Croatian Products in Singapore?

Before I left Singapore, my cousins told me that the NSmen in Singapore are getting new uniforms and look a little more different than the ones they are used to for so long.

And when I chanced upon an article on Javno.com, I realised the new uniforms might actually be a Croatian export. Hm... I wonder if anyone can confirm this?

Here's the article for those interested in this news.

Did they go?

Remember my previous post regarding the protest against the Croatian PM Ivo Sanader? Were you curious if anyone did turn up for the event across the country despite of yesterday's horrible weather?

Yes, and you can see it on the image that we've taken off the TV (oops). But the number that were interested in this event on the Facebook group amounted to more than tens of thousands, the actual number that attended the event in various towns.. Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Osijek... was only a few thousand in total. Mostly youths who were really unhappy with the current state in the country.

So this event did not cause any major harm to the PM's political seat. He is still sitting comfortably there waiting for the next election. Well.. I'm just an outsider. What can I say?

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Wonder how Croatian Christmas Songs sound like? Well.. let me give you an idea. Imagine the English versions but translated into Croatian.

So here's an example... "Jingle Bells" will go something like this:
"Zvončići, zvončići, zvone cjelu noć..." which is translated as "Little Bells, little bells, ringing through the night...".

That's it. Hope you are having a good time preparing for Christmas!

How do you get 10,000 people to hate you?

It is 11,400 registered users to be exact. This has got to be the most interesting piece of news that I've ever seen on Javno.com (a news portal in both Croatian and English). Apparently, there is a registered group on Facebook calling for 10,000 haters of Ivo Sanader (the Croatian PM) to join it. The end result was more than what the administrator of the group expected. 11,400 users joined it. There was even a date for an official protest against the PM. The PM was furious of course and called this an act against the government. Now I wonder how many will turn out for the protest this week?

Here's the news link for those interested individuals!