On Romanian Expressions

"The limits of my language means the limits of my world"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

As I re-read old entries on this year's scrapbook/diary/design/inspiration/life book I stumbled upon several expressions I jotted down once which are quite funny. Romanian is a fascinating language in many ways, and one of those is the idioms it has. They're not only funny, but if you imagine them being said in a villager's accent, they are even picturesque.

Here's the list of the favourites I collected:

• A Romanian is not surprised - his face has fallen off (L-a picat fața).
• A Romanian won't lose his temper - his mustard will jump off (Îi sare muștarul).
• A Romanian won't lie to you - he'll sell you doughnuts (Vinde gogoși).
• A Romanian won't tell you to stop wasting time - he'll tell you to stop rubbing the mint (Freca menta).
• A Romanian doesn't have unusual ideas - he has a curly mind (Minte creață).

Of course, there are more, but these are the ones I chose and saved on my book as the funniest and most interesting of all. 

Those Were The Days

They don't do these wonderful things for children anymore!

What's Our Vector, Victor?

You know that when the first lesson in Linear Algebra on your online course quotes this clip (below, in bold), it's going to be worth it.

Roger: Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
Cpt. Oveur: Roger!
Roger: Huh?
Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
Cpt. Oveur: Roger!
Roger: Huh?
Victor: Request vector, over.
Cpt. Oveur: What?
T.v.: Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
Roger: We have clearance, Clarence.
Cpt. Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
T.v.: Tower's radio clearance, over!
Cpt. Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
T.v.: Over.
Cpt. Oveur: Roger.
Roger: Huh?
T.v.: Roger, over!
Roger: What?
Cpt. Oveur: Huh?
Victor: Who?

Season's Greetings!

Have a chuckle!

Why can't I ever think of these things?

The Anatomy of the Foot

Here's something that made me laugh. Anyone who's had a little brother will probably understand this picture, and laugh with me!

Anyone ever experienced the pain that comes with it?

La Línea

Incongruent House Part 4

...and here's the fourth post of pictures that show how awesome our family life is! Last, but not least.

My Mum enjoys a cuppa before going to bed... or two, or three. I guess she's quite fond of it!

Nina and Rhonda conspiring about something or other... 

My Mum likes to mix my similar socks on purpose. That day I was reading with these socks on and my Dad came to me to tell me something. Instead, he glanced at my socks, then at all the hair clips on my bedpost, picked up two favourite ones and clipped them on my feet. Voilà.

Here's Xoc trying to help me out with my History lessons... (you really can't leave your place for more than five minutes!)

Here I found Rhonda and Blackberry misbehaving.

Ninin pretending to be studious with Daniel's jumper on. 

This must be my favourite. WHO leaves a brick of orange juice in the bathroom?!

Well, hopefully you've enjoyed the series and have had a couple of chuckles. Personally, I'm happy that I have these pictures so that I can laugh on my own for a little bit every time I see them. 

Incongruent House Part 3

My sister made these for New Year's Eve, and afterwards no one wanted to eat them because they were too cute! Poor Pingus.

I think I've already mentioned my predilection for socks... :P

Xoc looking at me very innocently. No, his intentions towards the chocolate biscuits aren't obvious...

One day I found my brother's boat shoes like this. I wonder how he took them off...?

For some reason or other someone placed the glue stick in order to keep the wooden blinds from moving, I suppose! 

I cannot help but laugh every time I see this picture. Very sense! Much intelligent.

Part of my family being goofy after discovering that I was trying to take a picture of just how big the lake was...

One more post to come!

Incongruent House Part 2

As promised, here are several more pictures that show a glimpse of what it is like to live with my family.

This little stowaway hid in my hood for some time before I realized he was there!

One Saturday morning I entered my Mum's bedroom and saw this scene unfold before my eyes on my parents' bed: the valiant Porridge mounting on his elegant steed Xoc confronting the dangerous Iupi.

Just another normal, everyday lunch...

"Colze" means "elbow" in Catalan.  My Mum thought it hilarious to place her elbow on it to show what it meant, just in case someone might miss the meaning. :P

I don't remember when I did this... maybe a couple of years ago when we were studying Analysis for Math. The thing is that it looked so pretty and I had had such fun doing it that I took a picture of it once I finished it. 

One early Autumn day I went out for an afternoon walk. Xoc insisted on coming with me, so I couldn't say "no". What choice does one have when Xoc looks at you with those melting brown eyes?

There are still two more posts coming up, so stay tuned!

Incongruent House Part 1

Now that the wedding pictures are finished and sent, I have had more time to dedicate to personal projects and obligations. One of these has been getting my external HD Passport in order (I am very picky about everything having its own spot and everything being classified).

When I came to classify all the photography accumulated throughout seven years I found several pictures that just about show what kind of a family we are: a bunch of crazy, chaotic (some soon-to-be) engineers. As the saying runs, a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will leave you to judge for yourself. [grin]

However, as I have lots of pictures, I will post them by parts.

One day I entered my bedroom just to find my rabbit Ninin trying my summer shoes on.

The paper reads "How NOT to fall asleep in the middle of reading a book". 

Making good use of our whiteboard during Saturdays...

Fashionable mandarin...

Elephant mandarin, my Dad's specialty.

Hum... not sure what happened there. He lost his face among the teddy bears.

Leopard socks... my Mum knows my predilection for sock that are out-of-the-normal-ish. 

More to come soon! :D

My Brother Loves Me...

...and because my hair is curly, and quite the picture when I get up, he came to me one day and said,  

"Look, Anna! This is you at 7 a.m.!"

Typerwriter Symphony Orchestra

Yesssssss! I should learn how to play the typerwriter!

Hehe

Mummy has a habit of posting on her blog her children's funny quotes. Among them are some of my "accidental" sayings. So, I think it's time I did the same.

Last weekend Mum and I were together in the kitchen talking. I don't know what she said or did to make me say this, but somehow I found the reason to exclaim in admiration, "Wow, Mummy, when I grow up I want to be like you!"

To which she replied, "You don't have to be grown up for that, because I was already like me when I was like you!"

Silence followed in which we looked at each other with a puzzled look till what she had said sunk in and we started laughing.

So there. :P

Xoc's Story

One day, as I very obliviously walked into the kitchen minding my own business, lost in thought and seeing no one even though there were people in the kitchen (that's what happens when I lock myself up in my mind), two pair of very brown eyes snapped me out of my world.

Xoc had been looking at me surreptitiously, hoping I wouldn't notice him sitting there, very suspiciously hiding something in the corner of the pencil box. Curious as I am, I asked him what was he up to, to which he answered "nothing" looking at me innocently. Of course, knowing him as I do, and knowing his special partiality to chocolate I pressed forward.

Now, Xoc knows how to plead, and begged me not to insist, because otherwise he would loose it. Because I really wanted to know what was it, I told him I would keep it a secret. He hesitated, but in the end he told me he'd trust me.

He was hiding a chocolate biscuit in the corner there. Uncle S., my brother, was around and wanted to steal it from him to tease him, so he was trying to keep it secret. I assured him I would be as silent as silence, and he need not worry. 

Uncle S. never found out and Xoc was able to eat his precious chocolate biscuit. [smile] See? I can keep a secret safely.

Victor Borge

He really needs no description. [laughs]

Veggie Emotions

This week has been a wonderful one. It has been stressful with several exams and a lot of homework and projects and essays to give in, but (among other things :) an e-mail from my mum can definitely cheer up the day! She sent me this link, and just to show you what I found...

Titled "Cosas de pingüinos"

Titled "Aprendiendo a leer"

Titled "Pollito"

Etcetera... :)

Being Positive

The kind of thing that would make us laugh during chemistry class. It's so easy to laugh during a sometimes boring class..

On Politeness

For those who don't understand Italian,

A coffee - 3,00€
A coffee, please - 2,00€
Good morning, may I have a coffee, please? - 1,00€

As a friend said, "It pays (literally) to be polite!"

Better Bit of Butter

You don't get things like this anymore...

Sister

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14:38 me: Haaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha xD

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I just found this conversation, dated January the 6th. Trust my sister to cheer me up while I'm working. xD (Some of you will recall I spent November to February working on the second part of my Research Project ;])