I believe that I always had a fascination for numbers, somehow they hold an incredible truth.

Today's numbers:

7 months since I am working in Germany and 8 months since I moved in Bad Homburg - a tough decision but no regrets linked with it. 487 days since I am married, it sounds so grand but a long road lies ahead.

6.108.976 Euro - the amount of money that I have managed to save for a specific project - not a bad figure after 7 months of work, right?

9 days until I will be in Timisoara, I miss my city like never before. Having the sun suddenly present in my life (spring did reach Germany as well) I realised how much I wish to walk on the Bega banks, to smell the products in th eopen market, to enjoy a coffee on a terasse in Union square, to go to a bookstore and search for little wonders ... Can't wait!

5.00 pm - I hope to leave by then, I just want to walk and ejoy the weather and not to focus too much on the pile of clothes which await my ironing :)

The 9th entry for 2009 - apropiate number right?

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Just realised that I am smiling. Really! I had little events which made me smile:

- The sun is shining, no rain for a while, so I can enjoy the light

- The bus driver tried to miss a green light and because the traffic lights were stubborn in keeping the colour, ended up crossing on orange

- A father was desperate to catch a bus, so his 5 year old son was picked up and there he goes. The kid starts laughing and shouts: 'Faster, daddy, faster!' A future manager I guess!

- One of the sweetest colleague had birthday, she loved the gift I found for her!

- Music cheers me up, today was Duffy on the line

- I realised that yesterday I learned a good lesson, I diverted my phone to the secretary and silence ruled my office! Guess what am I doing today?

Smile

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Whenever I want to start a day with good vibes and with a lot of energy I end up listening to very dinamic music. The rockier the better.

One of my favourite songs is STRONG by Leann Rimes, it has a very good rythm and also some interesting lyrics (see below). This morning it gave me such an energy intensity that people around me told me that I glow. Strange! I do feel strong :)

The light of my life's been stolen
I´ve walked in every shade of
black and I never thought I would
get me back
it´s funny how life can change you and
make you who you are today I wonder if God set it up that way for me to be

Strong even when it hurts
The heat it´s gonna burn gotta let it go
Strong, strong
To make a big mistake and never run away

There´s nothing like this feeling
to be free and unafraid
And who ever thought I could be this brave
Learning every day

Strong even when it hurts
The heat it´s gonna burn gotta let it go
Strong, strong
To make a big mistake and never run away

I wanna push away the boundaries
I wanna love outside the lines
I wanna stare at the sun I don´t care if I go blind
Whatever comes, whatever breaks,
I´ll stand up straight.

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Being away from my home, Timisoara was indeed my home for around 30 years, my attempt to keep in touch is done strangely enough on a regular basis each Sunday. I try to write to all of my friends, to share my thoughts and my achievements (if any) and to reply to any of the new things happening in their lives. For the last 8 months, the weekend is splitted in many sides:

Friday avening - aknowledgement of the fact that I will have 2 free days, thus watching 4 episodes of The Nanny on TV
Saturday - home chores: clean clean clean from kitchen to bathroom, rooms, floors, everything, then washing, cooking, shopping for food with Peter, a bit of personal shopping in my favourites places in Bad Homburg, then a bit of reading in the afternoon. If we have plans with friends we do go out, or we just take a long walk in the evening to enjoy the good weather (if lucky!). Lately a new item is added to the list, I have started with advanced German lessons, one to one teaching with a wonderful lady called Elke. She tries to improve my presentation skills in German, she gives hints on how I can sound more elevated in speech. Plus my company pays for it so am I not lucky?
Sunday - my day, when I do whatever I want. I simply select the option in the morning (hopefully waking up after the usual 6am) and discuss it with Peter. Usually it consists of reading, cinema, walking, a must coffee and cake at Koffler (our favourite coffee shop in the city). So today is just nice and quiet. Reading blog entries, writing a bit, enjoying a nice book (a mystery of course) and hoping for sun!
Keep on smiling ...

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Somehow you automatically associate rain with England, but I realise now that the area where I currently live (Frankfurt am Main) is also very rainy. It pours constantly, it's like someone is sitting up in the sky and forgot to turn off the plug. Of course there are different type of rain:

1. class pouring cats and dogs - your only choice to stay dry is to stay at home / office, there is no way to be safe on the street. The water gets everywhere (i.e. two days ago it melted the glue from one of my shoes and I kind of had no sole left, trust me not funny)

2. class heavy rain - the only difference with the above is that you may get a chance to stay partially dry with a huge umbrella, it is just a slight probably but you can make it if you really try :)

3. class pure rain - not really bad, it is not that impenetrable, it can be interesting in the summer

4. class light showers - fun for me no matter the time, and this is how the morning started with some drops falling down, no umbrella needed. Being absorbed by music (today old albums from Roxette) I did not realise fast enough that suddenly I was dealing with class 1, so now I am wondering if my cold will come back. I really hope not!

Why can't I live where the weather is nicer? In fact I don't think that there is perfect weather anyway, I am simply complaining now :)

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Strangely enough, it seems that a lady called Nebuloasa kindly of considers my ideas interesting enough :) I do read her entries daily, alongside with many others, and she does have a mind of her own and is not afraid to express herself. For all my international friends, she does write in Romanian, so you will have to trust me - she does write well.

Currently there are these games running around the web, one I got and I thought why not? :) My answers:

Family - well that is complicated, one in Timisoara, one in Augsburg, one in Bad Homburg and one around the world where all my remaining relatives and friends currently chose to live

Big mistakes - try to avoid them, guess I did at least a couple

Hobby - hm, coffee for sure, reading, ballroom dancing, biathlon and lately drawing

Intimacy - a treasured feeling

Jeans - looking for a perfect pair, still miss the one bought in Fano

Kitsch - sadly occuring quite often, trying to avoid it

Forbidden things - as always a tempting area

Make-up - not as much as I used too, I prefer the natural approach

Originality - each of us is in the end original, so we must celebrate the diversity

Favourite parfume - lavender as a basic smell, it I need to name a brand currently it is Burberry, Beat

Rules - it should make our life easier but unfortunately some choose them to complicate things

Shopping - yes, I admit a fun activity from time to time, especially shoe shopping ;)

Theatre - very nice, but I prefer opera

Temptations - delicious ^_^

Favourite dress up - business like for the week and for the free days whatever attracts me

Favourite holiday - always the next with the one I love

Birthday - the 6th of October

In the end this is a nice motivation to keep on writing, thank you!

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- I guess it is true, sometimes :)

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Just found on one blog which I ended up reading daily a game which I found interesting. The original is in Romania, but I ended up filling in the blanks in English.

I am sick today, but happy to slow donw.

I would like to talk to my mother over a latte machiato.

I keep my memories - they are precious.

I wish for some cherries. What a desire at the beginning of spring!

I do not like people who lie, who deceive because it's the easiest way out.

I am afraid of cruel people.

I hear the computer, quite loud actually. I need to fix it soon.

I am sorry that I went to work yesterday, it made my cold worse.

I love to smile.

I am not that strong as most believe.

I am singing rarely, I do not have a voice.

Never say never right?

Seldomly I go to a disco.

I cry when I feel like it.

I am not happy that I do not have my old friends around, but happy that I found new ones. I am lucky.

I am confused when verbally abused.

I need to rest.

I should pay more attention to the messages which my body sends.

As the instructions mentioned you should ask someone else to do the same filling. I won't, I just found it amusing for this post. It's like a thought collection.

Thank you nebuloasa!

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