busy bee

  Between attending classes,going to kangoo,watching my favourite tv shows, reading and spending quality times with my friends,I hardly found the time to keep up with the blogosphere. I think it has almost been 2 weeks since I last wrote here and a lot of things have happened.

   
  I spent a lot of time with L. and got closer to her ( and not only because we both find it hard to keep up with the routine at the gym ).

   
     We also celebrated my sister's birthday by going out with L and her mother. We went to grab a bite at an Italian restaurant and finished the day at the National Theatre.

         
         I chose to spend Valentine's Day with Radu, curled up in bed. And yes, we skipped school for that. But we had a really great day!

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         I've been listening to this a lot:

                                                                                             

highlights of the week

       

•   did a DIY project. possibly the easiest I could find:

            Inspired by Serena's sweater ( I'm finally watching the 6th season of Gossip Girl), I realized I could just cut an old sweater and make it look chic.

                                 

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                                      It's not really great,but I had fun wearing it to school.    

•   started reading a book for school and I'm not into it as much as I would like
•   watched "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and loved Hushpuppy
•   tried kangoo jumps for the very first time. it was awesome.
•   went out with The Boy and danced all night long.                                 

you know you had a good day

...when at the end of a painfully long day, your boyfriend sends you this message: ''I know I'm young, but if I had to choose her or the Sun, I'd be one nocturnal son of a gun."

             Love you, babe!             

6 more months

   My last semester of highschool has started and I find it hard to believe I've survived until now! Just 6 more months and I'll be free. The winter holiday was amazing. I had a lot of fun and managed to do a lot of the things I wanted to accomplish.

   
    Bucharest is again a big mess. Even though last week the streets were covered with fluffy, immaculate snow, today I couldn't find a trace of it. My street is wet and dirty and I wish I could move to a warm,nice place where I could get a tan while drinking a cold drink.

   
      I've started studying for my exams and I've come to wish I was homeschooled. I manage to do a ton of work while I'm home and procrastinate for 7 hours while I'm at school. Yup, the Romanian educational system rocks!

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            My boyfriend made me love this song:

                                                   
                                                 

2013: A-Z Reading Challenge

     You know I'm a big fan of Goodreads. So today, as I was browsing the site, I found this great challenge that I plan on completing.

                                     
      The rules are: - read one book for every alphabet
                           - you can read in any order you wish
                           - the articles "a","an"& "the" are not counted as part of the title
                           - letters Q,X and Z can be positioned anywhere in the title

     A: Amsterdam-Ian McEwan
     B: Broderii- Marjane Satrapi
     C: Capitan la 15 ani- Jules Verne
     D: Dublu limbaj- William Golding
     E: Emma- Jane Austen
     F: Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
     G: Golem- Gustav Meyrink
     H: Hagi-Murad- Lev Tolstoi
     I: Imposibila intoarcere- Marin Preda
     J: Johnny Panic si Biblia Viselor- Sylvia Plath
     K: To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
     L: Lorelei- Ionel Teodoreanu
     M: Morometii- Marin Preda
     N: Nasul- Mario Puzo
     O: Un om sfarsit- Giovanni Papini
     P: Povestasul- Mario Vargas Llosa
     Q: 1Q84- Haruki Murakami
     R: Rosu si Negru- Stendhal
     S:  Sotia zeului bucatariei- Amy Tan
     T: The three musketeers- Alexandre Dumas
     U: The unbearable lightness of being- Milan Kundera
     V: Viata pe un peron- Octavian Paler
     W: Why the Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou
     X: Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides
     Y: Youth- J.M. Coetzee
     Z: Zorba the Greek- Nikos Kazantzakis

temporarily lost at sea

   This year,my family and I continued our tradition of going to the seaside during the winter. I love that long drive,the conversations that help us bond,the way my dogs never seem to find the perfect place in the car, the way the sea smells in the winter.
    Maya saw the sea for the first time and she was fascinated! She watched the waves crashing and played with Dex, who is already an expert, on the beach.

   
       While my dad was driving on the empty highway, my sister and I talked and talked and talked. We've decided 2013 will be our year.
        I was thinking about making a list of resolutions,but I hadn't got around it yet. I think the most important thing I could do this year is always try my best. Even if there are people who will try putting me down, belittling my ambitions, I just have to be the best version of myself I can be. If there is something 2012 has taught me, it is the fact that no matter how close you are to someone, how much you think you know someone, in the end you are the only one you can count on. You can't change others. All you can do is be at peace with yourself and everything else will fall in line. So stop worrying about what others think/say about you and live your life!

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         Lately I've been into Joan Baez and tried reading about the whole Baez-Dylan relationship:

                       

here's to a happy year!

   There's nothing better than spending New Year's Eve with your loved one.

     
    Last night was amazing. I love those kind of parties where you just click with everybody and when you leave you feel like you've gained a few friends.

   
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                                    May 2013 bring us all the happiness in the world!