Simple thoughts...

"As vrea sa precizez acum un lucru: eu nu sunt nationalist. Evident, aceasta nu inseamna ca neg existenta natiunilor, ci doar faptul ca eu nu consider ca apartenenta la o anumita natiune iti poate determina in mod crucial existenta. Nu fac parte deci dintre acei oameni care cred in, vorbesc mai tot timpul despre radacini. Arborii au radacini, or eu am convingerea ca oamenii nu sunt arbori. Cat de departe poti sa mergi in aceasta cautare a radacinilor? Ce anume castigi cu adevarat "sapand" dupa ele? Sa ne amintim ce au spus romanii: ubi bene, ibi patria, adica patria se afla acolo unde este bine... Prin urmare, daca patria vrea sa raman , trebuie sa faca in asa fel incat sa-mi fie bine, altfel sunt pe deplin liber sa plec si sa-mi caut o alta." (Serge Moscovici, fragment preluat din interviul acordat de acesta lui Adrian Neculau si publicat de Editura Polirom in 2002).

Serge Cosmovici este un mare teoretician al psihosociologiei. A formulat cunoscute teorii precum cea a reprezentarii sociale si cea a influentei sociale. Si este...francez de cetatenie, dar de origine romana! Un mare om, un adevarat savant, un om inteligent care insa prin anii '50 a fugit de regimul comunist in Franta, la Paris, unde locuieste si acum.

M-a impresionat cartea citita, dialogul lui cu Adrian Neculau tocmai pentru ca vorbeste si despre parasirea tarii natale si inradacinarea in alt loc! M-a facut sa ma gandesc la cazul meu si la situatia din prezent. De altfel, cel putin pentru moment, sunt de acord: casa este acolo unde o faci tu sa fie :). Da, ai o origine, exista un "dat istoric" (parca asa-i zicea), insa experientele pe care le traiesti, oamenii pe care-i intalnesti te schimba si te poarta pe unde ti-e drumul, pana la urma.

Asa ca voi lasa si eu pe Dumnezeu sau soarta (cum preferati sa-i spuneti) sa-mi arate drumul :) care poate va fi departe de Romania :).

Enjoy good books!

Turning points in life :)

Some great moments happened these past few days.
One of it is that my best friend since childhood got married! Anca, a friend I know since I was 10 (by my words) and since we were 3 (by her words, but I don't remember :D). Neighbors, going to the same high school, sharing lots of moments, stories, memories! I still cannot imagine that she is really married :). It seems like all our childhood is totally gone, which is true :)
Anca and Sergiu had a really nice wedding and I enjoyed mostly the religious service (the roman-catholic one). They shared their oaths and they really expressed union in front of God! They love each other very much!

All in all, a really close friend is settling down, setting her path in life and committing to one person for a lifetime! It is such a beautiful moment for them both that I wish them all the best :). I think that this moment "touched" me also a lot :) but I am still searching for my prince!



More pictures in my picassa album :) http://picasaweb.google.com/anca.silaghi

And stay tuned for news about my future, i am applying for a super cool job abroad :) I hope I'll get it, so keep fingers crossed!

A really really inspiring and relaxing song!
I could listen to it for hours :) and I did!
Enjoy!

Somebody told me I should update my blog :)

I have been "pushing" myself to write here for over a month now. My last post was just after I came back from Latvia, in a moment of beginning for the reintegration period. I must say reintegration was a bit strange and unexpected. Besides all the specific conclusions about my beloved country, generally proving that we are still at least 5 years behind Latvia, Slovakia or Poland, besides meeting quite a few number of people, but still dear people who stayed close to me, besides getting used to living at home again (after 5 years of being away from my parents), it was a time to relax and think about the future. I passed lots of ups and down, lots of moments of questioning, deciding and questioning again. All of you who talked to me lately know that either I am bored, or I am undecided about my future. Or maybe I start talking about Latvia too much, showing pictures and repeating how much I miss the times and people there!

I guess all these syptoms are part of reintegration and i had to go through them. In the end, it is a turning time for me as I am choosing where to start working, what field to start working in and well, it is not that easy :). Of course that a lack of orientation and career planning in school, plus the low level of my university which did not teach me much contribute a lot to this undecisiveness!!!

But after more than one month, I realise for sure that going abroad for one year makes you wanna go abroad again! It is a disease hard to cure :). I decided that I want to be finally a trainee (after working so much with the exchange program in AIESEC, I have to try it myself!). I am officially since today an Exchange participant (EP-In-RO-TM-2008-1386) and I am about to become a number for AIESEC Timisoara :).

Anyway, the update is that I am leaving Romania again to get more work experience this time. I might decide to stay abroad also for a masters and then come back to work in Timisoara or Bucharest :P.

What are your plans? :) i guess whatever you decide, the best advice is to choose whatever you thought about first and whatever your heart says it's the best!