Monday, 31 January 2011
Name: Roberto
Name: Roberto
Age: 25
Country: Italy
Town: Genoa
About me:
I am a guy who loves travelling. I like cinema, music (AC/DC), football (my team is Sampdoria), and to go out with friends.
I am here in Bucarhest to gain an experience, to get to know an another country, culture and different social conditions. But I am here also to help the kids!
So you are travelling and helping others and you will see that it will be better than a good movie ...
Daniel: a good friend and also a good football player...alè alè marseille!...ciuc
Rasa: a really nice Lithuanian girl, but I haven't understood if she is from Kaunas or not...!?
Bea: self-assured girl. She is the one who prepars our activities.
I like to listen her speaking in Spanish.
Mona: the smallest. She was the first who arrived here. Her German accent is very funny for me. I like her when she says mare.... : )
Ibrahim: a good cook and a really nice guy. I like to organize a trip with him...the distances aren't a problem but the cold is.
Lelde: for Lelde nothing is impossible. Very good English teacher.
She is my second mentor, when I don't understand something, or I have a problem I know where to go.
I like speak Italian with her.
bucharest
bucharest
bucarest è la foschia che ti avvolge la mattina presto
bucarest è i casermoni che non faranno dimenticare il comunismo
bucarest è la bellezza delle sue donne
bucarest è i cani ai bordi della strada
bucarest è la cordialità della sua gente
bucarest è la ciorba sia pranzo che a cena
bucarest è i suoi splendidi parchi
bucarest è un infanzia negata
bucarest è un sole che deve ancora sorgere
bucarest...bucarest è la speranza negli occhi di un bambino che non svanirà mai.
bucharest is the fog that cover you in the early morning
bucharest is the big blocks that will not forget the comunism
bucharest is the beauty of its woman
bucharest is the dogs on the wayside
bucharest is the politeness of its people
bucharest is the ciorba both lunch and dinner
bucharest is its wonderful parks
bucharest is a childhood denied
bucharest is a sun that has yet to arise
bucharest...bucharest is the hope in the eyes of a child that will never fade.
bucarest è la foschia che ti avvolge la mattina presto
bucarest è i casermoni che non faranno dimenticare il comunismo
bucarest è la bellezza delle sue donne
bucarest è i cani ai bordi della strada
bucarest è la cordialità della sua gente
bucarest è la ciorba sia pranzo che a cena
bucarest è i suoi splendidi parchi
bucarest è un infanzia negata
bucarest è un sole che deve ancora sorgere
bucarest...bucarest è la speranza negli occhi di un bambino che non svanirà mai.
bucharest is the fog that cover you in the early morning
bucharest is the big blocks that will not forget the comunism
bucharest is the beauty of its woman
bucharest is the dogs on the wayside
bucharest is the politeness of its people
bucharest is the ciorba both lunch and dinner
bucharest is its wonderful parks
bucharest is a childhood denied
bucharest is a sun that has yet to arise
bucharest...bucharest is the hope in the eyes of a child that will never fade.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
what just happened?
Hello,
I know its cliche but best way to start talking to people.Always.There are many things that i can tell you about project but,i prefer to go easy first.
During the time i have spent here, i have learnt many things.If you would ask whats the most
important thing,it is definitely trust.To trust people.I used to have issues on trusting people.
Even though i was very happy with this situation,i couldn't say the same thing for the
people around me .Something has happened.Right now just listening Guano apes in the living room after my italian lesson when a german girl reading her mail.Probably.
I 've been always like this .it was my thing.Don't trust anyone.I broke this code once before and
it didn't end well,that's i can tell.And that was my allaby to my insecurity to humans.
As i said ,something has happened.And i tried so hard not to and there was nothing i could do.
Everyone around me has been very natural,acting the way who they are,noone was acting(hmm,maybe
exept forum theatre ,not sure :))and anytime they have faced with a problem ,they shared it even
though sometimes they weren't so sure about it.It made me wonder:Could i do the same?Of course,the
answer was no back then.It was very long time ago,almost 2 months earlier.I know it sounds weird ,til my arrival,15 october;2 months was just a blink of an eye,that was it.Here in Bucharest,its not.It was longest and best 3 months of my short life.
I will try what happened to me even though i know its impossible.There are things in life that you cannot descibe,you know its there,happening but you cannot find the words ,maybe just because they just don't exist.there are many things like god(ok,if you don't believe him i have more examples :),like love or lightening.You can hear the thunder but only you can not see the lightening.(unless it doesn't crash to a place close to you )
And that happened to me.It just crashed top of my head.It made me dizzy little,though.And everything has changed.
At first i thought it was going to make me crazy but i know now.It has made me more calm that i've ever been.
I hope that it will happen to you.Maybe during your EVS time.
Who knows!
I know its cliche but best way to start talking to people.Always.There are many things that i can tell you about project but,i prefer to go easy first.
During the time i have spent here, i have learnt many things.If you would ask whats the most
important thing,it is definitely trust.To trust people.I used to have issues on trusting people.
Even though i was very happy with this situation,i couldn't say the same thing for the
people around me .Something has happened.Right now just listening Guano apes in the living room after my italian lesson when a german girl reading her mail.Probably.
I 've been always like this .it was my thing.Don't trust anyone.I broke this code once before and
it didn't end well,that's i can tell.And that was my allaby to my insecurity to humans.
As i said ,something has happened.And i tried so hard not to and there was nothing i could do.
Everyone around me has been very natural,acting the way who they are,noone was acting(hmm,maybe
exept forum theatre ,not sure :))and anytime they have faced with a problem ,they shared it even
though sometimes they weren't so sure about it.It made me wonder:Could i do the same?Of course,the
answer was no back then.It was very long time ago,almost 2 months earlier.I know it sounds weird ,til my arrival,15 october;2 months was just a blink of an eye,that was it.Here in Bucharest,its not.It was longest and best 3 months of my short life.
I will try what happened to me even though i know its impossible.There are things in life that you cannot descibe,you know its there,happening but you cannot find the words ,maybe just because they just don't exist.there are many things like god(ok,if you don't believe him i have more examples :),like love or lightening.You can hear the thunder but only you can not see the lightening.(unless it doesn't crash to a place close to you )
And that happened to me.It just crashed top of my head.It made me dizzy little,though.And everything has changed.
At first i thought it was going to make me crazy but i know now.It has made me more calm that i've ever been.
I hope that it will happen to you.Maybe during your EVS time.
Who knows!
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Tips
Here are some advices that I have collected so far. Maybe it will be useful for the next generations. Of volunteers.
Lelde.
- If you and your mates (or perhaps just you:) are having fun on the bus, try to laugh as silent as possible, otherwise there is a chance you will be reproached by an unsatisfied face, who probably hasn`t laught for a quite long time.
- If you want to take a photo of a street kid in most cases you will hear him saying: "Money! Money!" For sure, they have been told to ask money when the tourists (or volunteers) want to take a photo of them. Anyway probably you should ask for permission before you want to take a photo of any kid.
- Be careful passing deep holes on the streets, because even if you haven`t intended to throw your phone in it, it can happen easily (ouh, yes:) and then you will find yourself diving in this hole in order to get your phone back. But all this process seems a lot easier if you have friends around you who cheer you up and take photos of you in this hole. It helps. Indeed.
- Even if you think you`re not afraid of dogs, it is more than possible that one night you meet one very angry or hungry (or both) dog or I should say - a wolf - grinning his teeth at you. Well, you know, I don`t really have an exact advice in this case. Of course, you can pretend that you are about to pick up a rock or stick or you could just try to explain him that you have already suffered a lot in your life, perhaps he really believes in that, but it doesn`t work always, so - good luck!
- If you`re not attentive enough, cheking the menu in some restaurants, you might be quite shocked receiving the bill. The thing is that in some places they put the price of 100g and of course if you order pork, they will bring you the whole pork. So when you order, it`s better if you tell the waiter the exact amount of kilos. It will make your life easier.
- When you want to return to your bed at 5 a.m. with metro, you better make sure which line you chose. Because you don`t want to spend 2 hours running around all the possible metro stations and making the same mistakes over and over again. And you should know one more thing. If you press that bottom of the metro doors, it doesn`t always mean that the doors will open. And most of the times it happens early in the morning on weekends.
- If you have doubt about if you`re in the right project and in the right place, just look at the people around you and you will understand why are you there where you are.
Lelde.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Come they told me..
This year in my world Christmas arrived a little bit earlier than usually. My Christmas (and I believe not only mine) was in the 10th of December. This day a lot of exciting and strange events took place, but the main of all was the Christmas show called "Craciun fara frontiere" (and that`s the most apropriate name, seriously it was without frontiers:) in "ACASA" centre.
I have always said this and I know that some people for sure have heard it from me and I do apologize if I am repeating. It goes like this - the most important thing is not the result, but the process itself. And it could be related to this event, but maybe not really. Because in this case both - the preparation and the Christmas show - were so amuzing, entertaining and full of absolutely positive emotions that actually, yeah, my saying in this case is not in the right place and time.
The process of making a movie (in cinemas from the 15th of January) was so hilarious that in the end I am not sure what I was laughing about - the scene of our Santa (the nominee for the Academy Award for best actor in the leading role - Eddie), where his trousers, stucked with pillows, was about to tear apart or the memories of how we were tucking more and more things in his ass and then trying to save the trousers from the tragedy. And the scene where Lorenzo is dancing without music, imagining the song of Lady Gaga in his head and the moment when Rasa opens the doors of our room, not realizing that the shooting is being done other side of the doors. The moments like this make the process. And, of course, the result.
I think my favourite result was the shadow theatre with the story of a girl with matches. And life music with our maestro Lazar on piano. I thought it would be too sad, but it was just beautiful. And touching.
And where else you could see Maria throwing her baby Jesus on the floor, unconsciously, of course:) (David as Maria with his ears hanging out of the headgear - the sweetest thing my eyes have seen!)
One of my favourite processes was cha-cha-cha with Lorenzo. And choosing the costume in his wardrobe. He definitely knows where to put his hips.
And, of course, singing with my baby Teo. We were so into the process that just 1 week before the show we realized that we should select the songs we would sing in the concert. And so we chose "Little Drummer Boy" and "Rocking around the Christmas tree". And just to let you know there is an up-dated version of the lyrics of the second verse:
"Baby Jesus, pa rum pum pum pum,
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum,
I have no gifts to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
And that`s the coolest thing, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pumpumpu, rum pum pum pum."
If the 10th was Christmas then the Christmas Evet was the one between the9th and 10th, because there was this thing in the air (I hope you know what I am talking about:). Rasa and Bea were baking cookies till very early morning and the smell of cookies were all over the place (sorry, girls, that I was such a lazy ass and didn`t help you). And like every Christmas Eve I was watching a good movie. This time it was more than good - "Buffalo`66 - my recent favourite movie And the Christmas lights were on and early in the morning when it was snowing like a blessing from the sky I went for a walk and thought to myself that these Christmas would be great, because I am with my family. Related by laughs, tears and love.
by Lelde
I have always said this and I know that some people for sure have heard it from me and I do apologize if I am repeating. It goes like this - the most important thing is not the result, but the process itself. And it could be related to this event, but maybe not really. Because in this case both - the preparation and the Christmas show - were so amuzing, entertaining and full of absolutely positive emotions that actually, yeah, my saying in this case is not in the right place and time.
The process of making a movie (in cinemas from the 15th of January) was so hilarious that in the end I am not sure what I was laughing about - the scene of our Santa (the nominee for the Academy Award for best actor in the leading role - Eddie), where his trousers, stucked with pillows, was about to tear apart or the memories of how we were tucking more and more things in his ass and then trying to save the trousers from the tragedy. And the scene where Lorenzo is dancing without music, imagining the song of Lady Gaga in his head and the moment when Rasa opens the doors of our room, not realizing that the shooting is being done other side of the doors. The moments like this make the process. And, of course, the result.
I think my favourite result was the shadow theatre with the story of a girl with matches. And life music with our maestro Lazar on piano. I thought it would be too sad, but it was just beautiful. And touching.
And where else you could see Maria throwing her baby Jesus on the floor, unconsciously, of course:) (David as Maria with his ears hanging out of the headgear - the sweetest thing my eyes have seen!)
One of my favourite processes was cha-cha-cha with Lorenzo. And choosing the costume in his wardrobe. He definitely knows where to put his hips.
And, of course, singing with my baby Teo. We were so into the process that just 1 week before the show we realized that we should select the songs we would sing in the concert. And so we chose "Little Drummer Boy" and "Rocking around the Christmas tree". And just to let you know there is an up-dated version of the lyrics of the second verse:
"Baby Jesus, pa rum pum pum pum,
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum,
I have no gifts to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
And that`s the coolest thing, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pumpumpu, rum pum pum pum."
If the 10th was Christmas then the Christmas Evet was the one between the9th and 10th, because there was this thing in the air (I hope you know what I am talking about:). Rasa and Bea were baking cookies till very early morning and the smell of cookies were all over the place (sorry, girls, that I was such a lazy ass and didn`t help you). And like every Christmas Eve I was watching a good movie. This time it was more than good - "Buffalo`66 - my recent favourite movie And the Christmas lights were on and early in the morning when it was snowing like a blessing from the sky I went for a walk and thought to myself that these Christmas would be great, because I am with my family. Related by laughs, tears and love.
by Lelde
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