Sunday: Random Web Findings that made my day!

It was a lazy, lazy Sunday which I spent in front of the pc. I have a ton of new tasks to do and no desire to. So I took this weekend off for the sole purpose of relaxation. The creativity needs time to recuperate. My way is a hot shower, all day in bed, day-dreaming and surfing the web for cute, artistic and innovative findings. 

So here are some of them. I share them with you.

• A mathematical tool for creating a silk drawing: http://weavesilk.com/

• The site: http://weheartit.com/- where you can express your love for random stuff and share it with other people. Totally free. With a cute banner and logo.

• An origami master who took my breath away. Check all of his work here:  http://www.langorigami.com/index.php4

• And wonderful Melisa Haslam Art which is so fairytale and gentle:  http://melissahaslam.orionvisuals.com/index.shtml. 

Have a nice week!!!

The photos are not mine and belong to the correspondent links.

Wednesday or Day 50: Numbers/ Such a perfect date...

As I was writing the date on my notebook I noticed that it is 20.10.2010 so today is a day with a perfect date. Some people believe that certain dates bring luck. I do not consider myself this way but to be honest today was a pretty exhausting but nevertheless wonderful day!

Some interesting facts about tens:

• Tens represent marriage as the 1 represents the man and the 0 the woman or vice versa for the emancipated girls :")
• It is the number of the universe and everything in it - Pythagoras and Agrippa
• It is the number of life and death of the Mayan People and symbolizes a new beginning. I wonder why the world is expected to end on 12.12.2012...
• As constituted of two 5 , ten is the number of involution and evolution
• It is widely used in religious context as The Ten Commandments in Christianity, the ten generations from Adam to Noah and the ten plagues of Egypt.

The number 20 is whole other story. It is considered a number of the reincarnation and a sun number. 

The reduced number of the date is a 6 which is the Devils Number, but also the number associated with Venus (my planet, I am a Libra), the number of indecisive people (guess what...I am a Libra- I wonder is my quote...) and love (... and currently I am in love!). Perfect number, according to Thibaut Of Langres. 

In conclusion I would say that may be the numbers do have a relation with the destiny. I have found that the beauty of mathematics is what gives the mystery in this case. Today was also the 50-th day of my stay in Valencia. The time flies indeed but right now I do not feel sad about it. 

Happy Wednesday!

Monday or Day 48: Some Interesting Architecture. What do you think?

Today was a long and tiring day. The kind of tiring big beginning of the working week. The good news is I have a contract for a new flat and I will be moving at 1 of November there. Finally... It was too intense to wait for these news and at last I can get some normal sleep. Yay!

I am thinking to do something new to the blog and this is to post about Architecture. What do you think? Will you find it interesting to read? Some facts and stuff about my profession? There is a saying that to be an architect you must be dedicated, a little crazy and to love the nights, cause you won't get much sleep anyway. It is a difficult but joyful profession with some serious cons. 

I will start with some history and then go into some architectural details, interesting persona, some really nice projects and share a bit of my knowledge with you!

photo: here!

Friday or Day 17: First model and ideas for my project

Hello to all! 

Spain is great but I am really bisy with my first projest over here. It is really important to get it all right and nicely done. It consist of six residential buildings with common parts on a very interesting terrain in Palma de Mallorca, on Mallorca. I find that the island is really great and I will visit the site on 23/24 of October. Wish me luck cause I have some real nice ideas!

This is the paper model of the terrain Really small details and many hours of work to do it. Thanks to my colleage Vale for the help and the materials! Gracias, Vale! Otra vez!

Sunday or Day 5: Spending all the time in my bed

I am now officially living in Valencia for the next 9 months as an Erasmus Student. The first days were pretty intense but as the weekend in Spain is quite tranquil and calm I have all the time needed to change my blog layout (at last!) and post my first impressions from the voyage.

Well, here it comes: Valencia is (not so much) big Mediterranean City with lots of nice, well kept buildings, plenty of bars, a big bunch of international students, good well developed metro and transport system, green streets and clean walkways, nicely thought alleys and parks, 130 km. of bicycle roads!, impressive historic center. It is also home of the paella valenciana, la horchata, las fallas and three awesome beaches that are located a 20 minutes from the city center.

I love it! It is the perfect size, not too big, not too small...

The way to get here is with planе: 4 hours without trans-board from Sofia or 7 in my case with one in Rome. The Italian airport is pretty disorganized, you can't get a single word from what they are saying. There was a free WI-FI, but I couldn't connect...so I had to wait for my plain patiently until 10 minutes before my boarding they just decided to change my boarding gate. The result is running through the airport with a backpack (around 10 kilos) to get in time. I wasn't very pleased.

Room and living quarters. Here I need to say a big THANK YOU! to a great friend of mine who took me from the airport to her apartment and was taking care for me these days. Apart of that finding a room is pretty easy here. Finding a cheap one not so much. At the cost of 270 euros monthly you can live in a shared flat in the real center of the city, but I don't recommend it. Too much noise, burglary and it is costly to eat...

For now there is only one great disadvantage: I miss my friends, my brother and my family, as I miss Him. Apart of this I am extremely happy to be here.

This is it for now. Some photos to come soon. :")

Thuesday: Valentine's Day Fever

Today the good news is: The 7-th session is now oficially over for me. I took all of my exams pretty well and now I have plenty of free time to hang out with my brother, to do some office work, to research some new programs. 

The bad news is (there is always one, you know): It is Valentine's Day Time...for my personal taste this holiday is way too commercial and plain stupid.  The whole city is covered with hearths, fluffy things, rose marabu feathers (poor birdies!), it is crowded in every cafe, it is dirty, unkept and  you can't find place to stay in serenity for longer than 2 minutes. There is nothing appealing and romantic in this situation, you know... 

And I need to tell you something "happy couples": you do not need a special day to say: "I LOVE YOU" to your dearest person. Yeap. No secret here. :) This is why I just love these anti-valentine moo cards. Check them out!

Anyway, I wish very pleasant, romantic, interesting and happy week to all who love someone in this world!

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