I doubt you’ll meet a K-pop star. Maybe if you work at a fancy hotel or on a fancy airline you will, or maybe you’ll meet one at a film festival, but…
Category: education
Applying to University in different countries
The IUF is in Cluj today, to wisk you off to a university in Romania or abroad. Is it worth going? Well, there are ten universities in Cluj, and a few online…
Most misused words in English
Anyone learning a new language will misuse or misunderstand a few words. Some of these are called “false friends” or more commonly, “faux amis,” as in words that look the same but…
Learn German at UBB (senior discount)
Until tomorrow, you can sign up for Germa classes with the German club at UBB, or the Deutschen Kulturzentrum Klausenburg (aka Last Clean Newt). Yes, the deadline is 2 October to sign…
Chinese and Polish classes open for enrollment at UBB
By UBB, we mean University of Babes Bolyai, in Cluj Napoca. We just found out there is a UBB in Poland, University of Bielsko Biala, which also offers courses in Polish for…
Should Romania adopt school uniforms?
If I understand Adevărul newspaper correctly, it seems that Romania has adopted school uniforms. The parties that some have labelled as extremists, PSD and AUR, have voted in the very British thing….
Learn Japanese and Portuguese through UBB institutes (fall 2026) and Korean
The Camoes institute of Cluj and the Japanese cultural center have announced language classes for the fall term through their social media pages. (It isn’t always easy to see these things on…
The use of “they” and “their” in English
“They” is a plural. Some people use it as a singular. That is incorrect English. As someone who had weight problems as a child, I still feel insulted if someone refers to…
Translations of words in the news
We noticed some words in the news that aren’t in most Romanian language textbooks. They might seem simple to figure out, but they might also be translated incorrectly. Rechizite – There isn’t…
Where to study European studies, in Europe
We see many universities where you can study European Studies. Unfortunately, many of them are in countries like Britain and the United States or Canada, where tuition and housing are extremely expensive,…