Thursday, September 6, 2007

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Thursday, the 6th of September

Yay, I'm back. Lol. I've missed you all so much! *big hugs for everyone* I'm glad I got to announce everything here, so I wouldn't get any complaints about not responding to messages or anything -I didn't do that on Minitokyo and now I have to face 32 notifications T_T Reply to GB entries, PM's etc. But let's get on with the show! (It's going to be a long rant, so get some chips, water and a comfy chair.)

Day 1: Walking about
Not much happened that day. Basically we "visited" the town and the beach. The weather was good, and I was very tired, because I had to wake up at 5 a.m. and got there around 10.

Day 2: Walking + shopping = love
That day we went to the Holiday Village - kind of a fair, with rides and stores, popcorn and horror houses! No, I didn't want to go in the Horror House again after what happened last year >> (I went in with my dad and couldn't see anything because of the smoke, so I wasn't scared. But near the exit there was a girl with a mask on her face who ran her fingers through my hair, and I turned around, saw her and screamed! So much for horror movies experience...)

I was extremely sad when I saw two baby lions tied up near one of the rides. Some gypsies got money to let tourists take pictures of the lions, and I was really sad to see them tied up like that. They were playful, but strong; they had a small plastic bottle to play with, and I think they were confused, with all the lights and noise around them. I left there quickly, I would've cried had I remained there longer; I already had tears in my eyes T_T I can't stand cruelty to animals.

Oh well, the good part was that I got myself a toy frog, that emits a croaking sound 3 times (sounds more like burping! I love that toy ^^). And there was also a ride, the Ranger, which was basically 2 hammer-shaped "rooms" that oscillated in the air (exactly like the hammers in the Pink Floyd: The Wall movie, if you know what I mean). It was fun hearing all those tourists scream ^^ No, I didn't have the guts to go for a ride XD

Day 3: Fun in the sun
Don't you hate cliche's? I do, but what can I say, when that's all I did? XD

Day 4: English vs. Romanian
Yup, what else can I say except that this was a very rare day when the guys from the Jetix channel screwed up and aired all the shows in English. Thank God for small miracles.

I liked Andy's (from What's with Andy?) voice, but when they aired an episode of W.I.T.C.H., my brain instantly froze. Their voices were so high-pitched (almost like in Sailor Moon), especially Irma's. I barely stood though it - I love the Romanian dub, however <3 Good voices, fit the situations ^^ (sorry, couldn't find any clips aside from the opening ones. If you want those, go to Youtube and search for "w.i.t.c.h. romana")

Day 5: Cold? and seagulls
Yup, I got myself a cold, and still haven't given it up XD I'm now proud - I caught a cold while at the seaside... But in the evening we went to the beach and fed the seagulls with a packet of biscuits my dad found on the beach ^^ It was fun.

Day 6: to the rescue!!
*blush* Here comes the bragging part... I rescued 2 girls from drowning. You know, from this story there's a lot to learn. Romanian people say "let someone else do it", but that doesn't mean it's always for the best. Take this case for example: about 20-30 m from the shore, the water reaches half of the distance between your ankle and your knee. It gradually goes up, until there's a "pit" (I don't know how deep the water is there, all I know is that I couldn't reach the bottom - and I'm 1.60 m tall), then the water reaches your knees again, then it finally goes up for good.

In other areas, you can get to the "higher ground" without having to swim across the "pit", but the girls were near the "pit" and couldn't reach the bottom (and they were about 1.70 m tall). One of them started screaming for help, and after a minute some guy who was playing volleyball saw them and started to yell "Lifeguard! Lifeguard!" Now there's a stupid thing to do, considering the fact that the lifeguard was more than 100 m away from where we were. So I went and grabbed one of the girls' hand and pulled her to higher ground. That's about it, I swam a bit to get out of there too ^^

Day 7: I get a request!
From a little girl, who saw me drawing and liked my characters! I had a drawing of Sora on a sheet of paper (it was about 10 cm tall) and she wanted one with Sora, only bigger. So I got my pencils and paper and drew her an A4-sized one ^_^ She liked it, and I'm happy I could do it - I drew it pretty fast, about 15 minutes!

Day 8 and 9 aren't that important to mention separately: basically, I went to the beach ^_^

Day 10: Save our souls!
The day we left Mamaia. We had to catch the train at a quarter to 7 p.m., and then wait calmly to be taken back to Bucharest. All's well up to now. we had to wait 3 hours in that friggin train, in the middle of a field, with no lights in sight, raining outside, because some train had broken down right in front of us! So instead of 4-5 hours, we got home after 7, at around 4 a.m.! (meaning the time it took to get home, not to the train station)

In the train station, we wanted to get a taxi. Another woman (very nice one) was with us, and we had the same route. The taxi driver didn't want to take us where we wanted to go, saying it was "too close" (4 tram stations!). Instead, he took a woman who lived on the other side of the town (naturally, more money on the line!), and we had to go home by foot, at 4 a.m., after it rained and it was very cold outside!

Now to more pleasant things ^_^ There was a cat at the hotel we stayed in! Her name was Natasha! O_o Awkward name for a cat, but she was very cute - brown, black and white! Not too playful, though.

More stuff to complain about on the next post, this one's too long for its own sake ^^" Preview: what I've drawn, other things I saw in Mamaia and future art projects ^_^ See you soon and have a great week! *big hug*

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