Tea

I came back from holidays and here you go - they closed my favourite tea shop in town!
I was buying there not only tea or hot chocolate, but also we bought there our plates and bowls and cups!
Now, if I want to go there again, I will have to take a ride to the capital, I guess...

A letter

I wrote a letter to my friend today. Not an email or a text message. Just a normal letter, made of paper and ink.
I haven't done that for ages, although I used to write quite a lot of letters, because my best friends were always far away. And there was no internet when I was young ;)
And now it's quite the same, too - I mean, with my friends...
I wrote to M., my best friend here in this country, who moved recently up north. I miss her already, I miss chatting with her every day. And, well, she has no internet connection set up yet so... as I couldn't wait any longer, the letter is in the post box already :)
Hope she'll get it soon :)

You might think that some things like writing letters or reading books will sooner or later die out. That they will be exchanged for electronical devices with flat screens. I don't believe in that.

Motherland

Tonight I have a song for you. A song I fell in love with this summer, at the beginning of July. It's another song by Heather Nova (what a surprise!), from her album "Redbird". This version is from her acoustic tour last year.

I dedicate this song to my Mum, who has always been and who still is my best friend. I can always talk to her about my deepest doubts and fears, and it's she who I miss the most in here.
She is full of energy and optimism, and she even started learning English a year ago, so there is a possibility she might start reading my blog one day :)

Thank you for being my rock, Mum...

Friday night

What am I doing on Friday evening?
Gym!
Yes, I am actually moving my ass to the gym to the Body Balance class, plus to do some running and free weights' picking... I have changed into my gym clothes right after I came back from work, so nothing could stop me from going... And now I am drinking coffee not to fall asleep! (I nearly did last time I was on yoga class, during the relaxation at the end!)

shhh...

There is something I need to tell you, but I really cannot.
I shouldn't, because I believe this might bring me bad luck.
Only my Mum knows.
All I can say is: have fingers crossed next Friday morning! :)

Inception...

I needed a couple of days to be able to write several sentences about this movie.
First of all, I really don't want to spoil anyone's apetite for it, so maybe if you are waiting impatiently to see it, don't read any further. Just in case :)

Anyway. I definitely liked the movie. It was without a doubt something above the everyday layer of commercial rom-coms, actions, thrillers, even dramas. Something different, although... obviously we can pigeonhole it and put on one shelf with movies like "Matrix" or "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind".

I got, like everyone else who saw the movie (and cared at least a little, and believe me - it's hard not to!) into discussions and arguments about what really happened and how the story finishes, and who is really awake, and where is the reality, and what was just the dream...

After a proper amount of struggle, late going o sleep, reading the forums and reviews, I finally turned to the point that it doesn't really matter what the truth is. In the end, the movie did what it was supposed to do. It incepted an idea into my own, smart and predictable (you'd thought so!) brain and made the director, Christopher Nolan, probably very happy. I can still hear his quiet laughter!

This picture points at us, the audience, lets us experience something, and when we realise what really happened with us, it asks us a question about our own perception of the world around us, about our consciousness and about what we really trust in...


PS On the light side of the movie - I think that Ariadne and Arthur make a cute couple and it's such a pity there was no time in the movie for more romance! Magnetism was in the air... And it's not only me who thinks like that - I know, I researched the forums quite well:)

news

Now that I have some time to update my blog, I can also announce happily that my little brother became a student at Medical Academy - I am so proud! Congrats bro!

Life at 19 is hard, but so beautiful at the same time :)

beach...

Where are you, summer afternoons at the seaside?...

back to reality

And here I am, back again from my summer holidays.

My second, current home, welcomed me with rainy, windy weather :( Sunny days and the heat of 30 degrees which I just adore (should have been born in California I think!) are just a memory, yesterday's dream...

Moreover, my journey back here was even more dreadful than the one other way! My flight was delayed 4,5 hours, which meant I had a great chance to spend the rest of the night at the airport or at the train station. Luckily my beloved came to pick me up (and my, even heavier than before and already quite broken, suitcase) and we caught the last buses home. We had to switch them three times and we finally reached our town at 6 in the morning... I showed up at work at noon instead of 8am...

And this is a piece of my summery room in my first home, hiding from the extreme amount of sunshine in the blinds' shadow - just a holiday memory to keep and look at, while waiting for the real summer in here...

life in boxes

So I had to clear my little room a bit - actually A LOT. I am not here too often anymore and I need to make space for my parents' things. I sorted tons of my books and in the end we took about 5 huge bags to the local library. I am glad they took them, I would hate throwing books away!

And then I had to go to my old place where I used to live when I was studying. Thirteen boxes in the cellar! Five years of my life - some clothes, lots of books and many other weird things ;)

I didn't have much time, I sorted everything in about one hour. Most of the stuff went straight to charity. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get rid of some books and other bits... Have to keep them, at least for a little while, until I am ready to give them away.

That's incredible how some random things can mean absolutely nothing to those who are not familiar with them, while they mean so much to those who owed them and have so many memories about them...

All in all, although I brought in some books, there are still five shelves empty now :) waiting for new stuff :)

my breakfast :)

My Mum spoiled me today. This doesn't happen often in a literal meaning of this word, but my Mum IS the best Mum in the world anyway, which is absolutely enough for me ;)

But today she made me a really unique and awesome breakfast. Special pancakes, I'd say, made with yoghurt and crushed oat flakes. Yummy!

summer

After a really dreadful journey I am finally here.

The journey? I forgot the draft of my essay, which I needed to finish off, I had to switch the train and there was no lift on the train station, just stairs (and my suitcase was SO HEAVY!), I lost the prinout of my boarding card and I hadto pay a fine for that, and the flight was one hour late. And I couldn't inform my family, because my phone ran out of battery.

But well, now I am here. I had a great weekend on the beach, swimming, sunbathing and having fun with my whole family. And there's a whole week to go! :)

good-byes

July begins with good-byes. A really big one and also a smaller one.

I have to say Good-bye to my friend M., who left our work and is going to leave the town permanently as well... I am very sad, because she is my best girl-friend in here. And it's so hard for my to make friends. I feel like we really got the connection... But I am also happy for her, because she is going to finally move in with her husband and find a new job. I hope she will be happy in the new place. And that I will see her again, of course!

I will also have to say Good-bye to my beloved, but luckily not forever :) I am going on my short summer holidays and he stays in here. I am sure missing each other also has its good sides, but sharing holiday time is always sooo nice... Its always the best part of memories.