On the last day of 2008...

I would like to thank God for this year, cause it has been, truly, one of the most amazing years of my life.
I saw and experienced so much beauty in every form of it - in places, in people, in music, in colours,in tastes, in aromas, in moments.
I discovered that I am capable of loving again. And suffering the pain of love.
I learned lessons about the world, about life, about love and myself.
I was up and down, I laughed loud and cried so hard as if my soul was torn apart.
I made stupid, painful mistakes.
I forgave people, and loved them, despite circumstances.
I hoped and I prayed. I may be got a step closer to the Divine self...
Thank you, God, for bringing all this my way.
In the new year,
I wish for good health for me and my closest people.
I wish to find the stregth in me to be a better person.
I wish to find the inspiration to create beauty around me and inspire smiles on people's faces.
I wish to always find a good word to say to warm a heart.
I wish to find the love for life and for people and the excitement of meeting every new day with a smile and new hope:)
Happy New Year to everyone!

2006 reflections and 2007 resolutions

Well, a bit too late - but still :)
The traditional in these days post of "old year's reflections and new year's resolutions".
So, to keep it short and simple:)
My 2006 was rather good I guess
-> I went to IPM in the Netherlands and spend some of the greatest days of my life there. It was really hard after that to think of leaving AIESEC - so much amazing positive energy was flowing around. I was so inspired when I thought that I can help Emo in his MCP preparation, as I didn't have the chance to be present at the IPM with my predecessor. Unfortunately, good intentions are not always enough.
->I thought that it would be great to proceed with AIESEC but I was lost and I didn't know if I want to go on a traineeship or to hold a position again. Now I know it was not a mistake that I didn't choose to proceed with AIESEC. There is a line that you shouldn't cross. Like in love, maybe, in AIESEC u should stay while there is passion for that.
-> I still want to go on a traineeship and I am not giving up. It is just a short delay. I needed to see how is it to work in a "real company". And I had great luck in starting my internship in "Capital" , then being offered a job.
-> The best about the job is that I can meet lots of interesting people and get an insight into a whole and very dynamic market, then also learn how to write better (not that my childhood ambition is to become a writer but still - who knows :) )
- > In terms of personal life...well. Love - I think I managed to survive it somehow. It is still difficult, but I think I am recovering fast:) I met lots of interesting people and went to interesting places...Well not so much outside Bulgaria buuut I can save this for next year:)
So...let's see the 2007 resolutions:
-> I will recover emotionally :) I got the "love" fortune from the Christmas banitza ( I got a "baby" fortune but I am not going to be a mum:) )
-> I will travel a bit - visit Gery, Maggie and some other friends in Belgium in Mayр , then - Mimka in Krakow, and then maybe Croatia for the summer.
-> I will strive to improve my writing and get better in my job. I will most probably start searching for a traineeship :)
-> I have an ambition to get some decent level of French - I mean to be able to lead a general conversation,not to get a degree.
-> I will spare the resolutions like "i will eat less", "i will start excersizing". These must be made silently and just kept.I might consider writing more professionally :)
Well, This was meant to be short and simple. So I stop here.
One thing I hope to keep is - the friends I have, the connections from AIESEC. It is always so nice to come back to that:)

New Year's Eve Party

This New Year's eve celebration proved once more the fact that the best parties come when you do not plan them:) I had no idea exactly with whom I am going to spend the night between 31 December 2006 and the 1 January 2007. A very memorable night for the Bulgarians indeed, as the country is entering the EU.

At the end, I found myself in a very nice apartment in an old apartment building in the very centre of Sofia. The place reminded me of some 60-ies club, or as a friend said "a party from the old bulgarian movies". It was rather hippie-like and cool. I didn't know the hosts,yet we met and the wine easily broke the ice between (if there was any ice). The music was what I can summarize as "alternative", which brought me at least 6 years back to a place in Veliko Turnovo - Spider club - where we used to go and listen to our favourite music ( it's a pity it does not exist any more).

At around 11 p.m. we went to the Batemberg square to watch the lights show that was to celebrate Bulgaria's entry to the Eu.There were around 100 000 at the square - everyone cheerful, drinking wine or champaigne and expecting the final countdown of the last minutes of the year.

Beautiful firewors and lazer lights beamed in the sky - I bet it was the biggest show of its kind ever to be done in Bulgaria.

You might try and have a look at some videos of it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyOQ_9XFqaI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IliWkak1tXY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7JeKE2bikE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEtnBdsIGmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht2_AZu5RXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2B_Nm6-jc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYa5y6FqTo

It is a pity that the sounds were not as good as the lights and we could not hear almost anything

:(

On our way back we went to a friend and drank a bottle of wine, just "by the way"...

Actually the pictures speak for themselves:)