Thank you Budapest....oh, sorry Bucharest!

Hehe - forgot about the highlight of the trip - watching Episode 404: Quintuplets 2000 from South Park: Season 4 - with me the only Romanian in a group of different nationalities. See the plot to understand why I'm saying this:

plot:

The boys discover 8-year-old contorting quintuplets from Romania. Cartman decides to stage his own performance.

The quintuplets and their grandmother try to escape from the Romanian government hoping to bring them back. The five end up at the Marsh house, asking for shelter. After Grandpa Marsh "loves to death" the girls’ grandmother, the boys decide to show the quints how great America is, hoping they'll stay and do their circus.

The girl's father is brought in by the Romanian government to demand his daughters back. In the US, the Marsh house is surrounded by protesters, hoping to let the quints stay. Janet Reno comes to the rescue!

In the end the quints tell off all the groups on their shortcomings, that America just wants them for money, Janet Reno for doing it for publicity, Romania for being selfish and wanting them for recognition, and the boys for their ignorance about Romanian culture. They then go on Oprah and start a press tour.




Wikipedia has the full info on the episode here.
YouTube has last part of the episode here.
IMDB has its share of info right here.

So watch it and laugh. The crying part [of "Oh my God, that's the way Romania is always portrayed outside the borders - cause media only shows the bad stories, blablabla – it’s so unfair, the world is so ignorant, why don’t they show “all the beauty we poses inside”?-yadayadayada] you can skip if only for the reason that South Park makes fun of everyone and everything and plus all that nice things are not entertaining at all- not for this kind of show - dumbly obvious and not for media or people like you and me.

Yes, there is a serious part of the problem, but this post cannot solve it and wishes not to get into. Anywayz, in my proactive kinda way I will give a homework equation to those interested in further understanding of the issue:
Reality + x = Perception. Who is x?

In the same proactive way I'll shut up, go to sleep and continue my traineeship as a Romania representative in the morning. Good night and good luck! ;-)