In Kutna Hora, you can find a torture museum similar to the one in Prague. How Czechs were punishing thiefs and prostitutes in mediveal times can be seen in this small but impressive musem. Entrance was 40 CZK for students. You can see various tools such as "chair with nails", "gallows", "mobile wheel" and "ladder"which were used to torture criminals. If you wanna witness the dark side of the Czechs, this museum is one of the stops in Kutna Hora. For the other one, look at my previous post "Bone Church".
Bosnia Regina - Bistra Voda
I was excepting that this song would collect the votes of central europe, but it didn't happen. Anyway i think it's really a march like song with romantic lyrics.
Russia Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo
It was an amazing video art behind the singer. I think the song was also a good mixture of drama and hope.
Two weeks ago, I wanted to exchange my Turkish Driving Licence to a Czech (or European) one and i learned that it's impossible to exchange Turkish Driving Licence to a Czech one.
Global Village is an organization which is prepared every year by AISEC Zlin. The main aim of this organization is to show the culture and the traditions of the international students countries to Czech students. It's a very nice platform to let Czechs know about your country and so on.
Finally i have visited Zlin Zoo with my friends. It's a huge silent place to see the animals in their (nearly) natural environment. It's so surprising that a small city like Zlin has one of the biggest and modern Zoo's in the Czech Republic. To reach Zlin Zoo from city center is quite easy. It takes 15 min by trolleybus. Entrance fee for students is CZK 90 and for adults CZK 100 (waaov what a huge discount for students!!!).
Sorry for the 1 month break. I had lots of exams and things to do, so i couldn't update the blog as i promised. But now here i am.
First of all i couldn't get why someone organizes two events for a day in such a small city like Zlin. This year we had two major events just in one day. "Aprales" which is held by Faculty of Technology and traditional "Majales" which is held by Student Union. These two events divided the audience into two groups. That's why this year Namesti Miru wasn't that crowded. I hope next year they will organize these two events in separate days, so that everyone can see whole bands performing in the events and can visit all the stages.
Traditional Czech way of celebrating Easter;
Majales is the university festival which is held every year by FMK (Faculty of Multimedia Communications) in Zlin. I think it's the biggest event of Tomas Bata University.
Ok i admit, this is a little bit late post. Antiples 2009 happened last week but i can write about it barely now. For the ones who doesn't know what is Antiples i can define it as a special costume party. Every year it happens after Tomas Bata University Ball. In Czech "Ples" means "ball" and as you can guess "Antiples" is "Anti-ball".
Decision was given;
Visitors from Turkey, i am so sorry that the most of the videos on my blog are hosted on Youtube that's the reason why you can't see them. Even though you login my blog over proxy, the videos will be seen not correctly. I believe sooner or later this senseless restriction decisions taken by Turkish government will come to an end.
have fancy bouncing tunes. But the problem with their Eurovision song "Aven Romale" is, it is not that catchy. When they first attended for ESC auditions held by Czech National TV (Ceske Televize "CT") last year with their song "Benga Beating" they were far more successful and universal -even though that song was not in English-.I think by choosing Gipsy.cz for ESC 2009, Czech government want to show Europe Union that there is neither discrimination nor outmatch for the gypsies living in Czech Republic. It seems more like a political decision then a musical selection.
Also the eliminated song of the Gipsy.cz which is called "Do You Wanna" can be seen in here:
Gipsy.cz - Do You Wanna
In my opinion this song is much better than "Aven Romale" but as i told before the choice is political. First song tells a lot about the situation of gypsies in Czech Republic with lyrics and video.
Here is the lyrics of "Aven Romale"
They use to call me Gipsy, hello there.
It means no problem to me, I don´t care.
Till I´ve got microphone making you act.
I love to be that gipsy rat.
Word ain't key to me.
I can't think that eazly.
If you keep that energy.
Gipsy sounds like symphony.
Hate me or love me Baby.
Speed up from null to eighty.
In next three seconds music turns you to slave it.
Aven Romale!
If you really wanna understand, just sing it with me, dadada.
Aven Romale.
I can make you really feel like Gipsy.
A da da da
Aven Romale!
If you really wanna understand, just sing it with me, dadada.
Aven Romale.
I can make you really feel like Gipsy.
Music is that miracle.
Rhytm is the mirror.
That's right. (Česko in da house!)
It's truth that Gipsies are just everywhere.
I means no problem to me, I don't care.
Listen the song and free your frozen mind.
And let the colours all behind.
I (can make feel like)
Gipsy (let color behind).
Free (your Gipsy inside of your music soul to be like).
Oh (and what the wonder).
Truth (you got it inside).
Aven Čech, Jágr, Pivo, come together once more.
Aven Romale!
Ma ker the šun man more!
Listen and don't matter where you from.
I'll make you jump, say it.
Aven Romale!
Praha Brno Normale.
Češí ví – my name is Gee, so everybody rock with me, please.
I feel something wrong made us separate the world on pieces,
we got eyes and we still stay all so blind.
As you can see from the list below, most of the tourists can obtain their visas at Turkish Borders (if you will arrive by plane this means in airport) easily and quickly, for a small fee approx. 10 EUR
Netherlands: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 15$ - 10 EUR
Norway: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates and stay in Turkey up to 90 days within 6 months starting from the first entry date. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 60$ - 40 EUR
Poland: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain one month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 1 Month -> 15$ - 10 EUR
Portugal: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Only diplomatic passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 15$ - 10 EUR
Russian Federation: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain two month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Only diplomatic passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 2 Months -> 20$ - 15 EUR
Slovakia: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain one month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 1 Month -> 15$ - 10 EUR
Slovenia: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 20$ - 15 EUR
Spain: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. / Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 15$ - 10 EUR
Sri Lanka: Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
Sweden: Ordinary and official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
Switzerland: Ordinary and official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
Taiwan: Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey.
Ukraine: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates and stay in Turkey up to 90 days within 6 months starting from the first entry date. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days. Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 30$ - 20 EUR
United States of America: Ordinary and official passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. They can obtain three month-multiple entry visas at the Turkish border gates. Visa Fee at Border Gates (at Airport etc.): For 3 Months -> 20$ - 15 EUR
Vietnam: Ordinary passport holders are required to have visa to enter Turkey. Official passport holders are exempt from visa for their travels up to 90 days.
Notes:
This week's Ms. Veselovska's Contrastive Grammar I homework about the "Derivational Morphemes" can be found here.
It's true that most Czechs don't care about Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Some of them don't even know what it is. On the other hand, it has been hugely popular in my native country, Turkey, since 1975. I am 23 and I have watched it since i was a small child. It's like a tradition.The Eurovision Song Contest is a song contest held in European Broadcasting Union which started in 1956. Different singers representing countries in Europe compete every year. Famous past winners include ABBA (representing their native Sweden)and Celine Dion (though Canadian, represented Switzerland).This year, the famous pop singer "Hadise" will represent Turkey with a song -which might be classified as oriental pop- "Dum Tek Tek (Crazy for You)".
When it comes to the Czech Republic;
ESC Moscow 2009 will be the Czech Republic's 3rd participation. The first attempt was with a rock band "Kabat" and the second was with a pop singer "Tereza Kerndlova". Now for this year's contest Ceske Televize (CT) has chosen "Gipsy.cz".
I think Gipsy.cz is a perfect choice. They have a fancy music, with catchy rhythms. If they can compose a similar song to their previous hits "Romano Hip-Hop" and "Benga Beating", i am sure the Czech Republic will finish in the top 5. Gipsy.cz will prepare 2 songs for the competition and the most Czechs votes will be send to the contest. The voting procedure will start on 1 March 2009. When the video is avaible i will post it here.
This year's Eurovision Song Contest Final will take place in Moscow, Russia on 16 May 2009.
I will inform you guys over my blog about this year's Eurovision SC frequently.
Girls, now you don't need to read the rest of this article cos it's about a beauty contest -where a bunch of girls are walking in bikinis in front of a crowd and making some statements about the world peace while they are half naked-, which will be held in Municipal Theatre (Mestske divadlo), in Zlin on 1 April 2009.
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Of course there are discussions on beauty contests like always. Especially feminists are strictly against it, as they think such competitions turning women body into a sexual object and influence young girls in a wrong way. Somehow it is true, but also there is a freedom of choice. So these girls decides to participate such competitions on their own. So it's better shut the fck up!
Today i was in U2 Internet Room and i thought it could be useful to share some tips and tricks on how to print cheaper.
3- Click "Tisk (Print)". A new window will open.
4- On the window click the "Vlastnosti(Proporties)".
5- Now here it begins. If you want "2 A4 pages in 1 A4 page" find "Rozvrzeni" and choose "2 stranky na list"
6- Also you can make double sided prints. Under the "Oboustranny tisk" choose "Bocni vazba".
7- When you finished click "OK" and again once more "OK". And here your print comes.
8- By this ,we put 4 A4 pages into just 1 A4 page. (Instead of paying 4 Czk we are just paying 2 Czk)
Notes:
- The same steps you can use in Adobe Reader (.pdf) documents.
- In U2 Internet Room computers have Microsoft Word 2003, in U13 Library they have Microsoft Office 2007.
- You can reach the bigger screenshots when you click on them.
Ok, i know for you Czechs, Saint Valentine's Day isn't a big deal, but it is not the same for the rest of the world. In most countries (also in my country, Turkey) you can understand that Valentine's Day on the corner, when you realise the big red fluffy hearts on the shops windows. Can you avoid from this? No. Not at all.
It was an amazing night. Lovely music of Czech bands and the spirit of trolleys were wonderful. This is the video from November 2nd performance. It was also nice to hear the sound of Middle Eastern instrument "Goblet Drum" in their music. I've realised that how much i missed my country...
These were the trolleys in which festival held. I hope next year it will be a better and bigger festival with more trolleys and a longer routes.
He will give you a application form to fill. It consists personal questions about you, like "Your age, your name, your high school's name etc."
Required English to Czech translations for the nostrification of the Secondary (High) School Diploma and Transcript can be done by some translation agencies in Zlin, but also by individual official translators.
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