Red, red, red

It was nice spring Saturday afternoon, I was in my "all red" mood and we were just walking on the streets of Sofia taking photos of moving objects. In these count a decent number of stray cats, a tramp, some vehicles of all sorts, us all the time and a kissing couple on a bench.

I had my old, but quite unused Smena 8 with me. I am still waiting for the film to develop... but I promise to share the results here soon.

Enjoy!

P.S - Because I constantly get many questions, even from male friends, the red, striped t-shirt is from New Yorker, a general all-brand store.

photos taken by beautiful and very talented Nastia Gretchanli, model- me

Merry X-mas to you all!!!

It is just a stray post to wish you a happy and joyful holidays because I know that all of you deserve them! I wish you health and happiness regardless the surroundings, I also wish you more truths in your everyday life. 

Don't take this religiously. It is just the occasion to stop for a moment and rethink what is most important in your life. For me it has always been and it is my family and close ones. I love you all! Thank you for your moral support and care, thank you for every single happy moment in my existence! You are great and I am a blessed person to have you around me!

Kisses and hugs!

Saturday: Lovely paper and Origamic Architecture ~ Красива хартия и архитектурно оригами.

I confess freely that I go crazy when I enter a paper store. This is hereditary from my father (I love you, Dad!) and combined with my love for nice design (Thank you, Mum!!!) I tend to spend little fortune in those stores. Today I will write about paper. Something that we find so common that we actually miss how nice it can be when it is made with style. In the world of electronic devices it seems useless to give to the paper so much importance.

The first time that I saw Cromatico paper Stationery I fell in love with it. The paper colours were so vivid and bright, but nicely selected. The feeling they give was luxurious. It was no surprise to me that so was their price: a small envelope was more than 1 Euro, a big one nearly 2. The high end stationery range is from 13 translucent, mass-dyed colours. Here are some examples of lovely paper. This is their site: http://www.thibierge-comar.com.

Said that I shall point that because of my search in internet where to find this paper cheaper, I found by incident these cards. Named Origamic Architecture or Kirigami, made with Cromatico paper. They are so well done and so architectural. So I couldn't resist not to share them here. You can visit his Flicker gallery here. He is genius of multidimensional thinking. And when I think how the modelling classes in my university were so boring and awful, when there is so much to learn about dimensions and space trough simple piece of cardboard. 

St. Paul Cathedral in London

Tadj Mahal 

San Marco in Venice 

Have a nice weekend!!! :")

Saturday: Mail

It is Saturday. Day for writing letters and sending real mail. 

I found those "par avion" classic envelopes in a basement shop near my house. The cost for 25 was 50 cents, a 2 cent envelope! I really like the red and blue stripe and they actually don't need any embellishments.

I hope that this batch of 6 letters will go to their recipients.

Have a nice weekend! 

Saturday or Day "??": I will be waiting...

Hello, Saturday!

I am listening to the birds outside and to the wonderful voice of Lenny Kravitz. This song always makes me smile through my tears. The weather outside is just wonderful. The sun is at the point to enter at my room and there are mere 8 and 20 minutes until his arrival. 

I am nervous... and I need a chocolate. But there is none, so I drink my Saturday Morning Earl Grey Tea in my favourite porcelain grey cup. With some milk of course... England Rules at my tea habits but with little French connection.

I wish all of you a pleasant weekend with someone special and a little bit laziness...

Photos: me. My cup, a nice pebbles from my last walk in the park and a really sweet set of four candles :")

Saturday or Day 46: Spending the whole day in my bed

I woke up late today. The Valencia's sun was shining outside. A wonderful blue sky was my first view for the day. I thought what a nice colour it is. A dark turquoise with a hint of ultramarine somewhere there. I am so lazy lately. The autumn spirit is all around me and I just can't manage to fight the dreaminess that brings. May be it is the city and it romantic way or it is just me remembering my own bed back at home.

I was really wondering what to share with you today and I decided it when I saw my old trusty red pouch thrown on my desk. It has history. I brought it from a METRO store. It was bright red and made by fine leather. It cost me more or less 6 Leva or around 3 Euro. That was like 7 years ago. First it carried around only one pencil and a blue ball pen. Then something went terribly wrong and I got obsessed with stationery and pens, and stuff for writing. I can blame this on my Dad who always is doodling something. After a while the pouch turned to be my thing, the thing that I carry around everywhere with me. It has been to Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Germany, Andorra, Serbia, Slovenia and many more places.

And what do you have in your pouch? Do you have one? How do you carry your stuff around?

Saturday or Day 32: Going postal! :")

At last it is Saturday!!! This working week seemed to be like forever. after some cooking, cleaning, organizing all kind of stuff I will have some free leisure time for myself. Time for some "hard work" and sending some mail or at least getting the envelopes ready for tomorrow. 

I love mail! I love letters! And postcards... I love to read them, to write them, to make the envelopes... They are the best way to send some love across great distances and to tell your loved ones how much actually you love and cherish them.So here I present you some nice examples and my own "little helpers" will come tomorrow when I finish my letters. Enjoy!

Old letter. I love the paper and the handwriting...and the red stamp!!!

Photo: here

A real love letters of an old English couple found in a basement. Sweet!

Some doodles which are just like mine... the story is about thinking how to write a letter. The author called them love letters.

Mail boxes:) by ~bright-visualization

I like those so much that if I ever have a house I will put one of these in front it.

And one funny, but true. Even the waiting is good sometimes... the excitement, everyday checking if there is something in the box... 

If somebody wants a letter or a postcard...send me your address. Nezzo, Baby, Plami  you SHOULD do that for sure. On my e-mail, please! What an irony,eh?

Saturday or Day 4: Dos Horchatitas, por favor!

La Horchata is typical drink for the southern regions of Spain.They serve it really cold or as crushed iced smoothie. It is made from some seeds and has sweet, but uniquely refreshing taste. I recommend it for everyone who comes near Valencia to taste it.

The place in which I tried it for the first time is in the center of the city, a small cafe-bar with a view at the Parque Paterne, a few meters from La calle de la Nave. I loved it. The drink, the park, the street with its passing people, the lovely humor of the bartender. Spain can be great indeed...

Saturday: One week after Heaven and Back in Sofia

It was snow, mountains and hot tea with white rum. It was white, pure and lovely everywhere. There were moments with warm smiles, mint alcohol and chocolate with whole nuts. There was the company of Eight Architects and One Engeneer : all kinds of diferent people who call themselfs friends, all types of personalities: the sad one (me), the always smiling one, the tired one, the everworking one, the funny one, the sulking one, the quiet one, the happy one and the entusiast. There was the only one who completely understands my soul and knows how to give me comfort and some new findings all around me.

It was great and I still can't get used to the city and its vibes...

By the way I missed the three holidays this March. Thank all of you for the wishes and the nice comments:")

P.S.- Some photos are coming soon...  

Saturday:One year later...and 25 things that changed in my life

And I am still blogging...what a surprise indeed. I never thought that I will live to this actually with my character. So I guess it is time for some conclusions. And here they are:

1. I started to blog about my hobbies and thoughts on 12.02.2009
2. And I intend to do it long years to come.
3. I am one year older.
4. And 10 times more wiser or not so naive at least.
5. I learned the hard way that no one is really what he seems to be. Again.
6. And found that it is hard to stay true to your believes.
7. I sleep less, I eat more, I wonder more about my future.
8. And I am sure that everything is going to be all right in the end.
9. I no longer write poetry, nor short essays.
10. And I lost my "way with the words" :"(
11. I still love to take pictures.
12. And to share them with my friends.
13. I lost my faith in my partner.
14. And started to question him more in hope for "salvation".
15. Then it turned out that it didn't help at all...so now I am all alone. Again.
16. He stole a piece of my soul
17. And I scarred pretty badly
18. But now I feel fine again.
19. And the thin white line of the scar stays with me.
20. I lost some friends of mine.
21. And found new ones, real treasures, hidden all around me.
22. Some of closest people I have question my decisions daily
23. And give me strength to carry on with my deeds  
24. I am finally starting to love myself...
25. Or at least I think I do.

Thats all I think. Thank all of you for following me. It is nice to know that out there is someone after all. I am really grateful for all these nice comments and the fact that your presence completed this blog in one wonderful way.:") So here are some home-made sweets...

I also wish to say: Happy Birthday to Пламито!I know that I am a bit late, but...this cake is for you!

P.S- Dennis, I know that you won't read this, but anyway: Happy Birthday! I wish you only one thing: Rise and Shine!:")

Saturday: Learning and sport work together,eh?

I've just arrived home from my fitness. It was wonderful training after all day long in my chair reading some legislative documents over urban territories and residential building normative. Phew.

I am lazy in everyday life/active in sports person. Perhaps it comes from my want to improve myself, to show myself that I can push the envelope harder, that I can be better... aside from these thoughts, well, the sport is my way of calming the stress, relaxing my brain and just plain fun!

So here it is... learning and sport work together indeed!

I wish to all of you Pleasant, Lazy and Happy Sunday! 

Photo: Brock Davis Portfolio

Saturday:PC problems

My PC is making my life pretty hard... My Windows crashed, the Google Chrome crashed too taking all my precious bookmarks out of my reach and now...even my blog doesn't behave properly...I hope it is temporally cause it is painstaking...I think I need to reinstall the operation system...Just my luck!

Saturday: Over and out!

Officially the longest week of the year is over. The summary this time counts:

7/+3/ days

3 projects

less than 3 hours sleep a day

around one meal a day on foot in most cases

not enough time to shower properly

not enough time for any activity other than drafting in the AutoCAD

20 hours in pointless waiting on the 9 floor of corpus A in my University to see the results

around 240 leva /120 euros for paper and plotting...in the bin now!

Yeap. The horror is over.

There are some exams to come ... session time say some people, I say time to sleep properly and enjoy life's simple pleasures!

So here they are: residential buildings

What do you think? Like or dislike them? I'd love to hear...

Saturday: Photos from New Year's eve

Some fresh pictures from my family reunion for the New Year's Eve. It was great party. Chat, fun, laugh and some pretty tasty dishes. Sadly I missed the Sushi because I was late, but the Strawberry Ice Cream was so delicious!

There was a firework show near my home.So this is the view I captured from my window. My hand was trembling pretty badly from excitement but the overall effect was great.

This is the table with the main course. I was late for the beggining because I went to see my colleagues from the University.We cooked our meal: It was so much fun!

The wine was Fragolino di Bottega. It was my second time to try it. It is nothing too fancy, nor special. But I am not a wine person so it is up to the rest of the family to decide. I think my mother liked thought, because she drank a whole bottle all alone...

My cup of wine... I never got to drink more than two sips...not into alcohol anymore (I resigned  this "sin" after finishing high school).

I tend to drink only tea and sometimes orange juice at the parties but it was a special occasion so...

Some of the Christmas ornaments in my house this year. These are  made from glass and are pretty fragile.

I love glass. Especially blue glass.

In this case it is a trio in purple glazing with some gems, painted by hand.

The dessert was Ice Cream and my Dad brought these sweets...I love them!

I can eat a ton of them!

It is strange because I normally prefer dark chocolate before the white one.But for these I will make an exception!

Well, a Whole New Year is ahead of me...can't wait to see what is going to happen...I wish the very best is yet to come!

P.S-I am still full!My tummy aches from all the food I ate... :)