more adrenalin. Huge waterfalls with loads of waters, big jumps... you'll see what I mean when I get a chance to put up photos.
3) Cycled most of the way from Dalat to Nha Trang (total is 140km, I did the first (the hard) 95 km). Brilliant scenery (mountains - yes, yes, up and down; coffee plantations; small villages with children running with the bike) but I was shattered at the end... heat did not help one bit :P
4) Met Pete and Freyja in Nha Trang and after a relaxing day we went diving together. Much better diving than Cambodia... nice corals and fish and amazing caves with swim through passages.
5) Night bus to Hoi An. Charming old town which seduces with its calmness and friendlines. I think I'll stick here for a couple of days.
6) Hoi An is also the place of tailors... it is good that I got rid of most of my suits and shirts before I left... For those who've been shopping with me before you know how peculiar I am about what I want. Now I can get it! And cheap! I just have to control myself in order not to get way too much stuff :)

Let the games...

2010-04-06T13:10:00.003+01:00

... begin!

Ho Chi Ming City ( or Saigon - depending which Vietnamese you are speaking with) is one of the most bustling cities I have been in. Cambodia had empty roads comparing with this. But crossing roads here is much easier... you just walk very slowly across and they avoid you. Simples. :)

The other game is called "How many scams will they try to get you into today" and you really need to be on the ball all the time if you are alone. If you are with other people there is no problem. But the moment I'm alone I get people next to me trying to convince me 100 different things - from being part of gambling scam in Saigon and then on the boat going to Hanoi, to taking some strange one day trip and buying medicine. And also the moment I started walking around alone again I strated being offered drugs. :)

I'm spending one more day here and then hopefully the intensity will decrease and things will go back to a more relaxed state. Not that I don't like it... but it is just a bit too intense for my current state of mind. :) But otherwise I love it. It has everything to offer and it is surprisingly clean and developed. Replace motobikes with cars and street stalls with trash cans and you could almost be in a hot western city.

P.S.: I splashed out and bought a camera! Bought same as I had before and paid for it the same as more than one year ago in London.... amazing... and no, I didn't overpay it comparing with locals! :o

Mum, thanks for correction of my number :D

Goodbye Cambodia...

2010-04-03T12:44:00.002+01:00

... and hello Vietnam.

The last days in Cambodia were amazing. Went to Kampot and the lazy seaside resort of Kep. Both places are ex French resorts and also noticably richer than the rest of Cambodia.

1) Trekking in jungle to the Bokor Hill station which is an abandoned hotel and casino built at the begining of 20th century. Although the trek was only 4 hours it was one ofthe most intense walking things that I ahve done. The path was not even properly cut out and we got lost with the ranger (well.. they were still cutting the path through the jungle) a couple of times. The top view was amazing... calm,the mist raising from below, really tranquille.

2) Kep is small seaside place with brilliant crab - they keep them in cages in the sea in front ofthe restaurant so they are as fresh as they get! :) Kampot and Kep are also known for pepper and we went to see how pepper is grown and then different pepper made.

3) First impressions of Vietnam
Beautiful country but you really need to be more on the ball then in Cambodia. People are much more money driven. And we managed to fall for a scam from the word go! :) Looking back it was bloddy obvious that it is a set up!!! When we arrived to the bus station we were told that the bus has already left.... hmmm... where can we go. Oh no, you could catch another bus, but we would need to take you 10 minutes away to another village. OK, negotiated the price for the drive and left. Set at a road side cafe (yeah... why the hell would they bus stop there?!?) and chatted with the guy. The bus arrives and the all the laguage and everything was on and there was imense hurry.... and the price... let's say well overcharged. But hey... lesson learned. Klemen should not trust people until they prove him wrong on the road!! :)

today we went to see the floating markets on the Mekong and it is nice to just drift around on the river and the canals and observe the life on the river and by the sides on the country side.

4) I'm writting we as I have been travelling with an English girl and with a French guys (up to Vietnam). She is very relaxed and easy to travel with...

5) Facebook is blocked in Vietnam so... don't write to my wall and can someone fwd me anything from my wall I should know about :)

6) I'm a proud owner of a Nokia and can be reached my dialing +84 120 44 56 437

7) Camera prices are extortionate in Vietnam and there is *no* *way* I'm paying more than in UK. And they don't really seem interested to sell. Maybe I'll have more luck in Ho Chi Ming City (ex Saigon). If not, I'll take photos from other people until family arrives to Hanoi mid month.

"This is number one...

2010-03-29T10:29:00.002+01:00

... and the fun has just begun" go lyrics of a song I'm often heard humming. But I sure hope that my number one in this case will not go to number two!

The plan for today was to take an early morning bus to Kampot, go around the city and arrange a jungle trekking for a couple of days. Easy, no stress,... my usual.

What I was planning to write as my next post was how brilliant the sea food here is and that even Mexico (my No.1 sea food place until now) is overshadowed. Clams, scallops, barracuda, squid... all deliciously prepared and incredibly cheap.

But instead, I will describe my day until now:
- Took a cold shower around midnight to cool down and go to bed.
- As per my usual, I feel asleep almost instantaneously.
- Woke up at 3 am to go to the toilet and when I came back I wanted to check my mobile to see how long I can still sleep before my bus. My mobile was not next to my bed where I expected it! Open lights, look around... my small backpack is strangely positioned.... check and notice that cash that was in the belt pocket is gone! Check inside and my iPod and my camera are missing! Bloody brilliant!! The door to my room is not locked anymore!!! I had a visitor while I was sleeping...
I guess it is good that I'm quite a deep sleeper cause I have no clue what would happen if I would wake up when he/she was there. But thank god the passport was left lying on the bed and my bank cards as well - a polite thieve one might say... gave me options to continue my travel easily enough. He/she didn't even take my Ray Bans. For my good the person was not just ballsy enough to come in whilst I was in the room and take my mobile from half a meter from me, but also to go through my backpack and pick and choose. :)
- Report the theft to the guesthouse at 6 am when they woke up (didn't get a lot of sleep in between) and then head to the police station. I need the report for my insurance claim.
- Police comes in only at 8 and immediatly tells me that I need a report from guesthouse.
- Back to guest house and start explaining what I need. No one there really speaks English well enough. Guy say "Yes, I do" when I ask him for a letter and then we sit there for an hour. He is eating, looking around... well, I kind of expected his boss who speaks English needs to arrive.
- Boss arrives. Explanations, explanations, explanations... amazement, amazement, amazement... he starts writing. He has a first go. Not good. Second go. Not good. Third attempt. Not good. He goes to get his wife as his Khmer writing is not good enough. Takes one house to write a letter that I'm staying there and that things got stolen during night. No problem... have the letter... happy bunny!
- Police station, second visit... guy sits me down, reads the letter and starts asking me if I was out and if I took drugs and if I have money issues. Hmmm... this will not be so easy as expected. He said he will investigate and that I should come back at 2 with any witnesses I have! Witnesses?!? OK, I ask the Slovenian guy who has the bar to come with me and tell him that I went home yesterday evening... which is true! But at the same time, I decided to put 20 USD into the passport to make things flow nicer.
- Police station, 2 pm, third attempt... the guy is not there!!! We sit outside and he rocks up a bit later. And he asks what the hell am I doing there that he needs to investigate... I should come back tomorrow. Olalalalala... come on... another person starts asking him questions and I sit outside thinking what to do. Suddenly the guy comes back and invites me in. I give him the letter again and a business card from my last job. He looks rather happy with it. He gives me stuff to fill in and takes my passport. He sees the 20 and asks what is this? Hmmm.... money??? And he smiles and hands it to me. Speaking with locals here afterwords they could not believe it!!
- He gives me the police report and all is fine. But when I call the insurance company it turns out that when I come back I have to send them receipts of all these things and then they will give me compensation. Thank god I have enough money and I'm not strapped for cash.

Conclusions:
- Mobile is gone and therefore I'm really not reachable anymore. until I buy a Vietnamese number next week.
- iPod Touch is gone and there is not more free Wi-Fi and quick emails each day. Sniff, sniff...
- I have to buy a new camera and I lost photos again!!! This time only two days and not soooo special... although all of them are special in a way.
- Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes oooooon,... or in Slovenian: Zivljenje in gre naprej.. in mi z vami! :)

Over and out

All's well...

2010-03-27T10:08:00.002Z

... that ends well.

First of all... no photos this time around. Why? Cause I've lend my camera to an American family on the way to small island (their battery ran out and I knew I'll be underwater the whole day) and when I got the camera back at the dive store, the memory card was blank.... bloody brilliant! But, I got their email address and they copied also my photos and they'll send them to my home. So, this is where the title is from...

But I was really looking forward to seeing them as I think some of them rank very high on the favourite photos I've taken list. Why? Let's go with stories which should be under them :)

1) I went from Siem Reap to Battambang with a boat and the boat meanders through floating villages and them on a small river through proper country side. Amazing scenery and a very interesting experience. But since it is a dry season in Cambodia at the moment the waters are low and we had to go out of the boat a couple of times and push the boat as it got stuck on the river bed. When I first went in I was a bit sceptic about the cleanness of the water... it would not be me if I wouldn't go out from the boat where the river was the highest, so that only my head was out. And then... in for a penny, in for a pound... took a swim to a great delight of locals :) I'm glad to report that I have no rashes and all is well :)

2) In Battambang I met Yali who works as security at the market and he is a great guy. He took me to his house for all meals during the 2 days there and around the villages and into a proper Khmer disco (I always had an amazing view of the place since I was a head taller than anyone else). It was really good to see the place with someone like him and all the children from the extended family were amazing!!

3) Now I'm a the coast at Sihanoukville and the first thing that I come across when I come here is.... a Slovenian guy who runs a bar named.... you got it... Slovenija. :) Not only that, the same evening another Slovenian guy came there and he is from the same part of Slovenia as I am. During the summer he lives is Slovenia, making cheese on the high alpine pastures and during winter he escapes to SE Asia... a character, what can I say...

4) I got my PADI licence!!! Wiiiii... I went to Koh Rong for a couple of days and went diving. Koh Rong is a small island with couple of very small villages and amazingly stunning. Divine beaches and pristine jungle with cobras, boas... And on the day we arrived the village celebrated a wedding.... OMG - music was ear deafening and also the music that was playing... let's just say that the western music they were playing is the worst kind of electro/techno music imaginable. At least now I have the answer to the question: Who the hell listens to this! :)
Anyway, didn't get much sleep but had fun observing the locals with the instructor and an English girl who was also doing the course. They were really good fun and when I was with these two guys I felt like in Belgium. Why? Cause he was from Belgium and was speaking and behaving exactly like Wouter (guy from the student organisation I was involved in) and she looks and behaves exactly like Lies (again... student organisation).

5) On the way back from the island we got the pier and the local were excited that we need to leave soon... why we thought? There was a guy sitting in an ice box in water with loads of ice in it. He was actually a guy who works for the dive shop and was good fun... but whilst we were at the sea he was fixing the incinerator (zazigalnica odpadkov) on the island and one of the locals turned it on by accident. How can it happen - let's say that safety is not a primary concern when building things like this here. The guy was badly burned and we all felt sooooo much for him on the way to main land. 2 hours by slow boat and quite big waves. Thank god a guy from the divers had morphine and could ease his pain... I was then speaking with them and they said that sure, there is a fast boat or even a helicopter, but there is no medical insurance that would cover this! But, it ended well as it turns out that yes, the burns are over a large part of body, but all except the hand are first degree. And even the hand will be OK.

6) Sea food is delicious and BBQ fish are just divine here. Today I had 10 small lobsters for lunch... 2 dollars. MMmmmmmmm.... dinner is baracuda.

I shall not dwell...

2010-03-18T08:12:00.002Z

... too much on all the things that happened in these few days! Some stories are in the comments of the newly posted photos.

Just to say that I haven't felt so relaxed for a long time. If I steal a slogan of one of the most recognisable companies on this planet, which still hasn't found its way to Cambodia: I'm loving"it!!!