Michael Jackson turns 50 today.
I have been a fan of Michael since early 90s, from the Dangerous album. I do not really know why I like his music, and to a certain extent his values as well. I guess I admire his ability to rise above his public persona and live his life in his [...]
Your result for The House, MD Personality Test…
Dr. Gregory House
60% Eccentricity, 55% Confidence, 40% Kindness
Congratulations, you’re the man himself, Dr. Gregory House! You’re quite strange, and usually do your own thing regardless of what anyone else thinks. This is partially because a person with an ego as large as yours could not care [...]
I got the iphone today and it is amazing. The price does not matter, the 24 month EMT contract does not matter, the phone is simply amazing. There is nothing close to this that exists, it truly is a do-everything device. I had quite high expectations, but it is unbelievable.
The Nocturnal Song Festival was a brilliant event for Estonians. The only sour note is that they could have been more inclusive towards the Russian minority, so it was a lost opportunity for bringing Estonians and Russians living in Estonia closer.
The Ruja rock opera provided a condensed version of a life of a rock band, the [...]
Technically, Estonia seems to be in a recession, as our GDP growth has been negative for two quarters in a row. There are some important factors that do not make this a regular recession:
1. Unemployment rates are 4% (which is 0,2% below last quarter and 1% less than last year’s same quarter). So people still [...]
There are a large number of areas in a large number of countries where there is a dominant ethnic minority (vis-a-vis the majority nationality in the main part of the country). In Estonia for example North East Estonia, where there are 95% ethnic Russians living in the city of Narva. The same applied for Kosovo [...]
Today I was at my longest party ever. It started at noon and ended before midnight. It involved nice people, with whom I sometimes had trouble finding a common language, but I did play Petanque and enjoyed myself a lot. The food was excellent, and I drank extraordinary amount of Rose wine witout getting drunk.
Today I visited the Porquerolles island off the coast from Hyeres. In summer, there is a boat that takes you there and back for 22 euros. It left at 9.30 and returned at 18.00, the trip lasted an hour and fifteen minutes. The Porquerolles island is small, and there are about 350 people living permanently [...]
If everything had gone according to plans, I would be in Georgia today with a group of people from Estonia, visiting Batumi. As fate had it, the plans changed and I am in France instead.
If this event does not convince European leaders that Russia cannot be regarded as an equal partner, then what needs to [...]
Il est difficile de comprendre et parler le français. La majeure partie du peuple que j’ai rencontré ici ne parle pas anglais.
Je veux apprendre le français plus rapidement.
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