Going Back to School

Today I have signed in university for a master's degree. It will be very tough for me to study and work in the same time and I'll need a lot of luck and hard work to handle it all.
But I need this education, as I have knowledge and experience in PR and Finance, I think Marketing Management (the subject I'll study now) will complete my knowledge and it will help me develop my career hopefully.
First term I'll study Management, Trade Economy, International Business, Accounting and Finance for basic subjects. It sounds hard, but I'm very motivated and willing to study :)

The Great Gatsby

I don't really know what exactly to say about this book, that's why I'll let it speak for itself. All I'll say is that I like it very much:

Quotes from the book:

• "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

• "In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year... Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it."

• "Civilization's going to pieces. I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things... The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be--will be utterly submerged... It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things."

• "All right... I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."

• "a single green light, minute and faraway, that might have been the end of a dock."

• "He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive."

• "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited--they went there."

• "I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

• "It takes two to make an accident."

• "Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."

• "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay... You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock."

• "One thing's sure and nothing's surer/ The rich get richer and the poor get - children./ In the meantime,/ In between time--"

• "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion."

• "He wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was."

• "Can't repeat the past?... Why of course you can!"

• "the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning briefcase of enthusiasm, thinning hair. But there was Jordan beside me, who, unlike Daisy, was too wise ever to carry well-forgotten dreams from age to age..."

• "It excited him, too, that many men had already loved Daisy--it increased her value in his eyes."

• "God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!"

• "He must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream."

• "He had reached an age where death no longer has the quality of ghastly surprise, and when he looked around him now for the first time and saw the height and splendor of the hall... his grief began to be mixed with an awed pride."

• "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

• "And as I sat there, brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out Daisy's light at the end of his dock. He had come such a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close he could hardly fail to grasp it. But what he did not know was that it was already behind him, somewhere in the vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night."

• "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

German Marriage Tradition- Working Together

I find it funny, but I guess it makes sense... yes, family takes a lot of dirty work and those who want to get involved have to be prepared.

Polterabend is a German pre-wedding tradition where friends and family come together for an informal party. While that may not seem odd, what they do at these parties certainly is. They break dishes, flowerpots, tiles, toilets, pretty much anything except glasses or mirrors. To symbolize working together through future difficulties, the bride and groom must clean everything up. - http://totallytop10.com/lifestyle/culture/top-10-strange-traditions

Song-Who needs a heart, when a heart can be broken?

The more people think like that, the less capable of love they become.
Our fears not to be hurt will take our opportunities to be happy and experience something real in our lives.
But I agree sometimes it's better to close your heart and wait for the right person.

Chocolate-My Addiction

May be because I was very stressed lately I have grown a very bad habit- eating lots of chocolate in the evenings. When I get in bed watching my favorite tv shows I can't stand without taking any chocolate or at least chocolate ice cream.
H-e-e-e-l-p, if I go on like that I will not be able to fit into my clothes soon.
I can't find effective substitute, no matter I'm trying very hard.




P.S. Btw that reminds me of a silly saying: "Chocolate, men, coffee - some things are better rich." Hahaha be aware that the three of them are very harmful for a girl and grow addictions :D

Sex and the City-"It's just who I am"

Sometimes being who you really are can't fit to the other one's expectations. Compromises are made because of expectations. Women need care and attention, sometimes too much for men. Sometimes you just have to confess it's not working out...

Forgiveness

Precious Moments

Going back through so many precious moments. Every time when I'm in a bad mood, I read those and it makes me feel better. I'm lucky I have so amazing memories!

Btw my small teddy bear has a boyfriend already. Aren't they a cute couple?

Here's where they came from?

P.S. Always appreciate the precious moments in your life, otherwise the special people may be gone before you know it.

For Someone Special

There's nothing as important as the people we love! They are those who make us who we are!
On this special day I wanna say a big thanks to someone special for being in my life. (And for the nice present :)

Focus on the Constructive Point

No matter at work or at home, always be careful when you need to discuss a problem. Especially if someone has to hear something s/he will not like.

- Start the conversation with it's purpose - "I want to talk to you, because I think we can make it better" or "Why don't we try to improve..." Remember, we all want to make things better.

- Don't blame anyone. Even when you want to scream s/he's guilty and he caused the problem, never let it happen. Try to say things like it's common fault and you all have to deal with it.

- Always suggest help. Ask the other one if s/he needs help. May be s/he has a reason for acting this "not the best" way. "If you need any help, I can try to...". If s/he doesn't at leas s/he will feel guilty that you deserve better for being so nice and understanding.

- Show the big picture. Don't stay into the details, but make things bigger. Just compare the two phrases: "When you are doing that, I would like it more if you start being more careful..." and "Let's make it a real success. Being perfect is a result of excellent details".

And don't forget that every great thought can be pointless if it's said in the wrong way.

Weekend in Koprivshtica

My friend invited a few friends and colleagues in her house in this beautiful town. It was like an official closing of the summer season. I don't want to let the summer go, but the weather have already evicted it.
The weekend was very relaxing - walks in the town, kitchen with a fireplace, traditional Bulgarian food and the most important - friends.

Tender is the Night

Another book I read soon. It was an interesting story of two who couldn't keep their happiness.

The protagonists lost his values and forgot to follow his dreams and he lost all he had. Once a preson stops chasing his dreams, he becomes a lost one.

Dick and Nicole Diver are a very glamorous couple who take a villa in the South of France and surround themselves with a circle of friends, mainly Americans. Also staying at the resort is Rosemary Hoyt, a young actress, with her mother. Rosemary gets sucked into the circle of the Divers, and falls in love with Dick and also becomes adopted as a close friend by Nicole. Dick first toys with the idea of an affair with Rosemary at this point, which he finally acts upon years later.

However, Rosemary senses something is wrong with the couple, which is brought to light when one of the guests at a party reports having seen something strange in the bathroom. Tommy Barban, another guest, comes loyally to the defense of the Divers. The action involves various other friends, including the Norths, where a frequent occurrence is the drunken behavior of Abe North. The story becomes complicated when Jules Peterson,a black man is murdered and ends up in Rosemary's bed, in a situation which could destroy Roesmary's career. Dick moves the blood soaked body to cover up any implied relationship between Rosemary and Peterson.

Once into the book, the history of the Divers emerges. Dick Diver was a doctor and psychoanalyst and had taken on a complicated case of neuroses. This was Nicole, whose complicated, incestuous relationship with her father is suggested as the cause of breakdown. As she becomes infatuated with Dick, Dick is almost driven to marry her as part of the cure. But strong objections are raised, as Nicole is an heiress and her sister thinks Dick is marrying her for her money. However they do marry, and Nicole’s money pays for Dick's partnership in a Swiss clinic and for their extravagant lifestyle. However Dick gradually develops a drinking problem. He gets into fights and trouble with the police in various incidents and is bought out of the clinic by his partner. The opening episode almost marks the cross over point whereby Dick becomes the weaker partner, progressively failing in what he attempts while Nicole becomes stronger. Dick's behaviour becomes embarrassing as he mishandles situations with the children and friends. Eventually Nicole has an affair with Tommy Barban, and divorces Dick to marry Barban. Nicole survives, while Dick drifts into ever diminishing circumstances. The underlying theme is then how one person has become strong by destroying another—a point emphasized cynically by Nicole's sister, who having seen Dick originally as the parasite, finally remarks that "That was what he was educated for."

Source: Wikipedia

Summer Vacation - Part 4 - Having Fun

What else we did during our vacation? We had a lot of fun doing silly and relaxing things.
We were drinking sangria in a beach bar:

We were having dinners in interesting decorated restaurants:

We went to a water park. I was scared to try most of the slides, but I enjoyed the time there after all.

We had pictures with old-fashioned costumes.
I liked the Ferris Wheel

And many, many more silly and relaxing things. Ahhhh I wish I could turn back the time!!! It was a great vacation!

Summer Vaction - Part 3- Nessebar

We enjoyed taking a long walk in the old town of Nessebar : the old style streets, roman ruins, beautiful view to the sea. It was the only sightseeing like part of our vacation this time :)