The Hunt for a New TV begins.....

Today, like any other day, I woke up at around noon and just lounged in the living room until 3pm. I had yesterday's lasagna for lunch, cold and tasteless from the fridge, but at least something to fill me up.

My sister was going out to the mall to shop and meet some of our friends. I decided that this would be a perfect opportunity to buy myself a new flatscreen. This was not a random decision! An old friend of mine is coming soon and is bringing some great new video games that we want to try out on my ps3. But the thing is, my current tv doesnt have an HDMI plug-in. (that sucks)

Alright, fast forwarding to where the adventure begins. ----->

I left my sister in the mall because all the TVs there were mega expensive. I got into this old, more or less world war 2 looking bus to go home. As I got half way home the bus stopped at a station next to the Pancevo bridge. I saw a sign of a huge, cheap shopping center called TEMPO (something like a Serbian Wall-Markt). I quickly got off the bus with a plan to go there. As the bus passed I looked at the sign that said "TEMPO, Left for buyers, Right for delivery trucks". I turned left and stared down this long empty road with no sign of life. I switched on my ipod, put the ear phones on, and confidently began my quest for the Serbian Wall-Markt.

After 10 mins of walking down the same road, I arrived at a round about which i easily crossed due to the lack of vehicles on the road. On the other side of the round about something unexpected was waiting for me. I got to the other side and was watching my DC's (shoes) for the first 10 steps. I was bobbing my head as I was listeing to DMX's "Pump your Fist", as my head rose up I saw a small black figure 20 meters away. My head bobbed down giving me a clear picture of my shoes. Bobbing up again the black figure was closer and moving faster towards me. It was all a blur. I took off my ear phones and all i heard was loud barking from the black figure! I focused on the black figure and realized that it was a big Boxer with sharp teeth and a drueling mouth. I paniked, raised my hands and moved back. The dog backed off top. I moved slowly forward passing a gate on the right where another yellow mixed dog popped out from. I jumped back with anticipation and a bit of fear. The dog wouldn't stop barking. The Boxer returned to "protect" its friend. I started moving forward aggresively and they bounced back. I moved backwards and they bounced back towards me. I turned around and walked away. The black dog began throwing a fit and ran infront of me. My temper rose as I watched a stray dog block my way. I got tired of its barking and started yelling at it. It came for my legs. I twisted my body to the side, and flung my right leg under the dog's belly as a reflex. The dog yelped and moved away.

I was proud of myself and started pumping out my chest to the dog to show that I'm boss. This lady from accross the street starts yelling at me for animal abuse. I was to tired and pissed off to argue with her so i flung my wrist in the air signaling for her to go to hell.

I got to TEMPO just another 20 mins after my encounter with the K9s. There was a crowd just like the ones in Wall-Markt. I went to the Tv section to find myself disapointed. The prices were inflated and the lables were chinese. My eye brows lowered, and I thought to myself "All of this for nothing!"

This is not the end...I will not stop looking for a good flatscreen tv with HDMI. Monday I shall resume my quest in this strange city, with hope of returning with a TV in my hands.