We are rather taught to look for happiness outside, to achieve a certain lifestyle. To judge, to compare and to earn more. We crave “the great lifestyle” — the very-well paid job, the huge house with 5 bedrooms, the latest mobile phone, the infinity pool on a remote island, so we can watch the sunset, the fancy car and so on. Don’t take me wrong, they all can be great … to some extent. And yet, if you stop, breath and relax, you might get a different perspective of what authentic and happy life really means. You may realise that the little JOYS OF LIFE are all around you! 🙂 For some, these joys may be travel, culture, symbols, meeting new people, or a fluffy, loving pet – like my Bengal tomcat called Gingis Han or a caring dog. Others may find joy in reading uplifting stories, hobbies, small things they collect (thimbles, stamps or coins in my case), bespoke jewellery they create, projects they do in their spare time, or unexpected life surprises.
Last night was all about Kusak/Pop’s Urban Unit band playing at Tête-à-Tête Club Lounge in Bucharest. The night’s mood changed when the first sounds of drums and keyboard made themselves hears in…
As Nikolai Berdiaev so nicely said it, tradition is “the communion with history’s mystery.” Beyond.Threads is an open invitation from Georgeta Munteanu and Mariijana Bitulescu to all of us to discover the magic of Romanian tapestry.
This is a love story about my relatives who love La Blouse Roumaine aka the traditional IA. They loved it so much they wore these traditional costumes on their wedding day.
This is the latest addition to my collection! 🙂 Thanks to Lucian Stroie, I now have this colourful Malta thimble. I’m extremely happy with it because when I went to…
In case anyone doubted, Romania does have talent! And it’s not all about great developers or musicians; it is also about high-school students from various regions of the country winning 22 medals at physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry and informatics… and July it’s not over yet!
At just twelve years old and one month, Dor Geta Popescu climbed Uhuru Peak (5895 meters) in the highest summit on Kibo’s crater rim in Kilimanjaro Mountains. This success make her the youngest Romanian to ever climb this peak.
MavenHut, a gaming company founded in Romania has recently sold for an undisclosed price two solitaire apps to RockYou, expanding the latter’s reach into social games.
Here are some of those communist jokes reflecting the reality of the Romanian people during the communist regime. In some cases, I tried to give you the context of that time, a very brief one.
Humor was a way of rebellion and survival at the same time. An escape of the mind and soul, a way of coping with all those absurd and restrictions imposed by a communist regime who did not care about its own people.
Do not let yourself mislead by the word IA! This time I’m not writing about information architecture. This time is about the Romanian IA, the traditional blouse wore by our peasants for centuries.
With €1.000.000 investment, Catalyst Romania has recently became a minority shareholder of the Romanian company 123Contact Form, a top class online form and survey builder startup.
Romanian SafeDrive startup aims to reduce car accidents by rewarding drivers for keeping their phones out of reach while driving. Encourage SafeDrive with your vote on ProductHunt to cross the 500 benchmark.
This is one of a kind and very important to me: the Grapefruit Thimble Collection. I received it from my old team on the day we parted ways.
This story it’s not exactly what you might think! Yes, it has something to do with Vector Watch, but it’s neither a “hands on story” or a con analysis predicting Vector’s future… It’s just a story about local entrepreneurs and the Romanian tech talent.