Bulgarians invading UK after the EU accession - not quite so

One of our editors in Capital has written a nice article on the topic which The Guardian published.
You can read it here.

Parle vous...?

On Monday I went to the French Institute to join a French class (beginner level of course). It was an awful experience for several reasons:
- the girls at the Intsitute were very impolite - behaving as if we ( I was with one collegue) owed them something
- they charged us 10 levs for the so called "entry test", meant to check our entry level so we are able to join the appropriate group ( sadly, nothing was said for the price of the test on the website:( )
- I had to pass through the above mentioned test, and I felt really really stupid, not knowing how to compose a very simple sentence in French. Excuse-moi:(
- finally, when we paid for the course, they gave us cards...and 5 minutes after I realised I had already lost mine
And, I am finally so happy that two of my evenings will be full of French classess.Almost no free time left...
Anyways, I like the idea of starting something new, as I feel a bit stuck at the moment.
Why French - everyone has been trying to explain that I don't need it, that I will forget it if I do not practice...but - I just like it:) Do I need more reasons for studying?

Do I really want to live in Bulgaria?

It's been a long time since I last asked myself this question. I have always beleived that, no matter that I would like to travel around the world, the place I want to be is Bulgaria, as it is the place I was born, and where I feel "at home". It is not patriotic feeling, I cannot say that I am so proud of my country, of its people and its history...It is just the feeling that I belong here.
Yet, the week that passed made me reconsider some stuff...
The news of a baby-tiger, being locked down in one of the most expensive shopping centres in Sofia, "as an attraction" to the people made me really angry. The comments I read on the internet - even more so. If there is something I really, really hate - it is the lack of style and the the stupidity of people, that believe they are "someone VIP". This case reminded me once again the fact that my home country breed a special group of stupid, show-off people that consider themselves as "dictators of lifstyle". In some way they are funny, but it scares me to think that if the "VIP-s" are like that, if they are role-modelling...can u imagine what are the ordinary people supposed to be:( I do not want to live in a society that doesn't have even a very tiny idea of style.
Another thing that happened ( too good for some of the tabloids) - a wave of serious agression among and towards children poured from the headlines: A 9-year old kills a 4 -year old, Two babies found dead, A school-girl attacks her teacher during class.
Just a few of the stories.
Bulgarian society is getting more and more aggressive and I really don't like that.I do not want to live in a country where conflicts are resolved in such a way.
I do not want to live in a country where people are ready to kill you just because they think you are strange.
While we were travelling from Bansko this Tuesday, my collegue was complaining all the time from the country...I usually do not allow such complaints to influence me.
Yet...if I do not feel at home in my "home country" ...I might have to find another place to call home.
A choice I am praying I will not be forced to make.

Bansko - 8 years later...

Today I was on a one-day trip to Bansko, a small town in the picturesque outskirts of Pirin mountain. I had been there just once before 8 years when I went for the first (and only so far) time that I went hiking. So I didn't remember anything at all.
Still, my shock was complete when we were entering the town. Just imagine - a beautiful scenery, snow-capped mountains, vast valleys...and tall, ugly cranes, and buildings, and ...a whole huge construction sites.
It is so packed of buildings being built, that it seems you cannot find a single street to just have a small walk around. I do not know what there investors expect there, but in my oppinion, any tourist would feel a bit to "squeezed in" in Bansko. And what rental returns are we talking about, as they do not have the skiing infrastructure ready to meet the expectations of the tourists? They even have a problem with electricity...
Well, a lot of money is being put in golf-resorts (the new mania in the region, there seem to be at least two huge projects for golf courses).
Yet I am a bit too sceptical about it.
We'll see if the region will become a "Ski, Spa and Golf" paradise (there are thermal springs in the region). I strongly believe that, when someone pours so much money somwhere, they should know what they are doing.
However in this case, I am not quite sure...

Make the world a better place:)

In case you are wondering how to do it...
These guys have already come up with a fresh idea:)
And don't wait till 22nd December:)
The world needs URGENT action:P

Haven't been here for a while

Haven't posted here for a while.
I don't have time really ( which might be considered as a poor excuse for bad time-management). And when I have the desire to write...I am really piled up with work.
It's been an interesting weekend.
There was a General assembly of AIESEC in Bulgaria which lasted almost the whole day on saturday, eating up the little time I have for myself. Nevermind. It was good to be there.
Although I felt all the time that nothing has changed, it is still the same. Some people are putting efforts in doing something that others prefer to ignore. Some people are willing to change something...but it stays the same.
We are inventing new rules to "prevent us" , not trying to reach the state of mind that will need almost no rules for the work.
And one thing that is a rule - we never ever TALK.
Whatever happens.
It is so awfully sad that a great job can be spoiled by miscommunication.
It happens everywhere.
Wish I could invent a way to overcome it.
Actually coldplay have said it better:
So you don't know were you're going, and you wanna talk
And you feel
like you're going where you've been before
You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all
Let's talk, let's ta-a-alkLet's talk, let's ta-a-alk

I met Geraldine (finally) and she is sweet (as I expected) - came under the "bad influence" of our lovely alumni Sevi and Megan. They proposed her to go around the "100 touristic sites of Bulgaria" and collect all the stamps and she thought it was somekind of cool game (she was so cute). Indeed it can be a game - a competition who will collect more of the stamps:) Sevi and Megan are seriously into it:)
Then...the Sunday is so nice...but passess so fast.
I wish I could live in an eternal Saturday for a while:)