Lena Maria

For some people life is amazing, for some it's cruel and for others it's just life...
But what makes the difference?
I'm just reading a book of a an amazing woman. She is so full of life, she is so happy and peacefully. What is amazing about this? That not the circumstances make us happy, but what is in our heard...she is handicapped, she was born without arms and a leg shorter then the other...her name is Lena Maria...she is eating with her feet, she is writing and painting with her feet...Lena Maria learned how to swim when she was only three years old. At age 18, she entered the National Swedish Games where she won three silver medals making her a star-athlete over night and earning her a place on the national team. Many competitions followed. Lena Maria set two national records in the 25-meter and 50-meter butterfly events. She studied at The Royal University College of Music in Stockholm with one of Sweden's most talented artists Lena Ericsson as a singing teacher. Since her examination Lena Maria has been touring as a singer in Sweden as well as abroad...

Holidays...

Just click on the pictures, to see more of them :)
I worked a lot during the holidays, but still we had time to enjoy a few days with friends...what we did? We played a lot...and we ate a lot :) ups...

My dear Helen

Hey Guys, I want to introduce you to Helen, a very dear friend of mine. She is not only an aerobic-instructur, but also a passionate dancer and choreographer. So if you ever have a special event, where you need a choreographer, just call her. She gives dance classes in: Afro-Jazz, American-Jazz-Dance and a little bit of Hip Hop. Helen has a lot of experience working with young people, so, if you want to join you can reach her: helenpdance@hispeed.ch, 079 716 96 13.

Helen does also massage. So if you want to relex or if you want to give a nice gift to a fried (Gutschein), you know what to do....

Here are to pictures with her, so you can see what a lovely person she is.
I wish all of you a nice day. Your Iulia.

What do you think of these trees???

These Trees are a real work of art. The original planter must have had the
patience of Job. These trees where grown in Santa Cruz CA, the year I don't
know, but the man who grew them never told any one how he did it. Then,
around 1999, the owner of Nob Hill foods in Gilroy CA moved them to his
park in Gilroy and they are doing well.


Amazing Trees

Whant to see more? Go here

I'm back

Yes, I'm still alive! Just had to much on my agenda :) but I know, no excuses...
I would like to tell you about our little guest...Suzi. Do you already know her? She is a very little and nice thing and we miss her a lot...why miss her? Because she was here only for 2 weeks, she is the dog of friends of us. Little and black, very funny and very happy every time to see a human being :) I put photos with her here Enjoy them!



Oh yes, and the other big new are...I have a Romanian blog for my family and my Romanian friends.

I'm back

Yes, I'm still alive! Just had to much on my agenda :) but I know, no excuses...
I would like to tell you about our little guest...Suzi. Do you already know her? She is a very little and nice thing and we miss her a lot...why miss her? Because she was here only for 2 weeks, she is the dog of friends of us. Little and black, very funny and very happy every time to see a human being :) I put photos with her here
Enjoy them!

Oh yes, and the other big new are...I have a Romanian blog for my family and my Romanian friends.

Enjoy Celine Dion with Oh Holy Night

I wish to all of you all the best and a Happy New Year! La multi ani! God bless you!!!

it's so true....

The Love Squad

I love the books Chicken Soup for the Soul, thay are just great, real stories about people like you and me and how we can make our lives nice and suny every day. If you want to read...

The Love Squad Like a band of angels, this group of friends helped remind me that 'God has everything under control.' By Virelle Kidder

"Oh, no! Not company!" I groaned, the moment my car rounded the corner and our house came into full view. Usually I'd be thrilled to see four cars lined up in our driveway, but after I spent a weeklong vigil at the hospital with an ill child, my house was a colossal mess. Turning off the car engine, I dragged myself to the front door.
"What are you doing home so soon?" my friend Judie called from the kitchen. "We weren't expecting you for another hour! We thought we'd be long gone before you got home." She walked toward me and gave me a hug, then asked softly, "How are you doing?"
Was this my house? Was I dreaming? Everything looked so clean. Where did these flowers come from?
Suddenly more voices, more hugs. Lorraine, smiling and wiping beads of perspiration from her forehead, came up from the family room where she had just finished ironing a mountain of clean clothes. Regina peeked into the kitchen, having finished vacuuming rugs and polishing and dusting furniture in every room in the house. Joan, still upstairs wrestling with the boys' bunk-bed sheets, called down her "Hello," having already brought order out of chaos in all four bedrooms.
"When did you guys get here?" was my last coherent sentence. My tears came in great heaving waves. "How come . . . how come . . . you did all this?" I cried unashamedly, every ounce of resistance gone.
I had spent the week praying through a health crisis, begging God for a sense of his presence at the hospital. Instead, he laid a mantle of order, beauty and loving care into our home through these four "angels."
"You rest a while, Virelle," Lorraine said firmly. "Here's your dinner for tonight—there are more meals in the freezer." The table was set with flowers and fancy napkins, and a little gift was at my place. A small banquet was arranged, complete with salad and dessert.
"Don't you worry; we're all praying," my friends said. "God has everything under control."
After my friends left, I wandered from room to room, still sobbing from the enormity of their gift of time and work. I found beautiful floral arrangements in every room . . . and little wrapped gifts on each bed. More tears.
In the living room I found a note under a vase filled with peonies. I was to have come home and found it as their only identity: "The Love Squad was here."
And I knew that God had everything under control.

New Photos, enjoy them!

Thepost was written for my AIESEC Members, so for explanations for my other friends:

EB = Executive Board (in Bern)
MC = Member Committee (in CH)
Other things you don't understand? Just ask :)

Maybe you don't know, but your EB had an intensive time last week. After a kind of summer break, now we are all back in Switzerland from Thailand, Romania, Austria, Ukraine, Denmark and more :) and we finally met all of us together.
It all started with the cool LC Coach Meeting with Cileia, two weeks ago. We looked to us as a team, a whole person and how we can get the most of our person in the team. We found out where we fit best and how our contribution in this direction will bring a lot of benefit to the whole LC. It was really interesting. What I learned was to concentrate not on my weak sides, but on my strong sides and to build on them. It's like I knew that, but now it's more present in my mind and that is good.Last week, on Thursday we made a team day, we went away from Bern to Leissingen. We were all day long there and we also slept there. It was so good to be right near the lake, to enjoy the fresh air and the silence (Marie does not agree with me about the silence :) ). It was so good that we came all together, that we had really enough time to plan the next semester (we planed all LCMs till end of 2006), to make an year plan review, to discuss different strategic things we want to bring in our LC for the next semester. We will update you soon on this. You will not believe it, but all 5 of us went to bed before 10 o'clock!!!! Yeah...we were somehow finished... :) not all of us, but we were aware that we had to go to the conference next day which supposes a very intensive time and not that much sleep. This youth hostel in Leissingen was so beautiful, you can read more about it in Laura's blog, she described it very well.So for the weekend we were all at Kandersteg for the ACT conference, a national conference for all EBs in Switzerland. So apply for the next EB term and you will be there next year :). The MC gave its best and worked hard for this conference, I could see, that they really want to have an impact in their term, they were very well organised and everything was kept in time. BRAVO for our MC!!! For me it was special to speak more with my EB and to get to know them better, all of them. I also got to know better the MC people and my mentor, who I am very proud of :) it is really an opportunity that everyone in our LC should have. If you don't want a mentor, look at least for one Goldie to stay in contact with, they have so much knowledge that brings you further! But back to ACT. There were a lot of learning environments and interesting issues, a lot of sessions and a lot of fun and laughter because the MC people are great actors. :)What we bring back to you from the team days and ACT are issue based experiences and issue based recruitment. We will soon introduce them to you.Thank you Marie for all the discussions we had and the morning walk through the rain. :)Thank you Yavor for the nice sugar cube and that you were there for me.Thank you Daniel for all your engagement with the trainees.Thank you Laura for your new inputs we can use so good in our LC!Thank you EB for understanding each other.People, I can tell you, we have a great EB this year!!!