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[20:55:28] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: hi u here?

[20:55:37] Daina : yap

[20:55:47] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: can i give u few short questions?

[20:56:02] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: i will put it in my article about Balkans

[20:56:05] Daina : ok

[20:56:10] Daina : what article?

[20:56:14] Daina : what is it for?

[20:56:21] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: it's gonna be published

[20:56:26] Daina : where?

[20:56:32] Daina : just curious :)

[20:56:34] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: im really trying to publish it in local newspaper

[20:56:42] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: but i dont know if it's gonna work

[20:56:42] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: so

[20:57:08] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: questions.

What have you heard about Balkans before (media, friends, etc.)? (honestly)

how your opinion changed since u came here?

Describe Balkans in one word

[20:57:12] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: answer short :>

[20:58:16] Daina : what i knew before: Kusturica

[20:58:26] Daina : traditional Balkan music

[20:58:37] Daina : history is a mess

[20:59:04] Daina : kind of a path less taken

[20:59:16] Daina : like kind of exotic

[20:59:23] Daina : soviet heritage

[21:00:14] Daina : vital, joyful, a bit crazy

[21:00:20] Daina : that's about it i guess

[21:00:44] Daina : how my opinion has changed is a much more difficult question

[21:01:07] Daina : it's not really that joyful here :D

[21:02:40] Daina : i mean i wouldn't say that my opinion has actually changed much, it just - i don't know, expanded?

[21:04:22] Daina : i didn't have much opinion about balkans before i came here

[21:05:08] Daina : i guess i expected a bit for people to invite me na gosti all the time :D

[21:05:15] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: ;D

[21:05:23] Daina : and it actually almost never happens ;(

[21:05:30] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: u should travel in villages

[21:05:33] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: but now doesn't matter

[21:05:35] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: please, continue ;D

[21:08:08] Daina : i need to eat something

[21:08:24] Daina : then i'll maybe come up with something more

[21:08:58] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: eeei

[21:09:00] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: one more

[21:09:00] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: thing

[21:09:08] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: describe balkans in one word! :D

[21:09:18] Daina : i hate that kind of questions

[21:09:22] Daina : :D

[21:09:46] Daina : describe me in one word! :D

[21:10:01] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: Latvian!

[21:10:32] Daina : what does it mean, that i'm like typical latvian or what?

[21:10:45] Daina : cause i'm kinda not (emo)

[21:11:08] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: i dont know. gotta still make some more research on u before and after the noon (lietuviešu joks - latvieši pēcpusdienā paliekot stulbi)

[21:11:09] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: :D

[21:12:25] Daina : ok, be more specific. what exactly do you mean by Balkans?

[21:12:35] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: balkans

[21:12:35] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: like

[21:12:41] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: region

[21:12:42] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: u know

[21:12:43] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: albania

[21:12:44] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: macedonia

[21:12:47] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: bulgaria

[21:12:47] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: etc

[21:12:57] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: as a region of europe

[21:13:02] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: coz they r all different

[21:13:31] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: like for me

[21:14:08] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: scandinavia - cold, western - artificial, eastern europe - waining

[21:14:10] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: balkans - ?

[21:14:36] Daina : what is waining?

[21:14:42] Daina : you mean whining?

[21:14:48] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: yes

[21:14:52] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: i dont know how to write it

[21:14:53] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: never

[21:15:07] Daina : poor poor baby!

[21:15:44] Daina : i'm bad with those one word things

[21:16:17] Daina : eastern europe is whining for you, really?

[21:16:23] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: yes

[21:16:25] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: people talk a lot

[21:16:30 | [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: but do nothing basicly

[21:16:40] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: open forums

[21:16:43] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: u will see urself

[21:17:02] Daina : well that's often true, yeah

[21:17:12] Daina : in bulgaria as well

[21:17:21] Daina : maybe even more

[21:17:32] Daina : then like Latvia

[21:17:43] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: it's still eastern

[21:17:49] Daina : yes

[21:18:05] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: when the majority is kinda poor or let's say not so weathly living

[21:18:10] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: they dont see anything else to do

[21:18:50] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: im mad bout it

[21:18:57] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: but on the other hand i kinda understand them so yeah

[21:19:02] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: it's just an adjective

[21:24:16] Daina : it's a quite huge generalisation, but i feel like difference between whining in LV and BG might be that in LV we whine all the time and we hate ourselves for that; in BG (and maybe Balkans in general) people actually enjoy whining, like they can sit on their benches for hours and hours and years and years whining how they don't have enough money or something

[21:25:10] Daina : like you do that to bond or something

[21:25:48] Daina : so that's my 2 words for Balkans - joyful whining :D

[21:26:07] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: thanks

[21:26:10] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: bout answers :>

[21:26:18] Daina : you're welcome

[21:36:54] Daina : great idea for an article, btw

[21:37:19] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: yeah

[21:38:01] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: i decided to do it after one lithuanian girl said to me "omg, ur place where u live is a total hellhole"

[21:38:04] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: and i said have u been here?

[21:38:07] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: she was like noo

[21:38:09] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: so i said

[21:38:11 | [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: shut up, bitch

[21:38:21] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1)̲̅$̲̅]: if u havent