Farewell the ashtray city (for now)

I'm 3 hours in flying to Madrid. I'll be far from my belowed Sarajevo for 21 days. In the next three weeks I'm gonna live at least two wonderful experiences: be back in Dominican Republic, in the wedding of one of my best friends; and then see my family for the first time in 3 months.


But I will miss this city. For thousands of reasons: my friends (you know who you are), Basčaršija, Begova dzamija, Arts Academy, the trams, polako polako, some ćevapi at Hodzić, bosanska kafa, Sarajevsko pivo, a kapućino in the morning with Samir, saying Good morning to Lejla and Chiara, Dobro jutro radio, Grbavica, eating pastrmka at Lights, seeing wahabits praying at King Fahd's mosque, Ferhadija, walking along Miljacka, the lights on the hills, the chaos, the old men playing chess in the squares, Hotel Bristol, Alipašina dzamija... like a genius said once, I love this jungle city.


And this is my tribute to Sarajevo:


"If you play with the lines on the map of Europe, you will have to find Sarajevo. It is revealed where lines cross over the Balkans. First you draw a line from Paris, through Venice and then to Istanbul, the closest East that Europe knew for centuries. A second line starts in Northern Europe, goes between Berlin and Warsaw, through the Mediterranean, and then to Africa. These lines meet over Bosnia and Herzegovina. And, in fact, they cross over Sarajevo.


Here wars started and here they went on, while people loved and longed for love. Here merchants were selling goods from all over the world and life was close and distant to ways of the East and the West. It was Western for the East, and Oriental for the West. It is the life in Sarajevo".


From "Sarajevo Survival Guide" by Fama colective (1993), page 94.



OST Placebo - This picture

The Rulebook for the Bosnian football

Jasenko sent a link to Chica and I obviously read it... it is really funny!

And reading the post about this special and wonderful country called Bosnia i Hercegovina I've found another one that explains how easy is to have a Bosnian national football team which represents the diversity of the country... here you have!

General rules
The first team is consisted of eleven players. All three constitutional nationalities must be equaly represented according to the folowing rules:

The right and left winger must be of be different nationalites.
The playmaker must be of the same nationality as the goalkeeper.
The left wing back and the left winger cannot be from the same entity.
All kantons must have at least one representative in the first team.
No two players must have the same uncle.
At least one third of the players must be returned refugees.
The number of players with a beard must not be higher then the number of players with no hair. On the left side of the field there must be an equal number of players from all three nationalites.
On the right side of the field there must be an equal number of players from all three nationalites.
All three nationalites must be represented on the forward position.
The defence must have an equal number of players of all three nationalites.
The Goalie must be 1/3 Bosnian 1/3 Croatian and 1/3 Serbian.

And what about the Bosnian football league?
The home team wins by default.
The home team reserves the right to beat up the referee if rule above has not been met.
The team that wins 2 away games in a season and still returns to home with all its players is automatically crowned champion.

New rules: conditions to enter in the European Union
At least one third of the players must be homosexual;
At least one third of the players must be left handed;
All players must cooperate with the Haag Tribunal.
Those players who are staying in a foreign country can not be in the first team.


(Thanks to Uncyclopedia guys. It is really funny! And Sretan Rođendan, Jas!)