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Leto se polako oprašta od mene, ali ostaće upamćeno po mnogim promenama koje su mi se desile.

Sve je počelo u maju koji je doneo rastanak sa Kaćom, moj do sada najveći životni neuspeh.

Preselio sam se u iznajmljenu sobu u kući koju delim sa gazdaricom Connie, drugovima Abdulom i Dišanom i drugaricom Maršom - bratstvo i jedinstvo crnih, braon i belih.

Bio sam u tri pičke materine na severu, u Frontier Ghosttownu na "Come Together" (rok) muzičkom festivalu gde sam osetio Vudstok duh sedamdesetih i osamdesetih.

Dobio sam stipendiju koja mi je spasila život i omogućila da preuzmem kola od Kaće, umesto da ih prodamo pa posle da jurim druga.

Položio sam vozački ispit za finalnu "G" vozačku dozvolu (bez restrikcija)

Proveo sam vikend na kampovanju sa Adrianom, roštiljali smo i igrali fudbal, pričali uz vatru i smrzli se ko pičke u toku noći u šatoru. Vredelo je svakog minuta.

Naučio sam nove kulinarske trikove od Ruže.

Bio sam na "RIB festu" (festivalu rebara) sa Ružom i Rajnhardom - jeo sam kuvani kukuruz i "pulled pork" (Google je tvoj prijatelj).

Video sam predstavu Cirque du Soleil "Alegria" i potpuno se oduševio, išao na koncert (prslog?) Santane i malo manje se oduševio. Što se koncerata tiče, još uvek sam pod utiskom Guns n Roses...

Navukao sam Adriana i Davida na fucu (uz malu pomoć Svetskog prvenstva), igrali smo ko blesavi i po najvećem suncu, pre i posle škole.

Provodio sam po ceo dan i poneku noć na koledžu učeći, radeći na silnim projektima a bogami i slatko se zabavljajući uz koledžijanski internet i projektore u učionicama... Long Live B222 !

Gledao sam izlazak punog avgustovskog meseca na jezeru Ontario sa Toronto skyline-om u pozadini.

Vozio sam bajs celo leto - ujutro u školu, u neko doba noći nazad kući.
Našao sam ga u garaži u totalnom raspadu i sa Rajnhardom ga vratio u život usput skinuvši punu kesu drangulija sa njega. Poslednjih par večeri vozio sam se raširenih ruku (skoro zatvorenih očiju), udišući svež večernji vazduh i osećajući se kao prava noćna ptica... Na momente sam bio u blokovima, na Savi...

Sada se spremam da se selim u Waterloo jer je škola gotova (za sada) i vreme je za novi "coop" semestar u RIM-u.

Ostalo je još da za vikend odem na Serbian Food Festival u Kitcheneru i da sledećeg vikenda još jednom posetim "Grad Duhova" na severu. Voleo bih da imam majicu Zagora za tu priliku. Možda uspem nešto da uradim po tom pitanju...


Leto se polako oprašta od mene, pozdravljamo se lagano, nemo, kao ljubavnici.
Udišem noćni vazduh i pokušavam da u umu isključim buku svakodnevnice i usporim svest do trenutka kada mi misli više nisu haotični roj i kada život nije reakcija, puki impuls i automatika.

Želim da sve u meni utihne i stane, da osetim ovaj momenat sada - čistu i kratku, jednostavnu sadašnjost, ovaj trenutak kada udišem duboko a zatim izdišem... nema sutra ni prekosutra, juče je odavno prošlo.... udišem... zadržavam dah, roj polako nestaje, izdah.... pauza, sve postaje tiše..... udah, kako lepo miriše ovaj vazduh (gle, čuju se zrikavci).... izdah... mrak.... udah...

Kiše dolaze.

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Sweet Smell

Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell

Mylène Farmer - Paradis inanimé (video live)

Mylène Farmer - Paradis inanimé (video live):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ7L9XLjBic&NR=1

She is so.... mmmm....

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Shta ljudi napisashe...

Koje GEEK uspehe ste postigli dok ste chekali na Starcraft ][ .:
http://techland.com/2010/07/27/zerg-rush-win-a-copy-of-starcraft-ii/
Sjajno...
:)

Bitchy Jones je objasnila neke stvari...

Kako je dobro chuti zhensku osobu koja izgovori ovako neshto:
"I just hate the way kink sometimes seems to exist in this strange place on the Venn diagram where trivial and pompous intersect."
Pffff... U istoj rechenici Venovi dijagrami i kink.
Bravo Bitchy Jones !
/salute

Cirque du Soleil - Alegria

As a birthday present I was taken on Friday to "Air Canada Center" in Toronto for the Cirque du Soleil show called "Alegria".

When I first heard of Cirque du Soleil (CdS), I thought it's just another circus (which I was never a big fan of, together with zoo's). How wrong I was about CdS !

From the first moment of the show I realized that it is not just another circus. Unfortunately, I don't think I can find words to describe how beautiful and magical it was, I can only tell you that music and voice of the lead singer caused me goose-bumps many, many times and performers absolutely deserved the most sincere applause that they received from me and the rest of the audience.

When I came back home that night I did some research on CdS and I have found out that they have more than 20 different shows all over world, "Alegria" being just one of them! And they all look and feel different!

Now I must find a way to see the other ones. I have downloaded some of them, but I am not yet sure if I want to see them on a computer or even big screen - this kind of a performance is something that should only be seen LIVE.

Here is a glimpse of the "Alegria", enjoy:



I also recommend that you try and find "Alegria" soundtrack - it is beautiful, mesmerizing, just magical...
For more info about Cirque du Soleil, this is their home page:

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/default.asp

If you ever get the chance to see any of the shows, don't miss it !

Google vs Bing

Hot June in Toronto

This, in Toronto ?!? How the hell is that possible ???!

I seriously didn't think was is possible.

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/79945--massive-g20-protest-turns-violent

Funny thing is that all this is happening while everyone in the world are actually dreaming and hoping for
something more down these lines:

 
Makes you think, isn't it ?
 
 

Garfield Weston Award

On Friday I went to Centennial College Residence & Conference Centre for the Finalists interview weekend regarding my application for Garfield Weston Award.
Once registering at the Centre, we were given free evening since interviews were scheduled for Saturday.

I was wondering what could I do with my time when I saw (Fata Morgana :)

For more pictures of Conference Centre, click here.

It didn't take long before innocent bystanders witnessed this bear in the pool!
:)

After all the stress in the past few weeks and with tension build-up of the upcoming Award interviews, the swim came as a pure blessing !

After half an hour of chillaxing in the pool, I went to my room (that I have shared with Nick, designer from Niagara Falls) and after some reading of material that was given to us, I slipped into so much needed sleep. Suffice to say I slept like a baby... :)

Saturday started early, breakfast at 7:30.
The interviews started rolling, combined with very pleasant mingling with other finalists that were waiting for their interviews, and soon I had a total of four 1 on 1 interviews behind me.
Final panel with 4 members of the committee got me scheduled as the last one with more than 3 hours of waiting. Luckily, there were some very very very interesting people around me and also we had some games to play (brought by one of the finalists), so those 3 hours passed in slightly nervous but quite fun atmosphere.

Game that we played at our table was called "Apples and Apples" and is basically played like this:

Each player is dealt seven "red apple" cards; on each is printed a noun or noun phrase, or possibly a gerund. The judge (a chosen player) draws a random "green apple" card from the deck on which is printed an adjective ("scary", "frightening", "patriotic", etc.), and places it face-up on the table for everybody to see. Then each player (except the judge) chooses a card that they think is the best match for the green apple card, and places it face-down. The judge shuffles the red apple cards, reads them (often aloud), and decides which noun is the best match for the adjective. This decision is subjective; the official rules encourage the judge to pick the match that is "most creative, humorous or interesting".
The player who submitted the chosen red apple card wins the round, and takes the green apple card to signify the win. All players then draw red cards until they have seven again, and the role of "judge" may pass to another person (generally going to the next player in line, though some rules have the round's winner becoming "judge").

After couple of rounds, these were the cards that I have (accidentally and coincidentally) won:

No comment, really.
:)

Time came for me to go for my final panel meeting with 4 members of committee. I won't go into details of the interview, only thing that I can say is that I used barbeque as an example for one of the questions. :)
After it was finished, all of us finalists said goodbye to each other and everyone left for their homes (all over Canada). Hopefully, emails that we exchanged will help us stay in touch, some of the people were really interesting.

I went back from Toronto to my little den in Brahmaputra and after so needed  MJ relaxing evening, I called it over for June 19th.


Today, June 20th,  I have received a call from committee telling me that I HAVE WON THE AWARD !!!

YIIPIIIIEEEE !!!!
:)))))))

What a coincidence, to get it on my BIRTHDAY !!!! Unbelievable !!!

I am so happy, I don't even know how happy I am !
I mean, this can be THE most important moment for me in Canada.

Here is more information about Weston Award:
http://www.garfieldwestonawards.ca/

I have to go now, I've already spent too much time creating this post and I have to study for 7 exams for next week - MIDTERMS !

Wish me luck and until next reading, I wish you all Happy Summer !
:)