Inspire me
I don’t remember how I came up with the name. but it was something I needed at that time. and “inspire me” became my blog title. it’s funny how here we are, over a decade later. and I can still resonate with something I wrote when I was 14. inspire me. this is something I […]
learning opportunities
Volunteering gives a lot of learning opportunities. While being a volunteer in a foreign country, you learn (and practice) new languages. International environment can give you a great chance to improve your English skills of any level. Work with local community requires some knowledge of Romanian, which I have been trying to learn since the […]
Escape
I’ve spent a huge part of my life living in the future. thinking about how it will be better once “this” moment is over. And then it becomes “this” moment after “this” moment. it can always get better and I just keep living in the future. Hoping that one day I can be content. I […]
Pandemic
There is still a pandemic going on…. I think sometimes people forget about that. but there is still a pandemic going on. It has been almost 5 months (?) since the massive outbreak. I remember starting 2020 in January very positive and optimistic and travelling. and in less than a month, I had to go […]
story behind the building
This week was almost completely dedicated to the workshop on storytelling, which was implemented online (unfortunately). This workshop is a part of the big European project “Stories behind city”, where participants from Novi Sad, Rijeka and Timisoara tell their personal stories about their cities via digital media tools. The workshop was facilitated by experts in […]
Online happiness
Already two months, and suddenly I knew that we are going to have an online session. From the first moment, I just thought that it is a session, as in general everybody is having. I was wrong. It was a session as an Arrival training, where we were supposed to be with volunteers, who were […]
Two days as a second
Online session … It looks boring … But no this was only from the beginning … After this sessions we passed about one month …. And Armando (from Spain ) who is volunteer in Oradea wrote me a massage that a group of volunteers are coming to Timisoara for a trip . I was pretty […]
open doors for open minds
Yaaay, good news!We almost completed the process of making our youth center shine. There are just some minor steps to finish it, like taking care of the garden and fixing the lights there. While the virus is still somewhere around, we are preparing some games and informational materials for the followers of our page on […]
Coronavirus Letter To Humanity
The earth whispered but you did not hear. The earth spoke but you did not listen The earth screamed but you turned her off. And so I was born… I was not born to punish you.. I was born to awaken you.. The earth cried out for help… Massive flooding. But you didn’t listen. Burning […]
Surprises surprises
getting ready to set the tempo
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Streets that seem alone
I am here for more than 3 months. Also before coming here I was trying to know something about the country, especially about Timisoara city. Everyone was telling me : -«You know it’s always full of people.»_ «You can’t find to move in streets. »_ «Buses and transportation is always full. »And a lot of […]