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Emigrating from Romania to the USA - Why?
One of the times when you know you have to blog about something, is when it becomes an FAQ. Such has become a question often addressed to me: Why did you leave Romania, and what made you come to the US?
I started to want to leave Romania as a teenager, and initially for rather frivolous reasons: I wanted to live in an English-speaking country ( Read more... ) -
Cayenne Pepper gargles will probably NOT cure your sore throat
Oh what a happy planet we'd live on if all the "herbal remedies", "grandma's cures", "miracle recipes" and generally "alternative" stuff, worked at least 10% of the time.
I've been having the flu this weekend and after rejecting patently useless advice ("take Vitamin C for 10 days") and following confirmed home remedies (yes, chicken soup appears ( Read more... ) -
Clueless confused people that make you go "WTF"
Every so often, I get IMed or added as an IM buddy by completely random people who are not spammers. Usually, they're friends of my clueless 12yo cousin who gave my ID to all of her clueless friends. That makes me expect Romanians, so I greet them in Romanian and try to be understanding. Turned out this time, a different kind of confused user came ( Read more... ) -
On debates
I've been told recently that I exceedingly like to debate, want to convince, and keep trying to prove a point. I've been told I should sometimes just stop and "accept". Here is what I think.
When it comes to convictions (not "I incline to think but I'm not really sure" statements), I indeed want to convince - the other person or myself. I don't ( Read more... ) -
Aliens
Today the lawyers let me know that I had reached the final stage of the Green Card (US permanent resident visa) application. Since the United States does not want to harbor any notorious criminals, the application form is asking the questions below (I'm not making this up!). Since I'm an honest criminal, I'm answering as follows ( Read more... )