20 iulie 2006 < George Hari Popescu, ministrul Cyberculturii

Why I’m here

20 iulie 2006 etichetat educație / In English

HESP Regional Seminar For Excellence in Teaching has started with this summer university on Media Literacy. Sessions on media economics, media and communication, media and governance , media and society, media criticism are taught during this seminar. Participants are teachers and/or journalists from: Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania, Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan. Professors are from Ukraine, Russia, UK. There are two sessions per day, really dense, with a lot of readings. The problem is that all participants have to come to a common denominator, especially on media theories and communication studies. But I don’t mind remembering first-year courses at the […]

Nice girls in Kiev delivered to your room 3

20 iulie 2006 etichetat In English

Two nights ago, I got a call in my room at Kozatsky Hotel. Here is the dialogue with that female voice: „Do you speak English?” „Yes.” „Would you like a nice girl”? „Ahh, no.” She hang up and I didn’t have the chance to add: „I would like a bad girl”. Now I see the „Ukrainian brides” industry from a personal perspective. UPDATE An Armenian participant told me how the system works: the guys from downstairs give the girls a list of foreigners who live in the hotel, with room numbers and direct phone numbers. If there are several clients […]