Respect '89

Sustin

Dupa succesul de anul trecut al actiunii "Mos Craciun vine cu motocicleta", haideti sa sustinem ONG-ul Timisoara Bikers si anul acesta, in efortul lor caritabil! Astfel, SAMBATA, 20 Decembrie, de la 13.30, la Filarmonica Banatul din Timisoara, in jur de 200 de copii din 3 centre de plasament din Timis (Centrul nr 1 din Timisoara, Centrele din Recas si Gavojdia) vor participa la o serbare de Craciun. Micii artisti vor primi apoi cadouri si se vor bucura, speram, de sarbatori mai fericite..

Istoria se repeta la Muzeul Taranului Roman Petition

Istoria se repeta la Muzeul Taranului Roman Petition

Incredibil!!!

Dilemma

I'm a hypocrite. Am I a hypocrite? I'm teaching students in Journalism this year. They should be incisive, fair but aggressive. More than anything, they should WRITE. About anything, at all times. But when using wikis to work with them should we have any language restrictions? Me and my colleague made it very clear to them from the beginning that we're working on an academic space where they should "watch the language". BUT: isn't it a form of hypocrisy on my behalf? Pretending swear words don't exist in a language? Isn't it a form of censorship, to erase words which have offensive connotations? I for one use bad words sometimes, I listen to hip hop, I don't blush when I say a ... joke.On the other hand, accepting these things will lead us educators WHERE?

I'm confrunting with this dilemma. Help!

In loving memory..

Duck Race

5000 ducks racing on the Bega River. Each of them had an 'adoptive' parent who donated 5 lei for the rehabilitation of this river crossing our city.

It was a big event, the first of its kind in Timisoara, so I'm proud to have been part of the organizing team. At the end of the day, we raised money, and had fun (despite the cold, pouring rain)! Moreover, people gathered on the banks of the river and felt something was, at last, going to be done in order to change the lousy state it's been in for decades. Being a volunteer really fills my life with interesting experiences, and my heart with joy.

MY RISE STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT ROMANIA

Sister classes

I love Timisoara! :)

Whenever I have guests I realize how proud I am to be living in Timisoara..

Projects!

Haven't written in a while..

I'm busy with different projects. There's Rotaract, where I'm a volunteer, and this week we turn 40! :) Well, at least Rotaract in the world does. We have an anniversary project and many presentations about what it means to be a rotaractor.

Then there's school.. I chose a group of students from International Relations and European Studies to be part of a cross-continental project. In fact I'm quite excited about our Sister Classes from Brazil, USA, Kuweit, Hungary, Sudan and Argentina (if I'm not mistaken). We are working on presentations which we'll share with students from these countries. Then we'll leave comments and questions about their slideshows, it's all so new and interesting! We are keeping in touch on this blog.

Interesting spring ahead..

M.

I'm reading..

Splendid book.. Best writer I've discovered in years.. Whirls up so many and varied emotions. I'm preparing to read his second novel: A Thousand Splendid Suns. The title promises so much; I'm sure the book will deliver..

Blogging and Twittering! :)

I've been using Bloglines for a year to keep track of my favourite bloggers and to browse through newspapers daily. Now I have also started twittering like Tweety but on Twitter :-) It is fun and catchy I must confess! I'm discovering new and interesting stuff on our course on Web 2.0 for ESP. Not bad, not bad at all.. :-)

Midwinter Night's Dream

...in Milan last month

A sort of a welcome note

You can't control a flying soul..
Mine is wandering through the beauties of a Romanian winter and the duties (exams, grades, ...).
Fly on!