Canadian immigrant song

George Motoc from Toronto, Ontario.

Hometown – Transylvania (4)

You thinking deep? Meditating?

Neh…Just watchin’

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September 25, 2009 Posted by georgemotoc | English blog | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Hometown – Transylvania (3)

Bety’s kitchen…

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September 24, 2009 Posted by georgemotoc | English blog, Romanian blog | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Hometown – Transylvania (2)

Traffic…

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September 23, 2009 Posted by georgemotoc | English blog, Romanian blog | , , , , | 2 Comments

Hometown – Transylvania (1)

My neighbourhood is bound by tall hills leading to mountains.

Lots have changed from early seventies, my childhood years, but the hills are still there.

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September 22, 2009 Posted by georgemotoc | English blog | , | 2 Comments

Hot Romanian cinema @ Toronto International Film Festival TIFF 2009

There is a decent sample of Romanian movies this year at Toronto International Film Festival.

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I warmly recommend all of them. These young directors/actors/camera people  are truly able to turn a regular story in powerful cinematic moments.

You will laugh and cry, and understand more on why your Romanian buddy at the office never stops talking about life behind the Iron Curtain.

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A simple “Romania” search on festival’s website returns this:

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September 8, 2009 Posted by georgemotoc | English blog | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

America needs Ceausescu

What America needs to pay its debt is… Ceausescu. The  dictator had an obsession with paying Romania’s foreign debt.
America needs a ceausescu of her own. Imagine:

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September 1, 2009 Posted by georgemotoc | English blog | , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet