The Discovery of Fucking, Austria

I've made a little discovery today.

There's a small town called Fucking located in Austria close to the German border - not far from Munich. Almost all of the town's streets are called Fucking as well. Interesting...and kind of cute.


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Group A: Round 2

For those who are living in Europe at this time, it's only natural to be glued to the TV screen this entire month. "Why?" most Americans would ask. "Is there another crappy Eurovision Song Contest going on?" No. Thankfully not.

EURO 2008, i.e. UEFA European Football Championship - soccer, not American football - has started! Having Czech roots, I am naturally cheering and screaming for the Czech team, singing "Kdo neskáče není Čech, hop hop hop!" throughout the tournament. My other top favourite is Portugal with their genious player, Christiano Ronaldo; unfortunately France and Italy have shown poor performance in their first game so they're out of the love list. Germany is definitely the team that I don't want to see advancing to any of the next rounds.

Yesterday's games Czech Republic vs. Portugal & Switzerland vs. Turkey was one of the most exciting games played so far. My throat was hurting from all the screaming and cheering I did!

The Czechs really challenged the Portuguese and had so many great chances to score, but the Portuguese were better towards the end and have secured their seat in the quarter finals. Score 1-3.


Czech Republic - Portugal 1-3 EURO 2008

No one would have ever thought that Turkey would actually have a shot at the quarter finals, but somehow they managed to kick Switzerland out of the match with their second goal in the 92nd minute! Cars were honking their horns till midnight and if I had any spare change on me, I would've gone to the next Döner Imbis and would've eaten a juicy Döner in celebration! Score 1-2.


Switzerland - Turkey 1-2 EURO 2008

Now both the Czechs and the Turks are tied, so we will need to win the next game against them, in order to advance to the quarter finals. The Czechs played a really good game against Portugal and showed much better performance than in their match against Switzerland, so they stand a good chance.

Nauseous & Nervous

I'm having troubles swallowing the banana I'm eating...my throat has gone tight and the water I just drank to help wash it down, is making me feel nauseous.

...nothing is normal in my family.
...the whole situation has burned a lot of bridges which don't ever seem to die down.
...at least it's a start.
...hopefully it's not just so that he has some place to crash at.

Czechoslovak Exile Series: My Mom (Part 1)

As some of you may know, I am Canadian-Czech as I was born in Canada but my entire family comes from the Czech Republic (formerly known as Czechoslovakia). My parents emigrated from the Czech Republic in the early 1980s due to the invasion of the Russians and Warsaw Pact troops (Prague Spring), which began in 1968, and ended up in Canada as landed imigrants. After living there for close to 20 years, my dad permanently moved back to the Czech Republic as he had started up his own business. My mom had the ability to join him once I had finished highschool, working first in Germany for about a year, and then finally moving to Prague.

In the Czechoslovak Exile Series on Utterz.com, my mom was interviewed in English about the experiences she's had since she returned to her home country. Very interesting and an eye-opener to some. Click the play button to start listening.

Stop staring, loser!

I found an interesting blog on the 'net which related exactly to my current situation: Unwanted Attention from Men

Here's my comment to the article:

Wow, nice article New York Moments! I couldn't help laughing because of how similar my situation is.

One colleague at work sits behind me with his back to me, but he keeps STARING at me! Every time I walk by to go to the bathroom, to the kitchen, to get a glass of water, ANYTHING involving the need to pass by him, he always stares. When I walk back to my desk, he stretches himself with hopes that I look, which I obviously don't. I look at anything except him! Or when he goes to talk to a colleague close by, instead of going into his office, he stands at the door so that he's closer to me. He even offered many times to pick me up from home and drive me to work, because I didn't have an office key at that time, and he did. NO WAY! Or he peers over the wall between us, looking at what I'm doing on my computer screen. It's so pathetic. He in his 40s, with kids, I think divorced, and I'm in my 20s. So far my strategy is to just ignore all his stares and act like he doesn't exist, except for when it's necessary that I work with him. I even put so many plants on top of the wall between us to block his stares. However he doesn't stop staring which bothers me...any suggestions, anyone? I know I need to be more assertive, but he's very nice too, which just makes it harder. What should I tell him?

Another colleague also kept hitting on me and pretended that he was competing against my boyfriend for me, calling me baby, honey, etc. He would comment on my body, what I was wearing, and give me tea that would supposedly impregnant me. He told me how we would have such a cute baby together and that we would get married. What also really got to me was how he would observe when my boyfriend would pick me up from work and even told me how he noticed how his license plate changed! After I told my boyfriend all of this, he really wanted to settle it on his own "the manly way", but I persuaded him that I needed to deal with it on my own. I am someone who is just too nice to people and often the cause of that, is that people take you for granted and disrespect you. So I got the courage to confront him and told him to stop all of his sexual comments and observations, to which he responded was "just having fun". Since then, he hasn't done anything yet, however it's only been a few days.

It's important for everyone, especially women, to let people know where there borders are. Speak up for yourself if something bothers you and let men know that you are to be treated with respect.