surprise gift.

came back to my room to find this laying on the table. a nice neighbor gave this as a graduation gift. it's really hard to tell what is it at first sight, but then you can tell that it portrays "defining" points in Prishtina. but it also sets this mythical and almost medieval tone to Prishtina - which is not actually right, or is it? last night's movie made me think a lot about the city, and my perspective about it. This hand-made gypsum piece reminds me of wooden artifacts that my grandparents used to hang on walls. you don't see these things decorating any walls these days, but only occasionally.

it's nice to receive gifts, any kind, even this kind.
it's just that some gifts can be displayed on the wall, and others should be put away as silent reminders.

thank you neighbor for your kindness.

tonight is cancelled.

as part of the SkenaUP festival, there was the world premiere (as the co-producer called it) screening of a joint Irish-Kosovar production movie. surprisingly, the movie felt good. it was so good in fact, that i still have that sweet and warm taste in my mind. the photograpy and the picture elementes were amazing (i've never seen my home city in such a perspective). it showed how ugly the city really is, which made me sad, but the richness of the photography and colors filled me with hope.

they way the actors played on screen was almost the same as they are in real life - good people, with amazing talent. i must admit that one of the most enjoyable elements of the film was the fact that everyone (apart from the Irish guy) spoke in the same dialect that people around here speak - and that, i could relate myself with. it was so exhilirating to hear that. the whole worldplay was wrapped with it.

the story was about a young couple, a part of which (the girl) wanted desperately to get married to this odd/shut other part of the couple (the boy). there was something special about the acting part of the girl (she sang Cat Power's Werewolf at the ending credits - in albanian!): she added the dialogue to it all and was the central figure in almost each scene. Armend Kabash (played as a TMK soldier) was another pole around which the movie revolved.
here's more.



well done to you all.




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i hate it when the tv's is blazing with football.i know, but it can get too much. and then on the other side you have the oval UN security council table around which clueless individuals (when it comes to the real issue of Kosove), strap stupid decisions that will have a profound impact on any future development of this place.

it's a shame why vital decisions have to be made at such a sweet moment.
leave us alone, please.

frostwhite.

things are not so sweet and peachy.

once again, we went out to show the frustration with the latest political decisions that show the fragility of our country. the damp colors of clothes and the gloomy weather made the protest march seem so depressing and sad, which was not really the case. not many people were waving the flag that was imposed on us - which really shows that we do not associate ourselves so much with it. so why do we have it then? it was an emotional day and glad we were part of it.

we even held a banner that nita made.

dinner at viska's. joyous

i should have put this moment up long before now (maybe a week or two before), because it was one of those nights that will be stuck to that old patch of good-memories belt. family gatherings are rare but this one happened at the right moment. my aunt, visare, has had a fair share of medical problems with her eye (when young, someone pointed an arrow and it landed straight into her eye). this night was nothing like it, with food, drinks, and good/laughing spirits and kindness all around. other took some photos of that night, but i had my crappy phone camera and i took some too (i knew that the pictures taken by others would take ages to arrive) - this happens because they never send them out. anyways.

i laughed so hard that night, that it will be remembered on each other laugh i have from now on. man, wish these happened more often these days.


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thanks tezja visare for everything. wish that you won't have to go thru the same again.
stay healthy.

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