About me

For the last one, I decided to talk about myself, because it feels right to let people know who really stands behind all these posts. 

My name is Saša, I am 19 years old. I come from a small place in Slovenia, near the Austrian border, called Šentilj (perhaps you have heard of it, but I doubt it). I just started going to a university in Graz in October last year and am quite happy about it, up to this point. 

I think, that the strongest thing that describes me, would be dancing. I am a ballroom dancer for over ten years now, and dancing basically represents my life. My day goes like this: I wake up, take a train to Graz, then stay there until the classes are over, drive back to Slovenia and go to practise. After that, I go back home, do some studying/homework, and go to sleep. 
It is a bit stressful, but I have always liked it like this. It gives me no time to be lazy! :)

For all of you who are wondering what Ballroom is, here is a video of me, dancing on a World Championship in Vienna. You can look it up on Google, if you are seeking for more detailed info., because I am unfortunately running out of time here. 

Love, S. 

Speed Blogging

I can not believe I am writing my third blog today! There is, of course, a good reason for that. Everyone who is attending Fiona's English class is supposed to have written at least 10 posts until midnight on January 18th. 

I have never thought about this, but is there such thing as "speed blogging"? I got very interested, so I looked it up on the Internet. Who would have thought, people actually even give advice on how to do that! Here is what I found on the subject: 

• List Post: The list can be about anything but to make it a quick article write about something you know about without doing any research. List anything relevant to your niche that your readers would find interesting. wish list, how to list, favorite ___ list, best tips list
• One Year Ago Today: If you have been blogging long enough, I find it interesting to go back and find post from a year ago or more to make comments on the event and show how your thinking might have changed since then and see things differently with the passing of time.
• Quotes: This one seems to be popular right now. I think that’s because it is easy. If you do use a quote, make it an interesting one that few have seen.
• Picture: If you come across or take a humorous/outrageous photo, save it for when you need a quick post and add “Caption This” or a fill in the blank sentence for your readers to add a comment to go with the shot. I did this with a funny picture of my husbands rear end sticking out of a baler. Now that is speed blogging. Super simple.

Feel free to use any of the advices listed above! I found them on this website. For today, I am choosing the picture-advice, because I have been browsing my old folders lately and found some really cute stuff. 

It is completely unrelated to anything but hey, blogs are about randomness as well right?

Love. Saša. :)

The Wedding Ringer

Just watched this movie today. Thought I'd recommend it, since it is seriously the most hilarious thing I have watched in a long time. Watch the trailer to see what it is about, then definitely hit the cinema! :)

Make it stop!

I have dedicated the last few days (or should I say weeks?) to studying. The next two weeks are going to be horrible. I have quite a few exams coming up - five, to be exact. I know this is really not that much, but I can not get myself to focus on studying! My lack of concentration is not really helping either. 

Yesterday, I have decided to lock the door of my room and turn off everything that could entertain me or attract my attention. I even asked my mum to hide my phone and computer!! I must say, it was quite a successful morning, but after lunch, my concentration got lost again. I called a friend and we took a walk to clear our minds. She has a lot of work lately as well. 

Today, my mood has improved. I have already gone through German twice and have been studying English since 10AM. Now is lunch break, so I wrote a blog, describing my misery. 

I really hope I am not alone in this, assuming everyone has exams coming up. 

Have a nice day! :)

Je suis Charlie

   

The thing everyone is talking about lately, is the terrorist attack in Paris, which happened on 7th of January 2015. Two armed men entered the Charlie Hebdo headquarters and opened fire, killing 12 people inside and near the building. As French news stations drew attention to the tragic event, Joachim Rocin, the art director and music journalist for Stylist magazine, about a little over 1 hour after the incident, posted a picture on Twitter of a black background with the three white and grey words Je suis Charlie, mimicking Charlie Hebdo’s printing style.

This is a video I found while surfing the internet. I loved it, because it shows the support and sympathy people (in this case, people in New York) are showing to the French. The world is a big place, but when something this horrible happens, we sure do know how to step together. 

I hope you will like the video as much as I did. 

Enjoy! :)

Looking for Alaska

For my birthday, my best friend gave me a book saying: you are going to love this one! It was John Green's Looking for Alaska. I just finished reading it today and was so impressed, I decided to write a post about it.

First of all, here is just a short summary of what this book is about.

Miles "Pudge" Halter's whole existence has been one big nonevent, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the "Great Perhaps" (François Rabelais, poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young, who is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart.

(Taken from: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska)

I loved how the story was written - it was divided into two parts. The first part was Before, and described how Miles came to Culver Creek, met and started hanging out with his room mate Colonel (his real name is Chip, but nobody calls him that), which led him to this girl - Alaska. The second part speaks about the time after Alaska's death in a car accident. Miles and the Colonel try to find out whether and why the girl committed a suicide.

I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who loves reading, because it is a truly amazing, inspiring story, that says much about life and love and friendship and all other values that are important but not stressed enough. 

As I love the writer of the novel as well, here are a few reviews about his style and about the story:

“Green…has a writer’s voice, so self-assured and honest that one is startled to learn that this novel is his first. The anticipated favorable comparisons to Holden Caufield are richly deserved in this highly recommended addition to young adult literature.”

-VOYA

“Like Phineas in John Knowles’ “A Separate Peace,” Green draws Alaska so lovingly, in self-loathing darkness as well as energetic light, that readers mourn her loss along with her friends.”

-School Library Journal, Starred Review

Love, Saša :)

Extended Holidays

Greetings from Hinterglemm! :)

As if the three week long winter break was not enough, my family decided to extend my holidays by spending another week in a ski resort in Hinterglemm, Austria. I of course, did not complain. 

Skiing is probably my favourite sport - right after dancing. I actually like it so much, I do not mind waking up at 7 AM every morning, just to be the first one to enter the gondola at 8.30. We were lucky to have great weather every day, but it is currently snowing, so we are spending some family time in front of the fireplace. 

Of course I am studying a lot as well, considering the exams coming up in the next two weeks. But I am awfully calm, which makes me quite worried. I should probably take studying more seriously, since I am taking them mostly in German and it is not my mother tongue. 

I hope you are all doing well, and do not worry - not being in school this week will surely get back at me! :)