Lovely eve spend with exceptioanlly great and extraordinary Larisa Ivanovna. Been to the recently opened kaffeteria Mysak and then to the movie "Inju: The Beast In The Shadow / Inju, La Bete Dans L'Ombre" of Febiofest.

BoomBox has appeared in Prague at the Ocko club on Fri, 27 March. great live performance and mix of hits form various albums. The crowd was active and hungry for nostalgic songs, that were sang in chorus. Dancing was a must!!! Here are some captured moments.

The President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko have visited Czech Republic (Prague) with his wife Katerina. For coinsidence and luck I got to attend most of the public events he has appeared at:

• European Banking and Financial Forum 2009 (see program), where he gave an opening speech on the 2nd day. The key message - Ukraine will not default on it's international debt obligations.
  
• Saw him at the ceremony of putting the flowers to the monument of CZ soldiers. In photos.

JOURNALISTIC CASE:
Also at this time I was asked for the interview by UA crew (Lena Skobalo / Елена Скобало as appears on the post it note contact that I got) of ICTV. I have answered the questions about where I'm from, what do I do in Prague, how the crisis is being felt by Czechs, how it is being effecting me personally.

I have heard from one of my classmates - who reported over odnoklassniki.ru that he saw/heard me on the ICTV in the repport highlighting the President's visit to Prague, where I was saying something in support of UA financial policy and something related to possible foreseen credits from EU. I was more then surprised.

Honestly if you have seen something like this it would mean a montage in the TV studio of ICTV. Despite the fact that I do support the current UA government (both President and Prime-Minister) I believe that using me for faking and delivering message publicly on the ICTV is a bad practice to motivate UA citizens to practice their freedom of speech. Presenting what I was not in fact saying is a breaking of the journalistic ethics and morals. Well done ICTV!!!

Now I'm waiting form more feedback from my friends who could possibly saw that curios report to actually reconfirm if my words were manipulated.

Also then I doubt this case could have a long lasting effect, more then an angry letter to the ICTV studio and few angry sms to Lena. :-)

• And been to the official opening of the monument to Taras Schevchenko (UA writer). Unfortunately no photos of this event.

Honestly it was my 1st time I have heard of musician/DJ Laurent Garnier (from France), who played his 3h set at Roxy. Also it is during the set that I have realized why he is called as the father of techno music. His skill and drive kept me dancing all night long. Great dance to remember. Few captured moments.

Checked the new theater performed by young enthusiasts. Considering I have performed this play ("Про Федота стрельца") when I was back at school at 7th grade - it was a great flash back to the younger days. Photos from event.

Real snow just about 2 km from Prague where no hints of white fun... It was my 2nd time with colleagues (by now ex-colleagues) at this place. Fresh air, nature, and of course the drinking and dancing. The topic of this year was PUNKS ARE NOT DEAD...
Survival photos: one, two, three, four.

• An afternoon trip to Teplice v Cehah with Konstantin. In photos.
  

My flatmate Boyka is changing jobs and will be going to Germany for training as part of her new assignment. Great news for her!!! The back side of the story is that we needed to find a new flatmate for 3-4 months until B. will be back to Prague. After few personal interviews and one online (skype) interview we got chosen Francesco from Italy. Also the skype interview is very fun, especially when my other flatmate Fahri was showing around the apartment over the build in laptop camera (check the photos). LOL :-)

Lecture on Freedom of Press organized by French Embassy in Prague and festival of human rights movies OneWorld.

I believe the most important message that I have took from it is:

• stand by your opinion if you believe it is truth, even if it may seem to go against of public opinion majority

Here are photos from the event taken by me, event photographer Josef Rabara.

• Great ballet La Sylphide and Napoli been to with Iva's mam. In fact I have enjoyed the 3rd act - Napoli much more since it was very major, dynamic and energetic - real Italian style. In photos.

• Moto expo and Lunopark test drive. In photos.

• UA Beauty awards. ;-)

"Generation Y Goes to work" - good article at The Economist.
And interesting visual graph from different source.

A great art movie. Characters, love, sex and relations with parents mix... Available here. Lovely soundtrack.

Enjoyed the movie Revolver by Guy Ritchie. Available here.