On the 23rd of February I visited the most fantastic event I have ever seen in my life – Sunday’s International Carnival Parade in Rijeka. Nowhere in the world I was able to experience such a distinctive blend of a European civil carnival based on historical and cultural customs and elements of folklore and mythology. The …
Last week I was interviewing the Crosol NGO (Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity). Through the talk I realized how it’s important to learn from the experiences in education, or how education creates social solidarity. Somehow through our conversation I spread the significanse of the formal methods in education because what education does is by …
One of the most important concepts I’ve learned throughout this week is the difference between the “fixed” mindset and the “growth” mindset. In a fixed mindset, individuals believe they are either born with talent or they’re not. They’re either naturally good at something, or they’re not. They view intelligence as a fixed trait. Individuals with a growth mindset …
This week the Invisible Zagreb free walking tour drew my attention. It was led by former homeless person – Mile Mrvalj. With a new and unconventional approach people got informed about contributions in tackling the problems around the city of Zagreb through different eyes. I thank for meeting such a fighter as Mile, because he …
Learning a foreign language was not only a linguistic adventure for me. Whichever language you choose, climbing the ladder of proficiency unfolds in almost the same way. Everything is great while you dabble at the beginners’ level and the words have their exact equivalents in both languages. Grammar, phrasality, pronunciation…master it and you can actually …
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☼Each person in my life is very important as to why I am the person I am today. They all have different characteristics of inspiration that they have given me as well. My first thoughts of my family are always why they mean so much to me. Here are the reasons each person has given …
I just came home for the holidays. This time my homecoming was quite different from all the others I’ve had in my life. This time, it really meant something. Although I have lived abroad during almost 1 year and 1 month in a sum of all my programs and exchanges, coming home from my first …
The Christmas holidays are fast coming. And I love this time of the year. Everyone is happy, joyful, and spreading around a good energy, a lot of love. There’s something magical about wintertime. The days start to get a little shorter and a lot colder, all I need is a little shift in perspective to see …
When it comes to making changes and conducting important decisions in regard to conveying better outcomes for society either on the local or maybe wider scale, usually there is a feeling that not much could be done. People tend to accept the situations as they are, especially in the terms of governing political party and …
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You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. …