One night...

Long day and I'm ready - I'm waiting for your call
'Cos I've made up my mind
My heart aches with a hunger and the want that you were mine
No I cannot deny

So for one night, is it alright
That I give... you
My heart, my love, my heart
Just for one night
My body, my soul
Just for one night
My love, my love
For one night, one night, one night

When morning awakes me
Well I know I'll be alone
And I feel I'll be fine
So don't you worry about me
I'm not empty on my own
For inside I'm alive

That for one night, it was so right
That I gave... you
My heart (my heart...), my love, my heart
Just for one night (one night...)
My body, my soul
Just for one night (one night...)
My love, I loved
For one night (one night...), one night, one night

For one night, it was so right
That I gave... you
My heart (my heart), my love, my heart
Just for one night (one night...)
My body, my soul
Just for one night (one night...)
My love, my love
For one night (one night), one night, one night
One night...

Short history of mankind

1. The woman does not want to live in trees anymore. She cries. The man discovers the cave.
2. Inside the cave it’s cold. The woman cries. The man discovers the fire.
3. The children are screaming with hunger. The woman cries. The man discovers the axe, the bow and the bat and goes hunting.
4. From so much meat the child gets sick scurvy and beriberi. The woman cries. The man discovers agriculture.
5. Because the mammoth is not easy to kill, the man is too long gone from home. The woman cries. The man starts to raise domestic animals: cows, sheep, pigs, chicken etc.
6. The woman gets tired of steak made on a stick with green beans side dish, eaten from a leaf. She cries. The man discovers pottery.
7. Inside the cave it’s drafty and moist and because of this the children catch cold, make pneumonia and die. The woman cries. The man builds a cottage first, then a house of wood and rock.
8. Winter came and it’s cold. The woman cries. The man discovers that dead animals’ skin and fur can be worked and he makes clothes.
9. Leather and fur clothes stink. The woman cries. The man discovers wool clothes (which are rough and itchy – the woman cries), linen clothes (which are also rough – the woman sighs) and finally silk clothes (which seem satisfying – the woman smiles). Later the man also solves the problem with the stinky leather and fur clothes mentioned above.
10. Various unimportant works like protecting animal herds and killing potential prey animals keep the man away from home. The woman cries. The man tames the dog and the cat.
11. The woman notices she looks too much like her peers. She starts to cry. The man invents makeup and jewelry.
12. The woman gets bored from staying inside the house and wants to broaden her horizons. Normally, she starts to cry. The man invents the wheel, domesticates the horse and discovers the boat, because the woman is fragile and get tired quick. Besides, nobody would want to hear her crying again…

Over the years…

The woman feels the need to “escape” from the quotidian. She has no time, money or disposition for trips abroad, she would get bored with her friends, there’s nothing interesting on TV, the weather outside is horrible. As usual, the man is not home and he wouldn’t understand much anyways. The woman would like… to write something that would bring her compliments from strangers, something to keep her anonymous and to be absolutely under control and… For the gazillion time in history the woman starts to cry. The man invents the blog.

Moral: When women cry mankind evolves.
Moral no.2: Without women we would still be living in trees.

Live, and in your face!

I found this post from my previous Yahoo 360 blog, about my 2008 trip o Vienna to see Bon Jovi in concert (my life's dream). I thought it shouldn't go to waste, since right now virtual dust is piling on my old blog saved in my old Yahoo profile... Here we go:

An Austrian bilingual magazine that we received on the airport in Vienna said this: “The “sexiest man in rock” will enter the open-air stage at Magna Racino in Ebreichsdorf near Vienna on June 4th and make a “Bed of Roses”: Bon Jovi is in town”. I loved it…

So the long awaited day finally arrived… My adventure started on Tuesday morning, June 3 rd , at 11:15 a.m., when my cousin Melanie, our friends John and Silvia, and me of course, boarded the flight OS 790 (Austrian Airlines) for Vienna. We landed at 12:25 local time (13:25 in Romania) on Flughafen Wien, Vienna International Airport, from where we took the train (S-Bahn) for only 1,70 euro a ticket to station Wien-Mitte, where we got out and crossed the street to the subway (U-Bahn) station Landstrasse, where we took the U4 to Friedensbrucke, our final stop. The hotel we stayed at, Hotel Mozart, was located really close to the station. We did the check-in quickly, rested for a few minutes and then went out. We took our umbrellas as it had started to rain. It rained most of the time we stayed in Vienna, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t enjoy our time there.

Our destination was the Schonbrunn Palace . We took the subway again (actually we used the subway a lot while we stayed in Vienna, it’s the easiest way to get around the city) and although there were 12 stations we got there in no time. We didn’t visit the palace itself, but the gardens that surround, which are amazing… We also wanted to see the zoo, but the entrance was 12 euro, so we decided we had better things to do with that money :D. The rain stopped for a while but then it started again. It was really warm though, so we couldn’t really complain. Though a bit of sun wouldn’t have done any harm

When we got back to the center of Vienna I took my friends to Hotel Sacher, to eat the famous Sachertorte and then we walked down to Stephansdom where we took the subway and got back to the hotel. We could no longer feel our feet :)

The second day, after breakfast, we started around the city again. It rained a bit in the morning but then the sun came up. We were intending to see the Rathaus (the city hall), but to our surprise the area in front of it was surrounded by fences, as they were preparing a viewing zone for the games of the European football championship that started yesterday. And so was the entire area in front of the Rathaus, Burgtheater, the Parliament and the Hofburg . Fortunately we could see the Parliament and even take photos in front of it, with the beautiful fountain representing the goddess Athena. Then we did some souvenirs shopping and visited the Schmetterlinghaus (the Butterfly House), a big green house with live butterflies. We also wanted to visit the Belvedere gardens, but we were running against time. We had to be at the Vienna International Busterminal around at least 15:00, as our bus for the concert was leaving at 15:30. So we got back to the hotel, changed (I took the pink t-shirt that my cousin gave me for my birthday, that said “Jersey Girl loves Bon Jovi”), and took the subway again to Edrberg station.

It was easy to find the bus terminal as it was right outside the subway station. We got on the first bus that was leaving and arrived at the Magna Racino venue around 15:15. There was already a lot of people waiting to enter the venue, so we started walking around, looking for a place to stay. We had to wait for at least two hours before entering. Unfortunately it started to rain again, and this time it was really pouring. We hid under our umbrellas (which we had been inspired to take with us), but they didn’t do much good, my jeans got wet up to my knees. Lucky it didn’t last too long and after it stopped we saw somebody that was handing out raincoats (more like big white plastic bags with hoods), which came in really handy, as it started to rain again before the concert and during it, so we could leave our umbrellas aside. Around 17:00 we were allowed to enter the venue, not before being thoroughly searched (both our bags and us), which made John really happy at the thought that he was gonna be searched by a girl:). Unfortunately her place was taken by a guy…

So we were in, finally! We found a place close to the stage (about 100m) and waited. And waited… My friends gave up at one point and sat down. I did the same thing for a short while, until my butt couldn’t stand anymore the hard metal platform we were on. And until it began to rain again, moment when everyone that was sitting down got up and put on their raincoats. We waited for another hour when something finally started to happen on the stage. It was one of the opening bands (there were two, as I would find out later), an Austrian band called PBH Club, which was not bad at all. Even the rain stopped . They sang four or five songs and then the stage got quiet again and again it started to rain. Some guys from the technical team came and collected some instruments off the stage. Everyone thought Bon Jovi would be next but that was not to be, yet… I heard some girls behind me mention something about Sunrise Avenue, but I didn’t think they’d sing, until the presenter (just an off voice) announced a band from Helsinki, Finland. I thought it was too good to be true, but there they were, Sunrise Avenue opening for Bon Jovi. Not in my nicest dreams would I have imagined something like this would happen. They sang their hits Fairytale Gone Bad and Forever Yours, as well as Heal Me, Nasty, Diamons and Romeo, and also as a song from their new album which will be released soon. The rain again stopped while they were singing. It was almost 8 p.m. when they left the stage and I was no longer feeling my legs and my back was killing me. But I was happy and enduring it all . After 15 minutes of waiting the show everyone was waiting for started. It was absolutely amazing, all that I had dreamt of and more… They were there, live, just about 100m away from me. I didn’t always have a direct view towards the stage, but the big screens that were to the right and the left of it, and the ones that were coming up and down on the stage, helped a lot, also with the photos I took (101 and two videos :)). The songs were the following:

BORN TO BE MY BABY
BAD NAME
COMPLICATED
CAPT. CRASH
SLEEP w/ Glory Days & Mercy
ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD
BLAZE OF GLORY
WHOLE LOT OF LEAVIN'
IN THESE ARMS
GARAGELAND
I GOT THE GIRL
WE GOT IT GOIN' ON
IT'S MY LIFE
FAITH
I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU - RICHIE VOX
WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T GO HOME
HAVE A NICE DAY
BAD MEDICINE w/ Shout
PRAYER

ENCORE:
ANY OTHER DAY
WANTED

The show ended around 11 p.m. In spite of all the pain I felt in my back I would have been able to last for one more hour :). It was an amazing experience I would love to repeat soon. Unfortunately their tour ends in the U.S. in July and they’re not coming to Romania as it was rumored a couple of months ago. But the next time they’re coming to Europe I’m going! Hopefully to more than one concert (I should start saving right now :). Damn, I should have also gotten tickets to the one they had in Dublin yesterday… But I was a bit short on money, so… next time!

We got to the bus and arrived in Vienna a bit around midnight, and we had the chance to catch the last subway home. We left the next day. Our plane took off at 13:40 and we got to Bucharest at 16:25.

I must go back to Vienna soon and stay longer this time. It’s such a wonderful city and there are still more things to see… And I think I’m gonna get used to flying, I really love it . When we flew to Vienna the sky was mostly clear and we could see the mountains. Unfortunately when we got back it was cloudy.

Guess I should wrap it up now and as my good friends above would say, Have A Nice Day!!!

LE: I forgot to mention that at the concert in front of me there was this guy dressed with a Guns n'Roses t-shirt, who I think was in the wrong place as he was shaking his head like he was at a Prodigy concert . It made me dizzy just looking at him...

New addition

... to my "Twilight" books collection.

Random

Back to work after a lovely and relaxing (who’d have thought?) week-end at the mountains with my former colleagues from my former work place. It’s not gonna be a very busy week, as my boss will be away for two and a half days and anyways I have pretty much nothing to do, which drives me completely insane, as I’m not the “sit & do nothing” type.

I was looking at this week-end’s pictures and at pictures from other teambuildings and thinking how many we used to be and how few we were now… And all the fun we used to have and how much we (mainly the guys) used to drink :). This week-end was a pretty quiet one. I think everyone was thinking that it was our last get-together in the mountains, that for some of them this was going to be the last week in the company and that things will never be as they were. But that’s life, with good and bad. I too realized how much I’m going to miss everyone, maybe some more than others, and how much this company meant to me. But the show must go on…

On a different subject, the weather is getting warmer. I had the gas meter installed in my apartment two weeks ago and if the weather stays warm I’ll be able to turn the heat on in order for the walls to warm up so I can do the repainting. And then get furniture and with a bit of luck move in by the end of April. My birthday is in May and I want to celebrate it in my own apartment :). Actually, I can’t remember the last proper birthday party I had, not including the ones at work. I think it was on my 21st bday, so it’s about time I had another :).

My bday will be on a Saturday but I’ll have to celebrate it one week later, since on that very same day a very good friend of mine is getting married. Pretty nice bday present, right? It kinda makes me ponder, but I’m chasing the thoughts away, haha!

News

Yes, it’s me! No, I can’t promise I’m back for good, nor that I’ll write more often. I don’t like making promises I can’t keep. So let’s enjoy me while I’m here :).
It’s been a while since I last wrote here and a lot of things have happened. For starters, I bought an apartment. I haven’t moved in it yet, I need to paint the walls again and of course buy furniture. But that will only happen once the weather gets warmer. Which I hope it’ll be soon, because if I live with my parents for a few more months I’ll eventually go crazy…
Then I changed my job. At the end of last month. Not because I wanted to, but because I was forced by the circumstances. The company I worked for previously has been taken over by the one I’m working at presently and will soon disappear. People have been laid off, but I was lucky enough to be offered this job. I can’t say I’m really excited about it, but it pays :). And right now I need money to pay the installments for the apartment. The people are nice, and some of them I know from the other place, but I still feel awkward…
On the love plan nothing new on the horizon, but life goes on and we go on with it.
That’s it for now, I see you when I see you!

Coincidence

I was listening to my ipod on my way to work this morning, like I usually do when I'm going to work, when something strange happened. Strange in a good way :).

The song I was listening to was Rob Pattinson's "Let Me Sign", from the "Twilight" soundtrack. My ipod was on shuffle, so the song came randomly... I was waiting for the red light to turn green so that I can cross the street, when my attention was caught by a silver Volvo that just passed in front of me. I can't bet it was the exact type as the one driven by Edward Cullen, but it looked a lot like it.

What are the odds of something like that happening? :)