Debate

Having a discussion with a friend I am asking you: what's more comfortable to be single or to be in relationship ? 
Vote on the right hand side what would you prefer.

Advantages of Being Single:

You get to hang out with your friends more often than people who are coupled up or married.

You get the entire bed to yourself. No one to wake you up by snoring. No one to accidentally hit you in the face with their elbow and then claim that you hit yourself. No one to steal the covers...etc.

You can eat and drink whatever you like. Often couples have to compromise on certain choices they would normally make for the sake of their partner.

You get to choose what you watch on TV. No watching sports or soppy drama's if you don't want to.

You can decide where you want to go and who you want to go with. You do not need to ask permission from anyone.

Advantages of Being in a Relationship / Marriage

You have someone to go places with. It's no fun going to the movies or trying out a new restaurant on your own.

You no longer have to suffer the trials and tribulations of family get-togethers on your own. Your partner is there to suffer with you.

You don't have to do the washing up or cleaning on your own. You have someone there to help you.

You have someone to look after you when you are ill, or someone to scratch your back when it itches.

You have someone to talk to. Someone who knows you inside out. Someone you can tell all of life's problems to.
There are some other points of view like single but definitely looking for a partner, being in a relationship but looking for someone else or to be single. These are the classical situations.

Old pictures... Old memories... Old friends....

On one day I was looking for something else and I have discovered some old pictures of mine.

It was made in the summer of 2004, the summer between high school and university. I am amazed how thin I was... playing with a Nokia 3310 lolz.

The second one ... a lovely dog... Nery... lots of  emories...

Saturday afternoon...

A mug of hot wine with cinnamon in my soft bed watching a lovely film. Nice Saturday afternoon...

I miss my red Logan...

I do miss the red Dacia Logan. Now it is my father's car. Last summer when we spent some time together it was awesome. Seaside , mountains  true romanian holidays.










Now I think it is cover with snow...

Welcome to Portsmouth The UK's only island city

Portsmouth (ˈpɔːtsməθ/  ) is a city located in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the United Kingdom's only island city, being mainly located on Portsea Island. The City of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Football Club are both nicknamed Pompey. As a significant naval port for centuries, Portsmouth is home to the world's oldest dry dock still in use and also home to some famous ships, including HMS Warrior and Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory. Although smaller than in its heyday, the naval base remains a major dockyard and base for the Royal Navy and Royal Marine Commandos whose Headquarters resides there. There is also a thriving commercial ferry port serving destinations on the continent for freight and passenger traffic. The nickname Pompey is thought to have derived from shipping entering Portsmouth harbour making an entry in their logs as Pom. P. in reference to Portsmouth Point. Navigational charts also use this abbreviation.

The Spinnaker Tower is a striking recent addition to the city's skyline. It can be found in the redeveloped former HMS Vernon, an area of retail outlets, restaurants, clubs and bars now known as Gunwharf Quays.

The Portsmouth Urban Area covers an area with a population well over twice that of the city of Portsmouth itself, and includes Fareham,Portchester, Gosport, Havant (which includes the large suburbs of Leigh Park), Lee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington and Waterlooville. The administrative unit itself has a population of 197,700, which forms part of the wider Portsmouth conurbation, with an estimated 442,252 residents within the wider urban area making it the 11th largest urban area in England. At the 2001 census it was the only city in England with a greater population density (4,639 /km² (12,015/sq mi)) than London as a whole (4,562 /km² (11,816/sq mi)), although many of London's individual boroughs had a much greater density.

The suburbs of Portsmouth arguably form a conurbation stretching from Southampton to Havant on the M27/A27 road along the coast, and north to Clanfield on the A3 road.

Most of the city of Portsmouth lies on Portsea Island, located where the Solent joins the English Channel. This makes Portsmouth the United Kingdom's only island city and the thirteenth most densely populated place in Europe. It is the second most densely populated place in the UK, after Inner London.^[35] The island is separated from the mainland to the north by a narrow creek, bridged in places to make it a peninsula in appearance. The sheltered Portsmouth Harbour lies to the west of the island and the large tidal bay of Langstone Harbour is to the east.

Portsdown Hill dominates the skyline to the north, providing a magnificent panoramic view over the city, and to the south are the waters of the Solent with theIsle of Wight beyond.

Being a seaside city, it is low-lying: the majority of its surface area is only about ten feet above sea level. The highest natural point on Portsea Island is Kingston Cross (21 feet), although the road surface over Fratton railway bridge reaches 25. There are, therefore, dangers that rising sea levels as a result ofglobal warming could cause serious damage to the city.

The west of the city is mainly council estates such as Buckland, Landport and Portsea. These were built to replace Victorian terraces destroyed by bombing in the Second World War. After the war the massive estate of Leigh Park (one of the largest housing developments of its kind in Europe) was built to solve the chronic housing shortage during the post-war reconstruction. Since the early 2000s the estate has been entirely under the jurisdiction of Havant Borough Council, but Portsmouth City Council remains the landlord for these properties, thus making it the biggest landowner in Havant Borough.^[36]

Part of Old Portsmouth, the oldest part of the city, was known as Spice Island. Literally outside of the law once the city gates were closed, it was infamous for its pubs and other establishments, which attracted sailors on their "runs ashore".^[37]

The climate of Portsmouth is much milder than that of the surrounding areas, winter frosts being light and short-lived and snow quite rare. Temperatures rarely drop much below freezing, as the city is surrounded by water and densely populated. Portsdown Hill also protects the city from the cold northerly winds during the winter months. Summer temperatures can also be higher than in some other south coast cities due to the "urban heat effect", where heat is reflected and retained by buildings. Located on the south coast, Portsmouth also receives more sunshine per annum than most of the UK. The average maximum temperature in January is 10C with the average minimum being 5C. The average maximum temperature in July is 22C, with the average minimum being 15C. The record high temperature is 35C and record low is -6C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth

Information...

I recomand this site http://www.romani.co.uk for the useful information you can find as a romanina coming in uk. It's all about what you need to do, what to apply for etc . It helped me a lot in the moments I did not know what to do. Just have a bit of patience and search .

If you that question... here is the answer

Alopecia areata (AA) is a condition affecting humans, in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp. Because it causes bald spots on the scalp, especially in the first stages, it is sometimes called spot baldness. In 1%–2% of cases, the condition can spread to the entire scalp (Alopecia totalis) or to the entire epidermis (Alopecia universalis). Conditions resembling AA, and having a similar cause, occur also in other species.
Alopecia areata is noncommunicable, or not contagious ( so do not be afraid I might bite you ).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata
There are some others like me, and we all are perfectly normal, apart form having less hair You could choose to wear a wig or to accept it as part of yourself. To be honest I can't see myself with hair.

Beginning of a new life... and leaving old memories behind

On 26 of October 2010 I have earned my right to work in Uk. After one year of being in pain and watching others working and enjoying their lives finally I come to an end. In the same day I left my host family without any warning. I took the step forward and moved with my brother.

 May be I did not react as I should be, but after all I have been through with her, all the argues and disappointments , I think my act of leaving was nothing.  Having said  that they offered me the chance to come here in Uk, but I think after one year of hard working I have earned my rights. I do not know many people that would accept the conditions I have stayed in. I have found out a couple of day ago, that the same job I was doing in that family was paid four times the amount I was paid (£ 200).

On 5^th of October 2009 I come here in Uk for the first time, and on 26^th of October 2010 I had the appointment in London for applying for a Blue Card, and also the day of moving to Portsmouth. First I had to stay with my brother, and two other guys in a double room. After a couple of weeks of searching we finally found a house with affordable rent to stay in. So the 10^th of October 2010 was the first day in our lovely new house.

 New house comes with new responsibilities : call all the suppliers, pay the bills resolve all the problems regarding with the house etc. Of course being the one with the highest level of English the role was for me.  No problem ‘’do the do and get the do done’’ I said to myself.

The next step was to find a full time job. In the beginning I thought that it will be easy, but it wasn’t. I have been to lots of interviews with different companies for different types of jobs and in the end I think I found my place ( at least for a while, a couple of years) : Optic Consultant for Boots Opticians.

So here I am looking forward to a new life... From time to time I thinking of all the memories form the past and I think it will be a while until I will stop. Maybe knowing new friends and may be a girlfriend will change everything. I think this is my next step... so 

How about sharing some new songs...

I am Julian from Portsmouth... and I am bold... so What?

 I want to be strait forward and say that I have 53 days since I have moved to Portsmouth. New life, a free life. Previously I was an au pair for a family from Winchester Hampshire, and I can not say that I was happy all the time. So, leave the past behind live the present and look forward for the future.

 Starting from 4 of January I will have a full time job ( my first one here in Uk ). It is something to look forward to, like a new adventure. So new me, new town, new town, new year...