Since I am born and raised in a country that is part of Europe, I always liked to check and assess what would be to live in any of the countries, not only those part of the European Union, but from the extended Europe. I am referring here to Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and, more recent,…
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How f*cked up is the world we live in? Ask a… coach
As years goes by, when you are trying to get your hours on this world matched to quality time spent learning, acting, or just planning, the disappointment in the way we are dealing with basic things, as human beings, can increase more and more. I was watching a Netflix documentary, with Bill Gates in the…
Real Madrid, a trophy room full of… football players!
With the transfer of Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid, official announcement on 16th of July 2024, the recap of a 21st century situation resumed. After 2000, Real Madrid did its best, thru the president Florentino Perez to sign all key players world wide, on astronomical amounts of money. The initial big signature of Real Madrid…
The bear Romanian problem – perfect mirror of the society
Romania has a very “nice” particularity, as a European Union country, meaning that you have great chances to be either eaten by a stray dog in the middle of Bucharest, or maybe other town, or by… a bear! It happened recently, and it keeps happening for some time. I will focus now on the bear…
What is happiness? How does a functional country look like?
The debate around these subject is everlasting, and it has more directions than the now famous “three body problem”. At a moment, I have developed an idea, based on the “how many degrees from the idiot”, and this can be a source of a slight comment I want to make here, based on facts I…
Man started writing training plans after running first half-marathon
You never know who sits next to you in the tram! It might be the next coach – of whatever – that can change your life! A guy from a suburb of a capital city in Europe just nailed it: he managed to run a half-marathon in a staggering time of 2 hours and 12…
Tromsø’s tunnels – how many are there and when all started
Visited Tromsø for the second time in 2023, and spent some of 2024 as well there, since our New Year’s Eve was celebrated in Svalbard, but what consolidate my astonishment regarding this city, Paris of the North, as they call it, is mainly the underground network of tunnels. Experience it in January 2023, but also…
The flag – interesting facts about some countries
There are almost 200 independent states in the world, and each one has or should have a different flag. Most are quite straight forward, in spite can have a separate meaning. Rectangular, a couple of colors, and that is it. But I bet you know there are some special flags and you might wonder why….
How many degrees from the idiot are you?
“You” is the generic noun, it has not got any target on its back. By coincidence, exactly in the period in which I am reading “The Idiot”, Mike Prince, the character from “Billions”, had a great speech, about “how many degrees from the idiot are you?” He gave an example with the quarter back from…
Sport and money – case study
Is sports all about money? Yes, it is. The main and key idea from which we should start. As a matter of fact, Neymar’s statement from a press release, where he said that he and Messi experienced hell at PSG. Wait, what? Does anybody have any idea how much Neymar earned in his six-year stay…