Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Romanian Halloween: St. Andrew’s Night

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Diana

As promised, I will talk now about a very beautiful and dear Romanian celebration: Saint Andrew’s Night, 29 November. It precedes a very important religious celebration for Romania, yes, St. Andrew. The stories and the traditions related to St. Andrew’s … Continue reading →

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School, Cats and Sunsets

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Diana

Winter is finally here… not! The year I decide to move up north is the year it snows in Bucharest before December. Hmmm. Other things happen here though. Yes, most of them are related to school: projects, team presentations, exams, … Continue reading →

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Why It Is Cool to Be Romanian

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Diana

I am not going to talk about the reasons why it is not cool to be Romanian. Either social, political or economical, these reasons are all in the news, read the newspapers if you want to find them out but … Continue reading →

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Who am I?

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Diana

Today in school we talked about “Invisible Norms in the Media” and we went through issues like stereotyping, nationalism, color, identity and dominance. And the teacher made us do a little exercise that consisted in describing our identity in 3 … Continue reading →

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November Mood

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Diana

Another course finished another final paper turned in. I hope that music can be considered a form of transnational protest. Of course this meant a night of working hard and going to bed at 4 am just to wake up … Continue reading →

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