Motorcycles

I just realized thanks to Scatterbrain that I had something up on motor riders that just hasnt been covered at all. So, I'd like to just write a few words on that topic..
Drivers in Bucharest, and most probably in the whole country are not "non-car vehicle aware".
the are many people who started riding bikes, motorcycles, scooters, etc...but the drivers here are oblivious to anything but other cars and seldomly other pedestrians. That just needs to change!
People in cars should give priority to anybody else who is driving a less protective means of transportation. They excuse "sorry, I didnt see you"....their hactic driving skills are all things that makes life for the non-car owners harmfull if not potentially deadly.

I even have a story on this one....I was coming from Snagov back to Bucharest on the bike.
As you know on the left side of the road there are smaller cities and they have a lane for getting on the main road. Quiet difficult to cross because of the heavy speedy traffic..but some manage to get from the left side of the road to the right so they can get to Bucharest. This Saturday evening, a young lady got to the right side of the road and instead of heeding priority to the ongoing traffic pulled the wheel towards the right cut me off and pushed me to the ground.
I fell on my back and i wasnt badly hurt but the bike stopped on its side a few meters further.
The lady proceeded from the second lane to the first that's when she hit me, and then got scared and return on the second lane and cut off my riding buddy. he also fell on the side .....
Lucky us, we were riding very slow.....very very slow.......
due to the breaking and the hectic woman, two other cars got in an accident. It was rush hour.
And what was the explanation...She didnt see us. Neither of us....and besides that her husband made a huge scandal in the middle of the road. The bikes were halfway crashed; we had to wait for hours on end for the police to come and someone to come and pick the bikes up because they were too damaged to be driven back.

If you are aware there might be other non-cars, you will see them! Protect them, cause that might be your kid or your family in the near future. So yield them some priority!

Test yourself to see how great you are: awareness test

Thanks for the test scatterbrain!

On Human Resources

I've been working on selecting, interviewing and hiring people for over three years.
I dont have a degree attached to this job im going, except for my dimished in size psychological
background. I started out being an optimist, a true believer in people, in their good nature, trustworthiness, common sense. Now looking back on these years, I noticed the long line of events: people not showing up for interviews without even calling, people being constantly late, people lieing in their resumes, people saying and promising a thing and then backing up....I used to look at a person and feel like I could trust them; trust their capability to judge the job at hand, its risks, its responsibilities, its rewards, its challenges, its opportunities for growth and development....But trusting such a thing was wrong...people rarely really take time to consider all of these....they just see the money, is there more? yes, check.. they jump the boat without prior consideration to whether or not they can really do the job. They realize they cant, then jump out at the next stop, 3 months later. What a waste of time! For both...us and them....but they dont loose anything except time, badly spent, because now they can ask for a better salary and they can pretend they have some newly acquired experience.

So from the optimist I started out, I ended up now, a new strong skepticist. I except them to be late, and not even show up. Im sometimes suprised when they come on time. They dont renegotiate the already negociated wage? OMG...he must be a looser of some sorts. When everything looks fine I cant stop wondering when and from where is the problem going to arise.
Is it going to be easily fixed? or did we just hire one of those "3 months guys"
Can you picture paying someone a huge wage monthly so that you get to teach them how to write and email, answer a phone, use word and excel? There's always the box: "how well do you know the English language?" "advanced" is always check out, the first time a conversation needs to be had in English, guess what? "I havent practiced in years!" or " I only know how to write" or "I just had English classes in high school - 6 yrs ago"... WHAT?
My head hunting liaison told me "sales people tend to exaggerate a bit to sell themselves well"....well from exaggerating to blatenly lieing there is a fine line?? Since when? What happened to being honest? When did that become a faux-pas? I understand we all need to present ourselves well, but turning the truth into something else besides a well spelled, well worded, and well presented truth is just something useless. Why do candidates try to con employers? There is a lack of candidates anyhow, how much more advantage can you get. Really now? Besides the fact that the employee has all the advantages and the employer is never ever protected, they get to hire again and again and again the wrong people for the job! why? because they lie!!!
A guy came in and sat with me at an interview....and i offered him a fair, above the average level salary for the position and he complained he need more because he has an outstanding credit at a bank....the guy had alligator boots on and something that looked like an armani suit and tie and cufflings. REALLY??? credit for what? personal needs?

I just hate liers...I cant say I hate anything else in this world except people who lie!

On Recycling

I love recycling! I used to be environmental efficient in college...which felt great! Here, after i trained and hussled with my work colleagues to put paper and other junk in different bins, i descovered that even though they went out separately the company picking up the garbage would mix them together. Why? Why do they collect boxes for recycling but not paper? Do they even actually recycle those - the carbon boxes? At home its easier, I did manage to convince everyone to put plastic bottles in a separate bag and each week or so, I take it down to this place that is a few blocks away from my home where they do collect plastic. They keep offering me money for it, which is funny....people here need incentives in order to recycle? That's wrong! I wonder when we will be able to separate plastic, paper and alimentary junk, like other countries do. At least I know that plastic is for use reused here, which is great....but what about paper? Besides the fact that we waste so much of it, in a true paper factory (outside Ro) paper is reused 13 times, and after that used as energy source. Did you know that paper factories in the Netherlands, Sweden, etc are obligated by the state to plant 5 to 10 more trees when they cut 1 tree down?!
Did you know in Viena the City Hall is the biggest realestate investor? The Viena city hall buys off different kinds of lands in the city, in order to create parks, and green spaces. What do we do here? The city hall cant wait to sell land...and I wont even go deeper into other issues.
I know there are lots of people fighting for Delta Dunarii and other natural treasures, but we need to common people to support in the efforts. Nobody asks them to volunteer but do recycle people!!! Its for your own kids that you are doing it! For clean air, for greener pastures in Bucharest,........for your own peace of mind! There is a company that picks up paper for recycling.....you do need to collect a sizeable amount, but it is duable, especially in the work place. Think of the hundreds of kilos of paper a company uses daily..
A few months ago at work I noticed a lady who was throwing away empty printer cartridges.
I asked her how many they're throwing away on a daily bases....well that number reaches around 10 once in 3 weeks....Its a building company so im not even going to think at how many pages that means, but I was really put off by her ignorance....She said it wasnt her call if they get in the trash or recycled. Even though I insisted on how easy it is to contact the company who buys off empty cartridges, (and they even get money for it!!!) they never did. They keep throwing them in with the "normal" trash. :(
Why are so many associations for the protection of stray dogs that go to the streets, and no associations to protect our environment! More people need to be aware! More services should be covered for recycling to become a second nature to all of us...Well will that day come?

Today is the day!

Am pierdut destul timp saptamana trecuta.....asa ca m-am decis! things will change. De azi...da da da chiar de astazi! Si tocmai ce imi suna telefonul ca imi mai veni o idee - de adaugat la program!
:) Este oricum o zi frumoasa astazi. Este soare bate vantul putin, dar este a good good day for change!

Si ascult o melodie foarte frumoasa; coloana sonora de la my absolutely favorite series :)))
nu spun ca e secret! Dar melodia este urmatoarea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8eQBSp9Ao

Va urez si voua o luni extraordinara, plina de aventuri, noutati, lucruri bune......sentimente placute, flori, pufi, ..... Ciao!

Am obosit

Am obosit sa trag dupa mine oamenii...oamenii care se pierd in iluzia vietii lor de zi cu zi, cu monotonia care le da siguranta zilei de maine si saracia zilei de ieri. M-am saturat sa aud zgomotul scos de oamenii care sustin public ca "inteligenta plus caracter - acesta este adevaratul scop al educatiei". Ce stiti mai voi cu adevarat inafara sa va plangeti ca nimic nu e bine si nimic nu va convine si ca voi ati facut "the best" ? zilele astea am petrecut mult timp cu oameni de exceptie. Oameni de un anumit caracter, cu o grea experienta si reputatie....oameni care au stat la masa cu mine care sunt cu 40 de ani mai tanara decat ei, si au ascultat ce am avut de zis. Oameni cu care in cateva ore am construit planuri pentru urmatorii cativa ani...Asta ma face sa cred ca imi pierd asa de mult timp cu oameni care nu merita, si reusesc in procesul asta sa ii ignor pe cei care nu numai ca ma pretuiesc, dar au si o mai mare valoare decat mine. Inainte reuseam sa ma simt dezolata si dezamagita de unii oameni, acum doar ma uit la ei cum trec pe langa mine si ma amuz. Incerc sa ma distantez pentru ca am impresia ca uneori chiar vor sa ma traga in jos....ca vezi doamne, sa ii pot intelege eu pe ei. Unele lupte nu merita a fi date pentru ca pierd oricum.....Uneori cred ca asa este si lupta mea pentru fericire aici, in Romania. Poate asta este o cauza pierduta, dar prefer sa fie asa.....decat sa ma ascund in umbra altora si sa ma incadrez in tipare. Duc din ce in ce mai multe lupte, cele mai multe le dau chiar cu mine insami,..
lupte care nu vreau sa fie ingreunate de zgomotul de fundal al ineptiilor, al oamenilor care nu stiu decat sa lucreze pe linia de manufactura zilnica si sa contempleze frumusetea zilelor demult apuse.

Voi reusi! sunt ferm convinsa ca orice este posibil, doar daca iti pui capul la treaba, nimic nu ma poate opri.... :)

Note for Sor'mea

Da, sunt o romantica! imi place sa cred, ca si tie de altfel ca fiecare isi are si isi va gasi jumatatea pe lumea asta.... Clipul cu "i bruise easily" este un clip foarte apropiat de mine, de cum ma simt uneori, ......fragila! dar momentele alea sunt scurte si trec repede! ha hahhaa

Astazi

Ce se intampla doctore? Nimeni nu stie!! Este o perioada tumultoasa in care multe proiecte se incheie si altele noi incep. ASa imi place sa imi traiesc viata... :) desi exista ceva presiuni din exterior, proiectele, visele si dorintele mele le-am optinut pas cu pas ....mai am de lucru la doua trei chestii importante dar voi termina si cu ele in curand si pe urma vor veni altele si altele si altele.
Nu imi place viata monotona...as hoinari permanent daca ar fi dupa mine, dar circumstantele ma cam limiteaza momentan.. Asta este unul din proiectele alea doua importante. Am momente in care....ca al soson (dar nu alb si nu de Converse :P) mai degraba cu un design misterios, viu colorat, desperecheat ma simt dezolata mai ales in marea circulatie de perechi dimprejur. DA si pana care la urma este problema ca eu sunt diferita? De cele mai multe ori ma bucur ca nu am constrangerile implicate de acel soson pereche, oricum nu sunt o carpa...si mai am mult pana atunci, de ce sa ma grabesc? Oricum in acele momente, mi-am diminuat valoarea, m-am depreciat pentru ca in jurul meu nivelul era altul, dar de fapt, cine ma masoara dupa asta? De cele mai multe ori mi s-a demonstrat si ca fac mai mult decat o pereche la un loc si asta este tot ce conteaza. Cand te uiti inapoi vezi de unde ai plecat si unde ai ajuns, multi oameni nu pot sa faca asta, ca sa nu mai mentionam ca pentru sosoni este imposibil....:)))
Sunt proud de cate am realizat, nu numai pentru mine, dar si pentru cei din jurul meu,....sunt mandra ca am oameni pe care ii vad crescand langa mine, pe care ii iubesc si ii respect si sentimentul este reciproc.... Soro...I luvvv youu! :) Eu am o comoara ascunsa, dar doar partial si doar pentru straini....pe mine! :)