happy week

hello, hello, have a great week. the weather is clumpsy and so gets my mood. I came to work ready to do a billion things but after three hours i feel exhausted. i did some work but no i'm thinking of getting to the gym and only the idea makes me collapse. i realise i'm getting older. Now i cannot stand the idea of running 3 km or spending two hours in the gym. I said i'll start over today. It's been four months since the last time i did a lifting weights programme at the gym. I love weights but i hate the gym i'm going. The idea of searching for a new one makes me bored. I have to though. I don't want to abandon this activity. I loved running. Since i injured my leg i stopped running. That brought some extra weight and i abandoned the idea of starting again. The leg was an excuse. The leg, the abstance, other obligations... It's time to think it over. i need my good physical condition back. I'm doing it for me. i don't like the extra pounds and i hate giving up. On the weekend i visited friends, did a little house cleaning watched "Perfum", excellent movie. 

i let you know how it went with the gym.. till then remember to give your best self to people. 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. 

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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

things on my mind on Friday morning

hi pumpkins... how are you ?? i'm fine.. with a spring allergy but i can make it.. i'm still writing my first essay and i have 3 to go.. i should finish it some time soon. I have a deadline till 14th April.. i did a pause to write to you.. days come and go and i think about German, in German.. i'm completely absorbed by my essays.. But i miss body training.. I don't thonk that the situation will change soon.. Not since 14th of April.. Things i did last week..i went to the cinema and watched:

great Judie.. as always..

i enjoyed sushi with my friend Sophie, this girl is a treasure, went to the theatre, practised yoga and had teaching hours.. my kids move on and that gives me courage.. 

on Sunday night i drank beers with friends at my favourite place.. 

other information from the internet... spring clean your life, 21 signs that yoga practices work, rice krispie muddy buddies, yummy waffles, spring buys, natural face cleaners..

that is all for now.. have to go. i wish you have an amaziing weekend.. xoxo

hi pumpkins.. thank God the sun returned in the Greek sky.. Yesterday i had the day off. I passed all morning preparing my essay on the German Theatre.. The influence of  Aristoteles and Brecht in Duerrenmatts' work. I suggest you read Brecht and Duerrenatt. Duerrenmatt is fascinating.. Later on i watched "Frozen" Simply amazing... The night ended with a yoga class. 

Today i have classes at the university, work, a teaching class and pilates.. Full day!! But i don't complain.. i miss going shopping and hunging around doing nothing.. I'll go to the theatre tomorrow night.. i'll let you know.. tomorrow.. have an amazing day..xoxo

New Year ramblings..

Hi pumpkins... Long time no hearing from me... New Year found me thinking about my life.. new friendships are created, some old ones vanished suddenly. That hurt me, because i didn't have time to realise what happened. There came one day, when we stopped calling each other.. i tried.. she didn't. In my fourties i came to realise that i can't try alone.. i need a partner to fight to keep a friendship alive. I decided i'll try only for what it's worth.. this year i'll change my life philosophy..

i have new teaching lessons and that makes me smile.. i like people trusting me to teach them.. i hate my morning job and i wish that changed as soon as possible.. In my christmas vacations i mostly relaxed.. Slept a lot. Not much TV or movies,  went out with friends. I came to see "Hunger games part II". i enjoyed it, but i liked the first one more. 

Tomorrow i'm going to the theatre to watch Gengangere of  Henrik Ibsen .  I adore his theatrical plays. I have started studying for my exams. The university has opened finally..

First exam on 1/19....damned..

My general mood is balancing between good mood and melancholy. i'm mostly melancholic.. The bad thing is that i forget how many people love me and count on me... 

Nothing is for granted.. i keep on forgetting that, i shouldn't..

Got to get back to work.. have the best time coming...xoxo

good morning pumpkins..

I had so much going on these days, i cannot catch up everything and i'm running.. There is also a flu that tortures me. The truth is, i didn't have the mood to blog. There are a lot that exhausted me lately and blogging was one of that.. 

My news coming: i got a new teaching lesson, my yoga teacher wants to learn German. So i'm teaching her and she'll teach me some new yoga techniques. i'm crazy out of joy about that. I went to the movies with my sister.. i watched Pantelis Voulgaris and Ioanna Karystianis "Mikra Agglia (Small England)". Amazing but melancholic, like all movies of Voulgaris. The trailer is below: 

Other information: I enjoyed : Carre Ottis on Tedtalk about self love, Gala Darling: it's not ok if you don't love yourself, setting boundaries..

that's for today... i wish you an amazing weekend... a big hug.xoxo

good morning pumpkins... how are you today??? happy week. i woke up suddenly, i had a nightmare.. that i was followed by strangers. it was night and i woke up screaming... things got worse at work. we won't be paid this month. God knows when we will. University is closed.. what else is it coming? i feel i'm stuck.. 

other information from the internet.. guide to New York City, how to survive a formal dinner..

i had a peaceful weekend. i watched "The great Oz" of Disney (watch trailer below). i had some teaching hours. Last night i baked pizza, we had a small family gathering. it was nice.. Melancholic actually, seeing my parents getting older.. i sense i'm getting to a life phase that everything will change.. will see..

amazing movie...

got to go now.. i really really love you and send positive energy to all of you that stand by me and read my posts... xoxo

good morning lovabies.. have a great week. i had an exhausting weekend but i had a good time. On Friday i did an in depth house cleaning, even closets were upside down.. balkony and windows... on Saturday morning  i went to the coiffure shop, i turned my hair red and cut them a lot.. on Saturday night i had a birthday gathering with a few close friends and family. i had cooked dinner, baked a cake.. we had a good time. i was so stressed with preparations i forgot to take pictures at the party. The following one is taken some days ago, i spent some time with my family and we also cut a bithday cake.. 

 entering the fourth decade of a full happy (in general) life 

blowing the candles

my new music addiction..

amazing movie i warched recently.. i suggest you watch it.. breath taking..

other information coming from blogger friends: what real friends do for you, secret passage bookselves, anxiety: fight it or ride it, why we write, things that won't complete you, how to be genuinely happy..

i think a lot lately.. perhaps i was wrong about many situations and people in my life. i misjudged people who derserved a better behaviour from me and i'm really sorry for that. I give credit to people that they didn't deserve it... i decide to go with the flow.. stop judging, expecting  and making lists... i don't know of that is maturity or depression.. will see... love you. take care.xoxo..

Tuesday ramblings..

Good morning pumpkins....

The flu is over, thank God and i'm back to my daily routine. i got a manicure, had some teaching hours, visited friends. Today is a reiki day. I'm ready to open my heart and mind to new visions.. it was an enlighting weekend after all. You believe, you know someone, but you don't. You think you know what's going on but in fact you don't have the tiniest idea... There comes a day when everything changes. And you have to think over, perhaps change attitude.. and that needs courage.. That's what i realised the past days... 

I also watched "Milk".. amazing movie on rasism..great to watch..

other information: tips to revitalise, when life gets hard, mind wandering and creativity, avocado pasta, dating tips from a feminist man , mashed potato cheddar..

got to go pumpkins.. take care of yourselves..love you..

My best friend's wedding

good morning pumpkins..

have a nice day.. i caught a flu and my eyes cannot stop crying... i should have stayed in bed. but i  came to work. i had a peaceful weekend, when my best friend Nick was married.. it was a lovely wedding.. he seemed happy.. two of his girlfriends were his bestmen... i was caught by surprise, i thought his best male friends would have . The girls had rather asked him and he accepted.. we had a great time at the wedding party.. 

...reaching the church with a motorbike

the happy couple

i watched "Night train to Lisbon" with Jeremy Irons at the movies. Amazing movie.. got to watch it. 

I also spent time with friends at "Komix", my favourite bar. what a weekend..

I have to go now... the flu is getting worse and i'm also at the office.. remeber i think of you, sending positive energy...xoxo

that's it, i've had it!!!

Good morning lovabies..autumn is here to stay.. cold and rain.. since last night i'm sleeping with my bedroom window closed. i had a marvellous time last evening. I went to lunch with my friend Annie, then we went shop walking.. walking around checking out new arrivals of clothes, scarfs, shoes... at the stores.. i bought a new scarf and a cheap necklace... then we went to a tea shop, kind of retro, to drink tea and eat cookies.. and ended up at the cinemas.. we watched "Frances Ha"..
i loved it..

now back to reality...  i heard today that the government will vote the abolition of the educational permission during work. Meaning, that a student will not be allowed to take permission to study while working period.. Unfortunately universities cannot offer evening classes. That means since the abolition that you either decide to work or study.. you cannot have it both.. or you take your summer days off to give exams.. I've just realised that i'm living in a jungle... and i'm furious... i can stand salary cuts and taxes, i've accepted that i'm obligated to work two jobs, if i want to live above poverty and cover my obligations... but losing the right to study??? that is tooo much!!! To be honest with you we (in Greece) are at the edge of losing the right of free speaking.. studying seems too high for a privilege at the end.. i don't know.. there are times i feel despair living here as the situation turns out...

But i feel grateful because i still have work, i can still dream a better life, i can still go a movie and buy a book, or something to wear.. when the level of poverty around me raises dangerously.. God, give us strength... i don't know... 

other information: extreme self care, when proactising yoga doesn't help..

i'm leaving you now.. duty calls... have an amazing day..xoxo

Guten Morgen.. pumpkins.. what have you been up to? i still study long hours and practise yoga and pilates. Practising yoga almost every day made me a whole different person. i sense the change. A weekend full of German literature and teaching is coming, conferences, exhibitions.. My friend Amelie is leaving for Trier, Germany for studies.. I'm so proud of her, a bit jealous, i admit and melancholic because i'll miss her. So we're also having a going away party. I'll post many photos and memories.. 

studying with Arte

Amelie studying

i watched " the iceman" lately.  It was a very good movie. The trailer is below. 

Other information from the internet: feng shui tips for healthy financial flow, how you get really strong.

 the day includes : the office, lunch with friends, pilates and studying of course. Oh my..duty calls.. got to go... love you...

On Tuesday

good morning lovelies.. i'm at the office trying to keep my eyes open. i had a very bad sleep yesterday. I was staying at a friend's house last night, she was having a nightmare and her screaming woke me up suddenly in the night. i couldn't sleep the rest of the night. I was hearing weird noices and when the morning light came through the window i got up. i drank a coffee but i believe i need another cup. we went to the cinema last night and watched Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins. Very good movie.. I think this movie and her personal problems were the cause of the nightmare. It was also a night of high temperature. i need to get back home early today in order to get some sleep. i have to study, arrange an appointment for a new teaching and start searching for a new gym. 

 

Today 's advice: how to be a good travelling partner, Style advice from Cher, find your through line, how to give yourself a facial, chocolate pudding.

got to go now, duty calls. i have no news at work and as older say: "no news, good news".. i'm on steam to see what's coming. Am I in or out after 13 years in this job..i'm waiting and praying for the best, the most suitable for me to happen. i need a change though..love you pumpkins.. cross your fingers for me. you have my warmest hug. xoxo

oh tuesday

Good morning pumpkins... have a happy week (o know it's Tuesday but better late than never). I had a happy weekend, i spent time with friends and family.. i stayed up late drinking wine and talking about love problems with girlfriends(routine huh??) at Komix my favourite bar, i did some reading for the coming exams and cleaned the house.. i watched Piano lessons on DVD, i love this movie.. it's been 20 years since the first time i watched it on the cinema and it moved me more than the first time.. what a lyric.

i also went to the cinema, i love open air cinemas with beer and chips.. I watched "Mud". Matthew McConaughey really plays the best part of his life so far.. I suggest you to watch it. 

other advice on the internet: don't believe everything you think especially when you're afraid , how to store your superfoods for maximum freshness savings, dancing with life, you live in choice..

lovabies have a great day... got to go now... xoxo

Happy Monday

hi pumpkins... i haven't been in the mood to post anything lately. i'm going through some great changes in my life. First i lost the gym i was training and teaching.. then it's possible that i'll lose my morning job. Economic crisis hits strong.. i'm waiting for the next call. i study for the university and pray that things will get better. i went swimming on the weekend, clean the house and watched dvds. Amazing movies... Got to watch!!

got to go now.. HAVE A GREAT WEEK.. love you...

Gatsby and other things

The great Gatsby is the next movie i want to watch at the movies.. Perhaps this wekend. I love Di Caprio. Good morning pumpkins.. I'm ready to leave for Skyros, all packed and enthusiastic. Only 3 hours at the office left and then Skyros here i am. I'll write back on Saturday and i'll post photos. Have a great time..

love youaaaaaaaaaaa 

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...

hope, despair and other thoughts...

good morning lovelies... HAPPYYYYYY WEEK.

 I had a peaceful weekend. i had extra lessons at the University, cleaned the house, went out, met friends... Late in the evening yesterday i was thinking of despair. where can  despair lead you? And another thing how wrong can we be? you think you know someone. he/she says i'm ok and you believe him/her. Until something happens, a nervous break down, a suicide attempt and you realise that you didn't have a hint of what's really going on. And you're shocked.. like a thunder hit you. And you don't know how to help. You say i'll stand by and you do. But how far can this help?  in situations of despair the only solution is belief. Belief in yourself. Motivation to live and fight the ghosts of your mind... and i'm not sure that everyone can get through that.. i pray that all these people will find the light in their head, which will free them of these ghosts. Ghosts that surround mind,  drawn hope and lead to madness . Hope is another magic word.. We need to stick to hope.. but it's soo difficult sometimes. I gave a promise to myself yesterday... that i'll close to people you need me.. i'll share my strength and hope.. may this be paradise..

other things... 

i watched "beautiful creatures" below is the trailer, i loved it..

have the best time ever... remember i'm thinking of you... love you..xoxo

Wednesday ramblings..

hi pumpkins... i have really missed you.. i was away for some days.. to be near nature, to fill up batteries, to rest. I'm back since the day before yesterday but i needed two days to clean up the house to store carpets and winter clothes.. Temperature here rises to 28 degrees.. very hot for May.. i never remember such a high temperature for spring time in the past. Heaven have mercy!! 

i can tell that this Easter a light was born inside of me. i feel closer to God. i pray more. i intend to keep this light burning.. i read literature but no studying for university, i need to start immediately. Reiki session yesterday filled me with energy. Then i went out with Vasiliki and Anna, two good friends of mine.. we talked, talked... 

Today i'm starting gym again and i'm excited, my students are waiting. It was closed for Easter. Before gym i'm planning lunch with my male friend Thym. Male friends give always other perspectives, they balance my thinking.. Some times is scary to realise how differently males and females think of situations. 

I was very melancholic lately, but now i'm ok.. Ups and downs...

You got to watch Cloud atlas. i loved it..

others : 10 tricks to start a great day, how to manifest miracles , releasing the need for approval
i leave you to continue your day with this song..

be back soon. promise..