I left Romania 2 weeks ago...

...and here i am today...

yeap, lucky day that is, 2 posts in a row. what can i do if i need to catch up with the things happening here? i will start with the beginning, since i came and settled in.

First, i haven't felt this lucky in a long time...knowing i am allowed to have only 20 kilograms besides the carry-on, i went to the airport with...are you ready?...45 kg! needless to say that i wasn't so surprised to find out how much exactly i was carrying but believe me, the lady at the check in thought i'm making fun of her. And so here was i, pleeding and begging to be taken on board, with all the luggage in and even without having to pay some incredible fees. The lady at the counter (i would send her a bouquet of flowers if i knew her name:) ) was unbelievable helpful and nice. But she told me she doesn't have too many options, there are the regulations of the company, yada yada. I was like "please please, i am going studying and i have a lot of books to carry and please please please...maybe other passagers don't have the maximmum possible". And i was right. And lucky. exactly behind me there was a family (two parents and a child) and all three of them, yes ALL three of them, had...7 kilos!! Can you believe it? I couldn't...i think they had only socks in there:) but it was great for me.
So this was my first luck.
I'm not going to tell you how i managed with 5 (yes five!) bags and suitcases on the way from the airport to the dorm, just imagine me with all of them on some prety narrow elevator stairs and everything tripping and collapsing. see? Laurel and Hardy (sau Stan si Bran in romana) 2 in one!:)
Lucky me I had Annie here, so for the first night i slept in her room. The next day, i got my own room. MINE! miiineee!!! and here the second luck interfeers: i got a single room!! all alone and only miiine! don't ask me how i managed cause i really didn't do anything special, i just think that coming late sometimes is not necessary a bad thing:)
I will post soon a picture of the room, but i want it to be in the before/after mood so i need some more days to arrange everything in it.
Anyway, i feel good in here, i like buying different stuff for the house (i need to start calling her my home, right?:) ) and for that i went to...where do all people that want to buy cheap do-it-yourself products go? yeap, IKEA! but this needs totally another post as there is too much to say.

About classes: - also a lot to say but to make it short, for now: me likes them!:) for those who know me, that's something surprising, right? well, not really, taking into consideration that i changed the field. and that i can feel the immediate practical sense in everything we talk about. But the names of the courses, some of them, are something...for example, the course for Contemporary Concepts of Organizational Behavior & Management of Change I. For the first week i managed to learn the title of the course...i am on the right way, isn't it? :) Talking about understanding, diagnosing, managing organisational behavior and human resource development. Interesting. For now, the homework is a presentation with the subject "A company is a machine".
Then we have Financial Reporting and Controlling (which is accounting basically, but not the basics of the accounting, if you understand the difference:) ). With this, all the Balance sheets, and Profit-loss sheet and all the calculations, believe me, i have a much higher respect to accountants then i had till now:)
The Interpersonal Dimensions of Leadership is something definetly on my taste. Different types of leaderships, where works what, with who works what, and so on. Already i have scheduled a personal presentation on Dec 22nd.
The Contemporary Concepts of Finance and Investment is something i will have to take care of. I need to catch up a lot as i have no experience whatsoever in finance. A huge book to read (and this is only the start). Already it sounds scary but i'm not letting myself defeated by that.
And for now i will mention only the Personal Assesment course, which by the end of the first two weeks is the winner at the "Nicest and most "I know Dana, I'll have a tailored for her" - course". It is again related to Human Resources, to how to asses the person in front of you, in an interview for example and how to understand which are his/her values, motivations. And for that, we first need to know what drives us in a certain direction. so...self assessment that is, with somebody smarter to interpret everything. I feel i so much needed this kind of assessment or consulting regarding my future carrieer and what are my expectations in life about 7 years ago.
anyway, the time is NOW!

There are other courses as well, but about this...in our next episode:) (don't i sound like Teleenciclopedia?:)

I am open to any comments, questions or reactions whatsoever:) I will be happy to answer to them.
Oh and tomorrow, it's Studying time! I just said it here so i make sure i will do it, otherwise i will be too ashamed to come in front of you with other stories:)