* *Zagreb City Centre Plans don’t always unfold the way we imagine. You apply, wait, and try again, but the answer is no. Years pass, the world changes, and so do you. What remains is experience, patience, and a quiet sense that something new is waiting somewhere unfamiliar, where you’re free to meet yourself. The …
Hello, my name is Dmytro Zubenko. In December I was just an ordinary student. Recently I have finished my University in Ukraine, obtained a Master’s degree. After graduation I felt both happy and sad because, on the one hand I actually achieved my goal – I obtained a high education degree and on the other …
From February 3 to 7, I attended the Mid-term evaluation training in Novi Sad (Sremski Karlovci), an activity aimed at all the volunteers who are currently carrying out their European volunteering (ESC) projects in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania. The training meeting place and a place to exchange experiences consisted of several sessions in small working …
Holiday meals can be so heavy, and it’s refreshing to have a dessert that is light, like my homemade flourless lemon almond cake. his is a classic cake recipe, if I’m not mistaken, from southern Spain. The basic ingredients are blanched almonds, eggs, sugar, and lemon zest. No butter or wheat flour❗ The cake behaves …
Firstly, I moved to Croatia for doing my short-term volunteering service on the 5th of May 2019, but than a little later I became even happier person after starting a long-term. It was maybe the easiest decision in my life, as I was/am completely crazy about Croatia and the Balkans in overall. I just remembering, …
Everyone goes through tough situations in life. Whenever I encounter problems, I need to face it bravely. And counselling is one of the most effective weapons I have against the whole range of mental health issues including depression, anxiety or sadness. When you talk about it to someone who is professionally trained to listen, it …
I was thinking what topic to choose for writing. And stopped on this one. The main problem is that we think we understand the minds of others, and even our own mind, better than we actually do. Despite the fact I do it countless times a day, I’m sometimes terrible at it. Our lives are …
This week I first came across a biological weapon named “Wuhan-400” in Dean Koontz’s novel “The Eyes of Darkness”. I doubt anyone had the notion that the famous thriller author was “predicting” a real-world outbreak of COVID-19, coronavirus disease. But accepting the fact of today’s reality, after such an outbreak had occurred, I’d like to …
Last week throughout our Talent Fair event I learned how to sew my little Drawstring Bag. Together with the host of this workshop – Lucija, we called this baggy “for 2 lemons”. You can see this cuttie creature from the photo. But it’s really simple and with this post I just want to encourage you …
In our community and surroundings, there are probably several things that, coming from our own perspective, could have been better. Depending on the place we are coming from, it could for example be a lack of awareness about environmental issues, social injustice, exclusion of minorities, gender inequality, a big financial gap between rich and poor …