And so it happend. I caught cold. Luckily no fever or pains, but spend nearly whole Saturday sleeping... My nose is better, my throat and ears not. I couldn't go to work today and now I am sitting in bed trying to find a useful way of spending time... Maybe finally I will read the book which was waiting for me on the night table for ages? Good idea :)
My beloved made an awesome vegetable soup for me, and brought me lots of fruit, and today he brought me beautiful bunch of roses... I feel like a princess, but still hope to get well soon!
Monday 27 April 2009
Sunday 26 April 2009
Sometimes
Sometimes it feels good to cry a bit. The heart becomes lighter and it's easier to breathe, as if the tears were carrying something heavy with them.
Thank you for being always with me. If I could love you back half as much as you love me, I would thank God every day for such a wonderful ability. For now I can only pray for this gift and learn how to be like you. And thank for you being in my life. You are all the best I could find on my way.
Thank you for being always with me. If I could love you back half as much as you love me, I would thank God every day for such a wonderful ability. For now I can only pray for this gift and learn how to be like you. And thank for you being in my life. You are all the best I could find on my way.
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Injustice
Days are running quickly and I have no time to sit and write... I try to catch the sunny days - first days of real spring (or maybe even summer), which are still interwined which cold foggy mornings and rainy afternoons. I divide my time between work, studies, gym and relaxing with my beloved. Altogether it's being quite difficult, but I never was a person that likes being bored.
Anyway. Recently I am reading a lot about Islam and human rights, as right now I am studying about religion and social transformations. I also read yesterday about Iranian girl, Delara Darabi, who was supposed to be executed these days as a punishment for a crime that took place when she was only 17, and which was not proven to be her guilt.
Now she is 22, and she is still in prison, waiting for the sentence to be done. In January she tried to commit a suicide. I am absolutely thrilled by the way some countries force their people to live without basic rights and protection, and upset how little people from outside can do about it.
Although many of Islamic states signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), many of these rights are violated. There are too many arguments from the Muslim side against accepting and respecting these rights. One if them states that every culture must have its own rights, the other - that the rights provided by Islam are better than any others, and so their law does not need any other regulations...
Every day I thank God that my fiance could run away from his country and that we can live in peace. And we will, because now there is nothing that can force him to go back there.
If you want to help to save Delara, you can send an email to representatives of Iranian judicature:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=9
More about Delara:
http://www.savedelara.com/
Anyway. Recently I am reading a lot about Islam and human rights, as right now I am studying about religion and social transformations. I also read yesterday about Iranian girl, Delara Darabi, who was supposed to be executed these days as a punishment for a crime that took place when she was only 17, and which was not proven to be her guilt.
Now she is 22, and she is still in prison, waiting for the sentence to be done. In January she tried to commit a suicide. I am absolutely thrilled by the way some countries force their people to live without basic rights and protection, and upset how little people from outside can do about it.
Although many of Islamic states signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), many of these rights are violated. There are too many arguments from the Muslim side against accepting and respecting these rights. One if them states that every culture must have its own rights, the other - that the rights provided by Islam are better than any others, and so their law does not need any other regulations...
Every day I thank God that my fiance could run away from his country and that we can live in peace. And we will, because now there is nothing that can force him to go back there.
If you want to help to save Delara, you can send an email to representatives of Iranian judicature:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=9
More about Delara:
http://www.savedelara.com/
Wednesday 15 April 2009
What makes me happy
Simply - a view like that.
Sun, bright blue sky, silence disturbed only by the waves crashing on the shore. Silver colour of the sea, fresh warm breeze and this feeling of calmness. This is exactly how it was on Easter Monday.
The view of the sea always makes me feel scared and mesmerised at the same time. I can stare at it for hours. I think this has something in common with religious experience. Meeting sacrum also has always these two aspects: it gives a thrill of admiration and a thrill of anxiety.
I feel that sea has a great power hidden inside. It's huge, overwhelming and mysterious. Indescribable.
Amazingly relaxing and refreshing. Suddenly everything makes sense and everything is possible.
Sun, bright blue sky, silence disturbed only by the waves crashing on the shore. Silver colour of the sea, fresh warm breeze and this feeling of calmness. This is exactly how it was on Easter Monday.
The view of the sea always makes me feel scared and mesmerised at the same time. I can stare at it for hours. I think this has something in common with religious experience. Meeting sacrum also has always these two aspects: it gives a thrill of admiration and a thrill of anxiety.
I feel that sea has a great power hidden inside. It's huge, overwhelming and mysterious. Indescribable.
Amazingly relaxing and refreshing. Suddenly everything makes sense and everything is possible.
Saturday 11 April 2009
preparations and un-expectations :)
Great Saturday was neither warm nor sunny this year. My first holidays in this country will be rather cold and rainy I guess... but at least I don't feel alone :)
After blessing the food in church, which was the main part of today's Easter preparations, we hang around the town a bit. I got some cute colourful flowers and later put them on the dining table - they make our place more happy and it feels like spring...
We also went to one of the charity shops, just to check if they don't have any desks, as my beloved was looking for one for a while. And guess what? There was one! And it was nice, big enough to keep all the stuff and small enough to fit in the room, and cheap! We could not believe it! I think that the Easter Bunny came to him sooner this year as well :)
I also made a special dish for tomorrow, which actually is a dessert - it's sweet cheese mixed with dried fruit and almonds. I did it for the first time in my life, and while it is getting ready in the fridge, I am keeping fingers crossed for it to be tasty :)
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our basket with bread, sausage, salt and eggs, and lots of other baskets before food blessing in church
flower team and the basket with painted eggs
After blessing the food in church, which was the main part of today's Easter preparations, we hang around the town a bit. I got some cute colourful flowers and later put them on the dining table - they make our place more happy and it feels like spring...
We also went to one of the charity shops, just to check if they don't have any desks, as my beloved was looking for one for a while. And guess what? There was one! And it was nice, big enough to keep all the stuff and small enough to fit in the room, and cheap! We could not believe it! I think that the Easter Bunny came to him sooner this year as well :)
I also made a special dish for tomorrow, which actually is a dessert - it's sweet cheese mixed with dried fruit and almonds. I did it for the first time in my life, and while it is getting ready in the fridge, I am keeping fingers crossed for it to be tasty :)
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our basket with bread, sausage, salt and eggs, and lots of other baskets before food blessing in church
flower team and the basket with painted eggs
Thursday 9 April 2009
Easter Bunny :)
Easter Bunny came earlier this year, at least to my place :) Yesterday I received a slip from the post office saying that I have a package. Today I woke up at 6 in the morning to be there and get it before I start work! It was a package from Mum, with my summer skirts she promised to send me. Buuut... apart from them, there was also Easter card with wishes from everyone, little chocolate bunnies, a funny and useful present (ice trays in the shape of smileys) and - I think this was the greatest bit - 3 pieces of traditional easter cakes made by my Mum! I am saving them for Sunday of course, but I am sure they are delicious...
And that's just the beginning! Because my greatest present, from my beloved, will be... Placebo concert! Yes yes, we are going! Can't wait! Rock ooooooooooon :D
"There are twenty years to go
And many friends I hope
Though some may hold the rose
Some hold the rope
That's the end and that's the start of it
That's the whole and that's the part of it
That's the high and that's the heart of it
That's the long and that's the short of it
That's the best and that's the test of it
That's the doubt, doubt the trust in it
That's the sight and that's the sound of it
That's the gift, that's the trick in it."
And that's just the beginning! Because my greatest present, from my beloved, will be... Placebo concert! Yes yes, we are going! Can't wait! Rock ooooooooooon :D
"There are twenty years to go
And many friends I hope
Though some may hold the rose
Some hold the rope
That's the end and that's the start of it
That's the whole and that's the part of it
That's the high and that's the heart of it
That's the long and that's the short of it
That's the best and that's the test of it
That's the doubt, doubt the trust in it
That's the sight and that's the sound of it
That's the gift, that's the trick in it."
5 p
My Guardian Angel cares about me and I know it for sure!
A couple of days ago I was walking to work, thinking about the fact that it's gonna be cold again in the office and I will be craving for a hot drink from a vending machine in the kitchen. The drinks there cost only 5p, but machine does not accept 1 or 2p coins, and not banknotes of course.
Thinking about it, I realised that I had "just" 10 pounds' banknote in my purse, which means I couldn't get myself a drink! I would have to ask somebody to change the money for me, and I really didn't want to bother anyone about it...
And, while I was quite close to my workplace, I looked at the ground and what I saw on the pavement? 5p coin! Exactly this what I needed to warm up when starting my work that day...
Thak you my Angel!
A couple of days ago I was walking to work, thinking about the fact that it's gonna be cold again in the office and I will be craving for a hot drink from a vending machine in the kitchen. The drinks there cost only 5p, but machine does not accept 1 or 2p coins, and not banknotes of course.
Thinking about it, I realised that I had "just" 10 pounds' banknote in my purse, which means I couldn't get myself a drink! I would have to ask somebody to change the money for me, and I really didn't want to bother anyone about it...
And, while I was quite close to my workplace, I looked at the ground and what I saw on the pavement? 5p coin! Exactly this what I needed to warm up when starting my work that day...
Thak you my Angel!
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Excited!
I just found out that Placebo will have a concert in London!!! And it's so soon - in May! The tickets are not on sale yet, so I don't know how much that pleasure of seeing them and listening to them would cost me... The sale start tomorrow evening though, so then I will know, heh...
I should not be bothered that much, as I've seen them once live, but the concert was so great, that I really wish I could see them again. Placebo is an amazing band, and they are great in concerts, which is not such an obvious thing for the rock bands - some of them are terrible on stage!
I should not be bothered that much, as I've seen them once live, but the concert was so great, that I really wish I could see them again. Placebo is an amazing band, and they are great in concerts, which is not such an obvious thing for the rock bands - some of them are terrible on stage!
Sunday 5 April 2009
Celebrating Easter
It actually starts today... The whole celebration of the passion, death and ressurection of Jesus Christ, which finishes the Great Lent, started today by reading the Gospel about the Passion of Christ during the mass. Everyone also brought palms to church. I couldn't find any traditional palm, so we made one ourselves, and I am so proud of the result! The palm is huge and colourful. Definitely it was the longest one in the church :) It also makes a nice decoration for Easter time in our flat. And it's just one long pussy willow stick, with some colourful ribbons around it.
Next Saturday we will be decorating eggs and cooking some traditional meals for Easter Sunday. Generally I am bad at cooking, so fingers crossed it will be edible :)
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Now I know she's here
Today after work I went to the gym after quite a break (caused by my sore throat, tiredness, and, of course, also lazyness!).
I usually read on a bus, but this time I couldn't. I was listening to Def Leppard and staring through the window at the trees, which finally started blooming! They are beautifully covered with little white flowers, which looks quite like they were covered with snow! I saw the white ones, but also the pink ones and yellow, and also white-and-purple... And, most of all, there is lots of fresh green around! When the sun is shining, I just can resist going out!
I usually read on a bus, but this time I couldn't. I was listening to Def Leppard and staring through the window at the trees, which finally started blooming! They are beautifully covered with little white flowers, which looks quite like they were covered with snow! I saw the white ones, but also the pink ones and yellow, and also white-and-purple... And, most of all, there is lots of fresh green around! When the sun is shining, I just can resist going out!
In the middle of the week
Today I got the result for my second essay. Well, it was not as good as I wished it to be, but it's not bad either. I was expecting a bit worse result than the one I got for the first essay, because the first one was short and relly easy. This time I had to write twice as much, and include much more information... Still, the material was interesting and the subject was understandable and decent, so I was hoping to do a bit better...
I guess I am just still in those days when I was just studying and didn't have to work full time, so I could spend as much time as I wanted for my studies. I was also not so tired all the time as I am now... And, I was studying in my own language, which was so much easier!
Yeah, if the situation was different, I could probably do better, but it is as it is, and after all I am happy I am moving on :)
I guess I am just still in those days when I was just studying and didn't have to work full time, so I could spend as much time as I wanted for my studies. I was also not so tired all the time as I am now... And, I was studying in my own language, which was so much easier!
Yeah, if the situation was different, I could probably do better, but it is as it is, and after all I am happy I am moving on :)
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