sobota 27. prosince 2008

Around The Corner by Charles Hanson Towne

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friend's face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,

He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."

But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir,". "Jim died today."

And that's what we get, and deserve in the end:
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

úterý 30. září 2008

Beer

Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, it is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.

Babe Ruth

úterý 16. září 2008

Thoughts ...

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.

2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be.

3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.

4. Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.

5. Success stops when you do.

6. When your ship comes in. ... make sure you are willing to unload it.

7. You will never "have it all together."

8. Life is a journey...not a destination. Enjoy the trip!

9. The biggest lie on the planet: "When I get what I want I will be happy."

10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.

11. I've learned that ultimately, 'takers' lose and 'givers' win.

12. Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared.

13. If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.

14. We often fear the thing we want the most.

15. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you have to say. Best friends listen to what you don't say!

16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.

17. Look for opportunities...not guarantees.

18. Life is what's coming ... not what was.

19. Success is getting up one more time.

20. Now is the most interesting time of all.

21. When things go wrong.....don't go with them.

22. Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.

23. A person who asks a question might be a fool for five minutes, but a person who doesn't ask, is a fool forever.

24. A best friend is like a four leaf clover ... hard to find, and lucky to have.

25. A friend is someone who reaches for your hand but touches your heart.

26. I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.

27. Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back!!!

pondělí 8. září 2008

For someone special

pátek 5. září 2008

Flying high




You can't know, oh no
you can't know
how much I think about you, no
It's making my head spin
Looking at you
and you are looking at me
and we both know what we want
hmmm, so close to giving in

Feel so nice
oh yeah you feel so nice
wish I could spend the night
but I can't pay the price
oh no, no

But I'm flying so high
high off the ground
when you're around
And I can feel your high
rocking me inside
it's too much to hide

I know, oh yes
I know that we can't
be together
but, I just like to dream
It's so strange
the way our paths have crossed
how we were brought together
hmmm, it's written in the stars it seems
Feel so nice
oh yeah you feel so nice
I'd love to spend the night
but I can't pay the price
oh no, no

And I'm flying so high
high off the ground
when you're around
And I can feel your high
touching me inside
and it's too much to hide

Back to earth
where did you take me to
I know there's no such thing
As painless love
well it'll catch us up
and we can never win
But ohhh
I feel so alive
ohhh
Just wanna hold you
hold you so tight

And I'm flying so high
high off the ground
when you're around
And I can feel your high
touching me inside
and it's too much to hide
And I'm flying so high
high off the ground
when you're around

pátek 8. srpna 2008

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neděle 22. června 2008

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pondělí 16. června 2008

Czech Republic vs. Turkey

Musim uznat, ze to byla uplne nova, prekvapujici zkusenot. Sledovat tenhle fotbalovy zapas spolecne s rumunskymi prateli a jednim traineem z Turecka. Jsem od prirody spis pesimista, takze jsem moc neverila, ze vyhrajeme. Potom dal Koller gol a ja byla stastna. Stastna a smutna zaroven, protoze Oytun, muj turecky kamarad byl smutny. Kdyz to bylo 2:0 pro Cesko, tak uz jsme zacali pomalu planovat, s kym bude hrat Ceska republika ve ctvrtfinale. A potom to teprve zacalo ...

Mozna jsem trochu precitlivela, ale nikdy jsem nebrecela kvuli zadnemu sportu. Natoz kvuli fotbalu. Vsechno ale musi byt jednou poprve (a doufam i naposled). Divat se, jak prohravame, se najednou stalo vic osobni. Videt, jak mistni VP Exchange fandi Turecku a ani se nesnazi chovat neutralne, to zabolelo. Pokecat online s kamarady z Cech primo po zapase bylo jako balzam na dusi. A obeti od pritele primo tady a ted ... co rict, bylo proste vic nez vitane.

Co k tomu jeste napsat? Obcas se clovek asi proste citi sam, i kdyz ma kolem sebe spoustu kamaradu a pratel. A mozna jsem si jenom potrebovala pobrecet :o)



úterý 10. června 2008

Nu stiu ...

Nu stiu ... Nevim ... Zatim jeste nevim proc, ale rozhodla jsem se po 3 mesich napsat dalsi prispevek. A nevim, o cem to bude :0)

Za tyden a kousek budu doma. Doma v Cechach. Strasne se na ty dva tydny tesim a zaroven se bojim. Bojim se, ze si to nestihnu uzit, ze nebudu mit dost casu, ze nebudu schopna si vse ulozit do pameti. A trochu se bojim vsech zmen, ktere se za poslednich 6 mesicu udaly. A tesim se na vsechno a na vsechny. Tesim se na cesky chleba, na dobre vychlazene, tocene pivo, na cestu vlakem z Prahy domu, na nas zluty domecek, na rodinku a kamarady ... A presto vim, ze uz behem tech 2 tydnu mi bude Rumunsko chybet.

Presne to Rumunsko, ve kterem jsem si dnes chtela koupit listek na cestu domu. Prisla jsem v 8 rano, ale mezinarodni pokladna je otevrena jenom od 9 do 16. Snazila jsem se pani na informacich svoji velmi spatnou rumunstinou vysvetlit, ze to je pro me trosku problem, protoze pracuju kazdy den od 9 do 17, navic 30 Km od Kluze. A ze by mi opravdu pomohlo, kdyby mi aspon rekla, kolik ten listek stoji. Nebudu to prodluzovat, cenu mi samozrejme neprozradila, ale poradila mi, abych si kolem devate do te pokladny zavolala. Jake bylo me prekvapeni, kdyz se mi o hodinu pozdeji v telefonu ozvala ta sama pani, stale neschopna rict jedine slovo anglicky.

To Rumunsko, ve kterem jsem dnes od sve nove kolegyne, se kterou pracuju teprve 1 tyden, dostala korale. Jen tak ...

Nedavno me poprosili, abych napsala neco o sve praxi v Kluzi pro jejich propagacni materialy. Tady je cast me rumunske zkusenosti:

My experience in AIESEC Cluj - 7 months of breathtaking opportunities - to make new friends, to learn new things, to get to know amazing romanian culture, to challenge myself, to be part of the best OC ever, to drink palinca, romanian beer and wine, to sleep only 6 hours in 5 days, to eat delicious traditional sarmale, to drink even more of romanian beer and not to sleep at all, to travel around beautiful country, to share my knowledge and experience, to be a facilitator at national conference, to find out that I have "brother" and "sister" in Cluj, to laugh a lot and cry a bit, to love, to be trainee in the best LC in Romania and to be happy.

Who am I?



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No muzu o sobe rict hodne veci, ale rozhodne si nepripadam jako Matka Tereza ;)

pondělí 18. února 2008

LCC 2008

LCC 2008 – aneb tridenni volebni maraton v AIESEC Cluj-Napoca. Zacatek v patek 11.ledna 2008 odpoledne, konec v noci z nedele na pondeli.

Prubeh voleb se od ceskeho trosku lisi. Predne se behem tri dnu zvoli nejen prezident, ale take EB. Letos byl jediny kandidat na prezidenta, na ostatni EB pozice [krome financi] byli 1 az 2 kandidati.

Kazdy kandidat nejdriv pustil svoji osobni prezentaci, potom mel 10 minut na proslov a dalsich 20 minut bylo na otazky a odpovedi. Cele to samozrejme probihalo v rumunstine, ani otazky se nesmeli pokladat v anglictine. A ptat se mohli jenom plnopravni clenove AIESEC Cluj – Napoca. Takze i hoste z MC meli smulu. V sobotu vecer se konecne zacalo hlasovat. Kazdy full member ma 4 hlasy, novackove jenom jeden. Prezident se voli primo, u ostatnich EB pozic clenove pouze vyjadruji podporu jednotlivym kandidatum. Kdo neziska duveru clenu, nedostane se do dalsiho kola. Kdyz mate asi 60 lidi s hlasovacim pravem, kazdy musi vyplnit 7 hlasovacich listku [na kazdou pozici zvlastni listek] a navic jsou 2 druhy hlasovacich listku [pro full membry a novacky zvlast], tak se doba hlasovani a pocitani hlasu snadno protahne na neuveritelne 4 hodiny. Tedy neuveritelne pro me z Plzne, v Praze maji mozna podobnou zkusenost.

Nekdy kolem pul druhe rano konecne polili noveho prezidenta a oznamili, ze vsichni aplikanti ziskali podporu. Nekdy v tuhle dobu by se u nas zacalo slavit. Ale tady jsme v Rumunsku, takze to neni tak jednoduche. Vsichni se rozlouci a jdou spat, protoze v nedeli jsou pohovory EB kandidatu s komisi. Komisi tvori soucasny a nove zvoleny prezident, prislusny soucasny EB member a 2 alumnici nebo lidi z firem. Tyhle pohovory uz nejsou verejne a vsichni jsme se zase sesli az v nedeli v jednu rano [takze vlastne v pondeli] na vyhlaseni noveho EB pro term 2008/2009.

Kandidatu bylo opravdu hodne


Dobra nalada jim neschazela


EB AIESEC Cluj-Napoca 2008 - 2009

Tajemstvi hotelu v Karpatech

Tak jsem se v novem roce konecne dokopala k blogu. Ne ze bych si davala predsevzeti, spis se stydim, kdyz vidim, jak Alca s Petrou rozjely blog v Dansku. Dnes pisu v praci, takze se predem omlouvam za chybejici hacky a carky [za gramatiku uz se ani omlouvat nebudu].

A cim jinym zacit, nez sil
vestrovskou oslavou? V pondeli rano jsme vyrazili autobusem z Kluze smer Sovata. Prvni prekvapko na me cekalo uz na autobusovem nadrazi v Kluzi, kdyz jsem si to prihopsala jenom s batuzkem na zadech a vsichni ostatni meli krosny nebo obri kufry. Priznavam, ze jsem trochu znejistela a s obavou v hlase se ptala ostatnich, jestli misto na 2 noci jedeme na cely tyden. Nastoupili jsme do [na rumunske pomery] temer luxusniho autobusu a cekali. A protoze uz jsem v Rumunsku nejaky ten patek, tak me vubec nezarazilo, ze jsme zatim nic neplatili. Asi tak ctvrt hodiny po planovanem odjezdu prisel konecne ridic, obesel vsechny cestujici a vybral penize. Jestli si ted rikate, ze mu to muselo asi chvilku trvat, tak hadate spravne. Nakonec jsme uz pri odjezdu z Kluze meli ¾ hodiny zpozdeni, ale koho by to zajimalo, za par hodin budeme konecne na horach! V Targu Muresi jsme museli prestoupit. Navazujici spoj samozrejme dopredu nenajdete na netu a na autobusovem nadrazi nejsou zadne jizdni rady, na co taky. Kdyz se vam zda, ze uz cekate moc dlouho, zkusite se zeptat na informacich. Rumunsky samozrejme, protoze ta velmi prijemna, stara dama, ktera tam sedi, se na vas anglicky maximalne podiva. My jsme ovsem zvolili jinou taktiku – bojovou hru. Rozdelili jsme se do dvojic a prohledavali rozlehle autobusove nadrazi. Kdo prvni objevil autobus smer Sovata, vyhral. Uz tady se ukazovalo, jak prozirave bylo moje rozhodnuti netahat na hory zadne kraviny, a to jeste nebyl konec cesty. Tentokrat uz nas autobus pusobil vic rumunsky a byla jsem docela rada, ze se v nem netopilo. Alespon jsme tu hodinu a pul mohli stravit v perovych, zimnich bundach, takze sezeni na drevenych sedackach bylo trochu pohodlnejsi.

Ve tri hodiny odpoledne jsme dorazili do Sovaty. Je to prijemne horske stredisko, kde je 80% obyvatel madarske narodnosti, takze vsechny napisy jsou rumunsky i madarsky. Vsechno se tu toci kolem soli, maji tady solne jezero ve tvaru medveda a take obrovsky solny dul. Autobus nas vyklopil v udolicku a nas hotel byl nekde nahore v kopcich. Tady uz mi rumunsti pratele opravdu zacali zavidet, protoze tahnout lodni kufr 2 km v prudkem stoupani po namrzlem chodniku nebylo moc zabavne. Tedy alespon pro ne. Kdyz jsme se vysplhali k hotelu a ja dostala zachvat smichu, zacali me podezrivat, ze jsem zacala s oslavami bez nich. Bylo docela slozite jim vysvetlit, proc mi jmeno naseho hotelu – Teleki – pripada tak vtipne.

Cele to organizoval AIESEC Targu Mures a my jsme z Kluze dorazili prvni. Ubytovali nas na pokoji cislo 35, ktery byl pro 6 lidi. Nas bylo zatim 5, takze pohoda. Pokojik byl docela prijemny. Koupelna a zachody byly sice spolecne pro cele patro, ale ve sprse se clovek mohl zamknout. Rozebrali jsme si postele a vybalili zasoby jidla, protoze prvni jidlo mela byt az vecere. Postupne prijizdeli dalsi AIESECari z Kluze. A 6 z nich poslali na pokoj cislo 35. Snazili se mi namluvit, ze AIESEC Targu Mures ma nejake zmatky v organizaci, ale podle me byl problem nekde uplne jinde. Jednoduse z Kluze prijelo vic lidi, nez kolik se jich prihlasilo. Vysledkem bylo 11 lidi v pokoji pro 6. Tady se ukazalo, jake vyhody cloveku prinasi trainee status – jako jedina jsem totiz mela postel sama pro sebe. Ale jak se rika, prvni vyhrani z kapsy vyhani ... Asi se jim moje postel zdala moc prazdna a tak se stala prirozenym odkladistem veci vsech ostatnich obyvatel naseho pokoje.

Oslavy probihaly celkem klasickym zpusobem, hoky se vsechny vyparadily, jenom ja jsem tam propagovala Plzen v nasem tricku. Jedina zvlastnost, kterou jsem postrehla, je, ze by clovek na sobe mel mit pri oslavach neco cerveneho – pry to prinasi stesti.

Cervene karkulky? S tou cervenou to neberou moc vazne.


Tricko s napisem Plzen se vsem libilo (i kdyz tady ten napis zrovna neni videt)


Snehu sice moc nebylo, ale stejne me v nem poradne vyvaleli


Nekteri to riskli na lyzich ...





Agenda po cele 3 dny vypadala asi takhle:

12:00 snidane

18:00 obed

24:00 vecere

V noci se pilo [pivo, vino, svarak, palinca, ...], hrali jsme spoustu drinking games a ...to je asi tak vsechno, co se da publikovat. Protoze co se stane v Sovate, musi zustat navzdy v Sovate.