Incredible India Periodical (1)

It's been 8 months and 19 days since I arrived in India. I think it's time to start sharing about my Indian experience, don't you think?

I'm sorry I didn't do it from the first few days, when everything was new and weird and I used to get a cultural shock almost every day...I remember I use to have an epiphany every other day and felt happy that I decided to come to India.

After I started to work, for real (since December), I did not have time to write anything, so...here I am, trying to share my Indian experience and what I understood so far of this unbelievable culture.

I'm on sick leave, so now I have some time to READ! So, I started "Holy Cow", by Sarah Macdonald - a book that I've been wanting to read for the past 6 month, but only touched when I was wiping off the dust from the bed-table.

I like it a lot! It helps me remember the beginning of my experience here and understand things about the culture that Indians were not able to explain to me (because even they don't know the reason behind it). It also has a lot of things that I haven't seen or experienced yet, but hope I will.

So, for now, I'll advice everyone who is in India or plans to come and visit, to read it and take a few items for the "to-do and to-see" list.

Word/expression of the day: Namaste!   (= welcome)

New year's Resolutions part 4

I just realised today that it's the third week in Jan and I didn't do my resolutions...
Maybe because is the first time in my life when I don't have a winter holiday for Christmas and New Year's and in stead of laying somewhere thinking about last year's adventure, the targets that I have set for myself and how many I have reached, this year I was working!
When I thought about my transition to the "working lifestyle" I always thought the hardest part would be getting used to the non-stop working calendar with 16-21 day of Earned Vacation per year, when my entire life has been spent between a long summer break, a short winter break and an Easter break...
So here I am, facing the first one. I didn't take it as hard as I thought I would, but that's because I'm in India and I didn't even feel that Christmas has come and passed and I think I realised that I'm in the new year a week ago...
So, that being said, let's go back to the well-known routine:

Step no 1: Check last year's resolutions:

1. Keep my scholarship;
- I did!

2. Do an awesome research and a good dissertation 
- Not so much...I had a really good and difficult idea for the dissertation paper and the research, I connected with the right people who opened a very difficult path for me ( I would not be able to even enter a hospital if not for these people - yes, my focus was doctors and residents), then I faced the hard medical environment. But that was not the thing that kept me from completing my research and paper, that was the time. I was not able to completing a good, real (as in "not fake") research in the time that I had left, so I had to make a choice: either finish the paper, but not at the level that I was aiming or not finishing it now - so, I decided to put a pause to it and restart it when I'll get the time (because now I have the connections).

3. Get the USA Embassy visa to spend another American summer, figuring out what I want to do with my life after I return (phD?, job?, internship? another MA program?, psychotherapy module?, Iasi?, Constanta?, Cluj?, Timisoara?); 
- I did it again! I went for another summer to USA, but this time everything was so much better, because I had last year's experience, I knew the town, I had a good first job and for a month I didn't even need a second one, and afterward I was able to choose a job that I would enjoy doing. So, since I always wanted to know what it's like to be a hostess - I did that for my second job. And I met some amazing people, starting from my bosses, to my colleagues and the customers.
And somewhere around May-June I figured out what I wanted to do next with my life, so all the anxiety went away, so I was able to enjoy life after that moment (Thank you mom&dad for being so supportive and trusting my decisions even if they did not seem the perfect ones at first!). So I went to USA planning on having a nice time, working, putting some money aside, to prep for the next step in my life: an international internship in HR, in a multinational company (point 10 on my last year's resolutions). And for this I would like to thank ASFI and AIESEC for prepping me and making my plan get the shape of reality! So, I searched for the right role and company to start my career and discovered the perfect match for my requirements: TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) - I felt in love with it (yes, I felt in love with a company) and decided to go on an HR internship at TCS and just TCS, no matter how long it would take me to get accepted. So, I applied (to what seemed to be a great role) and waited, and waited...and when I was thinking about applying for another position ( not so great, but still in TCS - HR) I received the congratulations mail: I passed the first round of selection. After that, there were lots of interviews, and finally, after 3 months, I was congratulated for being selected for the internship. So, I went straight home and applied for Indian visa ( which was another challenge, as you might have read in the "One Step Closer" post).

        For USA I have a very long wishlist: Seattle, San Francisco (Stanford University), Las Vegas (Grand Canyon), Washington (Holocaust Museum), New York and Boston.

I'll be happy if I check off the list Stanford University, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, Boston and San Francisco.
- The only regret I have for this year's American experience is that I didn't get to do all the travelling I was planning, but I am sure I'll go to the USA again, and I'm sure that the Holocaust Memorial Museum will be waiting for me there.

4. Manage better my time (and go to bed before 2 a.m.);
- I did manage better my time, and I ended up going to bed at 1 AM, which was a great step forward!

5. Go to the gym (get fit) !!!
-  Failed this one. But I walked a lot and I went cycling a few times (Thanks IVelo and Green Revolution!) Maybe this year, since we have a great gym at our office...

6. Eat healthy and drink water;
- Totally failed this one! I think I reached the peak of my weight since EVER, but I'm working on the psychological angle now, so I'm making the first steps (which are the hardest). At least, I started drinking water (and now I actually like drinking water).

7. Read a lot; 
- I read, not as much as I would like to, but I realised at some point that my targets are unrealistic for a 24 hours day. I did discover some amazing books this year, so less the quantity, greater the quality.

8. Watch classic movies (any suggestion where I can find some?) and watch the new ones only at the cinema, with friends;
- Classic movies - same as last year: I increased my classical movie horizon by two.
- Watch new ones at the cinema, with friends - that I did and it was a great way of getting together with my friends (different friends, different kinds of movies), I'll definitely keep doing this (in India, is not even a choice! :))).

9. Go to lots of concerts;
- I went, and for that I have to thank my ASFI friends for bringing me, one way or the other, to 80% of the total attended.

10. Find an internship abroad and/or a volunteering opportunity abroad; 
- Best idea I have ever had! And I actually figured out a way of doing them both! But about this, I'll keep posting the whole year!

11. Visit A. at Cluj;
- I did!!! Yuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Thank you, A for being such a great host! It was amazing to see Cluj for the second time, but through your eyes (way better!).

12. Enjoy France and Paris with M.!!!
- I most certainly did! Thank you, M!!! Could not imagine a better person so share my French and Paris experience with!

13. Go on a short trip with my gals somewhere in Moldova
- We did not go anywhere together this year :( Still on the list though, and I think is going to become a priority once I get back home - since all of us are already working now...

14. Make a difference;
- I like to think that I made a little difference, through the ASFI projects that I was a part of. 

15. Contribute to the ASFI's growth and of its HR department;
- Again, did not reached my target, but I think I was able to bring the awareness, curiosity and ownership into my HR smurfs. I look at this generation's smurfs and if I helped shape at least 5% of what they are now, then I can be very proud of myself!

Step no 2: Make new resolutions:

1. Set realistic targets for myself!
2. Have a great experience in TCS, learn all that is possible, bring my perspective to the table and score a great performance (and maybe stay a little bit more?);
3. Explore as much as possible India's touristic attractions;
4. Discover some hidden wonderful places;
5. Get to understand the culture;
6. Balance my life with work so that points 2, 3 and 4 can be achieved at the same time;
7. Get at least 6 hours of sleep per night;
8. Drink 2 L of water every day;
9. Slowly give up on sodas;
10. Learn a little bit of Hindi;
11. Bring a great contribution to the Maitree Sandesh School initiative, make a change for those wonderful kids!
12. Learn and start practicing meditation!
13. Reach inner peace or at least start walking the path towards it;
14. Start the 30-days challenges;
15. Enjoy life, laugh a lot and appreciate the people that I meet on my way and keep in touch with my home-friends.

Maroon 5 - Daylight (Playing for Change)
  

One step closer

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In case you thought I was kidding in my last post, about moving to India, I wasn't!
So, now I'm in Romania, finally home - in Sulina. I say "finally", because when I left USA my plan was something like this: arrive in Bucharest on the 19th, at night so that I can be at the Embassy gate at 10:00 a.m. next morning, with all the necessary documents for the visa. The visa process will take 7 business days, during which I will enjoy some time with my family, home, in Sulina and maybe get tanned a bit, because the weather is so nice.

But, things didn't go according to plan: Except for the one way plain ticket that I bought from Bucharest to Mumbai, all the other documents did not meet the requirements of the Embassy...my letters from AIESEC Iasi were scanned and printed, all the documents from TCS were e-mailed and I did not have the contract between me and AIESEC Iasi (it wasn't necessary - the purpose of the AIESEC Iasi letters was to certify that I was a member and that I am going on an internship, in India). Also, the "nice" lady that I talked to (unfortunately, despite what you might think she is Romanian) told me they needed the plain ticket for the return flight, even though I had a letter from TCS which clearly said that the company will provide it and the health insurance! Can you even buy a ticket a year ahead? And if you can, who does that?!

So, I took a long walk trying to get back from the shock I was into...because when I left the apartment in the morning I had a smile on my face thinking how lucky I am that I got back while it was still summer...I sooooo didn't see what was coming!
And I want to explain myself, so that is clear why I was in shock, when you might think "How could you NOT see this coming when you didn't have the original documents?!". First of all, on the Embassy website it was not specified whether they wanted the originals or not and the lady that answers the Embassy phone (the same "nice" lady) told my mom to check on the web site and hung up! Also, inside the Embassy (which is not like the US Embassy) they had this information papers on the walls... on one of them was the list or required documents for the Business visa (that I'm applying for) and it was written back on white: all this documents can be sent by fax or e-mail, original documents are required only in special cases. (I guess I'm officially special, right?)
And the thing that was most shocking was the fact that when the lady gave my documents to be checked (after she gave me back some of them), they came back with the note "Incomplete documents" not "Original documents required" or something like that...and SHE WENT BACK to the guy and asked "But don't you want them to be originals?" !!! Guess what he said...of course it was "Yes"...

So, I went back to the apartment trying to figure out how to get away without the original documents from India! I e-mailed TCS and told them about the problem, called my mom and told her to send me the contract that I signed  with AIESEC Iasi and talked to the International Exchange VP of AIESEC Iasi to send me the original letters...Thinking that I'll give it another shot with the original documents that I have here, hoping that Monday there would be another lady that wouldn't care so much about my case.

So, the company called the Embassy trying to negotiate with them, but it didn't work, they still wanted the originals. Also, AIESEC Iasi was at a conference and nobody could send me the documents until Monday morning. But, I had another idea - have the documents signed and stamped at AIESEC Romania - and that worked out.

So, Monday morning I had the contract, the original letters, the plane ticket and the e-mailed documents from TCS. But I was out of luck, again, - there was the same lady - this time she was actually nice, but she remembered me and didn't miss the fact that the TCS documents were not original.
So, I went back to the apartment with my tail between the legs...and decided to get other things done while I was waiting for the papers from India (which, despite what I thought, would get in Bucharest in 2 or 3 business days).
So, I went to a Clinic specialized in tropical diseases and got my shots done. Also, I got a great news: I am hep A&B free for the rest of my life!
After that, TCS sent me an e-mail saying that it will take longer for the documents to arrive because AIESEC India had to sent one of them to the TCS headquarters...In the mean time I discovered that it wasn't mandatory that I was the one to submit the documents!!! So...I asked someone I trusted to submit the documents, once they arrived, and went home after spending 9 days in Bucharest and one in Tulcea.
(To be honest, when I started this post I was home, but now I'm back in Bucharest to pick up my passport.)

So, if you  are a Romanian or Moldavian AIESECer going to India, make sure that all the documents from India are originals and that apart from what you can find on the website, you also need to have the contract between you and AIESEC (in English), before you get to the Embassy to apply for visa.

And now, for something completely different:
 Edvin Marton - Victory
   

Life is wonderful...

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I hope you had a beautiful summer, full of ... things that make you feel peaceful, joyful, accomplished, appreciated, ... - happy, because I had.
I've been living (like I said in the last post) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming - U.S.A., but this year I took it easy, I didn't work like a crazy person. I enjoyed the time spent here: I went out every Saturday, a walked around town, I looked up to the sky, I bought a bike and went everywhere with it...I discovered a lot of beautiful spots that were under my very nose...I made a lot of friends and got to know a few great folks, and I'm not finished!

That's why I just want to say that I am grateful for this amazing life I have and thank God and all the people who made all this happen.

So, I'll be here for two more weeks one more week and then I'll take a quick run home to spend a little time with my family and friends, because on the 3rd of October I'll be in Mumbai, INDIA to be a part of the Talent Engagement Group, in the Human Resources department of the Tata Consultancy Services!!! And I'll be there for a year...

I don't know what I did to deserve it, but my biggest dream just came true!
All I need is someone to share all this joy, luck and blessing and my life will be perfect, but I know that this part will come too...If there's something I'm sure now more then before, is the fact that with patience, hard work and optimism you will get everything that you want, so hold on to that dream!

This song is perfect for what I  feel right now:
Jason Mraz - Life Is Wonderful (live)
   
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First day of the rest of my life!

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I don't know if I'll ever feel like talking about what I've been through these few months that I have been absent, for now I just want to share with the entire world my new and sincere smile, the energy and passion for life that I have been missing all this time.
And all these because I released myself from the stress-generating activities that were present in my life, and tomorrow I'm going HOME (I haven't been home since Christmas), and after that I'll pay a short visit to my friends in Constanta, and THEN ... I'll take off to USA again!

So, I'm very excited, because today is the first day of the rest of my life!

Meet my new theme song:
Zaz - Je veux
   

New Years's Eve Resolutions part 3

After a long and deep examination of  the entire year and the resolutions that I had for it, now I can go ahead and  turn the page for a new one with its own resolutions.

Step 1: Examining last year and its resolutions:

First of all I want to say that 2011 was the most difficult year of my life - the best and the worst at the same time.

1. learn to manage better my time (or at least to manage somehow my time) - I did, I'm proud to say that, even though I have tried before and it didn't work, I started using a daily planner and everything got much easier. 
2. be more organized - thanks to the daily planner I can say I did it, as well. 
3. KEEP MY SCHOLARSHIP - I was tuition free all year long and I am this semester too, but I lost my monthly scholarship in the second semester. I got it back now!
4. get deep into research (2 e-team projects and one of my own) - this resolution didn't go as I planned...Even though I signed up for two research projects with E-team and I was really into them, one went south and the other started doing actual work too late. By that time, I decided to stop waiting on them and get more involved with the ASFI projects. So, when the call came, my schedule was already full with ASFI...So, no research projects last year.
5. take the TOEFL test and the GRE too - didn't take neither...for the TOEFL I started reading about it and doing some practice in the summer time...But, since I was working 2 even 3 jobs at the same time...I did not get far. At least, I put my hands on a great book that will make the job way easier when I'll decide to take it, cause I will take it! The GRE is a different story...I wanted to take it for a very difficult-to-achieve  goal (more likely dream) that I had, but my thoughts about it changed...I didn't close the subject for ever, but it depends on a few things that I can't be sure about right now.
6. dust off my French - I started going to a weekly french workshop, but I feel is not enough for what I want to achieve;
7. get involved into ASFI's projects and maybe coordinate one - this is one of the two things that made my year beautiful and difficult at the same time. I learned so much with ASFI, I got to practice some things that I learned about, I explored some things that I was interested about and could't try anywhere else. It gave me reason to be happy, sad, frustrated, it made me exced my limits, see that I can do so many things and I can GIVE and SHARE. I could go on and on with the things that I gained from my experience with ASFI, but I'll stop here by saying to you - whoever you are - You MUST do this! So, become a volunteer!
8. start and keep restart BUT KEEP a healthy lifestyle (eat right, exercise, walk, use natural cosmetics, DRINK WATER) - some good, some bad, I'l keep working on it - the keep-ing part is the hard one.
9. read more (moooooooooore psychology and a bit of fiction literature) - I did read more, but I want even more!
10. watch classic movies - not quite the level that I was thinking about (only 2, but it's a start);
11. expand my musical horizons - this one I did more than successfully  - I lost count of the new artists that I discovered, the "stages" I went through... ;
12. apply for an ERASMUS mobility - I did not, because I did no. 13 and doing that meant that I couldn't be back in Europe before late October (and ERASMUS mobilities start in September);
13. go to U.S. with a work&travel program or stay in Ro for psychology research and experience in my area of "expertise" - this is the other thing that made my year unique - if I would have to chose just one sentence to describe this experience I would say that "It opened my eyes and expanded my horizons in ways I couldn't imagine - made me change my perspective" ;
14. start visiting Moldova's places of interest from the "273 places you must see before you leave Romania" list - unless you can find Muncel in that list (and you can't) this is a "didn't move a muscle to accomplish it" resolution.
15.  And most important LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH - that I did, fully.

Living in USA for 4 months was awesome, but it sucked the life out of me. When I came back, school had already started, so I did not have time to rest and charge my batteries. That's why the rest of the year was very harsh. Thank God for the holiday! Now I'm back to my old self.

Step 2: Making new resolutions

I'll redo the list: 

1. Keep my scholarship;

2. Do an awesome research and a good dissertation;

3. Get the USA Embassy visa to spend another American summer, figuring out what I want to do with my life after I return (phD?, job?, internship? another MA program?, psychotherapy module?, Iasi?, Constanta?, Cluj?, Timisoara?);

        For USA I have a very long wishlist: Seattle, San Francisco (Stanford University), Las Vegas (Grand Canyon), Washington (Holocaust Museum), New York and Boston.

I'll be happy if I check off the list Stanford University, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, Boston and San Francisco.

4. Manage better my time (and go to bed before 2 a.m.);

5. Go to the gym (get fit) !!!

6. Eat healthy and drink water;

7. Read a lot;

8. Watch classic movies (any suggestion where I can find some?) and watch the new ones only at the cinema, with friends;

9. Go to lots of concerts;

10. Find an internship abroad and/or a volunteering opportunity abroad;

11. Visit A. at Cluj;

12. Enjoy France and Paris with M.!!!

13. Go on a short trip with my gals somewhere in Moldova;

14. Make a difference;

15. Contribute to the ASFI's growth and of its HR department;

...and, of course, LIVE, LOVE and LAUGH !!! 

   
 

 

Adaptedness

Sursa

1. Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats.[1]


2. Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which an organism is able to live and reproduce in a given set of habitats.[2]

3. An adaptive trait is an aspect of the developmental pattern of the organism which enables or enhances the probability of that organism surviving and reproducing. [3]
 
The organism would be me, the new habitat is the United States of America in general, Jackson Hole in particular.
So, the first week was the hardest, because everything was new and we had to pay attention to everything...
Time change - I didn't feel anything weird like the girls did (I'm staying with 3 other romanian girls), I wasn't sleepy at inappropriate hours;
Altitude change - (totally different thing) I woke up every day with my nostrils dry and with dry blood in them (sorry for the details), a short fast walk or a sprint would rapidly take my breath;
Weather - COLD!!! When we got here, it was the spring time end, so the temperature was around 60 degrees Fahrenheit (adică în jur de 15 grade Celsius), it rained every day and we were just NOT prepared for this kind of weather!
The language - My english is good, so I had no problem, but...it was weird to hear and speak english round the clock.
The food - way worst than romanian food! The vegetables have no taste (exactly like the Carrefour ones in Ro) - and I only ate organic!!!, cause is a organic freak area - all the convenience food has sugar in it - even the bread is sweet!!! (and it was a whole wheat bread - aka healthy bread) I didn't see any "no preservatives" food in the whole town (that bread stayed "fresh" 2 whole weeks!!! and it probably satyed more if I hadn't finished it yet...). The whole wheat pasta is different than the romanian one, even thow I used the same brand (Barila) - it's braekble even after boiling and is not as satiate as the romanian ones...
The apartment - is very nice, 2 bedrooms and a living room, 2 baths and a fully equipped kitchen, all with central heathing.The best part? (As always...) The balcony!!! I have a beautiful view and not so many neighbours - what more could I ask for ? (ok, a pool, but let's not exaggerate...)
Last, but not least - the town and the people: the town is beautiful, just outside the Grand Teton National Park and close to the Yellowstone National Park, is surrounded by mountains and hills (I have a big hill just in front of my appartment building - I see everyday people hicking it ). People are so nice, friendly and welcoming...is such a big difference from romanian people...We were a bit paranoid by this friendliness the first week, but we got used to it now.

Now (after 3 weeks), no time changes problems, the weather is great - no more rain, 75 degrees F (20 si ceva C) - not too hot, not too cold - just perfect!, still not used to english round the clock, I love the cookies (I hope you won't see this "love" after 4 months of USA), we brought in the other half of the sofa (we couldn't do it  by ourselves, so half of it stayed for a week on the hallway ), I learned the Town Shuttle's route and I met a few americans.

Tomorrow - searching for a second job. (Wish me luck!)

As usual, a new song:
Maroon 5 - Never Gonna Leave This Bed

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My American Experience

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So, from now on I'm going to blog about my american experience and the time spent in USA.

For now I'm just gonna say that I love it here, I like my job and the people that I work with.



 
Details starting next post.

As a conclusion I'll share with you this beautiful song that became my anthem:

Adele - Rolling In The Deep
   
  

Prezentare program Work&Travel S.U.A. 17 martie

Dacă vrei să petreci 3 luni şi jumatate peste ocean, departe de casă şi de tot ce îţi este familiar, este important să-ţi cunoşti drepturile şi obligaţiile într-o ţară complet străină, şi să fii la curent cu noile reguli ale Departamentului de Stat SUA legate de programul Summer Work and Travel.

Ambasada te vrea informat, şi  va organiza prezentări ale programului, după cum urmează:

• Joi, 17 Martie, ora 12:30,  la Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", Facultatea de Economie şi Administrarea Afacerilor - FEAA, corp B, etaj 1, Amfiteatrul B1.

Aici gaseşti o parte din materialele ce vor fi discutate în cadrul prezentării, iar mai jos ai un fragment din emailul pe care l-am primit noi de la Laura J. Gavinski, Vice Consul în cadrul Ambasadei SUA în Bucureşti:

"...officers will be asking students questions during the visa interview about the WilberforcePamphlet, a pamphlet given out at the Embassy that explains a worker's rights in the U.S. I have attached the full pamphlet as well as a PDF of the slideshow that will be running in our waiting room during interviews. Both materials are also available on the Embassy website,http://romania.usembassy.gov/. Please make sure your students have read and understood the pamphlet before the interview."


Be there!

Romanian International University Fair 17 martie

ROMANIAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FAIR – RIUF este cel mai mare eveniment educaţional din România şi Estul Europei. Anual, peste 100 de instituţii educaţionale, din peste 20 de ţări, vin să interacţioneze direct cu tinerii români interesaţi de studii internaţionale.

Astfel, suntem aşteptaţi pe data de 17 martie 2011, la Hotel Unirea, în intervalul 10-18, pentru a vedea oferta educaţională lansată în cadrul celui mai mare şi cu impact târg educaţional.

Pentru mai multe informaţii, vizitaţi pagina oficială a evenimentului.

See ya there!

New Year's Eve Resolutions part 2

Step 1: Examing Examining last year's resolutions:

Last year I said I'll be projecting my personality on the internet, and I  realised that it's harder then I thought it would be...but I'll keep working on it this year too; I also said that I'll be more transparent and let people know me as I am, regardless of who or how they are - this is the point where I made most progress and I'll keep working on it this year too (and all my life, I think).



Step 2: Making new resolution

Besides last year's resolutions, this year I want to:

• learn to manage better my time (or at least to manage somehow my time); 
• be more organized; 
• KEEP MY SCHOLARSHIP; 
• get deep into research (2 e-team projects and one of my own);
• take the TOEFL test and the GRE too;
• dust off my French;
• get involved into ASFI's project and maybe coordinate one; 
• start and keep restart BUT KEEP a healthy lifestyle (eat right, exercise, walk, use natural cosmetics, DRINK WATER);
• read more (moooooooooore psychology and a bit of fiction literature);
• watch classic movies;
• expand my musical horizons;
• apply for an ERASMUS mobility;
• go to U.S. with a work&travel program or stay in Ro for psychology research and experience in my area of "expertize";
• start visiting Moldova's places of interest from the "273 places you must see before you leave Romania" list;
•  And most important LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH!

  This is my teeny tiny list... So...

Poets Of The Fall - Desire
 
 

Home Sweet Home...

...adică Sulina City. 

De azi a început şi practic, nu doar oficial, vacanţa mea. Pentru cei care nu au fost în Sulina sau pentru cei care au fost înaintea erei noastre o să fac zilele următoare o prezentare a oraşului, a istoriei ce pluteşte pe străzile lui şi a unei frânturi din Deltă (asta pe măsură ce o să explorez eu personal).

Ideea este că de azi mă găsiţi la 45° 9′ 34″ N, 29° 39′ 10″ E.

Din nou pe world wide web

Am revenit în lumea pământeană (aka am terminat examenul de licenţă!!!), pot să spun că îmi aparţin din nou şi mă pot ocupa de "rezoluţia" de Anul Nou, aceasta a paginii de blog...Însă de azi plănuiesc să fiu mai constantă şi, mai ales, mai productivă...în sensul că vreau să îmbogăţesc www-ul cu ceva , nu doar să-l umplu de informaţii redundante.
Dar până atunci vreau să împart cu restul lumii bucuria primei băi în mare de anul acesta (da, prima baie a unei constănţence care are sub balcon malul mării a avut loc azi, 15 iulie), bucurie amplificată de faptul că a fost într-o apă superbă, nici prea caldă să deranjeze, nici prea rece să dăuneze, valurile numai bune pentru a fi legănaţi lin, cu prietenii din cămin, împărtăşindu-ne aspiraţiile şi visurile de perspectivă...unde mai pui că am văzut-o şi pe Casiopeea...cum să te mai poţi îndoi de existenţa divinităţii şi a fericirii ?
Următoarea postare va fi din Iaşi, sper să reuşesc să am o impresie de comunicat (îndoiala provine din faptul că trenul meu ajunge târziu în Iaşi şi...ÎNCĂ NU ŞTIU UNDE O SĂ DORM !!!)
It's the first day of the rest of my life!

Be the change you want to see in the world

Aşa că încep cu mine, plănuind să promovez schimbarea şi în alţii, dar asta după ce voi avea ceva rezultate vizible...
Şi începem cu un mod de viaţă sănătos. Chiar dacă sunt studentă pot să trăiesc sănătos dacă sunt hotărâtă, pornind de la alimentaţie şi până la produsele cosmetice şi de îngrijire personală şi la activitate fizică.
În ceea ce priveşte alimentaţia m-am decis să încep să trăiesc în stilul alimentar Montignac...am citit cărţile, cred în principiile expuse, argumentele stau în picioare pe hârtie, voi vedea dacă şi în practică. Aşa că, de 2 săptămâni sunt diabetică şi alergică la foarte multe alimente (argumentele cu care te asiguri că vei avea în farfurie exact ceea ce vrei, în orice restaurant).
În drumul spre echilibru psihic sau să-i spunem pace sufletească, împăcare cu sine (mai corect ar fi armonie între Sine, Eu şi SupraEu) încep cu suportul material biofiziologic al S.P.U. (sistemul psihic uman) şi sper, conform perspectivei sistemice a personalităţii (şi anume că personalitatea este un sistem şi că o schimbare într-una dintre componentele sale va genera schimbare în întreg, căci sistemul tinde spre armonie iar componentele sunt interconectate şi interinfluenţate), că mă va ajuta cu evoluţia componentei afective şi de relaţionare.
La capitolul produse cosmetice şi de îngrijire personală, încet-încet trec pe naturale şi natură, adică pe ulei de măsline, apă, legume, fructe, şi şi pe produse handmade cu ingrediente naturale...pe care le-am găsit pe net, chiar în Constanţa.
Apoi la partea cu activitatea fizică aleg să merg mai mult pe jos în defavoarea autobuzului, aleg plimbările în zilele însorite în detrimentul timpului pierdut pe net pe pagini gen hi5...şi când voi considera că îmi permite timpul şi imunitatea voi începe din nou să alerg şi poate voi merge din nou la sala...
No more "waiting on the world to change"...

Sărut cu semnificaţie?

În ultima postare conchideam prin a spune că mai am de lucrat până voi ajunge la partea cu "sărutul cu semnificaţie" fără să-mi treacă prin minte că în viitorul apropiat voi intra într-o poveste care mă va face să-mi schimb perspectiva asupra sărutului, în general...Astfel, am ajuns la concluzia că, totuşi, fiecare sărut are o semnificaţie...că e o speranţă, că e o idee, că e o formă de a transmite sau manifesta ceva...dar are o semnificaţie...


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New Year's Eve Resolutions

Petru anul ăsta mi-am propus să mă descătuşez de propia-mi frică şi să trec la acţiune. Să nu mai analizez şi să despic fiecare insemnificantă sau doar potenţială acţiune în mii de fire, ci să trec la fapte...să gust din viaţă, să pun degetul şi să duc la gură precum un copil care descoperă lumea pentru prima dată.
Dacă ar fi să mă iau după Şerban Ionescu, Marie-Madeleine Jacquet şi Claude Lhote acest obicei (prost) de a analiza, anticipa şi evalua tot ceea ce există în viaţa mea a pornit de la un mecanism de apărare -intelectualizarea- pe care Egoul meu l-a dezvoltat cândva (începând cu pubertatea bănuiesc) şi care a devenit un mod constant de a filtra realitatea.
Însă, eu nu mă iau (total) după stimaţii autori şi susţin că pe lângă mecanismul de apărare care într-adevăr apare în situaţiile necesare, cele problematice care necesită un efort adaptativ, există în mine o predispoziţie spre o astfel de perspectivă asupra realităţii dată de gândirea critică care îmi guvernează stilul cognitiv.
Văleu, iar am cazut în analiză...
Deci, să trecem la fapte. Pasul 1: de anul ăsta îmi proiectez personalitatea pe net... de anul ăsta o să încerc să nu mai fiu opacă la încercările celorlalţi de a mă cunoşte...o să încerc să mă arăt aşa cum sunt, fără a face un scop din asta. Rectific: o să reuşesc să devin transparentă la cunoştere şi o să scap de frica de a fi percepută greşit. And somewhere along the way I'll boost up my S.S.