Euro 2008 Preliminaries

Today were extracted the groups and the teams that will try to qualify for the Euro 2008 tournament. A total of 7 groups containing 7 national teams each, will try to give their best to make the final tournament.
Romania has missed the past 3 championships (World cup 2002, Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006) because of a number of stupid games, which were all winnable , a coach resignation back in '02 that could have lead us to Korea and Japan, and a referee that stole us the last seconds of the last game in '04.
Another blowup could be a disaster for our football.. the club teams are really trying in uefa cup, we have many values, but we need ca coach that can scout too.
Anyway, here are the teams Romania will face:

Luxemburg:
A team with no pretentions from this competition.. maybe gain some experience. Even if we would play in 8 players, all from the bench we could win both games
Belarus:
Another easy team. Again, 2 wins from this round
Albania:
Everything cool. No worries so far
Slovenia:
This is the team that went to World Cup 2002 from Korea and Japan in our spite. Here is our chance for revenge. We MUST win both games!
Bulgaria:
Bulgaria is a team that could put us in trouble. They are also fighting for the 2ns place, so i expect tough confrontations from the games. Hopefully we'll win at Bucharest and try for a draw at Sofia
Holland:
The favorite for winning this group. We also met them in the preliminaries for World Cup 2006 and we lost both games. A revenge would be sweet, but i'm hoping we don't lose both games, hell, a win at home would be more then perfect.

As we can see, the gorup is not tough, there's Holland who is going to win it 80%, Bulgariaon who we must concentrate, and Slovenia against we have some unfinished business.

Hope i;'m not mistaken, but my oppinion is that Romania will finally be at a final tournament again!


Romania's team at Euro 2000:
#22 Ionel Ganea, Bogdan Stelea, Gica Popescu, Iulian Filipescu, Cristi Chivu, Costel Galca, #2 Dan Petrescu, Gica Hagi, Dorinel Munteanu, Viorel Moldovan, Adrian Ilie

Movies :: The Ohters

So, after watching Gothica few days ago, a friend of mine recommended me this movie, saying the theme is somehow similar, so i decided to download the film with dc++. Not long time ago it was on tv too, but couldn't stay awake to see it all. Last night i watched it. I was alone in my room. It was past midnight. Should i go on? I wasn't far from shitting my pants :))
Definitely a "must see" if you're into horrors/thrillers or what kind of gender is this one. Nicole Kidman has one of her best acts ever.

Connex-Vodafone subscriber

Finnaly, i decided to subscribe to the connex-vodafone family.. i made the subscription today, got a new phone (Siemens a75, anyone interested? i'm selling it and keep my nokia 6170) and a new number. Now I'll just have to get used always to have both my cells with me, the new connex number and the old orange one.

Same tool, same guy, same topic

Well, i really have a strange humor cause this young friend of mine returned with the same issue :D

Him: (1/23/2006 6:38:51 PM): so.. in the end
(1/23/2006 6:38:55 PM): how much money should i give you to get me a wu-tang t-shirt?
(1/23/2006 6:38:58 PM): ;;)
Me: (1/23/2006 6:39:07 PM): my man
(1/23/2006 6:39:13 PM): they will not bring clothes with them for sale
Him: (1/23/2006 6:40:01 PM): but don't they have a car like that with merchendise to sell? :P
Me: (1/23/2006 6:40:21 PM): yeah they will..
Him: (1/23/2006 6:40:40 PM): so yes or no?
(1/23/2006 6:40:40 PM): :P
Me: (1/23/2006 6:40:42 PM): NO!

Conversation on Yahoo Messenger

You wouldn't believe how funny it might be sometimes.. i'll translate the conversation i had last night with a younger friend of mine who can't come to the Wu Tang Killa Beez concert next month because he's only 16 years old:

Him: (1/22/2006 11:47:51 PM): ey
(1/22/2006 11:47:51 PM): to the killa beez
(1/22/2006 11:47:51 PM): when they come
(1/22/2006 11:47:54 PM): will they bring merchendise of their own?
(1/22/2006 11:47:54 PM): hoodies, Johnny Blaze wear or something from Wu tang
(1/22/2006 11:47:56 PM): or trinkets
(1/22/2006 11:48:01 PM): at least t-shirts
Me: (1/22/2006 11:48:03 PM): yeah man.. they come with merchendise..
(1/22/2006 11:48:10 PM): they'll come and do business and trades..
Him: (1/22/2006 11:48:37 PM): aha
(1/22/2006 11:48:37 PM): and if i give you money and i ask you nice
(1/22/2006 11:48:37 PM): will you buy me a t-shirt
(1/22/2006 11:48:37 PM): with killa beez
Me: (1/22/2006 11:50:01 PM): k
Him: (1/22/2006 11:50:14 PM): \:D/
(1/22/2006 11:50:16 PM): how much money should i give you?
(1/22/2006 11:50:31 PM): 40, 50, 60LG
(1/22/2006 11:59:16 PM): im out

Hmm.. now i'll have to think..




should i adjust my humor depending the people i'm chatting with or should i keep my sarcasm?

NBA Back on National TV

Today i heard the most wonderfull news of the year. Our national tv station (TVR2) will start broadcasting live games from the NBA again :) I'll be able to watch 1 game per week (on friday night) which is still better then whatching re-lives downloaded from torrents sites. The move was expected as last year they started to live games with the all-star game from Denver.
Anyway, the best part is that i'll be able to see 2 live games from Madison Square Garde, home of the Knicks. The first one will be on february 24 against the New Jersey Nets, the other one will be after aweek against the Chicago Bulls. It's hard to express in words what i felt when i read the news. The last Knick game i saw live was back in 2001, from the New York - Toronto round one of the Playoffs. Since then i only saw few highlights and full games from this season.

Here's the full schedule of the games broadcasted in Romania:

• January 27th - Friday 3.00 AM Indiana vs Cleveland

• February 3rd - Friday 4.30 AM Houston vs Seattle

• February 10th - Friday 5.00 AM Phoenix vs Sacramento

• February 19th - Sunday 3.00 AM ALL STAR GAME

• February 24th - Friday 4.00 AM New York vs New Jersey
• March 3rd - Friday 3.30 AM New York vs Chicago

• March 10th - Friday 3.30 AM Miami vs Golden State

• March 17th - Friday 4.30 AM San Antonio vs Phoenix

• March 24th - Friday 3.00 AM Indiana vs Detroit

• March 31st - Friday 4.00 AM Detroit vs Milwaukee

• Aprilie 7th - Friday 4.30 AM San Antonio vs Dallas

• April 14th - Friday 4.00 AM Indiana vs Minnesota

Bald again

Today i cut my hair (is this the right expression when you're using a machine?) for the first time by myself :) I trully am a sweet looking guy ;)). Sorry, my digital cam is still undergoing repairings so i can't post any pics and you have to take my word for it :P

Movies :: Gothika

I saw this movie last night, really impressive one, (i know it's old, and you probably saw it) the type of movie that keeps you on tension untill the very end and after. It has everything a thriller like this should have and in case you haven't seen it, i suggest you go to your video store and rent the dvd (or by the case logon to your favorite hubs and download it :)

My ratings: 3.8/5

Happy New Year!

Wow, it's been more than 2 weeks since my last thought on this blog. The reason why i didn't posted was i really had no time, and i had no inspiration either..
Just wanted to say that the new year party was great from my point of view. I had a lot of fun, many people, many friends, 2 cigars and enough wine :)
Happy new year to all of you reading this!


What else? Well, the New York Knicks got a wonderfull winning streak of 6 games, something that they didn't had since 2001 and that was another reason for me to cheer. A great game against the Phoenix Suns on January 2nd won after 3 OT!!, Other wins in Cleveland and home against the Sonics, Mavs, Wizards and Hawks. The loss eventually came in Toronto last night.. an awfull one.. :(
(Photo: Quentin Richardson celebrating the win in Cleveland - AP Photo)


My digital camera got broken and i took it to have it fixed, but nothing about it so far.

Oh, i almost forgot. I HAVE TICKETS TO THE WU TANG KILLA BEEZ CONCERT FROM FEBRUARY 15TH, BUCHAREST. Man, i am so happy!! We will be a group of about 6 friends heading to our nation's capital, where we'll meet other dudes from all over the country, so far sounds like the best thing for 2006

I'll be back B-)