A friend of mine has gone on a 21-day fast and I think that that is such a wonderful thing because it shows discipline, commitment and strength of inner hope. I admire her courage, her willingness, her desire and her steadfastness in this undertaking. What encourages me is the fact that I know she [...]
19 Dec. 2006 – This last weekend I went to the port city of Durres. The difference about this time was the fact that I left Tirana at 8:30 pm. However, despite the late hour to go do Durres, a city where things shut down at 8 pm, the decision was worth it. Before deciding [...]
The end of 2006 is approaching and I feel like things are about to get so hectic that I won’t know what to do first and how to find the necessary time to take care of all the things that need to get done. This year I do not want to miss the chance and [...]
I realize that it has been some time since I last wrote in this Blog, but I think I need to get back to writing a little more often now on. Things have been going quite well I should say. Since August of 2005, when I started working for the American Bank of Albania, [...]
Today for the first time in Albania, I used the ATM system of my bank to withdraw some cash from my account. This is relatively a very small thing for most people living abroad, but it carries some importance because for me it is an indicator of better things to come for entire country. [...]
The other day I went to get my car’s electronic system checked by a technician. There were some errors appearing on the dashboard that needed to get fixed. In fact those errors were nothing new to me. The car’s electronic system is such that every so many hundred kilometers it requires you to do a [...]