Night of the AdEaters
We just finished going through some 6 hours of commercials at the Night of the AdEaters which happened again at Sala Polivalenta. It was fun.
I most enjoyed the Cadbury Goo commercials. You can see the top one, also the series finale, below:
To see all the Cadbury Goo ads you can go to their dedicated website at CremeEgg.com
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| Christian Nasulea - 10.10.2009 | |
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IRIS is Back
Romanian legendary band IRIS came out for a performance last night
after many months of absence. Doubts related to Cristi Minculescu, the
band's signature vocalist's survival after this spring's operation and
then doubts related to his recovery made this concert seem very
unlikely for a very long time.
But, they're back. The concert surpassed all expectations. Take their
long-standing appeal to the Romanian public and their 2 year absence
and you've got the perfect mix for a resounding success.
For myself, being there brought back many fond memories. While I'm
really not one of their most dedicated fans I do realize they're a
significant part of my upbringing and they're coincidentally related to
many important events of my high school years. I really enjoyed being
there. Thanks for the initiative!
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| Christian Nasulea - 09.10.2009 | |
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Shadows of Grey
We are taught that although "barba non facit philosophum" (roughly translated from Latin as "a beard does not make one a philosopher") grey hair is a sign of wisdom.
We live in an interesting time, one in which I see myself and my close, dynamic, industrious friends flooded with problems. I look in the mirror and I look at my friends and I see the hairs on our heads turning to grey little by little. With every obstacle that faces us, with every problem we surpass we become greyer and greyer. Yes, the more we do, the more we learn, the wiser we become!
I still call it stress not wisdom and I wonder. I wonder, is the stress that makes us grey really necessary on the path to wisdom? Is there no other way to make us wise?
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| Christian Nasulea - 07.10.2009 | |
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10.5 Kilometers per Hour
Last night I ran the 10.5 km I'm due for the Bucharest City Marathon
together with my two current team-mates for the first time. It was
extraordinary! Just as the GPS tracker was telling us an hour had
passed we crossed the 10.52 km marker.
I can't stress the fact that running isn't really my sport enough
times. I am very proud of my performance, although I realized I am
indeed the weakest link. However there's always the bright side of
things, which in this case is that I didn't die after running 10 km.
Thank you, Cornel, for pacing yourself to encourage me!
All that remains is to keep training and training and training!
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| Christian Nasulea - 06.10.2009 | |
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On Your Marks, Get Set, RUN!
Last night I officially started training for the Bucharest City Marathon. It would normally be a bit late to start but fortunately me and my team mates will be competing in the relay marathon, running a mere 10 km each.
As running really isn't my sport I've been doing a bit of reading. Yesterday I also bought myself two identical pairs of proper running shoes. I plan to rotate these two pairs until the day of the marathon in order to get myself well accustomed to them and them to me.
My first training involved a 4.5 km run to and through Herastrau park which went very encouragingly.
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| Christian Nasulea - 29.09.2009 | |
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Parov Stelar
Around 1am I was dragged out of the house by a dear good friend of mine to Kristal Club for the Parov Stelar Band concert. I had listened to the samples Cipri sent me the day before but I was only moderately impressed.
The truth is this is another one of those bands which are really worth seeing in a live performance. It was really good and I'm back to work at 3am. Thanks for the break, Cipri!
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| Christian Nasulea - 26.09.2009 | |
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Grateful to Bucharest
Many moons ago, eons even, I was perhaps about 14 years old, I remember coming to Bucharest once with the main purpose of rollerskating in Herastrau park.
Now, 25.9 years old, after a long day's work, following a long night's party, I have the benefit of being able to clear my head at 11pm on a Friday evening with 15 km of Herastrau rollerskating.
Now, I realize full well that had I been in Vienna this would be impossible as the parks are closed at night. Had I been in Rome the parks would probably be quite unsafe. Had I been in many other places it would certainly be far less enjoyable.
Here's to Bucharest!
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| Christian Nasulea - 25.09.2009 | |
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Bathroom Archery
It was a beautiful weekday morning, like any of the other 260 weekdays of the year, and in the house everything was peaceful and silent. So, I decided to put my newly acquired archery target to good use and put an end to the peace and the silence. The video should be more than enough of an explanation of what followed.
This video has been running on FaceBook for a couple of days now and has already raised a great deal of controversy.You can read up on the many comments on the FaceBook Bathroom Archery thread (might require signing up) or ask any questions here.
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| Christian Nasulea - 10.09.2009 | |
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Omu - Valea Cerbului
Today we took the flag to the 2507 meter tall Omu peak in the Bucegi Massif (EN: Omu = The Man). Instead of climbing for 4 hours to reach the plateau we took the cable car at 9 am. It was then only one hour and a half to reach the summit and take the flag to the very top of the rock which is the Omu summit. It then took us 5 hours to make our way down through Valea Cerbului, cut through the woods towards the alpine refuge and finally reach Busteni.
There was a yellow code weather alert announcing heavy rains for the day. Fortunately, the weather was beautifully sunny while we were atop the plateau and throughout our descent through the spectacular glacial valley under the summit. Once in the woods at the foot of the mountain the weather forecast made true on its promise. It rained and then it poured.
My equipment for the day included my new hunting knife, acquired in Litochoro at the foot of Mount Olympus after last month's climb. I also had the new Vodafone Mobile Broadband Hotspot with me, which I carried to the top of the mountain in order to test the network's data connectivity speed. I also had the usual smartphone and a couple of other techie gadgets, but those first two items in particular earned me the nickname of "Rambo-Gates", "R.G." for my friends :).
Photos of the trip can be seen in my Omu, Valea Cerbului - September 2009 album on Facebook.
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| Christian Nasulea - 05.09.2009 | |
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Two Spark Plug Sightseeing
When it comes to this weekend I should be talking about discovering a beautiful beach at Rusalka in Bulgaria, or revisiting the ancient city of Kalyakra, or about the "Cozonac" cocktail I was introduced to in Vama Veche, or the Class 1 Romanian Power Boat Grand Prix.
Instead, as fate will have it, I will have to talk about my car breaking down. As I was moving base camp from Vama Veche to my home in Constanta a little light came up on the dashboard letting me know I was having engine problems. I recognized the symptoms and realized one of three spark plugs in my Fabia's little 1.2 engine wasn't working anymore. It was Sunday. What followed was a lot of effort trying to put together the necessary tools to change a spark plug... on a Sunday evening.
Early Monday morning I changed the spark plug only to realize it was not the spark plug but probably something in the electronics connected to it. Thus, half of Monday went by with me trying to get a spot for my car in the Skoda service que in Constanta... to no avail. I then decided I would drive the 320 km from Constanta to Comarnic with 2/3 of the engine working in order to take it to its usual garage. The car was practically working like a Trabant. Bogdan and Costin who assisted me throughout the entire process kept making jokes about removing another spark plug so that it would work like a "drujba" (EN: chainsaw).
I got home after about 9 hours, including two very long breaks. Most of the time I drove at about 80 kph keeping the engine at 2500 rpm. The top speed the car was still able to develop was about 110 kph. Essentially the only problem was that accelerating from 0 to 100 took about 1 minute. Overtaking was rarely an option.
Driving slowly and calmly did give me the opportunity to admire the scenery. I've driven down that road hundreds of times but never as calmly.
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| Christian Nasulea - 01.09.2009 | |
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