New Phone

(0114) 074 192 2479

This is my new cell phone number while here in Romania. Call me if you want to meet up. I am planning to go ski in Vatra Dornei after New Years, but I will be at home for most of the other time. I am leaving on Jan 12th, and I would love to meet some old buddies from middle school or highschool. Just call.

Romania, the land of ...

• ... change, because I just got back from the gym. A pretty nice facility, with weights, treadmills, big ass pool, tanning and massage. 16 visits for a little less than $20. Life is sweet.
• Dr. Pepper. YES, they have the infamous Dr. Pepper, who sits in my fridge right now. I will come with a pic to prove it pretty soon. Alas it's 30 cents a can, it's still DP, in Romania!!!
• supermarkets. Since last year they have opened a gazillion little super markets / grocery stores. They probably have the variety on the shelves of K-mart displayed on a tenth of shelf space. Sometimes I don't want to get something because I destroy the beautiful merchandise symmetry.
  
• cops. Radar detectors are legal, but cops know how to outsmart them. They hide the popo car in the bushes and turn the radar gun on for a few seconds just for those that look like they're speeding. The sad part of the story is that they did just that when me and my dad were driving from the airport, and now my dad is driver-licenseless. Yes, he was driving 70mph on a stretch of the road that looked exactly like any other highway, except that it had five houses on the side, hence a speed limit of 30mph. For three months he will experiment with the train system, I guess.
  

the end is near

This was outside of the chemistry building about a month ago. Now it's cold, windy and quite desolate. Finals are coming up, grading abounds and the times are just crazy. I can't wait for all this to end and to go home to Romania and hang out with my parents for a while.


More campus pictures that I don't have time to post somewhere else.

betty

Betty is my car of course, and she just passed the age of 100,000 miles. I hope she has about twice as much to go, as she is japanese breed and very healthy. Actually, I had to fix some things this week after my 2000 mile trip to Arkansas and back.