Getting the campaign ready.

Today was a busy day.Besides the fact that it was cold and it did rain I feel great. We, me and Alexandra cea minunata, managed to shoot the videos, one in English one in Romanian, in which I present the message of the campaign. It was total fun and I am really grateful I have people around me that support this cause. I'm really excited and I can't wait to see it.  I'll leave you with some pictures till the video is launched.

I wish you all a lovely night,
Stefi







http://my.charitywater.org/stefiforindia

Turning 25

Get ready for a good deed!

My birthday is almost here and I am super excited about it. WHY? Cause this year I am doing something soooooooo different. I choose to not be selfish on my day and to actually be the CHANGE I wanna see in the world. YES there are a lot of gifts I would love to get for my 25th but the idea that my birthday WILL CHANGE LIFES IN INDIA. That is the best way to celebrate 1/4 of my beautiful life.

How can you brighten my day? EASY.

- Share this page on any social media channel you use (Facebook, Twitter etc)

- Spread the word

- Give up a pack of cigarettes or anything and donate

- JUST GIVE, the amount of dollars in my age or less

Every penny of the money raised will directly fund clean water projects in developing countries. Even better, charity: water will show us exactly which projects we funded once they've been fully completed (which takes about 18 months). That means we'll know the locations and names of the communities we helped. YES that is true. I donated before ;)

Last year I quit my sort of nice and lovely job to move to New York, and besides all other plans, to volunteer for this AMAZING charity! When I first saw it I thought it couldn't real. They are the loveliest people! And on top of all the work they do along with the help of volunteers this charity calls many of the donors to wish them "Happy Birthday" or sends them hand written thank you cards.

What?!

Please donate whatever you can. Everything, big or small, helps. Please *puppy beautiful blue eyes*

We can. We will. Period.

Love,

Stefi

Here's the link to my campaign: -> http://my.charitywater.org/stefiforindia

Day to day tricks

Every morning I struggle to wake up and go to work. Each morning I leave at the limit time and have to handle the crowded subway. New York's MTA was great. It had AC, no service (so you didn't see all the people scrolling down facebook or hearing their calls) and it was BIG. I mean it.Although sometimes it just stopped because there was train traffic ahead I know start to appreciate other key points. As I was facing this morning routine I decided to try something new out. I used to live with a friend who always went to sleep at 11 which made me do the same it was really good. So I said to myself I'll go to sleep at 11 PM so I can get more sleep. The morning after I woke up before my alarm clock and I was waiting for it to ring. I did some stretching I looked out the window and I left 7 minutes earlier home. Guess what?Magic happen! I am so SERIOUS. There were less people that I actually got to sit all the way to work. Usually I have to try read the mind of people and sit next to the person who gets off at the earliest station or my newest trick sit next to elderly people cause they get off quicker. I got even at work earlier and didn't have to face the crowded elevator with all those ciggaret stinking people. Furtheremore more I was there when my manager send an e-mail to my team that we are not respecting our regular working schedule. GREAT!

As this started out as I pilot project I tested it for 2 weeks and it is the best thing ever. So I thought I share maybe it will make a difference in your life too.

One more thing. Try the subway at 6:20 AM. It's like time travelling. You get to see such a different perspective. The weirdest thing was that it is so empty that you hear the noise of the elevator stair. Elder people with no gadgets. No loud headphone music. It was the best.

47 min to sleep and I wanna read so .. take my advice and try it out.

The ugly truth

How come it is like this? I still wonder why? Stupid questions though. I realised that close friends, and lovers are more likely to disappoint you than anyone else. A tricky thing. You might think your friends get you, understand things you hate and all that and out of the sudden they to the things you expect least. They do the things they hurt you and act like it's nothing. Times are weird. I miss New York. I miss it badly. I miss it like nothing before. Something happened there that changed everything. It made life way easier made it more comforting. I wanna just hop on a plane and go back. I can say it almost made sense there even though sometimes I though it's too much. Right now I wish I could have a walk by the Riverside. It was so peaceful so filled with joy. Good night :)

When?

Life is so full of adventures. If you hang out with the right people it might get interesting. After an incredible rainy Friday I decided to snap out of it. First cause life is too short and secondly my free time should just be spend with a smile on my face. Right? So do what you have to do. Look in the mirror and realize the beauty of the day. Get out of bed. Make your bed. Have breakfast. Stay clean. Be happy just cause. Give it time to heal. Give it time to show you an opportunity. Think. Think. Think. Miss someone? Call. Love someone. Say it out load or show it. Do something without waiting for something in exchange. Be different. Ask yourself is this going to matter in 5 days from now before getting into a negative state. Think. That's all. Think without being selfish. Easy. Hell no. Worth it? Yes! Don't assume rather ask. Do what you love. Make a cycling appointment or two for next week. Have a coffee with a friend. Enjoy the nice sky. Find your passion. Learn something new. Put a silly song on and start singing. However be less than 4 days sad. Be yourself. Do more of what makes you happy. Be organized. Be more! Be smart. Discover your world. Embrace something new everyday. I love going to the theater. Guess what? My hometown is low in this area. I found something fun in exchange. What is your excuse? Life is funny and way too short. Put a lovely song on. Give me a smile. I am happy I have YOU in my life.

Are you ready to accept failure?

For those who don't know me, better said who don't know what I answer when asked about what is my favorite movie type. Well..that is easy. The answer is however silly but that's me. Whenever asked I say I wanna watch a happy end movie with a lot of romance with kindness happiness bubbles sparks, pink everywhere. Right. I do watch also other things that romantic Hollywood movies where you can predict the end.Why? I don't know. Cause if I look across my favorites nothing is really like that. Anyway. I always let friends surprise me. I go to the cinema and watch something picked by a friend. I had bad experiences but they weight so little. I though Avatar would be something stupid. I saw the posters and assumed it's bad even though it was the best movie at that time. I ended up watching it.

Enough about introductions. My dearly beloved friend she always chooses movies that I enjoy. This week I got to watch The impossibles which I don't wanna talk about. Tonight we watched The flight (my choice). I don't really know what I want to say. Cause I kinda got caught up writing this post but thing is I hate drinking or smoking and driving. A lot of the people I hang with do this and it's kinda ok. It's NOT. What I realized though while watching this movie is that for those 2 hours I was hoping the captain would not go to prison. I won't go into details and destroy it cause maybe you might wanna watch it. It just made me think. They did the right thing. There is a happy end. It let's you go home with a smile. 

I don't know what I am writing right now. It's 1AM I made cake today. I am exhausted. I wrote movie more than 20 times. It's bed time. 

Kind of sorry but the thing that was on my mind is are you ready to accept your failure or what makes you weak? To stand up and show it? 

<>

Romania is more than Bucharest

I've been living in New York fore mor than 4 months andI got so used to their amazing customer service that it was very hard to readapt. I think I ha a small fight with many cab drivers or just cashiers because of how unpolite and unprofessional they are. I just realised thought that this is a common thing forr Bucharest and I can also feel it in Brasov, my home town. This new years eve I decided to ake a train and travel for more than 10 hours and spend some time with amazing people that I see very rarely as they lie so far away and as some study abroad. Visiting Sibiu, Arad and Timisoara was as always an interesting experience but left me with something more. The cities are gorgeous! I saw amazing churches and I was very warmly suprised about the Christmas markets. They were realy getting close to the once I saw in Germany. Of coutse our culture is different and we might not be ready yet to be like others and meet friends outside in the cold while drinking 'gluhwein'. But it's nice! So yes I traveled so much and seen some many beautiful places and now I just discoverd this side of Romania is so different so grown up. Firstly yes it's not so clean and some buildings are in a very bad shape but the people make the place. Arad an Timisoara this time made me see outside the box, Bucharest. Cab drivers here are extremly nice. They don't ask you befire entering the car if where you go so they won't reject your request. They don't even try to fool you or don't give you youre change back taking it as their tip. No!This doesn't happen and let me tell you cashiers and waiters are even nicer. I couldn't believe that in Arad where we din't tip( don't think little of me) the lady was very polite and even wished us a good new year. Really?! Is this even possible? I think yes and I would recommand each one of you to get out of your town and visit other cities and feel what Romania is like and not limit it to the bad things that represent Bucharest! Be more than that! I love Bucharest because of the many cultural activities around and also the various options of entertainment. But I dislike so much taking a taxi or having to get along woth various cashiers but this is the reality. There is no escape but there is hope if you experience more:)

As I am very tired I end by telling you there is no place I feelt better when going to stay at someone as a Romanian. I ha some experiences and It got me to the conclusion that whatever our sotuation we always embrace and welcome others in our house as if it's also their home! Think about it ;)

Happy new year!