• Vorba de suflet cu Elena – Daniela, septembrie 2020

    “Pecetea cuvintelor de la Vreau la Sunt” e cartea Danielei in care de fapt, avem sansa sa retraim viata autoarei in Romania si apoi in Canada. Ea vorbeste cu sinceritate, deschidere si modestie despre lectiile ei de viata, pe care le simtim aproape si ne regasim in ele.

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  • Soulful Talks with Ellen- Simona, august 2020

    Simona is one of those girls who will make you smile even when you cry. She does it with warmth and witty remarks, and she is capable of making you see yourself with compassion and humour, especially in those moments when you need it the most!

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  • How I Found Grace at the Hospital

    It was an ordinary morning at the hospital. People were coming and going, like a never-ending flow of energy… Some looked contEnt and maybe even a little happy, others looked tired and grumpy. It was the time of the Covid pandemic, a virus that scared all the countries on Earth, and Canada was not an…

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  • Ce-am invatat in carantina

    … sa mi fac manichiura si pedichiura singura, lent, frumos si ingrijit. se adevereste ca doar de timp si calm e nevoie ca sa ai o manichiura frumoasa! … sa fac gestionarea casei, a celor 3 mincari pe zi. … sa petrec timp cu baietii afara la plimbare si sa-i observ vorbind, tipind, intrecindu-se, vorbind…

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  • Minunea si icoana

    Minunea si icoana

    Undeva 6 ani in urma, eram insarcinata cu Alexey, al doilea baiat al meu. Eram rotunda si nelinistita. Sarcina schimba o femeie foarte mult, moral si fizic. Eu nu ma simteam schimbata, eu ma simteam pe alta planeta. Aveam gust de harbuz, carne si filme. Straniu e un cuvint moale pentru cum ma simteam si…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 4

    My seven months at Pardeux is a time I could probably write a book about. Closer to home, the company was everything I wanted, and it was heaven when I was hired. But soon I saw that the time came for me to have a nasty boss, again. 🙂 A person can be dark and…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 3

    So In 2017, I started looking for work – again. I built a portfolio (a great friend helped me), had 2 interviews and the second interview gave me a full-time job as an Instructional Designer with Novaconcept, an elearning company in Montreal. I was ecstatic. G., the president and senior ID, is an emphatic, competent…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 2

    So early 2010, I lost my job as a project manager in translation. The boss there had made me feel incompetent and dumb. I thought that translation was not for me, project management even less so, so I ran back to where I had been happy before: language classes, teaching, education, and people! For the…

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 1

    I started working when I was 21, freshly graduating from college in summer 2000. I quickly found a job as an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) instructor in a vocational school in Chisinau, Moldova. After three months though, I left to teach EFL in a big private school. I was delighted: full-time work, good…

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