Short catch up

So I found a place to stay. I made an ad on craiglist about the fact that I need a roomate. So I found a guy from Croatia. He came to see the room and when he left my landrord, who's romanian by the way, looked at me and said no I don't want him his a party boy. I said fine I just put it on Facebook an I might have some luck. After 5 min Yusef a guy I lived with in the beginning in New Lots says he needs a place aswell or a roomate. He checks my room out he likes it so I tell my landlord.But of course she askes where He ia from so I say Jordan. She just says no,she's like: I don't want any arabic people blabla. I didn't waste my energy anympre although I got lotsnof call regarding the room. I went to see his place. It's gorgeouse. I get look out the window I see thr beach and the Ocean. I live with a russian family. It's us the lady her 7 year old daughter and her 22 year son. It feels like home. I asked her last night if I could us her laptop she said of course whatever you need you can use! My ex-romania-landlord lend me hers after begging for it and than she didn't give me the power cable. She just said you have 2 hours. Seriously I am kinda happy I'm out. In october I need a place for only 2 weeks cause afterwards I travel :)

Tomorrow is Six flags day the day after tomorrow Backstreetboys concert.

So yes I'm back on track! It's an amazing adventure!
But even though I niss all the little things! I miss real food!!!!!

Heaven or hell?

Last Saturday was The MS Muck Ruckus race. It was amazing. I can't believe I ran 5 miles through the forest facing that many muddy obsticales.Let me tell you being covered in mud is the most fun thing ever. I managed to raise 173$ and also finish very good the race. Afterwards I was having a shower from the water of the fireman. It was hilarious but also so exhausting I went home and sleept till the other day.

I don't know how many of you know but I have a blog, Stefi's shorts, where I put a lot of ads, shors, prints or just thing that make people smile or just say ohhh this is nice. The most views has an article full of pictures from Googles offices. Guess what! Yesterday I visited Google NY. My friend Amalia bf is an intern ther so we all went to visit. I wish I would work there. What an amazing office and all that free godies, chocolate, drinks, everything!!!! They treat their employees really good. We we're playing Rock Band for hours in an conference room that had couches designed as bath tubs. I wanna learn to play the drumms for real! It's so hard and fun at the same time.
But of course all goo things come to an end. So all my excitement was blewn away. My roomate is going to leave(we just moved in a couple of days ago..) but she found sone family friend in NY were she will move in. I will have to figure something out...It is really sad cause I loved this place It is 10min away from Manhattan. It's the point were I wish I had a friend over. But I kinda have a way to get out of this. We'll see! I let you know!

I'm at the beach now!

Check this out!

I recently uploaded a picture to a competition where I could win an Ipod touch. If you do like this picture just hit the like button - https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10151168984227025&set=o.261704547435&type=3&theater Besides this try see what's on the right side of my blog. This September is about Rwanda! Thank you ! Let's hope I win! 3 more days!

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I don't know what will happen. I might come back home earlier than expected. You never know.I have a place to stay till next week than I have to move out. I don't have where to go I still hope smth will come up. A friend from romania asked me to move in with them but their roomates didnm't agree. Now I just feel like everything is falling appart. Now I keep thinking maybe I am in the wrong place and I have to go home. I cannot do this anymore. This is the hardest part. Maybe i will find a roomate i dont know. Whatever happens happens..

if you have anyone in ny who could elp me out let me know..

I love my days off

Yesterday was such a fun day. My work collegues are so hilarious sometimes it just makes my day! And I have a new "hommie" the paul frank weirdos. I really enjoy it. John from HR brough watermelon so it was perfect Right now I'm just fingers crossed for tacos day to win against spanish day.

Whatvwas not that goog is that I found out because of the stupid thunderstorms who keep bothering us I just made 32h this week which is taugh. I have to keep it low for the next 2 weeks..but don't worry tomorrow i win the lottery.

So wake up on a sunny morning planning between beach or zoo. Weather channel said there is a 60% chance it will rain. Who cares. I felt like letting the sun easily tan my skin so I just did my 15min jogg and went straight to Rockaway beach. What a gorgeous beach! Even better than Ocean City MD. It's clean, quiet and cozy! Just beautiful! I left shortly before the rain started. Made my way home and chilled on the terraxe watching the evil rain. I felt ba for my collegues. I hope they didn't go home early.

And now ladies and gentelmens let me introduce you to the highlight of the day!(background drums) Another milestone reached. My flight ticket to MEXICO is booked!!! I'll celebrate my bday mexican style. It's unbelievable but if you really want something thigs just happen. You might think maaaan she speaks like the people in this movie called the secret, but than look around my friends we all make whatever we set our mind to. Right? So yeees I'm flying. Scare though cause I don't understand their sistem.. I think I don't have any meeal included although My trip is 8h long. I will be stravingly dieimg hahha

What day is today. Wednesday is charity:day. I'm so passionate about this org. I will defineatly start fundraising for my 5000$ weel for Africa! I don't know how but I will make it. People deserve to have access to safe water. Even if it will take me more than 2 years I will bother each one of you to donate!!!
Today I took pictures with a Jerry can. Charity: water is an aweaome
org. I wish I could be in December here for charity ball. I'm really living a gorgeous life in NYC.

I love step up, I mean te flash mob thing, the viral and all the social media. Although a bit too predictable the base idea might has been sweet. Next movie is for sure Bourne Legacy.

PS Chinese lunch rules!!!

Remember Saturday is my MS Muckus race, maybe you'll help me reach 300$ . I would know you out with a hug when I see you.

And happy bday to all Maria's!

short wrap up

Life is gorgeouse!

This week 2 of my girls back home had their bday and I'd have loved to quickly get bback home give them a tight hug and kiss and asap return to the states.

I always tough the I <3 NY shirts are shitty but that was just be being atupid. NY steels your heart in a glimps, it makes you cry or laugh your heart out, it gives you hope and it is always open to welcome you. I'm sure NY loves me too! We make a great family!

(short fact: NYC is lacking of UHT milk but offers almond milk!!!!)

So Friday! Wake up at 4 30 am. Leave home on nightime. Get to central park. Get a free Pepsi and a grea spot to see a free One republic concert!!
Good Morning America!!!! One republic's new song is amazing!

Run to work! Catch the 4 train and ferry at the last second. Get to work. Start warming up but how? Storm is coming. That's at least what we tought. So after 1h of rain our manager decides to send us home. At 14!!! I lost 6h which is money. Money isn't everything I say to myself while i leave the sunny island (as the rain stopped an the sun was shinning). I get to Blue Man Group catch a student rush ticket watch the show and go home. The show similar to the one I sa w yaers ago in Las Vegas, but still good! Decide to sleep 1h and go out. Fall alslept till the morning. Just a Friday in NY.

I'm exhausted. I had a nice Sunday aswell.

Peace everyone!

So true

What will happen at the end of this summer?

I think I'm in love

This is my summer paradise. 2009 was the best year of my life. It made me become more confident and made me understand who I am better than ever and one of my best friends and especially Iulia knows that. In 2009 I studied in Germany and spend my summer in Ocean City. I managed to see a lot of USA. I've been to Atlantic City, Virgina Beach(Williamsburg), Washington, Philladelphia, Boston, Niagra Falls, New York, Los Angels, San Francisco, Grand Canion and Las Vegas. I was a rich work&travel student. I used to work 60-70h as I found a 2nd job. I was a housekeeper&laundry person at Quality Inn and a cashier/barista at Dunkin'Donuts. It was a summer I will remeber. Right now life is different. I'm not rich anymore.lol. I live in NYC working 36-40h at Liberty Island which I have to say is a lovely experience. I tried to find a 2nd job for more then 2 weeks but with no luck! Rent and MetroCard are expensive. Lunch though is free thanks to my employer!! My landlord keeps telling me I could get a 2nd job easily if I just put a diffrent outfit on. Not casual and no convers snickers! That won't be me!! Would you see me in a dress with a large v cut top and some make-up and balerina shoes or whatever you call them? I might try it but on the other hand life is to short to waste it. I'm in NYC exploring a open-minded city full o adventures! It take me 1:20h to work not 15 bike minutes like in Ocean city). It's a big city! But it's way better than Bucharest where we have the hottest summer in the last 53 years and some political issues around. So this AC subway life is way above my capital,lol. Imagine it took me a 20min walk to our "Manhattan"! My life is a energetic adventure. This week I had 3 days of(usualy I had 2 but I made it to work 10h a day 4d/w thanks to my understanding manager and schedeule planer):Mon,Tue and Wed. I was thinking first that it's bad cause I might get bored, but no sign of that. Monday was common free day to me and my roomate. We planned going to the beach or to United Nations. Did she wake up? Noooo! I'll woke up, jogged, showered and had breakfast but I couldn't get her out of bed. So I made my way to Madison Square Garden cause I needed new shoes! I bough 1 beautiful pair and was sad I could find 2 as they would take 50% off the 2nd pair. I tried my luck at the register and found out I can come back with the receipt till 8sept and get te 2nd pair discounted!Niceeee! All happy with my new shoes I had some lunch and heded towards United Nation. It was a great experience. There is so much I'm missing out! I've learebd how this organisation is build and how it manages towards a peaceful world. What impresed me the most was a plastic can with some kind of peanut butter and rice inside. We have a crisis in Africa.People die of hunger! So UN flies aroud Africa and launches this little packs thanks to the support of airline complanies like KLM, Lufthansa a.o. One Peanut Butter can saves a child. It is sweet and full of calories so it can rescue a child from death in 3 days.They also have a website: freerice.com where you could play for free and people get free rice. It is amazing! It is sponsored by a company that puts ads on the website. It's similar to facebook! What I also heard is that Beyonce is filming her new video at UN and will donate all the benefits.

"As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame.What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them..." Elie Wiesel 1986
So you might wanna go on freerice.com and spend some time doing something that has such a big impact on others life!

So after this I just walked across 5th ave so I could meet up with a friend. On my way though at Bryant Park I just stumbled across NY Public Library. Did you see any american movie that shows a library. It is as stunning as in movies. One reading room is as long as a football field. I wonder though how people can concentrate in there as so many turist come daily in and out!

Monday was a really hot day! So I decided to go Tuesday to the beach. I woke up got ready and left my house early. I'm lucky I have a 45min away bus to Rockaway beach till next week when I will hopefully move out. I got there and it was marvellous. It was really clean and quite compared to Coney Island. There is no music on the beach or anyone trying to sell you something. It just is soooo peacefull, at least at 9:30AM. The ocean water was not cold at all so I enjoyed a lovely day in the sun and water. I also convinced my landlords cousin to come with me to Chicago xD
This tough is not the end of my day.I still signed up for the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival were I volunteered. I handed out flyers and served wine in the evening afterwards getting the chance to watch a documetary film for free. ( what impressed me is that while handing out flyers I overheard an polie event that was celebrating a safer Brooklyn and evisioned a future without guns and gunshoots)It was called Hip Hop Hassid and it shows how a jewish religious person tries to speak out about the racial conflicts in Crown Heights between the Jewish and Black commuity. (It was really good!) You could try find it online it has a funny side to. So very tired I headed after these to a party which was actually a nice one. I like this parties more than in my home country as they are more cozy ones.. Although I liked it I went home early as I was exhausted and rewarded myself with a longer sleep!

And as I got to my last vacation, or actually off day which is sad I am happy to tell you that I found out that the central park is more a man build park. I hope i got that correct. I had a lovely day in the marvellous central park. It just felt like I'm in a different place. The views are just amazing and I realised I should try to eat more of my usual nutrition meels as that gives me energy an that coke is a good coffein boost although I am against it. I tried to sleep in the grass but it didn't feel comfy so I looked for a bench and found the farytail bench where I chilled and for a short nap. I love Central Park!!!! I really is amazing to walk around it. Unfortunately though this walk had to end as I had my charity:water open house volunteer night. I just was like always impressive and on my way back from the restroom I also saw Scott Harrison, CEO and founder of charity:water! I just said hi as it looked like a familiar face cause he's in all the videos and after he passed I just reallised. I wanted to be like Scott would you like to take a picture with me?haha but there was no one there and I thought it would be stupid. It was enough seeing the person that inspired me to choose NYC for my summer and for my volunteer plans. September campagne is great! I liked it but I can't share anything about it.. But keep in mind that we have a water crisis! 80 billion people don't have access to clean, safe drinking water. What if this september you give up something so with 20$ you give clean water to someone you never heard of? I will do my best and share all the September campagne as their goal is really important.

And now that I'm so exhausted and tired let me tell you I think I'm in love. (thank you for reading till this point) I actually figured out I don't fall for image as much a I fall for personalty and smartness..Right now though it is clear I get week knees in front of passionate, energic, happy and lovely people. Passion makes my interst raise and my heart to put awkward smiles on my faces. So I have the e mail adress a phone number now let's see cause I am afraid of drama.

I wanna get involved with charity:waters campagne so fingers crossed cause I wanna send them one of my ideas by the end of this week!

If you ever have questions just shoot!

New York Gossip

I never watch gossip girl or any of that show like desperate housewives or sex and the city(just when forced).But why not go see their hot actors and than tell everyone about it.lol.I'm just showing off, they didn't wanna take picures with us cause they were bored but I can tell you I made eye contact with Penn Badgley and he looked tired of bored like almost everyone feels sometimes at work and Chace Crawford wasn't even paying attention to the crowed of 15year old girls and me and a friend.

Next time I just wish I watch the cast of Suits playing! Who knows! Good night!