Everything about "AHA" moments in my life...

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Moravska svatba

S ocakavanim moravskej svatby sme sa uz 24. augusta vydali do Buchlovic. Ako to byva so silvestrovskymi prednocami aj my sme dali zabrat piatku pred svadobnou sobotou. Toz rum a vajecny konak za 15 – padlo 30 panakov (prvych 20 pre Milu a Standu – gratulace).

Mila si v sobotu zahral falosnu nevestu, rano padlo uz par panakov 28-rocnej slivovice a mohlo sa nastupit na svadobny obrad do Buchlovickeho zamku. Po 20 minutach sa vsetci este nestihli spamat z posobivej basne sledny prednasatelky a uz boli Kubickovi svoji. Do siene sa hrnul dalsi svatobny par a 120 hosti mohlo zasa z chladnej, obcas detskym krikom ruseneho ticha obradnej siene na horuci vzduch.

Tradicie ako unasanie nevesty, hadzanie kyticou

alebo polnocne cepcenie nevesty neprebehlo, ale rozbitie taniera, prvy tanec a prejedanie a prepijanie nechybalo.
Nasledujuci vecer sme este travili kostovkou vina u nevestinho oca. Kto to kedy videl, chlastat 3 dni po sebe a nie je vam z toho zle!Hold kvalita moravskeho vinka a slivovicky na vlastnej kozi potvrdena ;).

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Oslava 30tky



Tento rok uz tretia, este ma caka 4. – trochu nepomer k mojmu veku (nenadarmo som vzdy najmladsia na kazdej z poslednych oslav), ale na moje prekvapenie ani starsia generacia nezaostava v divokosti oslav. Len viac ludi prinesie cosi na jedenie, pitie, jednoducho viac organizovane ako oslavy 20tok :).

Party na domceku, sobotne odpoludnie, pivo, vino, gril, sauna, hudba. A ze ste neplanovali kupat sa v bazene? Tak ja som tam skoncila hned 2x – ano, to na dne bazena su slnecne bryle najdene rano po akcii (sorry Mirdo). A akcia sa nezaobisla ani bez zranenia – Radek pri pokuse utopit dalsiu obet rozdrtil sklo na dverach. Suma: 8 cm jazva na predklati, 2 cm do hlbky, 10 stichov. O 2 dni odchadza na mesiac do Pakistanu – poucenie: hold radsej morky ako zraneny.

Cesky raj za 1 den - priklad ceskej turistiky?



Ceska priroda ala Cesky raj cast Sedmihorky v jednom dni...turistov ako na Vaclavaku, cesticky znacene pekne, naucny nenarocny chodnik, trochu sa to tam olupuje - to bude asi tym, ze to je piestkovec. Hospudka s pivkom, kofolou a klobaskou na ceste.Pekne...pre rodinu s malymi detmi a 30tnikov, ktori si potrebuju zaskakat na skalach mimo trasy ;) (uz viem, preco zahuci tak vela ceskych turistov v Tatrach - v backurkach sa kazda trasa hold zdolat neda ;))).

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Na Kralovej Holi, stoji strom zeleny?

IMAGINE: 2 mesiace na praxi a z toho povinne 2 tyzdne celozavodna dovolenka! - no nemam ja stastie? (nie, ze by tie 2 tyzdne urcite priniesli learningu kopu, ale predsa len, oddych je fajn).

Tak som sa rozhodla stravit tieto 2 tyzdne mojej dovci chodenim po mojej rodnej hrudi, oslavach, svatbach a pod.

Prvy tyzden vyzeral nasledovne: Svica - rozlucka so slobodou Tomasa Kubicka a Peti Belovskej v Brestku za ucasti 150 ludi, fajnej moravskej slivovicky, vinka, cimbalovky a futbalu - prvykrat sme mali moznost dozvediet sa vsetky info cez web pripraveny mladym parom - vychytavka,co? Mrknite na: tomasapetra.tym.cz

Po riadnom dospani sme s Milou uz nabrali smer Kralova Hola - zdolany po 3,5 hodinach z Telgartu po zelenej(hold vela malin po ceste si ubralo svoju pol hodinku). Ako sa v piesni spieva: "Na Kralovej holi stoji strom zeleny...." tak ako vidite z fotky ziadny sa tam nenaklana. Vo vrcholovej knihe to dokonca jeden cesky turista pekne opisal: "Tak jsme se sem konecne vydrapali, ale ten zeleny strom, co jste nam slibovali, ten jsme nikde nenasli...pekne jste nas oje....Alebo druhy komentar, ktory suvisi s castou zmenou pocasia na vrchole: "Chystal som sa sem tak dlho, az som sa sem konecne vystveral a ked uz som konecne tu, tak hovno vidim"....hold pocasie praje pripravenym a tak sme i my zazili na vrchole mensiu burku, ale v bundickach nam to nevadilo a tak sme mali neruseny zostup dolu po cervenej. Nase auto malo vsetky 4 kolesa a tak sa nepotvrdili varovania mojho otca - pozor na "ciernavu" v juhoslovenskych dedinach, ani nevies a koleso mas prec. Takze odporucanie: Slovaci (najma ti zo social club) su este stale bohabojni - parkujte pri kostole ;).

Na dalsi den sme robili velke NIC -uf, tak to je umenie, vam poviem.A tak sme uzivali chalupku po mojom pradedkovi v Tisovci, kde sme ponachadzali knihy z roku 1846 - ked sa dostane do ruk takyto material - o zabavu postarane ;).

Na to nasledoval pochod Zadielskou Tiesnavou, prehliadkou hradu Krasna Horka, vecerou v miestnej kolibke a prezretim Gombaseckej jaskyne.

Cestou nazad sme navstivili i slecnu Kovacovu, ktora sa "ekonomicky efektivne" pripravuje na zdolanie statnic z verejnej ekonomie (rozumej: no co by som si 4 tyzdne minal, ked to zvladnem i za 2 ;).

A vikend uz sme travili na "sefikovej" svatbe - byvaly Milov sef David Everest Fojtik sa konecne v 35 rokoch zeni - 130 ludi oslavovalo tuto udalost vo ValMeze.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Most asked questions about Slovakia and Czech Republic...

By preparation for the internship you think you do not have to do one thing. Know more about your own country. I realized how I am bad about these things. So whoever is going whereever please be prepared for these kind of questions:

* What are the best products from your country?
** What are the biggest check and slovak companies (without international element)
*** Why your countries were divided without referendum?
**** Why are you not still in Schenhgen?
***** What is your religion?
****** Have you been som abroad? (min. 45% of serbian students were never abroad)

Perlicky na zaver:
** Which czech brands you have in cigarets market?
* How many letter you have in your alphabet? That many? - why you have "ova" in the end of every girls name? What you have long a, e, i, o....

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Some of AHA moments in Serbia

So, here they are - cultural challenges even in Serbia for me:

*** put your bag on the floor and you will be always asked to put it on the chair. Reason: bag on the floor means no money for you ;)

*** NIS has no bus schedule. My bus to work goes every 20 min - I already learned this. But no bus schedule was big surprise for me in India and here I was told: Hey, Eva, you are not in Beograde, come on! (...or Serbians are so environment friendly so they do not print bus schedules to protect the nature;)

*** every beginning of the news is about entering of Serbia to EU or Kosovo - first news are similiar to Slovak or Czech news some years ago ;)...I told them: after you join EU, all of the talks will be about EURO ;)

*** Serbians won FIBA ;)

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Working in NISSAL...



So, here I work. For 2 months, till 10th of September. NISSAL - the largest company and leader in production of aluminium and aluminium alloys. Yes, exactly - whole week I had to learn what it means, that AW2007= AlCuMgPb, that there is big competition in business of profiles, market with bars is stable. Bars, tubes, extruders, alloys...what a business man.Interesting though. I am first intern in the company. Only foreigner among 600 employees. Working from 10am - 4pm - what a time in comp. with MCP`s 12 hours (I am even having time for swimming in the morning now!)


I am working in Export Department. With other 4 colleagues. My job is to expand market of aluminium profiles to Czech Republic and Slovakia and to find potential dealers....of aluminium scrap. Little bit of pricing and feedback of selling materials. Even it is similiar to TN selling I am learning everything from the beginning. Once you learn how business is working in aluminium you will know how to deal with any business (use to say my colleagues) This is the Export manager Tamara.