Anthony Bourdain in Romania
: alternativ:
“Cum sa nu faci turism in Romania”
Pentru cine nu stie, nenea Toni are un show de televiziune pe canalul Travel. Ceva intitulat “No Reservations”. Sau cam asa ceva. Si mai are si blog, nu? Ca asa se poarta…
In fine, sa trec la subiect.
Pentru inceput…sa alegi un rusnac ca ghid in Romania…mi se pare absurd. Adevarat, el e amuzant, si pare sa aibe simtul umorului. Totusi…un rus ca ghid in Romania?
Am urmarit cu interes toata emisiunea…(partea 1, partea 2, partea 3, partea 4, partea 5, partea 6) si nu cred ca sunt un roman care se basica aiurea. Da, avem un stil de a descuraja turismul…de neegalat in lume. Aia cu filmarea care costa 10 euro pe metrul patrat e tipic mioritic. Ceea ce imi aduce aminte de o discutie cu cineva acum cateva luni de zile, apropo de faptul ca Patriarhia cere bani la facut poze la manastirile din Moldova si Bucovina.
Chestia este…intreaga emisiune pute a contra. Contra Romaniei. Inteleg ca alde Toni s-a enervat pe diferite chestii…dar asta nu e motiv sa dam TOATA Romania la gunoi…
Doar ca sa am un termen de comparatie…am urmarit si emisiunea lui despre Grecia. Bou sa fiu…sa nu vad o chestie clara…
Ma intreb…ce parere are Andrei daca vizioneaza astea 2 emisiuni?
Inchei cu un citat de la Anton*:
“Predictably, a lot of people either hated–or were deeply offended by–the Romania show. Most, I gather, are either Romanian or have traveled to Romania and had a better time there than I did. Quite understandably, no one wants to see the host of a travel show having a bad time of it in their country, griping miserably about how things went wrong–and how utterly fucked up things were.”
Bagamiash…
* Care, evident, iti toarna undeva…ceva.
NOTA: Cineva…un roman banuiesc…a pus-o mai bine decat as visa eu vreodata (copy/paste, comentariul 620):
February 28, 2008 8:00 PM
Calin said:
Mr. Bourdain,
I was born and raised in Romania and know a thing or two about it. Your show has stirred this intense reaction not because anyone expected you to lie, fake, sugarcoat or be anything less of your witty self in it.
What has stirred this emotional uproar is the fact that you are so NOT yourself in this show. You come across as a callous redneck and most of us have known a different side of you have been shocked by your alter ego…
If your experience was off, we expect you to say so… What we do not expect, is to be punished for your poor choice of subject, planning or foul mood. The choice to immerse yourself in the Dracula experience was poor, but I do not understand why we actually had to watch it. Even the most casual viewer of the Discovery Channel knows that the Dracula myth is a Hollywood creation and it is quite disappointing for a sophisticated traveler like you to choose THAT as THE local experience to sample. However, even if you didn’t know before, AFTER you did experience it, you should have realized that it is as genuine as the donkeys spray-painted to look like zebras in most Mexican resorts. If you needed to, you could have made a passing remark about it, but it wasn’t necessary to take us through the entire night, stupid tourists, revolting costumes and all…
Choosing to immerse us in the process of slaughtering a pig was another poor choice of subject. I don’t think this process would have looked any better in France, in the US or anywhere else. Without being a culinary expert and with only a marginal acquaintance with the English language clichés, I have heard many times the quip that sausages are good to eat, but not pretty to watch being made. You gave us the long version of it, in a very literal way… Again, if you had the morbid urge to watch the process through your camera, I don’t have a problem with it. I just decry your choice of making it such a big part of the show, while deriding the people who were doing it throughout the entire process. Those people appeared as simple people, preparing food, be it rough, unsophisticated, or anything you want to call it; you on the other hand, looked like a pompous “culinary expert” acting as if everywhere else meat grows in 4 lb. Styrofoam trays in the supermarket refrigerator.
Much has been told about your guide and companion. Again, the choice of going for the first time in a country with THAT type of guide and preparation, gives us an idea about the professionalism of your production. The fact that your “guide”, who was suppose to liaise between you, your crew and the locals did his job by drinking his brains out until he couldn’t walk straight anymore, could have been just another “production wart” that you didn’t need to share with us in all its “splendor”. During the show you made a great deal about the Dacia car in which you rode. Yes, it was an old, dilapidated vehicle that was of marginal quality even as new. The roads were bad and the country is poor. All that is true and probably relevant and worth mentioning, but I could not for the life of me understand how you thought that mockingly cheering those people with “Dacia!” was in good taste. I was left with the sense that you are the type of person who would do a documentary about homeless, just to make fun of their shabby clothes.
Mr. Bourdain, this is what caused the reaction of the people on this board. You, actually, showed DISRESPECT for the people and the country you visited. Again, we do not want you to misrepresent your experiences, to turn politically correct, or to pander, but we expected you to be gracious. Those people showed you their home, fed you their food and served you (generous amounts of) their drinks. They did not deserve to be treated this way. I find it revolting to watch you, and your buffoon drunk guide, belittling and mocking your hosts behind their backs… In Romania, or anywhere else!
As a Romanian I am insulted, as an American I feel embarrassed…
Shame!
Problemele lui Google
Multe…si arata ca si cum nu se vor rezolva prea curand.
La ora la care scriu randurile astea, pretul actiunilor Google la bursa din America a ajuns la 450 de dolari bucata. Daca vi se pare mult…sa ne amintim ca in noiembrie anul trecut, pretul era de 747 de dolari actiunea.
Prabusirea de azi se pare ca e NU ESTE datorata unei singure cauze.
Normal, pe noi ne doare la basca, nu?
Momentan, da! Dar nu pentru mult timp.
Imi amintesc de fel de fel de posturi anti-google de acum catva timp, cu referire la programul ad-sense si referrals. Tonul general era:
“Google sucks, vor sa se imbogateasca, nesimtiti”, alea.
Da, Google vrea bani! Nimica neobisnuit…nu e descoperirea apei calde.
Dar ma indoiesc ca cineva chiar a stat sa judece (cu capul) cauzele.
Unul din motivele scaderii valorii actiunilor Google anul asta poate fi atribuit unui raport* aparut astazi. In esenta, se pare ca lumea nu mai da click pe reclamele ad sense la ritmul dinainte. Ca urmare, venitul din reclame scade (ori este estimat ca va scadea). Mai pe sleau:
“…According to comScore, Google’s so-called “paid clicks” — meaning the number of times Web users clicked on an ad-supported link — fell 7% in January from the previous month and were relatively flat with the same period last year…”
Sursa.
Inainte de a ne repezi la concluzia ca cei de la comScoreInc sunt niste banditi, sa citim si ce scrie Sergiu**:
“…But co-founder Sergey Brin said Google’s AdSense program, which distributes advertisements among partner sites separate from Google.com, saw some difficulty in the quarter, due to challenges in getting users to click on related ads and generate revenue.
“We have had a challenge in the fourth quarter with social networking [advertising] inventory as a whole,” Brin said. “Some of the monetization work we were doing there did not pan out as we’d hoped.”
Sursa.
Un alt motiv al scaderii pretului ar fi o neincredere crescanda in expertiza tehnologica a companiei. Fiasco-ul recent legat de caderea site-ul YouTube nu a ajutat deloc. Daca Pakistan poate sa dea jos YouTube fara prea mare osteneala, atunci cat de solida e compania mama?*** Cam asa a reactionat boboru’ din cartierul financiar.
Ultimul motiv (poate si cel mai serios) este criza financiara mondiala curenta. Panica generata de pierderile in sectorul bancar se intinde si in alte regiuni. In momentul in care George Soros declara situatia curenta ca fiind mai grava decat oricare alta de la sfarsitul ultimului razboi mondial, e firesc sa creasca neincrederea.
“VIENNA, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Billionaire investor George Soros said the world was facing the worst financial crisis since World War Two and the United States was threatened with recession, according to an interview with the Austrian daily Standard.
“The situation is much more serious than any other financial crisis since the end of World War Two,” Soros was quoted as saying.”
Sursa.
CONCLUZIA MEA
De la mine din cotetz (situat strategic la stanga scarii B al blocosferei mioritice) se pare ca o sa trebuiasca sa ne obisnuim cu o diminuare a veniturilor din ad-sense. Asta, una la mana. A doua ar fi ca investitiile in reclame pe bloguri si site-uri vor scadea. Adevarat, in Romania dureaza pana cand se reverbereaza chestiile de prin vest…dar nu inseamna ca o sa scapam.
Parerea mea.
Pentru curiosi, am pus un kkat de widget de la yahoo…care da ultimele cote de la bursa. Ma rog, cu 20 de minute intarziere, dar nu conteaza.
* Raportul a fost dat publicitatii ieri de catre comScoreInc.
** Sergiu, aka Sergey Brin, co-fondatorul lui Google si nu Sergiu Biris, cum ar fi unii tentati sa creada.
*** YouTube este proprietatea lui Google, Inc.
Garantia in America
Cica o gagica (veveritza, ar zice gogu) americanca d-aia, s-a suparat. Si da in judecata nush’ce magazin, care i-a pierdut laptoapa.
Articolul de la yahoo.com colea (vreo 3000+ comentarii).
M-am uitat si la articolul original, care ofera ceva mai multe detalii (a postat si zoso acolo, dupa cum se vede, lol).
Normal, m-am bagat si eu in seama, vorba aia, daca baga zoso, bag si eu, nu? 
Ma gandesc totusi…la cum se compara garantia in Romania fata de aia din America. Inainte de a zice ca la noi totul e de kkat, si la ei totul e ca-n sanu’ lui avram, poate ar fi bine sa ne si informam nitel, nu?
NOTA: In cele cinci minute cat mi-a luat sa scriu aiureala asta, comentariile la postul de pe yahoo au depasit 3800…deci, o rata de un comentariu pe secunda.
Travel shooting
Normal, Avionaru se enerveaza.
Eu unul, m-am strambat de ras…la inceput.
Dup-aia…parca nu mai era asa de amuzant. Oare se intampla ceva, conectii de sinapse, alea, dincolo de parul asta rosu?
Poate nu pricep eu…poate duduia consulta(1) resursele umane, stiu eu?
Dojo, tu ce zici?
(1) Verbul “a consulta” se preteaza in cazul de fata la felurite substitutii…
Piticu a ispravit de spalat masina
Daca nu stiati, piticu a terminat de spalat masina, ninsoarea a stat, acuma ne bucuram de flescaraie.
Fiecare cu metoda lui de a-i da peste bot lui Blegoo: Buddha da link, piticu spala Kia.
Piticu spala masina
Cum e si normal, consecintele nu se lasa asteptate.
Piticule, mai lasa-ne! M-am saturat sa tot dau la zapada!
LE: S-a observat pana si in Timisoara consecintele…
LLE: S-a vazut si din tribuna din Balta Alba.
LLLE: O alta victima a piticului.
LLLLE: “This is your captain speaking, blah, blah, important announcement”, alea.
Audi A4
Campania Audi A4 in Romania. La inceput, vorba lui zoso…nu mi-a venit sa cred. Incet, incet, am ajuns sa accept realitatea. Bobby a scris despre asta, oarecum pe fuga, el fiind in strainatate.
Manafu deasemenea, are un post referitor la campanie.
Mi se pare stirea anului! Pentru prima data, “Blogaria Petoreasca” e luata in serios!
Felicitari lui Audi, pentru indrazneala.
Felicitari lui Dragos, Oana, Sergiu, Vlad, Zoso, Bobby, Cristian, Mihai, Orlando si Radu.
Nu sunt deloc invidios, dimpotriva!
Chiar ma interesaza sa vad cum vor “testa” bloggerii de mai sus masina. Ce fel de articole vor scrie. Si mai ales…CUM or sa scrie. Oare…sa sper ca o sa citesc ceva scris decent, profesional?
Cred ca o multime de chestii viitoare, proiecte, campanii de reclama, investitii vor depinde de felul in care cei 10 bloggeri din generatia A4 vor scrie despre experientele personale.
Astea fiind zise, ma intreb daca Mihai Dobrovolschi e blogger, ori altceva. Daca Sergiu Biris o sa aibe timp sa scrie pe bune, ori o sa roage pe cineva sa scrie pentru el. Daca Oana Dobre are carnet de sofat. Si tot asa…
Pana acuma, singurul care pare ca a luat in serios campania e zoso. Nu ma refer la postul lui cu “Nu-mi vine sa cred”, vorbesc de faptul ca el chiar testeaza masina, face poze si, sunt sigur ca scrie pe hartie diferite chestii pertinente.
Acuma…ce bine ar fi daca cei care comenteaza ici colo pe subiect ar fi mai putin “degeabisti™©”…
Dar asta ar insemna sa cer prea mult de la viata, nu?
Lumea vine la Blegoo
Ma rog, vine…poate in virtutea inertiei, stiu eu?
Totusi! Cine dracu’ ma tot citeste…din 2 in doua zile, ori cam asa ceva, din Chile?
Hai, inteleg, vad pe harta Ankara…clar, e Bobby.
Vad Canada…trebuie ca e Cristi.
Vad United Kingdom…e regina.
Vad Spania…asta e ala…obsedatu’ de sex anal…care tot revine.
Dar…
Mongolia?
China?
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ISP: Chinalink Networks Ltd
Entry Page Time: 13th February 2008 07:48:30
Visit length: 2 hours 58 mins 59 secs
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OS: Windows XP
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Taica…incep sa o dau in paranoia, ori ceva.
Ma ingalbenesc, zic.
Si ca tot am deschis topicul(1) poate cineva sa imi explice urmatoarea situatie:
Intru pe un blog de domnisoara romanca…cu trafic cam cat armamentu’ nuclear american…si citesc linistit la comentariile unui post oarecare. Comentarii…multe. Nu ating tastatura, nu am mana pe soricel, imi vad de tigara si de bere, nu?
Si citesc…
DAR!
Cam la fiecare 30 de secunde…imi da refresh la fereastra. Nu mai am nimic deschis, am inchis si mesul, nu fac nimica…stanga pe bere, dreapta cu tigara, nu tu input, alea. Refresh…every fucking 30 seconds…
O fi vreo smecherie ceva, ce nu stie Blegoo? Nu se intampla la piticu, nici la zoso, nicaieri in alte locuri.
Serios, intreb: e vreun virusache, ceva?
(1) Nu e secret pentru nimeni ca Blegoo e retardat la chestii internetice.
Tuiterismele Blegului- Acuma nu merge tuiteru'