Posts Tagged: Romania

(More) Idiotic Recruitment

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I’ve posted before about idiotic recruitment and having had some time to organise (read delete) some of my LinkedIn emails I came across this old one. So I decided that I’m going to start posting here every single bit of idiotic recruitment emails I’m getting — if there are people occasionally reading this then they’ll […]

Sa ne fie rusine!

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Intr-o tara in care se vorbeste despre integrarea in structurile Europene la nivel inalt, la nivelul omului de rand toate astea inseamna doar mai multi mici si bere si o burta mai mare — nu stim si nu vrem sa ne uitam si sa ne interesam de frumos! Mi-e scarba, ca si celui care a […]

2009 — Bad Year? No Way!!!

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It’s coming to the end of 2009 (only 3 days away really!) and as such there are a lot of people reflecting on how good or bad 2009 has been for them. Personally I wasn’t intending on doing so until a couple of days ago when I met up with an old friend who said […]

Anniversary “Badge”

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This chocolate badge (yes, it IS made of chocolate!) was given to me by my mum who still teaches at Liceul “Ovidius” in Constanta where I studied. It’s shaped like a CD but just … tastier 😉

Brilliant Romanian Rugby Site

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For those of you who still think Romanian rugby is non-existent, here’s the proof that’s not the case: this is the first rugby-only Romanian site that I know of: www.rugby.ro — it has live scores, news about the players (unfortunately most of the national squad as it turns out plays abroad!) and tons of other […]

“Piracy Worked for Us”

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So, according to President Basescu piracy worked for Romania by helping the country grow a very vibrant technology industry. Being a Romanian myself and having “enjoyed” partially during my student years the “privilege” of pirate copies (mainly because there were no dedicated shops at the time where you could acquire a software with a license […]