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Sydney right now!

2012-01-08T01:37:00.001-08:00

Predictions for 2012

2012-01-07T16:43:00.001-08:00

BBC correspondents look ahead

"Románia"- Magyarország, Jégkorong (a három! Himnusz):)

2012-01-07T16:23:00.000-08:00

After the Romanian and then the Hungarian national anthem was played, the audience started singing the Szekely (or Szekler) Anthem.

The Hungarian minority of Romania is the largest ethnic minority in Romania, consisting of 1,431,807 people and making up 6.6% of the total population (Wikipedia)

Most ethnic Hungarians of Romania live in areas that were, before the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, parts of Hungary. These areas are today known as Transylvania, where Hungarians make up 19.6 of the population.

Hungarian

Ki tudja merre, merre visz a végzet
Göröngyös úton, sötét éjjelen.
Vezesd még egyszer győzelemre néped,
Csaba királyfi csillagösvényen.

Maroknyi székely porlik, mint a szikla
Népek harcának zajló tengerén.
Fejünk az ár, jaj, százszor elborítja,
Ne hagyd elveszni Erdélyt, Istenünk!

English translation

Who knows where destiny takes us
On a rough road on a dark night.
Lead your nation to victory once more,
Prince Csaba, on the stars' path.

Handful of Székely being crushed like the cliffs
On the storming sea of the battle of nations.
Our heads are, oh, a hundred times covered by the tide,
Don't let Transylvania be lost, Our God!

Appreciation

2011-12-22T12:25:00.000-08:00

Appreciation by CulturalOffering.com

Amazing Sydney sunset

2011-12-19T01:05:00.000-08:00

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50 word story: Soul searching

2011-12-09T18:56:00.001-08:00

She knew she needed a vision. She was staring at the blank screen, trying to find the one thing she really liked doing and she was passionate about. She realised the answer wouldn’t pop out of her head. She needed to seriously take stock of her skills and her interests.

People Are So Outraged At Coca-Cola's Holiday Cans That It's Abandoning Them After Just One Month

2011-12-02T01:42:00.001-08:00

Is it just me, or this is really that funny?? (and textbook material on ‘brand building, what not to do’)

Coke released this:

And got this:
picture source

I can almost see ‘the confused person’, opening the can, taking a much considered first sip, savouring it, savouring it, and finally concluding that ‘this stuff definitely doesn’t taste the same’…oh dear! Coke, bring back your signature brand colour.

Bring it back fast. And so they are doing exactly that after a month of the failed, silver polar bear packaging. Milk is white and coke is red (on the outside at least). And no more funny business please.

This is a brand we know and trust.

Yes. In (red) Coke we trust.

People Are So Outraged At Coca-Cola's Holiday Cans That It's Abandoning Them After Just One Month

Quote of the day

2011-10-13T18:12:00.001-07:00

On the value of silence:

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt". (source)

The wonderful world of blogging

2011-10-13T05:08:00.001-07:00

Pure, genuine and moving thoughts with Cultural Offering.
daily. here.

He is life changing…

2011-10-12T13:22:00.001-07:00

If there is anything better than his blog, than it’s Nicholas Bate himself, in person.

I spent one hour on his refresher course yesterday and now I’m ready to change the world. Well, at least mine. Starting today.

Read it. Daily. Here.

Sydney hot chocolate

2011-10-06T00:18:00.001-07:00

To be exact, served at Bondi Beach

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Sydney graffiti

2011-10-06T00:11:00.001-07:00

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Books & titles

2011-09-26T15:18:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thought of a better title for a book, than what it received from its author? Well, people behind this site certainly have. Check it out for some (funny) alternatives.

Tuesday morning blogroll

2011-09-26T14:18:00.001-07:00

Nicholas Bate on analysis paralysis and why simple is better and less is more.

Michael Wade and Kurt Harden make me miss a good Autumn morning.

Eclecticity for the love of blogging – and his sheer positive energy!

Seth Godin from Pacebo effect to Global warming and why you are only sometimes entitled to your opinion.

Guy Kawasaki is having a blast with Google+. Take note Facebook.

Lessons from the Wise Fool by Creative Think.

What do YOU want to do…

2011-09-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

before you die?

Nicole Kenney, a Brooklyn-based artist took polaroid shots of people and asked them to write on the photo, what it is, that they’d like to do before they die. Check it out for inspiration, and a smile!

So do I, my dear…

2011-09-25T05:08:00.000-07:00

Funny, because it’s true for every woman.

Operation smile

2011-09-24T03:50:00.000-07:00

There are many good deeds in the world. This is one:

Weird interview question

2011-09-23T21:46:00.001-07:00

"If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?" (source)

Seriously…? They have got to joking, but then I stop and think about it: What would I say? Climb out. (What is a blender again?) No, maybe I’d lay low… (it’s a food processor, isn’t it?) Actually no, if I lay flat, it could still get me and there’d be blood… (and now I’m feeling sick). Or am I small enough to fit under the blades? Is it turned on? Ick, the blades, run…

And this is the moment I look them in the eye, break a confident smile and ask for another question…

Superb ad

2011-09-22T23:43:00.001-07:00

Why? because it’s subtle. it’s not in your face obvious that it’s for Vodafone. Because it works on any language, and because it’s gentle and funny…

Driven to Distraction (30 sec TVC)

2011-09-08T23:28:00.001-07:00

One of the smoothest cross promotion examples I have recently seen. Vic Gundotra (previously from Microsoft, but since 2007) from Google (note nice big logo in the background) praising Mercedes S Class and coining the phrase ‘magical software’… Nicely done.

Space debris 'at tipping point'

2011-09-02T01:41:00.001-07:00

More and more issues require multi-nation cooperation to solve. Is civilization mature enough to solve them?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-us-canada-14757926

Cheerios: that's for babies

2011-09-01T00:36:00.001-07:00

I thought I’d share this fun TVC!

The reason... (and it's a good reason)

2011-08-24T21:17:00.001-07:00

...why the blog has been getting little attention and I have been very quiet in general in the last few months...
My I present Mr and Mrs O'Connell.

Sydney this evening, 2

2011-08-23T01:04:00.001-07:00

Sydney this evening

2011-08-23T01:00:00.001-07:00

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