14 Oct
Posted by Elvis as Citizenship, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Public Health, Social Issues, Young People
Well, though that is not true for me, it can be so if you hang around Tirana’s pubs and bars, especially around the Block area at night time.
Elevated levels of music noise and smoke-filled rooms are an all-year-round problem which gets worse in the colder seasons of the year.
Meanwhile, music noise levels are a [...]
07 Jun
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Albanian Blogger, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Traveling & Leisure, Young People
May be you may have seen some crazy pictures from China or Cambodia of people carrying about 2000 empty bottles of water on their bicycle or stacking a bunch of chickens on their motorcycle, or even of the horse riding in the back of the car. You know the web is full of those pictures. [...]
25 May
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Albanian Blogger, Politics, Social Issues, Young People
They are almost always free, innocent, oblivious, and look good if you line them up behind you when you’re giving a speech. You can find a lot of them in schools around the country and all you have to do is tell your politically appointed teacher or school director to round them up and bring [...]
14 Mar
Posted by Elvis as Albanian Blogger, Entertainment & Media, Internet Related, Young People
Lately I was watching a video on YouTube of an interview between Charlie Rose, who is a major U.S. tv interviewer and Eric Schmidt, who is the CEO of Google company, which everyone using the internet should know about.
Anyway, beyond my personal interests in learning about developments in the internet and technology areas, I thought [...]
18 Mar
Posted by Elvis as Albania & Albanians, Albanian Blogger, Daily Life in Tirana, Politics, Social Issues, Young People
After the tragedy of Gerdec, there is a growing number of people and different sources protesting against the government as the one ultimately responsible for this human catastrophe. More and more details are coming about the entire story and about important aspects that could have spared the lives of some 13 people who died and [...]
22 Jan
Posted by Elvis as Albanian Blogger, Daily Life in Tirana, Entertainment & Media, Internet Related, Young People
A friend of mine sent me this nice little picture on Facebook, which for me is true in many ways. It is true because, as many Albanians and I have discovered, the Internet and social sites like Facebook are the new meeting place even for those who live in the same country as much as [...]
Over the past couple of weeks my mom has conveyed to me her desire to receive some small gift from me. Obviously her true desire is not for the gift itself as much as for my attention and affection, which sometimes I may not work as hard to convey towards her.
You see, moms [...]
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