special post December 21, 2006
Posted by armina in Uncategorized.Tags: special post
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hey…
i am writing this post especially to recomand you a movie.
it iy called “The Secret” and is a documentary about how people atract certain things in their lives, and what is the secret of this law of atraction…what can you do to atract what you really want in your life.
i saw this movie when i was in Romania, my friend Georgi recomanded it to me and afterwards i recomanded it to many others and saw it several times again…it took me until now to recomend you this movie because i wanted to see other people’s reactions also…and…all the reactions were very positive…
so check out www.thesecret.tv and enjoy a movie that could make a big difference in your life:)
cheers,
discovering Frankfurt December 19, 2006
Posted by armina in Uncategorized.Tags: feelings, Frankfurt
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hey,
in the last 2 weeks i had time to wake up and adapt everything here.
i understoond that i work in a great and special team, because not all the other trainees are as lucky as me (it seems). i like my job and i like Frankfurt.
i aet chineese food and visited their Christmas Market, i was at a company Christmas party in a traditional, tipical Frankfurt restaurant, i learnt some more about the German people, i discovered some nice parks in the town, i sang in a Karaoke Irish pub, i aet Belgian waffers and Australian icecream, i had a birthday party, i redecorated my room, i eat traditional German-Hessen sweets, i saw a movie in English, in a cinema that playes only movies in their original language, and tomorrow we will have a traditional Christmas party with “the family” …in our case the landlords, which is something i am not so enthusiastic about, but is ok.
i went to a Afterwork party in a very nice club. i like the concept alot – you just go in your work clothes to this club and pay 6 euros for entrance and eat as much as you want from the buffe, and then they clean all te tables and make a dancing ring out of that space. you pay 4 more euros for the drink and dance since you think you should go home, because tomorrow you go to work again:) is a concept that is very loved by the single (quiet old …28-35) career oriented people that are still hoping to find someone. so they go in their business suits to this afterwork dinner and dancing to meet people. the dancing ring is quiet small so i guess this is the only place where Germans could touch eachother without having the barriers specific to their culture. becuase it is crouded you can not complain about people touching you…and also you have an excuse that only here is credible. even so, do not expect to see people kissing…i have never seen since i am here, a couple kissing on the street or even at a party…i do not know if they are really that cold or they just enjoy being in love ONLY at home…
i eat many types of traditional food, because i am having lunch at the company canteen. i think their traditional food is no so healthy, they eat a lot of meat. i am among the few that eat salads:) natural fruit juices are very popular here and people are against eating “artificial” products. most of the people even if they sometimes can not afford it, try to buy “BIO” alimentary products. but anyway, they eat alot at lunch at the company canteen, because is cooked food and also cheaper, and breakfast and dinner are not so common in here…
PS: i really miss Romania and the Mall in Bucharest..i never thought i would say this, but it is true…
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Hugs,
news from Frankfurt December 4, 2006
Posted by armina in Uncategorized.Tags: Frankfurt, news
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hey,
well…the first week has just passed.
i am living in a house with grass in the garden, and 4 more other people from different countries, in the suburbs. the house is nice, my room is also nice, and the people (a russian, a slovakian, an indian and another romanian) are nice also.
i am working in a modern building, where the T-brand is everywhere and where people love their jobs and are very respectful and polite. Germans are really nice, and they are not cold as it is said, they just respect privacy. this building is in the center of the town, surrounded by skyscarpers. the department in which i work is doing development programs for the managers of the company and i am sure i will learn alot of things from them:)
AIESEC here is very different. they have different problems then in Romania, and even the culture seems different. i was at a trainee meeting last week – in Frankfurt are 10-15 trainees…but is hard to meet eachother, since here everybody works until 18.00-18.30 and then you have to take the train to the suburbs and it take some time.
because i live in that nice house, i have to wake up at 6.30 to be there at 8.30. it is not so far though, because German railway system works really well in here.
here they have a very profound Christmas culture, there is a Christmas market in the center for almost a month, and the spirit of the Chirstmas is everywhere. they give much more importance to this hollyday then any Romanian:). the tradition here is to drink Glühwine (boiled wine with cinnemon, no sugar though), and eat traditional sausages (they have like 20 types of sausages…). also applewine is specific to Rhein-Main region (which includes Frankfurt) but i didnt taste it yet.
on the streets, more then half of the people were elegant cloths, because most of the multinationals have their international head quarters here…so there are many nice guys in suits around and many many women in skirts:)…and even if they are elegantly dressed, they take the U-bahn (underground) dayly. in the U-bahn 70% of the people are wearing head-phones and are listening to music.
the weather is similar to Romanias weather…
food prices are tipical EU prices:) nothing special…but i did try something new, is called Butter-Milch, and is milk with butter and fruits flavors…yum yum:)
well…for the moment this is it:)
i had no expectations and i was surprised in a very positive way:)
hugs,
