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I am officially in love with being a student!!!! So far I have been experiencing university life through all its different mediums and with all kind of people. I have met more people in the past week than I could have imagined and learnt so many new things from them that I do not want this to stop. First of all my housemates are really really amazing, we decorated our gigantic basement last week, painted walls, put on stickers, got fairy lights and everything is spaced themed so we have a purple alien with crop circles painted on one of the walls. I have become accustomed to the British lifestyle by trying toast with butter and Marmite, you should have seen my housemates' face when I asked "What's Marmite?". Secondly, I am starting to enjoy the everchanging weather here in the South, but I admit that I would like some more sun and less rain. However, as I was waiting for a friend at the bus stop yesterday, the most beautiful rainbow appeared and everyon

Finally, my first week at uni! Although the schedule I have now is less chaotic then the one at school, it feels like I have less time. I suppose it is because of all the new places, new people, new things, new bars, new everythings. I can say that I am enjoying my courses and that I met a lot of new people that I am hoping I will get to know better soon. I am also trying to find a job and one of my housemates thinks she might be able to hook me up with something so I am well pleased. The weather has been great since I came, except that this first week of uni kicked off with rain, horrible cold and wet rain... I have managed to evade fresher's flu and am thankful that my immune system is working hard and long to keep me healthy. I am happy to see my friends here and have spent a lot of time with my best male friend the past week which has cheered me up quite a lot. Can't wait to begin to get more accustomed to things and learn as many new lessons as I can. Thankfully t

The summer is only 6 weeks long but I wish it was longer… This is only the case in the UK I am afraid, but I am happy I am enjoying the warmest and loveliest weather.     This is my first week in my new house and unfortunately I didn’t get an internet connection until today. I discovered that you can live just with live entertainment, without internet, tv or phone, and it was indeed lovely. Thanks to being disconnected from the virtual world I believe that I got the chance to spend some more time with my housemates and meet more people. I am grateful for the sunny days that greeted me, being very hot, reminding me of home so I managed a graceful move and readaptation to my new home. Now all that’s left is for school to start and for the busy term days to follow their course. Time only flows forward and I know it will be a challenging new year but we cannot stop progress, motion or life, therefore, we have to do as much as we can and live every moment to the fullest. Howev

So this is it, here I stand with my friend beside me, after spending my last night at home, with my friends sleeping over. Starting to feel anxious about leaving, bags all packed, lists all checked, goodbye almost all said. I still have some things left to do but they will be enough to keep me busy all day and stop me from thinking about the DEPARTURE. Hope my luggages won't be too heavy and the whole flight will go smoothly, and with a bit of luck this weekend I will already be all settled it in my new house with new housemates. I will have to meet up with some old friends which I am excited about and hope will keep my mind off the things back home. I get by with a little help from my friends :) Full day ahead so will keep the post short. Lots of tears on the way and a lot of things that won't be said but life goes on and you have to seize every opportunity to enjoy yourself along the way. 

I just have a little bit of time left at home and I noticed that I am stressing a bit too much about not forgeting anything, making lists and sorting out what I will need at uni... In reality I think I this is my coping mechanism, when I start to get a bit edgy and nervous about something I keep finding things to keep me busy. At the moment, as I try to think how all of my things will fit in my luggage, I cannot seem to stop thinking I need everything I cannot find in England, including a trio of wonderful shower gels (very girly as you will see) made in Germany and of course other things. My desk and room seem to be a bit  crowded as I keep adding things that I want to take but I suppose I will have to give up some of them, not the pet husky and the picture with my favourite man and favourite place in the whole world. I think I will end up taking both things I will absolutly need but also some other useless but priceless things that will help me feel at home. It'

I keep hearing in the back of my mind "You are not a bad person for leaving", but my heart feels a bit different. The past weeks I have been saying my goodbyes and seeing people I will miss when I leave, I realized that the good and the bad times make equally good memories and that is the memories that I am taking with me. I can't say I am not nervous because I am, but I don't think it is because of what I will be doing in England, it is more about what I am leaving behind in Romania. I do know that time will pass and I won't miss everything as much because I will make new memories in my home with new people but also with the old friends I have there. I think I will be writing more when I get there since there will be more to tell than mushy stories about how hard it is to say goodbye for good. All the other times I left for the UK I knew I was coming back, but now, the one way plane ticket is slowly making reality sink in, I will only come back during short

Summer  is a lovely time of year,  you have the long days and with a little luck longer, warmer days and sunshine. Why wouldn't one love summer then!? I was contemplating how much I enjoy this season and how busy the days seem to be, of course the British summer isn't as sunny but there are days when it's warm enough and it doesn't rain. Therefore, here are my 10 reasons for loving summer: 1. The feeling of freedom it gives. I know will fade with time because school will end and when you work you don't have 3 months of summer vacation but for now it feels so good to know you have such a lengthy amount of time off every year. 2. The repeating cycle of big changes preceeded by it, every 4 years I start a new chapter in my book, passing from one school to another, from one city to a new one, so I anxiously wait for these rare and random summers. 3. The wonderful hot weather perfect for all those trips and relaxing walks, though it isn't true for all the

Today I had a very long and tiring day, it was one of those summer days when you have so many things to do you stop at the end of the day and marvel at how much you achieved. These are the days I treasure the most and the ones that stop me for a moment or two and make me think. When I start my list at the beginning of the day and write all the tasks I want to complete, I try to make a schedule and stick to it so I manage my time efficiently. Although I don't count breaks or unexpected last minute changes, I mainly stick to the time frames and even try to do more than one things at a time. Even after all the hussle and bustle of the day, the world kept reminding me of how beautiful it is and even made me stop in my tracks to admire it. I managed to catch some shots I found interesting and also some of my lovely baby boy, Max, that just turned 10 months. He is my german shepherd that I will sadly leave at home and which I love greatly. I walk him everyday and taught him some tricks

Today's post is a sequel of the previous 10 things I love... post and since I was in England for quite some time during the past 2 years since I turned 18 I can make a shortlist of things that I love about it just like in the case of Romania. Even if I travelled on my own when I came to the UK I always found my friends there and even made some unexpected new ones, like the French guy that took me out for a coffee 2 weeks ago just because we were waiting for the rain to stop in the same place.  Here it goes, 10 of the reasons why I love the UK: 1. The people, who, contrary to the popular belief, are very "warm", they will always give you a smile and a "You alright?", which always make my day better. They manage to make me smile for no apparent reason just by smiling themselves. I first realized this when I was walking through a park and a nice old couple started chatting to me and I realised how nice it is to have such an unexpected intervention

This post might be a little quirky but I am writing this blog more like a personal diary to see how I develop as a person and it is as well a personal project. Regardless of people viewing or reading it I will keep going and hope it will develop into an interesting page that others would like to browse. Without further ado, here are 10 of the many reasons why I love Romania: 1. This is my birthplace, that special somewhere where you feel at "home". Although, I will get accustomed and grow to love my new home I know that Romania will always have a special place in my mind and that my heart will skip a beat every time I will return here. It is such a beautiful place with amazing landscapes and traditions, cultural attractions and booming nightlife and so much more. (I will probably make a future post with my favourite places to party, visit, eat and relax in my home country if I'll feel homesick). 2.  This is the place where I received a comprehensive education

<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3982534/?claim=rktp3wbrjzr">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> In life we take decisions that guide our actions. My actions so far have guided me to a place I didn't even imagine I would go to when I was young. I am not quite sure what I wanted to become as a little girl but I do hope I knew more about it than I do now. At the moment I have so many plans and I want to do so many things that I cannot possibly imagine settling on only one thing for the rest of my days. However, I now know that in two months' time I will no longer be here, in the place I called home for the past 20 years or so, if I count my mum's pregnancy months as well. It is hard to imagine but I know that my decisions are the ones that have lead me onto this path and I also know that in life you must make sacrificies to succeed in finding you true self. I cannot say that I am not excited about living as a student in a new world, a new coun