29-V-1984.

Nina's first birthday. We had a proper lunch, had a cake, we all gathered in our room. We moved in the kitchen table for the occasion - which means the computer, television set, tape deck etc were left on the floor. We even stretched the table. It's circular, but there's a section which can be unfolded into the middle, when the circle's halves are moved aside. Then it's fortysome centimeters longer.

All of us were present, and of guests we had Oma and Inge. After the cake there was some beer, everything went regular and fine, and fortunately without any memorable events.

I think I tried to make at least a sound recording, I specially parked that stereo microphone, east german, which I bought in Temišvar five years ago, planning for exactly this kind of occasion, to make recordings of children. But no good, the tape deck wasn't exactly high figh, Orwo's tapes weren't much of a quality, the microphone wasn't specially selective, and I'm no sound engineer either. I know a handful of tricks how to avoid beginner's errors, but making a studio out of flimsy equipment is way over my grade. Barely anything on the recording was intelligible. Eventually, none of such recordings were preserved.

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Mentions: Inge tanti, Nevena Sredljević (Nina), Oma, in serbian

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