Hey there, (de)lilah

Falling in love is beautiful. Also, being loved is divine. But it's all even better when you know there's no suffering and no jealousy involved. Or maybe I might get jealous of another person who will be chairing any one of my delegates' committees.
Two weeks ago, I spent an amazing weekend at Busteni, chairing the AGRI committee at my last session of this spring, Transylvania I Regional Selection Session of the EYP. You might say I spend all of my time with sessions, but it's quite addictive.
This time, I was a chair for the first time and I want to thank all of my close friends that were there to help each other and my amazing delegates, who made my first experience in chairing an awesome one.
Thank you guys for dedications and for pulling through all obstacles as an amazing team!

Crumbs from a Lindt Torte

You know you're having the time of your life when time passes and you don't even notice it until it's long gone. My days in one of my favourite cities in the world are now far away, but still images, otherwise known as photographs, still remain. Skype conversation are there to suffice until we all meet again. And Lindt Torte is now even more delicious than ever!

I'm taking you to Istanbul

There are some memories which you extremely cherrish. And then there are those that you don't regret, but nevermind if forget. And last but not least, there are those which you don't know how you feel like about.

This is how I feel about one of my most recent experiences : the International Session of the EYP. A top class session, where the best get selected : a dream come true, right?

Memories that will never cease to make me cry at the taught of the 10 great days I spent with some of my best friends surely surpass any problems that we have encountered.

Part 2, tomorrow.

Organising M1

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away

And so you realise how much you've enjoyed your past few weeks, when you figure out you're already crying because they aren't here anymore. You might have noticed my prolongued absence from my blog, but I have good reasons to request forgiveness. As I have stated in my last post, I have been away on a couple of projects, such as EYP's Regional Selection Session Muntenia 1 and Istanbul '12 International Session, not to mention the National English Olympics 2012.
Pictures have been taken, friendships created and memories made.
The first part of a long series of passed and upcoming events was the regional session where, together with two girls I now like to consider friends, we organised the session. Coffee breaks might have brought the worse in us and my oversized luggage might have proved futile, but the experience was one that I will always cherrish.
Not to mention the humongous quantities of coffee, cola and chocolate ingested.
I still miss those 4 days spent in the mountains, where hunger was not an issue, but giving the wake up call with a wooden spoon was a hard to pass challenge.
Also, excuses for the not so glamorous outfits : an organiser is expected to be efficient, not luxurious.

No time to spare

Though I have started February with the best of intentions and the fulliest enthuziasm with regards to my blog, seems like March has been on the exact opposite. On the other hand, I have been more than lucky this whole month, luck which resulted in a lot of planning on my side. I am going to attent 3 EYP sessions during March and April and the national phase of the English Olympics, taking place in Ramnicu Valcea.

        First off, this Thursday I am leaving for Busteni, a mountain resort, where I am, myself, organising a beautiful session, as a first-time official. Later this month and onto April, I am going to both party and debate in both Europe and Asia, as I am going to be a delegate at the International EYP Session in Istanbul. Also, I am going back to Vienna late this April to ensue the part of a journalist.

        But, with all of these trips I am going to take, my time is lessening: my few remaining pleasures are sewing and knitting some new bracelets, a part of a brilliant up-coming project of mine.

        And the ocassional macaroon or box of chocolates.

        Also, I find an exquisite joy in scrambling around my new laptop and playing dress-up with my new phone covers.

Winter Fairytale - EYP part 2

So that was that about the first part of our stay in Bansko : the teambuilding games, the party with the girls, the XL cocktail and all the fun and love I share with my best friends from all over the country!

But then there's day 2, which came along with the first training: the CHAIR training, succesfully led by Ana and Tudoran.  

And in the end, there was a really white night, covered in stories of past sessions and hopes for the future ones.

Winter Fairytale - Bansko part 1

Hello, there! Here I am, back to a hectic new school semester, struggling to get some grades and longing for the awesome winter holidays that have just passed and my 18th birthday party, which was a blast ( and I am currently waiting for the photos).

The past week I was in the ski paradise of Bansko for the European Youth Parliament's Winter Training. It was a training to become officials in the EYP and at the same time, the most amazing winter holiday.

First of all, we got free drinks at a local pub, then we threw a mini-surprise party for URS ( he turned 19), then we went to a very nice bar, where a live band played really cool old-school rock music.