I have tears in my eyes. What an amazing post by our new friend Tina.

This is pure example, why Ecademy works and why Slovenian people should be proud of our country. As well as proof that being internationalize is something really cool.

Once again Tina, mange tak

Ecademy Events : I feel S LOVE enia

I really DO…………

I am not even sure how long time I have known Andreja Lajh online - or how we met for that matter (but I´m beginning to think that it must have been “faith”

She is simply such a fantastic woman and super networker, that I couldn’t not resist going to the No Limits Network Meeting in Ljubljana/Slovenia when she invited me !

I had never been to Slovenia before - but I can tell you that I WILL SURELY GO AGAIN !!!

Andreja is organising another No Limits Network Meeting, which I already signed up for - but I have a feeling that I will be back before that

As said in another blog, and in total agreement with another member that I met there for the first time; Freddy Daems

- I am still “with my head in the clouds” from those FANTASTIC 4 days that I spent in Slovenia = Simply one of my best little holidays ever, and without doubt the BEST Networking event EVER (the whole trip) - let me tell you why…………….

It started the day before my departure;
A FaceBook connection contacts me, after I wrote in my status that I was going to Slovenia - and said that he was going too.
It showed that there was a whole group of Amway people who was going for a big event there.
Result = Great New Networking Contacts!
They even took my picture - thus giving me a memory on my first “landing” in this beautiful country;

On the plane there was a big article on Bled in the in-flight-magazine, so I was lucky to arrive well prepared to my trip there the same day - full of knowledge about their very interesting history through times.

After landing, in 30 degrees sunshine (made me almost miss my beloved Spain again) I was kindly picked up at the airport by a new member of Ecademy; Ranko Pesic

whom also had invited me to stay in their house, as I was to spend time with him and his wife during my stay - but more about that later.

He then took me to Bled, where we saw that beautiful old castle, the museum and astonishing lake area - all simply breathtaking !!
Even if its a tourist attraction, and there was actually quite a lot of people - I already there felt the friendly calmness of this beautiful country - and totally forgot all about the stress of the workload that I had left behind at home (and almost the guiltiness of leaving my dogs home alone

After that we had a very special local dinner near the airport - which was soo Big, that I could only eat half - and left me wondering why the Slovenian people are not obese at all :-0)

I then had to rush to his house to have a quick shower - and off to the Network meeting.
On the way around Ljubljana, one thing that I noticed was that all the cars seem brand new.
I later learned (and read via Google) that Slovenia is actually one of the former Ex-Yugoslavian´s riches and most well organised countries - embarrassing, but I actually didn’t know much about the country before my arrival (but then again; the country didn’t exist when I went to school - does that count ?)

Anyway - arrived at the meeting, in this adorable Café Evropa 1900 hours sharp - and was greeted by Andreja.
Finally I got to meet this beautiful woman + and her “Co-Leader” in the WEST MEETS EAST - Your Gateway to Europe Club; Geert Conard - you know the man with a “Girlfriend in Every City” (whom I had waited just as eager to meet IRL).

I was also greeted by 2 new friends; Ziga Vavpotic, and his sweet & adorable Monika.
They even meet me with a wonderful gift; “My Very Own Book” - which is simply a MUST for everyone who cares about their mental health and self-development = SIMPLY BRILLIANT
These 2 young wonderful people I am sure we will see much more of, both in Ecademy and the rest of the business scene in Europe!!

(this is NOT Monika - but Penny saying thanks for her “My very Own Book”

A funny little thing to show you how small the world really is;
after I came home, one of the Danish Amway people that I had met in the plane on my way to Slovenia, also had gotten “My Very Own Book” (which they had sold on their meeting in another part of the country).

Then (I almost said of course my dear, dear friend Victor (”Wine/Olive Oil Star” Marques) from Portugal was there in the door - with a big hug and a glass of his own great wine….

………as was our beloved “Parents”; Penny & Thomas of course - always giving a Big Welcome Home Hug (no matter where in the world we meet).

We had a great evening, with wise words from both Geert and Penny - in a fantastic atmosphere created by Andreja + all the new Slovenian friends - what a lovely people !!!

Next day turned out to be one of the best travel days of my life - I am soo grateful to you Andreja - for arranging such wonderful events for us! And 2 in one day = soo many wonderful impressions that it took a while for it all to sink in!

First we went to the town of Zemono to the famous chief Tomaž Kavčič in his simply adorable restaurant Gostilna Pri Lojzetu. Andreja said that he is known as the 4th best chief in Europe - but I am not sure about that !
I think his maybe one of the best in the whole WORLD - I have seldom had such a fantastic meal - with the most wonderful decorations, followed by the nice local wines, and presented by a most entertaining Maitre D = ***** in my book !!!

Then we drove on, in a nice big bus - where we had the chance of more 121´s (like from the beginning of the day) - until we got to The Fonda Family Fish Farm - WAUU
We were welcomed by Irena Fonda (now a new Ecademy member of course who then took us out on their brand new boat, to see the actual Fish Farm, and how they are feed by hand (loving hands I might ad - the family really loves their fish - wish we got to taste a bit later).

It was a little bit cold and wet - but I had brought Danish Aquavit - to help us get warm again at the following dinner
That took place, it seemed to me, in a private home (never really realized if it indeed was a public restaurant - because it simply had the feeling of a home).

Back home in Ljubljana, I was picked up again by my new friend Ranko - who drove me straight home to bed - to rest for another Very Exciting day!
Here is where they took me………..

First we had to catch the horses, who lives out side all year - in this Beautiful countryside - and then we had a great long ride, Ranko some of his friends and me - wonderful !

It had actually dropped more than 20 degrees in temperature since the first day - but what a fresh mountain air - wauuu what a glorious day

Again - I didn’t have ANY problems falling a sleep, after yet another GREAT day of wonderful happenings!!

Monday, I had to leave this beautiful country - but not before spending just a little bit of time in the capital Ljubljana - where I got to do some real good shopping in a little, very special, shop called Gorgeous. They sell this great design called; “De Puta Madre 69″ - a well known Spanish expression used when something is Really Good (but directly translated do not sound very nice - Highly recommended !
I got myself a nice pink (my favorite “menopause” color) T-Shirt with the words; Rich Bitch - just to celebrate my decision, and acceptance from our Bosses - to become the future City Leader of The Kingdom of Denmark - but about that in another blog

Off to the airport - Hasta la Vista to my new friend Ranko (with a little tear in the corner of my eye) - totally “burned out”, but could hardly stay awake in the airplanes - if it wasn’t for all the wonderful impressions of the last few days that kept me awake.

Surely Slovenia and all my new friends there - as Arnold says;
I´LL BE BACK - SOON!!!

Ta vikend smo se kepali. Končno me ne bodo najprej kepali preko elektronske pošte. Prhitel sem vse.

Vikend je bil nepozaben. Miren, v znamenju dobre družbe in kart.

V taki pozi sem redko. Vendar je bilo izjemno. HVALA Monika. Hvala Aljoša in Anita.

Na Matejevo pobudo popolnoma podpiram projekt. Več o njem.

Preko programa  Združenih narodov za spletno prostovoljstvo smo se v ekipi popotniškega portala Potopisnik.si  odločili, da bomo ugandski nevladni organizaciji KITEGA pomagali pri zbiranju računalniške opreme.
Pisno poblastilo si lahko pogledate tukaj.

Kitega obstaja od leta 2000. Sprva je delovala pod okriljem različice centra za socialno delo, leta 2004 pa so se vpisali v register nevladnih organizacij. Kitega nima lastnih virov financiranja in je v celoti odvisna od prostovoljnih prispevkov.

V Sloveniji so deset let stari računalniki že prava redkost, prav tako v Ugandi. Razlika je le v temu, da jih mi nočemo, oni pa jih ne morejo dobiti.
Z vašo pomočjo in vašimi prispevki bomo Kitegi zagotovili zadostno število računalnikov in druge opreme za postavitev izobraževalnega centra. V njem bo na voljo skupno 30-50 računalnikov, ki bodo uporabljeni s strani otrok s posebnimi potrebami, otrok okuženih z virusom HIV ali boleznijo AIDS in s strani mladostnikov iz najrevnejših družin.

Stari kitajski pregovor pravi: “Ne daj revežu ribe, nauči ga ribe lovit.”. Takega mnenja smo tudi mi. Reveže je treba izobraževati in jih voditi iz revščine. Samo podeljevanje hrane je jama brez dna, ki se že več desetletij vleče kot jara kača. Za odpravo revščine sta voda in hrana premalo. Te dve dobrini sta šele osnovi, na katerih se lahko začne graditi svetlejša prihodnost.
Z vašo pomočjo bomo vsaj majhnemu delčku teh neprivilegiranih prebivalcem našega planeta, omogočili, da se bodo iz obupnega stanja rešili s svojimi močmi.

Zbiranje poteka do 1. novembra 2008.

Včasih štejejo malenkosti. Danes je za mano odlično predavanje profesor Adisisa. O njem kdaj drugič, stavim, da bo pisal o njem kdo, saj sem videl kar nekaj znanih fac.

Tole pa so malenkosti, ki mi jih je danes poslala Irma.

Prisrčne in drugačne. Pa se res vsak dan naučimo kaj novega…

Majhne, prijetne informacije, zaradi katerih ne bomo nič izgubili,
tudi če jih ne bomo vedeli…

1. Podgane ne bruhajo.
2. Kače ne slišijo.
3. Mravlje nikoli ne spijo.
4. Ježi se v vodi ne utopijo.
5. Polarni medvedje so levičarji.
5. Muhe imajo 5 oči.
6. Delfini imajo med spanjem vedno odprto eno oko.
7. Kamele imajo troje obrvi.
8. Muhe lahko letijo s hitrostjo do 8km/h.
9. Jezik žiraf je lahko dolg tudi do 35 cm.
10. Jastogova kri je modre barve.
11. Metulji okušajo z nogami.
12. Slon je edini kopenski sesalec, ki ne more skakati.
13. Govedo ima 4 želodce.
14. Kenguruji se ne morejo premikati v vzratno smer.
15. Mačke ne morejo ločiti sladkega okusa.
16. Konji so brez prestanka lahko na nogah do 31 dni.
17. Podgane lahko zdržijo dlje časa brez vode kot kamele.
18. Krokodili svojega jezika ne morejo ‘dati ven’.
19. Zebre so bele, s črnimi progami.
20. Sova je edina ptica, ki loči modro barvo.
21. Žab je okoli 2600 vrst.
22. Odrasel medved lahko teče hitreje kot nekatere vrste konjev.
23. Prašiči so edine živali, ki na soncu lahko porjavijo.
24. Morska kobra je najbolj strupena kača na svetu.
25. Mravlje imajo enako možnost okušanja kot psi.
26. Največja žival na svetu je sinji kit ( dolžina do 33m, in tehta do
160 ton ).
27. Ptice elektrika ne more strest, ker perje ne prevaja el. toka.
28. Samo ženski komarji pikajo.
29. Oko sove je večje od njenih možganov.
30. Kamela lahko naenkrat spije 250 l vode (tudi morske).
31. Človek, brez hrane in vode, lahko preživi tudi do 18 dni.
32. Mravlje lahko prenašajo 50x težji tovor od svoje teže.
33. Kobilice imajo ušesa na ‘kolenih’.
34. Najvišja temperatura je bila izmerjena v Afriki, El-Ezize (v senci 58′C).
35. Najnižja temperatura je bila izmerjena na Antarktiki (- 88.3′C)
36. V starem Rimu, je steklo imelo večjo vrednost kot zlato ali srebro.
37. Najstarejša univerza na svetu je stara 1019 let (El-Ezher Univerza
v Egiptu).
38. Najmlajši študent na svetu je 11,5 letni Ganesh Sittampalam.
39. Prvi podzemni tunel so naredili pred 4000 leti v Iraku, dolg je
bil 1 km, ki je potekal pod reko Evfrat.
40. Paragvaj je najbolj deževno območje na svetu.
41. Na svetu je približno 3000 govorečih jezikov.
42. Najdaljša vojna na svetu je bila med Anglijo in Francijo, ki je
trajala celih 115 let (1338-1453).
43. Ljudje imamo na glavi okoli 102 000 las, po telesu okoli 20 000
dlak, ki dnevno zrastejo od 0,35-0,40 mm.
44. Anglež, Thomas Korne je doživel starost 207 let.
45. Človek z najdaljšo življensko dobo je bil kitajec. Doživel je 253
let (1680-1933).
46. Sonce je kar 330,330 krat večje od Zemlje.
47.Ščurek lahko brez glave preživi 9 dni.
48.Stari Egipčani so spali na kamnitih ‘povštrih’.
49. V odprta usta morskega konja lahko brez problema zleze otrok višine 120 cm.
50. Biki ne ločijo barv; zapodijo se v ruto metadorja ne glede na njeno barvo.
51. Ledena gora v povprečju tehta 20 000 000 ton.
52. Nekatere vrste žab prozivajajo strup, ki bi lahko bil smrtonosen
za 2200 ljudi.
53. Najmočnejša mišica človekovega telesa je jezik.
54. Ko kihnemo, se (vključno s srcem) za trenutek ustavijo vse
funkcije v telesu.
55. Ne moremo kihati z odprtimi očmi.
56. Ženske dvakrat več pomežiknejo z očmi kot moški.
57. Pingvin je edina ptica, ki lahko plava a ne more leteti.
58. Samo ljudje in delfini se ljubijo iz užitka.
59. Najhitreje rastoč noht na človekovi roki je noht sredinca,
najpočasnjeje noht palca.
60. Ljudje uporabljamo samo 10% možganov.
61. Človek zaspi v sedmih minutah.
62. Topla voda je težja od hladne.
63. Odrasel človek dnevno vdihne 23 000 krat.
64. Blodninke imajo v povprecju več las kot temnolaske.
65. Če med rezanjem čebule žvečimo žvečilni gumi, se nam oči ne bodo solzile.

Zares sem volil za odgovornost za prihodnost. Volil sem za prihodnost.

Zadovoljen sem. Za poglobljeno analizo žal ni časa.  Levemu trojčku zna celo zadišati SLS SMS. Morda Žerjav ostane minister. Tako bo Krajnc prišel v parlament, nova garda pa dokaže, da celo cenijo nekatere ¨stare¨ strokovnjake. Nič narobe. Nekatera imena za ministre so vsekakor znana. Z veseljem čakam novo vlado. Verjamem, da bo zanimiva.

In zakaj tak naslov?

Zoran Janković je spet dokazal, da je njegov politični kapital velik. Ljubljana je pomagala levici, vsekakor. Če ne bi bil Janković deležen linča v Mercatorju in bil še danes predsednik uprave, potem bi znal Janša danes relativno zmagati, s podporo Desusa in SNSa pa sestaviti tudi vlado. In bi imeli Rock and Roll Slovenijo.

In kaj pravi Janković? Po mojem si misli - za vsako rit raste palica. Pa še prav ima! (Spet!)

P.S.: Gospod Bajuk, nasvidenje! Povem po pravici - ne bom vas pogrešal.