If you’ve ever visited this blog before you most probably have noticed a little advert on the top-right side about a simple but very cute software I use, called DropBox. I’ve installed it over two years ago now and it is on all the computers I use and most importantly it is used to manage [...]
It was a nice surprise to see that Albania is one of the top 10 countries suggested by LonelyPlanet.com as your visiting location for 2010. This is what the article says: “Picture a place where rulers have names like King Zog, Enver Hoxha and Bamir Topi. Set the scene with coastal cliffs, snow-capped mountains and [...]
Yesterday I got an email from a reporter from the Guardian.co.uk asking about my reaction to the death of the famed comedian Norman Wisdom, best known in Albania by his character of several films as “Pitkin”. This was my response as stated below. I don’t know if it will be published anywhere, but I thought [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on this blog. Though I love writing for it when I get a chance, recently I have not been able due to server issues. Anyway, that does not matter; the important thing is to go on despite the challenges and difficulties along the way. Persistence has its [...]
They are almost anywhere cars go. Their number is equal or greater than that of gas stations. You can almost see them from space (joke). Many of them are illegal. They waste our drinkable water. And yet you can almost not do without them because you car gets very dirty even when you do not [...]
On May 29, I got married to the love of my life. Thankfully, the whole ceremony went just wonderfully and we were so glad to see so many friends and guests join us on this unique occasion. Before that day, the entire month was rather stressful with lots of different preparations to get everything ready [...]
If you’ve read my last post, or been following this blog for some time, then you should be aware that I run a personal business selling Albanian books online called ShtepiaeLibrit.com. For a long time, I and my business partner have been desiring to have a place of our own (a physical bookstore, besides the online store) [...]
The other day I went to get my car’s electronic system checked by a technician. There were some errors appearing on the dashboard that needed to get fixed. In fact those errors were nothing new to me. The car’s electronic system is such that every so many hundred kilometers it requires you to do a [...]