We should all remember the 43 brave men that lost their life in the fire in Israel and also hope that those who lost their houses will be back on their feet soon. It is unacceptable how the government in Israel acted before, during and definitely after the big fire. No ministerial responsibility, everyone is throwing the blame on another desk. It could have been much worth with out the assistance from the rest of the world. Turkey, Greece, US, Egypt, Italy, Russia and many other countries put politics away and decided to help, I appreciate that. Now we must fix things we must make sure that in the future the forces will be ready to react on time. And if some must go and leave the office please do so.
I`m sorry but I had to start with they, I have a lot to say about it, also about the peace talks in the Middle East and the Palestinians demand from the EU to recognize them as independent country. Not that I against them having their own country, but they have to be ready for it and not make a one sided declaration. First it will be against former agreements between Israel and the Palestinian authority and second they just can`t handle it, YET. Once day I will write more about it.
FREEZING, yes it is freezing. How would I describe this to you? Well, think about the coldest experience you had so far, go it? Ok, no add to it a wind, but not a summer breeze gentle wind but A WIND. Here they call it “La Bora”, good. Now, top that with a little bit, I`m lying, A LOT of humidity and you get cold the cracks through your bones and slap you on the face every morning.
I need to climb a little hill to get to the bus every morning, not too far something around 250m walking, but when its cold and windy it is almost impossible and it doesn’t matter what you wear the wind finds a way to come through and to remind me ---“ LA BORA”
I have purchased a good North Face jacket, paid good amount of money for quality and brand name that I know that will last and that will make me wormer then other. However, I have noticed that one of the stiches is open, where they have the special glue to prevent water to come through the zipper. I went straight back to the store where I got it, luckily I had the receipt; very rarely I actually keep those. At the store, they say they must send it to North Face and that it will take about three weeks…. Now freaking way, 3 weeks? I would die here without it. Few days after I went there with Nicola my Italian friend in order to make it easier on the language skills both the sales person and mine, and their they told us four week, after dome flirtation with the young lady and Nicola saying things in Italian she told me that I will get a new one within ten days. It has been three days and I`m freezing here.
Hanuka is passed and Christmas is almost here, which mean that the long three weeks holiday is around the corner. My parent are arriving this Sunday and I am a little bit excited, though it will be weird, I can not remember the last time I have spent ten days with them. Then Shira is coming for ten days that will be a blast, we wanted to go to Serbia, rented a car and booked an hostel, but then I found out that we can not drive a rented car to Serbia, insurance policy and stuff so we will do other great things around here, maybe some snowboarding again. I went last week for one day and despite the fact in was foggy it was awesome (or Oseme which is 8 in Slovenian). I didn’t snowboarded in the past four years but it feels like I have been doing this every day.it is so much fun.
School? Who cares about it? No I’m kidding. School is busy very busy. Grades came in and I’m happy with them, except finance and accounting they are around b+. We got couple of exams before the holiday and a big paper to hand in right after for political analysis class. No complains here nothing that it is not manageable.
stay worm, have fun.
Marry Christmas and happy new year!
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Friday 26 November 2010
3 month in Italy
Wow, it’s been 3 month since I got here. So much happen in those 3 month in to be honest, it feels like much more. Italy is home now, I do not miss Israel as I expected though I do miss some things and people from Israel. Relax, its not that I will not go back, but at this point right no Italy is home, and I love it.
I have been improving my Italian slowly and getting some more confidence in speaking though I still don’t have a wide enough vocabulary to hold a full conversation, Damn, I can ask for beer or to say what I`m doing here, but it is an improvement.
School is busy and demanding, we got a lot of work recently and it’s been harder and harder to balance between schoolwork and social life. It should slow down after the 29th of November but it is all relative so we will see how it goes.
We got one assignment that I didn’t like in particular, not because I don`t like to be criticized or to give criticism but because I think this is too early for us. We need to write a peer evaluation about 3 classmates, how they act in a working team and stuff like that. The problem is that we didn`t do enough team assignments in order to assess this, its very complicated and writing with out being biased from the after school social life was very challenging.
Its `s getting cold here, temperatures are drooping at nighttime and with a little wind it is hard to cope with it. The other day I was waiting for the bus about 15 minutes and by the time I got home I was shivering, thank god that the apartment is over heated, I guess know I know why they do it like that. We have a centralized heating in the building so we cannot control the level of it.
November its the big birthday month, its seems that every one I know celebrate on November. We celebrated Natasha`s BD last week with a crazy night of drinking and partying in a nice club in Trieste. Finally we found one that we weren’t the oldest (!!!) people in the club. Now Alex, and tomorrow-celebrating Caroline and then heather. We cannot forget Roxanne`s BD party that turned to be an unforgettable night with the Portuguese friends of ours.
Few weeks ago we went to Rugby match between Argentina and Italy. Joao, Manu Jose and myself rented a car and drove to Verona. Fun drives about 3 hours give or take. We got to the city at about 1am and went off course to see Joliet, actually we went to take a picture touching Juliet tits.... some would say that this is for good luck in some fields of life....
Christmas is almost here; the streets are full of light and Christmas trees. Christmas stores starting to show up in every corner offering verity of decoration for your house. I love it, it feels magical like some thing big is about to happen and everyone is taking part in it. I look forward for Christmas, my parents will be here and we will try to get much of the atmosphere of this holiday. It’s going to be a great holiday, 10 days with the parents followed by a week with Shira in Trieste and road tripping..... Maybe New Years in Belgrade (if we will make it there :) with Asja and Dejan and other friends I look forward to it.
In the mean time keep it worm, here it is FREEZING.
I have been improving my Italian slowly and getting some more confidence in speaking though I still don’t have a wide enough vocabulary to hold a full conversation, Damn, I can ask for beer or to say what I`m doing here, but it is an improvement.
School is busy and demanding, we got a lot of work recently and it’s been harder and harder to balance between schoolwork and social life. It should slow down after the 29th of November but it is all relative so we will see how it goes.
We got one assignment that I didn’t like in particular, not because I don`t like to be criticized or to give criticism but because I think this is too early for us. We need to write a peer evaluation about 3 classmates, how they act in a working team and stuff like that. The problem is that we didn`t do enough team assignments in order to assess this, its very complicated and writing with out being biased from the after school social life was very challenging.
Its `s getting cold here, temperatures are drooping at nighttime and with a little wind it is hard to cope with it. The other day I was waiting for the bus about 15 minutes and by the time I got home I was shivering, thank god that the apartment is over heated, I guess know I know why they do it like that. We have a centralized heating in the building so we cannot control the level of it.
November its the big birthday month, its seems that every one I know celebrate on November. We celebrated Natasha`s BD last week with a crazy night of drinking and partying in a nice club in Trieste. Finally we found one that we weren’t the oldest (!!!) people in the club. Now Alex, and tomorrow-celebrating Caroline and then heather. We cannot forget Roxanne`s BD party that turned to be an unforgettable night with the Portuguese friends of ours.
Few weeks ago we went to Rugby match between Argentina and Italy. Joao, Manu Jose and myself rented a car and drove to Verona. Fun drives about 3 hours give or take. We got to the city at about 1am and went off course to see Joliet, actually we went to take a picture touching Juliet tits.... some would say that this is for good luck in some fields of life....
Christmas is almost here; the streets are full of light and Christmas trees. Christmas stores starting to show up in every corner offering verity of decoration for your house. I love it, it feels magical like some thing big is about to happen and everyone is taking part in it. I look forward for Christmas, my parents will be here and we will try to get much of the atmosphere of this holiday. It’s going to be a great holiday, 10 days with the parents followed by a week with Shira in Trieste and road tripping..... Maybe New Years in Belgrade (if we will make it there :) with Asja and Dejan and other friends I look forward to it.
In the mean time keep it worm, here it is FREEZING.
Saturday 30 October 2010
Surprise
This chapter is being written in the airport in Rome while waiting for the flight to Tel Aviv.
I will post it only tomorrow after I’ll meet my mom and this just in case she will read it tonight it won’t destroy the surprise.
This is the story; my mom is retiring from work in the middle of the coming month (Nov) and also celebrating her birthday on the 8th of November. So, together with my dad and my sister we have decided to have a family dinner to celebrate those two occasions. We have been planning this for about 3 weeks and my mom has no clue that I’ll be attending lunch tomorrow, and I’m sure that she will flip. Just yesterday she asked me for my home address in Italy so she can send me a package, she has absolutely no clue.
More then that, this is a chance for me to relax a little bit, to enjoy the things that I miss from home and for sure get some sun, though on today’s news they said it might rain tomorrow and if so I will be highly disappointed.
Can’t wait to have Krembo (Israeli thing, you won’t understand), Goldstar beer, go to the beach and off course to meet Shira and other friends. Its going to be very busy five days and I hope that I’ll manage to do it all in a short time.
What about school? Well, school is going well, we have started the International Business class with proof. Yusaf Akbar, a great lecturer with a lot of knowledge and not like many other professors you can feel that he has the international experience, and he actually has. He is from London, family origin in Afghanistan, lived in Singapore, teached in the US and now in Hungary and he has been around a lot. His performance in class is scintillating, this is a kind of professor they makes me to keep studying more and more and to forget for a minute that there are some lecturers that are teaching not in order to pass knowledge but in order to have a stage to say what ever they want. I have missed his second lesion and I look forward for the next one.
Other then that we had few exams recently and they all went well. Finance as I assumed is not my field was never related to the numbers, but I did my best and passed it with a decent grade. Micro Economy was an easy one, very general with a lot of freedom in the answers as long as you back them with good argument. But then there is Accounting, I have totally understood the material and how things works, I have even calculated the ratios correctly in the exam (except one case where I have just copied to wrong numbers from the balance sheet) after doing everything correctly and getting "numbers" to give me the right answers, and as Alessandro my teammate the engineer said when you have numbers there is no need for words, in this case I think he was right, I have added my creativeness to the solution which the professor didn’t liked much, the meeting with him was interesting due to the fact that I had to explain him how and what exactly I did. I wasn’t wrong but my solution was very different from other students according to him. If the company should follow my advise or not, this we can never now :) but I try to follow my truth also here, I believe that the extra that I have put in that exam from myself in the real world this is how great things happens. If for everything there were an answer in numbers then it would have been too easy and very very boring. Bottom line, for the time I have invested in the exam, which is accumulating to about 3 hours total, I’m more than happy with my C+ grade.
What else? So on the weekend of the 16/17th to October I went to an Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Bologna with my team Vertigo. It was a lot of fun, camping out in the rain, playing 5 games the first day and another 3 in the second day (it ended up to be less then we knew before) and in the second day after a night of pouring rain, the fields we’re absolutely a swamp. Playing in mud up to our ankles, the disc is so heavy from the mud and there is mud everywhere, nothing and no one stayed clear. But we had a blast. We finished 12th out of 24 teams, right where we were seeded in the beginning. Now the indoor session has started, on last Monday I went to Gorizia for my first indoor practice, it is weird to play Ultimate indoor but it sure demands high skill of handling a disc. I think I might start lovin it.
Other then that, the winter starts to show its signs (or it is the autumn here) but the top of the mountains are white already, the wind is blowing strong (on Monday it was 140 KPH) and it is freezing. Waiting to the bus in the morning more then 5 minutes turns to be not a simple task.
What is it about airports that I like? I can’t stop looking at people that are around me and wonder where they heading to or what they are doing. I love airports and I love to be traveling I cant explain you the feeling. Some of you may think you know what I’m talking about but trust me you don’t. When I travel by myself, which I do often, it is pure thinking time for me. So many thoughts are running through my head right now. Plans for the future things that I have done in the past. Things I want to change and things I want to have. Where is this lady running? Who is waiting for her? And why this macho man in the other table got tears in his eyes? I want to know it all
Oh wow, I’m excited about going home. I miss Noga and Ayelet, be nieces. On Wed my sister told me that Ayelet was crying cause she found a present I gave her when she was in the hospital and it made her miss me and to realize that she will not see me until September next year. I have been dreaming about the moment where I see her face an that moment when she will realize that it is I and start run towards me. Omer and Dror are growing up rapidly they are my nephews both very young but with in those two month Omer started to talk... it will be funny to see him being man. Maybe I should start and train him with Barny Stinson skills (SUIT UP KIDO).
Since San Diego 2009, I have this master plan in my head. To start my own international company. I run ideas about it with my good friend Max, he is from Russia and I believe that this two ends of the spectrum societies that we come from will be beneficial to our company. We have a great idea, money I believe will not be an issue but we need to wait few more years until we will get it all together. But every time we talk about this is makes more and more since to me, and I believe more in this idea. We can ask about it as much as you want, no, I will not tell you what it is.
I will post it only tomorrow after I’ll meet my mom and this just in case she will read it tonight it won’t destroy the surprise.
This is the story; my mom is retiring from work in the middle of the coming month (Nov) and also celebrating her birthday on the 8th of November. So, together with my dad and my sister we have decided to have a family dinner to celebrate those two occasions. We have been planning this for about 3 weeks and my mom has no clue that I’ll be attending lunch tomorrow, and I’m sure that she will flip. Just yesterday she asked me for my home address in Italy so she can send me a package, she has absolutely no clue.
More then that, this is a chance for me to relax a little bit, to enjoy the things that I miss from home and for sure get some sun, though on today’s news they said it might rain tomorrow and if so I will be highly disappointed.
Can’t wait to have Krembo (Israeli thing, you won’t understand), Goldstar beer, go to the beach and off course to meet Shira and other friends. Its going to be very busy five days and I hope that I’ll manage to do it all in a short time.
What about school? Well, school is going well, we have started the International Business class with proof. Yusaf Akbar, a great lecturer with a lot of knowledge and not like many other professors you can feel that he has the international experience, and he actually has. He is from London, family origin in Afghanistan, lived in Singapore, teached in the US and now in Hungary and he has been around a lot. His performance in class is scintillating, this is a kind of professor they makes me to keep studying more and more and to forget for a minute that there are some lecturers that are teaching not in order to pass knowledge but in order to have a stage to say what ever they want. I have missed his second lesion and I look forward for the next one.
Other then that we had few exams recently and they all went well. Finance as I assumed is not my field was never related to the numbers, but I did my best and passed it with a decent grade. Micro Economy was an easy one, very general with a lot of freedom in the answers as long as you back them with good argument. But then there is Accounting, I have totally understood the material and how things works, I have even calculated the ratios correctly in the exam (except one case where I have just copied to wrong numbers from the balance sheet) after doing everything correctly and getting "numbers" to give me the right answers, and as Alessandro my teammate the engineer said when you have numbers there is no need for words, in this case I think he was right, I have added my creativeness to the solution which the professor didn’t liked much, the meeting with him was interesting due to the fact that I had to explain him how and what exactly I did. I wasn’t wrong but my solution was very different from other students according to him. If the company should follow my advise or not, this we can never now :) but I try to follow my truth also here, I believe that the extra that I have put in that exam from myself in the real world this is how great things happens. If for everything there were an answer in numbers then it would have been too easy and very very boring. Bottom line, for the time I have invested in the exam, which is accumulating to about 3 hours total, I’m more than happy with my C+ grade.
What else? So on the weekend of the 16/17th to October I went to an Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Bologna with my team Vertigo. It was a lot of fun, camping out in the rain, playing 5 games the first day and another 3 in the second day (it ended up to be less then we knew before) and in the second day after a night of pouring rain, the fields we’re absolutely a swamp. Playing in mud up to our ankles, the disc is so heavy from the mud and there is mud everywhere, nothing and no one stayed clear. But we had a blast. We finished 12th out of 24 teams, right where we were seeded in the beginning. Now the indoor session has started, on last Monday I went to Gorizia for my first indoor practice, it is weird to play Ultimate indoor but it sure demands high skill of handling a disc. I think I might start lovin it.
Other then that, the winter starts to show its signs (or it is the autumn here) but the top of the mountains are white already, the wind is blowing strong (on Monday it was 140 KPH) and it is freezing. Waiting to the bus in the morning more then 5 minutes turns to be not a simple task.
What is it about airports that I like? I can’t stop looking at people that are around me and wonder where they heading to or what they are doing. I love airports and I love to be traveling I cant explain you the feeling. Some of you may think you know what I’m talking about but trust me you don’t. When I travel by myself, which I do often, it is pure thinking time for me. So many thoughts are running through my head right now. Plans for the future things that I have done in the past. Things I want to change and things I want to have. Where is this lady running? Who is waiting for her? And why this macho man in the other table got tears in his eyes? I want to know it all
Oh wow, I’m excited about going home. I miss Noga and Ayelet, be nieces. On Wed my sister told me that Ayelet was crying cause she found a present I gave her when she was in the hospital and it made her miss me and to realize that she will not see me until September next year. I have been dreaming about the moment where I see her face an that moment when she will realize that it is I and start run towards me. Omer and Dror are growing up rapidly they are my nephews both very young but with in those two month Omer started to talk... it will be funny to see him being man. Maybe I should start and train him with Barny Stinson skills (SUIT UP KIDO).
Since San Diego 2009, I have this master plan in my head. To start my own international company. I run ideas about it with my good friend Max, he is from Russia and I believe that this two ends of the spectrum societies that we come from will be beneficial to our company. We have a great idea, money I believe will not be an issue but we need to wait few more years until we will get it all together. But every time we talk about this is makes more and more since to me, and I believe more in this idea. We can ask about it as much as you want, no, I will not tell you what it is.
Monday 18 October 2010
let the finger roll
Its been a while now that I was thinking about writing again but I wasn't sure what exactly I want to write. On the one hand I have so many things to say and to share but then I`m not sure what should be interesting enough for people to read. However, today I have decided to just let my fingers roll on the keyboard and to see what will come out.
Its exams time at MIB, the system here is a bit different form what I know there is not real exam period. Every class last for about three weeks twice or 3 times a week sometimes, between four to six hours a each session. Few days after the last class there is the final exam. If usually in a normal world, you have a class that last for about 3 month (a semester) and then an exam you have enough time to understand the material and also to do some exercises. In this case we are not even getting back the papers we handed in during the classes so we can`t know if we are right or wrong. However this is the Italian way and it might feet to my previous post . Tomorrow is the 3rd exam in less then a week, I`m sure it will be fine though they want/need is to pass. This is a private school after all for good and bad.
what happen in the last 4 weeks since I have last wrote? well a lot actually.
at the beginning of the month there was the Barcelona here in Truest, this is the European largest yacht race. for a week the city center around Piazza D`Unitte was decorated and full with people and pavilions of variety of publishers. Concerts in the Piazza and thousands of people in the streets and in the bars. At the day of the Barcelona it self which is the official race (a huge triangle in the bay) we went to Optician, this is a little town up above Truest where there is a beautiful over looking point on the bay. We could actually see the boats setting in one line and when the cannon fired the race has began. It is a unique experience I have never seen so many boats in one bay racing together.
The winter has started to show in the streets of Truest, the locals are calling it autumn but trust me it is freezing some days. When the rain and wind are combining power together, it is almost impossible to walk in the streets, the cold is entering the bones and according to all professionals (the locals) this is nothing to compare to what we have ahead of us.
What about Achmadinigad? does any one in this world is about to do something about this ? how dare he to stand few kilometers from the Israeli borders and to claim that he will destroy us ? I want to see what would other nations react if this would have been them, the Lebanese I can`t understand also. for so many years they were under Syrian control with no strength what so ever about what will happen to their country, then they vote for Hizzbullah and now Iran so why we need this entity called Lebanon if its never standing by it self ? such a beautiful country with some great people (from the number that I was lucky enough to know) with so many things to offer to the world and they go hand by hand with the axes of evil. I have read today that Iranian planes will be able to fuel only in Germany and Austria until the end of the month and then even those will be closed for them. The reason is to prevent of making business with Iranian companies, I dont really think that this will solve it do you people not aware of the internet that has made the world smaller and there is no need for traveling in order to do business ?
Achmadinijad is irrational, and nothing we will do or say will stop him from talking and planing on destroying the world. He was bold enough to blame the US for planing and executing 9/11. He treats is own people as they were animals. A revolution is much needed in Iran but this is not ours nor to US job to make it happen, if the people of Iran enjoy the way they do now let it be. They must know this, Israel is going no where, neither the US or Europe, it is them that will suffer in the end of the day.
I was asked recently by the career development department at the school which are the top five companies I wish to work for, and in which field I wish to built my career path. I dot know I really don`t. One of the reason of which I`m here now is to explore future options, it is so hard to think far ahead, by far I mean a year ahead. I have no clue. I would let the time to decide for me, where what and with whom I will do things.
I miss Israel a little bit, I miss the food, the family, the friends the atmosphere I miss Krembo and I miss want to travel abroad.
good night.
Its exams time at MIB, the system here is a bit different form what I know there is not real exam period. Every class last for about three weeks twice or 3 times a week sometimes, between four to six hours a each session. Few days after the last class there is the final exam. If usually in a normal world, you have a class that last for about 3 month (a semester) and then an exam you have enough time to understand the material and also to do some exercises. In this case we are not even getting back the papers we handed in during the classes so we can`t know if we are right or wrong. However this is the Italian way and it might feet to my previous post . Tomorrow is the 3rd exam in less then a week, I`m sure it will be fine though they want/need is to pass. This is a private school after all for good and bad.
what happen in the last 4 weeks since I have last wrote? well a lot actually.
at the beginning of the month there was the Barcelona here in Truest, this is the European largest yacht race. for a week the city center around Piazza D`Unitte was decorated and full with people and pavilions of variety of publishers. Concerts in the Piazza and thousands of people in the streets and in the bars. At the day of the Barcelona it self which is the official race (a huge triangle in the bay) we went to Optician, this is a little town up above Truest where there is a beautiful over looking point on the bay. We could actually see the boats setting in one line and when the cannon fired the race has began. It is a unique experience I have never seen so many boats in one bay racing together.
The winter has started to show in the streets of Truest, the locals are calling it autumn but trust me it is freezing some days. When the rain and wind are combining power together, it is almost impossible to walk in the streets, the cold is entering the bones and according to all professionals (the locals) this is nothing to compare to what we have ahead of us.
What about Achmadinigad? does any one in this world is about to do something about this ? how dare he to stand few kilometers from the Israeli borders and to claim that he will destroy us ? I want to see what would other nations react if this would have been them, the Lebanese I can`t understand also. for so many years they were under Syrian control with no strength what so ever about what will happen to their country, then they vote for Hizzbullah and now Iran so why we need this entity called Lebanon if its never standing by it self ? such a beautiful country with some great people (from the number that I was lucky enough to know) with so many things to offer to the world and they go hand by hand with the axes of evil. I have read today that Iranian planes will be able to fuel only in Germany and Austria until the end of the month and then even those will be closed for them. The reason is to prevent of making business with Iranian companies, I dont really think that this will solve it do you people not aware of the internet that has made the world smaller and there is no need for traveling in order to do business ?
Achmadinijad is irrational, and nothing we will do or say will stop him from talking and planing on destroying the world. He was bold enough to blame the US for planing and executing 9/11. He treats is own people as they were animals. A revolution is much needed in Iran but this is not ours nor to US job to make it happen, if the people of Iran enjoy the way they do now let it be. They must know this, Israel is going no where, neither the US or Europe, it is them that will suffer in the end of the day.
I was asked recently by the career development department at the school which are the top five companies I wish to work for, and in which field I wish to built my career path. I dot know I really don`t. One of the reason of which I`m here now is to explore future options, it is so hard to think far ahead, by far I mean a year ahead. I have no clue. I would let the time to decide for me, where what and with whom I will do things.
I miss Israel a little bit, I miss the food, the family, the friends the atmosphere I miss Krembo and I miss want to travel abroad.
good night.
Monday 27 September 2010
No spoon feeding
So, you know how every university tries to be "not like the other" MIB is one of those. Since day one we have heard the phrase "at MIB there is no spoon feeding". It does sounds good right? However the reality is far far from that. I’m sitting now, Monday 1:07 am after studying to strategy exam, and I find my self-memorizing everything from the book. Why you ask? Isn’t it an MBA where there is no more theory and it is all about to put things in practice ?
Well, the strategy exam will be 89 multiple-choice exam, ONLY about the things from the book. Nothing to analyze or to think, just to spit what we have memorized. The best part it, is that after telling us that we will get about 10 days from the last lesson to the exam we get only two in this case, because as they say it is a multiple choice exam. We know that those are much trickier and demand harder studying to the little details. But as I mentioned in my previous chapter, this is Italy.
Another thing that bothers me and I have to write it to you who read this. Have you ever heard of a school that only shows you the schedule for 2 weeks forward? Isn’t the studying plan supposed to be ready by now? If they expect us to be good managers they should show some its quality themselves. The exams schedule is not set; the vacation schedule is not posted how we can plan anything? How can we plan our team project if we don’t know when they are due to?
This is all very frustrating, however its quite dubious that they see it as I do, I guess I like to see things organized. But, I must say that it is fun to complain but I see it as a challenge, as something that I will have to cope with in this way or the other and to get the best out of it.
I took a day off on Friday to meet Matt Roman in Venice; he came with his architecture students for a study tour and to work on their project. We had a nice 24h together, we went to the architecture exhibition, and of which I would never go with out it him it was very interesting. Every country had its own pavilion and chooses which aspect of the national architecture to show. Very unique idea I must say.
Here is a crazy cray story. Samuel Huntington
Once said that the world is getting smaller and smaller, he mainly referred to technology and to the easy flow of information. However, during the international fair in Trieste, (which brought many stands from around world with typical food and clothing from the different market)
I have experienced how small our world is.
While walking among the crowed I have recognized a voice but I wasn’t sure where do I know it from. I saw this girl and after listening for a short while I realized this is Margot Goldberg, Jessica Goldberg’s twin sister. Most of you don’t know but Jess was my first and best friend during the summer of 2004 in Pittsburgh. I haven’t seen her since then and defiantly not her sister. I was really amazing moment when we realized that we have ran into each other in the city of Trieste, among all places in the world we met in TRIESTE ???? I still think it is amazing.
This is what I call a SMALL WORLD.
Ok, it is 1:25 here, and I must finish the accounting homework for tomorrow. I will get to do it right now.
Before I’m done with this shortish chapter, I want to give you a short sentence to think about -
Dream as if you'll live forever.
Well, the strategy exam will be 89 multiple-choice exam, ONLY about the things from the book. Nothing to analyze or to think, just to spit what we have memorized. The best part it, is that after telling us that we will get about 10 days from the last lesson to the exam we get only two in this case, because as they say it is a multiple choice exam. We know that those are much trickier and demand harder studying to the little details. But as I mentioned in my previous chapter, this is Italy.
Another thing that bothers me and I have to write it to you who read this. Have you ever heard of a school that only shows you the schedule for 2 weeks forward? Isn’t the studying plan supposed to be ready by now? If they expect us to be good managers they should show some its quality themselves. The exams schedule is not set; the vacation schedule is not posted how we can plan anything? How can we plan our team project if we don’t know when they are due to?
This is all very frustrating, however its quite dubious that they see it as I do, I guess I like to see things organized. But, I must say that it is fun to complain but I see it as a challenge, as something that I will have to cope with in this way or the other and to get the best out of it.
I took a day off on Friday to meet Matt Roman in Venice; he came with his architecture students for a study tour and to work on their project. We had a nice 24h together, we went to the architecture exhibition, and of which I would never go with out it him it was very interesting. Every country had its own pavilion and chooses which aspect of the national architecture to show. Very unique idea I must say.
Here is a crazy cray story. Samuel Huntington
Once said that the world is getting smaller and smaller, he mainly referred to technology and to the easy flow of information. However, during the international fair in Trieste, (which brought many stands from around world with typical food and clothing from the different market)
I have experienced how small our world is.
While walking among the crowed I have recognized a voice but I wasn’t sure where do I know it from. I saw this girl and after listening for a short while I realized this is Margot Goldberg, Jessica Goldberg’s twin sister. Most of you don’t know but Jess was my first and best friend during the summer of 2004 in Pittsburgh. I haven’t seen her since then and defiantly not her sister. I was really amazing moment when we realized that we have ran into each other in the city of Trieste, among all places in the world we met in TRIESTE ???? I still think it is amazing.
This is what I call a SMALL WORLD.
Ok, it is 1:25 here, and I must finish the accounting homework for tomorrow. I will get to do it right now.
Before I’m done with this shortish chapter, I want to give you a short sentence to think about -
Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die today.
good night.
Saturday 18 September 2010
This is Italia
Saturday, according to what I know this is the day of which you suppose to wake up late, have a good breakfast (feel like have french toast) and to do absolutely NOTHING. well at least nothing that is related to work/school.
However today the previous class of MIB school of management had their graduation ceremony, so after having a good drinking night which ended late at night, I found my self wearing a tie and listening to graduation speeches at school, yes, let me remind you 10:30 am of a Saturday night.
But this short example might emphasis what this year is about to bring upon us. Since school started we have been loaded with reading and papers and its seems that the work will never end. Though I know it is important to leave the weekend free but is seems not feasible if things will keep going in this phase.
Micro economics, Statistics, Finance business strategy things that were so far away from me are now about to take a big part of my time and life. some of things I know or knew in the past, but when all the definition are in English it makes it a bit harder to know what exactly it means in Hebrew, but I`m sure I`ll be handling it just fine. Today we have finished our first study case in Strategy class, where we had to offer Illy cafe what should be their next steps in order to increase the profit. It was very interesting process and I`m very happy with my team results.
I had a very interesting experience with the "Italians", or I should be more specific and say with my landlord. He does not speak not even a single word in English and his wife can handle just a little bit of it. On Thursday they came to our place to bring the contract, it been 2 weeks that we are living here with out signing anything, but as they all say here "this is how it is in Italy". Long story short, before I have arrived I had Joel that speaks Italian to call them to ask if its ok that i`ll arrive on the 24th of August. They said yes, but the Apt might be ready only a day or two after, but they have another place where I can stay. I ended up staying in that place for 7 nights (!!!!) which was in a bad location and I couldn`t settle in during that time. On Thursday they said that I should pay 100 Euro for those 7 nights, because I have used an Apt for 3 people alone, and I used gas and electricity. When I tried to negotiate that claiming that it is not my fault and that it is way too much, it took the landlord 5 min to tell to pack my shit and go away from their place. I gave him the 100 Euro, basically threw it to his face just in order to calm him down. But I was amazed by the idea of that he was whiling to let me go just like just because I negotiate a price that was out of the blue. Then we talked about the current contract, the initial price was 620 Euro for all 3 of us here, now they its 640 euro because they re did the shower, we have never asked from it. And they decided to do it after we finalized our arrival. The Answer "Take it or leave it" this is Italia. We managed to bring them down to 630, just for the principle. Then they have started with million of add ons on that price, which basically they could say that the rent is 790 per month, this is including Garbage tax, house maintains, heating and above all rent Tax. and landlord in obligate to pay 2% tax from the yearly rent, these guys are claiming that we should pay 1%.
I say if any one has problems with landlords in Israel come and try Italia.
Now, we are not sure what to do. We asked the school to check it all out and to let us know what is legitimate from them to ask, but I`m pretty sire that the answer will be "This is Italia". At the end of the day we will probably stay here cause it is a good location and a good apartment. The price is very fair with all the add ons comparing to the other places in the city.
Its been raining here since last night with out a break, the wind is starting to peak and all I can think about is where all this is going? Yes, I have heard about the "Borra" the mighty wind of Trieste I know its going to get much much worst, I`m just a bit excited to experience it. Purchased a good winter equipment and I`m ready to go. BRING IT ON.
well, I should go back to Micro Economics so I`ll be able to have the time to go to Udine, where there is a local fair called FuirliDoc. Where they are serving local traditional food.
Good night
However today the previous class of MIB school of management had their graduation ceremony, so after having a good drinking night which ended late at night, I found my self wearing a tie and listening to graduation speeches at school, yes, let me remind you 10:30 am of a Saturday night.
But this short example might emphasis what this year is about to bring upon us. Since school started we have been loaded with reading and papers and its seems that the work will never end. Though I know it is important to leave the weekend free but is seems not feasible if things will keep going in this phase.
Micro economics, Statistics, Finance business strategy things that were so far away from me are now about to take a big part of my time and life. some of things I know or knew in the past, but when all the definition are in English it makes it a bit harder to know what exactly it means in Hebrew, but I`m sure I`ll be handling it just fine. Today we have finished our first study case in Strategy class, where we had to offer Illy cafe what should be their next steps in order to increase the profit. It was very interesting process and I`m very happy with my team results.
I had a very interesting experience with the "Italians", or I should be more specific and say with my landlord. He does not speak not even a single word in English and his wife can handle just a little bit of it. On Thursday they came to our place to bring the contract, it been 2 weeks that we are living here with out signing anything, but as they all say here "this is how it is in Italy". Long story short, before I have arrived I had Joel that speaks Italian to call them to ask if its ok that i`ll arrive on the 24th of August. They said yes, but the Apt might be ready only a day or two after, but they have another place where I can stay. I ended up staying in that place for 7 nights (!!!!) which was in a bad location and I couldn`t settle in during that time. On Thursday they said that I should pay 100 Euro for those 7 nights, because I have used an Apt for 3 people alone, and I used gas and electricity. When I tried to negotiate that claiming that it is not my fault and that it is way too much, it took the landlord 5 min to tell to pack my shit and go away from their place. I gave him the 100 Euro, basically threw it to his face just in order to calm him down. But I was amazed by the idea of that he was whiling to let me go just like just because I negotiate a price that was out of the blue. Then we talked about the current contract, the initial price was 620 Euro for all 3 of us here, now they its 640 euro because they re did the shower, we have never asked from it. And they decided to do it after we finalized our arrival. The Answer "Take it or leave it" this is Italia. We managed to bring them down to 630, just for the principle. Then they have started with million of add ons on that price, which basically they could say that the rent is 790 per month, this is including Garbage tax, house maintains, heating and above all rent Tax. and landlord in obligate to pay 2% tax from the yearly rent, these guys are claiming that we should pay 1%.
I say if any one has problems with landlords in Israel come and try Italia.
Now, we are not sure what to do. We asked the school to check it all out and to let us know what is legitimate from them to ask, but I`m pretty sire that the answer will be "This is Italia". At the end of the day we will probably stay here cause it is a good location and a good apartment. The price is very fair with all the add ons comparing to the other places in the city.
Its been raining here since last night with out a break, the wind is starting to peak and all I can think about is where all this is going? Yes, I have heard about the "Borra" the mighty wind of Trieste I know its going to get much much worst, I`m just a bit excited to experience it. Purchased a good winter equipment and I`m ready to go. BRING IT ON.
well, I should go back to Micro Economics so I`ll be able to have the time to go to Udine, where there is a local fair called FuirliDoc. Where they are serving local traditional food.
Good night
Friday 10 September 2010
Here we go
This post i`m writing while waiting to face the Italian bureaucracy. sitting at the police station looking forward to meet the one who will let (or not) me the permission of stay.
Lets talk about things in Italy that are seems to be weird. first and foremost, the police. there are about 5 different police forces that most of them has different responsibilities. However, two of them the "Carniberi" (Military police) and the "polizia" are overlapping in their assignments. There is a long history of hate and competition between them, and if one says A the other can say B. So if both are getting to the crime scene on the same time, and arguing about what has happened there, there no statement in the law the decided who has the last call. I find it very weird and problematic for governance. But this is me.
This week started with first few hours in school, dressed up in a suit we have marched up the hill to meet all of our colleagues and staff. It seems to me that the group has a great chemistry to start with.
We left for 3 days to a resort on the Adriatic sea, where we did some ice breakers and team building challenges. For me, it was summer camp all over again, it is interesting how those same activities are everywhere, the exact same ones. I wanted to play along and let the team think about the solution, but I`m sorry it was stronger then me. Further more I think that if I would of stay silence I would have not contribute the maximum I can to the group.
we started of with a very interesting activity that I liked, the goal was to tell your name to the group (can be a nick name) and to provide also a way to help the group to remember your name. It was funny but in the end we all remembered 20 names with out a problem.
We were divided also to out working team, groups of five that was elected by the staff. This group will be working together for the whole year. For good or bad we will have ti stay unite and to bring results. I really like our group, it is very diverse both in Nationality and characters. We have Alessandro from Italy, Natasha from Serbia, Dorina from Romania, Riccardo from Italy, Jessica from Mexico that had problems with the visa and will join us ASAP, we also have a part timer with us, Paulo that seems to be a great person with a lot of knowledge about many things and then there is me.
we had great chemistry from point one and showed great team work during the activities, we also had a very tensioned one where some characters came out and that is including me. But I believe that was a good experience because we will have many more of those down the road, and as sooner we will know how to handle them the better.
Rosh Hashana was on Wed night and we returned back to the city a bit too late for me to go to the Jewish community here. Then I have invited my classmates to join me for a new year drink. I thought it wont be a problem to be away from home, and it wasn`t, but some where deep inside I wanted to be with the family. However, the friends from the program is kinda my new family here in Trieste and it was great going out with them. The next morning, the first real day of classes I have brought some apples and honey to share this tradition with class and to make sure that we all have a great, sweet and amazing year here in Trieste.
ok my turn in line is approaching, and should go. I`ll be writing again soon.
SHANA TOVA to you all (have a great year)
Itamar
Lets talk about things in Italy that are seems to be weird. first and foremost, the police. there are about 5 different police forces that most of them has different responsibilities. However, two of them the "Carniberi" (Military police) and the "polizia" are overlapping in their assignments. There is a long history of hate and competition between them, and if one says A the other can say B. So if both are getting to the crime scene on the same time, and arguing about what has happened there, there no statement in the law the decided who has the last call. I find it very weird and problematic for governance. But this is me.
This week started with first few hours in school, dressed up in a suit we have marched up the hill to meet all of our colleagues and staff. It seems to me that the group has a great chemistry to start with.
We left for 3 days to a resort on the Adriatic sea, where we did some ice breakers and team building challenges. For me, it was summer camp all over again, it is interesting how those same activities are everywhere, the exact same ones. I wanted to play along and let the team think about the solution, but I`m sorry it was stronger then me. Further more I think that if I would of stay silence I would have not contribute the maximum I can to the group.
we started of with a very interesting activity that I liked, the goal was to tell your name to the group (can be a nick name) and to provide also a way to help the group to remember your name. It was funny but in the end we all remembered 20 names with out a problem.
We were divided also to out working team, groups of five that was elected by the staff. This group will be working together for the whole year. For good or bad we will have ti stay unite and to bring results. I really like our group, it is very diverse both in Nationality and characters. We have Alessandro from Italy, Natasha from Serbia, Dorina from Romania, Riccardo from Italy, Jessica from Mexico that had problems with the visa and will join us ASAP, we also have a part timer with us, Paulo that seems to be a great person with a lot of knowledge about many things and then there is me.
we had great chemistry from point one and showed great team work during the activities, we also had a very tensioned one where some characters came out and that is including me. But I believe that was a good experience because we will have many more of those down the road, and as sooner we will know how to handle them the better.
Rosh Hashana was on Wed night and we returned back to the city a bit too late for me to go to the Jewish community here. Then I have invited my classmates to join me for a new year drink. I thought it wont be a problem to be away from home, and it wasn`t, but some where deep inside I wanted to be with the family. However, the friends from the program is kinda my new family here in Trieste and it was great going out with them. The next morning, the first real day of classes I have brought some apples and honey to share this tradition with class and to make sure that we all have a great, sweet and amazing year here in Trieste.
ok my turn in line is approaching, and should go. I`ll be writing again soon.
SHANA TOVA to you all (have a great year)
Itamar
Sunday 5 September 2010
first week in Trieste, Italy
hey all, so I know it is the same day of which I wrote the first chapter, how ever I only got to the day of arriving to Italy and there is a week to catch up. this might be a longer one but I would really want to put every thing in written and to pass to you what I have experienced so far. so I hope you`ll find it interesting. Aug 24th. The Taxi driver from the airport was very nice, and surprisedly he knew english and was very kind to call the landlord to tell her that I`m on the way, and that she should meet me in the apartment. I gave the driver a note with the address and he said "no problem, 60 euro". it took about 40min until he stops next to building number 27, and I get of and paid him. I went to the door and was looking for the name "Fragiacomo" it was no where to be found in that place. I called the owner and told her that I`m down here, but she never came down.... I took about 15 min until I realized that the driver dropped me in the wrong street!!!!!! so, carrying a 18k duffle bag + luggage + suite + bag-pack I start to walk, and I found that it was a parallel street (still about 400m walk and then about 300m more up hill), I wanted to kill that driver..... found the owner that was waiting for me outside, she could say on the that I`m on the wrong street but I realized pretty fast that she is not speaking english well, I can say that she speaks most defiantly she does not understand... however, they took me to another place which was away up on the hill away from the center. got into a place with no internet not even from the neighbors. no supermarket, no coffee nothing was around. only old people that screamed all the time. I have spent in this place that temporary place, was told everyday by the owner, tomorrow your apartment will be set. The thing was that they re did the shower and some of the kitchen in the apartment. very nice of them, but why not start earlier when you know that you have residents from abroad? Never mind, it was the first morning in Italy (Aug 25th) , and the sun was shining, I went to the school to say hello and to try and get some more information about what`s going on, by this time I understood that most of the participants will not be around until the weekend before school starts (Sep 6th) and that I have plenty of time for my self; So, I have decided to take advantage of that time to know the city and to figure out all the important things around AKA busses, internet , phone and such. Getting to the school I have met the program manager Barbara that showed me around a bit, and Barbara Sepic that helped me with the permission of stay, right away I went to to find the post office to deal with bureaucracy in Italy, fun fun fun. the city is very nice, and the bus system is very handy. once you figure out which number you need to take and where you want to go, nothing is in English not even the transportation web site. it took me about 3 days to find out that I should by the bass tickets in the Tabacchini (small tobacco stores) its been 10 days and I didn't, (almost got caught with out a ticket but was saved by the bell, that would have been cost me 50euro panelty.) That day I was traveling around the city, finding out where things are happening and I have found out that actually no where, this is kinda of a ghost city. things are closed pretty early, they have a lunch break in restaurants, meaning that the restaurants are closing around 2pm until 4pm or something like that the schedule here is weird. having no internet, I was reading my book which I highly recommend to you all (got it as a goodbye present from 888, thank you Ronna) the name of the book in La Sombra Del Viento (צלה של הרוח , A shadow of the Wind) by Carlos Ruiz Zaf`on. really good book that keeps you in tension the whole 450 pages. Thursday, arrived and I have met Heather which will be taking the MBA with me and her boyfriend Nate that is living and working here. It was very nice to finally talk to someone after few days :) and having a great beer. I have met in the school library where I have spent a lot of time because of internet access, there is no such thing as WiFi in coffee shops or restaurant anywhere around Trieste, I have met there couple of guys from Brazil that are doing a 3 month program in the school, i have joined them for a party in a city near by on Friday night. cool guys it was fun times. Then it was Saturday Aug 28th and it is important to mention it not because that I do anything, actually I didn't do anything but it is the weather that is taking the leading part here. I woke up to the sound of rain the wind and I was shocked. the windows were slamming against the walls and things were flying in the air. I was looking for witch from Oz to arrive the wind was so strong. then I remembered that Heather was telling about this, it called "La Bora" , it is the famous wind of Triste that can get up to 180kph which is ridiculous fast and strong. I left home just to find out again that there is nothing close where I can buy food... and I was hungry. First thing on Sunday I was looking around for an open store to buy food home, but then it hits me, it is europe and all the places are closed during sunday, everything, including most of the restaurants, I found my self wondering around scouting for food, finally found near Piazza d`Unita which is the main and biggest piazza of Trieste, a nice pasta place where I had my first pasta in Italy. then I have spent that day walking around the piazza and looking at the amazing architecture that is around me. |
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| Piazza D`Unita |
I`ll make Monday short, but I will say that I have learned that even if the weather seems nice when you wake up, the sun is shinning the sky are blue it doesn't mean that it wont rain two hours after. once I got to the center of town to have lunch with Heather the rain started to hit. I had to run to the supermarket and then wait for the bus while wearing shorts and T shirt. I was soaked and freezing cold by the time I got home. but I have learned two important Trieste lessons; one - prepare your self in advanced to have food at home for sunday (which I didn't do the following week but that was because I have met Angus the New Zealander and went rock climbing with him on Saturday....again explain later). The second lesson is always have a jacket with you, the rain might come as fast as some thing that comes fast I don`t really have a metaphor for that.
by this time I had set my self with Internet and a local pre paid phone, the internet is pretty cool. It is by a company named Tre.it, its a internet hub with 300 hours per month for only 19Euro a month. seems to be a good deal but I will be able to comment on that in a couple of month from know, so far so good. Having Internet back did made my life much easier, this was back on Friday when I got it and I have started to look for Ultimate Frisbee people around here. I found this cool website which shows a map of Italy and have contact details of key players in each area, I have sent few emails hoping to get some respond. Sunday night and I get reply from a guys namds Bostjan, that he is from a city close by (40 min in a train) and he told me that my email on Friday missed him an hour of so and that the had this amazing HAT tournament during the weekend, bummed I was and then he even sent me pictures to see what I have missed. looking at the half full glass, I found the person I wanted and right away he invited me to practice on Wed in ljubljana in Slovenia with the local team. Slovenia is just about 15 minutes from Trieste, and Bostjan lives in a city Called Gorizia which was divided between Italy and Slovenia. the drive to ljubljana was very nice just about an hour but we saw that we have some time to kill so he decided to give me a little bit of a de tour. he took me to this special natural made bridge that the water dug into the mountain. it was very nice and interesting.
Practice was very nice, I love Ultimate people, always welcoming and how Jasmina said it "it is right away like you have a new family." and it is true. the level of the game was very good, they play a bit different from what I used to but it makes it only more challenging. after practice we hang out and drank some beers in the bar which is right on the sideline of the fieled.... amazing huh ?
chatted and got to know the team, was surprised by Anja (Anna) that announced that drinks on her, because she has just graduated from college at that day. Usually I know that it is the other way around but it was a nice moment.
Maybe this is the time to say a word about girls, yes the Italian girls are beautiful, must say very beautiful. but they have no competition with the girls from Slovenia, and I`m not saying that it is always like that off course not but there is something about the Slovenian beauty that I just like. By the end of the drinks that night Jasmina offered to drive me to Trieste even though it was about 40k out of her way, and I was thinking to my self maybe this is a new family, did I mentioned that I love ultimate people? I hope to go with this team to as many tournament that possible there are two planed for October one in Bologna, Italy and one in Budapest, Hungary which I hope to attend both of them. during practice and before and after I have heard a lot about a guy named Angus, a guy from New Zealand that moved to Trieste to do something with Quantum physics, and a great ultimate player. on the way back to Trieste with Jasmina I have decided that I must contact this fellow.
Wrote to Angus on FB and on Friday night he invited me to to dinner with him and his friends, off course I went, the took my to Osmizza, which is a rural restaurant up in the villages around Trieste. the story tells that during the role of the Austrian empire the land owners were allowed to sell their products only 8 days a year. so the tradition is still existing and maybe more then 8 days a year but you can never know when a specific Osmizza is open. So how do you know? you are looking for a branch with green leafs and you just follow the signs. we found one that is actually had also warm food. the idea of the Osmizza is that they have local wine, white or red and they serve it with meat and potatoes with some Horseradish on the side. this place also had sausage and sour cabbage, which was amazing. for desert we had unbelievable apple shtrodel. we were there with 3 of Angus friends that are working with him and they are great people, during our conversation of getting to know each other I have mentioned that I like rock climbing, then Angus right away said "Really? I`m going tomorrow you should come, meet me at 9:30am in the train station", should I refuse for an offer like that ? I don`t think so.
the morning after I packed my stuff, my climbing shoes, that I have sent in the package from Israel and that arrived on time, and tool the bus to the train station, still never bought a ticket to the bus always said, huh I`ll just do it next time. I knew that there are inspectors that are checking the tickets but I have never seen them, you know in the 10 days that I have been traveling around Trieste. however, one stop before the train station an inspector gets on the bus, and I find my self with only 5 americans that are separating me to a 50euro penalty. lucky me, one of the american girls had a ticket but she didn`t stamp it in the machine, so the guy was busy with writing here a ticket while he was doing that we arrived to the stop and I bursted through the doors running to the train station, gladly I got out of this but I promised my self that I will buy a ticket as soon as possible (this will be done tomorrow before school) met Angus in the train station jumped on a train towards Gorizia to meet his friend who is also an ultimate plater Simon and we all went rock climbing. It has been along while since I have climbed and I`m sure out of shape, but this two guys were so nice and understanding and also pushed me a bit to work harder. It ended up to be a great day in the out doors. We went to climb next to a village called Vipava in Slovenia, huge walls with hundreds of climbing routes in different level all you need to do is just to pick the ones you would like to do and that is fitting you level, although I did the easier ones, my mussels were hurt after that day, I have climbed all together about 30m and I was hurt like I did 100m. I must say that both Simon and Angus showed some good skills and I hope to climb with them again as soon as possible.
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| Simon in action |
Got back home that night and I opened the door of the apartment knowing that the third roommate was suppose to arrive, the first one is Alexey that has arrived from Russia a few days ago, the third guy is Jose from Argentina, I found out a cloud of cigarette smoke in the apartment. I couldn`t breath, he was smoking in the living room with all the windows closed not something that I or anyone I know would love to live in. I have left a note asking not to smoke in the house, and got a very nice apology from Jose and a promise that he wont smoke inside again I a have appreciated him a lot at that moment.
remember that things that seems to be elementary to one guy may not seem to be the same to a another person.
sunday arrived and school starts tomorrow, was planing on finishing the readings but this never happened. I went with Alexey and Jose to eat Pizza for lunch after writing the first chapter of this blog, then got back home tired from a long walk, and around 8 Angus contacted me for dinner.... he promised me to show me where is the best burger in town, the place was closed unfortunately. so we just walked around with another two very nice of Angus friend had some Pasta and beer.
And here I am. Sunday Sep 5th actually 6th few hours before school starts, again I hope it will go well and that the people will be nice and friendly. this is a great experience ahead of me and I truly hope to learn a lot.
this was a fast gist of the last 10 and first days in Trieste Italy, I hope that I succeed in passing some of the feeling of those days, in the future I would try to write much more often. I believe that I have forgotten many things that happened to me during those days but I guess they weren`t important enough.
I`m excited to find out what I would write in the next chapter till then
arrivederci
Leaving to Italy
So, it is a bit wired but I have so many things I want to remember from this upcoming year, so I better write it down.
As you all probably know, I have moved to Italy for the year in order to complete my MBA studies in International business at MIB school of management in Trieste, Italy.
why Italy? why Trieste? well just because it was an opportunity that came along and I have decided to fullfill me dream to study abroad.
Its been 11 days since I got to Trieste and I`ll try to remember everything and to put it down in words. you shall excuse me if I forget anythings but in the future I`ll try to write more often.
After getting everything done back in Israel including shipping a package by mail to avoid over weight (which turned out to be ingenious cause I got my climbing shoes on time, but I`ll tell more about this later)
I had a little goodbye party on the top of Marina hotel in Tell Aviv where all the people I really wanted to see came to have a drink an to say bye bye.
Shira, gladly was around me all the last few days which was great, helped me with everything and make me feel that I`m doing the right thing and more important that everything will be Awesome.
Sunday and Monday were mostly packing and getting the apartment ready for subletting, Shira and I had the expirence of the rich people life on Sunday, the guy who rented my place paid 3 month in advanced in cash so we had to go to the post office, change some of it to 1,000 Euro, than we went to the bank to deposit about 10,000NIS all in cash, weird feeling to carry that much money on you. but sure is making you feel important. After doing that we went for Breakfast at Sitara in Sea & Sun luxurious coplex. sitting on the sea side, drinking morning cocktails, what the waiter didn`t know that we had a free breakfast coupon (thank you 888.com)
saying goodbye to Shira the night before the flight was not easy, as I knew before but then felt it much stronger than ever, she is the best friend of mine. and a year without here wont be an easy journey.
the morning of the flight I had my parents sleeping over, I barely slept, spent on the couch in the living room thinking about what is ahead of me. my Mom woke up early and finished fixing the kitchen door path, it was broken because I had to get the refrigerator in. She, my Mom, did a great job and it looks like it was done by an artist.
we went to breakfast again , in the same complex but in the restaurant right across. it was with my Parents and Hamutal my Sister. as always before I take off one of my experiences abroad it becomes very emotional, not like in other occasions this time I can understand it. however, it was nice breakfast, Hamutal gave me a number of envelopes each one with some money in it and with a lable on the outside. the envelops were to be open in a specific occasion, the first coffee, the first friday dinner, the first date in Italy and so on. it is a great Idea that I likes a lot and I`m following the orders, it sure does makes me feel like I`m doing in with her. and that she knows that I`m thinking of her.
no, I did not yet used the once for the first date in Italy. I`ll let you know when I will. but the idea behind this was very special. It was taken from a family tradition to give a letter to the airplane, where you allowed to open it only when you are in the air, and in that letter the one who gave it to you will tell you things or wish you what ever is on this heart. I thing this one of favorit family traditions.
the Airport.
so all my family decided they want to come to the airport and played along didn`t said that I mind, cause I didnt mind it. but I did know that I would try to do it fast as possible, like taking a band aid off. I don`t like emotional moments.
I got there first with my dad and checked in, lucky me, no overweight (they charge 25 euro for every extra k`!!!!!!!)
then everyone else arrived, my Mom, Hamutal, Anat my other sister with her kids Noga Ayelet and Dror.
Then wishes and kisses and it started to get emotional, my Mom had tiers and this is something that is ever easy to see. my dad on the other hand was smiling his big red face smile, and I knew that he is proud of me.
I should say something about that, my dad never share his feeling with me nor with anyone else (maybe with my Mom only), but when I was debating if I should go or not to this adventure way back in June I called him one morning and I asked him "Dad, am I doing the right thing here" and he replied enthusiastic like I have never heard my Dad before, "Yes you do, 100% yes" this gave a lot of confident in taking this decision.
back to the airport, so I decided to use this occasion and get a family picture something that we didn`t do for a long long while,
and here we go, done with kissing and saying goodbye, and I`m crossing the doors to start a new adventure.
the flight went well, I love beeing on a plane, makes me thinking a lot. arrived to Trieste through Munich and took a taxi from the airport F%^&% 60euro but It was night and I wanted to get home.
about my first days in Trieste I shall write in the next chapter.
hope you enjoyed reading this so far.
As you all probably know, I have moved to Italy for the year in order to complete my MBA studies in International business at MIB school of management in Trieste, Italy.
why Italy? why Trieste? well just because it was an opportunity that came along and I have decided to fullfill me dream to study abroad.
Its been 11 days since I got to Trieste and I`ll try to remember everything and to put it down in words. you shall excuse me if I forget anythings but in the future I`ll try to write more often.
After getting everything done back in Israel including shipping a package by mail to avoid over weight (which turned out to be ingenious cause I got my climbing shoes on time, but I`ll tell more about this later)
I had a little goodbye party on the top of Marina hotel in Tell Aviv where all the people I really wanted to see came to have a drink an to say bye bye.
Shira, gladly was around me all the last few days which was great, helped me with everything and make me feel that I`m doing the right thing and more important that everything will be Awesome.
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| Shira and I |
saying goodbye to Shira the night before the flight was not easy, as I knew before but then felt it much stronger than ever, she is the best friend of mine. and a year without here wont be an easy journey.
the morning of the flight I had my parents sleeping over, I barely slept, spent on the couch in the living room thinking about what is ahead of me. my Mom woke up early and finished fixing the kitchen door path, it was broken because I had to get the refrigerator in. She, my Mom, did a great job and it looks like it was done by an artist.
we went to breakfast again , in the same complex but in the restaurant right across. it was with my Parents and Hamutal my Sister. as always before I take off one of my experiences abroad it becomes very emotional, not like in other occasions this time I can understand it. however, it was nice breakfast, Hamutal gave me a number of envelopes each one with some money in it and with a lable on the outside. the envelops were to be open in a specific occasion, the first coffee, the first friday dinner, the first date in Italy and so on. it is a great Idea that I likes a lot and I`m following the orders, it sure does makes me feel like I`m doing in with her. and that she knows that I`m thinking of her.
no, I did not yet used the once for the first date in Italy. I`ll let you know when I will. but the idea behind this was very special. It was taken from a family tradition to give a letter to the airplane, where you allowed to open it only when you are in the air, and in that letter the one who gave it to you will tell you things or wish you what ever is on this heart. I thing this one of favorit family traditions.
the Airport.
so all my family decided they want to come to the airport and played along didn`t said that I mind, cause I didnt mind it. but I did know that I would try to do it fast as possible, like taking a band aid off. I don`t like emotional moments.
I got there first with my dad and checked in, lucky me, no overweight (they charge 25 euro for every extra k`!!!!!!!)
then everyone else arrived, my Mom, Hamutal, Anat my other sister with her kids Noga Ayelet and Dror.
Then wishes and kisses and it started to get emotional, my Mom had tiers and this is something that is ever easy to see. my dad on the other hand was smiling his big red face smile, and I knew that he is proud of me.
I should say something about that, my dad never share his feeling with me nor with anyone else (maybe with my Mom only), but when I was debating if I should go or not to this adventure way back in June I called him one morning and I asked him "Dad, am I doing the right thing here" and he replied enthusiastic like I have never heard my Dad before, "Yes you do, 100% yes" this gave a lot of confident in taking this decision.
back to the airport, so I decided to use this occasion and get a family picture something that we didn`t do for a long long while,
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| My Family |
the flight went well, I love beeing on a plane, makes me thinking a lot. arrived to Trieste through Munich and took a taxi from the airport F%^&% 60euro but It was night and I wanted to get home.
about my first days in Trieste I shall write in the next chapter.
hope you enjoyed reading this so far.
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