News Update

Hey everyone!

Sorry for not writing for a long time. This is partly due to the fact that nothing that much interesting occured recently, partly because we are rather busy, and partly because we figured that we'll stop sharing uncertain news as it brings us bad luck...

But we are alive, still fighting and not giving up. Honestly speaking we don't have much choice anymore as our flight back to europe left on monday, without us on board, so there's no turning back - it's either success or "mom, dad! send us some cash!".

We had a couple of outlooks for finding a flat recently, but since I am tired of posts like "looking for a flat" and especially "finding a flat", I decided not to share any good news until we have keys in our hand. Last week we found a really nice one-bedroom apartment in Palermo, with separate kitchen, furniture and fridge for around 900 peso/month, but then we had some misunderstandings with Telemedia. It appeared that when they say "we'll give you garantia" they mean something different, and it was just not good enough for the owner of that flat. You see what I mean? Then on Sunday we went to a grill party at Ale's sister's and met some people there. We had a chat with a bloke called Santiago, and when he heard that we find it rather difficult to find a flat, he proposed us to move in to the flat that he's renting, because he's got to find something closer to his workplace. That deal (would have) meant that we could get a two room apartment with furniture etc. for about a 1000 pesos, and wouldn't have to pay comission and deposit. That (would have been) sweet!! Two days later we were told that Santiago's brother was kicked out from his own apartment, and the situation got complicated. "Zonk!" again... Well, I understand that, you know. If such a situation affected my brother (btw - Happy Birthday, man!) I definitely would think of him first. Neither the less, we were pretty disappointed. Now there's yet another promise of a solution to our tiresome situation, but I simply dare not to speak about it on a public forum.

My work is shit. Period.
I mostly survive by putting headphones on and entering my personal "happy bubble" until I can go home.

Niki is doing well at Telemedia, against all odds continously proving that she can do better than what the rest of her machoistic work environment might have thought of her beforehand.

Our little business project is also looking good. Just finished the basic presentation and some people might be interested in it, so now I'll develop it in more detail, meaning that I have to write a business plan. It's fun. Have you ever seen anything like it? See one here. I'm really looking forward to it... Either way it's going to take me some two months probably and then we'll be ready to move on to the development phase. We're looking at some 6 to 12 months until the launch date, that is if everything goes well and as we all know that it happens only in american movies.

Speaking of movies, see these:

- Grindhouse: Death Proof
- You.Kill.Me

and don't see this:

- Grindhouse: Planet Terror


Now for some sports news:

Poland lost to Hungary in their friendly encounter. What a f****** disgrace..! It's amusing to read what Hungarian press says and what Polish press says. Only for those who enjoy the benefits of speaking both languages though... English speaking press comments with somewhat less excitemet, as anticipated.

Either way, I think scoring the match's only goal from a penalty is not a reason to get excited. Imagine what would have happened if he missed... Now that would've been fun, no? :D All right I'm teasing you all Hungarians, I do love you! Congratulations for winning against Poland for the first time in 20 years. :)

In the meantime, Argentina rolled over Chile (2-0) in the South Africa 2010 World Cup Eliminations phase, and then walked over Venezuela (also 2-0).

More importantly River finished off Boca in the Superclasico (well done lads!) and is still competing in Copa Sudamericana, with next match on Oct.30 against Defensor Sporting from Uruguay.

Oh yea, I almost forgot that Poland won against Kazahstan (3 - 1) in the Euro 2008 eliminations, in a home match that saw a 1-0 lead for Kazahstan in the first quater, and a black-out and a hat-trick by Ebi Smolarek in the second quarter. The tickets were, curiously enough, the most expensive in Europe. Well done PZPN, if anyone is willing to shoot Listkiewicz, I volunteer to give assylum in Buenos Aires...

Also in the meantime, Polish politicians continue to happily throw shit at each other, in their last week before the parlament elections, and do so with little regard to what people really need. Hopefully someone will put the "evil twins" away...

So what's up with Gyurcsany? I have no patience to follow Hungarian politics after all this mess in Poland...

And the last, but not least, a small showcase of a neighbourhood in the center of Buenos Aires, called Villa 31. It's something similar to "favela" in Brasil, where people live without running water and central heating. Sorry, but I couldn't find anything in English.

Hugs and kisses from the gauchos!