Blagoevski-Trazoff Family

So, it’s been really fun three weeks. For so many reasons, the job is making such positive waves in my attitude, it’s not even funny. Each day is different in very good ways. It’s been a fun process getting to learn the “FSI way” of doing stuff, meeting new colleagues. I also took a speaking Serbian test. I’ve no idea what I got, but I’ll keep you posted…

On another note, Vladimir Cetkar got DC on jazz fire! His band played on Wednesday night at the Blues Alley in Georgetown. I was fascinated, especially by the disco and funk influences. If you know me, you know I love that stuff, so it was a very cool mix of jazz with stuff I really love…

Of course there is a least one bad thing – I’ve no time to get a hair cut. Well, maybe this time…

This article by Balkan Insight was just the thing I needed to cheer me up. A nice note to the gov’t: don’t spend the money to ask foreign investors to come in, ask the diaspora to invest more, especially in new business ventures. And make it easy for us to both come in and get out…

Check out the stats 2010 in Million Euros:

- Macedonian Diaspora = 1.366 (direct transfers mostly from Australia, Canada, Switzerland and Italy)

- FDI = 222 (82% less???)

Nice one…