Tuesday 29 June 2010
After the end what is next
Work here, is not like in WFP, more chaotic, hectic, dynamic, cannot say peaceful but can say more buerocratic than last year. I found it much more complicated and we are spending meaningless time on such tools, just to keep what we are doing, but I think we are missing the main point which we should care.
Tuesday 11 May 2010
coming to the end of the story...
And this is the end of the story. More or less one year is over and we will have the debrief session while briefing session is still like yesterday for me.
I am already so excited to see all other friends and to listen to their stories.
If I summarize this experience in a word it was a “lifetime” experience.
Tuesday 20 April 2010
last weekends, last activities
So this weekend I went to San Felice Circeo national park, in the 90 km south of Rome. I took riding lessons, rode in the national park, cycled to Sabaudia, San Felice Circeo and some other places which I don't know the names.
I stayed in Baia d'Argento, it is in the middle of Sabaudia and Circeo.
It was very easy to reach there. I took the Cotral bus from Laurentina station to Circeo and after 2 hours I was there, just for €5.5.
Apart from riding and cycling, plenty of activities you could do. There are tennis courts, flying schools, and windsurfing school, trekking, hiking possibilities in the park and you name it. But I got the impression that during summer it is getting so crowded, so April May is best time in my opinion.
The place, I went for horse riding is Sea Horse Riding Club . They are very good at that, and know what they are doing. The place is in the Circeo National Park and there are so many things to do.
The place I stayed is called Bahia di Buzios, they are neighbours with the riding club. You can hear the horses from your room. It is a family running house Marisa speaks very well English. She and her husband, they were both so kind and bicycle service was the best thing to have there. B&B is in a quite place, has a big garden, and the only thing you hear in the morning is singing birds.
Just go there and try it, to see how beautiful is the nature there.
Friday 12 March 2010
it is getting closer
There are so many questions that I ask myself. Still thinking but no matters what I decide at the end. At the end it is obvious that this year has added much to me.
There is still so much to do, I 've just had a new project so maybe instead of thinking answers to these questions, I should be back and work a bit more :))
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Spring in Italy
Maybe this weekend I go to parks and take some blooming tree picture. It is lovely being here.
Monday 15 February 2010
WFP is helping the ones in Haiti, and need your support...
You will see how many project is going on there. WFP is running very big operation in Haiti.
Unfortunately, when an earthquake hits a country first few weeks we see it in the reports, TV and media, and unfortunately after one months, you rarely see or hear it, and after two months you see nothing.
It has already passed a month by now, and there are many people facing, without food, without home, without anything. WFP was there just after the earthquake hit, and they are still there and will be for long time. There are hundreds of WFP employee have gone to Haiti to run the operations, and they are still going.
If you are wondering how you can help them to support the operations in Haiti, here are some examples.
- You can place your loved ones faces to the Wall. Here is the link to the Wall. Basically what you need to is, you donate and create and interactive card and share it with your loved ones,
- You can donate by clicking the link,
- You share the links, spread the word, make it possible...
To follow latest news in Haiti, this is the page http://www.wfp.org/crisis/haiti.
Thursday 7 January 2010
What I have learnt about Christmas...
- 8th of December, is celebrated as 'The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary', click to link to read more about it. But it mainly means "the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain ("immacula" in Latin) of original sin" And starting from 8th they put some little status in or in front of the churches, animating the that period of time. Starting from immaculation till Christ birth. These status called 'Presepe' in Italian, it means 'nativity scene'. They keep it until end of first week of January.
On this day, it was holiday in Rome, but not at WFP :(
- 24th of December as Christmas Eve. It is the day before Christmas. But then I learnt that in some cultures Christmas is celebrated not on 25th of December, but on 6th of January, and it is said that, this is they has different calender systems that time.
And another thing I forgot, they have biig cake (could be with raisins, or cocao or plain) and we have that cake with prosecco! :) It doesn't have to be on this date, but around Christmas they eat it. It's called Panettone. immm the one with raisins is delicious.
- 6th of January as Epiphany day. In some cultures they celebrate the Christmas on this date. It is a celebration for having the Christ in person. In Italian they call it Befana and it was holiday here(not in WFP).
Apart from it's holy meaning, on these days, the witch La Befana flies with her wooden groom and brings sweet things for children (of course chocolates). I like her story so much, just click the link and read more. It is also what I heard here. On this day they hang big socks on their doors and in general they fill them with chocolate.
Being a child here, around December especially, sounds full of fun and presents and chocolate. What a child wants!
ps: I've just learnt that, if the children do not behave well during the year they get some candy, look like coal! Yesterday after the lucnh we had coffee at a place and I saw that candy. You'd think that it is burnt sugar. Black and in some weird shape!
Well, nothing for free.