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A Halloween Lesson – Out of Ordinary

Back to teaching, back to finding interesting and interactive activities for students. Since I left the job of tourism and tourists, been working and studying once again (don’t ask me why, but Academia is where I found myself tangled in lately), was faced with the Halloween week at the Department of Foreign Languages. And because I didn’t want to skip it, since it’s a feast that comes from medieval Europe, I thought that I might share with you today, dear community and teachers as well, some interesting activities that could be used for the next Halloween in the classroom!

What skills should Gen Z learn for a better future employment?

It has been over a year since I last wrote, here at least. A year that past so fast, a thing that if I look back, in retrospective, it’s a year that so many things have happened. A year that was full of positivity, but also a year which taught me lessons, and not only. A year that I never thought I could accomplish things, that in the back of my mind felt unreal. Yet, in all this year I want to share today, with you dear readers, one lesson that turned into an unexpected adventure along the way.

7 Types of Salespersons in a Balkan Central Market that you can Never forget

Saturday. July. 7:02 AM. Location: Central Market

The Sun is up. No matter what day it is, the local market always stays open… The smell of fresh fruits and vegetables fills your lungs. And you know it’s the season of once again going to the Regional Market instead of the Supermarket. You count your coins. You count your money, because the real experience of bargain and talks happen only in the Central Market. Furthermore, you prepare yourself a monologue. A monologue, that might impress even the most curious neighbours. You take your purse, your wallet, your plastic shopping bags’ (which every Balkan household practically has a dozen of them stacked in the cabinets) and you march into the wild experience of City Market!

How Standardized Tests make students drop out of University at an early stage?

June. A staple of documents stays in front of you. Head down, you think for the 100th time

“Did I gather everything? Is there anything missing…?”

Suddenly you realize the language test, Goethe Certificate, is missing. Where is it? You try to find it. You fidget. You are stressed. You can’t find it anywhere. Wait! You remember that yesterday was your test. When are the results out? Today, tomorrow, maybe next week? If you could ever make it till the deadline! But no, it’s impossible. You are stuck, because of a missing certificate. Because of failing for two times the same test. Why? Why couldn’t I be more attentive to the questions…? Why, why and so many why’s?! You give up! Maybe going to apply next year! Maybe next year is the lucky year! And so, the sound of the laptop screen makes the final decision for you!

A Ticket to Moldova

Some years ago, I would have never considered going or ever trying to go to Moldova (being an Ex-USSR state) but somehow, some things led to others and I ended up with a hand-luggage at the International Airport of Chișinău (RMO). Some of you might think, why be there when a WAR is next door and others might have said: “Oh, so you’re going to the Maldives! I want it too!”. But as funny as it might sound, Republic of Moldova has much to offer, from wine till funny and adventurous lifestyle. So, in today’s article I want to introduce some cultural shocks that I’ve encountered as a semi-native living in this little sandwiched country, between Ukraine and Romania. Why cultural shocks you might ask? Well, having lived in Albania, as well as this might be another “semi-Balkan style travel”. Firstly, dear reader, let’s begin the list with, THE BASIC or Number 1 reason Moldova is so famous…

Advantages and Drawbacks of using AI-Tools in 2024

Some years ago, I decided to open a blog page, and test my abilities in writing, which I dedicated a post to it sometime ago. And through this period of not writing and being busy with life duties, working and studying, wanted to come today with a short post about the whole AI-robots and how they have contributed to the writing industry. Many researchers are influenced by it and the number of writers or debut authors are growing at a fast rate. I came across some weeks ago to an interesting article, about how the AI is being “abused” in the wrong way, and many studies have been made to detest whether an article is written by the author or AI-generated.

When life goes by…

and you miss opportunities because of your fear! You miss opportunities because of some fears in the past. They don’t let you move on. They are like beasts that drag you down. If only you could have had some courage and say, yes. Yes, to what scares you the most. Yet, you closed yourself down and said a little, no. Perhaps, that yes would have changed your life. You could have had what you wished for your whole life, but no. You didn’t have the courage…you left unfinished worked and everybody blamed you as a lazy person, but only you knew what scared you the most and that was… Fear of failure.

Chocolate – should we take it as a Remedy for Antistress or as a Good start into the Day?

Happiness is an unexpected piece of chocolate, especially on a Monday morning! 😉

While seeping today from a cup of black Americano coffee and having a piece of semi-sweet chocolate with grated almonds melting on my tongue, I took some minutes apart from my university routine and wondered about where it derives this product that is such a successful one in the whole world. Especially for people who want a little bit of energy before something very challenging in their daily life. I took out my phone and searched a little about this confection and here are some interesting facts not only that I read, yet also some of my experiences with it…

Halloween – how it became to be a masses Celebration all over the world?

Ping, my phone vibrated on the 31^st of October for the news of the day. Monday – Halloween, Elon Musk, and his 140 buddies celebrate the most desirable party of all time in the Dracula’s castle, Bran – Castle, located in Romania. Scrolling a little more down on Facebook I see one of my friends’ photos at the Harry Potter replica Castle, standing and having a bride smile. Wondering what is so special about this tradition, I thought to write today something about this so called “horror” Carnaval.

What is writer’s block and how can we overcome it? (3 effective tips)

I want to write, but I don’t know what. This is the sentence that almost all the times we hear it from writers or amateur writers. We have inspiration, but we actually don’t know how to put words onto the paper. Well, dear reader it happened to me, it maybe happened to you too and maybe you are out there reading this blog post and thinking “I should get to my writings or else I’m losing my audience”. It’s not easy to write. And surely it’s not easy to get every time inspired by something, but it’s easy to find the cause of why it happens and to learn from it for future purposes. To be honest I’ve been missing writing… I’ve left it for a period of time because I was feeling unsure if I was doing good enough or not. If my audience liked it or not, but in all this mess I understood that it’s not about my audience but about me. If I enjoy that matters the most. So, in today’s post I want to share with you guys, 3 effective tips on how to overcome writers block.