The day i managed a blog has arrived! My name is Bora ( yes...like Bora-Bora...If i had a penny for every time i heard that, i would have a bank account is Switzerland). I'm a twenty-something year old girl who gets passionate about so many things at once.This is mainly the reason my Blog is not concentrated on one specific topic. I called it The Jukebox of Randomness, because in a student community like mine there are at least ten-fifteen things that grab our attention a day. Those, fed with personal beliefs, and strong personal opinions (stubborn even, none of us is ever willing to admit they are wrong) turn into interesting conversations among friends, while they gather over boxes of juices and veggie salads...
Let me tell you about my community: We study at the American University in Bulgaria. Some people get impressed till they hear Bulgaria, then they get confused. "American...but in Bulgaria ? What language do you speak?.." Which of us has never had to explain where Bulgaria is (for an american audience) and how this university works? No one. Let alone explaining where you are originally from and how you ended up there.
The thing about us is that we get a western education stuck in an eastern culture. Our flexibility is to be admired. We share more or less the same lifestyle, our worries are mainly concentrated around the same things, our interests are predictable, we feed the same, the non-bulgarian students struggle the same with the language( "Ne razbiram Bulgarski" is our fast way out of the conversation.) One would think that, no matter where we come from we are the same. You would be amazed ... how wrong you are.
Such a colorful campus... you have the "Muscles" people, they are all the time at the gym torturing your self-esteem about motivation and power of will. The "I can play every sport" team and i am like :does Horseback ridding count?...the ridiculously slim girls ( i owe it to my girls not to dare to comment on them, but whats their deal ?) the "big brand stamps on tight clothes" people , the cool wanna be people etc, etc.
Yes, we do relate to each-others emotional breakdowns, time pressure, the need of watching the last episode of the many TV show series, the nightmare of becoming obese with the snacks and the unhealthy way of eating.... don't get me started on sleep regime, but the beautiful thing is that we are unique our own way. It doesn't take more than a 5 min small talk to undermine your whole image of a person. For good or bad, you discover so much in that person (and then you start facebook stalking, but that is for another day). The beauty of diversity is what keeps us sane and entertained more than anything else.
Now get out there, have those small talks and embrace the different ! :)
Let me tell you about my community: We study at the American University in Bulgaria. Some people get impressed till they hear Bulgaria, then they get confused. "American...but in Bulgaria ? What language do you speak?.." Which of us has never had to explain where Bulgaria is (for an american audience) and how this university works? No one. Let alone explaining where you are originally from and how you ended up there.
The thing about us is that we get a western education stuck in an eastern culture. Our flexibility is to be admired. We share more or less the same lifestyle, our worries are mainly concentrated around the same things, our interests are predictable, we feed the same, the non-bulgarian students struggle the same with the language( "Ne razbiram Bulgarski" is our fast way out of the conversation.) One would think that, no matter where we come from we are the same. You would be amazed ... how wrong you are.
Yes, we do relate to each-others emotional breakdowns, time pressure, the need of watching the last episode of the many TV show series, the nightmare of becoming obese with the snacks and the unhealthy way of eating.... don't get me started on sleep regime, but the beautiful thing is that we are unique our own way. It doesn't take more than a 5 min small talk to undermine your whole image of a person. For good or bad, you discover so much in that person (and then you start facebook stalking, but that is for another day). The beauty of diversity is what keeps us sane and entertained more than anything else.
Now get out there, have those small talks and embrace the different ! :)
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