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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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  • I work, therefore … I am?

    I work, therefore … I am?

    Glorifying busy-ness is a statement. You tell Life that you are worth something because you work a lot. Every time I speak to someone who says: “Oh, I thrive on stress,” a little light bulb lights up in my head: watch out, a perfectionist is coming your way. Let’s speak about perfectionism, what it is,

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  • Despre oameni… sau scoala vietii

    Exista oameni-pauza. Eu asa yi numesc pe cei in compania carora simti cum toate celulele corpului tau se relaxeaza, zimbesc si zic: cu aceasta persoana nu trebuie sa conving, sa ma protejez sau sa invat nimic. Acum e pauza mea. Acesti oameni stiu deja totul, sint la acelasi nivel cu mine, au o traire usoara

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  • Cumatrismul

    Cumatra si cumatrul… cumatrie… cuvintele astea au semnificatie puternica in Moldova, si respectiv, la moldovenii emigrati oriunde in lume. Eu sint o emigrata moldoveanca in Canada, in Montreal, si deci am chef sa vorbesc azi depre cumatrism si despre dorinta eterna a moldoveanului sa respecte traditiile, cu orice pret. Cumatrismul e fratele fuduliei. Cum numai

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  • Social media si eu: love-hate relationship

    Azi incep un detox Facebook. Azi am decis ca e timpul sa-mi traiesc viata in afara ochilor lumii. Azi am zis stop tuturor conflictelor, mici si mari, care le-am avut online si offline, si ma apuc de impletit, de copt piine si placinte, si de alergat diminetile. Sa vedem cum merge. Peste o saptamina, revin

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  • Dezvoltarea profesionala nu se face la universitate

    Eu sint o femeie de aproape 40 de ani care detine 2 diplome de nivel Bacalaureat in limbi si traducere, 2 certificate de gradul 2 in traducere si design pedagogic, si pot sa spun cu toata siguranta ca ma ajuta sa-mi fac jobul in ziua de azi doar ultima diploma, cea mai scurta, de 3

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  • Viata si cadourile ei

    Viata si cadourile ei

    Cred ca cel mai mare cadou pe care mi l-a facut viata e emigrarea. Am luat asa intr-o doara aventura asta: mi-a placut faptul ca in Montreal se vorbesc doua limbi, si in sfirsit, eu voi avea ocazie sa vorbesc limbile pe cale le invatasem de vreo 5 ani incoace, LIVE. Ceea ce de fapt

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