Beograd/Belgrade Life: June 2006 Archives

Ok, lipe su stigle. Ne u punom sjaju jos, ali osete se. Valjda im kisa nije isprala sav miris.

I ona je bila tu (a nije se javila...).

Ali je napisala tekst, 11. juna u LA Timesu.
Evo nekih odlomaka:
- Politics and history can't be ignored, but Belgrade is reinventing itself. The new reality: bucolic parks, sophisticated cafes and clubs set against the hum of a vital city.

- AT a cafe in the city's train station, I got a dark look when I remarked on the clerk's perfect English. "You're in Serbia, not on Mars," she said mirthlessly.

- The message it's trying to spread to Europe's flush youth: Belgrade is now as hot as Prague once was, only cheaper and less touristy than the capital of the Czech Republic.

I, vezano za posetu jednom coveku od 79 godina:

- His kindness never flagged, but when I asked him what he thought about the U.S. now, he paused and said, "We liked Americans very much until the bombing."
I had to listen hard to hear that. I had to look closely at both smooth and lined faces in this miraculously thriving city. I had to make the mistake of thinking Belgraders didn't speak English or walk their dogs in Kalemegdan park without stumbling over land mines. But in the end, that's why I came to the city — to see the other face of a coin I used to think was the same on both sides.

Osim toga: 

Slusam disk, po kaficima poznat kao 'zenska kompilacija', snimio Markoni, ima Feist, Jem, Kings of Convenience, Shivaree, The Smiths.

Sto se fudbala tice, ne samo da se razmenjuju gomile e-mail poruka, nego i po celom gradu oba pola, svi uzrasti, non stop diskutuju o tome. Jos sutra da prodje ta napetost, mnogo je lepse kad igraju neki drugi i kad se oni analiziraju.
 

Belgrade Attractions

Uz uplatnice Infostana jednom godisnje stize i upitnik za gradjane sta misle o tome koji su prioriteti za Gradski budzet u narednoj godini, mozes da biras da li je bitnije trositi pare za komunalne usluge ili za saobracaj, i da li je, ako se radi o saobracaju, veci problem npr. gradski prevoz ili parkiranje. Mislim, tesko je odluciti se, posto je sve bitno, ali ipak nije nemoguce stiklirati neke stvari, cisto da znas da si nesto doprineo/la kao gradjanin/ka. Ima i prostor za sugestije gradonacelniku, samo dva reda, na zalost. Ja sam napisala da je nevidjeni skandal to sto je dopusteno zatvaranje nekih cuvenih kafana. Tipa Manjeza. Ali sta vredi.

Zatvaranje Manjeza pogodilo je i East Ethniu.

Desperate Serbwife je interesantna kao i obicno, saznacete u dva najnovija posta kad znate da ste postali Serb i cega se Srbi plase healthwise.

update:

Jos o Manjezu i na B92 blogu.

Izadjem s posla. Zamalo zakacim ministra. Roze kisobranom. Posle toga, idem, on ide iza mene. Prica telefonom. O razvojnim strategijama. Kaze u nekom momentu: 'To bi moglo da sam ja lud. Ali nisam.' Ubrzam. Udjem u prodavnicu. Mala prodavnica, svi se guramo medju rafovima. Mislim da li da uzmem suncokret ili onaj mexikanski kukuruz. Kad eto opet njega, ministra. Inace, jednom, u jednom od prethodnih zivota, ja sam sa tim ministrom sedela na jednom sastanku, pricali smo o nekim pisanijama. Ne znam jel' on mene zna, valjda ne, jer ja njega ne znam. Tj. zelela bih da ga ne znam ni na koji nacin. Posto je on probitacniji, takvi postaju ministri, mozda i odlucniji, pre je zavrsio s placanjem i otisao. Uzela sam cips.

Other than that, pisu strane novine o raspadu SCG. Economist je napiso da je atmosfera u BGD 'kisela'.

A NYT zavrsava text ovako: "Some are responding with a Serbian tradition: black humor. In Belgrade, people say that in the 1990's, the nationalist slogan was Serbia do Tokija, or Serbia to Tokyo. These days, they say, it is more accurate to say Serbia kao Nokia, or Serbia like Nokia. Just like the Finnish cellphones, Serbia comes in a newer and smaller model every year."

Ja inace mislim, a to sam pominjala jos u prethodnoj inkarnaciji ove zemlje, da nam treba neko sponzorisano ime, kad je vec situacija ovakva, fluidna.