Comments on: Around Bucharest with a tripod http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/11/15/around-bucharest-with-a-tripod/ Capital living in Bucharest, Romania Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Zuma http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/11/15/around-bucharest-with-a-tripod/#comment-2006 Zuma Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:15:53 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=2481#comment-2006 Hehhehe,I found this website by luck only...was looking for a dog sitter,to be honest......however i am romanian..so excuse my english..hope you are able to understand....I find your consternation quite amuzing ...well after living here my whole life,i guess is normal..Great restaurants ,,but the service is like "get lost",great food..if your into greasy romanian cuisine ,and well people not wanting to be photographed that just for one plain ordinary stupid reason...most of romanian people you meet in bars cafes and such are so self conscious but not in the way you imagining it ....its just the phat feeling they have inside when they think of themselves like OMG this guy is going to take my picture......MY!!!!!!!!!!!! picture....and you will say yeah so what.........but then again think like a romanian..they think they are pretty smart educated talented etc etc etc and they desrve the best even though for that one night a week they spend in a super luxurious night club they had to spent they`re whole monthly payment on nice clothes and shoes....for one night ...when they get in and feel like they are the most important thing on earth...so there you find out how they manage to have nice cars when there are so many homeless and naked kids on the strees...we sell our souls trying to fit in the upper class....not thinking if they will have anything to eat tomorrow...or the next day..... Okies,have a nice day all..and dont get mad on romanians...its all about aducation i think..i too get back home with tears in my eyes after a grocery shopping spree ,5 min length just because the grocery lady is too dumb to answer the simplest question ever and she gets into deep science about carrots or chicken brests quarantee.......lack of education and manners Hehhehe,I found this website by luck only…was looking for a dog sitter,to be honest……however i am romanian..so excuse my english..hope you are able to understand….I find your consternation quite amuzing …well after living here my whole life,i guess is normal..Great restaurants ,,but the service is like “get lost”,great food..if your into greasy romanian cuisine ,and well people not wanting to be photographed that just for one plain ordinary stupid reason…most of romanian people you meet in bars cafes and such are so self conscious but not in the way you imagining it ….its just the phat feeling they have inside when they think of themselves like OMG this guy is going to take my picture……MY!!!!!!!!!!!! picture….and you will say yeah so what………but then again think like a romanian..they think they are pretty smart educated talented etc etc etc and they desrve the best even though for that one night a week they spend in a super luxurious night club they had to spent they`re whole monthly payment on nice clothes and shoes….for one night …when they get in and feel like they are the most important thing on earth…so there you find out how they manage to have nice cars when there are so many homeless and naked kids on the strees…we sell our souls trying to fit in the upper class….not thinking if they will have anything to eat tomorrow…or the next day…..
Okies,have a nice day all..and dont get mad on romanians…its all about aducation i think..i too get back home with tears in my eyes after a grocery shopping spree ,5 min length just because the grocery lady is too dumb to answer the simplest question ever and she gets into deep science about carrots or chicken brests quarantee…….lack of education and manners

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]]> By: Peter http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/11/15/around-bucharest-with-a-tripod/#comment-1792 Peter Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:25:52 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=2481#comment-1792 @ Davin, if you don't feel safe, you can always hire a BGS gorilla in a Hummer to look after you! @ Davin, if you don’t feel safe, you can always hire a BGS gorilla in a Hummer to look after you!

]]> By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/11/15/around-bucharest-with-a-tripod/#comment-1774 Davin Ellicson Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:59:56 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=2481#comment-1774 Listen to this: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120290631 Damning NPR report! I love it!!! Romania is a crazy place and I love when the press reports this! I am all alone here in Bucharest doing my photography getting into crazy situations with absolute nutcase fitze people and I am constantly wondering how people have such nice cars when there are dogs roaming about and naked Roma children down the street?! Constantly wondering why there seem to be no laws. It's not just my imagination, thankfully, that Romania is oddball. These reports say it as it is! and read this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/10/romania-1989-year-of-revolutions and this: http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/romanians-past-unfinished-business/article-187234 Listen to this: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120290631

Damning NPR report! I love it!!! Romania is a crazy place and I love when the press reports this! I am all alone here in Bucharest doing my photography getting into crazy situations with absolute nutcase fitze people and I am constantly wondering how people have such nice cars when there are dogs roaming about and naked Roma children down the street?! Constantly wondering why there seem to be no laws. It’s not just my imagination, thankfully, that
Romania is oddball. These reports say it as it is!

and read this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/10/romania-1989-year-of-revolutions

and this: http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/romanians-past-unfinished-business/article-187234

]]> By: Davin Ellicson http://www.bucharestlife.net/2009/11/15/around-bucharest-with-a-tripod/#comment-1772 Davin Ellicson Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:15:27 +0000 http://www.bucharestlife.net/?p=2481#comment-1772 Ha! Craig! Yes, I don't know what it is about me but I guess I just look like I ma up to no good?! I think what it is actually is that I move in a different way when photogrpahing than some tourist--I am really trying to 'get' a picture and I also take lots of photos of one scene. What I have found is that both the poorer as well as the wealthier someone is the more of a problem they have with me. Also, the less educated. Trendy youth who have studied/traveled abroad have no problem. The bars and clubs and cafes I've been going to lately though have been pretty rouch experiences, at least in the first hour or so. Romanians are the most self-conscious and insecure??? people I have ever met. Personally, I couldn't care less if someone takes a phot of me. What do I have to hide?! I am unclear on why everyone is so scared of photos here. Obviously, a combination of shady business dealings and/or extreme self-consciousness/insecurity at the level of a psychological disorder are at play here. Ha! Craig! Yes, I don’t know what it is about me but I guess I just look like I ma up to no good?! I think what it is actually is that I move in a different way when photogrpahing than some tourist–I am really trying to ‘get’ a picture and I also take lots of photos of one scene.

What I have found is that both the poorer as well as the wealthier someone is the more of a problem they have with me. Also, the less educated. Trendy youth who have studied/traveled abroad have no problem.

The bars and clubs and cafes I’ve been going to lately though have been pretty rouch experiences, at least in the first hour or so. Romanians are the most self-conscious and insecure??? people I have ever met. Personally, I couldn’t care less if someone takes a phot of me. What do I have to hide?! I am unclear on why everyone is so scared of photos here. Obviously, a combination of shady business dealings and/or extreme self-consciousness/insecurity at the level of a psychological disorder are at play here.

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