Codruta Stefaniga: Life...goes on...

Whenever in a foreign country, with more work for school than ever in your life, there is nothing better to cure your uncontrollable fears...than to worry about you social life...and your entourage.

I realized that a very important thing for me is the environment I live in and the people around me. I can draw so much energy from my surroundings and the people I spend time with influence my mood so much...So I think that the key to my mental health in the next period will be to manage these two things as best as I can...

I started out by wanting to get to know the british pub culture better and having a night out with the girls...bloody hell...finally! ...
I ended up in a spanish place instead, having patatas bravas, tortilla, chorizo criollo and pan fresco. For desert, beer from 3 places around the Globe: Tiger from Singapore for me, Brahma from Brasil for Maria (Italy) and Cusquenia from Peru for Erica (Honduras/US). I liked the peruvian one best :P
...so many cultures to discover in UK...so surprising to me...thai restaurants are next...
...for some reason the 2 british pubs we went to before were closing...

The conclusion (in the middle of my post) is that just because these will be a tough 6 months, that doesn't mean I have to become a nun....and more importantly..I realized that no part of your life has to be "just a phase"...that you let pass without enjoying and exploring. These past few days I have discovered more places and pubs in Notts and talked to more school colleagues than in the 2 months I had previously been here.

Another ground breaking thing: studies can be fun too...today I went to a library with Erica- the ones you can have a very huge cup of coffee and sit around and read books...only we hanged around for 5 hours doing decision techniques coursework...in a pleasant and inspiring sorounding...enjoying a foaming, steaming and yummy cafe late.

And since the people in my house can be a souce of inspiration too..I had my first lessons of french and chinese...and hopefully convinced the girls to do a Hong Kong pictures presentation one of these days...

Never a boring moment...and every once in a while my favourite hobby is to quarrel with Adi about my future...I think one of these days one of us will have a heart attack for sure...:)

Now...what I became so painfully aware of is..is that my Nottingham life goes on with or without me...