Some things about me

I found this on Dey's blog and it seemed very interesting to go through it...

You can also use it on your blog and just bold the ones that suit you.

1. Touched an iceberg
2. Slept under the stars
3. Been a part of a hockey fight
4. Changed a baby’s diaper
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Swam with wild dolphins
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a tarantula
10. Said “I love you” and meant it
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise (a lot of times)
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (a lot of times :( )
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Bet on a winning horse
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (during high school it was a habit)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Taken an ice cold bath
28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
29. Seen a total eclipse (even overcame challenges to be allowed to see it)
30. Ridden a roller coaster
31. Hit a home run
32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
33. Adopted an accent for fun
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment
36. Loved your job 90% of the time
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Watched wild whales
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach
41. Gone sky diving
42. Visited Ireland
43. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited India
45. Bench-pressed your own weight
46. Milked a cow
47. Alphabetized your personal files
48. Ever worn a superhero costume
49. Sung karaoke (a lot of times)
50. Lounged around in bed all day (this is almost my favorite hobby :) )
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Done something you should regret, but don’t
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Been in a movie
60. Gone without food for 3 days
61. Made cookies from scratch
62. Won first prize in a costume contest (I was a clown, a butterfly, a ghost, a ladybird... long live primary school :D )
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Been in a combat zone
65. Spoken more than one language fluently
66. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
67. Bounced a check
68. Read - and understood - your credit report
69. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy (not recently but at 15 I bought a baby doll and at 16 I was till buying clothes for it... now I stopped :D)
70. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
71. Called or written your Congress person
72. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
73. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
74. Helped an animal give birth
75. Been fired or laid off from a job
76. Won money
77. Broken a bone
78. Ridden a motorcycle
79. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
80. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
81. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing (I almost never sleep during flights, so definitely not))
82. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
83. Eaten sushi (this is the last thing I do every time I leave Vienna)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read The Bible cover to cover
86. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
87. Gotten someone fired for their actions
88. Gone back to school
89. Changed your name
90. Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands
91. Eaten fried green tomatoes
92. Read The Iliad
93. Taught yourself an art from scratch
94. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
95. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
96. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
97. Been elected to public office
98. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
99. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
100. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
101. Had a booth at a street fair
102. Dyed your hair
103. Been a DJ
104. Rocked a baby to sleep
105. Dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all fours
106. Raked your carpet
107. Brought out the best in people
108. Brought out the worst in people
109. Worn a mood ring
110. Ridden a horse
111. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap
112. Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe (only 4??? :) )
113. Buried a child
114. Gone to a Broadway (or equivalent to your country) play
115. Been inside the pyramids
116. Shot a basketball into a basket
117. Danced at a disco
118. Played in a band (if school choir counts)
119. Shot a bird
120. Gone to an arboretum
121. Tutored someone
122. Ridden a train
123. Brought an old fad back into style
124. Eaten caviar
125. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn’t need
126. Ridden a giraffe or elephant
127. Published a book
128. Pieced a quilt
129. Lived in an historic place
130. Acted in a play or performed on a stage
131. Asked for a raise
132. Made a hole-in-one
133. Gone deep sea fishing
134. Gone roller skating
135. Run a marathon
136. Learned to surf
137. Invented something
138. Flown first class
139. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite
140. Flown in a helicopter
141. Visited Africa
142. Sang a solo
143. Gone spelunking
144. Learned how to take a compliment
145. Written a love-story
146. Seen Michelangelo’s David
147. Had your portrait painted
148. Written a fan letter
149. Spent the night in something haunted
150. Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane
151. Ran away
152. Learned to juggle
153. Been a boss
154. Sat on a jury
155. Lied about your weight
156. Gone on a diet
157. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget
158. Written a poem
159. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox
160. Gotten food poisoning
161. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
162. Hiked the Grand Canyon
163. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
164. Gone to the opera
165. Gotten a letter from someone famous
166. Worn knickers
167. Ridden in a limousine
168. Attended the Olympics
169. Can hula or waltz (in January I will waltz :) hopefully well enough)
170. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books
171. Been stuck in an elevator
172. Had a revelatory dream
173. Thought you might crash in an airplane (honestly I think this every time I have to fly by plane... but once I really believed the plane will crash)
174. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert
175. Saved someone’s life
176. Eaten raw whale
177. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
178. Laughed till your side hurt
179. Straddled the equator
180. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
181. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival
182. Sent a message in a bottle
183. Spent the night in a hotel
184. Been a cashier
185. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
186. Joined a union
187. Donated blood or plasma
188. Built a campfire
189. Kept a blog
190. Had hives
191. Worn custom made shoes or boots
192. Made a PowerPoint presentation
193. Taken a Hunter’s Safety Course
194. Served at a soup kitchen
195. Conquered the Rubik’s cube
196. Know CPR
197. Ridden in or owned a convertible
198. Found a long lost friend
199. Helped solve a crime
200. Responded to a NJP newsletter

Falling in love... again

Since two years ago, each autumn, in the first half of October, I fall in love. Yesterday it happened again.

I have a very special relationship with a certain entity (I guess it sounds too tough to call it this way). No matter how upset I am, no matter how tired I am, no matter the way that I am, there is this special moment that makes my heart beat faster, makes me cry and makes me have butterflies in my stomach (because of the songs, because of the images, because of the memories, because of everything it means for me)

Yesterday I attended the Big Picture of @ BU again (surprisingly I didn't attend the one in the year when I was recruited)... And I fell in love again with @. I felt the chills, I felt excited and I was really happy that I was part of it again.

Happy,
Moru

Yesterday... What a day...

...that started really early in the morning, because of the last exam in faculty.

At noon I lost my faith that I will graduate this year... but still I could not imagine another year in my faculty.

After 4 hours spent in the University, just waiting and feeling that I am loosing my time, I found out that I am graduating... officially :) Yu-hu.

My final paper is almost ready, my exams are all ok... so yesterday evening I celebrated with EB 0607 (me as an intruder :) )

Can't believe it's actually finnishing :)

Happy,
Moru

Happiness

I don't know exactly what happened but during the past days I felt really really good... and happy.

Maybe a lot of things contributed to this but I feel really excited about the next month and I had some really nice moments:

- I am planning a very nice surprise (and I just love this)
- I surprise myself every day by smiling more and more
- we are planning the New Years' Eve and apparently the plan will soon become reality
- I passed both my exams during this exam session and I feel really confident about the next ones
- next week I will have next to me some of my dearest people
- I had a chillaxing evening with my best friend, going out, drinking a delicious coffee and window shopping

If I look at all the things that happened in the last period and the things that are going to happen soon, I can say that all the things that make me happy are happening:

- nice surprises (for me or others)
- moments in which I surprise myself
- overcoming challenges
- having close to me dear people

Just happy,
Moru

Cultural night for @BU

For me it was already the third edition of Museums' Night and it was a great joy to see that the number of participants has increased. In the past years the museums were not so full but this year we had to skip 2 museums because of the crowd.

The meeting point was the National Museum of History. A high number of members were there and inspite the heat inside the museum, we managed to see a "golden" part of the museum.

Looking forward to the next year's edition,
Moru

All four of us... together

I could call it a week-end but it was not... There were only 2 relaxing and full of fun days.

A few days before going to Vienna I started missing the girls so much and being so anxious to go and see them. After a 3 hous trip by bus, another 5 by train, 2 hitchhike sessions, another hour by bus and then one hour and a half by plane I got to see them. Long trip, ha? Still it was not too much.

By the time I got to Vienna, te girls were almost asleep but the real fun was about to start the second day.

Sunny sunny day in Viena, perfect for walking and capturing all the sun in the world. Drinking wine on the banks of the Danube, chatting, making plans for the future, walking and in the end, becoming children again in Prater (you can see above one of the craziest things we've done), that's how my first day was and I enjoyed it at maximum.

Still, most of the second day we were divided into groups. The same groups. Two working and two still anjoying at full capacity the city. It was not the same.

I absolutelly loved these two days and I can't wait to meet again in Bucharest, again the four of us.

Wanting to press "repeat",
Moru

Silent Sunday and another story...

Enjoying the book!

Moru

One year ago...

... on the 16th of April, in the morning, I opened my eyes and found in my phone inbox a message: "it's sunny outside".

One year after, on the 16th of April 2008 in the morning, it was raining. A lot. I was in the taxi, passing by TNB and I realized: somebody, up there, in the skies, really loved us. Us, the ITC 2007 team.

It's going to be a long day. Last year it was the same. A lot of things have changed since than, but in the evening we will stop and remember last year and most probably shout again "say we are @Bu" on the stairs of TNB.

For a sunny 16th of April every year,
Moru

p.s.: thank you for the special moment last night. The messages are still on my fridge :) and thank you for what is going to happen tonight.

On my way to my crib...

After 10 days in coldness, I finally returned home. And I am more than happy because of this... I'm not going anywhere where it is cold because I love the sun (although during summer you won't hear me saying this).

EuroXPro was nice... But I am not over excited because of it. It had good parts it had less good parts, so all in all it was ok (of course, there was new information, new people that I've met, people that I've met again). I would say the best thing was the fact that we got to know eachother (us, the team) and we spent a lot of time together.

But I had a very nice journey back home... Starting with the calm flight (like no other lately :) ) continuing with the delicious food and the 3 glasses of wine (too much I think) and ending with the two stops (in Vienna and in Bucharest).

I felt like "I" was flying... And the scenary was so beautiful... And after 2 hours and a half from our starting point (in St. Petersburg), something took my breath away... The center of Vienna seen from the plane... I was able to distinguish buildings, streets, details (yes yes... almost could see each and every one of my friends in Vienna :) )... and it was soooooo nice :) And right at the moment when I was planning my last visit for this year and saying that I will "break up" with it :) (so I will not return for at least one year) I fell in love again with it (I remember that during that flight I showed Topper a photo with an Austrian Airlines plane flying over Stephans Dom... I could say it was almost the same for our flight :) )

After another glass of wine I was landing in Bucharest. And I was so anxious to get home, but I was stopped... At the exit there were @ Bucharest members waiting for us (ok, most probably for Oana, but since nobody was waiting for the others we include ourselves in this category :) ). So the sleeping time got shorter because we went out to drink and returned back home at around midnight. But it was a very nice surprise. Very nice.

I loved this journey back home...

I feel so good. I feel. And I love this feeling.

Hugs,
Moru

One step closer...

... to achieving the objectives for a life time :)

It is said that during your life, you have to (at least) plant a tree, have a baby and build a house (I hope I didn't forget anything).

I started with the begining: this week I planted 5 trees. 5 special trees planted with special people in my life (ok, in @ BU, nowadays , so that others don't feel excluded :) )

- my dear best friend, we already have 2 trees, at the shadow of which we will be able to rest with our grandchildren :) and gossip about our @ life (I guess we will stay there for a long time :) ) Regarding the house, I take officially the committment for the seaside house :)

- "always" upset girl :) I am happy that at least while we planted the tree you were smiling. You did a goos job with these events.

- Free girl, the first step was done. Now plan the other two achievements (yes yes, kid and house :) ) but only after you finish your responsabilities. I sorry for not planting with you the second tree also.

- my team colleagues, it was fun fun fun... I only wanted us all to be there. I guess showing my happiness about our own tree, would be equal to saying "Can we be a family?" or "I had a nightmare, can I sleep here under the tree with you?" :) (I love you, signed chipmunk Theodore) And no, I am not high lately, but I guess finishing this cycle really affects my brain, or my hearth.

I didn't feel any pain during that day... The day after I was questioning myself if planting 5 trees was the best idea... I was in terrible pain, but still we whistled all day long for a less polluted Bucharest.

Happy (and ready to leave for Expro)
Moru

Planning vs. surprises

I had a wish... and it became reality.

Things might come out differently as planned, but I am always sure, that whatever happens, it is the best thing (although you might not realize it in the beginning).

Still, I have never considered planning, as my option for organizing my life. I did this only once... And this is the outcome.

During the past week-end I was in Vienna. If I had to compare the image I had in the beginning, when I was planning this trip, with the image of what it actually was, it might be a little different (ok, the time line also allowed these differences).

Still, I wanted to be during this week-end in Vienna. And I was. And it was a week-end like no other (in Vienna). It felt like I was at home (only that it was more than 1000 km away from my real home). At one point, a friend of mine told me, that for me, going to Vienna is like going to the mall. Not true at all. I don't go to the mall that often :)

This week-end meant for me only relaxing (eating, sleeping, watching movies, walking and doing sports (really???) ). And it was the right thing to be done at this moment. Although, I might say that the "shaking" from the end of my trip brought me back to reality.

So for me, it's over with planning... I'm expecting the surprises of life :)

Moru

p.s.: wishes change.. Have you ever visualised something that you really really want? With all the possible details? And then when you felt you will actually make it, you just got scared or changed your mind? It happened to me a lot of times, and this is why I don't like planning, because my dreams could be ruined either by me being scared and not doing the final step for my dreams either by me again, by not wanting the same thing anymore (yes, because when you want something really really badly and it's hard to achieve, it takes a lot of time until you are in that moment very very close to it).

Continous learning.... at over 50

I had yesterday a conversation with my mom in which she was asking me "Who is leaving and where?" ... And I had no ideea what she was talking about... And then she continued: "I read that a friend of yours is leaving"...

And I realised that:

- 1 year and a half ago (whilw I was in CEED in Vienna) my mother used e-mail for the first time
- 1 month ago she surprised me by contacting me through gmail chat (and ever since then every night we chat instead of talk on the phone)
- yesterday she started reading my blog :)

I wonder what is next... Having her own blog? A facebook account? :)

Still, I have to admit that she is improving continously in the virtual world.

Proud,
Moru

This is the response that I received... Take it as a comment:

"blog-ul`il`citesc de la inceput de acum o luna . normal k incerc sa tin pasul sau sa ma informez cit pot (ca si volum si cit pot intelege)"

A special friend...

.. that is leaving soon...

Again a close friend that is leaving.. Again the same destination..

But this is not the most important thing right now, because no matter the distance we will still be close.. We proved this to ourselves during the past months.

What made me start this post was a message that I received a few minutes ago.. And it comes from the same person, that for the last year has been a real support for me in different aspects of my life.. (and I still remember the first time I saw this person and my first impression :) which was not positive at all)

A message with "i trust you", "good luck", "i love you" or "congratulations" from this special person, always made the day. And today, another message came: "No man or woman in this world deserves your tears, and the person who deserves them, will never make you cry" - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Thanks a lot! I never cried because of you :)

Moru

In time...

I was thinking yestarday about this quote that I found in my inbox two years ago.. And I decided to loo for it and post it... for better decisions and for thoughts and feelings transmitted at the right moment.

Take advantage of it and whatever suits you, put it into practice.

Moru
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"Dupa un anumit timp, omul invata sa perceapa diferenta subtila intre a
sustine o mana si a inlantui un suflet, si invata ca amorul nu inseamna a
te culca cu cineva si ca a avea pe cineva alaturi nu e sinonim cu starea
de siguranta, si asa, omul incepe sa invete... ca saruturile nu sunt
contracte si cadourile nu sunt promisiuni, si asa omul incepe sa-si
accepte caderile cu capul sus si ochii larg deschisi, si invata sa-si
construiasca toate drumurile bazate in astazi si acum, pentru ca terenul
lui "maine" este prea nesigur pentru a face planuri... si viitorul are mai
mereu o multime de variante care se opresc insa la jumatatea
drumului.

Si dupa un timp, omul invata ca daca e prea mult, pana si caldura cea
datatoare de viata a soarelui, arde si calcineaza. Asa ca incepe sa-si
planteze propria gradina si-si impodobeste propriul suflet, in loc sa mai
astepte ca altcineva sa-i aduca flori, si invata ca intradevar poate
suporta, ca intradevar are forta, ca intradevar e valoros, si omul invata
si invata ... si cu fiecare zi invata.
Cu timpul inveti ca a sta alaturi de cineva pentru ca iti ofera un viitor
bun, inseamna ca mai devreme sau mai tarziu vei vrea sa te
intorci la trecut.
Cu timpul intelegi ca doar cel care e capabil sa te iubeasca cu
defectele tale, fara a pretinde sa te schimbe, iti poate aduce toata
fericirea pe care ti-o doresti. Iti dai seama cu timpul ca daca esti
alaturi de aceasta persoana doar pentru a-ti intovarasi singuratatea, in
mod inexorabil vei ajunge sa nu mai vrei sa o vezi.
Ajungi cu timpul sa intelegi ca adevaratii prieteni sunt numarati, si ca
cel care nu lupta pentru ei, mai devreme sau mai tarziu se va vedea
inconjurat doar de false prietenii.

Cu timpul inveti ca vorbele spuse intr-un moment de manie, pot continua
tot restul vietii sa faca rau celui ranit.
Cu timpul inveti ca a scuza e ceva ce poate face oricine, dar ca a ierta,
asta doar sufletele cu adevarat mari o pot face.
Cu timpul intelegi ca daca ai ranit grav un prieten, e foarte probabil ca
niciodata prietenia lui nu va mai fi la aceeasi intensitate.
Cu timpul iti dai seama ca desi poti fi fericit cu prietenii tai, intr-o
buna zi vei plange dupa cei pe care i-ai lasat sa plece.
Cu timpul iti dai seama ca fiecare experienta traita alaturi de fiecare
fiinta, nu se va mai repeta niciodata.
Cu timpul iti dai seama ca cel care umileste sau dispretuieste o fiinta
umana, mai devreme sau mai tarziu va suferi aceleasi umilinte si
dispret, dar multiplicate, ridicate la patrat.
Cu timpul inveti ca grabind sau fortand lucrurile sa se petreaca, asta va
determina ca in final, ele nu vor mai fi asa cum sperai.
Cu timpul iti dai seama ca in realitate, cel mai bine nu era viitorul, ci
momentul pe care-l traiai exact in acel moment.
Cu timpul vei vedea ca desi te simti fericit cu cei care-ti sunt
imprejur, iti vor lipsi teribil cei care mai ieri erau cu tine si acum
s-au dus si nu mai sunt...
Cu timpul vei invata ca incercand sa ierti sau sa ceri iertare, sa spui ca
iubesti, sa spui ca ti-e dor, sa spui ca ai nevoie, sa spui ca vrei sa fii
prieten, dinaintea unui mormant, nu mai are nici un sens.

Dar din pacate, se invata doar cu timpul..."

Jorge Luis Borges

2008 until now... and still going on

No real post since December... But starting with yesterday I have my laptop again :) so I can post again...

So what happened from December 2007 until now?

Well finally I went home but it didn't feel like home because I had to finish my MC application until the 28th of December. Plus, on the Christmas Day my laptop crashed... So my stay at home was not the most pleasant one...

Still I had some beautiful moments with my friends while singing carols and exchanging presents. Plus I had other moments that made me smile or feel really happy.

And after only one week (even less) I had to leave Oradea again... and I went to spend my New Year's Eve in the North East of the country, with a lot of my @ colleagues. Fun, sleepless nights and most important, a big smile on my face at midnight (yes yes, just as I promised myself).

MCC 2008... My voice trembeling, my powerpoint presentation being upside down, me going to sleep at 6 o'clock in the morning and setting my alarm to ring at 6:30... What should I mention from this experience? Well, maybe the snow thrown on my head (which meant the vote of confidence) and the support I received from friends that were close or far away...

Vienna...

Again Vienna... with my EB colleagues (we started our term in Vienna and most probably we will all end it together in Vienna). In between we decided to go again to Vienna :) and it was fun, combined with sickness, coldness combined with hotness, happiness combined with disapopointment, good food combined with shopping :)

All in all I had a good time with all my colleagues and with my dear friend Ale, who standed me during my stay in Vienna and who even got sick because of me... Officially, forgive me :)

Final resulta from MCC. The team is : Mickey - MCP, Cata - MC VP Projects, Topper - MC VP ER and me, MC VP Finance (all of us in @ Romania for the term 2008-2009)... During the next two days we are expecting to find out who are our other 3 colleagues...

After a lot of fun and good moments, I had to have some unpleasant moments: school... Not so many details about my results but about my resolution: this semester school will be important)

And since, every day starts today, TODAY I went to school for the first time this semester (or should I say year, or should I say school year?? :) ) And it was very very nice and I will continue to go there for this semester until I graduate... THIS YEAR... and it's a must at this point!!!

Soon a school freak :)
Moru

Empty without you...

... my dear laptop :)

I realised that in the last period there was no post on my blog. I will update it soon but due to some logistical problems (my laptop) it will still take a while.

Moru