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"Michael Manske: Knockin’ em all down."
I attended an expat bowling tournament
in Ljubljana last night. I got back late and was absolutely out of
commission for most of today. My team got butchered,
finishing 21st out of 24.
I realized too late that our team captain, Carlos the Jackal,
was lying when he said he was a member of the Olympic bowling team of
Argentina. In truth, he was once the president of the Argentinian chapter of
the International Federation of Competitive Eating. It’s similar but still different. Apparently, he still holds the national record there for chinchulines consumption.
However, I did manage to achieve one dream of mine: To get on the cover of Slovenian gossip magazine Nova.
Alongside Slovenian singing legend Natalija Verboten, no less. (Bottom
left) It almost feels like my work in Slovenia is almost done.
Have a nice weekend!
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What with all of your discussion in previous blogs about the multi-(ahem)talented Ms. Natalja Verboten, I’m surprised about the picture. While it reflects all of the attributes you’ve detailed in addition to reflecting that you are as photogenic as she is, there’s still a problem.Why is the bowling ball orange? I’d say blue should have been the color of that ball. Congratulations, Michael. A celebrity, and so soon. Hope you could keep the small toen feel of this blog even though you’re a cosmopolitan kind of guy now, I suppose.
Had it been blue, there certainly would’ve been some very interesting options regarding the headline…I
should also mention that the cover is a fake — some Nova people were
there and printed it out. I’m nowhere near a celebrity, and certainly
don’t do the kind of things that get you on the cover of Nova. Not yet,
anyway.
Who’s the platinum blonde? Don’t tell me that’s your wife. The ball was silver, but it’s reflecting the color of that chick’s face.
No, it’s not his wife. So Mike… who’s the chick?
gees, Nova Revija changed a lot since I last read it.
hey mike, a rethorical question. Were you or were you not also
attending the Študentska arena in Ljubljana two days ago? Sitting on a
bean bag talking to some "students"?
Dragan, this isn’t the Nova revija you’re thinking of. That one still exists in the same form it always did. This is Nova (without the revija), just another Slovenian tabloid.
Matt, I know, I still read it.
I like the way they structured that sentence. Definitely first page material.
crni and mitja: My marriage counselor has advised me not to
reveal that information at this time. But, seriously, she does
promotional work for Nova. I think the name was Katja. That’s all I know.
freddie: It’s really great. Tabloid headlines are always the best, although this one is pretty difficult to translate into English. cookie: Yup, that was me. I saw you and Baja walking by — was curious why you didn’t come say hello.
There (acrtually here) I was, staring at the picture on this
web page. It was all too familiar. I recently bought Nova magazine for
Gaby who was in hospital with our daughter few days ago, I just had to
check it. I got our Nova magazine from the toilet floor (most of the
newspapers are there) and I was shocked. The cover was the same, except
the picture of MM there. How uncreative!Then I noticed that on ‘your’ cover the price was missing and the issue number was a bit weird.After that I checked the comments… ;)Funny thing. :)
Carlos the Jackal here.Thanks for the comments… but I guess I’ll post the REAL story on my own blog. (cue mad scientist laughter)ps: it was a great night! and that bowling thing too!
ps2: this is the first time I’m called a ravenous predator. i’m so flattered, yay!
Oh, and by the way, that orange ball was TEH KEWLST BAWL EVAH!!@!1
Because we didn’t know that was you, silly! We went to RSI
Till then…:-D
corner, just to see if you were there actually, to say hello. Who would
have thought we passed you! You could have waved or sth too, you know!
I have an excuse not to know you though, I only saw one lil picture of you, the
one at the first blog meet you all had last year. And let’s face it,
that picture is not too good. See, this happens when you hide your
face! ;-)(now this sentence doesn’t appy anymore, since now you posted
your picture on your blog, so…) We’ll have to say hello some
other time then- now that we know (as long as i do anyway, since i have
a good face memory) how you look like!
Before anyone starts any rumors…I’m afraid I’m not the Katja in
the piciture, 1. not blonde, 2. heavier 3 Shorter 4 I don’t dress like
that, and didn’t even when it might have looked good on me 5 I can’t
stand bowling allies, the noise gives me a terrible headache. 6, na
zalost I have never visited Slovenia although I should someday. 7 since
I don’t speak Slovenian, I couldn’t do promotional work for Nova. So there you are, one catagorical denial! Oh did I mention this lady is at least as good looking as Nataljia?
Micheal, you’re such a poser! But…do you have some mobile numbers of all those ho’s pictured?
I bet you a dozen floppy discs you didn’t even get tit !
Hmmmmm…