Beograd/Belgrade Life: July 2007 Archives

Kad ovih dana vidim natpise na prodavnicama, restoranima, kopirnicama da su zatvoreni zbog odmora, koji traje do sredine avgusta ili pocetka septembra, pitam se: Zasto se ne bavim prodajom, kafanom ili kopiranjem, ako im vec tako dobro ide, pa da se opusteno odmaram mesec dana or so? Jer, kako iskulirati cinjenicu da je jos uvek jul, a da je odmor zavrsen? Kako?

Zato mi ova slika lici na ilustraciju oglasa koji bi mogao glasiti: "Cetvoroclana talentovana grupa trazi muzicki/scenski/consulting angazman na prestiznim lokacijama na Mediteranu od juna do septembra tokom leta 2008."

Vremena za prirpeme ima dovoljno.

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A i gmail nudi word of the day 'serendipity': "The word serendipity was formed by English author Horace Walpole (1717-1797) from Serendip (also Serendib), an old name for Sri Lanka, in reference to a Persian tale, The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes "discovered, quite unexpectedly, great and wonderful good in the most unlikely of situations, places and people." 

 

Now Belgrade 2007- A record-breaking temperature of 43 degrees Celsius in the shade was measured in Belgrade on Tuesday, the warmest day since the beginning of recorded measurements in Serbia. The previous record high was measured on July 4, 2000 at 40.5 degrees, the Serbian Meteorological Institute said. Even higher temperatures were reported Tuesday in other parts of the country. Meteorologists said that the heat would continue throughout the day with the possibility of reaching up to 45 degrees, though slightly cooler air was expected in the evening with chances of scattered showers in northern and western regions of the country. Also: Beyond the Beyond