Reflections through Cyberspace

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were”. David Rockefeller.

I’m so looking forward to end of this month and mid-September Finally it will be holiday time!

At the end of this month I will be off to Berlin for a work-related trip, but since I extended my trip by a couple of days, I will have time to visit the main attractions, and also plenty of time for shopping

Then, a couple of weeks after I come back from Germany, I will be off on a holiday to Northern Italy We will be staying at Mestre, close to Venice, so we are planning on visiting Venice, and then day trips to Verona, Padova, Gardaland and Lake Garda

I haven’t planned anything yet, so I’d better start researching places to visit, as the end of the month will be with us in no time!!

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits they become character;
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

We had planned not to go on holiday before the wedding early next year, so these two trips came unexpectedly! I’m so happy though…I enjoy travelling and the fact that I’ll be visiting new places which I’ve never been to before is great

The first trip is partly work-related. A two day seminar directly related to my work is being organised in Berlin, so I will be attending with another colleague at work. Since the two day seminar will be held on a Monday and Tuesday, we decided to extend our stay, and will be going to Berlin from Friday, and will be spending there a total of 6 days. I have never been to Germany before, and I’m really looking forward to visit.

The second trip is a short holiday, the last one before we get married. This was totally unexpected, as we decided and booked everything in 2 days. We are going to Venice, and since we will be staying for 5 days, we will also be organising day trips to visit other places,  including Gardaland Theme Park, Lago di Garda, Padova and Verona. I’m so looking forward to this short holiday together - we really neeed a break and this will be the first time in nearly a year since we are taking a short break, so we’re really looking forward to get away from everyday routine.

So I’m really looking forward to September, when it will be holiday time. The first trip to Berlin is planned for the end of August/beginning September, and then at the end of September we’ll be going to Venice Sometimes good things come when you simply don’t expect them!

Here I am again..after nearly 2 months! Absences from posting on my blog have become regular lately.

Last month, this blog was 4 years old I started blogging on the 28th June 2005. Back then, I used to blog very regularly, at times posting more than once a day. Sometimes I wonder why I haven’t been updating my blog so frequently..lack of time, lack of motivation and inspiration and lack of things to blog about. However, I think that one of the main reasons is that I am not spending so much time on the internet lately. Since finishing University and started working full time last year, I am not spending long hours on the internet like I used to. This means that after a long day at work, I just spend some time checking my emails and sometimes reading blogs, checking the news and that’s it. Before, I used to read a lot of articles on the internet and I used to follow more blogs and websites, which meant that I used to find interesting things to blog about and links to share with others.

However, even though I haven’t been blogging so frequently, doesn’t mean that I will completely abandon my blog. This blog will still be a part of my life. I will still post from time to time, whenever I have the time, or whenever I have something interesting to blog about

Yesterday was my first day at the new job. I spent the morning getting to know people, and then in the afternoon I started reading documents to get an overview of what the organisation does.

This job is completely different from my previous job, so everything is new to me, and I still have to get used to lots of things and procedures. However, from what I have been reading up to now, EU projects look interesting, and I think this job will bring with it new opportunities and new challenges. What I am really looking forward to is the opportunity to get training and to travel.

Today, a person who is leaving soon is going to give me a handover, so today I will get a taste of what my tasks will be. I hope I will get used to these tasks quickly, so that I can settle down as soon as possible.

The day has come - this morning I start my new job I woke up with a splitting headache - probably it’s because of the anxiety of starting the new job. I hope I’ll be feeling better by the time I start work.

For today only, I start work at 9am, but then I will be starting work at 7.30am (Summer) and 7.45am (Winter)!! In my other job I had the same working hours, but obviously I was working much closer to home. Now I have more distance to travel in the morning, which means I will have to get up earlier

Yesterday I took the decision - I resigned from work! I had been working here for exactly 11 months, but another opportunity came along, and after much thought and consideration, I decided to just take the risk, resign from work, and start a new job This new job is completely different from what I am doing now, so I will have to start from scratch again, but hopefully this will be a good decision. I have another 2 weeks working here, since I have 2 weeks notice, and then I start work at the new place. I will be working with a government Ministry, but I still don’t know which one!

Here are some quotations, which my bf sent me yesterday, when I was really panicked and worried about taking the decision. He has been really supportive and encouraged me to take on this new challenge.

“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.”

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
~ Robert F. Kennedy

“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.”

“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”

“Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.”

Well…here I am…5am and I have already been up since around 3.30am. I can’t sleep. Last Monday I posted a link about an article related to ‘Decisions‘. I wasn’t expecting to be faced with that situation so soon…since yesterday I have been trying to take a decision. But, as usual, I have fear..I am afraid of deciding..afraid of the unknown, and afraid of taking action and starting something new. I think for once I should just do it - and hope for the best

To succeed in life, one must learn to make decisions and learn from them. Whether the decisions end up right or wrong. We can charge that to experience.

If you need some ideas or tips about what to cook, then I recommend visiting this website, which I just discovered. I’m sure you will find yummy and delicious dishes and meal ideas to try out! I think the search facility, allowing you to enter ingredients and finding relevant recipes, is really helpful

Last week I also came across another good recipes website, which also includes videos.

I have already bookmarked them, as I’m sure they will be good reference in the near future, when I will have to start cooking for myself and my future husband