Goodie moodie

The time has come for you to know that I am a very...wishful person :D When I see someone eating I cannot stop myself from having a "small bite", just for the taste. Therefore you can imagine my favorite food is and most probably always will be Indian food. Tasty, spicy, meaty and veggie in the same time, saucy and everything else that you might want, it's the BEST.

And of course one of the things I miss most since I am home is the delicious Asian/Oriental/Indian foods from all the places I've been to. Besides that the worst thing is that in Romania you cannot find these famous tasty restaurants, bakeries or sweet shops that you find in the world.

Here are just a few of the places I've been to in the last 1 year and half and I badly miss:

*Baskin Robbins. Probably the BEST ICE CREAM in the world :))  In case you haven't tasted this ice cream ever in your life, well you should not pass life on Earth and not try it. It is one of the best things I ever tasted...and I DON't really like sweets. Once a week Baskin ice cream was on the to do list, and pfff they had so many and good flavors. My personal recommendations: Jamoca Almond Fudge and Praline's n Cream, for sure the best ice creams in the world :))))

* TGI Friday's is simply delicious. I don't know how it is in other countries but in Dubai the staff is so cheerful and happy happy joy joy that you would go there everyday. Smiling faces, good service, not to mention a variety of foods and deserts and good atmosphere that make you want to go back. It happened to us one winter evening, after coming back from a one day cruise in Oman, we stopped for a late dinner at TGI Friday's and guess what, somehow the staff came to know that it was my friend's birthday. In the next moments all silence and a small ice cream & pastry with a candle came in the picture, with the staff singing and dancing happy birthday or something. It was so nice and cute that I was clapping and laughing like an IDIOT...for real... Here's a proof.

* Cinnabon is something unique. I know you can find it in Romania as well, if not something very similar, but not in my city unfortunately. Now this is the real cinnamon shit I tell you. Everything tastes so real and good that even salty people like me would want to eat it at least once in 2 days. Cinnabon rolls and many secondary similar products are just making you drool in front of the store, and man they smell sooooo gooood!!!!!

* I don't know who this Tim Hortons is but damn he has a food restaurant! Apparently this chain is only found in Canada, Central America and Oman and UAE, but it should definitely expand some more. It was the first place I tasted a broccoli soup and I started cooking it since then, it was that good, and many other bakery products that made my mouth  drool.

* North Carolina apparently invented Krispy Kreme, and oh God bless them cause they made an amazing discovery. Best donuts in the world I tell you, the best ones. In my first days in Dubai I met Ahmed and Roxana, and in our first day out I well remember that Ahmed had a pack with 6 nice looking donuts with some black and white chocky on top, inviting me to try one cause it's the best one and their favorite. I was to shy to take one, so I think I just took a bite and it tasted damn good. That was just the beginning. My relation with Krispy Kreme became stronger every time I was passing next to the store in the Mall and stopping to have 2 donuts instead of lunch, or as a desert. Since then we became close, and thought nobody knew, I was eating those donuts quite often, more often than my sweetie roommate :D

So in the end, if you pass by one of these stores in some big city in the world, don't hesitate to stop and have a bite. 

And most important of them all: God bless America!

Romania te iubim, si ca tine vrem sa fim

Weeekendul trecut am participat la o conferinta numita Regional Training Seminar (RTS) unde 3 locale AIESEC (Timisoara, Arad si Oradea) au avut parte de sesiuni de pregatire atat personala cat si profesionala. Mi-a placut atat de mult conferinta si agenda incat am hotarat ca urmatoarele postari pe blog sa fie din ceea ce am invatat acolo.

Si am sa incep cu draga noastra Romania, o tara destul de mica din centrul Europei, cu o populatie de aproximativ 21 498 616 conform Wikipedia. Impresiile vizavi de tara noastra? Cat se poate de variate, dar parca toate iti lasa un gust amar. Ei bine dupa sesiunea numita "State of the world" din cadrul conferintei RTS, am observat cam la ce nivel se afla Romania comparativ cu restul lumii. Concluzia? OAAUUU!!! Stam mult mult mai bine decat credem si decat auzim pe la stiri toata ziua. Desigur daca stai sa cauti avem de toate: coruptie-CHECK, saracie-CHECK, poluare-CHECK. Daaar, ce ati spune daca va arat ca in ciuda tuturor acestor aspecte stam foarte bine....

















Recomand sa mariti imaginile si urmariti statutul din diverse puncte de vedere al Romaniei comparativ cu restul lumii. We rooockk!!!!




Va dati seama ca in ceea ce priveste resursele naturale, daca toate tarile ar trai cum traiesc americanii am avea nevoie de vreo 4 planete sa supravietuim, ca suntem printre tarile care polueaza cel mai putin din lume, ca suntem doar pe locul 72 in ceea ce priveste coruptia in lume (din totalul de 181)




Eu propun sa nu mai ascultam stirile alea cretine care ne baga cu capul in pamant ca suntem in vreun fel sau altul, capul sus, fruntea inainte si haideti macar sa ne mentinem pe locurile astea daca nu sa facem ceva sa ne imbunatatim situatia :)

3. Congresul Anatolia - mix cultural

Peste 250 de delegati, peste 30 de tari prezente in una din cele mai mari conferinte internationale din reteaua AIESEC. Ca sa intelegeti despre ce e vb, printre tarile prezente se numara: Pakistan, Algeria, Palestina, Senegal, Olanda, Mexic, Mineapolis-USA, Korea, China, Filipine, Malaezia, Egipt, Tunisia, UK, Romania, Bulgaria, Republica Ceha, Iran si multe altele.
Un sentiment unic m-a cuprins cand am realizat ca sunt intre atatea culturi diferite. E deosebit sa te trezesti dimineata si sa te pregatesti sa iei masa cu colegii din Korea si China, care asteptau cu nerabdare sa vina pranzul sa manance orez, sau sa te asezi in sesiuni langa colegii din Africa, unii mai prietenosi ca altii, sa dansezi ca nebuna pe roll call-ul celor din Mexic impreuna cu alte 10 tari si sa dansezi seara la petrecere impreuna cu cine stie ce alta cultura ca esti prea beat sa mai tii minte :))
Evenimentul numit Global Village a fost cel care ne-a adus pe toti fata in fata cu obiceiurile, mancarurile, portul fiecarei culturi. Unul intern doar pt noi (care s-a lasat cu baute urate si bai in psicina la 1 noaptea) si unul extern pentru turcii curiosi de multiculturalitate.


@ Pakistan


@ China

@ Mexic
@ Qatar

@ Palestina

@ Croatia

@ Tunisia

@ Senegal

My name is Khan - hindi movie

One extraordinary movie about the conflict with muslim religion. One amazing story about Rizwan Khan, who is not a terorits. How did the happenings from 9/11 changed some muslims life in America, and how wrong people are when judging other people just by their religion or name.
A must see movie, with an unforgetable lesson. A story about people, about prejudices, about religions, about the open mind of a person, about hate and rasism, a story about US.
"There are 2 kind of people in the world: good and bad. There is no other difference."











My name is Khan official song: Sajda