October Thoughts | ‘First Impressions’

On Saturday, I started telling you about all the things that happened in October, starting with my ‘ first day at University ‘ situation. Because I started with that topic, the first day, the emotion and a little explanation about what I am going to study, I decided to continue and tell you more about my first impressions, it’s like I’m testing beauty products but – Hey, no! That’s my life…

My goal for the end of my educational process, is to document my experiences, feelings, thoughts, things I have learned, here on my blog. So you can read them and hopefully I will help you / inspire you. Given many things that have happened for nearly 30 days, I came to the conclusion that at the end of each month I will share one post about my impressions and one about the things I have learned, so I can look back and see what has changed.

The past days were definitely quite dynamic. One day I wake up, the sun shines, the day is nice, I’m in good mood and I go to lectures and everything is totally destroyed. But the other moment comes when it’s still autumn and the weather is quite variable, and it’s raining cats and dogs. But, going to a lecture, something pleasant happens and the whole positive energy returns to me. As you all know, it’s pretty variable, it’s fast moving from one extreme to the other. I feel like I’m getting a big slap, but at the same time someone hugs me. Honestly, I do not even know how to feel.

The only thing I know is that I’m disappointed. Despite all the opportunities offered by this specialty. Despite the things that all teachers will teach us, this is not my thing. I do not see myself in this specialty.

Here the focus is on Europe, history, what has happened, who what has done and how it has influenced it in the course of history. European integration – peace, stability and prosperity. Politics, economics, international relations, international markets, trade. Socio-economic development of the countries. European Union. Modernization. By studying these things, the goal is that we get the necessary knowledge, plus we learn to work with academic text, to see the problem, to find solutions, to think broadly, looking at the whole picture, because the elements here are connected. Changing one thing leads to a change in the overall system. To be able to work in a team, to distribute our tasks, to take responsibility, to prove ourselves and our thoughts. To learn to speak freely to a large audience.

And of course, as you already know, languages ​​are big thing here too. Knowledge of languages ​​is very important and necessary, especially in a similar subject.

 

What we can expect in the future? The possibilities are countless and really well paid. Work in parliament, ministry, governmental organization, non-governmental organization. We can become future diplomats, politicians, develop ecoprojects, participate in European integration itself, etc.

Honestly, I have not seen myself as nothing of the above. After they accepted me, I started looking for information about the specialty and the thing that attracted my attention was learning to speak to an audience. That is, I will have the opportunity to stand up against strangers and talk without worry – something I want because it is really useful. I also liked the fact that at least two languages ​​are taught, that is, I finally have the opportunity to learn languages ​​and practice them.

I received very good feedback from relatives and friends that European Studies is a great specialty that there is no point in regretting Psychology. But what is actually happening? Listening to this, I started to deceive myself and build a false idea in my head. I almost managed to fool myself and convince myself … a big mistake. I experienced a shock, a totally breakdown, a fall and I tried to smear things, but I can not lie to myself. Sensations… the inner voice never lies.

That was the beginning of the week we met. There was a mess of people’s names in my head … I decided there was no point in trying to remember their names, so I only remembered the physioms of them. We met the first semester’s lecturers, their requirements, their working methods. So, slowly, I began to build my opinion on each of them on the basis of what I heard and seen. The words and actions of a person are like a business card.

The man, who was on our first day, who welcomed us… from the very first moment I saw him I liked him. This man positively positivism, kindness, but also respects. He was happy to see so many young people who decided to study and pursue their goals. At our second meeting, when he talked about the two objects he led, the smile and the good mood had not left him. He teaches the Socio-Economic Development of Bulgaria after the Treaty of Rome and the Socio-Economic Development of the Countries of Europe after 1990. On Tuesday, we are dealing with this topic. The first hour is a debate on a topic related to Bulgaria – privatization, investments, others. In the second hour, we pay special attention to a country by looking at its policy, economy, international relations with other countries, markets, trade, unemployment, the crises it has suffered.

On Wednesday I received the first slap from the teacher of Genesis of European Modernity. The best sociologist, as he himself has said, teaches us. This subject is related to integration, to the key words – peace, stability and prosperity, to modernization, to socio-economic development, how it is possible. What does a free market mean and how is it possible? Democracy, national state, rationality, ideal type. Honestly, this subject looks at a lot of things. The thing that made an impression on me is a statement from the lecturer – we are not working with people here… 

And Thursday is the day of history because all day we have a History of Europe from the 20th century. Here she put some foundations and the learning process is focuses on fascism, communism, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Lenin, political regimes and dictatorships, economic crises, the two world wars, the consequences of them. After the two-hour lecture, there are two presentations on certain topics. Then, we divide into three groups for the seminar, which includes reading the text, understanding the author’s thesis, and defense, using text arguments.

Languages ​​are spread over three days. On Monday after the lecture on Genesis of European Modernity, we have 4 hours of Spanish language where we do grammar, read articles from the media focusing on the vocabulary. English we have two times. On Tuesday, after the lectures on socio-economic development and Wednesday at lunch, before the seminar on the Genesis of European Modernity where we are reading texts, searching for a problem and its decision.

That’s how my week passes. From Monday to Thursday.

More information about what I learned during this month in the next post. I learned a lot about the subject, the people, but mainly about myself. After finishing the university topic, I’ll tell you about the good times during October, because besides the tension and the moment with the uni, other quite exciting things happened. I can not wait to share more moments. I feel inspired and I think that by describing and sharing the situation I would be beneficial to someone in the future. Let us learn from our mistakes.

XOXO,

MOI

Stepping Up | A New Chapter Began To Be Written

 

Finally, a sip of fresh air after a long month. Definitely October seemed like a whole year for me and I can not believe it is coming to an end.
Autumn brings with it a bunch of changes. This year I managed to feel this with full force. This fall I received a big bouquet of emotions (actually I got two bouquets but more information in the next posts).
I can not believe how things can change so quickly and move from one extreme to the other.

Of course everything went well. It was a wonderful, sunny Monday. The 2nd of October was the date that started the learning process at the University. I can not hide that I was quite excited and at the same time quite anxious. I did not know what to expect. In fact, I had some ideas in my head, some expectations from people, the subjects, from the whole process. Sometimes it’s nice to think about this, but sometimes it’s not.

In fact, the day was wonderful. I had asked Chrispelina ( Christina ) to come with me and be part of this very special day in my life, because that was the moment I became a student. The first day when I went to school for the first time, mom was next to me. But now, as a grown-up person with experience, I have decided that my support will be my favorite.

Since we missed the first meeting in the central building of the University, we decided to walk around the center, talk and share some things for which there was no time left. I love those moments spent with a good company, interesting stories, a good mood – it makes me lose my sense of time, relax and get positive energy. Honestly, when we go out with Christina, smiles and positive emotions are just inevitable.

Late afternoon was the second meeting, which was, in fact, the most important one. It was in my future campus ( East Campus ) in the building of the Faculty of Philosophy. To my joy is pretty close to home, so I do not have to travel long.

We gathered all of the welcoming speech of my future professors. Christina was also with me to feel this feeling of being a student, and also to find out what was going to happen from here on.

The specialty is called European Studies. Initially, when I chose what to study after school, I thought about Psychology. In any case, I enrolled two more specialties – Sociology and European Studies. Obviously, my fate had ordered me to deal with political and economic issues. For this reason, when I realized I was accepted, I said that it would be. Though I knew and expected nothing. I just went with the flow.

European Studies has been a subject that has existed for 60 years. It is mainly studied in European countries, with each country learning differently. In Bulgaria people study this speciality for 4 years regularly. In the eight semesters, there’s a variety of subjects focus on the history of Europe, the socio-economic development of the countries, the European Union, international relations, markets, economics, politics, law. There are also hours spent working with academic texts, analyzing them and argumenting. One of the most important focus is linguistics. For this reason, it is compulsory to study at least two languages. The first language is the one with which the person has applied, in my case this is the Spanish one. And the second language is chosen by you – I chose English. The languages ​​offered by the speciality are four – Spanish, English, French and German, with an additional – Russian. In my opinion, this is a great opportunity for learning languages ​​and putting them into action. In the first two years there is a lot of emphasis on intensive language learning, aiming at both languages ​​at the same level. This is a perfect opportunity for me personally, because languages ​​are really important for me.
More about the speciality and my opinion after the first month, I will share in the next post. I have decided every month to write about my impressions and what I learned.

The welcoming speech presented more professors and associate professors who will teach us over the years. One of the founders of the department, gave a name to our class, we proudly bear the name ‘Vassil Levski ‘- this is a great Bulgarian who lived in the 19th century, an ardent revolutionary fighting for the liberation of Bulgaria. Also our colleagues from the above courses gave us some tips. We received gifts as freshmen – a booklet with all the information about teachers, the curriculum, opportunities for future realization, etc. Additionally, a cute tote bag full of notepads, a pen, a flash drive, a T-shirt, a program for the first semester, and an interesting bracelet. Honestly, I liked the fact that we received gifts, that was a pretty kind gesture. But having in mind what is our speciality, Europe can not fail to take care of us.

The day was quite pleasant because I met unique people. I met a ‘soul mate’, who has the same zodiac sign as mine. Also a boy with whom we are from the same hometown, as well as a girl with whom we were together on the Spanish exam. Honestly, the world is small, you never know who you can meet.

The month of October marked the beginning of a new chapter in my life. I can not wait to share more moments with you because it was an exceptional one.

What did you do this month? Did something new and different happen? Share with me your story in the comments below.

XOXO,

MOI

 

My Phone Experience + Samsung Galaxy S8+ Review

As I promised you in today’s post, I will make a detailed review of my new phone, which I received as a gift from Mom for my birthday.
This is my third smartphone and I am extremely happy with the latest addition.

Honestly, from a little girl I remember myself with a phone in my hand. My family was dealing with phones so I always had the newest and the best. I remember my first phone was huge, like a brick, with an antenna, buttons and a small screen. It was not much, but it was my phone. I changed the phones very often, maybe in two, three months I was with a new one and I was very happy. Then there was no entertainment, the internet, games, and stuff like this. But the thing that impressed me – and continued to – was the menu and the settings that every phone had. I remember lying in bed at night and looking at all the settings. It was interesting to experiment, though there was not much to change.

So, from phone to phone it came to the moment when smartphones came into full force in our daily lives. 2012-2013 was the time when you could not have a smartphone, that is, a touchscreen phone with Subway Surfers game on it. In the same period, there were two top brands of phones that continue to be good rivals among themselves. So, for my 15th birthday my mother gave me a smartphone that was unique for its time. I’ve been using it for more than 2 years, and I was very happy because I had games, I could listen to music, go in and explore my social networks, make cool pictures. Plus, thanks to it, I managed to do all things for the blog. But like every phone its time has passed. It started to bang very super, it did not open all my applications, the battery was falling very fast. Separately many new models came out so I literally cried for a new phone. And so until November 27th, 2015. A normal Friday night. I was coming back after school. I went to the kitchen as usual to talk to Mom and let each of us know how the day had passed. She was looking at me strangely. I remember I looked three times at the kitchen cabinet and finally noticed a red sheet cut in the shape of a heart. Immediately after it I saw 32GB. Then S6+ Edge. Anyone who knows me can guess how excited I was. I immediately began to cry, barely able to pull out the box that was really big, just because the phone itself was sooo big. So … there was no happier person than me because I did not have a regular phone but the latest innovation for the phones as a whole. Curved screen – edge screen – and countless possibilities.

This phone has confirmed my love for Samsung as a brand and phone maker. I was amazed at what features this phone gives you. It’s not just a phone call, it’s a mini computer, a mini camera, everything that a person needs or a blogger like me needs in one phone. Everything was gathered in one device that served me faithfully until that day.

On my birthday, mom pleased me with the newest star in the family of Samsung, and the emotion was indescribable, but I did my best to tell you how it happened, you can read here.

I’ve always been a fan of the big things – big cars, big notebooks, big blouses, big phones. That’s exactly one reason why I love Samsung and their phone models. Although large, the phone is pretty compact, the screen lets you get the best, so there’s no such scroll. It is definitely a dream come true. As long as I’ve talked about telephones in general, let’s pay special attention to this gem. I admit it – I’m in love with it.

S A M S U N G G A L A X Y S8 P L U S – U N B O X Y O U R P H O N E

Let me introduce it to you – click here

‘THE NEXT BIG THING’ as a slogan

If you are a lover of big phones you won’t find a prettier device with a large screen anywhere else & belive me – you can reach that fingerprint reader easily no matter that is on the back of the phone right of the camera lens.

A large display – to be accurate – 6.2 inch (158.1 mm) with 2,960×1,440 pixels resolution – which makes it really taller but it’s slimmer than you’d expect for such a phone. The display gives you a bigger canvas for typing, reading, watching videos or movies plus gazing at your photo. You can do whatever you want and still looking classy.

Bigger battery – long life – 3.500mAh.

Storage – 64GB & RAM – 4GB – bloggers’ dream!

Mobile software – Android 7.0 Nougat – the best one they have ever made

Camera: back – 12MP & front – 8MP

IP68 Water & Dust resistant

Iris Scanner

KNOX Protected – ”Knox Active Protection is a set of security mechanisms that defend against mobile device attacks that attempt to modify, observe, or otherwise influence certain critical parts of the device operating system or its data.”

Wireless Charging

Earphones tuned by AKG

The whole unpacking – click here

What I love about this phone is its big display, edge screen ( the edge panel is amazing feat. apps, fast call, smart select, quick tools, music, etc ), advanced features ( one-handed mode ), the assistant menu ( I cannot life without you! ), the camera… oh, just everything. Please watch the video from above and see all the things this phone provide.

If you fancy I will write an update after 1 month of using it, just let me know in the comments below.

Time to discover new things…

XOXO,

MOI