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About a week ago I watched a number of TV series and movies worth discussing. One of them was about the Brits and the war, and it is somehow connected, in my mind, to UKIP and Farage.

After briefly going through the just-published PISA 2015 results, here we expand on our knowledge of the top-performing Asian countries, which share some important characteristics.

Based on my mistaken belief that there may be people reading this, I go ahead with my recommendations, after the intro and Asia. PISA is not just a set of tests, it comes with suggestions and recommendations.

A inceput ieri-alaltaieri (6 mai) procesul lui Silviu Ionescu, diplomatul roman acuzat de uciderea lui Tong Kok Wai, un rezident permanent Malaysian in Singapore. ..

Am descoperit acum o saptamana o gugumanie, de data asta in evz, si-aici ma refuvoltez. Este vorba de rezultatele PISA 2009 si cum au fost reflectate in presa. A luat mult timp, fiindca le prezint si eu.

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)?

I thought I start the series of “Women I once dated” (WI1F) with someone I didn’t really date.

De cand cu Michael Bryant, czar-ul justitiei ontariene care nici macar n-a fost judecat dupa ce a ucis in vazul tuturor un biciclist, am fost tare curios sa vad cum s-ar descurca justitia romaneasca intr-un caz similar. Iata ca Elena Turcu, judecatoare, a fost prinsa conducand beata si apoi achitata.

Poti traduce ce citesti pe blogul meu in 20 de limbi apasand pe steagul respectiv. Poze superbe, cum sa-nnebunesti nebunii, Orwell redivivus, si europenii se imbata sa si-o traga... pun pariu ca nu stiai asta! :)

Serena won and Simona lost, but this game is so much more than this result. In short it’s all a psychological thriller with some touches of physical endurance and skill, and Simona seems to have given up (video highlights: 4 min, 10 min, 34 min).

Anul trecut, Romania a sarbatorit 20 de ani de la muoartea dictaturii. Si odata cu aceasta moarte, o gramada de alte stiri ne-au umbrit conacul.

Este greu de evitat scandalul Severin, cu atat mai mult cu cat nu demult vorbeam despre Nastase si in episodul anterior despre Malaxa. Nu cred ca Severin este mai corupt decat alti politicieni europeni; este insa mai prostut si mai naiv si, ca si diplomatul din Singapore si in general oamenii proveniti din societati in deriva, cam fara busola etica.

Bogdan publica O zi din viata unui emo-kid (1), preluat de la avionaru (2), care la randul lui a preluat de pe un forum (3), care este o traducere unui prieten a lu' PGL Punkize din rusa. Desi poate n-ar trebui, ma surprinde viteza cu care se propaga orice meme occidentala, si in special cele stupide. Ce-i emo? Daca articolul lui Bogdan nu te-a edificat, am sa-ncerc sa fac asta aici.

I swore an oath of non-technicality for this blog, but I hereby have to (almost) break it, for the very identity of this blog is being threatened.

Blegoo, previously profiled and published here, took some time off from shovelling to write an article for this blog, as a guest. I’m publishing it here as encouragement (longer version), with the spelling mistakes left uncorrected but listed at the end, and also detailing there the formatting work I (still) had to do.

Dupa ce i-am condus pe bulgari de ceva vreme, iata ca am ramas iar in urma. Reformele s-au oprit, economia e inca in cadere libera, si toate deciziile drastice au fost amanate dupa alegeri.

Sunt in chinurile facerii mai multor articole lungi si nici nu am timp, asa ca pana incepe cuptorul uterin sa beep-aie - adica pana le zamislesc - ce-ar fi sa ne uitam la Indexul Democratiei si ce ne dezvaluie despre Romania si-alte tari?

Ieri am fost rockclimbing si azi cu greu imi pot misca degetele si nu-mi pot strange mana-n pumn, ceea ce-i oarecum neplacut, fiindca urmeaza sa ma intalnesc cu un preten cu care dezbat chestii. Iar el vorbeste cam mult.

Ma uit la stiri si la reactiile "analistilor" si nu-mi vine sa cred. Oare o incercare de sinucidere = nevinovatie?!

I haven’t quite followed the morbidly insane “family coalition” initiative (w-coalitia), in all its pathology, but I recently discovered how some UniBuc prof has been using everything, including the Hamangia / Cernavoda sculptures for his fascist crusade against gays. And likely, from the same deep vein of christo-fascism, the nebulous coalition has managed (or is about) to pass a law to stick more Christianity into people’s faces under the guise of celebrating Brancoveanu Constantin, boier vechi si domn crestin (old boyar and Christian voivode).