Saviour by Annelise Noronha

It didn’t have to be him
Could’ve been anybody
It didn’t have to begin
To dismantle me.

You could save me if you wanted to,
If you asked me I would do the same for you
I could grieve the loss inside of you
I would save you if you want me to.

All the time we shared we’re sighing
All the things you said denying
When you look into my eyes
Always see a second prize.

You could save me if you wanted to,
If you asked me I would do the same for you
I could grieve the loss inside of you
I would save you if you want me to.

You could save me if you wanted to,
If you asked me I would do the same for you
I could grieve the loss inside of you
I would save you if you want me to
I would save you if you want me to
I would save you if you want me to…

Romania-Olimpique Games

Romania first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 with one athlete in the trap shooting event, but it wasn’t until the 1924 Games in Paris, France it sent its first team to compete. Romania were also the only Eastern Bloc country not to boycott the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, United States.

Rifle rifle shooter Iosif Sírbu claimed Romania’s first gold medal at the 1952 Games in Helsinki, Finland and Romania has won at least two gold medals at every edition of the Summer Games since.

Romania has a long Olympic tradition in rowing and gymnastics, especially in women’s gymnastics where they are one of the most successful countries in Olympic history. Indeed, Romania’s most successful Olympic athlete is gymnast Nadia Comâneci. As a 14-year-old at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada she made history when she recorded perfect scores of 10 on the uneven bars and beam during the team competition. She finished the Montreal competition with seven perfect scores, gold medals in the beam, uneven bars and all-around competitions and a bronze medal in the floor exercise. Four years later at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union she continued her winning ways with individual gold on the beam and floor and a silver in the all-around competition. She also won team silver medals at both the 1976 and 1980 Games to finish her Olympic career with nine medals in total. Other successful Romanian gymnasts are Simona Amanar the all-around gold medallist at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia, Daniela Silivas a triple gold medallist at the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea and Catalina Ponor the individual champion on beam and floor at the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.

Rower Elisabeta Lipa is one of the most decorated rowers in the history of the Games. She won five gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in a career that spanned 20 years. She won her first gold medal at the 1984 Games in double sculls and won her last as part of Romania’s eight at the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.

Romania has also produced some fine track athletes with the most popular being middle distance runner Gabriela Szabo who became 5000m champion a the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.

First OG Appearance:	1900
Number of OG Appearance:	18
Summary:	Medals per sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 10 14 10 34 Boxing 1 9 15 25 Canoe/Kayak – Flatwater 10 10 14 34 Equestrian – Dressage 0 0 1 1 Equestrian – Jumping 0 1 0 1 Fencing 3 3 6 12 Gymnastics – Artistic 23 19 24 66 Gymnastics – Rhythmic 0 1 0 1 Handball 0 1 3 4 Judo 0 0 3 3 Rowing 18 10 7 35 Rugby Union 0 0 1 1 Shooting 5 4 5 14 Swimming 3 2 4 9 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 2 6 3 11 Wrestling – Freestyle 1 0 4 5 Wrestling – Greco-Roman 6 8 13 27 Total 82 88 114 284 Medals per year Year Gold Silver Bronze Total 1924 0 0 1 1 1936 0 1 0 1 1952 1 1 2 4 1956 5 3 5 13 1960 3 1 6 10 1964 2 4 6 12 1968 4 6 5 15 1972 3 6 7 16 1976 4 9 14 27 1980 6 6 13 25 1984 20 16 17 53 1988 7 11 6 24 1992 4 6 8 18 1996 4 7 9 20 2000 11 6 9 26 2004 8 5 6 19 Total 82 88 114 284

Quotes

“The greater danger for most of us is not that
our aim is too high and we miss it, but
that it is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Einstein

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street. – Virginia Woolf

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known. Confucius

tips[1]=’He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.’
tips[2]=’If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.’
tips[3]=’War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other\’s advantage.’
tips[4]=’Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.’
tips[5]=’God creates men, but they choose each other.’
tips[6]=’A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.’
tips[7]=’He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.’
tips[8]=’Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.’
tips[9]=’Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.’
tips[10]=’There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.’
tips[11]=’There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.’
tips[12]=’When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content.’
tips[13]=’He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.’
tips[14]=’If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.’
tips[15]=’War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other\’s advantage.’
tips[16]=’Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.’
tips[17]=’God creates men, but they choose each other.’
tips[18]=’A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.’
tips[19]=’He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.’
tips[20]=’Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.’
tips[21]=’Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.’
tips[22]=’There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.’
tips[23]=’There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.’
tips[24]=’When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content.’
tips[25]=’He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.’
tips[26]=’If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.’
tips[27]=’War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other\’s advantage.’
tips[28]=’Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.’
tips[29]=’God creates men, but they choose each other.’
tips[30]=’A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.’
tips[31]=’He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.’

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.Machiavelli

“The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.” Vi Putnam“

It is better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.”

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
- Richard Lewis

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
- George Bernard Shaw

A hypocrite is a person who–but who isn’t?
- Don Marquis