One Step at a Time, or How I Met 2013

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10January2013

c5b866d64d2c11e29bb822000a1f9abd_7The fact that I’m hungry does not make it any better. Otherwise I’m fine. Met the 2013 with a couple of extra kilograms from Christmas/New Year  and with one good job-related decision.

Spent the last week of 2012 and the first week of 2013 traveling up and down the Netherlands with my sister, and cooking Georgian, Italian and fast food. Now you know where the kilograms came from. The good news is that  my sister gained weight too. Sorry, bro!

I did not make any New Year resolutions. I know I promised to make one in my pre-previous post, but then again, I never do what I promise. That’s why I thought drafting a resolution would guarantee that I would never fulfill any of the points listed there. I just got a new motto – “one step at a time.” Copyright belongs to the one who still owes me some Christmas gifts!

Apart from my sister, I spent my New Year’s eve with a friend of mine, aka ”the woman”. By the way, I have one more “the woman” in my life. I’ll tell you about both of them in my next post.

Now let’s get to the point. I can tell you with 98% accuracy that social networks are killing the notion of sisterhood as it once was. Many times during my dear sibling’s two week visit to my place I caught myself interacting with her through Facebook. I still have to think whether this is good, bad  or just normal. What I know for sure is that it’s a fact. I think I’ll dedicate a separate post to my life on Facebook/Twitter/Google. I promise to deliver a creepy story.

That’s all from me now.

Slaaplekker.

The fact that I am hungry isn’t making it any better.

 

21.12.12, soy milk and a Panettone

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20December2012

panettoneThree hours in the Netherlands till 21.12.12, aka the end of the world. In Georgia it must have started already 3 minutes ago. Checking Facebook. No signs of the apocalypses  whatsoever in my homecountry. At least, according to Facebook. If something had gone wrong,  or right (the latter is highly improbably in case of Georgia anyway), Facebook would be the best place go to be the first to know (sorry CNN).

00.08 in Tbilisi. Georgian President’s latest speech is trending. And the recent arrest of some of the former Georgian authorities. And the upcoming elections of the head of the Georgian Public Broadcaster. A lot going on. Honestly, I am a bit frustrated. I expected at least some witty statuses on social networks regarding the so much anticipated date. The End of the World event on Facebook created a couple of years ago, when the news about the infamous Mayan calendar broke, is silent. Boring.

Let’s just make up stuff. Frankly, from the safety of my own bedroom (sipping soy milk from the wine glass and warming my feet against the heater), the end of the world sounds like an interesting event to witness. As I imagine, in a matter of seconds nothing would really matter to me: no efforts to be made any more, no more deadlines, no more worries on what the future holds, no more responsibilities, no lies, no more wars around, no hatred, no drama, no starvation, no climate change, no genetic engineering debates …etc.

But there are downsides too. What about all the regrets? Hell, I have lots of them. Lots of things I did not do and I should have done, and lots of things I did and shouldn’t have. The latter are far less than the former, fortunately or unfortunately.

I regret not visiting my grandfather before leaving for Amsterdam, just because I took up yet another job to do just before leaving and I ‘simply had no time’. Scr*w all jobs in the world.

I regret not writing to so many of my friends and relatives that I miss, but still never find time to ask how they are doing.

I regret letting stereotypes and the public opinion influence some of my decisions. The crucial ones.

I regret having judged many people when I was younger. At least I don’t do that any more.

I regret having let others take advantage of me. I won’t let it happen any more.

And there is still so much to do: host my little sister in Amsterdam for Christmas (her name is Maya, btw!), learn swimming, start working out, stop complaining a lot, travel to Argentina, learn baking a proper Khachapuri and a lasagna, work for a charity, defeat the fear of flight, stop googling each and every symptom and illness, laugh more and cry less, work less and play more… Getting cheesy!

What would I do if I knew the world is going to end tonight? Eat the panettone that I’m trying not to eat until the Christmas night!

That’s all from me now.

Slaaplekker ;)

Hello, world!

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18December2012

It’s been a while. I doubt there’ve been many people visiting my site impatiently to read a new post. Well maybe a couple of them. One, for sure. The one who gifted this blog to me. As in almost everything important in my life, I’ve failed to focus on the site, while being distracted by very unimportant things and people around me. No more distractions!

A short recap of my life from the last post up to this evening. So far I’ve: dropped everything back in Georgia in pursuit of a Western diploma :D [and for a couple of other things], spent a lot of [my parents'] money, got that piece of … paper finally, started [unpaid] job as a junior Social Media Manager, launched a successful career as a senior babysitter, traveled to a couple of places around Europe, eaten lots of Euroshopper food, learned [and forgotten again] to take care of money, mastered in cutting my hair by myself, continued following news in Georgia [crazy!], made two great friends, spoke on Skype with my family for hours, learned some Dutch [lekker!], and some Italian [metti il braccio così!], also, understood that Italian people can be nice, as well as ca**oni, got MacBook Air as a present [yes, from the one who made this blog for me], cried a lot, complained even more, lied, lost, gained and lost weigh, remained being in love [yes with the one who gave me this blog and MacBook Air, but not for these gifts, obviously], learned riding a bike, and got my first bicycle stolen, started cooking [lekker?], installed Instagram, never tried any marijuana/magic mushrooms/space cakes despite living in Amsterdam for over a year [epic fail?], managed to miraculously solve seemingly unsolvable problems, lost a lot of time doing nothing, and made up my mind to give myself one more chance on this blog, and generally in life! Next up, my new year resolution!

That’s all from me now.

Slaaplekker ;)

Happy b-day, Google

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28September2011

Everything can be googled!

Georgian national proverb

Google's 13 nowI don’t remember when I wrote my first query in Google search window. It probably happened 8-9 years ago, at one of the antique computers in Tbilisi State University. Since then my life has never been the same. Frankly, I don’t remember what life was like before I discovered Google for myself. It was much harder for sure than it is now.

Google has turned 13 today. He/she’s a teenager now – the most successful teen ever on the planet I suppose. Google is admired and hated. Both admirers and haters of the search giant have their justified reasons for loving or detesting it. Frankly, I feel a bit uncomfortable at times realizing that Google possesses so much information about me, however this does not stop me from using its search service at least 10 times a day.

Google is no more just about search. It is about pretty much everything – started from electronic mail ended with a newly introduced social networking site Google +. Critiques argue that the company has been extended to scary sizes. Yes, indeed Google has left almost no chances for competitors to compete. Whether it is good or not, is a subject of discussion between monopolists and anti-monopolists.

I just say: happy birthday Google. Keep my data safe and intact. (I know you won’t!)

Photo from: www.google.com

Ghosts in the Georgian Parliament

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1July2011

I’m not good at maths but my poor knowledge is enough to know that when 83 Parliament Members are attending a session and a bill is passed with 103 votes against 1 there is something wrong out there. I’m not making up an example, this is what happened in the Georgian Parliament today, at least this is what a quite reliable news agency Interpressnews reported.

Interpressnews reporter said that nobody protested against the fraud, because there were no opposition MPs in the hall where voting took place. So, two problems at once – arrogant ruling party MPs and irresponsible opposition.

Anyway, 83 MPs passed the amendments to the constitution on moving the Georgian Parliament to Kutaisi with 103 votes against 1. Over 34 million dollars are being spent to construct a new building to move [irresponsible and arrogant] MPs to Georgia’s second biggest city as an attempt to achieve “more engagement of regions in western Georgia in constitutional-legal processes.”

Sorry guys but I have some doubts that genuinely “constitutional-legal processes” are taking place in the Parliament. Forgive me my skepticism but facts are facts. Frankly  I would have been skeptical about media reports on vote fraud in the Parliament. It is hard to believe in something that you have not seen with your own eyes. But unfortunately [for our MPs] a video shot at the Parliament session in Georgia went viral on Youtube a couple of days ago. It shows how ruling party MPs are voting from the voting devices instead of their colleagues.

Sorry again, but I am not paying money to the MPs from my [poor] pocket to see vote fraud taking place in the Parliament. Shame on you guys. BTW, dear lawmakers vote fraud is a criminal act. At least so I think.