Maria's Written Thoughts

When God created the Earth He did create all those amazing places, so different from one another, He created continents and oceans, created beaches and shores, created trees and hills and even desserts, then He created animals to populate the Earth. And then God created Man. It was mankind that created towns and cities - each of them unique in its way. So many and spread across the whole globe, encapsulating secrets awaiting to be discovered in order to reveal their own 'world'. I've been passionate about travels since always - I used to say that there is a little dwarf inside my brain always screaming for more adventure and more countries to visit and he would not let me in peace until I will fulfill his wish :) I've mainly covered the whole European countries - Spain remains my big love among those. Barcelona is almost unreal, Venice was the most romantic city I've ever been to, and London is the royal city full of memories for me. Surprisingly, I didn't li...

Usually i tend to be a very responsible person but sometimes I just avoid taking any responsibility. Today was one of those days. I was being told that temporary, the project i was working on would fall under my own responsibility. Instead of being proud, the whole thing scared me a bit. I'd say it is the same in life: sometimes the fact we are assigned a responsibility just pumps up our enthusiasm, as it is a way of recognition of our capabilities to cope with something and at the same time a way of being told 'I trust you can deal with that' - but other times, responsibility is seen as a burden and it just scares a lot. When I am talking about life in general I mean both professional and personal. It is not enough to be a responsible person professional - as well as it is not enough to be responsible in your personal life. We should be responsible of ALL our actions. Is that so hard?

Astazi am decis sa scriu in romana pentru ca astfel imi pot exprima mult mai bine ideile si cel mai important, scriu mult mai repede! :) besides, ceea ce am astazi de zis este ceva valabil pentru romani deci e mai bine ca doar ei sa inteleaga ce scriu. Inca de cand am fost in America, acum mai bine de un an, mi-a venit ideea asta de a tine un carnetel cu tot felul de inventii si lucruri utile pe care le vad la alte natii si de care romanii ar trebui sa afle pentru a putea beneficia si ei de ele. La un moment dat, fiind in State, ma gandeam ca as putea chiar sa incep niste afaceri serioase daca ar fi sa implementez respectivele 'inventii' pe meleagurile noastre. In primul rand pentru ca ele mi se pareau utile si in al doilea rand pentru ca sunt convinsa ca ar avea si priza la public. Din pacate, nu imi mai aduc aminte mare lucru din multele Remindere pe care vroiam sa le scriu in carnetelul meu cu 'De implementat si in Romania' dar uite ca de data asta pot pune in practi...

I thought I liked to watch the rain but everything changed after I came to the rainy city. This experience turned upside-down a few of those things I would have thought are unchangeable. However, I can still say that I like to walk for hours, visiting cities, I like to travel and to see new places and meet new people, I like to talk to strangers and ask many many questions. I like an ice-cream in a hot summer day, I like to watch the fluffy, white clouds changing shapes in their slow movement. I like to drive to nowhere while I am listening my favorites CDs and I like to sing when I am driving alone in my car, especially at night. While I am here - I like to talk about nonsenses while P is driving long distances and I have to talk so that he would not get asleep. I love my cat. I like to play with it and I like to feel its warmth while she is sleeping in my arms. I like my mother's foods almost the same as I like chocolate. Any chocolate, plain, white, black, flavored, even with mi...

Initially I thought it would be very straight-forward and that in 2 minutes I would have my first post. The first question I was asked by a friend (the same one that suggested me I should start a blog) is: why? why did you decide to have it in the end? And my honest answer is: i don't know - the idea just hit me today, in the middle of a Google search. So a simple answer (that would not answer the question though as it would only generate a new question) is: why not? I used to keep a diary when I was younger and its purpose was not for enumerating facts and events happening in my daily life, but just to put down on a piece of paper my thoughts, ideas and feelings so that I could maybe run into them at a later date, when I would laugh or cry reading and remembering sensations and events behind them. I am not sure yet if this would be a more advanced, techie version of that journal, but i tend to say that it would be different. Different as it is somehow public and because I allow co...