Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

During December time flew so quickly, that I even didn’t have a moment of realization that it is gone. While I have been here perception of time periodically switches to another rhythm, which is not so close to the real time frame. In the middle of December calendar was showing me that I have been here for half a year – did it actually feel like it? I can assure you that not.  There is no way how I could measure time here in a certain way, because most of the time it feels that I have been here for such a long, long time – memories, flashbacks, and emotional footprints are left on so many streets, corners, places and in other people’s minds.  Although at the same time it feels that I haven’t been here long enough to get to know everyone as much as they deserve. It's half a year a lot or not so much? I guess it depends on how big a cut of time it’s been placed. If it’s about the amount of time spent away from family and friends in Latvia – it’s too much, but if reflect in a cut of m

The first week of December, we celebrated Basque culture at the Act House. On Friday, we projected “Dantza” by Telmo Esnal, as an introduction to Basque folklore. The next day, the girls and I prepared food for the intercultural night. That day was really beautiful for all of us. We had so much fun cooking together, in our small kitchen, the girls were really helpful and showed interest in learning about Basque gastronomy and in making the dishes as accurate as possible. We spent the whole day shopping and cooking, and we were really tired by the end of the day. After we finished cooking, we had to run to the Act House to be on time (which we weren’t, by the way). The night was just as amazing as the rest of the day. Many people showed up and we danced, ate, and even did a Basque Karaoke. We did Secret Santa together on the 19th of December. This event brought all of us together, and we needed it. It was emotional and heartwarming. It was the last time we got to see each other before t

The farewell month of 2021 could only be this beautiful! I think I went through all the culture shocks and adjusted to them. An important moment of December was, of course, Christmas, and I had never celebrated Christmas before. In general, I knew as much as I saw from movies and TV series. For me was familiar that every place was bright and decorated. Instead, in Romania, I discovered a whole world: dance performances everywhere, singing Christmas carols, Christmas markets, gifts, mulled wine. I was really surprised by what's going on here. People in bear costumes danced on the streets, children started to sing all of a sudden in the trains, and people were walking around wearing deer crowns. Everywhere was so full of life that I felt very happy. I think I will remember these moments for the rest of my life. We organized a Basque night at the beginning of December, and I ate many traditional dishes, I danced and learned about a nation I didn't know much about. Also, the other

In November I realized that I feel completely adapted to Romania. I went to my country to visit my family  and I can say that I overcome my ''dor''. While I was in Turkey, I realized how I missed this place. My friends, town, ACT House.  After my return, we went to the workshop of the painter Gheorghe Ciobanu, like every week. He teaches us his own techniques and we spend a pleasant time together. The peace and atmosphere of the place is so different that I can't really describe it. We started going to a new school this month, Ion Creangă school. We met Roma children. I can say that this month has been quite busy.  There were 2 cities I was curious about and I had the opportunity to see it. We went to the Transylvania region, Sibiu and Braşov. Brașov has already become one of my favorite cities.  Leire held a basque night to promote her country.We continue to collect many memories together. We prepared Basque dishes and shared the excitement of Leire. We will also h

November for me started with coming back from Latvia and still enjoying aftertaste from seeing family and visiting home. As soon as I came back, we went to see 2 Cucuteni museums in Iași, learning more about this culture and getting inspiration, ideas for work on our own museum. The museum of ''Alexandru Ioan Cuza'' University was really impressive and pieces were nicely exhibited, placed the most flattering way, so interest can be hold and built up through whole exhibition. After seeing historical heritage of Cucuteni culture it was about the time to start working on pieces, ideas, sketches and visions, so one of my contribution pieces was creating face paintings for all involved artists. I was glad that I had an opportunity to work on creating themed and connecting recognizable markings for whole team.  As well continuing work with Mr. Ciobanu always is a pleasure and well spent time. He is really inspiring artist with sparkling energy overflowing him and fulfilling s

On 11/11 I turned 22. I spent the first hours of my day making tortilla de patata for Mr. Ciobanu and his family, as we spent the morning at their place. Our visit to their place was incredibly peaceful, as always, and we had such a great time. For lunch we had tortilla and baklava, two of my favorite things to eat. I spent the afternoon at home, resting. When I came downstairs to clean the plate I used for my popcorn, I saw the local volunteers entering our house. I was so shocked. We had an amazing afternoon chatting and eating the things I had received from my family on a package that day. It felt really good to be together, and I felt really grateful. The girls and I also became the mums of two cats. They brought happiness to our home and our lives. At the beginning we were a bit worried that they would not get along. The fought for some days in a row, but after that, they started to play and take care of each other. On the 20th, some local volunteers invited me to play basketball