marți, 22 februarie 2011
Still alive and breathing
Yoga physical exercises, master's thesis, projects to plan, projects to complete, craving for a spring cycling marathon, international dinners, presentations held and attended, cooking good, keeping track of what I did and designing what I will do... That's my life lately, spiced up by the good feeling of freedom, by the memories in the South and by the memories I'm building every day, as a Fulbrighter.
joi, 18 noiembrie 2010
A new puzzle piece
E dimineata tare. Atat de tare, incat nu vad prea multe pe geam daca nu-mi pun ochii de pisica. Vorbesc cu Budapesta (aka Irina I.) si sunt intrebata ce am sa fac dupa. Dupa ce termin teza, masterul, jobul, dupa ce termin de calatorit, dupa ce-mi termin conturile cu acest continent. Cum ce? Caut urmatoare piesa din puzzle. Ma indrept, natural, din zona de client service in zona de public service. Si imi place cautarea!
joi, 28 octombrie 2010
Romania, on its way to US media
A few days ago, on a Midwestern US university website:
Internet access brings Romanians new freedoms (article about a research mission led by Ball State Anthropology Department who took a student team to rural Romania to examine the impact of free Internet access in several small villages):
Installing computers with Internet access in Romanian public libraries was designed to support positive social change in this underdeveloped eastern European nation, but it's also spurred online dating, comparison shopping and social networking, says an analysis by Ball State University. (...) "The Internet has the potential to bring most of Romania into the 21st century," Nyce added. "Right now, it is mainly an agrarian society that, for our students, resembles the rural U.S. around 1910. It will be interesting to see how the country transforms in the next decade as information technology and e-commerce becomes more prevalent."
After back and forth emailing with the authors and reasonable arguments, the article changed its tone. However, hasty generalizations and stereotypes will always make the headlines... Where is the true Romanian spirit among these?
Internet access brings Romanians new freedoms (article about a research mission led by Ball State Anthropology Department who took a student team to rural Romania to examine the impact of free Internet access in several small villages):
Installing computers with Internet access in Romanian public libraries was designed to support positive social change in this underdeveloped eastern European nation, but it's also spurred online dating, comparison shopping and social networking, says an analysis by Ball State University. (...) "The Internet has the potential to bring most of Romania into the 21st century," Nyce added. "Right now, it is mainly an agrarian society that, for our students, resembles the rural U.S. around 1910. It will be interesting to see how the country transforms in the next decade as information technology and e-commerce becomes more prevalent."
After back and forth emailing with the authors and reasonable arguments, the article changed its tone. However, hasty generalizations and stereotypes will always make the headlines... Where is the true Romanian spirit among these?
luni, 25 octombrie 2010
Bad bag!
Yes, I am guilty, I know! I haven't written for a while and when I used to do it, I did it in Romanian. I am now changing the gear to English, as an answer to the friends here in the US who wanted to be able to read me - their Romanian improved, but I don't want to push it :)
Now what made me finally write? A bad bag. In Muncie, Indiana.
Before I came here, one of the friends I had in the US told me that small towns are a safe place: "you can leave your bag in a park and find it untouched the next day." If I would ask my friend today what can happen with my bag if I leave it unattended around here, she'll probably say: "nobody will take it. They'll just blow it up...":
"Traffic at McGalliard Road was stopped around noon for about half an hour after police received a call to inspect a mysterious package at a gas station on the intersection of McGalliard and Oakwood Avenue. McGalliard was blocked from Tillotson to Rosewood avenues, and Oakwood Avenue was blocked from Woodmont to Royale drives. Stg. Bruce Qualles from the Muncie Police Department said the store clerk discovered a brown leather brief case at the station and called the police. The county bomb squad arrived 15 minutes later. The package was detonated at 1:25 p.m. and police proceeded to reopen the road."
Poor person who came back for the bag/brief case two hours later!
Now what made me finally write? A bad bag. In Muncie, Indiana.
Before I came here, one of the friends I had in the US told me that small towns are a safe place: "you can leave your bag in a park and find it untouched the next day." If I would ask my friend today what can happen with my bag if I leave it unattended around here, she'll probably say: "nobody will take it. They'll just blow it up...":
"Traffic at McGalliard Road was stopped around noon for about half an hour after police received a call to inspect a mysterious package at a gas station on the intersection of McGalliard and Oakwood Avenue. McGalliard was blocked from Tillotson to Rosewood avenues, and Oakwood Avenue was blocked from Woodmont to Royale drives. Stg. Bruce Qualles from the Muncie Police Department said the store clerk discovered a brown leather brief case at the station and called the police. The county bomb squad arrived 15 minutes later. The package was detonated at 1:25 p.m. and police proceeded to reopen the road."
Poor person who came back for the bag/brief case two hours later!
duminică, 30 mai 2010
Cum e viata de student mai, mai
Wall-Street.ro a publicat acum cateva zile un articol comparativ legat de viata de student: cum e in Romania, in comparatie cu alte tari. O analiza clasica. Si un pic trista. Nu pentru ca in alte tari este mai bine. E foarte bine in mediul universitar. Doar ca studentii romani cred ca e fara indoiala mai bine. Sfatul meu: mai si indoiti-va!
duminică, 2 mai 2010
marți, 27 aprilie 2010
Next Academic Year. A New Year.
I did it! I got the Graduate Assistant position within the School of Extended Education. I'll be in charge of marketing and communications for the online and distance academic services offered by Ball State University.
That comes with an answer to the question: will you go/come back in the US next year? Well, YES!
The assistantship offers me the opportunity to have a tuition waiver and a monthly wage, finish my masters, and, most important, work in my field of expertise with a well-rounded supervisor.
Now let the paperwork adventure begin :)
That comes with an answer to the question: will you go/come back in the US next year? Well, YES!
The assistantship offers me the opportunity to have a tuition waiver and a monthly wage, finish my masters, and, most important, work in my field of expertise with a well-rounded supervisor.
Now let the paperwork adventure begin :)
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