1st March I will be flying to Sweden without a clear picture of when i will be coming back to Romania.
Me? I have always been against this idea of leaving your country and have been against it for many reasons. Romania is a beautiful country and it gave so many remarkable persons to the world. I always felt that i have a mission to stay here as most of my colleagues from University left already for USA, Canada, France, Finland etc …
Sure I hate what Romania became, the garbage that is all over the place starting with plastic bottle and bags and ending with people’s rudeness. But i had my own solutions for this disturbing facts, i learned to smile through all this. I don’t get angry anymore when riding the metro and people bump into me, push me or step on my feet. I looked at people’s faces and noticed that almost no one smiles, so every time i become aware of this, I smile. Probably silly you think, but it makes me feel better…
Probably this is where i fell in my own trap. I believe that we have total control over ourselves, so if i want to be happy with what I have in Romania, then this is only up to me. I managed to do this and in the end let go my frustrations, until a new question popped up. What about being happy in Sweden?
I chose Sweden for two reasons.
First, career wise it is the place I want to be. I have been working in Stockholm for the last three months of 2007 and … loved it. I loved my job in Romania too, but discovered a whole new dimension of it working in Sweden. Once, one of my company’s customers tried to approach me with a job, asking “what should our company do for you so you could join us?” and my answer was “start writing standards”. People were shocked hearing my answer 
) “are you for real? my God you are such a kid …”. Actually I am.
Second, there’s of course the love reason. I met him during those 3 months. I still think that there was some kind of conspiracy, some kind of trap he set for me together with his boss and I gladly fell into it . But since I met him, things went in one direction only, and that is up. (http://picasaweb.google.com/crenguta)
Now, don’t ask me which of the two reasons weights more, i would say they weight just about the same, but then i might have an idea which one weights more 
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