U2 - Magnificent

The best song from the No Line on the Horizon!
The video was shot in Fez, Morocco...

Wolverine

Oh, Glory Days... ARE BACK!!!
Hallelujah!!!
Popcorn fights reloaded - popcorn versus pretzels, loads of people queueing in front of the cinema, funny trailers - this could mean only one thing: Orange is back with a vengeance :D
We went to see the prequel to X-Men: Valvolin ;) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/ and it was a real treat!
Apart from the ever gorgeous Hugh Jackman in a leather jacket, we have Taylor Kitsch as Gambit and Ryan Reynolds as Wade/Deadpool.
The script is well written, there are plenty funny lines, the special effects are really... special, the fight scenes are beautifully choreographed, no wonder the movie is no. 1 at the US, UK and other box offices!
A special mention deserves the canadian scenery - unbelievable landscape, it really takes your breath away.
It is a great movie if you are a comics fan, and if you're not maybe you should become one!
It gets all my thumbs up ;)

P.S. The Ryan Brothers (Alex and Nick) from McLeod's Daughters have small cameo roles - if you blink you miss them...

P.P.S. Now I have to watch the other X-Men movies again so I'll understand them better - or maybe it's an excuse to see Hugh again?

Bucharest = Amsterdam

You wonder how did I arrived to this conclusion?
You think Amsterdam is on Amstel river, Bucharest on Dambovita.
They have the old city we have the old city center, they have bikes we have atv's.
But the answer is really easy: have you noticed the sea of tulips that has appeared in Bucharest these past two weeks?

I really think the Dutch have no more tulips, they are all here... and they are soooo beautiful!
You don't believe me?
You should ;P

Shopping

I've done a wee bit of shopping today...
What I bought?
A way to relax and have fun on the 16th of May!I missed them the last time they were here and considering that I'm not going to Brugges anymore, there is only one thing left - go to a Depeche Mode Concert instead :D

LOTR overdose

I was really bored this weekend, being stuck inside due to heavy rains so I decided to watch some movies - which ones?
Well of course The Lord of the Rings trilogy!!!
I remember watching them in the cinema, I still can't believe I was able to stay in my chair for 3 hours without moving, fascinated by the whole story: the hobbits, the elves, the landscape - New Zealand beautiful as ever, and of course - the men - Sean Bean, Karl Urban, Viggo Mortensen...
Who wouldn't want to watch Aragon on a rainy day?
Even after a few years, the movies are perfect - story, actors, dialogue, special effects - but it's still impossible to watch them all in one day...
Why?
Because the extended versions are around 240 - 270 minutes each, plus extras and interviews, so unless you can prolongue the 24 hour day, you will surely OD!
But you will OD in style :D and you won't repeat the experience for another few years...

Salata de oua cu ciuperci si struguri

4 ouă, 5 ciuperci, 150 gr boabe de struguri negri, 200 gr kaiser, 2 fire ceapă verde, 100 ml maioneză, 3 linguri smîntînă, 1 linguriță muștar dulce, sare, piper

Se fierb ouăle și se curăță de coajă. Se păstrează un gălbenuș, iar restul de ouă se taie cubulețe mici. Ciupercile se curăță și se taie felii. Strugurii se spală, se taie pe jumătate și se scot sâmburii. Kaiserul se taie cubulețe și se călește 2 minute împreună cu ciupercile. Ceapa se taie rondele și se amestecă cu strugurii, ouăle, ciupercile și kaiserul. Maioneza se amestecă cu gălbenușul fiert, smântâna și muștarul și se toarnă peste ingrediente. Se amestecă bine și se condimentează după gust.

Wet, wet, wet...

Went to the park,

rain started,
umbrella got broken,
arrived totally wet home...
Happy 1st of May!