again biology

April 29, 2009 at 8:37 pm (my experiences)
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just a quick note, as i find myself, yet again, in cluj. only this time, it is for a much more enjoyable reason. for two weeks, the university here offers training for the first twenty students of the country in biology, followed by an exam to select the four lucky ones to go to japan, for the international contest. the schedule is, as many may say, quite impossible – six hours of class in the morning, a one hour break, followed by another two classes (of four and two hours).

still, i somehow manage to love it! it is truly the most exciting school related activity i’ve ever had, and i don’t really get the complaints – there are 1o-12 hours per day in which i get the chance to do what i enjoy most – biology.

what i love even more, is that the teachers are from the university (babes-bolyai) which means that each and every one of them enjoys teaching, having well prepared students and most important love their piece of biology.

to be continued next wednesday…

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excitement

April 22, 2009 at 8:05 pm (my experiences)
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last week was hectic. the national biology contest took place in brasov, with its ups and downs like always. however, this year’s edition seemed somehow better organised, due to its lack of organisation :)ok, just let me explain…

we were supposed to be hosted by some technical schools, the kind with some sort of a campus. the problem they did not think about, at all, was that there were pupils here, from the moldavian republic, who couldn’t get home during holiday due to their political issues. and so we arrived at a kinder garden. but all the bad is for the better, right? because now, unlike any other year, we had clean baths and fresh meals. needless to say, there were many those who complained. “the beds are too small, and we get to sleep on the floor eventually”, “the chairs are so little, that we cannot possibly sit” – to my way of thinking, one who had gotten before all the way to the nationals, could be nothing but grateful – we slept on the floor, yet we had no cockroaches on our pillows and the useful source of penicillin – the mold – was completely absent. this part of my post is for those who’ve complained – we know we cannot get luxury; be glad for the lack of dirt!

back to my topic, i feel i should reinforce my previous post, with a serious vow never to bore you again with biology 🙂 – there’s nothing feeling better than a job well done. the range of emotions was wide, incredibly wide. i’ve passed through determined focus (needed for re-reading the 8 alternative text-books…8…and alternative has its exact meaning, because they are all offering different opinions on certain topics), impossibility to sleep, a huge, enormous and monumental hole in my stomach, all the way to impatience, calm, fear, waiting and finally joy.

i know, it’s much, it’s extremely much – and that is what happens to you once you really get to love a certain thing. it wasn’t just an ordinary contest. and that quote all grown-ups tell you? “it doesn’t matter whether you win or not, entering the contest is enough”? it never really is, is it? no…you cannot really stand working and studying and then someone stealing your prise. it’s not about that funny little amount of money they give, not even about the diplomas – it’s all about you. because here comes the greatest part of them all – excitement. the moment you realise you’ve come all the way up, gone as far as you can and that it wasn’t for nothing. you gain trust in yourself, you are fulfilled with your own, personal merit, and nothing could possibly beat that.

just tell me…can you find something greater for yourself than gathering together the pay-offs of your hard, continuous, passionate working?

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a job well done

April 8, 2009 at 10:11 pm (my experiences, philosophy, Uncategorized)
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i guess that each and everyone of us has at least once in their lives experienced the exciting feeling of a job well done. it doesn’t matter the exact action, it may even not be an action after all. it can be merely a thought, an idea that we had turned upside down a million times, until it has reached its most satisfying definition.

it’s almost midnight and i have spent this entire day doing – sort of speaking – one of the things i enjoy most: biology. though an impossible subject for others, i find it fascinating. it simply reaches out for me, calling, screaming for attention. the understanding of a living unit, the discovery of the metamorphosis from cell to infant, the mechanism of thoughts…the simple knowing. i think that’s what attracts me most – knowing and understanding the world around me, what exists, and how does it exist. but this wasn’t my topic and i got carried away.

the point was that i’m not that person who only sleeps 3 or 4 hours per night. not even close. an 8 to 9 hours sleep would be more likely, and at this hour of the night i usually dream already 🙂 but the excitement of learning new – biology – things is far more energizing than anything else. i only stopped because i had finished what i had to do for today. it is my firm belief that anyone has little joys like my own, and i sincerely cannot imagine how anything could keep you focused like those things that interest you.

so, i cry out to you – don’t get bored, don’t ever get bored. find time amongst the things you need to do for those that captivate your mind, your spirit, your being on the whole. perhaps you still don’t know what it is…find out! try anything – reading a book, perhaps certain subjects, photography, jogging…who knows? but it’s the best high one can get – being at your best, without losing yourself.

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simply happy

April 1, 2009 at 7:35 pm (my experiences, philosophy)
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and so it’s spring again…

i love spring. it’s all so green and new and fresh… it’s all just born, not tired yet, neither sad, since there hasn’t been enough time  to feel blue already. i find it amazing, the way everything comes back to life…the nature renews, the children fill the parks with laughter, everybody is filled with a shinning energy. the city becomes a sort of busy, buzzing hive.

i want to share this spring with you, with everybody. i wish people knew better than to complain and be unhappy over and over again. of course there are bad things happening, needless to say there are things that make us weak and unsafe. but perhaps there can be a way out of it. maybe it cannot solve the problems one may have, but at the very least, spring should cheer us up. taking one step back from this ideal world of everlasting green, a step back into reality, i find the shy sunlight of spring very attractive, very exciting.

spring makes me want to stay outside, to read more…somehow even school is more fascinating in the spring. it makes me see, more than ever, that learning is not a theft of liberty, but merely a key to the real freedom, one can only achieve by knowing. how can some prefer to sleep all day, instead of getting out, of learning more?! i’m not talking about specifically math, or science…learning about things around you, using them as tools to self-discovery. i find each spring a new me, in a new form, with other thoughts than the ones i had already have…

how can some allow themselves to be lazy? it’s spring! find a quiet bench in the park, with a good book in your hands. read your favorite novel, or even better a new one! stop wondering what could you win from yet another book? what do you have to lose? stop skipping classes just because you’re bored, how can you be bored? we’re so young, and fresh, and with so many abilities…there’s nothing to stop us now – no job, no responsibilities, no fears. our only enemy right now is the time, the time that takes us away from the childhood we enjoy…don’t be bored. find yourself new things to discover each day, in order to never get bored.

as for the grown-ups..yes, you do have to worry, you do have to make sure that we can make it through another day. yet find time to talk to us, to feel the spring alongside with us, teenagers…ask us how we feel, and wait to listen our answers. find time to make us believe we’re special for you, or even better, find time to let you know you’re special for yourself. you’ve done so much…take a breath. see how far you’ve arrived? all the work you have always been doing, it was never meant to be for nothing. you are someone now…you are you, perhaps the best you you can be!

it’s spring…enjoy!

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