Obviously

I was listening to a Romanian radio show that had two guests.

The first one presented their new song and concluded with why not?! (that is, concluded with something said in English even though they were talking in Romanian). Which seemed logical enough. Then, the other started speaking, also a musician – ‘yes, I thought it was a great idea to collaborate on this project because obviously…’ (the same situation, all was said in Romanian except for obviously).

And this is where I felt lost. True, it was morning, and I thought that it was why I did not understand or that the second guest had used a musical term I had no idea about. Then, I realized that the guest wanted to be just as cool as the first one; and how can one be cool if one does not use English words among Romanian ones?!

Many of us can no longer speak without mixing Romanian and English (even though some Romanian words can express better what we want to say or are shorter than the English ones). Thank God for those that still make efforts to speak Romanian!

And bravo for the music band Taxi, they saw it coming so well, but I was too young back then to fully understand.

Love advice

An older lady asks a little girl, who is together with her mom and sister, when had she fallen in love for the first time. The girl is around 10 years old and looks at the lady obviously understanding what she was asked. Her lips slightly move, and she turns to look at her mother. Suddenly, she turns her head back to the lady, completely transformed, and shrugs her shoulders without saying anything.

The lady goes on – ”I fell in love for the first time when I was six, it was with a boy from kindergarten. I think, at your age, you have already fallen in love for the first time. And it’s ok if you don’t want to tell. But it’s beautiful to fall in love!”

Silence.

Mom, serious, cold and slightly raising her chin, utters without looking at the girl or the lady – “keep this in mind: you do not fall in love, they fall in love with you!”

Sparklers

It’s summer and it is indeed very hot.

But this did not stop me from lighting a sparkler. Yes, I know, the Christmas tree is not adorned. I put it away in its box sometime at the end of March. I never seem to find the strength to do this immediately after the winter holidays.

I lit a sparkler. Because I wanted to and because there’s nothing wrong with offering yourself a reason to be joyful. Even if that joy seems a little eccentric. 

Let's rejoice!

To ponder on

Every problem contains its own solution.

I did not make up this phrase. It's from a character from the series 'The Wonder Years'.

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Irish Philosophy

 

Thank God for Art!

Last evening, I went to see Ada Milea in concert within the Undercloud festival.

If you haven't yet seen Ada Milea, Bobo Burlăcianu, Anca Hanu and Cristi Rigman performing, then this is a recommendation to do so.

 

Their joyful spirit is so powerful that one feels on the stage with them and one dances and sings and laughs and sighs and then laughs some more.

When the show ended, I left there with a profound feeling of peace and wellbeing. Long live the art!