54) Went to my Armenian neighbour to help unistall some Nokia player, then showed how to remove irritating browsers toolbars and almost ended up upgrading the laptop from Vista to Windows 7. Thank god, I tend to be impolite enough :).
55) I guess that there could be very few better compliments than the one undirectly done by my cousin's 3yo daughter when my brother was visiting her - he got called - the second Mārtiņš :). Apperently being a portable roolercoaster pays dividends - we'll see for how long this credit will do last :).
53) My neighbour listening to Maximo park "Books from boxes" in the kitchen. And that's the only song on her mobile phone. Uber cute.
52) While speaking no word in Hungarian, I always make a fake greeting whem meeting Hungarian by repeating the Borat's "hello" as Jagshemash. This time there was a Czech girl around, who revealed that it means "How are you" and surprisingly she hadn't noticed Borat saying this phrase. So now I know almost all I need to know in czech for a simple coversation - ahoi, jagshemash, dobre, dobre, dobre, jasno, čisto, ahoi ;)!
51) My mom saying: "Because it was lighter", while justifying buying 0.25l Coca-cola light, instead of normal Coke which I would definitely prefer much more.
50) A waitress in Rīga greeting Romāns by saying "Hello!"
49) So what do you do after a totally unconventional copying about 10 times of the same chunk of java code? Outburst some malicious laughter! Just an observation of a colleague.
48) Met Ivan and started to talk about the project, while getting him totally confused cos he was Oliver and he didn't have a clue what on earth is Java Pathfinder and what's up with that seminar.
46) Explaining the way to hundred water house in lousy Italian for some Italian tourists who obviously didn't speak neither German, nor English and initially just pointed with finger on the picture. Only thing I'm afraid of is having encouraged them to ask further directions here in Italian.
47) Announcements in Riga airport made in Lithuanian. As Linas said - with a heavy Latvian accent. Since the Lithuanians kicked out airBaltic out of Lithuania and their company eventually drowned, the most of Lithuanians arrange their flights via Riga.
45) I guess there's nothing much more flattering than being asked by a girl-model whether I'm a model as well :D.
42) Convincing a new Lithuanian Erasmus student that I'm a Lithuanian, but I speak with a significant accent cos I come from Samogotia region.
43) While discussing again with Rocco why there are still no Estonian Erasmus students in Bolzano, we concluded that probably they're still on the way.
44) In Hofer bar toilets there are 2 machines - one with condoms, other one - with artificial vaginas. Kinda If-then-else :).
41) While talking to my new Russian room mate and his mates who've just arrived since 2 days from Siberia, they admitted that actually it's not that bad with the girls in Europe as they had been heard. Their previous believes were based on a theory that during the medieval all the beautiful girls here were burned on the pyres - in the result spoiling the gene fond.
33) Pung saying: "Long time no see". That wasn't the first time she had said something so rofling as being Thai. This time I found out that such an expression exists, but it's taken directly from Mandarin and is still in use because of it's ridiculousness.
34) Being under a serious consideration of being somewhat surrogate father.
35) Zhenya saying, while giving me a lift: "Once I drove to the work and was overtaken by 3 Bentleys! Where else you'd see that than in Latvia?!"
36) My studymate telling: "I don't want to go to America, I want to get married!" How sweet is that?! :)
37) I guess it's somewhat a curse - I torn apart two of my jeans in both days when hanging around with the same girl.
38) "I usually don't get your jokes from the first time, but I know that it must be funny." Quite a sincere and amusing compliment :).
39) Listening to Georgian and Bulgarian having a conversation in "Russian".
40) "We still have our clothes on, nothing happened?! Right?!"
31) That's hilarious - at the first night after coming back from Australia, in the morning I talked to one of my hostel roommates and he was... an aussie. If that's not funny enough see 8 :).
32) As me and artjom went for a coffee in Vienna, somehow my eyes ran into the girls at the nearby tables that were apparently looking at me, that made me wonder whether it was because of speaking in russian or my aussie tan. It must have been something of that cos you don't get that much more attractive overnight, you know... :D
26) While having a drink in a company of one Finnish, I couldn't resist finally asking him when his glass was almost empty: "Are you finish(ed) ?"
27) A snoring possum disturbing my sleep - I revenged by going out and taking some picture of him :).
28) A German researcher made a joke about his Chinese colleague at the next desk: "You can ask him, how it's written in Chinese. I believe he remembers some hieroglyphs. " And the Chinese guy responded in a complete seriousness: "No, I remember them very well". Sometimes it's funny how he doesn't get some simple implicit irony patterns, though he is a very smart guy. I guess it's just the matter of culture differences.
29) Cabin crew on my flight from Gold Coast to Sydney consisted of 2 tall, muscled, smoothly shaved guys ala Right Said Fred.
30) Cashier in Lidl: "Your fly is undone!" me: "?" Cashier again: "Your fly is undone!" me "argh... (red)(red)(red)"
23) "Good guys finish last", being said by my colleague at the perfect moment after argumenting that when he puts his best and fairest efforts it always leads to sequence of failures.
24) Super pure and grammatically perfect English of my colleague student at the next desk.
25) "Bloody hell", being said by a researcher during the presentation, when he had made a mistake in his calculations. The funny thing is that I was the only one laughing, I guess I think too pictorially :).
20) Yesterday I learned that you shall not leave food outside overnight, because of the vicious possums. Of course I couldn't resist making a joke about need to lock the bike right because of the same reason.
21) While riding a bike, I took the right lane for several times.
22) An aussie, who had lived some time in Czech republic, telling about a Dutch colony in Estonia that has survived throughout the years. Even through soviet times, because apparently they speak both Estonian and Russian, but talk to each other in Dutch. Of course if there is such thing (quite unlikely) then they must be Danish.
15) Just met Russian guy told me that I speak Russian without an accent... I guess that my fellow Žeņa from Rīga would fall off the chair laughing, by hearing that :).
16) Cyclists put spikes on their helmets or heads when riding a bicycle to keep away the attack of crazy birds that are breeding at this time and protecting their nests... apparently from vicious cyclists :).
17) The cheapest meat here is the one of sheep.
19) You just have to go to London just because to eat that perfect chocolate muffin.
8) Staying overnight with 3 aussie girls in the same hostel room in Vienna at the night before going to Australia.
9) Conversation in Abu Dhabi cafe before having breakfast: "Do you know how much is 8 dinars?", "I have no clue".
10) A french guy with a terrrrrrrrrrrible english accent claiming to be speaking almost without accent.
11) People in Denmark play American football and even hire yankee coaches.
12) An hour ride from Stansted to Heathrow with a bus costs 21 pounds x.
13) The first words seeing me, opening the hostel door for one of those aussie girls: "Oh my god, oh my god, you're so BIG." :D.
14) Slovakian is somewhat like Russian written with Latvian letters - lots of fun with it in Bratislava airport.
15) After having checked my passport at check-in to my flight from London to Abu Dhabi the receptionist said something like: "Labhash, " I was like ok..., and she continued: "It's hello." I was again like ok... again, trying to memorize the utterance in order to use it in Abu Dhabi. And then she continued that there's a colleague of hers who is Lithuanian as well. Of course the immediate consequence was me explaining her 2 things - that the nationality isn't the same and how to pronounce it right.
1) Andrea telling about having dined in Riga at Melnais kaķis for 26 Lats.
2) Veronika claimed to know all pants of Valdemaras and mine as well.
3) Raivis being a boss of a branch at Latvian state revenue department. Fact itself i mean.
4) Gytis telling to Valdemaras: "Starp mums runājot viņš ir padirsenis," on Romāns who was sitting besides. Approx translation "Speaking amongst us, he is an "underass"".
5) Valdemaras learning estonian.
6) Song about the guy whose sleep is disturbed by gnomes that come to visit him.
7) Tima boasting to leave me reckless on basketball court and an hour after telling that he's not coming.