The 5 of us... in Dubrave

The 5 of us...
Originally uploaded by *Merili*.

This was one of the most inspiring weeks in the last few years. A wonderfully relaxing and yet hard working team building seminar. We did our national planning and the team building which was very useful and inspirational.
We held sessions on the sunny balcony and on the swings, eating cakes and drinking juice all day in the sun. Got quite a bit of sun tan...

Quotes for thought...

Life and Love

· Life is greater than all art.

· Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth, and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.

· The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice

· My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever going, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.
· Domestic matters are trifles for us. But they occupy the principal part of my life. They teach me to know my limitations.

· It is as clear to me as daylight that life and death are but phases of the same thing, the reverse and obverse of the same coin

· To know music is to transfer it to life.

· Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

- Love and exclusive possession can never go together

· Love based upon indulgence of animal passion is at best a selfish affair and likely to snap under the slightest strain

· Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification

· Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence

· Love is no love which asks for a return

· Love is the basis of our friendship as it is of religion

· The law of love knows no bounds of space or time

· The law of love will work, just as the law of gravitation will work, whether we accept it or not.

· Where there is love, there is life; hatred leads to destruction

· The only way love punishes is by suffering

· EPIGRAMS FROM GANDHIJI

Paradise

Wouldn't you just love to escape your office and go to this wonderful little island? A true paradise on earth. I know I would...

Ahh... spring...

Spring is finally here? If you ask me how I know I will tell you it’s because of sun, it’s because of the blooming trees, it’s because of the smile on my face.

Today I walked past my favorite little park in Sarajevo (not that we have many) and for the first time this year, after months and months of snow, saw the green grass being cut.

It might sound strange but I think the smell of grass being cut is the most amazing smell in the world. It is fresh, jolly and automatically associates me with spring time and joy.

This weekend I am off to my grandparents’ house in Tuzla (a small city not far away from Sarajevo) for a Team Building Seminar with a couple of colleagues and friends from work. We will be having a wonderful rest in the most peaceful place on Earth.

A place where the blooming trees are seen every few meters, a place where the birds sing all day long and you are awaken by roosters. It is a place daffodils grow and make the whole field yellow, an ideal scene for bees and rabbits.

I am really looking forward to it.

A few days out side of the mad city, no cars, no noise, no pollution .. just sitting on blankets all day long outside in the sunlight picking daises and doing the “he loves me, he loves me not” games I used to do as a child. Waiting for my grandma to call me in for coffee and cakes, feeding the chicken and playing with the dogs…

I don’t know about you people, but that’s life for me… enjoying the nature and seeing the beauty in everything around us.

We don’t get to do that often and therefore don’t really get a real chance to live…

7 social sins of human kind

"The seven social sins of human kind:

Politics without principles

Wealth without work

Enjoyment without conscience

Knowledge without characted

Business without morality

Science without humanity

Religion without sacrifice."

Mahatma Gandhi

Freaks in fairytales...

Something strange has been happening recently. Besides the fact the sun is back again (Merili jumping up and down with joy), I seem to have become a magnet for freaks and morons. :(

If you really want to know what I mean… read on carefully.

I have been out a lot in the last week. Partying, dancing, drinking… don’t wanna go on, already ashamed of it… (blushing)

I have been the fresh meat on the market for quite some time. Trust me, when you get out of a 6-year relationship you get all sorts of guys hitting on you.

Don’t get me wrong. I love the fact I have men in my life but not any kind of men…

Here is a glimpse of the conversation I had a few nights back:

He: Hi, you are cute!

Me: Thank you (look away)!

He: Can I introduce myself, Mercedes A Benz.

Me: huh?????? What the f***?

So this is what meeting guys in Sarajevo is like. They think all girls are one of the following two things:

1. Sponzoruše (Sponsor girls; let me define the term: girl who only look at guys and they cash, cars, wealth, power…)
2. Udavače (The marrying type; definition: girls who are only looking to get married and are seeking someone who has a job, stable income, a flat, the family of his back and no history or criminal record).

Hmmm…

Men are not wrong, all the time… There are girls (and a humungous number of them) being one of the 2 things I mentioned about, but some girls are just plain NORMAL.

Definition of normal: someone who wants to have fun, secure relationship, who is not after the money (for whatever reason), not chasing after his friends, someone who will be there to bring lunch to his work, kiss and make all the pains go away, massage him after a long day and tell him fun stories from her past and her experience. A normal girl will listen with her eyes open and her mind concentrating on every word he says. She will watch him carefully, give him TLC (tender, love and care) and she will be adventurous and want to have fun, out dancing, singing, to concerts, to picnics, travels, pick the flowers or do anything… with him.
If a guy send her an sms she replies, if he calls she answers, if he asks her out she doesn't play games and tells him everything straight up.

I have considered myself to be normal. But apparently a lot of guys cannot handle any girl who is being nice, simple, fun…

“it’s just not possible” they say…

Is it not?

or are all guys I meet now just freaks and morons, schizophrenics and jerks just lurking around to make my life a living mess.

I honestly hope not… I really don’t like Mercedes…
:)

Missing... the sun

The view from my window
Originally uploaded by *Merili*.

I have a sudden urge to write and explain all the things that have been going on in my life in the last 10 days. But it would take time and I don’t have any right now.

It snowed in Sarajevo last night. Can you believe it? In April.

The city is cold and white, the lights are hurting my eyes but that’s probably to do with the last nights drinking and not the snow itself.

My exams are going well, I am happy waiting for some exam results, I am fairly happy. Planning to graduate until September or October, hopefully.


My personal life has suddenly taken a huge turn. I have been out every single night for the last week. And it’s not the usual going out and having coffee or a martini but serious hanging out, drinking partying… real student life :) don’t tell anyone.

I was a bit down due to the way things have been progressing in my personal life. Loosing a friend, arguing with people, trying to avoid gossip and setting people straight. It’s definitely been an interesting week.

The weather seems to suit my mood, cold, white, soggy.. maybe it’s the drinking… I have to cut back on that… next month…

I got a new hair cut, got new highlights, got a new BLOG to read, something which is hilarious (in Bosnian and English) and fantastic. I got a new music collection of some Latino Café Chill out music which makes my hormones run and my body all tingly and wanting to move… I have been dancing way too much recently… shame my dancing partner is far away…

I have some nice news as well: I got my reservation for Singapore. I am leaving on the 28th of July and since 29th is my b-day I will be spending my birthday there. I still have to figure out the details but I will be there for a month or so. I can't wait to go.

I think I deserve a break from everything.

The horoscope is looking good this week. Apparently I will gloat with positive energy and spread happiness around. The sun will shine, they say. I hope they are right.

I need some sun, everything else I just fine.. .

Beautiful...

...SINJITU... TRUE...

Pretty f-ing funny

THIS MADE MY DAY.

If you want to laugh, just click, sit back and watch it.
Enjoy.