Deanna's 5th Bday Party - 28th June 2009

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Primavara, Paste 2009

Sa aveti parte de un Paste fericit alaturi de cei dragi ai vostri!

Noi tocmai am terminat vacanta de Paste. Mama mai sta o saptamana. Ajunge acasa de Paste :).











Vreme buna de urcat prin copaci si lucrat prin gradina:)








Pozat albine la munca


Narcise si...



Papadii


Si am vopsit si oua:


restul
aici

Despre fete

Majoritatea persoanelor cu care lucrez in prezent sunt de sex feminin. Sunt happy sa lucrez cu ele, multe din ele sunt de treaba, dar gasesc ca imi este greu sa comunic, in adevaratul sens al cuvantului 'a comunica' cu ele. Din 10-15 fete cate exista fizic in birou la un moment dat (si alte 15 la telefon sau pe email), am reusit sa comunic cu una singura. Ma amuza sa le ascult, unele sunt pline de viata, altele sunt frumoase si destepte, unele sunt doar destepte, altele sunt mai in varsta sau mai tinere. Dar am observat si lipsa de respect, inganfare, aere de superioritate, competitie, barfa in sensul urat, atac, rautate, etc. Cred ca daca ar fi sa aleg, as alege sa lucrez intr-un mediu mixt sau preponderent barbatesc.
Nu am reusit niciodata sa imi fac prea multe prietene, dar cele pe care le am, imi plac :).

Ca sa nu fiu inteleasa gresit, imi plac si restul, pe unele imi place sa le citesc, pe altele imi place sa le ascult, unele stiu mereu sa se imbrace frumos, altele sunt foarte haioase, cu unele am lucrat extraordinar de bine, cu altele am impartasit multe pareri si experiente asemanatoare. Si cu toate astea, nu pot sa le numesc prietene din mai multe motive - ori nu am reusit (facut efortul) sa le cunosc mai bine, ori si-au aratat si latura negativa cu care nu am reusit sa fiu de acord.

Various

I-am dat unui prieten sa asculte balada lui Ciprian Porumbescu. A spus ca e atat de trista incat i-au dat lacrimile.

Vin Pastele, in curand.. .

Cred ca m-a apucat astenia de primavara... desi pe afara tot a iarna miroase inca. Desi in gradina am si narcise inflorite, si zambile si branduse si mi-au inbobocit si lalelele si magnolia... e frig, mi-e frig.. pe dinauntru imi e frig, mi-a intrat frigul in oase. M-as baga sub plapuma si n-as mai iesi de acolo.. nici macar cand e soare... Cred ca m-a apucat astenia de primavara...
Nu simt asa in fiecare zi... in weekend imi place sa ma intind la soare ca o pisica. Si sa imi bag mainile goale in pamant, sa plantez, sa scot buruieni. Imi place sa simt pamantul in maini, desi ma murdaresc si imi intra sub unghii si dupa aia imi ia jumate de ora sa ma curat, nu conteaza, si imi usuca mainile chiar daca imi dau cu jumate de kg de crema, nu conteaza... nimic nu conteaza, mie imi place :).
Sotul ma cearta, imi tot zice sa imi pun manusi. Si cateodata ma intep in vreun spin si scot un scancet de durere si el atunci abia asteapta sa imi arunce o privire gen "vezi, ti-am spus eu sa-ti pui manusi!" dar eu ma incapatanez sa nu lucrez cu manusi in gradina.

Deanna e bucuroasa ca are tovaras de joaca: pe Buni. Eu sunt bucuroasa ca sunt luata in brate si pupata de 3 persoane, dintre care una e mama :). Sunt si eu din nou copil :).

About us

Another week is gone. I was looking forward to this particular end of the week for the simple reason that my mom is coming to visit us and she is arriving tomorrow, Saturday. I look forward to it and so is Deanna, excited to see her "buni" (granny).
Other half and Deanna picked me up from the station today as I arrived a bit later than usual. Dialogue in the car:
- How was your school today Deanna?
- Fine
- What did you do?
- Things, sticking, gluing, cutting... and so on.
- Do you know who's coming tomorrow?
- Buniiiiii
- Are you excited?
- Yes!
- But Buni is not speaking very much English.
- I know!
- Will you teach her?
- Yes! And she will teach me Romanian. And you have to teach me Romanian too because you live in Romania.
- I used to live in Romania, now I live here with you and daddy.
- Yes, but you used to live with Buni, in Romania. And daddy was living with Nana in London. I like Nana's house, but I like our house better. But I like to go and visit Nana sometimes.
- Yes, it's nice to visit Nana sometimes.
- Are we going to the airport tomorrow?
- Yes, Buni is coming by plane.
- I can't wait to see Buni, i'm so excited mommy!

I am excited too, to be honest. Haven't seen Mum since last Easter and she will be spending this year's Easter with us again. We'll be cooking traditional Easter food and dye eggs. Is going to be fun. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. This Sunday is Mother's Day here, another reason to be happy to have my mum around.

This evening Deanna wrote for the first time on a piece of paper "I love you" - something like that: I luv you. She also writes mommy and daddy - like that: Mumme, Dadde. She knows quite a few words now. She takes the sounds and transforms them in letters and words. I feel very proud of her, and I hope she feels proud of herself. At night time, when I am reading her bed time story she is starting to read the easy words with me. Sometimes we manage to read a whole paragraph together. I'm looking forward to the day when she will read her own stories. Or she will read stories to me at bed time.

Red Nose Day, Deanna, Friday

Azi in UK a avut loc actiunea "Red Nose Day - Do something funny for money", bani care se vor indrepta spre organizatii internationale de caritate, in special spre Africa.
Cu aceasta ocazie, la scoala ni s-a spus ca Vineri (adica azi) copii pot veni la scoala costumati in ce vor ei si cine vrea sa doneze cate £1. Ieri domnitza a fost saltata si dusa la cumparaturi sa isi aleaga "something funny" sa se imbrace, a ales Ben10. Cine e Ben10? habar nu am... la TV-ul de la mine de acasa nu ruleaza, nu l-am vazut niciodata, dar se pare ca e destul de popular la scoala, ca si High School Musical de altfel, despre care iar nu stiu nimic. Stiu doar ca fiimea vrea si geanta si sticla de apa cu High School Musical, desi ea n-a vazut filmul si nici nu o sa-l vada deocamdata :).

M-a intrebat sora-mea daca a mai crescut si i-am zis ca da, a crescut. Adevarul este ca nu observ mereu cand si cum creste, din cand in cand... ma uit la ea.. si e din ce in ce mai inatlta, mereu ma ia prin surprindere. Imi creste copilul (normal!), maine poimaine o sa ne certam pe chestii serioase de genul : la ce ora are voie sa vina acasa din oras sau de ce nu are voie sa iasa cu baiatul nu stiu care la un film....

A trecut prima saptamana de cand am inceput lucrul.

Se apropie si pe aici Ziua Mamei, sunt pline magazinele de reclame... parca nu iti vine sa mai sarbatoresti nimic cand vezi cum ti se baga toate prostiile pe gat, pe motiv de sarbatori gen Ziua Mamei, Ziua lui Valentin... le-au cam stricat tot farmecul. Dar stiu cu siguranta ca ma voi bucura foarte cand domnisoara mea imi va spune "Happy Mother's Day, mommy!".

noutati

in ultimele zile ma dau drept angajata a Ministerului Sanatatii si invart hartii si dau telefoane dintr-un birou cu vedere la strada... vreo 5 saptamani de acum incolo...
Cateodata bate soarele in geamul care e langa biroul meu. E in plan deschis si eu sunt pe colt... sa pot scana tot biroul. Inca incerc sa ma prind ce vor ei de la mine... da' lasa ca ma prind eu pana la sfarsitul saptamnii.

yesterday

Spring in my step

Branduse, ghiocei, soare si o plimbare luuuuuunga luuuunga - traseu greu, la picior cu un copil atasat si un prieten satul de joaca - Trafalgar Sq - Waterloo Bridge - Westminster Bridge - St James' Park - Green Park - Marble Arch - Hyde Park - cafea intre Hyde Park si Knightsbridge - si double decker bus spre casa. Nu ne-a luat decat vreo 5 ore care au inclus - joaca, dat in carusel (mary-go-round), mancat vata de zahar, alergat prin parc, dat in leagane, topogan si stiu cu sigurantza ca cel putin o persoana s-a bucurat extrem de iesire dupa o saptamana de vacanta in care a stat in casa pe motiv de tuse.

jobs

more music charts


taie astia joburile pe aici cum taie romanii padurile - ca trebe, ca nu trebe. Woolworths nu l-a cumparat nimeni, a dat faliment- lant de magazine - mii se someri. South Eastern Railways - dau oameni afara la o saptamana dupa ce au declarat profit si maririrea preturilor la bilete cu 10%. Firme mici mari si mijlocii, banci si magazine de pe high street. Numa in cautare de slujba in Londra/UK sa nu fii in perioada asta...

New Year's resolutions and other topics

People wish me that all my dreams to come true in 2009. While this is something that would be a dream itself and somewhat quite amazing to happen as I have lots of dreams to pursue, I am also thinking - what if all my dreams really come true in one year (next year that is!) and then what? Enjoy the dreams which came true? Will I get other dreams to pursue? Will I be happy with all my dreams coming true all in one go, in one year? For me, enjoying the ride, enjoying my life while I am pursuing my dreams are as important as achieving my goals, getting to live my dreams... So I am not sure I will be happy knowing that all my dreams would come true next year. Of course I would like at least some of them to come true. There are also the necesities, like getting a job, and that is not on my below list. Is something that it has to be done, with no choice over it.

New year's resolutions for me are not exactly resolutions, are more or less steps to follow, goals to achieve, and they are in no particular order:

be more childish

enjoy life more

visit more places

go out more often

get driving lessons and get that driving licence

list will remain open

So Happy New Year Everyone and may all your dreams come true! (not necessarily all of them in 2009!)