ioana
in quest for genuine
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- Name: ioana
- Location: Bucharest, Romania
I experiment with myself and the world around me. I always seek for that small sparkle of what's real and authentic in things, people, nature...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Just some feelings
I walked tonight beside the ocean, my love
To feel the wind and touch the breeze
The shore had shapes like yours, my love
He kissed my lips and I kissed his.
I shed a tear while is his arms, my love
For all the time we’ve been apart
The paths are laid for me, my love
Soon comes my time to depart.
If you still search for me, my love
Go where the ocean meets the land
I know I’ll find again my love
I’m your ocean, you’re my land
To feel the wind and touch the breeze
The shore had shapes like yours, my love
He kissed my lips and I kissed his.
I shed a tear while is his arms, my love
For all the time we’ve been apart
The paths are laid for me, my love
Soon comes my time to depart.
If you still search for me, my love
Go where the ocean meets the land
I know I’ll find again my love
I’m your ocean, you’re my land
Monday, November 28, 2005
Me in a word
Describe "me" in ONE WORD . . . just one word!
I sent this message to some of my closest friends, and this is what came out:
..........................determination.................
.............................................independent..........
................................love.........................................
......adventure......................................little devil :)
If I were to describe myself in one word, it would be ocean
Why? For the depth ness, for the unlimited blue, for the water, for dolphins, and for the breeze.
I sent this message to some of my closest friends, and this is what came out:
..........................determination.................
.............................................independent..........
................................love.........................................
......adventure......................................little devil :)
If I were to describe myself in one word, it would be ocean
Why? For the depth ness, for the unlimited blue, for the water, for dolphins, and for the breeze.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Crisps of paper
The incredible universe of the books and movies has been close to me this past month! Taking few precious moments from my spare time to finish a chapter, reading in the subway, lunch break, on the way to meetings, late at night in bed, and I managed to devour some great books.
Siddhartha has been a book I wanted to read since the begging of this year, and I’ve been looking for it like crazy in the bookshops. Apparently I always came one or two days too late, after they sold the last copy they had. Finally I grabbed Lexy’s copy and delighted myself with the reading.
Deep, sad, spiritual, sexual, serene, Siddhartha has been a real journey into a character very much resembling with my own beliefs in this time of my life. A search of sense, a search of my own self.
The Conspiracy Theory strikes again! Yes, yes, another Dan Brown book :) He became way too commercial, but I have to confess I still enjoy his writing style, and the fact that it challenges the reality perception of the masses. The Digital Fortress talks about information control from the government, and the loss of personal privacy. We are being watched…NSA, banks, credit cards, forum posts, emails…do you know who knows about you? :)
The pursuit of WOW!
I have one word for Tom Peters: authentic!! I love this guy, no stiff strategies, no academic big words, none of the usual crap business books are full off. Simple, personal addressing mixed with an innovative approach to markets and management makes Peters my favorite business reading. “How long does it take you to achieve excellence? Less than a nanosecond to attain it, a life time of passionate pursuit to maintain it!”
I had a three days headache after reading this book! Salman Rushdie has a $5 billion bounty on his head, wanted dead, not alive. This came after the release of his book, The Satanic Verses, due to its allegedly disrespectful depiction of the prophet Mohammed. However, The Ground Beneath her Feet is mostly a love story which bridges together the traditions and of India (Vina, Ormus and Rai – main characters, are all Indian) with the occident’s rock & roll world. The reason I completed the 600 pages reading was the memories it rose: I could feel again the smells of India, the taste of spicy food, the heat, the colors, and the people. Still lingering for India, I left a piece of my soul there…
Current reading: The Glass Bead Game, by Herman Hesse. Another story, another search.
Siddhartha has been a book I wanted to read since the begging of this year, and I’ve been looking for it like crazy in the bookshops. Apparently I always came one or two days too late, after they sold the last copy they had. Finally I grabbed Lexy’s copy and delighted myself with the reading.Deep, sad, spiritual, sexual, serene, Siddhartha has been a real journey into a character very much resembling with my own beliefs in this time of my life. A search of sense, a search of my own self.
The Conspiracy Theory strikes again! Yes, yes, another Dan Brown book :) He became way too commercial, but I have to confess I still enjoy his writing style, and the fact that it challenges the reality perception of the masses. The Digital Fortress talks about information control from the government, and the loss of personal privacy. We are being watched…NSA, banks, credit cards, forum posts, emails…do you know who knows about you? :)
The pursuit of WOW!I have one word for Tom Peters: authentic!! I love this guy, no stiff strategies, no academic big words, none of the usual crap business books are full off. Simple, personal addressing mixed with an innovative approach to markets and management makes Peters my favorite business reading. “How long does it take you to achieve excellence? Less than a nanosecond to attain it, a life time of passionate pursuit to maintain it!”
I had a three days headache after reading this book! Salman Rushdie has a $5 billion bounty on his head, wanted dead, not alive. This came after the release of his book, The Satanic Verses, due to its allegedly disrespectful depiction of the prophet Mohammed. However, The Ground Beneath her Feet is mostly a love story which bridges together the traditions and of India (Vina, Ormus and Rai – main characters, are all Indian) with the occident’s rock & roll world. The reason I completed the 600 pages reading was the memories it rose: I could feel again the smells of India, the taste of spicy food, the heat, the colors, and the people. Still lingering for India, I left a piece of my soul there…Current reading: The Glass Bead Game, by Herman Hesse. Another story, another search.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Adidas on my desktop
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.
Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.
Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing!
Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.
Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing!
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Crossroads
I like to take decisions and follow them. I like to keep smiling and move on. I like to look back and feel no regrets.
But at some points there comes a crossroad in your life, when some of the roads laid in front can take you back at moments from your past. And even though I have very clear in my mind the path I want to follow, I entered now one particular crossroad which almost took me back in time!
So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you’ve borrowed
From the only place you’ve known
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?
I know it’s mostly my pride that makes me not want to go back. And I value this pride, since it tells me I deserve better. I sometimes take drastic decisions because of some small details: he was never with me for my birthday. He just came back from her birthday. Simple as that.
But at some points there comes a crossroad in your life, when some of the roads laid in front can take you back at moments from your past. And even though I have very clear in my mind the path I want to follow, I entered now one particular crossroad which almost took me back in time!
Love is a tricky business. I know just how much I can control my feelings, and I know how to “trick” myself into acting one way or the other. That is most of the time! But he stirs my feelings from time to time, and they come back just too strong to comply with my rules!
This time he asked me something that even though didn’t mean going back to our past, meant opening a door towards that past. It meant forgive and forget, it meant exploring the possibility of a common future, it meant giving another chance to someone who I feel didn’t value me!
So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you’ve borrowed
From the only place you’ve known
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?
I know it’s mostly my pride that makes me not want to go back. And I value this pride, since it tells me I deserve better. I sometimes take drastic decisions because of some small details: he was never with me for my birthday. He just came back from her birthday. Simple as that.
I passed the crossroad. I keep walking towards the light :)
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Up on cloud no. 9
Just felt incredibly happy these days :))
„and the moon is out and the stars are bright
and whatever comes s'gonna be alright
cause tonight you will be mine
up on cloud number nine!
and there ain't no place that i'd rather be
and we can't go back but you're here with me
yeah, the weather is really fine
up on cloud number nine
well we won't come down tonight
no we won't come down tonight
no we won't come down tonight
we can watch the world go by
up on cloud number nine”