tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47924572299188568852024-03-12T21:13:03.385-04:00Also Sprach ZamolxisAşa Grăit-a Zamo.ca, the descendant of a Dacian God; teme personale, culturale şi sociale din Toronto. Patria mé îi limba romgleză. Formerly AlsoSprachZamolxis.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-22627723914872913692020-03-14T01:00:00.002-04:002020-03-14T01:00:03.416-04:00Romanian Movies in Toronto<span id="description">I just learned of two significant Romanian movie events in Toronto: Porumboiu's Whistlers is having its (wide?) release and TIFF a "survey" of 50 years of Romanian Cinema.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2020/03/romanian-movies-in-toronto.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-11281623380401225672019-09-11T01:00:00.003-04:002019-09-11T01:00:04.471-04:00TIFF 2019 - Romanian Movies<span id="description">I haven’t been able to find many movies with by Romanians or about Romanians at <a href="https://t.zamo.ca/2019/09/best-tiff-2019-movies-and-tv-show.html" target="_blank">TIFF 19 (Toronto International Film Festival)</a> I thought I mention them before the Festival is over.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/09/tiff-2019-romanian-movies.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-32729015052437471402019-08-16T12:00:00.007-04:002019-08-17T11:16:11.357-04:00Canadian-Romanians banned by Air Canada<span id="description">I just learned about two Romanian-Canadian people, mother and daughter Ana Constantin and Lisa Maria Paun being banned for life by Air Canada and left stranded without proper notice. This is not discrimination, just incredibly poor customer service and it’s an issue almost all of us have to deal with every time we fly.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/banned-by-air-canada-better-than-killed.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-88775036045414004082019-08-11T22:00:00.003-04:002019-08-12T08:26:09.517-04:00Bianca Andreescu, Simona Halep and concern for losers<span id="description">I watched these days Simona Halep having to retire due to an injury, Bianca triumphing over Genie Bouchard and though I certainly rooted for Bianca, I do regret somewhat both Serena’s and Genie’s respective losses.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/08/bianca-andreescu-simona-halep-and-pity.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-60899088288225408362019-05-26T22:25:00.000-04:002019-06-07T15:13:42.186-04:00#EP2019 Romanii Voteaza Anticoruptie<span id="description">The title means “Romanians vote anticorruption”, but then I realized that Romanians know what happened, it’s foreigners who might be more interested in what I have to say about it. I wish I could write a celebratory article, but I can't. Most Romanians who lined up seem to think that they are voting against corruption, but have they really?</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/referendum-coruptie-2019.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-73034501487424985102019-05-08T01:00:00.008-04:002019-06-07T15:15:50.024-04:00Alegeri Diaspora Europarlamentare MEP 2019 in Toronto<span id="description">The elections for the European Parliament are coming up soon, and this time around, I decided to ask all candidates a few questions and post their answers. But before sending these questions, it makes sense to look at the details, the first and most important being that the voting day is May 26 between 7:00 and 21:00, local time (EST) and there’s not voting by correspondence.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2019/05/alegeri-mep-2019.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-13168367179085089222017-10-31T01:00:00.000-04:002017-10-31T01:00:31.795-04:00I see Romanians everywhere..<span id="description">..except in Romania. Part of the reason why is that I’m not in Romania. But it’s also because so many have left the country and <a title="Durerea Adevarului in Engrish" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/07/durerea-adevarului-in-engrish.html">the population is in a precipitous decline</a>.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2017/10/i-see-romanians-everywhere.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-8996483366863341022017-05-31T11:00:00.005-04:002018-01-31T13:16:33.441-05:00Claudia Covalciuc, a Romanian-Italian-Aboriginal Canadian<span id="description">I have previously echoed on this blog news about Romanians in the #diaspora. This time, we’re discovering the story of a girl born in an #Austrian refugee camp to a Romanian mother and an (absent) Italian father, who was reborn in an aboriginal village.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2017/05/claudia-covalciuc-romanian-italian.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-69778545712952367982016-12-23T01:00:00.001-05:002017-02-02T14:21:13.548-05:00How To Immigrate To Canada III<span id="description">Whenever I talk to Romanians who want to <a title="How To Immigrate To Canada I" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/immigration-revisited.html" rel="first">come to Canada</a> and I answer questions, I always end up being a bit upset. I find that people ask me too many simple questions they could answer themselves with Google and too few of the “important” questions. Maybe there’s a guru hiding inside of me, and here’s where I set him free.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/how-to-immigrate-to-canada-iii.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-88779108525545241212016-12-22T01:00:00.002-05:002017-02-02T14:04:00.284-05:00How To Immigrate To Canada II<span id="description">I continue with my answer to a friend, started in <a title="How To Immigrate To Canada I" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/immigration-revisited.html" rel="prev">asa.zamo.ca/immigrate2canada</a>.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/how-to-immigrate-to-canada-ii.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-21469643138310317402016-12-21T01:00:00.000-05:002016-12-21T12:14:01.487-05:00How To Immigrate To Canada I<span id="description">When friends ask me about immigrating to Canada, my first answer is always DON’T!. However, though I’ve already written about this in the past, I have yet do so in English, so I’ll do so here, especially since yesterday <a title="Zamo Guide To Herta Muller IV" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/zamo-guide-to-herta-muller-iv.html">I answered another reader</a>.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/immigration-revisited.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-69251769863043060782016-12-10T01:00:00.004-05:002016-12-10T01:00:03.190-05:00PISA 2015 III: conclusions and what to do<span id="description">Based on my mistaken belief that there may be people reading this, I go ahead with my recommendations, after the <a title="PISA 2015, or Eastern vs Western education" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-or-eastern-vs-western.html" rel="first">intro</a> and <a title="PISA 2015 II: more on Asia" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-ii-more-on-asia.html" rel="prev">Asia</a>. PISA is not just a set of tests, it comes with suggestions and recommendations.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-iii-conclusions-and-what-to-do.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-42015084312612115272016-12-08T01:00:00.010-05:002016-12-08T21:02:15.925-05:00PISA 2015, or Eastern vs Western education<span id="description">The results of the latest PISA testing have come out. Will I manage to write about the educational styles in Canada (which is 4th, tied with Finland, after Singapore, Japan and Estonia) and Romania (48th out of 70)?</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-or-eastern-vs-western.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-43458948735418853902015-09-17T19:47:00.001-04:002015-09-17T20:05:23.937-04:00Romanian Movies at TIFF 2015 Toronto<span id="description">There was a time when talking about TIFF meant an image. Then, starting around 1975, it meant the Toronto International Film Festival. Then Romania thought that copying this name is OK, and now I find that I have to differentiate between tiff.ro and tiff.net. Here we are simply listing the Romanian movies at TIFF.net (in Toronto).</span><a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/09/romanian-movies-at-tiff-2015-toronto.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-62125430272156528862015-05-08T12:23:00.001-04:002015-05-10T10:39:33.248-04:00Ioan Pop admits to sexually assaulting 10 women<span id="description">It's a sad day for Ioan Pop, his family, and <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2007/11/romanian-orthodox-church-crowned-with.html">Romanian Christian Orthodoxy</a> in general, but on the bright side, the abused women are finally getting some closure and Ioan Pop won’t have a chance to repeat his weird brand of sexual religiosity. As usual, I am not content with only reporting on the news; I have a few other things to say.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/05/ioan-pop-admits-to-sexually-assaulting.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-12966114508954093992015-04-26T01:00:00.000-04:002015-04-28T11:04:20.208-04:00#handshakegate: genie bouchard vs alex dulgheru<span id="description">It happened a week ago, but I needed some time to sort out my feelings. It’s complicated, because Alexandra Dulgheru is Romanian (i.e., from my native country) and Eugenie Bouchard is Canadian (i.e., from my adoptive country). Alex is nicer and a winner, Genie is a blonde, confirming the stereotypes that come with that categorization.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/04/handshakegate-genie-bouchard-vs-alex.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-1529699398684771732015-03-10T01:00:00.000-04:002015-03-15T17:08:23.055-04:00Corruption and Cur-rupt-ion<span id="description">A recent Op-Ed in New York Times seems to have caused a fair amount of consternation in both Romania as well as among my diaspora friends. Ion could equally be <a title="Iliescu, banii si ouale I" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/12/iliescu-banii-si-ouale.html">Ion Iliescu</a>, recently green-lighted to be re-investigated in the “<a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2008/05/stiri-canadromane.html">Mineriada</a>” file, Adrian Nastase, the <a title="suicide option" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/06/optiunea-suicid.html">suicidal</a> <a title="the political suicide of Mr Adrian Nastase" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/06/sinuciderea-politica-d-lui-adrian.html">former premier</a> and failed presidential candidate who had become <a title="VS II: Nastase-Ponta-Bradisteanu-Rus" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/06/vs-ii-nastase-ponta-bradisteanu-rus.html#more">the first test case of prosecutorial overreach in the case of an elite aparatchik</a>, or even Patrick Basham, not afraid to confront the warm, fuzzy racism/scepticism/antiziganism-fuelled consensus that Romania is “doing something”.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/corruption-and-cur-rupt-ion.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-8700299832685409842014-12-05T02:07:00.001-05:002014-12-08T13:09:47.941-05:00Boian – the village that crossed the ocean<span id="description">A a couple of years before 1900, a Transylvanian village followed its lucky star West and moved to Alberta, in the Canadian prairies, where they (the villagers) each got a nice piece of land with quite a few strings attached.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/12/boian-village-that-crossed-ocean.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-88065778234483232462014-11-27T02:40:00.001-05:002014-11-27T16:24:16.778-05:00Ferguson and Canadian Death Panels<span id="description">I’ve two heavy things on my mind right now, and unlike <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/whatsapp-frustrations.html">WhatsApp frustrations</a>, I don't think I'll be able to balance them with some happier, care-free thoughts. The second part of the title was inspired by <a title="Ia să băgăm ceva uofftopic: 'Last week Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that doctors could not unilaterally ignore a Toronto family’s decision to keep their near-dead husband and father on life support. In the same breath, however, the court also confirmed that, under the laws of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, a group of government-appointed adjudicators could yet overrule the family’s choice. That tribunal, not the family or the doctors, has the ultimate power to pull the plug.' - DEATH PANELS" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2013/10/ioan-pop-losing-my-religion.html#comment-1091620109">a comment left by Blegoo about a year ago</a>.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/ferguson-and-canadian-death-panels.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-47588173966403336362014-11-17T15:54:00.001-05:002015-02-23T12:31:49.633-05:00good to be wrong (Cf2C VI–results 2)<span id="description">Not only did Klaus Iohannis manage to snatch victory from the claws of the Red Menace, but he did so by a huge, devastating margin AND on the surge in voter participation not only in the diaspora, but also in our birthplace. It’s a <a title="zIEIvi2MuEk WestJet Christmas Miracle: real-time giving" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152407551435308&set=a.10150340430195308.341594.501580307&type=1&theater" target="_blank">November Christmas miracle</a>!</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/good-to-be-wrong-cf2c-viresults-2.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-52817345014413983552014-10-27T21:22:00.001-04:002014-10-29T11:08:30.043-04:00Romanians for Toronto Mayor<span id="description">There were seemingly two Romanians running for Toronto Mayor: Radu Popescu and Michael Nicula. Radu Popescu has not listed anything other than his name, while Michael Nicula has listed a lot of info, but nowhere is it mentioned that he is (or was) Romanian.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/10/romanians-for-toronto-mayor.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-46714251470879303172014-09-04T16:00:00.000-04:002014-09-05T11:04:42.759-04:00@PepsiCanada #pepsipopup in #Toronto<span id="description">This could very well be a paid post, but it's not (unless you consider a free concert and a couple of Pepsi bottles as 'payment'). I was just passing by their tent and the music caught my ear; I enjoyed it while watching a cover of <a title="this must be the place - TALKING HEADS" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2012/06/this-must-be-placetalking-heads.html">Talking Heads</a> (<a title="YouTube Video (opens to the right if you are on the main site): Psycho Killer (Live) (1984)" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pA1oFSMwRDU?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&nologo=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3" rel="ytvid" target="tutub">Psycho Killer</a>). All in all, a great opportunity to reminisce on what Pepsi meant in my childhood.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/09/pepsicanada-pepsipopup-in-toronto.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-91165541176305323492014-07-20T16:38:00.001-04:002014-08-05T13:05:28.036-04:00Andrei Anghel and the end of pax americana<span id="description">I have been staying away from the news of the moment, but this recent tragedy hits extremely close to <em>home</em>, whichever way a member of the Toronto Romanian diaspora (including myself) chooses to define that notion.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/07/andrei-anghel-and-end-of-pax-americana.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-15194807240654509282014-05-27T01:00:00.000-04:002014-08-07T16:02:52.642-04:00MEP 2014 election results I–euroscepticism and nationalism<span id="description">It is almost painful to discuss the election results, chiefly because <a title="MEP elections" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/05/mep-elections-in-toronto.html">nothing is unexpected</a>, most voters see a completely different reality than I do (or, if you will, they see the same thing but interpret it differently) and there is no way I can ever bridge this gap. Not only that, but it's virtually impossible to do so, even if I tried. I gave up trying long ago.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/05/mep-2014-election-results.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-55801246098577629932014-05-26T01:00:00.000-04:002014-05-26T16:13:33.841-04:00Doors Open Toronto Voting<span id="description">Writing about the voting experience would be way too uninteresting even for me, especially since it was straightforward and uneventful, so rather than doing just that, I’ll be telling you about how the voting went, some food I bought and my “participation” in Doors Open Toronto 2014.</span> <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/05/doors-open-toronto-voting.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0