Archive for February, 2008

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Europe and Human Rights

Every state in the European Union has a long history of war, revolution and development. However, as we all know, those who live it write history. Although it may seem as though Europe has moved into an era of peace and economic development, in truth, there is a hidden, dark layer, in European society, it […]

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Scott’s Top Five

Top 5 Reasons Budapest Is Better

A Long and Colourful History
All The Monuments, Church’s, and Buda Castle
More Pubs, Clubs, Cafes, and Restaraunts
Easy access to the rest of Europe
Significantly better Arts & Culture Scene

Top 5 Reasons Vancouver Is Better

My Own Long and Colourful History
The Pacific Ocean
The White Rock “Strip”, Stanley Park, […]

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Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Apparently I suck at shaking hands

I’ve been corrected twice now on separate occasions that I was shaking hands with people wrong.
1.) I often shake hands with my gloves on, which is rude, apparently.
2.) I often don’t give eye contact to the person I’m shaking hands with, which is also rude, apparently.
Well live and learn I guess?

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Canada Joke by a Turk

A joke about Canada as told to me by my Turkish friend:
“At the founding of the nation, they decided to draw letters out of a hat to make the name of country, a ‘Newfie’ was chosen to draw the letters, he read out: C eh? N eh? D eh? And thus Canada was born.”

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Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Squished

A friend of mine just returned from India, she has told me stories about how crowded it is there. I can’t imagine how crowded India must be, because I already find Budapest crowded. Going home after work reminds me of High School, the school was so over crowded that the their would be frequent “traffic […]

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Friday, February 8th, 2008

My Global Domination Continues

Hope you heard your email on Jeff O’Neil Mail this morning at 8:15!
Thanks for listening all the way from Budapest!
Charis
Morning Show Skirt
Jeff O’Neil Show
99.3 The Fox
Western Canada’s #1 Modern Rocker
Vancouver, B.C.
http://www.cfox.com
Is it just me, or does Madonna look like a pale Bruce Lee?
—–Original Message—–
From: email@scottelliott.com [mailto:email@scottelliott.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:19 AM
To: CRVAN CFOX Morning […]

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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Updated Map

Now that I am well past the half way point in my adventure, I have updated my map. It now includes all the major spots in the city - in my opinion. I’ve included a picture for most of them. Check it out!
Tip: The map is best viewed in Sat (Satellite) mode. Available on the […]

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