Thursday, November 26, 2009

Slamic KavaCaj, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slamic (Slamič) KavaČaj - Cafe and Bed&Breakfast on Kersnikova street. Nice place, also a popular student hang out. Rich selection of teas. Many times doubles as working office for non-profits.

Mitja Jurkovnik - Finishing chemistry study at FCCT, founder of Semantik, spent some time at CSIRO research agency in Melbourne, tech freak, NLP trained, passionate about rhetorics, improv fan, active at BEST and Vodstveni Inkubator. Given a lot, he will give a lot - focused on personal and business growth. About to start Toastmasters club in Ljubljana.

Andrej Gregorka (left) - Grew up in Vrhnika, his study at FRI is currently on hold as he is fully engaged in programming for Ixtlan Team. Cycling and poker. Determined to improve speaking skills through participation at (soon) newly founded Toastmasters club in Ljubljana.
Matej Potocan (Potočan) (right) - Maribor native, Medicine student, working at Radio Študent, TEDxLjubljana organizer. Culture would benefit, if he would. About to start Toastmasters club in Ljubljana.

(Matjaž) Matjaz Bergant (left) - Lives near Stari Vrh, but does not and will not ski. Period. FOV graduate, IEDC EMBA alumni, grew up with livestock, avid traveler, packaging entrepreneur with his Siscor company, hunter with particular passion for moose. His full openness revealed at his domain. About to start Toastmasters club in Ljubljana.
Rok Mihevc (right) - Logatec indigenous tribe member. Physics student at FMF, programmer and web developer, soft skills trainer, disciple of Aikido master Danč, BEST member, TEDxLjubljana organizer, travel, travel, travel. About to start Toastmasters club in Ljubljana.

(Matjaž) Matjaz Pecan (Pečan) - Koper born, Izola raised, related to mayor, FE student, IAESTE member, writer, one day he will cycle around the world - or at least to Nordkapp. About to start Toastmasters club in Ljubljana.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Tretter's Club, Prague, Czech Republic

Tretter's - THE expats place in Prague.

Achal Prakash - WebSphere and Rational Marketing Manager for IBM in CEE. Roots in Uttar Pradesh by his parentage lineage, Lehigh and GWU graduate, recently moved from Atlanta to Prague. Reckitt Benkiser, Capgemini, PriceWaterHouseCoopers and then IBM Global Services. Travels a lot, nuts about German cars, classical music but not smoothjazz.com, avid baseball and soccer spectator, reading book on animal thoughts. One day he will buy Italy and restore Indian continent. BP, NP, EP and SPH.


Ray (Raymond) Petruch - Tivoli Sales Exec for IBM in CEEMEA. Ukraine roots, moved to Nueva Yersey (New Jersey), Austin and recently Prague. NJIT graduate, cigar lover, counts snowboarding, volley ball among his other sins, rides Suzuki M109 (2007 blue one), reading Coelho's Witch of Portobello on Kindle. Future - he will invade Ukraine (everybody does that) and write books.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Trattoria Da Lello, Budapest, Hungary

Trattoria Da Lello in MOM Park. Slightly crammed place. Good food.

Teodor Hellinger, Sales Manager at Qualysoft. Avid cook, likes travelling, loved New York. Recently went on Kirk Franklin concert. Master of Sous-vide.


This can actually happen to Coca-Cola's Naturaqua glass bottle. Somewhere in an office in Budapest.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Hotel Ilica, Zagreb, Croatia

Hotel Ilica - very old fashion type of decoration. Lot's of it. Definitely catering to someone's taste.

Tamara Sisic (Šišić) Kramer - on the left, Product Manager at Abbott, her first employer. Enjoying intensive time at Cotrugli EMBA, has had red hair for quite a while now. Recently married, reading A Whole New Mind and will give back a lot more in the future. Who is going to be on the receiving side?
(Nataša) Natasa Zibelnik - on the right, Market Access Manager at GSK, but first and foremost a devoted music soul. Her roots are in Sentjur and Celje area, likes music and also enjoys her Cotrugli EMBA flow this year. Freak or Frik - not her, but her dog.


Hotel Ilica has, I believe, strong affiliation to Bas restaurant. By decoration for sure.