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Making salad "à la russe"
Happy new year! I have no idea since when you guys read my ramblings here. But with a quick search in my past entries, you'll see that at the end of each year, for the past 2 or 3 years, i tried to post some "End of the year thoughts". See here, here....
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Blog-March: 7 Challenges
Hello all! So, in my previous post, I told you about the challenge with the subjects to write about in March. This time, I have to update you on 7 challenges. However, some of them have no signification for me, so the entries would have been too short....
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Forgotten knowledge from my granny - by A
This entry is written by A. She shares valuable life lessons and common sense tips she learned from her (now deceased) grandmother. I think these tips are a must know for everyone these days, no matter where you live or who you are. This entry is a bit...
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Self love: you probably can do it too
Hello, everyone! It’s half-hour to midnight as i start typing this. I wrote several entries before, related more or less to this topic here and here. Self-love is difficult. I should know because for the longest time i felt ‘i wasn’t enough.’ Enough what,...
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strange dream and strange sky
Last night [june 28th] I had another strange dream. Like a visit to a different reality. Again. Before I start describing my dream, I want to point out I couldn't breathe in real life - the cold air made my nose stuffed. My partner was also listening...
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a visit to the national art museum
As you know, this is not my first time visiting a museum. However this time I kinda want to start a new type of posts on the blog: free things to do in Bucharest. These entries will not be regular, but I will make a page to collect these entries, so that...
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How many Hanzi do I know?
I believe in this post I mentioned something about posting an entry on how many Chinese characters -hanzi- I know. This post is it. I don't really have much to say about this, but there are a few clarifications I must make. This list below shows translations...
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I'm not too Eco-friendly but YOU can be!
(if you want to, of course) This post is not meant as a brag, nor as a judgment towards those who don't do what I'll talk about next. Being Eco-friendly is seen as a good thing these days. And why shouldn't it be? We actually take care of our planet by...
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Going out for some drinks when the restrictions lift
Hello all! It's been a while since i posted. Well, i do blog for fun, not really for money, and I'm a freelancer, so this makes sense. We all know what happened in 2020. the lockdown wasn't easy and hit Romania in mid-March. I don't think I need to explain...
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Recipe for Roasted Potatoes
Hello everyone! The Great Lent started in Romania - this is the lent before Pascha (or Easter). It lasts for 7 weeks and is the longest of them all, hence the name. OK, now it's close to the end, as I kept on delaying editing pictures and writing. The...
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Blogmas Day 10 - Christmas Menu
Hello all! So today I'm supposed to plan the menu for Christmas. Except I don't need to because every year we eat the same thing. See, here in Romania, there are a set-in-stone celebration dishes. Everyone makes the same food. Rarely there's any variation....
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General and vegan stew with potatoes
Today I decided to make a stew and also share the process as well. This stew is 100% vegan, as i made sure not to use anything that was made by animals, or with their meat. I'm hungry, so let's start the recipe already. Here are the ingredients : potatoes...
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How to make others like you
Some of you may already know I already wrote about this subject before. Let me refresh your memory. This entry was prompted by a thread on a gossip forum. The thread was talking about this pretty young girl with quite the ugly past. The ugliness comes...
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Confession time....
Today, I want to confess something. I'm not like you. Not in my head. [i hope] I'm not crazy, but... If I were to talk to a doctor, they might eventually give me a diagnose of Asperger's Syndrome. Children suffering from Asperger's Syndrome might me easier...
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Overblog Challenge day 2 - Planning
Hello. I complete today's OverBlog challenge almost at the end of the day. Better later than never, I like to say. The challenge is talking about planning the posts for the blog. I had a hard time writing about this until now because I don't plan anything....
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Kay's memories
On the same bus ride, Kay was also thinking of how he met Anna, the girl next to him. His memories took him further back in time, though. He was maybe 11 or 12 when his caretaker finally took him to this school. He was supposed to start attending it at...
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Quotes can make you look wiser
It is highly possible to have heard your parents or grandparents citing various things to you that became like a mantra. You probably never understood them and felt almost like an idiot - I know I did. However, most people like to recite very famous quotes,...
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How much do bloggers lie about their life?
It's been a long time - my offline life changed for a while, now it seems to be back to 'normal.' I just want to share a few thoughts and insights regarding the life of a blogger [or a vlogger]. I'm not going to lie here: I read several blogs and follow...
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Blogmas Day 4 - Christmas Songs
HeY eVeRyBoDy! Today's challenge is to make a playlist of songs for Christmas. Unfortunately, I don't like this type of songs. I don't like them because every year, no matter where you go, especially in stores, you hear the same songs played over and...
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Many people struggle - part 2
Hello. This is a continuation of this post here. I didn't want that entry to be too long, so here we are. I also wanted to talk about this relative of Anna's. She was the cousin of Anna's mother, on her mother's side. This poor woman is no longer with...
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Shopping only for fitting clothes
Hello everyone~~ Shopping is an activity many women simply LOVE. Everyone knows that! And it takes them a lot of time to buy a cute new outfit, or a perfect shirt, whatever other clothing item they want. Men, however, don't spend as much time shopping...
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Browsing Burda May 1996
Hello all! This is a pretty short entry as I want to present to you all, the Burda magazine for May 1996! I made a video browse-through of still pics with transitions and some notes, and even though it doesn't sound as interesting as it should, it did...
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Visiting the National Museum of Art -European art-
Hello! If you remember from a past entry, I visited the National Museum of Art of Romania for free. And I promised I'd do a second entry when I visit the other section. The museum is split in 2 sections: Romanian art an European art, and you need to pay...
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Missing entries on my blog
I have to come clean guys. Recently I watched a video in which the author [sorry, can't remember who it was] was talking about people that get paid to write or film FAKE reviews for items, services, and so on. This video hit home, quite hard, because...
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[blog entry.1] Cooking Pomme Anna
So today I wanted to cook Potatoes Anna, or as French called it, Pomme Anna. The recipe is here , and as you can see, not on my blog. BUT, it will be, once I adjust it. And we reached the point where I explain why I felt the need to write a blog entry...