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Great Gift delivery services in the Czech Republic / Vyzkousene Dorucovaci darkove sluzby v CR

gift flickr imageYou desperately want  to send your mom flowers or some nice chocolate for her upcoming birthday. But you got a problem: your mom lives in Czech and you live in the US (or elsewhere). What do you do? One of our readers, Martina, gave me the greatest tip ever:

Her favorite gift delivery services are www.zlasky.cz, which deliver anything from chocolate, candles, flowers and teas to jewelery, underwear, toys or anything else you can think of. She also said to check out “ptakoviny” (or “silly things”) which offer some unusual gift options ;0))

The other gift delivery website Martina recommends is called www.krasnekvetiny.cz. These people are mostly about flowers, wine and stuffed animals.

So you don’t have to drag heavy packages to the post office and pay $100′s of dollars in shipping fees just to send your mom some chocolate and coffee! You don’t have to be afraid that the Czech mailman eats through your box of chocolates! Now your mom receives it personally at her door and you don’t have to move a finger (besides the one that clicks the computer mouse)!

Thanks so much for the tip, Martina! [click to continue…]

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Czechmate Diary FORUM is working now!! / Czechmate Diary FORUM jiz funguje!!

google forum imageHello/Ahoj,

I am sorry about the half-baked  Czechmate Diary Forum but now it is working, I promise!! Just click on the “Forum” button in the upper-right hand corner of this page, then click “register” and the job is done! The computer will automatically send you an awkward password into your email inbox but you will be able to change it to whatever you want in your Forum profile…the usual forum stuff.
Thanks for your patience!!!

Tanja

PS: don’t be shy to be the Forum pioneer!!

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Tagged as: cool stuff

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Win the next 2009 Miss Czech Slovak US! / Vyhraj soutez o 2009 Miss Czech Slovak US!

beauty_queen google imagebeauty_queen google imageWould you like to win bunch of money, a trip to Czech or Slovakia and meet the Czech president? Now it’s your chance! Nebraska is looking for the next 2009 Miss Czech Slovak US again so read up on the details:

CZ: Chteli byste vyhrat hromadu penez, vylet do Cech nebo na Slovensko a poznat se se presidentem Ceske Republiky? Zkratka stat se celebritou? Ted mate sanci! Nebraska totiz hleda dalsi Miss Czech Slovak US pro rok 2009. Vice info najdete v nize prilozenem dopise:

Who will be the 2009 Miss Czech Slovak US?

The Miss Czech Slovak US Pageant is looking for the next Miss Czech Slovak US. For 23 years the Miss Czech Slovak US has been produce heritage ambassadors for all Czechs and Slovaks across the United States. Now, we are looking for more. [click to continue…]

Tagged as: contest

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What does it mean for the Czechs to have a visa-free status?/ Co to znamena mit bezvizovy status?

November 17th marked the first day of the visa-free status for Czechs. It sounds great, but what does this Visa Waiver Program (VWP) really mean for us? What do those relatives need to do in order for them to visit us in the US ?

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) permits Czechs (and Slovaks) to visit the USA (and other 26  designated countries listed bellow) for 90 days using their passports without getting a visa. They can also use their former valid visas to do so. The VWP works only for for business trips and short term tourist-like visits, it DOES NOT substitute for the study or work visas. For Czechs who would like to do so (study or work in the US), they still have to apply for the proper visa through the US Embassy in the Czech Republic. [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: law, travel

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Questionnaire for Czechs & Czech-Americans living abroad / Anketa pro Cechy & Cecho-Americnany zijici v zahranici


Ivana, a graduate student from the Czech Republic is asking if we could do her a favor and possibly fill out one of her questionnaires for her research thesis. Her topic concentrates on Czechs/Czech-Americans living in the US and how it affects our overall Czech cultural heritage; do we retain it? Or do we lose it?

If you could be so kind and fill it out (it’s really short) that would be great. Ivana promised to give us the “results” one she is finished!

CZ: Ivana je postgradualni student z Cech a poprosila me, zda-li by ctenari Czechmate diary nemohli vyplnit par otazek pro jeji diplomovou praci. Pise totiz o Cesich/Cecho-Americanech zijicich v Americe. Budte tak hodni, a pomozte ji tim, ze anketu vyplnite – je to opravdu kratoucke. Dekuji! Ivana mi slibila, ze se pak podeli s vysledky!!!

Research questionnaire for Czechs/Czech-Americans living abroad

Once you fill them out, email them to i.stavarova[at]email.cz. Thank you!

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Tagged as: culture, Czech Americans, take action

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Announcement: new “Message board” category / nova kategorie “odkazu”

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Hi Everyone / Cau vsichni!

I created a a new “Message Board” category for you guys to put up and share anything that you think would interest fellow “Czechmate diatarians”(enter each announcement as a “Comment”). Go ahead and don’t be shy to be the first one to start:

Vytvorila jsem novou kategorii “Odkazu”, kde muzete zanechavat ruzne info pro ctenare tohoto blogu. Tak se nebojte zacit (1 odkaz = 1 comment):

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Czech interpreters needed in Atlanta / V Atlante se hledaji prekladatele cestiny

language yahoo imageAnyone living in Atlanta and in a need of a job? I was contacted by a non-profit organization called the “Culture Connect” and they are looking for Czech translators for the growing Czech community!

CZ: Zijete v Atlante a hledate praci? Dnes me zkonaktovala organizace zvana “Culture Connect”, ktera hleda ceske prekladatele pro vrustajici ceskou komunitu!

Here is the ad: [click to continue…]

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Czechmate diary is in the news! / Czechmate diary je v “novinach”

news google imageSo I thought I would brag a little and let you guys know that the krajane.net website made an interview with me, featuring this website (Click here). They call me the “first Czech-American blogger” – makes me feel kind of important ;)

Unfortunately it is in Czech so here is the translation in a nutshell:

1/ Where do you come from? How did you get to the US?

– ( all found in the CMD “about” page )

2/What do you like about America? What do you dislike? [click to continue…]

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Czech translator needed /Hleda se prekladatel

image taken from www.sficg2008.orgIf you are in a mood of being helpful to our world without being paid, the 42nd International Children’s Games in San Francisco is looking for volunteer Czech translators. The games will be held on July 10-15th and are expecting a Czech team coming from Cesky Krumlov. This year’s SFICG event is hosting children from 90 cities, 50 countries and 6 contintents! So, if you don’t show up our kids will just end up racing in the opposite direction because they didn’t know what the referee was saying….;-)

Hledaji se dobrovolni prekladatele pro Detske olympicke hry v San Francisku!

For more info contact: [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: children, Czech language, sports

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Jozin z Bazin T-shirts and more now available / Tricka Jozina z Bazin jsou nyni k dostani

Hey everyone!

For you Jozin z bazin lovers there is an awesome on-line store with various types of merchandise that celebrates the beauty of our favorite video.

CZ: Pro ty, kteri jsou blazni do Jozina z bazin je tu “lek”: Jozinovske tricka, bundy a cepice jsou ted k mani!
http://www.printfection.com/jozinzbazin

jozin z bazin shirt

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