Holidays in Transylvania

I would assume many of my readers think this blog is inactive. It is indeed true, I have not posted for months now. Maybe my sharing moved to Facebook and was reduced to a simple wall post. 

I would like to bring it back to life by promoting a very cool entrepreneurial initiative of a friend of mine. He built a tourism agency focused on promoting Romanian traditions and Transylvania region.

See more details at http://www.viatransylvania.com/holidays-in-transylvania.html.

Keep in touch!

Let's do it, Romania!

Sentimental

Se pare ca e singura stare care ma impinge sa scriu pe blog. Si uite ca iese numai in romana.

Ma intrebam asta seara de ce devenim sentimentali de ziua noastra de nastere? O fii pentru ca a mai trecut un an si avem in cap obsesia imbatranirii?

Eu simt ca imi merit varsta si vreau sa o port cu mandrie. Pentru nimic nu e tarziu inca, nu vreau sa ard etape, totul se rezolva pas cu pas ;) Avem timp pentru toate nu?

Multumesc ca-mi sunteti alaturi. De fapt, cum transmiti asta tuturor oamenilor care au contribuit la ceea ce esti si la varsta ta?

Momente efemere...

Weekendul acesta de Pasti a fost petrecut intr-un loc nou. Nu atat de nou pt mine cum ar trebui deja sa fiu obisnuita cu limba si peisajele frantuzesti. Insa nou totusi pt mine.

Am fost la Grenoble (locatie mai exacta pe google map, insa undeva prin sud-estul Frantei). Oras superb numai pt ca se afla intr-o vale si din orice colt aproape poti vedea muntii. Si nu oricare munti, ci Alpii.

Din departare, de sus, se vede si Mont Blanc-ul. Sau creasta lui...

Statiune de schi impresionanta. Multe, multe piste. Oameni, in numar rezonabil. Anca, speriata de cazaturi initial, reuseste sa doboare cateva piste verzi (cele mai usoare, stiu!), si una albastra - si deci sa isi "challenguiasca" un pic frica de inaltime si de viteza! E clar un da pt imbunatatirea la iarna a tehnicilor de schi :) cine mi se alatura?

In plus, am luat lumina de la biserica romaneasca dintr-o comuna de langa Grenoble (deci un progres fata de acum 2 ani cand nu intelegeam nimic din slujba in rusa). Din nou, challenguind cum ne raportam noi si cum se raporteaza ei la sarbatoarea Pastilor (cine e noi, cine sunt ei oare?)...no conclusions yet!

Poze in postul viitor.

Si posturi poate mai dese. Poate mai interactive. Poate in romana.

Oricum, pt cine mai citeste blog-ul...noapte buna!

Mi-e dor....

Mi-e dor de "casa" si mai ales mi-e dor de oameni dragi. M-am indepartat cu adevarat de prietenii mei din liceu, de cei din universitate, de cei pe care ii stiu de cand eram in carucior, pana si de cei din minunanta organizatie care ne-a animat anii de studentie.

Mi-e dor de tot ce e vechi si ce am lasat in urma. Mi-e dor de tot ce am uitat. Mi-e dor de locurile unde am locuit, de toate camerele pe care le-am amenajat ca sa ma simt ca si "acasa", la fel cum fac acum la mutarea in noul apartament. Mi-e dor de stabilitatea pe care poate ca nu am avut-o niciodata si pe care mi-o doresc, de care ma agat ca de o idee prosteasca si copilareasca.

Mi-e dor sa nu imi mai fie dor...si sa "stau", sa "ma asez" cu calm. Imi doresc acel calm, o directie, un vis, o sclipire...sau poate doar sa stiu ce caut. Atat...

PS: Un prieten e un dar pe care ti-l faci singur. Ei, oare cate daruri mi-am facut eu mie? Sau poate pe cate le-am pastrat?

Updates about a new beginning...

Welcome back, Anca!

This is what my blog should now say to me. As he's been missing me for some months now. I seem to get on track with writing about me and then I get back inside, I keep it all to myself. I'll just consider them as ups and downs and I hope you'll bear with me the downs.

So I am back on track with a new year to start and to enjoy. Just as an update, I am still in Paris, finished my internship in November and stayed in my previous position, but as an employee (yupii). This means of course not only more money (which is always good), but another type of responsibility, another feeling when waking up early in the morning, another way of seeing things.

Done, the road to becoming an adult with responsibilities and bills to pay is...there!

Nothing to complain though, I do enjoy my job, even if it's mostly challenging. I love Paris and the dear people who are now close to me. I definetely enjoy my life and I can say for sure that 2009 was the best year lately for me!

....if somehow, somewhere, I lost the touch with some of you, I must apologize...it is probably because I've been too stressed to grow stability in and around me!

Impatiently waiting for a year meant to make things even clearer and much more stable in my life.

For you all, for 2009 and 2010, chapeau!

Helping people

I know I am not extremely active on my blog lately, but I wanted to use this channel to try helping out someone who needs it. Help, if you can.

“Constantin Botezatu, or Coco as friends know him,2008-2009 President of AIESEC SIBIU, is in need of our help.

On the 29th of October he was diagnosed with a very aggressive type of cancer, which progressed too fast and he is currently fighting for anoher chance.

He needs to go to a clinic in Turkey for a proper medical care (an operation that costs 50.000 Euros). Whatever help you may offer, bellow you can find the data where you can make a donation:

Contact: Ruxandra Calinoiu
Cont: RO73ABNA0000001001312457
Banca RBS BANK, sucursala Sibiu
SWIFT code: ABNAROBU [1]

The world is always on...

This is what all of us, interns, have to say!

I won't waste a minute...without you!

....Snow Patrol and one of the best videos I've seen with Paris:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1XUbJEPShE

(check it online...sorry, but embedding was disabled)

Lucky...

Everyone is asking me if I am still going to continue my blog, if I am still alive :). Well, to tell you truly, I am more alive than ever! I am probably living the best times of my life until now, so I'd better enjoy it and make it last.

To keep it short and simple, I still have about 2 months and a half till my internship ends. Turning a quarter of a century (hihi) in some weeks. Closing an amazing personal past half of a year. And this is only if I look at quantity and if I count. But in the end, it all mixes up in a feeling of great content. It must be sounding cheesy or idealistic if I say that I am living the best times of my life, but it is by far true.

And to make it public for everyone, yes, it is true, I decided I want to stay in Paris and continue my life abroad for a while...don't know for how much time yet! I have not much of an idea about my future, but I am building it piece by piece. What matters is that I am not alone!

Hugs and enjoy your summer, accompanied by a cool song:


Jason Mraz - Lucky
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My bye's

Sometimes, only sad events teach us that we are just passers-by on this planet.
I learnt this one more time last week.
It was too sudden and sad.
It is painful to be left alive while the loved ones pass away.

All my best thoughts go to a great man who was my grandfather. He was a strong and hard-working man and for sure I will never forget all the moments we spent together!

To remind us of how we should spend our lives, I give you again a movie I adore (thanks, Stefan!)

Wake me up....

green day-wake me up when september ends
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If I were to sum up....

....I could say I had damn, good weekends!

Everything started with MY Romanian eXperience :). I went home for a weekend, to see my family. And to feel if it's the place to come back to! I had one of my best weekends with my parents, as we were celebrating my mum's birthday and we were having a long dinner with good food and music :)
Everything made me feel that I have 2 homes, that I do feel at home in Paris and that I do feel like belonging here!

The next weekend was relaxing; we went to Strasbourg, a city in the North-East of France, situated at the border with Germany. It is a half French, half German city, as it was under German occupation for many years! I enjoyed discovering another side of France, a quiet and calm city where people ride bikes and enjoy their walks in the street! After the busy, crowded Paris, this was like a break, like an escape!








The next weekend was dedicated to another country. We went to Bruxelles for 2 days and I must say it was a good choice! As a city, my conclusion is that it is quite "random" :), as I did not get an idea of what it wants to transmit or what is the core of the city; but in the end, I enjoyed a lot meeting old good friends and many people whom I haven't seen in a while!









And the first weekend of the month was dedicated to cooking and football :). After discovering that I can cook "sarmale" on my own :), on Sunday we went to the football game PSG-Nice (final score: 2-1). I enjoyed very much the atmosphere of my first ever football game watched live on a big stadium! And I enjoyed feeling partly Parisienne...Allez Paris!
















What do you do in your weekends? :)

If...

if you hadn't found me,
I would have found you
I would have found you

Angels

robbie williams-angels
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Scrisoare catre liceeni

O scriere ce m-a miscat si ma simt datoare sa o dau mai departe!


"Noi am pierdut. Dar voi, voi mai aveti o sansa. Noi am fost fericiti ca am descoperit Coca-cola si bananele si am crezut ca daca noi citim, si ei vor citi. Si ca toti vom progresa si tara o sa aiba scapare. Noi ne-am inselat. Unii dintre noi au plecat de aici. Castiga bani acolo si tanjesc dupa orasul asta imputit. Voi insa, voi aveti o sansa. Voi, aveti sansa.

Nu va ganditi la furat. E calea cea mai simpla. Stiu ca ati aflat ca asa te imbogatesti. Daca ai pamant sau daca faci afaceri cu statul. Stiti voi ceva despre tva si cum ai putea sa-l furi, dar nu va e inca foarte clar. Nu asta e drumul. Cu cat se va fura mai mult, cu atat se va construi mai putin, iar copiii copiilor nostri vor mosteni un imperiu de cenusa. Sunteti tineri si totusi habar n-aveti ce inseamna un Bucuresti in care se circula normal. Daca voi habar n-aveti si daca Ei continua sa fure, ganditi-va la copiii nostri. Nu e nici o sansa.

Cititi. Cititi mult. Cititi tot ce va pica in mana. Nu-i mai ascultati doar pe profesori. Cititi orice, fara discernamant. Nimic nu e mai important ca lectura, acum. Apoi, cautati-va intre voi. Vedeti care cititi aceleasi lucruri si inhaitati-va. Numai in haita de oameni destepti o sa reusiti. Unul singur dintre voi va fi mancat. Zece insa, s-ar putea sa reusiti. Ganditi-va de pe acum sa-i inlocuiti. Timpul lor trebuie sa se termine. Trebuie sa-i dominati. Dar nu cu gandul ca veti fura mai mult ca ei. Asta e calea simpla care va va sufoca mostenitorii. Ce-o sa faceti cu milioanele intr-un oras mort? Ce-o sa cumparati, cu banii gramezi? La ce-ti foloseste un Lamborghini cand n-ai o autostrada? De ce sa ai o vila intr-un cartier sufocat de inundatii?"

Continuarea pe:
http://tudorchirila.blogspot.com/2009/03/scrisoare-catre-liceeni.html

Printemps...

I wish you all a sunny spring, with warmth and love in your heart!






Vama (Veche) - Primavara
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Ce poate fi mai frumos si mai pur decat vocea unui copil?

Lost generation

(thank you, Sandra, for a great video!)

Intelepciune

Cuvinte de intelepciune. Stiu ca e un citat popular, insa "ne mai misca"? Ne gandim oare ca vorbele astea sunt atat de adevarate????


- Ai vrea sa-mi iei un interviu, deci… zise Dumnezeu.
- Daca ai timp… i-am raspuns. Dumnezeu a zambit.
- Timpul meu este eternitatea… Ce intrebari ai vrea sa-mi pui?
- Ce te surprinde cel mai mult la oameni? Dumnezeu mi-a raspuns:
- Faptul ca se plictisesc de copilarie, se grabesc sa creasca, iar apoi tanjesc iar sa fie copii; ca isi pierd sanatatea pentru a face bani...iar apoi isi pierd banii pentru a-si recapata sanatatea. Faptul ca se gandesc cu teama la viitor si uita prezentul, iar astfel nu traiesc nici prezentul nici viitorul; ca traiesc ca si cum nu ar muri niciodata si mor ca si cum nu ar fi trait.
Dumnezeu mi-a luat mana si am stat tacuti un timp.
Apoi am intrebat:
- Ca parinte, care ar fi cateva dintre lectiile de viata pe care ai dori sa le invete copiii tai?
- Sa invete ca dureaza doar cateva secunde sa deschida rani profunde in inima celor pe care ii iubesc...si ca dureaza mai multi ani pentru ca acestea sa se vindece; sa invete ca un om bogat nu este acela care are cel mai mult, ci acela care are nevoie de cel mai putin; sa invete ca exista oameni care ii iubesc dar pur si simplu inca nu stiu sa-si exprime sentimentele; sa invete ca doi oameni se pot uita la acelasi lucru si ca pot sa-l vada in mod diferit; sa invete ca nu este suficient sa-i ierte pe ceilalti si ca, de asemenea, trebuie sa se ierte pe ei insisi.
- Multumesc pentru timpul acordat, am zis umil. Ar mai fi ceva ce ai dori ca oamenii sa stie? Dumnezeu m-a privit zambind si a spus:
- Doar faptul ca sunt aici, intotdeauna.

Octavian Paler