happy, happy week lovabies. I had a peaceful weekend mit literature and german lessons. I was thinking in the morning about my job. I need a change. I'm almost ready to do it. I'll make a small step and change department as a beginning and then will see. I need a carrier change. But one step at a time..
Interesting links: don't kill language , you have to watch this. It's more than language and national identity.
Love you guys... Got to go now. mmmmmmats

hi pumpkins. Much happened since the last time i had written in my blog. I had said i don't need to write anymore but i was wrong. I finally found time to write a few lines again. Writing is a kind of psychotherapy and i have just realised it. So i'll write as often as possible. I have finished studying german literature and i keep on to a master degree on literature. Studying keeps my mind young. I love that. Last year i got a lesson on relationships and friendships. Life brought such situations that the real friends are the one that are left in my life. There are always people that take advantage of us. And we call them friends because we can't directly recognise the "friend" mask they're wearing. But here comes the time, when masks collapse and people reveal their true self. It pains, but it also brings relief. I also met some interesting people. Few of my teachers became my friends and i'm honored. 

I was a gym addict. I am no more. I set other priorities. I even changed some habbits. I got a bad one, i smoke. Rarely but i do. I set the goal of quitting it. I need to start running again. That will help me to quit smoking. 

I need to change my job, i need a new professional environment. I need more teaching. poverty is increasing around us. I need to give, love, knowledge, strength. Who could imagine, what was coming. The ugly economical situation in Greece, coming refuges, reminded us what human means, what really matters. That we could be in their shoes from one day to another and lose everything. That is terrifying. I wish things were only getting better. I really pray for that. We need to hold on hope. 

Here are some interesting articles i found on the internet:

be the offering , when you feel burnt out, yoga for better butt, sesame street, meet Julia,your list to eat clean, apple recipes .

The weather dictates the music today. 

Have an amazing day and weekend. Love ya.

oh Monday, Monday

have a great week my friends and good morning..i've just arrived to work, made a cup of coffee and sat to write you a few words. I had a busy weekend. Saturday night i went out with friends.The rest of the time i did house cleaning mostly. I resisted on going in  Lady Gaga's concert in Athens on Friday night. I didn't watch TV or DVD. I started reading material for my dissertation. My assignments at the University got all straight A and i'm in the mood to party. This week will be a literature week, with reading and going to literature meetings. i'm still thinking about my girl friendships, shorting things out. Who does me good and who doesn't. I realised i had some toxic friendships, i need to get rid of. Today i offer you free art books from the internet here and here. There are free online education courses here. Other advice : be your own best friend , how to protect your leather boots, on being a boss, career advice.

Today i'm having pilates and i'm seeing friends for lunch. Got to leave you now. i'll be back. Take care of yourself.

Friday ramblings...

good morning lovelies.. what are you up to? i'm in an autumn mood.. a bit melancholic, in the mood of love and hope.. i plan my schedule... i hear my favourite radio, i had my hair cut eventually.. 

i believe that when you wish for change, change will find you... i have to start studying again.. time passes... there's so much to be filled in. The coming week has a lot of literature meetings i plan to attend. Margaret Atwood's talk is one of them. The german books i ordered are here, waiting for me to start reading.. among them is the scenario of Good bye Lenin film. Chill nights are also here and i love that. 

Surfing the Internet:  it's good to have a sister, change is good, fashion night out 2014, i'm you (from my friend Hannah), raspberry cheesecake, master meditation, how to deal with childhood trauma.

it feels so good to write for my blog again.. have a great weekend lovabies...i love you and think of you... xoxo

Friday ramblings

good morning lovelies.. what are you up to? Weekend is on our doorstep. It smelled summer in Athens. We've started dressing lighter. Nights are warmer. I have to pick up the carpets of the floor this weekend. There is also the elections, i hate this rush and mess .  let me tell what i have recently did..  i was in bed with a flu. That gave me the opportunity to watch DVDs. Well i watched "so far so close" of  Wim Wenders and "one flew of the cuckoo's nest", with Jack Nicholson. Amazing movies.. They are movies that remind you that cinema is art and culture.

 i have much to study, i have eliminated my training hours and i miss that. I have to get back to my normal training and practise more yoga. My job as a german teacher absorbs me so much that i forget i'm an engineer too. I like engineering no more. I've had it. I see no purpose in it. I don't see my purpose in it. I prefer to teach. I sense i'll change my working place soon. I have an inner call.  It takes a lot of inner search to find your purpose. But when you do, you manage to balance your life, to get happy. 

Other news: how to get over your mistakes , perfect at home manicure, how to make your facebook page meaningful, advice to look and feel younger, things your Dermatologist won't tell you, does your thoughts make you miserable?

i need : a new manicure, a cup of tea, yoga, a love story on DVD, cereals with milk, sun, a big smile. what do you need?

duty calls me back. i got to go. Have a great morning and a happy weekend. love you all. xoxo

At home with Sarah Jessica Parker.. i'm a great fan of her.. 

Have a great weekend.. i have so much to do.. priority on the essay and my lessons... xoxo. 

ps.. i'll tell you all about going to the theatre tonight....

a superstar

Maggie Gyllenhaal

monday ramblings

good morning lovabies.. i have so many things to do i ended up posting once a week. i had a peaceful weekend. Winter is here to stay.. brr sooo cold outside.. last week news: happy moment: i received a message from an old friend i haven't seen for months and that made me really happy.. hope about unexpected joy rise again... i read literature, i watched movies. My favourite ones for this weekend were the following :

i also watched 

 Thor is my favourite hero

I meditated on Saturday evening and that was a real comfort. My mind got empty and my heart got stronger.. I promised myself to medidate and practesi yoga more often but it's a promise i can't keep but i should have. For my shake.. The University didn't open eventually. People working here are giving their fight to keep their jobs and i really respect that . I'm on their side.. even if that delays my studies..

Other information from the internet.. cosy outfit for a dinner , my happiness is not your problem, soul freedom, timing affects your workouts, kitchen ingedients for beauty recipes

got to go... i send you a great hug... xoxo

flu thoughts

good morning pumpkins... i'm under blankets... the flu got worse.. but i feel good because so many friends sent me their wishes  to get better throug facebook... love you guys...i slept many many hours, more than 10, i needed it.. then i made coffee and started reading middlemarch of Elliot. Great story, big book but i cannot wait to keep on reading...

other information: best hair, sweet potato with broccoli, your cornerstone of awesome,experiment..

what are you up to today? i'm staying in, no teaching, or training, need to get back strength.. i think i pushed myself too hard. so here comes DVDs und books...love you..xoxo

Smiling brings magic

Leaving is not enough. You must stay gone. Train your heart like a dog. Change the locks even on the house he’s never visited. You lucky, lucky girl. You have an apartment just your size. A bathtub full of tea. A heart the size of Arizona, but not nearly so arid. Don’t wish away your cracked past, your crooked toes, your problems are papier mache puppets you made or bought because the vendor at the market was so compelling you just had to have them. You had to have him. And you did. And now you pull down the bridge between your houses, you make him call before he visits, you take a lover for granted, you take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic. Make the first bottle you consume in this place a relic. Place it on whatever altar you fashion with a knife and five cranberries. Don’t lose too much weight. Stupid girls are always trying to disappear as revenge. And you are not stupid. You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars, and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart like a canvas. Heart leaking something so strong they can smell it in the street.

Frida Kahlo

from: Clog princess

good morning lovabies... i'm at work and i decided to leave you a message before i start working.. here is what brings morning internet surfing... about self love, don't try to have the perfect body, life lessons from my father. i had a peaceful day yesterday. today i follow my routine, work, training, home... i may visit a friend of mine, who recently lost her father. i'm in a good mood though. i smile to me. From my heart.. so think of yourself and smile. smile to others.. Magic is hidden on smiling.. this can transform your life. xoxo

friday ramblings and intellectuality

hello and good morning....have a nice coming weekend. i'm going swimming this weekend. It's the first time in my 39 years, that i'm swimming so early in the summer.  i always waited till late July. But it's soo hot these days.. I'm going to have lunch with friends, family and friends will stay over, we'll go out for drinks and watch movies.. I cannot wait..Tonight i'm working till late but i'm so excited about weekend that i don't care. 

My internet surfing this morning... chemistry between people, foods to boost your memory, eliminate blame in your relationship, Sartre und Beauvoir interview (1967), Amsterdam of the 16th century in 3D.

 HAVE AN AMAZING TIME PUMPKINS!! xoxo

amazing poem

Friday ramblings

i went to the movies two days ago and watched the film above.. i had a great time with girlfriends, talking, drinking beers at an open cinema, it looks like a garden in fact, like open cinemas at parks in Germany. i love open summer cinemas.......... This movie is about power, money, crisis of ethics.. it made me thinking " where are we heading? i'm afraid to answer...  i have a lecture to attend in one hour.. i'll spend weekend with family and friends. Last night i went out with Helen and we met our couch and pilates teacher Greg unexpectantly. i was soo happy seeing and talking to him. He sat in our company for almost an hour.. talking about news and other things.. Serendipity!! The unexpected... the universe do happy tricks from time to time.. and give us happiness..  

other useful links : faith in humanity , creating space, free printable boxes from Amanda, how to deal with tough challenges, teacher training and yoga.

Got to go now... HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND PUMPKINS!! 

passionate optimism

hi lovelies.. i'm at work enjoying the quiteness of the moment. we haven't gathered at the office. It's so calm here in the morning before the others arrive. I was searching for inspirational posts on creativity in the internet.  I need a feedback.. Something to push me ahead..  Then i discovered  Julie Burstein. i heard her all ears on TED. you can find the video below. Passionate Optimism is the words i keep in mind. Not only at work but also in life.. Passion + Opitimism. That is what we all need for a better life. Find what makes us passionate and live with it, for it, through it. Be optimistic that life can become better. 

5 ways to be more creative, on creativity_ amazing Julie Burstein, Gilbert on creativity, 

The day before yesterday i watched "The unbearable lightness of being". I loved it. It's not as light as you may imagine from the title..  enjoy the trailer..

got to go now.. work is waiting... be back soon. love you...

man can't stand a meaningless life: Carl Jung

advice, advice

simplify your life  , quotes to change the way you live,

good morning lovelies.. i feel weird today. i feel like i'm stuck, like i cannot move. I decided for once in my life to wait. to live the present and see what happens. to give in and not act. To be once in my life against my character, which is active and impatient. But i try really really hard because that is too hard for me. I never wanted let anyone else decide about me. I wanted to have the whole control of the situations.. you know what the funny thing is? you can never have the total control of a situation.. you think you have money and you're robbed. you think you love someone and you fall in love with someone else. you think you're loved and you got abandoned or betrayed.. i keep following words in mind..

“To action alone you have a right, never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive.” (Bhagavad-Gita)

i don't say we should stay passive, naaahhh.. just wait, enjoy today.. enjoy each situation... live.. the joy and the pain. you'll get wiser, complete..

favourite songs:

i know i'm sad, but i'll get over it.. it's just moments...

other advices...
how to make anyone what you want, make your skin glow
love you, no matter what.... xoxo

happy weekend

 hi lovabies...

I haven't taken an umbrella with me this morning and i got wet as i was returning from university to work. Since yesterday magical things happen that leave me stunning... what i have wished is coming.. i really cannot believe in my eyes that this is happening.. ok i'm talking about small stuff, like phone calls of care,  love text messages , random meetings and smiles, i don't talk about money and fame. But who needs them when he/she has love? The most important things in life aren't things.. (a greek tv commercial which is wise and true).

This weekend i'm attending a conference on teaching German, i'm planning going to the theatre and meet friends. I need to study too.. i'm left behind with the material of the university. 

I want to introduce you a new blogger friend of mine, here you can read her posts. I like her enthusiasm and her passion.. she is definetely going to be a writer. Her temperament reminds me of Lily Zografou (sorry i can't find an english source for her). 

I wish you a HAPPY HAPPY WEEKEND AND I'M SENDING YOU LOTS OF KISSES.. 

xoxo

picture from: National Geographic

"If you can keep in mind while you are doing things for other people that your help is simply an extension of the universal spirit that connects all of us, you might also find what you do so much more meaningful.

Doing something that is of use to our community is a wonderful way to share our blessings with other people. Even when we don’t have much extra to give to other people, if our intention to really make another person’s life comfortable is pure, the encouragement and care that we are able to give is infinite, and caring for others really has more significance when it is something that is done through the auspices of our spiritual selves. Contributing in some way to the life of another person today will deepen the desire you have to make the world a better place by strengthening your personal connection with your spirit."  (OM)

good morning pumpkins.. That's what i've just read and loved it. The weather is getting better and sweeter, spring is here thank God.. smile and shine!! 

My doctor's tests showed small problems with my thyroid, i'm starting medication and i have to do an extra test for my breast but i'm not preoccupied. I'm thinking "thank God, you can fight this. Others fight worst cases.."' The truth is that i have fighted hard for a good health since i was a kid, so only big things scare me and i've dealed with lot of pain and ungly situations. BUT i don't and won't give up. As long as i breathe. 

Here is something to chear us up: Mondo 77, every time i hear this music i get up and dance... energy run through my body.. hear it loud and jump... 

other interesting posts : change , green yummy juices to detox. 

Last thing before i go :

confront the dark sides of yourself and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength  (August Wilson)

be back soon..promise.. love yah... 

hi pumpkins. have a great coming weekend.. i'll be quick because i have much to do at work and studying.. below you'll find some advice and other interesting posts from blogger friends to make your life easier and shiny..
be present , love story, foods to make your skin shine, discover your dream career, you are significant, remember it, yummi recipes..

so come out  and shine.. show people how great you are.. love you... hugs and kisses..