WEEKLY REPORTS ON
THE INTERNET PROJECT
By Vladimir Zlatic
MARCH
Thursday, 1. 3. 2007
We had 13 visitors today - 5 school children, 6 high school students and two adults aged 20-30.Besides the chat and online games, the visitors also surfed the internet, listened to online music, etc. A school boy emailed his brother who lives in France.
Friday, 2. 3. 2007.
28 people visited the club today - 15 school children, 12 high school students and an adult in his 20s.Most visitors chatted, the youngest played online games, nearly everyone listened to online music.A high school student searched the internet for some materials she needed for her homework in Serbian literature.
Saturday, 3. 3. 2007
We had 20 visitors today - 10 school children, 7 high school students and the rest were adults over 20.The youngest children played online games, the teenagers mostly chatted and the oldest visitors surfed the internet and checked their mail.One of the cultural web portal correspondents, who fled Croatia in 1995, came to the club after a while. He surfed the websites on literature.We had two new visitors. Their friends, our regular visitors, brought them.Some of the visitors came to the club in groups - four Roma boys came to the club in the afternoon and then in the evening a group of four high school students aged 15-18 came to the club.The attendance was particularly good in the last two hours before closing, when there were nine visitors in the club at the same time sharing the computers or reading "Bravo" and "Zabavnik".
FEBRUARY
Tuesday, 6. 2. 2007.
We had 18 visitors today - 8 school children (aged 11-15), 5 high school students (aged 16-19) and the rest were adults over 20 years of age.Most visitors chatted, the youngest played online games. The oldest visitors surfed the internet and teenagers listened to online music and watched online videos of their favorite singers and music bands.One of the teenage girls searched the internet for some information she needed for her homework.
Wednesday, 7. 2. 2007.
There were 18 visitors in the club today - 7 school children, 5 high school students and the rest were adults aged 20-30.As usual, older visitors surfed the internet, the teenagers mostly chatted and listened to online music, etc.The lady, who often comes to the club to use the internet for emailing job applications, wanted to check if there were any new job offers on the internet. She is an internally displaced person from Kosovo.A high school girl needed to find some information on the internet for her homework.I helped one of the visitors to find on the internet the contact information for some companies where he wanted to apply for a job.One of the cultural web portal correspondents surfed the websites on literature.While waiting for their turn on the computers, the children were reading "Bravo" and "Zabavnik".
Thursday, 8. 2. 2007.
The club was visited by 17 people today - 7 school children, 7 high school children, and three adults over 20.Most visitors were interested in the chat, the youngest played online games, others checked their mail and surfed the internet.One of the boys wanted to start a blog, and another boy wanted to write a text for his blog.Not all the visitors came for the internet. An 18-year-old girl has a maths test tomorrow so she asked me to help her.
Friday, 9. 2. 2007.
16 people visited the club - 7 school children, 6 high school students and the reste were adults over 30.The internet was used, as usual, for the chat, email, online music, etc.One of the adult visitors asked me to help him find the address of a school where he could learn how to play double-bass.The attendance was the best in the evening.
Saturday, 10. 2. 2007.
Of the 24 today's visitors, 11 were school children, 10 were high school students and the rest were adults over 20.Most visitors were interested in the chat, except for the youngest who also played online games.One of the boys searched for a website where it is possible to send free text messages for the mobile phone.As usual, the club was becoming more and more full of people so in the last two hours, we had 10 visitors of which 5 were using the computers and the other 5 were waiting for their turn patiently reading "Zabavnik" and "Bravo" or chatting to each other.
Tuesday, 13. 2. 2007
We had 14 visitors today - 7 school children (aged 11-15), 4 high school students (aged 16-19) and three adults over 20.Some boys came to the club today who hadn't been here in a long time. A 20-year-old emailed his relatives in Montenegro and a teenager internally displaced from Kosovo talked on the messenger with his relatives abroad.A 15-year-old girl used the internet to do her homework in science.We had a new 11-year-old boy. His friend from school brought him. The new boy wanted to play online games.
Wednesday, 14. 2. 2007
Of the 19 today's visitors, 9 were school children, 7 were high school students and the rest were over 20 years of age.They chatted, surfed the internet, checked their mail, the youngest played online games, those waiting for their turn on the computer were reading "Zabavnik" and "Bravo".The attendance was the best in the evening, when seven visitors were in the club at the same time.
Thursday, 15. 2. 2007
It is a national holiday today so the club is closed.
Friday, 16. 2. 2007
We had 16 visitors - 8 school children, 6 high school students and the rest were over 20 years of age.Most people chatted, the youngest played online games, some surfed the internet, checked their mail, etc. Nearly all the teenage visitors listened to online music or to the music from CDs.The visitors who had to wait for their turn on the computers, were reading "Zabavnik" and "Bravo".A high school student used the internet to do her homework in Serbian. The husband of lady Jagoda from Sarajevo surfed the websites of the electronic news media from former Yugoslavia.
Saturday, 17. 2. 2007
Today we had 20 visitors - 10 school children, 7 high school students and three were adults over 20.The youngest played online games, older visitors chatted and the oldest visitors surfed the internet.One of the cultural web portal correspondents, who fled Croatia during the operation "Storm", surfed the websites on literature.We had two new visitors. Their friends, our regular visitors, brought them.The visitors came to the club in groups - a group of 4 Roma boys came to the club in the afternoon and a group of 4 high school students came to the club in the evening.The visit to the club was particularly good in the last two hours before closing time, when there were 9 visitors. Some visitors shared the computers, and others read "Zabavnik" and "Bravo".
Tuesday, 20. 2. 2007.
We had 21 visitors today - 11 school children (aged 11-15), 6 high school students (aged 16-19) and the rest were adults over 20 years of age.
They chatted, checked their mail, surfed the internet, listened to online music, the youngest played online games, etc. Some people needed my help exchanging photos on the chat. Jasna and Aleksandra, the two sisters from Gorazde who used to live in the collective center in the mountain of Zdravljak, hadn't been in the club in quite a while. Today they chatted and listened to online music. The younger sister has abandoned school and is now working as an apprentice in a hairdresser's salon.
Wednesday, 21. 2. 2007.
We had 18 visitors today - 9 school children, 8 high school students and a lady in her 30s, who comes to the club to look for job vacancies on the internet and email job applications. The teenagers mostly chatted, as usual, and also listened to online music. The youngest children played online games. Some of the kids didn't come to the club just for the internet but also to read "Bravo" and "Zabavnik" and to chat with the other visitors.
Thursday, 22. 2. 2007.
There were 13 visitors in the club today - 6 school children, 6 high school students and Mr Sinisa, the husband of the refugee lady Jagoda. The teenagers chatted, listened to online music, surfed the internet; the youngest children, besides online music and games, also like to chat; Mr Sinisa read online newspapers from former Yugoslav republics. While waiting for their turn on the computers or while taking a break from the computers, the children read "Zabavnik" and "Bravo". Some of the visitors came to the club more than once, others stayed in the club for a couple of hours so the club was never empty.
Friday, 23. 2. 2007.
We had 22 visitors - 9 school children, 12 high school students and an adult in his 20s. They chatted, surfed the internet, listened to music, etc. It became crowded in the evening, when 8 visitors were in the club sharing computers, waiting for their turn reading "Bravo" or "Zabavnik" and talking to each other. As usual, some of the visitor came to the club more than once.
Saturday, 24. 2. 2007.
19 people visited the club today - 6 school children, 10 high school students and 3 adults over 30 years of age. Most of them chatted, the youngest also played online games, lots of visitors surfed the internet searched the internet for information related to their work or information they needed for schoolwork, etc. The largest number of visitors came to the club in the evening - there were 8 people sharing the computers, reading "Bravo" or "Zabavnik", chatting with each other. As usual, some visitors came to the club more than once and there were also those who stayed in the club for a couple of hours.
Tuesday, 27. 2. 2007
We had 15 visitors today - 8 school children, 5 high school students and two visitors aged over 20.They chatted, surfed the internet, checked their mail, the youngest played online games, etc.Not all the visitors came to the club to use the internet - a 15-year-old girl needed my help with mathematics.
Wednesday, 28. 2. 2007
14 people visited the club - 6 school children, 6 high school students and three adults aged over 20.Almost all today's visitors chatted, some surfed the internet, the youngest played online games as usual, etc.A 16-year-old high school student came to the club not just for the internet but also because he needed my help in mathematics.A lady brought her son to the club. While the boy was playing online games, she was searching the internet for job offers.An 18-year-old boy talked with his relatives abroad using Adium instant messenger.Some of the visitors came to the club more than once.
JANUARY
Tuesday, 9. 1. 2007.
We had 18 visitors - 6 school children, 11 high school students and two adults over 20. Most visitors chatted, some surfed the internet, played online games, checked their mail, listened to music from their CDs or on the internet.Two visitors surfed the websites dealing with computer software. The attendance increased in the evening, when as many as 7 children were in the club, so they shared the computers.
Wednesday, 10. 1. 2007.
31 people visited the club today - 15 school children, 12 high school students and the rest were adults aged 20-30. Some visitors came to the club several times so the computer room was crowded all the time - there were at least 5 people on the computers.The teenagers mostly chatted, the youngest played online games, listened to online music, others checked their mail, surfed the internet.Two high school girls downloaded the curriculum for the qualification exams for the university so they could prepare themselves. There were visitors who only stayed for some 15 minutes, others spent several hours in the club.Today's oldest visitor was the 30-year-old cultural web portal correspondent, refugee from Croatia. He surfed the websites on literature and publishing.We had a new girl. Her brother, our regular visitor, brought her. She was interested in the chat the most.
Thursday, 11. 1. 2007.
25 people visited the club today - 11 school children,13 high school students and one adult in his 20s.Most visitors chatted (some of them needed my help exchanging the photos with their chat pals), the youngest played online games, surfed the internet or listened to online music.Three Roma school boys, who almost always come to the club together, visited the club for the first time after the New Year and Christmas holidays. They spent several hours in the club chatting or playing online games.As usual, the best attendance was in the evening, only some of the visitors came in the evening not to use the computers but to meet with their friends.
Some of the girls were reading the "Bravo" which comes out on Thursdays.We had a new boy. His friend, our regular visitor, brought him. The new boy was interested in online games and chat.
Friday, 12. 1. 2007.
Of the 23 today's visitors, 6 were school children, 14 were high school students and the rest were adults aged 20-60.Most visitors chatted, the youngest played online games, listened to online music, others surfed the internet, etc.A boy searched the internet for a recommendation for a good film that he could see. Some visitors came to the club in groups. The attendance was very good in the evening, as usual. At one point, we had 11 people sharing the computers, talking to each other, reading "Bravo" etc.Some children came to the club not just to use the computers but also to meet with their friends.
Saturday, 13. 1. 2007.
We had 23 visitors today, of which 13 were school children, 9 were high school students and two were adults over 30.Tonight is the Serbian New Year's Eve so the attendance wasn't so good in the evening as it was during the day.Some of the boys wanted to use the MSN messenger so I helped them get Hotmail accounts and showed them how to use Adium.The lady who writes CVs in the club, asked me to help her edit her CV. She came to the club with her younger son, who is our regular visitor. One of the adult visitors surfed the internet searching for websites on architecture because he is writing a book on architecture.Some teenagers came to the club not to use the computers, but to see what was going on in the club and check if any of their friends were here.
Tuesday, 16. 1. 2007.
30 people visited the club - 21 school children (up to 15 years of age), 7 high school students (aged 16-19) and two adults over 20.Most visitors chatted, the youngest played online games, others surfed the internet, listened to online music.A group of girls wanted to check some web addresses on sports they had found in the newspapers and see the photos of the local volley-ball club they play for.Some of the children came to the club in groups - a group of four Roma boys and another two groups of four boys and girls.We had two new visitors - a 5-year-old boy (his elder brother, our regular visitor, brought him), and a 10-year-old girl.
Wednesday, 17. 1. 2007.
We had 19 visitors - 10 school children, 7 high school students and two adults over 20.The teenagers mostly chatted, others listened to online music, checked their mail, surfed the internet.A boy came to the club to check the photos of his relatives abroad and I set up an MSN account for him so he could communicate with his relatives on Adium.Some visitors spent several hours in the club, among them a group of three Roma boys and a group of four girls aged around ten.
Thursday, 18. 1. 2007.We had 34 visitors today - 19 school children, 11 high school students and the rest were adults aged 20-30.The club was full of people all day. They chatted, surfed the internet, listened to online music, read online newspapers and magazines, emailed their relatives and friends abroad etc.
Some kids came to the club not for the internet, but to meet with their friends and to read the new edition of the "Bravo" magazine.
Friday, 19. 1. 2007.
26 people visited the club - 13 school children and 13 high school students.
The teenagers mostly chatted as usual, the youngest children played online games; the girls also surfed the websites of the popular singers and music bands, and the boys surfed the websites on sports.There were 5 visitors in the club in the last hour before closing. We found on the internet various songs that each of us liked and listened to them together.
Saturday, 20. 1. 2007.
We had 21 visitors -13 school children, 7 high school students and an adult aged over 20.The visitors checked their mail, chatted, surfed the internet, listened to online music.A 17-year-old boy emailed his relatives abroad and chatted on Adium.We had two new boys aged around 10. Our regular visitors brought them. The new boys wanted to play online games.
Tuesday, 30. 1. 2007.
We had 21 visitors - 9 school children, 5 high school students and the rest were adults aged 20-35. The youngest played online games, the teenagers chatted, others surfed the internet, checked their mail, etc. There is a lady in her 30s who comes to the club from time to time to write a CV and then email it to potential employers. Today she needed to make some changes to her CV and then she emailed it.
Wednesday, 31. 1. 2007.
16 people visited the club today - 5 school children, 8 high school students and the rest were adults over 20 years of age. As usual, the teenagers mostly chatted, others surfed the itnernet, checked their mail, listened to online music or to the music from CDs. We had a new visitor in his 20s who surfed the internet. A 17-year-old boy displaced from Kosovo talked with his relatives abroad on one of the instant messengers. Some of the visitors came to the club twice today. |
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