Crafty Times

it's been so very long...
my life has changed in so many ways and I have changed along with it...
but sometimes from pain and tears good things can grow
and so my crafty hands started to create
small things to ease the grief
and make life more beautiful.

I'd like to share my creations here
as most of them become gifts for
beautiful people
I want to keep them here,
safe, just to be able to
see and remember them
or even inspire you to make
similar ones.

for today, I'd like to share a necklace
I made inspired by this great blogger and her tutorial
enjoy and don't be afraid to create!

de ce sunt oamenii rai?

cum se poate sa oferi cuiva o rautate gratuita
doar pentru ca asa ai chef
pentru ca, probabil, te gandesti numai la tine
nu inveti nimic din moartea celor dragi tie
nu iti pasa ca actiunile tale afecteaza viata unei familii
nu iti pasa decat de bani,
de fiecare leut, euro, centima
pe care o poti stoarce de la unii
care au dot dovada de prea mult bun simt

cum poti minti pe fata atatia oameni?
cum poti face promisiuni nenumarate
incat sa ajungi sa nu te mai creada nimeni

cum poti sa iti bati joc de un contract
de niste oameni plini de speranta
care nu ti-au gresit cu nimic
cand tu esti
cel vinovat
cel mincinos
cel nedrept
cel lenes
cel rau

growing up

it's been a long time since i haven't posted anything
but now i feel that something changed
i started growing up
becoming an adult

if I look back one year ago
i was a fresh grad
furious
because i wasn't accepted for internships abroad
disappointed and sometimes depressed

but within one year
many changes came along

moved in with Alex
found a job in a great company
dropped 9 kgs
booked tickets for a true summer holiday
started looking for a life insurance
nodded my head and got engaged
started planning our wedding
filed in the bank for a credit to buy
my "first house"
actually a flat
started thinking of a long term
career plan

i am happy
and i thank God for
all the great things in my life

Crosscheck my 2007 list of resolutions

I'm alive and kicking!

Here you have some pictures from my great 2007!

This is something I wrote on www.dreaminder.com one year ago. Let's see the results!

I am in a fulfilling relationship that last for at least 3 months and I am really happy in and with it. - I don't know if it's because it was my no.1 resolution but it came true! :)

I have achieved the goals I have set for the year that has just passed and I have already planned my goals for this new year. first part not completely, second one yes!

I graduated university. this is the not completely part...

I have learnt one more foreign language and improved at least one of the ones I already knew. true! spanish and improved in french and english

I have visited at least one new country and I have at least 3 more friends around the world with whom I get in contact constantly. true! Turkey! and I have more than 3 new friends

I talk to my parents at least every two days and we still feel that the best balance is in 3. now, we do speak at least every second day, but not in busier periods. and of course, the best balance is still in 3!

I meet my pissis often and I stay in contact with the Angel's house people. I don't meet my pissis so often but I do talk to the Angel's house people and I do stay there every time I go home!

AB is still my best friend even if we are or we were more than just this. he's my best friend and more than that :)

I go to gym and have a healthy life style. NOOO - shame on me!!! buutt, I'll start this Wednesday! my life style is still AIESEC... you can decide how healthy that is!

I have read at least 10 books in the year that has passed and watched 5 movies that touched me. yes I have but as usual, I don't remember the titles of the movies or the books

I have started my NGO and I am working on making it better and better. no, but soon after this dream was posted, I've discovered this resolution needs to be postponed

I am happy and I smile every morning when I look in the mirror before brushing my teeth!;) I have this kind of mornings! :)

Carla Bruni - Le Toi Du Moi

pentru tine, iubirea mea...

what would I do if I wasn't afraid...

I’m afraid
I’m scared
does it mean I dream too high?
does it mean it’s impossible?

I take all my motivation
and courage
from my heart
from my broken soul

why always after a wound
remains a scar?
how can I cover my scars?
is love enough?

september

cold september full of news

weekend conference with 120 ppl motivated to achieve results
chats on messenger with old friends
one of my best friends started to live a new love
also did probably my best male friend
one of my high-school colleagues got married
another one will have her wedding next summer
andrei and andreea, my example of a successful long distance relationship broke up
my grandpa’ was in the hospital
my mom works after-hours and has 7 projects to finish
my boyfriend will resign from his job and apply for aiesec
ana has stories from greece
tomorrow I’ll have my first real business meeting
this week alex will subscribe me in my extra year in the university
I’ll go to gyor
my dad will send me money
I watch talks on www.ted.com

I decided to choose my attitude in my september, full of news
how is your september?

between homes

romania - home
rush night with you
crazy day with my friends and going home
long days visiting relatives
dealing with banks
telling stories
way back to… second home
visit friends and relatives (sibiu and cluj)
hi-tech road to budapest

back here
evenings and dinners with my beloved parents
sharing impressions about hungary
feeling protected and adult
saying good bye and getting to work

waiting in the airport
butterflies in my stomach
left breathless
the happiest week of my life

watching the music fountain on margit island
walking in the old town
walking on the banks of the danube with sand in the shoes
playing with the feet in the water in the city center
having a picnic next to the lake under a tree
admiring the city from the hill
running in the rain
waiting the first night bus over an orange juice in McD
boat sightseeing on the danube
visiting Vienna
sleeping in the train
watching strange movie
eating out
drinking flavoured water
taking random pictures
crying
flying away…

next
tomorrow I leave for turkey
a new country
the biggest aiesec conference
meeting friends
2 weeks of pure aiesec :)

now

visited the interesting Istanbul

parts of history that come alive

in pictures, buidings, museums

being sexy just because I'm blonde

different culture

a lot of questions and curiosity

I'll definitely come back

IC

working on GNs (regions of the aiesec world)

meeting old friends

having nice conversations

eating good food :)

living it all!

I'm going home

imhmmm!

I'll spend my summer holiday at home

just a few days

dealing with the bank, university, winter clothes packing

but also meeting my beloved parents,

darling

friends

relatives

I'll buy my flight ticket tomorrow :)

I miss a romanian hug

the smell of dust of bucharest

the shadow of ase

the people who run to catch the bus

the traffic lights with stopwatch

the ice coffee from gregory's

my pink room

the asphalt that melts under your feet

the yellow taxis that take you home in the night

the one hour sleep rolling on the shitty highway

the new metro

and having a beer on la motoare

and I will taste them all again in just 2 weeks!

see u there!

Vama Veche-Epilogue

the song of today

why I love aiesec

I've just had an interesting conversation with my boyfriend about what aiesec is

and it made me think about what aiesec is for me and why I love it so much that sometimes I hate it with all my heart

it's because it makes you live with passion

it challenges you with every day, every meeting, every task, every conference, every experience you have

it bonds you to fabulous people, each of them weird in their own magnific way

and in the end, it makes you reinvent everything you might ever take for granted

aiesec can be a virus that starts an epidemic of positive change, it can be the pool of sparks that light an internal self-sustainable fire, it can be fashion and beauty or it can be the organisation that creates a butterfly effect to make a difference.

this is for me the beauty of this organization

I want shoes

why is it so hard to find a pair of shoes to fit you?

am I too demanding?

I just want some formalish flat heals office shoes on white, black or red

and by the way

if you look for the same shoes type as me,

in westend they don't have 38 or 39

I've checked all the shops there and they do not have!!!

most branded

long and hard day in the office
discussions on clashes of values
hard decisions
good and bad news
a little bit of fun
hungarian lunch

folded clothes on my bed
dear room-mateJ
waiting for a reply
missing a skype conversion
feeling sad

a sweet friend’s request
one more blog added to the list
a funny news
I’m the most branded

with

pink kisses

butterflies
blondie
colorful
smiley
enthusiastic

thank you guys!:)

one way communication

what do you think “culture” is?
silence
any opinions?
silence
any questions?
silence

here you have a brief of how a session
can look like here…
now I know it’s not because of English
and it’s not because I’m in CEE
romania is also in CEE
and people talk there

after the lunch break
there were just me and 2 girls in the room
I ask them how was their lunch
they answer
and then they continue their conversation
in Hungarian, of course

should I feel left aside?
should I feel frustrated?

no, I have to be flexible
and accept it’s just a cultural difference

but what about respect?

adapting?!

I'm beginning to be myself

less masks and more me

it's comfortable to know that

people want to see you and

not the mask you had to create

now I can color my days with smiles

and with girlie pink :))

un colţ de vamă lângă dunăre

aseara am fost la o alta bye-bye party, pentru o tipa care pleaca in mc in malaezia.
a fost intr-un club in aer liber, undeva langa dunare. de cum am intrat si am auzit muzica rock tare si am vazut oameni dansand liber, fara nicio prejudecata sau restrictie, mi-am adus aminte de vama veche.

e foarte tare clubul si muzica de acolo. o sa ma intorc sa ma dansez. desi nu miroase a mare, bei bere la pahar. si desi nu dansezi pe nisip, te invaluie mirosul ametitorde flori de tei.

am dansat si ma gandeam la tine. m-am uitat la cer si am multumit ca te am chiar daca esti acolo, te am mereu cu mine.

o sa fie o alta vara in care nu ajung la mare. si mi-e dor de mare. mult mai putin decat mi-e dor de tine insa mi-e dor: de vama, de trenul care te duce acolo, de noptile instelate pe plaja, de briza care ma face sa-mi fie racoare, de sunetul valurilor care se sparg la mal, de soarele care-mi arde pielea. nu o sa-mi mai miroasa parul a sare si nici nu o sa mai am talpile zgariate de nisipul zgrunturos… ce pacat!

transition

the transition is going on
even if my “husband” left already
sometimes I feel that everybody has a guardian angel
in this fight for understanding how to have a good start
for a good year

everybody but me…
somehow, I’m on my own now
and it’s hard and challenging
I have the space to make my own mistakes
even if I’m not allowed to make any mistakes

this weekend I’ll meet my team
I’m curious, excited, eager to know them
it will be a year of work for them and with them
different individuals, each of them special in his/her way
how will we all fit together?

it’s a matter of will, trust, support, motivation and passion;)

I might be...

sweet calm blonde
the most important person in somebody’s life
the room mate that made her see the colors

the bitch that didn’t recruit me
the student different of her group colleagues
a hero and example that things can work out
a friend you can rely on
the weird girl that will always be there
the first girl he said “I love you” to
the MC member with no EB experience
the grand daughter that is always far away
pink girl...

what am I for you, reader of my blog and life?

la multi ani

inca te mai bucuri de o bomboana primita?

inca mai razi daca ti se arata un deget, cand esti vesel?

inca iti mai vine sa sari in sus cand esti fericit?

ti-e pofta de inghetata si nu iti pasa ca faci rosu in gat?

tom si jerry inca iti mai aduc zambete pe fata?

iti place sa fii rasfatat cand esti trist?

si nu ai uitat inca sa te joci?

iti urez la multi ani!

copilul din tine merita din plin aceasta zi!;)

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the tram that takes me

to Blaha Luiza Ter and back