I looked and looked, afraid to touch. Afraid to even move, in fact, because if I moved, it would fly away. Finally, when time became too short, I reached out my hand gently and carefully, and took it into my palm. It STAYED. It let me take it, it didn’t fly away. Now it is [...]
Archive for the ‘My Story’ Category
31 Mar
Harris Center Public Forum
Here is a pic from the event I spent half of year working on (the one on the left is my boss). More articles here, here, here and here. We had Anna Wintour, Michael Kors and Natalia Vodianova as panelists at the Harvard Business School, and a great turnout. The event was organized by the [...]
1 Mar
Happy “Martsishor” Day!! Happy Spring!
Today is the first day in spring. HAPPY SPRING! May this year bring you the same degree of luck and happiness that I hope for myself! Today is also Martisor back home, in Romania. Here is some more information about that. I really wanted someone to come today and give me a bouquet of snowdrops [...]
14 Feb
It was the smile that did it
I am poor. Below-average-wage-for-my-position poor, actually. And when that position isn’t CEO of a large company, or big-shot doctor or engineer, but a mere research assistant, this is saying something about my purchasing power. Such being the case, it might not come as a surprise that when I saw the large black man with an [...]
12 Feb
Welcome to Wonderland
I live in a city where the subway announces to me everyday on my way to work: “the next Blue line train to Wonderland is now arriving.” I walk out of the subway station with a smile fluttering playfully on the corner of my mouth. I look at the park in front of me, as [...]
1 Dec
Happy Unification Day, Romania! Dec-1-2009
Today was the National Day. Kinda like Romania’s birthday (one of them, she has many!). Happy National Day Romania! What better way to celebrate, thought I on my way to work, than buy myself a nice sweet breakfast? To tell the truth, I had been planning this for a while, and sneakily waited until the [...]
29 Nov
Thanksgiving 2009 – the party
After all the work and sweat in the kitchen, it was time to enjoy the feast. We had turkey with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, broccoli with cheese sauce, and wonderful rolls fresh out of the oven. We even had homemade gravy! That was the only time I broke my rules [...]
29 Nov
Thanksgiving 2009 – the preparations
When my alarm went off on Thanksgiving morning, I was in the middle of a wonderful, enticing dream. For the life of me I can’t remember what I was dreaming about, but I know it was great because I clearly remember not wanting to wake up. Seriously though, who would want to get up at [...]
29 Nov
Thanksgiving 2009 – prelude
I got off the bus at the New London stop, in the middle of nowhere. When I told people at work where I was going to spend Thanksgiving, everyone reacted the same way: “There’s a New London in New Hampshire? Oh…” – then they nodded thoughtfully and moved on. I could tell that this town [...]
1 Nov
Episode 4: Cape Cod and a Baby
Daria’s method of getting us over jet-lag worked perfectly. We were both tired the next night, and ready to turn in before she even suggested it. We knew we needed to get good rest, because the next day it was time for our first trip on American soil: Daria was taking us to Cape Cod [...]
