1999

1999-12-27, Joseph

For guest book: Greetings! I enjoyed viewing your Christmas card and photo gallery very much ! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2000! Peace!
Joseph Maciora-Boston, MA, USA 27 December 1999

1999-12-27, Silke Haller

For guest book: Dober vecer Borut, to je vrlo dobro tvoja biblioteka u internetu. Sam studentica hrvatskog, srpskog i slovenskog jezik u Tübingenu u Nemacki. Iskati teksti to nije tezko za bibliotekom tvojim!
Hvala!

1999-12-17, Leslie Mandic'

For guest book: Ovo je zaista lijepo. Sto vise reci? Mozda samo; hvala i doci cu opet.

1999-11-27, Marija

Dragi Borut,
Kad sam se nakon petosatnog intenzivnog rada na projektu koji me u posljednje vrijeme okupira, otputila u kratko krstarenje Internetom i nabasala na Tvoju stranicu s novinskim isjeckom iz "Slobodne Dalmacije" i slikom Ive Andrica i Miroslava Krleze, prvo sam zastala u nevjerici, a onda mi se osmijeh razlio cijelim licem. Dva velikana juznoslavenske literature, rame uz rame, na istoj slici! Kakav prekrasan prizor za moje umorne oci u ove sitne sate na samom startu novog dana! Hvala Ti!
Nije tome tako davno da sam se cesto budila u bunilu i znoju, bezuspjesto nastojeci pomiriti zaracene strane u kaosu nocnih mora sto su mi duge cetiri godine punile noc. Ovih dana imam puno zahvalniji zadatak pronaci poznate i nepoznate istomisljenike razasute diljem svijeta, te na taj nacin pokusati nadoknaditi prazninu ratnog i poratnog raskola.
Nedavno sam saznala za Cyber Yugoslaviu - kakva krasna ideja! Postala sam ambasadorom za blijedo plavu tocku u cast Carla Sagana i njegove vizije planete Zemlje, sto se obrce na periferiji jedne galaksije izgubljene negdje u beskraju svemira.
Jos nikad nisam bila u Cafe Balkanu, niti sam znala da postoji. Ako je suditi po slici sto su je za ilustraciju odabrali u "Slobodnoj Dalmaciji", te sadrzaju clanka, taj Cafe je, cini se, vrlo zanimljivo i paznje vrijedno mjesto. Cim ponovno ugrabim trenutak slobodnog vremena, sigurno cu svratiti na casicu razgovora u drustvu ljudi koji se ne srame cinjenice da su rodeni "u jednoj zemlji seljaka, na brdovitom Balkanu".
Srdacan ponocni pozdrav,
Marija

1999-11-15, Iva

slavic library: zahvaljujem se na trudu koji je ulozen u stvaranju ove stranice.fantasticno uradeno!!!
P.S. u potrazi sam za poemom( ili autorom) "Ti koja imas nevinije ruke" Vesna Perun (mada nisam sigurna da li je prezime tacno) i nasim prevodom Jesenjinovih pijesama........... molim vas ako vam je poznato kako da dodem do njih,javite mi.
Iva

1999-10-27, Ljiljana

Odusevljena sam tvojom stranom na internetu, posebno kolekcijom literature. Zelim samo da ti se zahvalim i pozelim sve najbolje! Pozdrav
Ljiljana

1999-10-09, Alex

For guest book: Drago mi je da jos uvek postoje ljudi koji se u ovim teskim vremanima bore za ocuvanje nase knjizevnosti.Ovo je vrlo korisna stranica za sve one koji se nalaze u inostranstvu i nemaju mogucnosti da cesto pronadju dobru knjigu iz otadzbine.Steta je samo sto se na svim ovim stranicama nalaze uglavnom odlomci . Smatram da bi bilo jos bolje ubaciti kompletne romane kako bi se jos vise posvetila paznja ovim stranicama i kako bi jos vise ljudi mogli da se posvete nasoj knjizevnosti.

1999-09-17, Drago Stanovnik

Vase delo je zanimivo in koristno tudi drugim ljudem! Zelim Vam vse dobro in seveda tudi vabim na nase strani: Http://www.brezovica.si Drago.stanovnik@guest.arnes.si
Drago Stanovnik

1999-09-11, Borut i Sanja Vujic

For guest book: Evo posto smo otkrili tvoju stranicu samo da ti kazemo da nam se jako dopada i da nam je drago da jos uvijek postoje ljudi koji vode racuna o nasoj zajednickoj knjizevnosti.
Borut i Sanja Vujic

1999-08-23, SP

your site - Telphone directory on Balcan: Please note that Slovenia is not a Balcan country. I could say the same for Croatia.
Regards
SP

1999-08-05, Barbara Holzer Farnum

For guest book: I have just spent a very pleasant hour visiting your site. Since I have been corresponding via email with two Yugoslavians during these times of strained relations between our two countries, I have become most interested in the Slavic culture and I am sure that your site will prove to be an invaluable learning tool for me.
I am a poet so my primary interest is in Yugoslavian poetry, particularly women poets. I was delighted to find a poem by Desanka Maksimovic' on you site and in English translation! Unfortunately, at this time I cannot read Yugoslavian but I am trying to rectify this by studying a Serbo-Croat (teach oneself) language course. Your site, will undoubtedly also help me in this endeavor.
Let us hope that tensions will soon ease between our countries and a healing process can begin. We have all been losers in this terrible tragedy. Please know that there are many of us in the US who have a great admiration and respect for the Yugoslavian culture and we wish only the best for you and your people.
A prijateljica from Wisconsin, USA
Barbara Holzer Farnum

1999-08-03, Jelena

For guest book: I love your page and cafe and literature Ive been looking for something like that for long time and now Ive found it by accident. Sve je jako dobro, mnogo mi se svidja. Pozdrav iz Novog Sada      Jelena

1999-07-29, Mladen

Mostovi su da se sa njih skace!(za knjigu gostiju): Postovani Borute! Upustio si se u gradnju mosta preko divlje rijeke,a bez skele i bez projekta. Posao ti je utoliko tezi jer je tu most nekad i bio.Prvi ce ti reci da nam most ni ne treba,drugi ce te hvaliti,treci ce te gadjati kamenjem srusenog mosta,a najpodliji ce cekati da ga sruse po gradnji. Stari bi neimari otisli nikada se ne okrenuvsi na svoju gradnju,a tebi savjetujem da se ne okreces dok je gradis jer kako pametni Balkanac Ivo Andric rece,"Od svega sto covjek u zivotnom nagonu podize i gradi, nista nije u mojim ocima bolje i vrednije od mostova."
Mladen ,USA 1999 !

1999-07-22

For guest book: Surfajuci Netom naisla sam na ovu stranicu i osjetila potrebnim da Vam posaljem svoj komentar, bez obzira na to da li cete ga Vi smatrati prihvatljivim i objaviti... Slazem se sa Vama da se ne treba stidjeti vlastitog podrijetla i kroz povijest i geografska obiljezja Balkana uporno traziti nove i nove razloge za etnicku netrpeljivost. Svi smo i previse pretrpjeli, neki materijalno, neki duhovno, a neki su mozda izgubili blisku osobu... Ali sad nakon svega i svih strahota sto su se dogodile, najlakse je obraniti se i ograditi slijepo od svake krivnje... Toliko gorljivo osudjujete svijet sto je napao Srbiju, "nevinu drzavu i ljude", a jeste li razmislili o tome tko je napao moju Hrvatsku i da li je za to bilo povoda i opravdanog razloga ?! I da li je Ideja o jednoj drzavi, Srbiji, za to opravdan razlog ? Znate li koliko je ljudi poginulo u mojoj domovini, koliko ih je ostalo bez domova, koliko ih je ostalo dozivotno unakazenih, a bas svi sa psihickim posljedicama za cijeli zivot ?! I ja, nevino dijete, u svemu tome zatecena isto tako nepravedno, umjesto da se bezbrizno igram na ulicama svoje mladosti, u suzama sam lezala u nekakvim podrumima, groznicavo razmisljajuci jesu li mi otac i braca jos zivi... Dok su necije granate sijevale nad gradom, u zelji da razore sve materijalno, kao i samog covjeka... Tko je za to odgovoran ?! Zato Vam predlazem, ako zaista zelite izbjeci svu politicnost u cijeloj toj situaciji, da likvidirate sve natpise u vezi bilo kakvih sukoba, pa i ovih proteklih, u Vasoj zemlji... Mislim da bi to bilo najbolje za sve...

[Napomena (Borut Maricic): Gornji prilog se, pretpostavljam, odnosi na moj tekst u vezi napada NATO-pakta na SRJ, koji je poceo u ozujku 1999. Tekst je, kao dio ulazne stranice u Cafe Balkan, bio neposredno vidljiv u periodu izmedju 1999-03-28 i 1999-07-30, kada sam ga od tamo uklonio, slozivsi se s prijedlogom autorice o pristupu napisima o sukobima. Iz priloga autorice se moze shvatiti da "gorljivo osudjujem svijet", da smatram "nevinim drzavu i ljude" (pretpostavljam u Srbiji, ili SRJ), te da je Srbija (ili SRJ) "moja zemlja". Navedeno ne odgovara istini.]

1999-07-09, Katja Sturm-Schnabl

slovenske pesnice: Vasa home page je sijajna, kajti kulturno zdruzuje kulturo , za vsakega slavista koristna in prijetna, zato Vam tudi izkreno cestitam. Predlagam pa da vnesete med avtorje tudi kako avtorico, saj imajo vse te literature tudi zanimive avtorice; slovenska literatura cudovite pesnice, kot so to naprimer Irena Zerjal, Svetlana Makarovic; tudi med generacijo prvih pesnic se najdejeo sijajne pesmi. Pozdravljeni in hvala lepa Katja Sturm-Schnabl

1999-06-07, Danilo Maric

For guest book: Slucajno sam naisao na ovu stranicu, odusevila me je, i po ideji i po izboru i po kvalitetu i po jeziku i po toplini ljudskih poruka... Zasladila mi je naporan dan, jo{ jednom ~estitam vam i `elim da istrajete i gradite ovaj zaista vrijedan, ali i zama{an, projekt.
Pozdrav, danilo Maric iz L.A.

1999-06-02, John Morovich

regarding cafe balkan: Mr. Maricic, I am disappointed that you have under the umbrella of creating a website for "cosmopolitan Yugo-nostagists", have chosen to editorialize the NATO bombing of Serbia. Your views of the situation are not only not Yugo-nostagic or cosmopolitan, in fact they are at the level of an uneducated villager influenced by an overzealous priest. By citing Milosevic's propaganda you insult my intelligence and those who have the unfortune of stumbling across your website. SHAME ON YOU! If you want to have a pro-Serbian page FINE; but do not do it under false pretence. WE CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT. I will not visit your site in the future. Take this from a REAL cosmopolitan.

1999-05-23, Milica

For guest book: Veoma lepo uradjen site. Cestitam... Bas su mi trebale nase pesme, i dobih vasu adresu od drugarice...nisam se ni prevarila sto sam dosla ovde :) Jos jednom hvala puno, i zivi bili
Milica

1999-05-19, Alexander Antonic

Pozdrav: Borut , Prejmi lepe pozdrave iz ZDA. Tvoja stran je dobra in predvsem objektivna kar mi je najbolj vsec. Nisi podlegel vsem tem nacionalizmom. Hotel sem ti se zahvaliti za to in se naprej delaj tako. Lep pozdrav !
Alexander Antonic

1999-04-07, Dusan Radosavljevic

For guest book: Postovani gospodine Maricicu, slucajno, zaista slucajno, naidjoh na Vasu veoma zanimljivu Internet-stranu na kojoj provedoh par sati ne osetivsi da vreme prolazi. Cestitam na uspehu u njenoj organizaciji i prikazima. Zelim Vam svaki napredak. S postovanjem
Dusan Radosavljevic

1999-04-06 (sent on 990326), Steve Hayes

For guest book: I have bookmarked your page for future visits. We have a page for a discussion on peace and conflict resolution in places where there is violent conflict, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/peace.htm Maybe you can visit us some time. Keep well,
Steve Hayes, University of South Africa

1999-04-04, American Soldier

For guest book: May whe never meet in battle my bother but if if our paths evercross i will send your serbain sons to their graves.
American Soldier

1999-04-03, Pedja Basic

For guest book: Cestitam. Bez obzira gdje se nalazite, uradili ste fantastican posao sa ovim. Mislim da mi, Balkanski narodi, imamo dosta toga da pokazemo Svijetu. Depresivna situacija nastala pocetkom ovoga prokletog rata, ponistila je sve ljudske vrijednosti svih nas. Ovo je dokaz da jos postoje ljudi koji mare za nasom (mislim na sve Balkanske narode) kulturom, a time i za nasom buducnoscu. Vrijeme je da nas "civilizovani svijet" prestane gledati kao predmet svih mogucih perverzija. Sve ovo sto se desilo ne mogu nazvati nikako drugacije.

1999-03-29, Tom Gallagher

For guest book: Cafe Balkan provides what I think is the authentic voice of the Balkans - ironic, refined, and humanistic. I hope these qualities will help shape the world's perception of a profoundly misunderstood corner of Europe if these days of political madness and human suffering are ever allowed to pass.
Tom Gallagher

1999-03-29, Andrew Shuttleworth

For guest book: Excellent site. Hi Borut
I don't usually sign guest books, but I thought I'd let you know that I think your site is one of the most well designed sites I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of sites). In addition, although I've never had any particular interest in South Slavic literature, the content is interesting and excellently presented.
It's good to see such high standard sites on the internet. Keep up the good work. Regards
Andrew
PS I've added your site to the following section of the Open Directory Project: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Globalization/Language_Specific/
Andrew Shuttleworth
Localisation Engineer, SDL International http://www.sdlintl.com/

1999-03-29, Christer Bergstroem

No to bombs: I visited the Cafe Balkan site, and all I can say is that I absolutely agree with your standpoint regarding the terrible NATO bombings of Yugoslavia.
I'm working for a small independent Swedish newspaper. I'm looking for e-mail contact with ordinary people in Yugoslavia. We would like to let them express their views and feelings regarding the NATO bombings. If you could help me to find such contacts, I would be most grateful. For instance, is there a Yugoslav chat, where one might be able to find such contacts?
Best wishes from Sweden
Christer Bergstroem

1999-03-29, D i N Scipioni

For guest book: Veliko HVALA! Ulozili ste izniman trud da napravite ovu stranicu. To se i vidi. Ocjena: 10! Preporucicemo vasu stranicu i drugima :-)
D i N Scipioni

1999-03-21, Iva

Regarding S.Slavic Literature: Dear Mr.B. your Balkan Cafe je jako prijatno and there's also a lot to find in your own private library but of course I didn't found what I was looking for
that's not exactly your fault because I'm pretty new her in Cyberspace which I try to use now as cheap kind of encyclopedia
As you know there isn't very much to find in my "civilised" West about South Slavic literature only one or two books from Andric or Krleza but not a thing about historal backgrounds or other interesting facts (but it also could be that I'm not looking right or that I'm a bit impatient)
Actually I was looking for Milorad Petrovic I do have a few poems from him but I really don't know who he was and what he wrote and when and where he lived
according to his style and language he must be an 19th century Serbian poet (is my humble opinion) During my long long journey through the Internet I met a lot of people called Petrovic of course I met Njegos and Veljko and Zeljko but Milorad seems to be unknown
Yeah,what to do now??? If you know something you can drop me a line or you can refer me to some other interesting site or you can publish this e-mail and my @dress in your guestbook so other people can mail me
Thanks anyway i sve najbolje
Iva. yadin@wxs.nl

1999-03-21, Marko

Regarding Cafe Balkan: DOBRO VECE CAFE BALKAN OVDE MARKO IZ ZIRIHA

1999-03-11, Renee Radosevich

For guest book: This is a nice site! My grandparents came from yugoslavia. I am very interested in the country. thanks,
Renee Radosevich

1999-02-23, Armin

For guest book: Da hier noch niemand etwas eingetragen hat, will ich einen Anfang machen: Gut so, Borut! Eine schoene Homepage!
Armin