4/14/10
just went to my first albanian wedding...took a few pictures and a few videos..hopefully you can see the circle dancing in one of my videos..here, or on facebook....about the 4th circle dance into the wedding (turns out there were about 30..no really, 30)...my host mom got me up and she had the band play a song, and she made me lead the circle dance...oh dear was it tough trying to learn the foot movements on the spot...but, whatever is clever..i wouldn’t even have done that in america...but now maybe i will...haas and brit..watch out for my circle moves at your wedding....anyway.after the circle dance we had food...about 5 courses..and for some reason, i got two of every course...maybe cuz i’m american....or maybe everyone did and i didn’t notice...either way, everyone was very nice..and we cheers’ed (gezuar’ed - yes mikey you were right) a bunch of times...the wedding was lots of fun...very similar and different from an american wedding...the groom (and i presume his family) were there for about 3 hours of the 5 or so hour event...i think there are actually two or three separate ceremonies..i believe this was the first one...the first is for the bride’s family. my host mom was the sister of the father of the bride...anyway...it was a lot of fun, and i’m glad i made it there..check here or my facebook for videos/pictures of the wedding, and picture me leading a circle dance....
4/19/10
short and sweet..my blogs have been sparse and short because i spend every waking moment i have trying to do something productive..mainly learn the language..a couple of my trainee friends have blogs as well..i will try to post the links before you guys lose interest, i just haven’t had the time...
noticed the dodgers aren’t looking too good..haven’t heard anything about the nba playoffs other than garnet getting ejected or something...
speaking of sports...been watching a lot of great soccer over here...very talented players...i just cannot handle all the dives....it’s almost embarassing to see a premier player, on a premier team, in a premier league fall down and grab his ankle when the reply shows he wasn’t even touched...such is soccer, still some exciting moments i guess
Haha sweet...I know Albanian! You're definitely gonna have to show us those dance moves at Haas' wedding and then introduce them to the world at Dim Mak. I hope that while you learned about the culture at the wedding, you also taught them some important things like, Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.
ReplyDeleteLakers led the Thunder for 3 quarters in Game 3 in OKC, Thunder came back to win...series at 2-1 (lakers).
Kings series tied at 2-2, back in Vancouver tonight
Dodgers still around .500
NFL Draft - Bradford went #1. Tebow was picked by the Broncos at #25. Colt McCoy and Clausen both went undrafted through Day 1...which was a pretty big surprise. Also, no USC players chosen Day 1.
i am an official follower of calbania :) post those pictures of your great dance moves please!
ReplyDeleteWe would be honored for you to lead the circle dance. Done deal, and just got added to the itinerary: 9:45 to 9:50 - Jeff "Calbania" Knoche leads group in Albanian Circle dance - done.
ReplyDeleteIn other important sports news (lol) - Real World Road Rules challenge got started up again - its another "Fresh Meat" one, so you can seem new blood. Haven't got any episodes yet, but Bmac is raving about it....