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An orchid, which was abandoned in my building's hallway, nearly dead, blossomed. I am generally inept with plants (managed to kill a cactus), but I felt bad for it, so I brought it home and took care of it. I figured it cannot possibly get worse for the orchid.
Me happy and feeling rewarded! :D

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MOST orchids like yours need very little watering. Their roots are not in the soil per say as other plants do. They do like bright light, (not direct full sun all day) and humidity, where at the bottom of the pot/tray they can survive on humidity. Don't spray mist on them, the leaves don't like that.

Glad you were able to recover and enjoy, orchids are actually really tough!
 
Civil unrest in Bulgaria again. To put a long story short: we've just had enough of this shit. Sad thing is, even if we get what we want - resignations and new elections - there's no-one decent to vote for. All of them are corrupt bastards.
 
Civil unrest, day 4. I am missing the protests today, because I have some stuff to do at home, but will probably go again tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the ruling party leader suggested that the protestors are being paid. Hence the slogan "I am not paid, I hate you for free".
 
I totally understand the Bulgarian problem. It appears that Poland isn't the only country which still suffers from the heritage left by Soviet Union and communism times. I have a problem similar to Trinity's one: there's practically no one to vote for. There are young and decent politicians of course (there are even old and decent ones as well tbh), but the system out here is that in reality you vote for a party, not a person, and people don't have a direct way to choose deputies. Although there is no unrest atm in Poland, the governing party's support is plummeting, according to latest polls, so we can't be really sure about what comes next. The real concern is that among the currently active parties, every one of them had already governed and failed, and I'm afraid that the circle will close here, and in reality, nothing will change. My solution? There is none. The old political generation just has to die out.
 
@Mihau: Exactly!

@papajohnny: It's a long story, but you can catch up here:
http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/06/14/th...-against-peevski-taking-over-security-agency/
http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/06/14/pl...dit-of-trust-in-this-government-is-exhausted/
http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/06/14/up...i-to-head-state-agency-for-national-security/
This Peevski person is a despicable bastard, but, as a friend rightfully pointed out, he's only the tip of the iceberg. He said he would step down, but, meanwhile we're still in the streets - protesting against the government in general and the situation as a whole. I realised I've spent 2/3 of my life marching and chanting in the streets - the same things, against pretty much the same people and nothing has changed. It is only getting worse and we're really fed up.
This is a good one, however a tad on the too sober side: http://sofiaglobe.com/2013/06/16/bulgaria-the-moods-of-a-protest/
 
I find it weird there's a total lack of media coverage about Bulgaria's situation here in Finland, even when it's an EU country.
 
Yeah, me too. I've been checking the HS in the past several days and there's absolutely nothing. Perhaps if we start killing each other in the streets or the police tries to kill us, there might be something. But so far everything is peaceful. The media here said that on Sunday was held the largest political march in 20 years... We just march the streets and chant for a few hours in the evening, then go home.
 
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Now you made mum angry.

On a lighter note: a kangaroo escaped from a private zoo and has been dwelling in the cherry orchards around Plovdiv. A call to the 112 emergency number was released: "Hello, I am calling from Plovdiv. I am up on a cherry tree and there is a kangaroo underneath, eating my cherries. No, I am not drunk and I am not mad. There is a kangaroo under the tree and I am afraid to come down." The TV said the owner is giving a reward of 500 euro if his pet is returned unharmed. The residents of the area said they have seen it hopping around, stealing cherries and stashing them in its pouch. The attempts for its capture so far have been unsuccessful :D

http://btvnews.bg/video/news/ot-mesets-kenguru-obikalya-raiona-okolo-plovdiv.html
 
Thanks for those links Trin, read through all of them last night. Still nothing in HS today. Maybe they're indeed waiting until the mafia pays a few guys to "provoke the police"... :(
 
No coverage in Poland as well. When I first read about Bulgarian unrest here, I thought I missed something as I don't watch TV often. Then I checked some news on major channels and found nothing. That's really strange, as we could see much information about latest manifestations in Turkey, which is a little bit further culturally and politically, in my opinion.