Kiksun

Managed to finish a report one week before deadline. That´s very new thing for me =) It feels nice!
Left work 17.45
Bought some decoration (yes I am still not done)
Bought a jacket
Cleaned apartment
Hosted 6 people at 19.50
Left Dante at friends place
Cut Stina´s hair (very nice haircut she has now)
Cleaned after 6 people ;-) (and hair cutting)
Packed
Prepared for the trip to Brussels 01.27 a.m
Now ready to go to the bus (still 2 hours left) - also very new thing for me =) It feels nice!

...the trainings in the evenings just make me more and more fresh...
The applications are finished =) and Harry Potter ready to be read =)

PS. I wonder in whose dreams I am "hanging around" tonight ;-)

Today two people have told me I was in their dreams last night. Very interesting. And that made me wonder just in general...am I responsible for my behaviour in other peoples´dreams? ;-) Does my "acting" in other peoples´dreams influence how they perceive me in reality?

I have been thinking several days already about how lucky and very thankful I am that alcohol has never been on my shopping list. I think it is of a huge importance not to involve a child in buying alcohol for parents.
 

I am watching a discussion about Whether the top athletes should boycott Olympic games in Being.
One of the arguments against is that OG is the highlight of all the athletes´life and also that it does not help if few people boycott.

I think if I was a top athlete I would be proud to boycott it. And I am sure there are several people thinking the same way so a simple move of a butterfly´s wing could cause a wind. Should Sweden boycott (was the question)? Sweden is not a desert island. The athletes are united in different associations and everybody knows about each others actions. In this case should be simple to "pull" several of the others if one decides to do smth. One country would follow the example of another.
Moreover..sport..com´on is the most observed parts of social life - media would not let a boycot unnoticed. And thus many many people who do not even think about situation in China would at least stop and question why their favourite athlete does not take part. 

When it comes to the fact that they train so so much and OS is the time where they can achieve smth, when they can harvest.. For me it would be enough to know that I am so good that I can boycott. And I can make at least someone think about the situation of the country. So I guess I know where I stand in this question.

People can be nice to each other too =) That makes me happy!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

I do not believe our prime minister has any political thinking.
- Leading socialistic party ("Smer"), created coalition with extreme right party that is led by a guy having VERY BAD name in Europe
- "Smer" got excluded from the Party of European socialists (PES) for cooperation with the party supporting discrimination and ethnic prejudice
- today (4th of October) is the day where a decision about the party´s membership in PES should be taken

So
- our prime minister had a "nice" speech about Hungarian president - sending him out of Slovakia (using sharp words) just yesterday

Maybe a test of "Which party suits me the best" kind did not really work when he took it.
I suggest to reconsider his choice.

While walking Dante in a park I saw three people biking out of whom two were smoking at the same time. Smoking and biking somehow do not match at all in my way of thinking because:

- one bikes because it is healthier than to go by car
- one bikes because it is cheaper than to go by car
- one bikes because it is more environmental than to go by car

BUT

- smoking is not healthy at all
- smoking is expensive
- production of cigarettes and smoking itself are not environmental at all (just think of all rainforest burnt down to have more space for tobacco plantages and that´s just one example not talking about tobacco factories and exhalates)

This day will be about cleaning and decorating the new apartment. There are still boexes to unpack and details to improve. I am looking fwd to that. It is the last weekend I will be at home untill the end of november so this is the only and exclusive opportunity to finish most of the things (I do not have ambition to say that everything will be done but it would be ideal of course)

But now..Danticko, pod, ideme von? Yuuuu ideme von! Dobry Danicko =)

It´s middle of the week and I am summing up for myself what has happened since "those new ones" (read volunteers: Aija, Hanka, Stina) arrived to Örebro.
So far it feels very good. Of course it has been just week and a half so I have to be careful about presumtions but I have a feeling that I started  to work with them in a right way. The first day we spent by fixing the legal papers for bank etc and then by explaining what Active, NORDGU, IOGT International is and by clarifying what are and what are not our tasks in the office. So far it seems the explanation was clear =)

Later on we spent some hours by focusing only on project writing. And here I am proud of myself because the first application is already written and it´s ready to be submitted. There are like 4 days left to deadline. So this feels very good =) I realized how great feeling it is to "teach fishing" instead of  "giving fish" =) The application has some new elements our seminars so far did not included so we will see whether this will go thourgh by Council of Europe but I see those elements only as a positive contribution so I believe they will be appreciated.

Then we had Emil (board member) here talking about board and office cooperation and it went also very well. So now I am looking forward to the meeting: Active board - the volunteers =)

Today is European Day of Languages. And that made me think a bit on what language should I focuse now. What language do I want to learn?
When I was little, it was a huge thing in Slovakia (and similar states) when one could speak one foreign language. I speak Slovak, English and Swedish and understand some German but I feel it is nothing. In this world and the world I am active in two languages are too few.
So which language to chose: deep in my head sits hungarian (since my mom is hungarian) and that I feel I would learn fast, but some Italian or even Spanish have higher probability of useage, Russian is something I can learn very fast (it is close to Slovak), French is very tempting and also very good to have as I experienced that French people do not put lots of effort to learn English. Or should I first improve my German? Hmm hmm hmmm.. I am thinking.

PS. Greetings to Ruzka who speaks some 10 languages out of which 7 are fluent (if I am right. Maybe more)

seems I am getting sick.. Sorethroat and pain in lungs. Auauauaua!

Last week was crazy but really great. The days past incredibly fast. Everything started already on sunday when two of the new volunteers arrived to Örebro. On monday I go to know that I could move from my little apratment to a bigger one (in the same house) and all that i was supposed to manage till thursday the same week. So during the days I was working - introducing Active, office and all the officialities connected to opening of a bank account (not that easy if u r not a citizen or student in the country) in the days and cleaning and packing and moving in the evenings and nights (with Maiks help. And Andreas helped also a bit. Thanks to him too).

When it comes to the byrocracy - it is incredible how a paper saying some numbers and date of birth can help. The bank totally ignored a paper confirming that the people opening the accounts will have money to live from but the paper showing their birthdate was a holy paper.

When it comes to moving - I cant take off the wallpaper or paint it. It is forbidden so I have to adjust furniture and the rest of the things to the colour on the walls. But I think I have found a solution and now it feels great! I can´t wait till everything is ready.

And in between I got to choose from two handball clubs playing in the same league and I feel I did a good decision.

So yes - new colelgues, new apratement, new handball club!

I am waking up into each new day with a smile on my face =)

Inspired by one book I read I would like to ask you a question: When do you feel alive?

I would be very happy for an answer. Anonymous answeres are also welcome =)