03.05.13
My Niece Learned to Ride a Bike
Posted in Blogroll, Fun Time, Photos, Romania at 3:45 pm by Liv 
Was time it seems to get Ilinca “upgraded” from a tricycle — and she got the hang of it pretty soon:
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Product Idea — Multi-homed Credit Card
Posted in Blogroll, Product Ideas, Random Thoughts, Romania at 2:38 pm by Liv
This one is for you, Visa (though MasterCard and Amex listen up too!). Here’s the deal: I have Visa debit and credit cards for both UK and USA. I have bank accounts in UK and USA so I can transfer money when needed from one to another. With all of that in mind, you’d think that would be easy right to say buy some flowers for my sister, who is in Romania? Or order some presents for my friends in Germany? D’oh, no can do!
It turns out that most online shops take cards issued in the country they operate in — mainly for fraud prevention reasons and the fact that their bank doesn’t protect against fraud if they accept foreign cards. As such, regardless of the card I’m using, since I can’t produce a billing address in the same country as the florist for the example mentioned above, I’m stuck!
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“Proper” Rugby Ball
Posted in Blogroll, Fun Time, News, Photos, Romania, Rugby at 11:27 pm by Liv
As you probably know from my previous posts, I keep a (rather hopeful) eye on the evolution of Romanian Rugby. And after a couple of years of looking around, I got this awesome present (thanks, sis!) — an official Romanian Rugby Federation, matchday ball:
All I have to do no is to put my name down for a trial for The Oaks 
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Exhibition artisticlab.org in Bucharest
Posted in Blogroll, Fun Time, News, Photos, Romania, Uncategorized at 5:51 am by Liv
On Tuesday, 22nd of May 2012, artisticlab had an exhibition in Bucharest. Unfortunately, being in California and all that, I wasn’t there for the live event, but I am lucky enough to be the receiver of some of the photos taken at launch.
As to be expected, this was very well received by the public, so for those of you in Bucharest, the photos are old news I guess — for those of you who didn’t get to it though, here’s a sneak peek of what we missed. (I’m not sure if I need to point out that my sister and her husband are behind the artisticlab ? You might remember them from their experiments with focAR — in London and otherwise?)
The theme for the exhibition was the increase in the minimum salary from 650 RON/month to 700 RON/month and the impact in every day life this had. Anyway, here are the pictures:
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Prefect Ungur in Olt
Posted in Blogroll, Fun Time, Romania at 11:43 pm by Liv
Desi gluma e veche, uitasem complet de ea pana cand de curand am regasit-o in inbox-ul meu, trimisa de un amic. Am ras cu lacrimi toata ziua — si nu m-am putut abtine sa nu o pun pe blog. Nu stiu cat de mult poate fi asta tradus ca l-as traduce si in engleza, dar din pacate e nevoie de un intreg set de explicatii pentru a traduce asa ceva in engleza — ca atare atasez doar “originalul”:
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Cred ca azi fost zi liber la ei. Nu venit niciuna din angajat. Plimbat prin birou meu lung si lat. Deschis fiset acte oficial dar plin de o bautur tulbur.
